The morning times., 1896-12-25
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
All the City Churches Hold Special
Services Today.
Prisoners VIII Fare Royalty in the
jail Today-Notes of the
Virginia City.

Excellent musical programs have been
arranged for the Christmas services IN
the Catholic and Episcopal churches today.
Solemn high mass will be celebrated IN
st. Marys Church at O'Clock a. M, with
Rev Father Ennis, Of Georgeto WI, as
celebrant, and Rev. Fathers Bowler and
McCarty as deacon and sub-deacoD-
The service will be followed by low
masses at g, Z, 8, and and high mass
at 10 O'Clock. Rev Father Ennis will
preach at the early mass. There will be
no evening service.
In Christ and st. Pauls Churches the
services will be held at L a. M, and In
Grace Church at $50 and II a. m.
Services will be held in the German
Lutheran Church at 1 a M, and there
will be childrens service at p IN.
Services will also be held in the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church South, the Methodist
Protestant Church, and Trinity Church at
6 a.. IN.
The Sunda y-schooIs Of Christ and st.
Paul's Churches held their Christmas cele-
bratiOns last evening and a most enjoyable
time was spent by the little ones. Grace
Church and the Baptist Mission will hold
their celebrations on Mon day evening next,
and the Second Presbyterian, the Baptist,
the Southern Methodist, and the Methodist
Protestant Sunday-schools will celebrate
on Tuesday evening. on Wednesday even
ing the Lee Street Chapel and Trinity
Sunda y-School will celebrate.
Capt William II. Smith, city sergeant,
will give the prisoners confinedin Jail under
his charge feast today. The bin OF
fare will consist of turkey, with cram
berry sauce; chicken, ham, celery. bread
and butter, coffee, cakes, nuts, candy and
cigars.
Mr. VIII F Carne, who has filled the
position OF city editor of the Alexandria
Times for several years, has resigned. Mr..
Carne has accepted position as manager
| of River View for Capt. E. s. Randall
Miss Bertha. the twelve year.old Gaugh-
| ter of Mr.. William Hardy, died on Wednes-
day night.
The team OF Lewis Peverill ran away
yesterday on Patrick street The vehicle
! came in contact with the sewer at the
| corner OF Wolff and Patrick streets, and
/ both the sewer and the rig were badly
! damaged.
| The AIexand German Club will give
| a dance at Nc cBUrney's Hall tonight.
t Deputy Collector Vincent yesterday yis-
| tied the Treasury Departme ut and advised
the officials Of the action OF the city
council in refusing to allow the government
/ to run private sewer on st. Asaph street.
| He was instructed To make u report on
| the condition Of the sewer formerly used
| by the Gust ON houSc The old sewer is
! clog ged, and an Intellectual effort 10
| clear II with the ala of a fire engine
| was made Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Allan A Warfield is hOme from Phil
adelphia to spend the holidays
Miss Lula Butler, daughter OF Rev. j. H
Butler who has been attending school at
| Hollins. is spending the holidays with her
| parents
Mr. Arthur Borden and Miss Mamie Wood
son, both of Staunton. Va, were married
| by the Rev. ]. II. Butler at the First Zap
tist Church ON Wednesday night. Mr.. and
| Mrs Borden will return To Staunton in a
few days
The tug Templar has gone to Colonial
Beach, where an effort will be made Il
float the pungy Pert, which sunk near that
point few days ago.
William Carroll, a tramp, was committed
to jail for ten days by Mayor Thompson
yesterday. Carroll had been aecommo-
dated with sleeping quarters at the police
station several times and seemed bent OF
becoming a charge to the city during the
winter
Mr.. JameSR r. Cation. counsellor the Wash
ington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon Rail
road Company, has secured from the court
Of appeals writ of error in the case o
Quail VS.. the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railway Company. In the
corporation court of this city few weeks
ago jury awarded young Quail $4,000
damages for personal injuries.
Lieut.. Smith yesterday learned that a
colored man named Shepherd had sOmt
carpets, curtains. etc, which had been
in a house where scarlet fever had re
Gently existed. The man was caught by
the lieutenant offering the articles fo
sale and was compelled to burn the in
fected articles
Tie social clubs of this city viii kecl
'.open house. today.
Mr. William Beverley COrse Of the Unite
: States Geological Survey, son of the lat,
Gen. NJ. d. Corse Of this city, will b.
married in st. Louis in January to Mis-
Nancy Montague, daughter OF Mr.. ant
Mrs NJ s. Montague of Krebs. l. T.
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