Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-04

| WEATHER PROBABILITIES. 'sMF "'E"r
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For the Middle Atlantic :'LnLes, lsiihS Nr"'il.-
| inr stationary or lover temperature, w!hn9
mostly from north and west. partly cloudy
weather and occasional showers
| TIE ALEXANDRIA lNFIRMARf.-lh rc"'
plc ia Alexandria de not half know the 1H''t
work ior the sick and suffering done IL ih'lr
midst by the Alexandria february, to "hitii
bcloogs the hono-. We believe, OF hcrs the
first ;n-tiu tCu in Niraiula tbat cares freely lex
those who canuct pay for sue!; CAKE. week Ai'rr
week and luunIh alter month Is 1t blrssst- ell
own pcopc and Stranger, taking ~, now il
| poor sailor brought sufiarlas TO OFT "harl "a"
| s.rap"cr, seized with slekDcsi, homeless aLd
urc Irad fer, ill taken TO this refuge; anu mos!
| often receiving those Of our own people WI"
uccd Il respectable aud comfortable asylum Ia
| Sickness It the many instances I'll comfort aiid
| h,ln aTrrdal were kaown 10 the people q. .AicX'
| apdria, surely th!y would not lei the conductors
oF this admirable institution Dc pressed l;G9'
month to month Tor fluids 20 mectE %Ni1";:<.
! Cculi tie yGupc Chinese testify, vino, having
| his l2g tr0kpD, was carried tE"rc i::cl, :"
! would tel his gratitude Tor !hH comforts sur
| roucdins Lie; could Chs Z: oar LG'' re-
Spcctuu policemen speak, W:,o hi.$ cuE!1 i''I'c
! in his Sickness, thankful Ia tlnd !.act wi@i2
| lie could board and receive proper nur&iuE' lie
| ais would ;cM his afprrcllUn o. inii resting
| mace. An! 50 would tic sufferers III n irlla:t
war,i eng. The wi:!G77 OF an n!' cti'"3u, an
c,st,rG;a;!. ,ep: known aud respected, VA" lies
| thrT. huinIe>s, tcnic:iy cared i2;, aaj EfatC-
| iuiy .ccep!ng Ill the AindhCs,: %n'!c :,ii''"cr.
SuiTy rib, with lung disease adds her tribute -
ii, /. Ii,l, hrt no
brought there \ larger house is needed -
that while caring for those who have nothing
! 70 DAY, Accom- mediation may be had where per-
.onS employed 10 the city, who have M real
homes, can have comfortable rooms aud proper
attention in time OF sickness. Aud sufficient
regular support Tor the institution Is needed, 81
tha, The smali SUN Of $500 or $500, which
covers all the expenses of this we'll conducted
hospital, may be secured. Contributions may
be LET, with COL Herbert or Rev. George a.
Smith.
TuE DEATH or Mn ROBERT s. AslIEr.-.Thc
community heard with uufcignel regret yesIcr'
day ofthc death Of Robert $. Ashly,a citizen ot
Il wide acquaintance among our people, VII"
has long dwell Among us and won the esteem
nI the entire city Tor great uprlghtneSs Ut char
acter anl uu~wcrvinT Integrity and fidelity 10
all the pursuits Of his htc Col. Ashby was 1
native oi Faudacr county, Va, having been
born near Paris. in that county. lie came to
this ciy in 1882, AMI for seine time conducted
the dry goods business ON King street, at first IN
company with his broth Major I. W. Ashby |
and aficrwAtl with Col. W. ". Herbert. AT
the breaE!ng on: ii the late war, he cnttred
the l'lovisirnnl Array OF Virginia, ana alter |
wards the volunteer ."reicn OF tic Confederate |
States. SEWING through tie war Is quarter
m,astrr \ icw years siucc he waS 2hu,ra an |
duur of tl.c city anA filled that position with |
great fidelity to It's trusts for several years. lie |
WAS Il leading member Of the NJ. f. ChuIcl, !
South, aud long connected with the Young |
Mems Christian Association Ut Alexandria. !
Col. Ashhy paid visit last week to his son ia
law, DR.. Bayne, WHO resides 10 Prince Georges |
couuiy, Md, opraslG Alexandria. about one
au halt miles from the Alex 4ntiria ferry.
Un Saturday Il" rode down to Fort Footc. and |
ia the AFTERNOON escorted Miss Addison, Of this |
ctiy, ~ the Alexandria ttrry. Ou his return, |
and after supper, h. was reclining on the sofa. !
and engaged 10 play with his little grand child, |
VII, il, about tlnht o'clock, his daughter saw |
hlui with quick, sudden motion. place his |
hand IN his forehead, y gesture Common with |
HIM whenever stricken l'y sudden pain. She |
spoke to him, and ,rccrlVing no answer, hurried |
is approached aui found him dead. The ply
S!can5 attribute his death to disease OF The
,;:ul His rcn1ins We're brought yesterday to |
his h:,la Dn Cameron. near ~. ASaph street, |
lr,m w.l,ua, be ;sts buried this Afternoon.
TnE PorE'S GOLDEN JUBILEE. i hr told |
co Jubilee, or the ll,irtlt anniversary ol the |
elevation Of (ioy&ni Nlaatai Fcrrciti, now Pope
Plus N, to TIC dignity OF Bishop, was Oh |
served bY cur fellow citizens Of the Catholic |
faith, yesterday, with especial spI"mul!y, and |
accustomed the display OF very mua!. religious
icrvor. There was no puic celebration other |
than the regular church services cf The day. TO
wine: we're adlc,! the special prayers lr2eted
BY the Ordinary OF tic diocese, and at the close
Of The High Mass tic Ltlny CT tic Saints was
rccitcd, the eu,irc congregation rcsp3uGing
The pastor, Rev ID. O'kane, S. j., made a
irl;cinu3 alll-ion 10 the cycns in his DISCOURSE
The devotion Of the Alexandria Catholics to
their aged PoniT vas S!rkins!y illustrated, in
The absence o! Any l'rcm2dt"ttd dcmonsra-
too, ty the Spontaneous action OF the people.
Al 10 caj,y hour thc ctluch '7as filled, there
tciag Scarcely vacant seat, and the alslca were
again and again filled with the communicates
who approached the altar. The eleven o'clock
service was also we'll attended. The music was
GECtIcu!; the htW organ, WHICH Is Et0"lnS III
favor as The Industry, skill and taste OF the
organs;, Miss Katie Stoutcrburg, develops its
power, accompanied the sweet slogcrs OF the
choir.
FUNERAL. CEREMoNIEs.-The fuueral Of ).
NcA. Barley took place yesterday from his
late rcs;lcac2 Oh Wolfe street, between Fairfax
aud Ice streets, and was attended by . large
concorys. 0! friends. The Alexandria Fire
Derarmcut, consisting I'll the lIydIauon com
;any, l.. }. Nevcti, foreman; ;hc Columbia
company, \. I. Ramsay, foreman, aod the Re-
lief Hook aud Ladder Company, IL. ii. La
than, foreman, attcudc1 as 40 escort 10 the
remains, with Captain James NJ. Stcuart rs
marshal And!cw jackson Lg0ge, No. l2O, a.