Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-22
IsaacEichberg,
NE. Cor. King 6 Royal Sb..

this city, dleQ at tnab genCleman'S res
idence on south West street at an early
hour Yesterday morning. The remains
were shipped to Baltimore.
The teachers attending the colored
normal institute now in session in this
city will on Wednesday night be ten
dered banquet by number of prom
inent colored citizens. The banquet
will probably be given at Armory Hall.
A horse attached to buggy in which
were Mr.. Peyton Ayres and little boy
OF Fairfax, became frightened yester-
day evening on south Patrick street by
a dog which attacked it. The horse
broke the buggy, but was prevented
from running away by Mr.. Ayres.
Gen. r. E. Lee observed that the
men who knew exactly how the war
should be conducted if they were there
never got there. So the men who
know all about governing cities are the
men who are left out by their fellow
citizens. 1t doesn'trequire much sense
to object.
The commissioners to condemn the
right of way for the W. A. & Mt. V.
electric railway met on the land OF
Mrs. Susan Fletcher, near Rosslyn, to-
day, and assessed the damage at $3.50,
which amount was paid into the Coun-
ty Court this evening. The commits
sioners will meet again on Wednesday
and Friday.
Lieut.. Smith left here this morning
for Richmond with Richard Stewart,
colored. Stewart is one of the colored
men recently convicted in the Corpora
ton Court of breaking into the store of
Mr.. Thomas Burroughs, for which he
received q two years. sentence in the
penitentiary. The Lieutenant returned.
this evening.
The steamer Geo. W. Sueferle, max
ing trips from Washington to Buena
Vista, ran aground at 1870 last night
while attempting to leave the wharf at
Buena Vista. The City of Richmond,
passing at 11:30, was hailed and came
to the rescue, but was unable to pull
the Sueferle out of the mud. The ex-
cursionists were then taken ashore in
rowboats and later the Richmond re-
turned and took them to Washington.
Alice. the little six-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Robert Graham, residing on
Washington street. was quite painfully
bitten by small pet dog belonging to
Mrs. Chewing. a neighbor, Saturday
night. The child was plsyipg on the
payment in front of her home, when
the dog sprang at her and bit her in the
cheek, making wound, which, after
being cauterised by DR.. O'Brien, had
to be sewed up. The dog was taken
out of the city by its owner.
An entrance was effected into st.
Marks Protestant Episcopal church,
Washington, on Tuesday night by sew
eral unknown persons, but the thieves
were forced to leave without having se-
cured anything valuable. The intru-
ders evidently intended stealing the
costly silver communion service, which
is,usually looked in cupboard in the
rear of the altar, but fortunately these
articles were not in their place, and
nothing further than small quantity
of communion wine was taken.
The subject of Rev. F. T. Benson's
discourse at the II. P. Church last night
was Summer Religion" Although
the weather was excessively warm
there was quite good congregation
present to hear him. he took for his
text the parable Of the wise and foolish
virgins, and compared the summer re-
ligiUnists with the foolish virgins, say
ing there was q growing sentiment
among Christian people to-day that
! God does not REQUIRE as much from