Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-26

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takes a bspsr., and ofYsrs two roaring bur
Iesques Of "CoIumhus" and Poc.,hanta."
Let him have \ full HOUSE.
GEovLR's TTEATFR-ManaSe- Grover has
nova company every way calculated to play
all the bftt pi,ers Of the modern standard
drama. The hill or TO might is 1.-THE Stranger"
miss Western appearing as % Mr. Halter ana
Barrett "a ths "Strsngrr,r and the dramatic
romance Of tie " " lizard SkifY"
Fosp's TnkA7ER.-Fords resort continues
its rrmaTkable series Of successss, tia latest
being that Of the excellent English Opera
Troupe OF thu Ri hinSs. The whole strength
OF IA. con pary iindIdins fino ballet corpsl
tacle ef IN. "Enchsntress.h
CASTkksIET EALL-Annct.a GalIet.i Is
row nc hfiEb pSr'lC u ar star OF the Canter-
enry, ard ir indtrd BEAUTIFUL and accom-
phshed OAR ss use. She appears to night rain,
assisted iy Friarce and the ballet corps To.
morrow, Thar ts,iyirs,) An afternoon per-
1ormancs viii te siven.
CKIHOESB CTRCrs-Thosa who bays boon
interested and IL used by Thayer, Eaton Stone,
tne Conrad Brotbers, Reynolds, Mary Carroll,
ana me other favcr.te performers At the circus,
should NOT forget that thi- Is their LAST night, As
the new organization will appear on Thanks
E1yinE day. Let the old Is vorites then have y
tuii mouse IA a parting remembrance.
ACADEMY OF MrsIC.-Free concert OF vocal
CoLrNriA HALL, CAPITOL HIlL-Ball by
the Columbia Active Associotion.
PoToAAc HALL, Coullon
party A hne chance for a dance
TEMPERANCE HALL-Ths Island Frtendshin
Association a'so give bali to- night, and have
niaoe every arrangement for an evening OF
enjoyment No pains rexpense has been spared
70 MAKE THIS one OF the best balls Of the season
A FIaHTINo IKIsnxA,-On Monday night
= stai"ar, freshman, named John Cuilins.
having taken TOO much whisky, set about
knocking things in the vicinity or "Chrouic
Row, (TwsEty-third street near M Officer
= LUMP anP VINO was near by, observed him go to
when lac turned on the officer, fought himself
loose, and ran to a neighborng house CLOSELY
pufsued lay the Oii!crr, and with n blow or two
with his fist smas h. d in the DOOR seizld a chair
winch lie threw a. his rursuer, blew out the
lights and rscai'rd in the darkness. Yesterday
a warrant WAS issue d for HIS arrest and Cfic-r.
Crump. Ioriand, and Hilton started after him
and found nm In stable lott, into W ich there
was no eht11nCe kept by a small ouening
over which CUl;iuS stationed hjmsatf arnoai
with hoe AMI pat Ii fork. One OF the ofIicers
s1aTHo :" go mp after him, carrying his pis toll
IN MS ni'1n raGy Tor Use, but the Others pr
suaded Inn not TO do So ana after a short
council OF war had been Ia, Id il was Differentiated
',o ormg hli'', together with the flooring of the
lon, or n "a Nr, With themselves, ACCORDINGLY
natchets we've procured, and the elects under
tne Hcoi ;tiiS r moved fighting T-j<h-unn
came down w'iii tie rubbish in n rush In
hon'eh' however lie was OH his feet again and
Al the Cff'' r., hat they succeeded ia SECURING
MIN, and ioch i'm b. fore-Iustice Drury vino
SohiIilt4' ili IT, Jail TO answer the chlrge of
hpdse-trtak hf.
