Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-25
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
A Quiet Sunday, With Largely Attended
Church Services.
Many Other Local Notes Of q General
Interest to Residents-MethO-
, dist Conference.

| The churches were we'll attended yester-
day, and in all Of them the resident rectors
offlciated and preached interesting SER
mons. At the Railroad Mission yesterday
afternoon Mr.. w. D. Buckner Of the Theo-
logical Seminary delivered an interesting
address.
During Lent, which begins on Wednes-
day, there will be regular service In the
three Episcopal churches, as follows: st.
Paurs, Rev. P. P. Phillips, rector, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at
5 o'clock, and Tuesday and Thursday
mornings at 7:3O o'clock; Christ Church,
Rev. Henderson Suter, rector, Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons at o'clock, and
Grace Church, Rev. c. Z. Ball. rector,
every morning at 1880 o'clock. In all of
the churches there will be service at II
o clock on Ash Wednesday morning..
At the Railroad Mission on Tuesday
night there will be the regular prayer
service, after which the meeting of the
Railroad Brotherhood will take place.
Methodist Conference.
Rev. J. D. Kinzer, president, will preside
over the meeting of the Maryland confer
ence of the Methodist Protestant Church,
which begins it's next session in the Metho-
dist Protestant Church, on Washington
street. on Wednesday, April 3. Rev. Hugh
L. Elderdice will be the secretary of the
body. The committee Of ladies and gem
tlemen who have charge of the work are
now hard at work making the necessary
arrangements for the accommodation Of
the large number of visitors expected to
be present.
Annual Missionary Service.
The annual missionary service of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school
was held in that church last night and was
largely attended. An interesting program
was carried out, the principal feature of
which was an address by the rector, Rev.
w. H. McAllister, and the singing of ia
milar missionary hymns by the members
of the school,.
Will Go to Atlanta.
An invitation has been received by the
Columbia Fire Company from the fire de-
partment at Frostburg, Md, to attend their
celebration and enter the water-throwing
contests on June y and - next for the
800 prize, but the company will be unable
to accept it, it is at present the inten-
ton to take the champion to the cotton
states exposition at Atlanta in June to en-
ter the contests there, where the prize will
be 81 900.
AS this engine now holds the world rec
ord in her class she is apt to give a good
account Of herself.
fOf1ce court.
In the police court this morning David
Mattingly and Emma Groves, drunk and
disorderly, We're fined so each. Two col
ored boys and a white boy, for stealing
pies from H. Block, We're sent to the work
house for ten days. Five colored men,,
charged with gambling, were fined s. each,
in default of which they will go to Jail.
Notes.
The Alexandria county court convened
this morning
The semi-monthly meeting of the city
council will be held tomorrow night.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals held regular meeting in Pea
body Hall on Saturday night.
The ferry steamers made regular trips
yesterday.
Professor T. H. Fickiin, principal of the
public schools, was confined to his room
by sickness today.
Two horses attached to a spring wagon
belonging to Mr.. Gibbs, the milk man, ran
away at the local depot this morning. No
damage was done.