Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-17
EV ENING STAR.
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.

1 IN pcIcOu dut July paiu rs the IulSS VI
or Office require, viz:
Married, on the 7th instant, by the Rev
Joseph Wilson, Mr.. John James Calvert to
Miss Frances Marion Hurdle, all of this city u
On the next day, We received at our coun-
ter, in the same way from the veritsble groom
in person, the following marriage notice,
which was, of course, published on that occa-
sion, viz:
married, on the 9th instant, by the Rev.
/ Mr.. Steele, Mr. William Brook Caller, OF
3ladensburg, to Miss Frances Marion HURDLE
OF this city,
The really married pair, as per this last no.
tice, on returning to tho city from short
honey.moon trip, discovered, to their horror
that the wouId.be groom had strangely mista-
1 ken a promise for marriage, and thus bro yht
the good name of the bride into question.
They request Us to deny, for them. the stor '
Of the first marriage, as being wholly without
foundation; and say that the disappointed
sutton has conveniently kept himself out of
| thrir way since their return homo to Wash.
iDgton; otherwise they would have compelled
contradiction from under his own hand
A The so called REV. Joseph Wilson, who
vas alleged to have performed the first GER.
nony, appears to be fictitious parsonage, as
We have not been able to identify him in these
iiggings:
Ho, FoR AN EFFICIENT CoMM1ss1osER,-A
party Immediately interested, complains to
us Of the manner In which the paving is being
done on ID street between Ninth and Tenth
streets, where the law calls for q given mum
| Der of inches of clean river gravel as a foun-
| dstion for the paving stones, and for those
stones not 10 exceed four inches in diameter.
It il, of course, the interest Of the contractor
TO use as little gravel as possible, and paving
stones as much above the legal size as the
commissioner Of the ward will permit him to
use. No one expects anything else Yet if
either of these two requirements are not
strictly complied wi. b, the commissioner
gieveusly damages the property holders uhe
sre taxed for the work. The city is sick and
| tired of laying down and tearing no. through
| want of strict attention on the part of super
| intending officers. As represented to us this
| Is glazing case. Life Office under tho cor
| porstion must work its evil results 1t is
| high time that our corp rate authorities came
to understand that nothing can be worse fo1
the interests IN their care, than the plan of
: making life estate in Office, wherein the in
| sumbent is charged with the duty of superin
| tending work. There never yet was and
never will be contractor who fails to take
4 advantage Of the luck of having his Jobs exc
cutsd under such chief superintsndence
EQUAL DIyIsIoN.-It is rumored that a COL
| orsd man, day or two since, looking for tho
County Jail, asked a young man to show him
the way. The young man told him that he
could not do that, but there was a magistrate
Cd the other side of the way who could The
coOred man went to the JUSTICES house. was
Invited In and took seat to wait for the
Squire's return. In short while the Ju tice
entered with constable, and the two con.
Quoted the colored individual to Jail The
next thing was to divide the imaginary re-
ward. The Justice decided that twelve and
half dollars should 60 to his son, twelve and a
half to himself, twelve and q half to tho Off.
, Ger, and the remainder TO the young man who
sent him TO the house. We suppose the divi
sion will be made when the reward is paid
We hope they may get it but think the more
honest way would have been to have directed
the poor feilsw to the Jail without claiming
reward for doing nothing. The question
which naturally presents itself is, What wa.
the man locked up for,
"NoIsE AND CONFUsIoN'-Our friend G..
Of the Clipper. who lives near Temperance
Hall on Z street, don't Like the noise and con-
fusion which sometimes prevails in that neigh
bOrhood- In his letter Of this morning be
says:
We do rot know what harm the people
living near and around Temperance Hall have
done that they should be disturbed through
out the night by boisterous conduct Wehaye
yet TO learn that they are fond of UGH pro-
ceedings"
Cannot the corporate authorities do some
hing so that our nervous friends may live in
peace and quietness?
SOCIAL CLUBS We had an opportunity of
noticing the various club representatives at
the late ball OF the Empire Club Nearly
every club was represented, and the evening
passed away very pleasantly. These clubs are
formed solely for the pleasure and amusement
OF our young men Among the representa-
uVe' We noticed the following named gentle.
men; Presidents of their respective CLUBS
III "alllngs, Island Social Club; Mr.. Viii
llsms, Mount Vernon Club; Mr Robinson.
Americas Club; Mr.. Marceron, Tsrpsichore
Club; President of Liberty Club. and SIR
Brown, Good Will Club. The members Of
Empire Club deserve credit for their efforts to
please all who were present.
IHE AVENUE already begins to wear Its
WINTER appearance. 1t is now crowded eyery
afternoon with pedestrians of both sexes
lhere all may behold - the fashion, Of WASH
lngton, without paying a quarter for a |
peep There, too, one never fails to zee it's |
wee and misery, as veil as the brighter side
fiO.uiS- Ing stranger 10 most struck |
With the large proportion of beautiful and
uodestly -attired young girls just bursting into
Fon anhood, with eyes of diamonds swimming
IN dissolved pearls, as it were, who grace our
city The " bucks" of the day, among u,
are given to riding and are to be seen, for the
most part, either ON their prancing steeds Or
0ehlnd their fast nags. so they go!
COLD WEATHER. COMING This Ia manifest
IN the longing glances cast at the superb and
comfortable furs displayed around the door
and windows Ct the fashionable establishment
Of our neighbor, John L Evans, by hundreds
strolling up and down the avenue He is a
very enIerPrising trsdesman, and deserves the
large patronage which his assiduity, in cater
ing 10 suit all tastes, has already secured him.
No man in Washington better understands the
philosophy of the adsge, that, in the way of
profits, the nimble sixpence il worth more
than the slow shilling"
FUNERAL OF FIRRNAS-Ths members of
the Perseverance Fire Company were busily
engaged this morning in preparing their new
and handsome hose carriage for use at the
funeral OF their late fellow member, Mr.. Jno.
" atson, which will tako place this afternoon
The pose carriage will make an excellent car