GEN. MCtLhLLAN'a BODY GUARD-the-
service last Monday morning, at @ O'Clock nj
their enc-.m inrnt ON Franklin Square in this
city, by ltqL.st # GcnrrtiS McClvli;tn and
burnside. This CORPS was formed In Chicago
Limos, ana rOlisi>trd of about eighty men
picked frUm th'Itt StI who offered They
started lr"n that city np the 18Th of June 166i,
anu were IiHn' dia ely assigned to duty As
Gen. MJCi-iian', body guard They Joined
MN a; CluciiHIii, and were with him i'm his
western NlrLInii campaign. When the gene
RAJ was assigned 10 tire chief command OF the
Srfniee- th' c:sris followed him here, and were
with lin III all his cam ;taIgn~ In Eastern Sir-
ginia. M.ny III the ccrps have been commits
stoned, and ar. in both the regular and ynlun.
ter serHl'e. One man who started from Chi
Cago as l'r.Na'e, Is Row a major Gsn
Halleck's stall. The corps now numbers sixty
m'n, and are under command of I.eut. N E
SleIdon, To whcm The company is very much
attached.
The coIps totk it's name in honor OF Solomon
Stursls, Isq. a wealthy and patriotic ctiz-n
OF Chi ago, who provided = Co!nplcte outfit for
the cCmI. any. al d kept them SUPPLIED from his
own private funds. II is said that he has spent
over Sic,UOO upon his fayorfe corps.
The company hold tfen. Mcclellan in high
esteem. ard 7, gard him with almost thu affection
Of children 10 parent. The General has ever
regarded tn. as hi especial fayorites.
INPRovENENTs.-lnIhe First Ward there are
several ImirU. tfnentS in progress, among
which we IoilCe a brick cottage for Mr. +.
SchnelOer Oh the'a'enue, between Eighteenth
and NlhetrtEth stretts. w. IL. Falconer, car
penter, ard q. u. FlLnt, bricklayer, are doing
the woIk The dimens ions thirty-six feet
front and thru three deep, of three Stories the
upper Cnr being almost entirely covered by
slate, and Will contain twelve rooms, beside
kitchen and bathrooms. MIR. A. Schneider is
erecting dwelling Tor himself on street, De-
tween III -hIcr nth and Nineteenth streets, TWEEN
ty-thTte 10y thIrtN-siX feet, three stories and
basem.nt. Mar. John A. RhuIn is the carpenter
and Mir. Pen. h utg hins the brickIayer. These
two buildings are being built In wOrkmaniike
manner, ard WILL greatly improve the section
In VIII n they are erected Opposite to- Mr.. A
SchneideIs two-story and basement house
BE- A
brick il bsing erected on the corner of Connect
cut avenue and L street for Mrs McMann
Mr-Jan.es q Lay II building d two-story brick
Tor INNS ELF on X STREET, between Twenty-fou
and w nty nth STREETS. Mr.. Bradley, near
the Union IN line house, is about to add another
story 10 MS tWo-sfory building. Besides these
building - number Of small frames have been
erected IN different portions OF the ward.
SUPPosIb DEsEETER ARREsrEp.-On Mon
day night 4 man dressed in the garb OF a cor
poIal OF cavalry came TO the encampment of
the Sth NV York cavalry, on the Bladens-
burg turnpike, near the toll-gate, and repre-
ssn1ed 10 the guard on duty there that he was
\ bearer OF dispatches from General SigePs
corps at aiTfax, and that his dispatches were
of very inp ortant character for the quarter
master al baltimore; that he had left his quar-
tiers 20 hurTiediy as TO forget his overcoat, and
be wisht d to borrow an oyercOat from one OF
the 9Th hoys. captain Meigs considered that
such request was brazen enough for n thief,
and ordered the bearer OF dispatches 10 be
confronted iy the captain he cOntradicted him.
self in almost every assertion he made. On
searching him no dispatches were found, nor
anything lse by which he could be identified.
The horse he rode appeared 10 be very much
fatiguid, as if it had been ridden very hard.
Yesterday the o1poral was placed in the GEN.
trail guaId house.
WILSON'S MARKET and provision store, No.
119 p ms ylyania avenue, between Nineteenth
and wtntiefh streets, II the place to secure
game, poultry, beef and all kinds of tempting
edillfs:, No bitter assortment Of marketing can
be found anywhere.
Aproyo., OF I thanksgiving day.-See Wilson's
annouD C, M 4 in another column of tha multi
tude of good things he has laid in for to NOR
Thousands around him. His store will be- kept
open thin I'VE ming, and to morrow until III a. M,
TO acc on. modal. all those whe propose TO eat
q real oid-fas hioned Thanksgiving dinner.
Crowds have been surrounding his display OF
fat turkey, geese, chickens, ducks, game Phil
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