Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-01
AT FAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Rev. W. O. Alexander Formally Installed
at West Street Church.
Canal Arrivals and Departures-Lin-
Short Paragraphs of Interest.

Last night Rev. ". C. Alexander Of Prince
ton, N. j.. who since September has been
in charge of the West Street PRESBYTERIAN
Church, was formally installed as its pastor
The exercises attending the ceremony were
impressive and interesting. Rev. c. Alvin
Smith, pastor of Peck Memorial Chapel, 18th
and NJ streets. opened the services; Prof.
Clark Of Howard University, Washington,
said prayer, and the Rev. DIR. Hamlin Of the
Church or the Covenant preached the in
stallation sermon. Rev. Chas. B. Ramsdell
or washington made the charge to the new
pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Patch then made the
charge to the congregation. 1t was a par
ticularly fine effort, full of reason and COM
mon sense, coupled with eloquence Mr..
Alexander. he said, was only human and,
therefore, liable to err He asked those pres
ent not to condemn hastily a mistake, but
to consider the time and circumstances al
ways. Congregations condemn pastors too
frequently without hearing, and yet the
foundation of their religion is justice.
There were many present within the
church during the exercises, and when all
was over the new pastor was kept busy for
long time receiving congratulations.
Mr.. Alexander Is splendid speaker and
will. no doubt, prove a model pastor.
weeks. yet in that short time has endeared
himself to all who have come in contact
with him.
Canal News.
BY way Of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
the following coal-laden boats yesterday
entered Georgetown:
]. H. Mertens, Capt T. Reed; W. Wise,
Capt. H. Hagdare; Judge Stake, Capt. T.
i1ot
No. ITO, Capt. c. E. Swain; Garrett, F. s.,
Capt F. Shupp; Granite No. 1, Capt. G.
Magruder.
Yesterday there departed from George
town the following laden and light boats
l.. b. Agnew, Capt. L. C. Myers: Three
Brothers, Capt. G. Ingram; F. Flanagan,
Capt. ]. Moore: E. Mertens. Capt. s. Dodd
No. 49, Capt. II. Bruner; No. l24. Capt. Mrs.
stephens; Little Walter. Capt. ]. Zeigler;
No. 127. Capt. R. C. Swain; No. 1877, Capt
r. c: Swain; No. III. Capt. ]. Snyder; H. H.
Keedy, Capt. B. Jackson; r. D: johnson,
capt A. Nose; No. LOG, Capt. H. Swain
Granite No. 2. Capt. j. Magruder.
Boats to clear Cumberland yesterday with
full cargoes for Georgetown were as fol-
lows:
No 1s3. Capt. s. Stride, 40 tons; No. lis.
Capt. j. NJ. Miles, III tons; W. B. Orme,
Capt. r. Eaton. lis tons; l.. P. Read, Capt
j. wright ll6 tons; H. L. Bond, tr., Capt.
u. Ingram, III tons; A. Greenlees, Capt. ].
n.
ton, lis tons; c. W. Riley, Capt. ]. Tice. ll9
tons; A. w. Wilson. Capt. w. Hill, rs tons:
Anteros, Capt. E. CLANCY, "a tons; No. l3f.
Capt w. Swain. 12O tons: w. T. Coulehan,
Capt w. Woodland, 116 tons.
Linthfcum Entertainment.
Brookland promises to turn out in big
numbers tomorrow night to witness the
first visit of the popular 'Linthicum stu
dents Of this place. They will appear al
the town hall with the brightest of pro-
grams and under the most efficient man.
agement. Legitimate comedy, scenes from
the sterner of Shakespeare's plays, farce
| comedy, exercises in elocution and bits OF
"darkeyism'' combined with the terpsichor-
can work of the graceful Miss Daisy Ham
mack will furnish the greater part Of the
evenings entertainment.
short Paragraphs.
The Georgetown College retreat ended
last night. Today the students have holi-
day
Miss Emily Sherratt, who has been the
guest of Mrs. DIR. Walmer of 1922 Dunbar
ton avenue. left yesterday for her home in
Trenton, y. ].
The Georgetown Courant is to be turned
into free weekly newspaper, to be kept
up by the advertisers. One thousand
copies will be distributed every Saturday.
The new idea is receiving considerable sup
port. The Courant has been the only
strictly local paper Georgetown has had
for some years.