Evening star., 1897-03-03
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Observance of the Lenten Season in the Va
rious Churches.
The Drum Corps Fair-Dr. Meade's
cellaneous News of the Day.
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Evening Star Bureau,
No. III North Washington st.,
| Telephone 116.)
Alexandria, Va, March 8, 1897.
| Today being Ash Wednesday, the first
| day of Lent, services were held as follows
| ST. Pauls Church, IL am. and 4:45 pm. !;
| Grace Church, service and holy eucharist,
| 10 am, evening prayer tonight at 7:3O;
| Christ Church, service IL am; ST. Mary
| Church. am: mass ashes were distrib-
] uted Immediately after mass. The follow
| ing is the schedule of services to be held
| during Lent: ST. Paul's Church. Tuesdays,
| Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4:45 pm. !;
! Fridays at 1:a0 pm. Grace Church, We'd
| nesdays, litany and Instruction. am,
morning prayer and special sermon, 7:3O
pm: Thursdays, children's service, 4:15
| pm; Fridays, morning prayer, litany and
! instruction al 10 am, evening prayer and
lecture, 30 pm. Christ Church, week
day services ST. Mary's Church. mass at
q and am. daily: sermon Tuesdays at
$50 I'm. and stations OF the cross Fridays.
I:3o Am. German Lutheran Church, serv-
| ice every Thursday, I:3o pm.
Meeting Postponed.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
school board will not be held on Thursday
night, as any of the members wish to
| visit Washington on the night of the in
auguration. The meeting will be held the
night following.
Young Mems SOdality Lyceum.
| The Young Mems Sodality Lyceum gave a
complimentary musical and literary enter
tainment at Lyceum Hall last night. Prof.
John J. Dolan of Washington delivered an
! interesting lecture on the life of Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. There was large au-
dience present. and the entertainment was
a very pleasant one.
Drum Corps Fair Visitors.
The three councils of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics will visit the
Third Virginia Regiment Drum Corps fair
tonight. The Alexandria Light Infantry
will visit the fair in body Friday night.
DIR. Meude's Lecture.
The Fourth Reinacker lecture of the sea-
son was delivered in Whittle Hall at the
Theological Seminary near this city yester-
day by Rev. DIR. Meade of Hartford Semi
nary. The lecture was highly interesting
one and well attended.
The Election in Doubt.
The friends of the candidates for the
office of second lieutenant of the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry are hard at work to
secure the election of their favorite. and
1t looks now as if there will be another
deadlock when the company meets Monday
night next to determine the question. The
candidates to come up before the meeting
are Sergt. Atkinson and Corporals j. j.
Green and George H. Robinson. 1t looks
as If compromise will have to be had on
dark horse"
Ladies' Auxiliary Officers Elected.
The regular monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of r. E. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans, was held yesterday af-
ternoon. After business of routine ma
ture had been transacted the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
Mrs. E II. OBrien, president; Mrs Gait
Norton, first vice president; Mrs. George
w. Keys, second vice president; Mrs. Nc
Caffery. recording secretary; Mrs. Frank
Creighton. corresponding secretary, and
Mrs James E Alexander. treasurer, after
which the meeting adjourned.
Painful Accident.
Mrs. Rosina Duffy. the aged mother of
the late Maj. Geo. Duffy and perhaps the
oldest person in this city, met with quite
a painful accident at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Swain, on South
Fairfax street, yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Duffy was walking In the yard. when she
slipped and fell on her arm breaking it
near the wrist. Mrs. Duffy is In the
ninety-eighth year of her age.
Forged Checks.
received at the two banks in this city yes
terday. They came through the mail from
Washington, and were drawn by G. L. Ad-
olson and made payable to James F.
Brown The name of w. H. Lambert,
cashier of the Citizens National Bank,
was forged The checks were returned to
Washington.
Police Court.
Although these are inaugural times,
there only IN no
of in the police court this morning. Frank
Payne, arrested by Officer Davis charged
| with assaulting Nancy Pines with an ak,
was fined s. twenty days. Ollie Laird
was arrested upon the charge Of assault
ing "Tobe" Dixon. He also was fined IS or
twenty days on the gang.
General and Personal Notes.
The Sd Regiment Drum Corps fair was
well attended again last night
The Kings Daughters of Grace Episco-
pal Church served luncheon at 1OS Royal
street today. Lunch will be served every
day this week for the benefit of the church.
Capt. VIM. H. Fowle. internal revenue
collector for the sixth district and his wife
are visiting Capt. Fowle's sister, Mrs j.
/. Beckham, on North Washington street
Mrs Mason entertained her friends at a
reception from to 7 yesterday evening
at her residence on South Washington
street.
Mrs John Button of Culpeper Is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs George Drewry
Miss Grant of Lynchburg Is the guest
OF Mrs DIR. Powell on Washington street
The regular monthly meeting OF the Hy-
GrauIic Fire Company was held last night
Routine business was transacted
The electric road will run trains every
hfteen minutes tomorrow morning to ac-
conmodate passengers TO and from Wash
ington. The block system will be used.
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