Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-09
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Ths Churches and the Services Held Yes
terday.
Many Other Local Notes of General
and Special Interest From
Down the River.

None of the churches were crowded yes
terday. In fact, the congregations were
very small. The Rev. S. A. Wallis of the
Theological Seminary occupied the pulpit
at Christ Church, and will continue to dc
SO until a successor to the late DIR. Suter
is chosen. The Rev. Mr.. Williams relieved
Rev. Clarence E. Ball at Grace Church
and Rev. A. P. Saunders preached at the
Second Presbyterian Church in the alb.
sence of Rev. T. H. Rice from the city
The resident clergy occupied the pulpits in
the other churches.
New Industry. .f
1t is announced that negotiations are
now on foot for the purchase Of the build
Ing at New Alexandria formerly used by
the Dies Manufacturing Company as a
furniture factory to convert it into a bicy-
Gle factory. The negotiations are said to
be far advanced, and those interested
claim that the deal will be consummated
in the near future.
Mayors Court.
Mayor Thompson passed judgment on the
following cases this morning:
Samuel Dudley (colored), escaped from
the gang. was sent back to finish his term
William Taylor (colored), who says he is
from Washington. was charged with fight
Ing anu resisting the OElcer. He got sixty
days on the gang or a fine of SO. Arthur
Brown, Jas Banks. Jerry Simms and Lewis
Harris (all coloredD were charged with
breaking derrick belonging to the city
by untying the ropes and allowing it to
fall In the canal locks. Banks was dismiss
ed and the others were fined $ each. Ida
Herbert. white woman, was charged with
shooting at her husband. She claimed she
was unloading a pistol and discharged it
accidentally. There being no evidence to
the contrary she was dismissed. Harry
Ford. white tramp. who was ordered ia
leave town several days ago. was charged
with being disorderly. He got thirty days
on the gang this time.
Sent to the Aims House.
John Delahan. an old white man, better
known as John. the baker," was picked up
on North Patrick street late yesterday af-
ternoon in a serious condition He had an
ugly cut on his head which was bleeding
profusely, and had evidently fallen from
weakness. He was removed to the police
station In wagon and later was sent to the
aims house, where he received proper medi-
cal attention.
Fight mt FrnncOnia.
Bad blood has existed for some time be-
tween Frank Bell and Chas Shepherd, two
colored youths of this city, and when they
met at a camp meeting at Franconia yes
terday they came together. Both had a
sufficient quantity of bad whisky on board
to make them reckless, and they punched
each other numerically. Shepherd got
somewhat the worst Of it, receiving a
Knockout blow on the head at the end of
about fifteen minutes.
Notes. -e-. $3.50.
Messrs. Ross Elliott and Barbour Dam
gerield and Judge Norton have returned
from the judges farm, where" they have
been ruSticating for several weeks.
Mr.. William Hancock, who has been i'll
at the inirmary of typhoid fever, is re-
ported better.
Miss Genevieve Peyton has returned home
after a pleasant visit of some weeks in
Fauquier and Culpeper counties.