Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-19
LOCAL MATT f Il s.

LOCAL MATTERS.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES Var Depart
prut, O8ice of the Chief Signal Officer, Wash
;ngton d, e., June l9, 1877-l0:3O a. H.
For the Middle Atlantic States rising osrome.
ter stationary or lower temperature, soutnWes!
20 northwest winds and party clouoy "ea'noi
with occasional showers.
THE COMMITTEE to enquire into the Difficult
ties in tic Second Presbyterian Church, cu!ml-
mating in charges against the pastor, Rev. Mr..
DinwGdic aud Elder Wilmer by Elder kamsay,
met las. plight in the basement OF the church,
Rev. Mr.. Cannon, Of Lccsburg, chairman, and
all the committee present.. Mr.. ham<ay SUP
mittea his statement, wiMch was replied To Dy
MIR. Dnwiddic. The SeSSlon lasted un'Il very
late hour, aul IL: Investigator was resumed
this morning, wien Mr.. Wlt!ucr appeared DC
faro the COMMITTEE aud made his statement:
Witnesses were examined .his afternoon, and
the committee, 1t Is Thought, Will not get
tArcGlh its work before 10 morrow. Inc meet
iDss arc strictly private, and tic charges ana
answers have Got been divuigci. The report
will 81 presented to the I'rcshyterY whcn 1t re-
us<cu,iirS ncxt Thursday uight.
DEATH OF AZ OH CITiZEN.-Uap'. Manuel
n,,cr,su old aud Respected c'tiz!n vi THIS CITY,
...; =, III. r,s;icoca % south Fairfax street,
i,st night. Capt Baker was born at Dennis
slass,, a..l wa. il. ,hc Gosh year Of his ase ne
,au,a "a lis cty 10 lSj6 as commander u ne
steamer Alice Price, an. was subsequently, cap
,aiu ni tic ih0m,, Cnircr aud other river
,on,.. For several years lie held the N',i'ieh
AT insp%cinr oi GnStnrIS II this p':t, Ahl u'~'
churced ,hc duties thereof very SAN>.ac'n;'iy ~
all villa had hu.inISS with the Custom l'o"'H.
H.. rcS:guci this position some two years S''.ce,
and bad bc2u engaged since shen III ''!r W.;
md c,aI business. CAPS. Bakers health had
.,nn, ,.lii,p i,,r s,ua air back and his death
may /, asrriucd % the gencca! WHaTias ~! OF
his shr!, body aud faculties
walker S:'NooI. --On Tuesday mkt the
final examination Of Walker school, al BALLS
Gross Roads, will take r!ac', The exercises
go b., conducted il The new aul hauGSnne
a.hooi huus,. now b!i lux completed, and Will be
,rcs,jrl over 10y Mr.. H. l.. taruc, County su-
rc,iy,rud"u, rl schools, who will also deliver
an address, Il the evening ul the sane day
there will bc 4 concert i, tic new hu''dlnS, 10
r1;s, !uGds with which TO purchase bell.
Excursion LAST NIuuT The moonlight
excursion Of the officers OF the steamer City OF
Acx.nIria. to Marshall Hall, last ulght, was
decided success. The company which attend
ed was 4 most agreeable GGa, ana not slhSlc
unu!,.asant Incident occurred to uiar the testify
ines of the. evening. The boat returned to thus
CIV about rour o'clock this moraing, all 90
board being del GIFTED with their trip.
.',p TIE PENIrENTIARY. Sheriff Barrett,
ut l.oudoun, arrived here this evening en- route
i,r Richmond having i'll charg: the negr' boy
H. s. Graut, who Mas Scutcncai IL The pchl
r,n,iary at the late term of court there Tor
arson. Tie boy ia apparently DOT more thau
fourteen years old. bu. IL said To EaTt mania
for ucendlarism.
SELLING LIQUOR TO Minors. "A grceary
Keeper paucd Marshall was before Justice
THOMPSON this morning, charged BY G!orge
Brent with selling liqnor to John JettrleS. Ills
sepsOn aud minor. The latter is 4 we'll grove
Young mau, aud the evidence Developed %
culpallli;y on the part Of the dealer, 81 he was
dismissed on payment OF costs
LIBRARY EXCURSIoN.-l'hc Alexandra
library Company will give moonlight exaur-
siou to Marshall HALL on the 29:h Instant. The
steamer City OF Alexandria has been engaged,
aud the excursion under Tie direction oil the
energetic committee Of arrangements Will no
doubt prove grand success.
CoUNciL--Thc Common Council will meet
to night pursuant to ADJOURNMENT. The rcve-
hue aud appropriation bills will be takeG up aud
acted upOu.