Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Affairs on the Virginia Side.


RELIGIOUS NoTEs-oTHER MATTERs-REAL ESTATE
oPERATIoNs-A GANG OF THIEVES AT WORK.
Correspondence OF The EVENING STAR.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, April II, 1888
The Rev. Mr. Park, who some months ago went
to Florida for his health, returned a few days ago
improved. He will remain here until June or July,
but his pastoral duties here are ended. The Rev
Mr.. Jordan, OF New Haven, 1t is expected, will
occupy the Congregational pulpit vacated by Mr..
Park He preached hts first, and q trial sermon,
on Sunday
The Rev. Mr. Ball, the new minister at the M. T.
church. preached his first sermon on Sunday, the
pleased with his Introductory sermon. The mem
bers OF his church and their friends called on him
on THURSDAY evening, the 18th instant, to form
tion. The occasion is said to have been a very
pleasant one.
and some others, have been purchasing land for
homes here They have bought, It is said, parcels
OF several acres each from what once constituted
part OF the F1tzhue estate, at $32 per acre. The
locations are rather distant from the depot for
daily, personal communication with your city.
FOR many years the raising OF poultry here
aDoutS ana the deriving OF the Dement'S and pro-
ceeds therefrom has been precarious business
Poultry thieves are on the increase and appear to
be more bold and frequent in their thefts than in
past years. The higher prices than usual for
fowls on your market this spring have certainly
stimulated very greatly the feonious chicken sup
number OF cases OF maraudng upon hen roosts~
Mr.. Henry Barrett's being one OF them. Two or
three nights after the thieves made hts roosts
another visit and cleared it completely A MT.
Shrieve after that had his fowls stolen; then the
farm OF Mr. George B. Whiting was visited and
twenty fowls were taken, leaving seven. 1t is re-
ported that one OF these poultry thieves-a white
man In this tnstance-made an attempt on the
rOost OF Gen. Make, at or near Langley, not long
ago, and that the general being awakened gave
him charge OF SHOT, and at last accounts the
rascal Was being attended at the generals house
that this thief stole the meat of Mr.. Burke, men,
toned In letter lately. Lastly, Mr.. Schuyler
Duryea few days ago had thirty-two fowls
stolen from his hen house, some ten or twelve
Were left. The house was strongly locked,
but an iron bar was used to break the
hasp. An officer, and what might be
deemed posse cODaftdtuS, went in search or the
fowls and those who purlOined them, to locality
adjacent to Hall's Hill. good many men here
have been satisfied In their own minds for a long
time that there was a pest OF chaps there who
were steadily reducing the poultry supply about
country In felonious way. DR.. Duryea lost 30
chickens; he found 81 Sam and Charles Hyson,
colored men, were brought to trial here before
Justice E Frank Croker, on Wednesday last
Quite large crowd were present The colored
ties was found an iron bar which ntted exactly
the indentatiOn in the hen house. The prisoners
were held to bail for appearance before the grand
jury in the sum OF $l25 each. They were balled by
+. F. FOOte and another colOred man. One or the
worst features In this matter is this: Almost the
entire colOred community appeared to be tn SYM
pathy with the accused, and did what they could
to get them clear. There is only step from the
1ustincatlon OF crime to its commission. L s. A.