Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-04-07

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cmRcg SERVICES, &c, To MORROW
ls-;,. cimct.-Services at II a. m. by Rev.
a. ,Iinpieeloda, of Richmond, and at 7:3O
y "a nv Rev n Su,er.
= Pmrs Church Service at II a. Ii.
III o m bv Rev. Dr.. Norton.
craze Ciurch-7 u. M, prayer and homily
,o., m missionary service IL q. ID, prayer
.n5 sermon 500 p. ~, evening prayer and
'sI"' paVs Cnmch.-Mass at a. m; Mass
nj sermon at II a. m by Rev. Father
1 G,on Iespers at p. IN.
rr,. Presbyterian Church-Service at II
an ay Rev J. NJ. Nourse.
S,,oa3 Presbyterian Church. Services
.tlla IN nnd $50 p. N. by Rev J. 1. Vance.
P,tis, Chlrch.-Services at II q. n. and
-@on N. bv Rev. / M. Mercer.
INIT Meth Epis. Church.-Services
3. II q NJ aud 7:30 p. m. by Rev. R. F.
Vh. Fps. Church Soath-Services at IL
N and 80 p. IN. by Rev. W. j. Young.
Meth. Prot Chuych.-No services.
German Lutheran Church.-Services at
ia m aud $50 p. IN. by Rev. ]. A. Schwoy.
Yong MEMS Christian association. -Alms
House at 2:30 p. IN. and Jail at = p. m.
Atthe rooms at 1870 p. m.
SCHEME ExPosED.-It has been whispered
for some time past that Syndicate" has
bsen formed here to bear" the real estate
market aud that when prices are st their
Invest to scoop" the most desirable pieces
of property aad hold them for en- advance.
For some time it was not known what
means the syndicate would resort to to at
tain it's ends. but the secret has been found
nm, and is now given to the public that they
NAV be on their guard and protect them
..lyes i: they can. The weapon to be used
in accomplishing 80 much is drum corps,
and i; is admitted that the introduction OF
such corps into thickly settled commu.
pty. particularly in the summer time, will
knock the filing out of the value OF any
uropertv in reach OF the sound of the drums.
The music produced by drum corps is OF a
very pecuia kind and gets one mixed be-
fore he knows it,and the longer the practc-
imp continues the more desperate becomes
the yie,imWsd hearer. Having been warn
eli against drum corps reporter OF the Ga
ZErrE. as sOan az one was introduced in the
city, visited the neighborhood of its head
quarters aud enqured of the citizens how
they liked it, The first day he was
told lit was splendid 80 inspiring
We ought to have had one be-
fore" The second day it was pretty
good. but pity that drum corps could not
pIay more tunes" The third day it was
"a the drum corps," and now it is "the
unsance ought to be suppressed; Council
should be called to take action" &c. One
rictim said last night that he had intended
going to the springs in July, but now would
20 as soon as they opened and spend the
summer; another said he was going to Florida
next week aud probably would never return !;
another said he wanted to move but was too
sick II is also stated that several people
VINO i've ia the drum corps quarter have
taken TO drink and that others have ac-
ouired the opium habit. The owners of the
property ocoupied as headquarters By the
drum corps have much of their time taken
up in eypisining why they rented it and
ghy they cau't re-enier, and are being
threatened with boycotts, &C. But the occu.
pants of the other property have no redress,
and their lives are to be made miserable by
the nceseAnt beating of the drums. Now
lO6 cNOOltdlB Knew d'i iLio W AOh tuOJ
turned the drum corps loose on the commu
nity and this is the way they will work their
scheme 10 the future: When they want
certain piece Of pros erty they will change
the headquarters OF the drum CORPS to that
locality. or. what is worse. will start anoth-
er. Three consecutive days and nights OF
practice" il ia said, will ca@se thu most %
durate TO suecunib and ssl his house or any
thing else he has, or his nsigho5ts will do il
iOt him. Some OF the ;nembers OF the corps
being demonstrated with aud questioned
why they did not scatter their music by
moving from place to place, asked where
!bty were to move The reply came
promptly. Go 10 Shutters Hill, go to n
20 anywhere, but keep going" The only
good that the corps has accomplished has
been to break up loafng in the neighbor-
hood OF their headquarters. A loafer likes
to hear himself, as we'll as other people talk,
Int hearing ia an impossibilty during the
practice OF drum corps. So now the vari
Gus stores or King street, between Royal and
Il. Asaph, where it was the custom for
many to step in during the day aud night to
gossip, are deserted, and no one stops in that
aegtborhood if he can possibly avoid 1t.
The CANNERY. According to agreement
M' Thomas Clage EFT and his associates from
Mary came here to-day to meet the
'aTntra OF the neighborhood and enter into