Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-26

WHICH were IOr Tue ROVoTu-
ment printing Office was Saturday rec
titled by the elimination of the maxi
mum time limit.
The sudden sickness of baby on the
half-past six o'clock boat from Wash
ington yesterday evening caused much
sympathy for the distressed mother.
DR.. Holden, of Washington, who was
aboard, alleviated the child, and when
the boat reached this city it appeared
to be much better.
The excursion of the teachers and
scholars OF st. Mary's Sunday school to
River View tomorrow for the benefit
of their chu CHI promises to be q success
in every particular. All who attend
may be assured of spending an enjoy
able day. A moonlight trip to Indian
Head will be a special feature of the
occasion.
Captain Webster this morning re-
ceived a dispatch from Saginaw. Michi-
gan, announcing that VIM. Schmidt,
who is charged with stealing the race
horse Reef from the St.-Asaph stables
last fall, had been capturedin that city.
The county authorities have been mott
fed and steps will be taken to bring
Schmidt to Virginia.
1t is rumored that an attempt was
made Saturday night to set on fire the
portion of Mr.. George Jones's property
which escaped the confagration of last
week. Some say the incendiaries were
negroes, and that a lady residing in one
houses threw a fatiron at one of them.
The fiends, finding they were discover
ed, retreated in the direction of Colross
and escaped.
Ex-Mayor Henry Strauss, of this city
has purchased from Messrs. Leterman
Bros. a desirable building lot on Main
street, Charlottesville. Upon it will be
commenced at once the erection of 9
handsome and modern three-story
| business house. which will be occupied
by MI. Phil. Leterman, son-in-law Of
Mr.. Strauss, as a clothing store.
Levi w. Hoffman was arrested by
Robert M. McCuen, Special Constable
of Fairfax county, on Saturday for as
sault and battery on Albert Price, Sa-
rah Robinson and others during the
picnic given by the Alfred street Bap.
tist Sunday school on Thursday last,
and was put under bail of 500 to ap.
pear before Justice Kerby, of Fairfax
county, on September Sd.
The churches yesterday were fairly
we'll attended. Rev. S. A. Wallis con.
Quoted services at Christ Church, Rev.
Mr.. S~immerman and DR.. Walker at st.
Pauls, Mr.. G.. F. Williams at Grace,
and Rev. ]. r. Graham at the Second
Presbyterian. The other pulpits were
filed by the resident clergy. In conse.
quence of the choir of ST. Mary's Cath.
Ole Church going to fredericksburg
there was no vesper service in that
church.
James Lucus, alias Hayden, colored,
is held in Georgetown as a horse THE
for the Virginia authorities. Lucus
rode a stolen horse into Georgetown
from Rosslyn last week, and following
him came a communication from the
Alexandria county authorities to look
out for the same horse, which had been
stolen from Richard Darne. When
captured Lucus did not have the horse
and said it had run away. He was
locked up and yesterday Detective
Burrows recovered the horse.
William Horton, a farmer from Cen
treville, Fairfax county, went to Wash
ington Saturday and bought a new suit
of clothes, a pair of shoes and a hat
Finally becoming tired Horton in his
new suit lay down under a tree in the
Smithsonian Park to take q nap. A