Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Axrsrnrrrs To Srsar

C.Srrpsuef sam Shsfcley Is Just now tue
card a. Canterbury, and 70 q decidedlv COED one,
for a. m S hiopian performer and aenneasor OF
fh. negro character Ne 10 "immense There 10
much orirtnsIi,y .bout him, and his hia and
Aings at men apd things are gotten on In happy
and original manner and never fail TO " bring
down the house, Fatty stewart and Andy
i,eavit1 pre- also upou the Canterbury boards, aud
aid ia sdrnIni.tering slsugting gss'' to the au-
diepce. Miss Nei'ie TAYLOR sings very well.
HooLKv's NISsrRrLs give their Las. perform
snce 81 Fofd's Athene''n to-DtEht hey Will,
hOvever eppeaT a, 'iIovsr's New National on
Nauaay, vi n an augmented troupe TO night,
N. urogrsr,rne selected 70 mos PX"ellent one,
aRd one whose tendencies are 20 please and
axsse Ha ~ Lenr ana Nsise se m"ur wi'l ep-
pesr.ia thsir happi' o sud most 70. moods, and
will nut forth shP.r very hest e5o''s 70 produce
an evening Of eni SmeIt f4T sii who shall at
tend.
APOLLO CoScEkr slLour FIRE. concerts and
free an rs-Yri~utz - " Julie PR and others
delteH; vi'h sony, Nschrnan led the orchestra,
ara WoYrelI anus Q with negro e. Nentricltes
Atten'!ve wat&Ts disperss refres hu'C ats
TrEAc.D Nj or MpzIc continues 20 be pa
tronixed bv those WIN are fond OF music. Mr.
Henry Jungnicke' kishls eftrrtains to heb!tues
with his per Ornsnces CA the Viclln, ard BIG nora
SeydeI Dlesses with soDY. RetrcshneHts Always
st hand
Local. ApPRcrkIAfIoSs'- -Iu tie several apPro
Dyistion bis witch passed CongrSss ther- are
varfou, Items To- n,oravpn and wors Of local
l1tSrest here. Among IT, IN For comp ing the
west wing Of the rrei NV Hiding, nve hun ffes
thousand d"I,aIs. For p<int'ng the ost iue OF
the old portion Of the capitol, c!ght thousand
dollars. For removing the envy b. kerr from the
basement haor Of the c 'pit0i, and 10 reDair the
damage caused by said bakery eight thou'and
dollars For compensation OF four additional
dravkeepsts for the two draws at tn Potomac
bridge, three thousand and s'xfv six d"llan
Congress has also appropriated $40 0C0 to put a
new s'ory on the War Department: SD OnO Tor
A fr-r 0nf flETA tgV
and %, 900 70 Rrrde and improve Judiciary
square The latter has already Seen partly ex
pended, and greatly TO tse appearance Of the
square, which now kas a good iron enclosure,
composed o. the old railing from the Capiti
grounds, and n partly planted with young ensHe
tres and sArubbery. giving pfoniE, OF an UNI
orae-cus resort in tine future, when the whole
plan shall have been carried Uut by further appro
priations and ;he growth Of time
In connection with an appropriation 81 s12 OG0
70 supply the deficiency IN the appropriation for
lighting the Capitol and public grounds, the &C.
pany" was 50 amended as to prohibit the said
company from receiving, afsrr the Isl dey OF July,
1881, more than % cents per 100 cubic feet Of gas
furnished by IL &c the Government, and 30 cents
10 other customers, subject to a discount Of not
less than 10 per centum on all bills for gas, II
paid al the o &c Of said company within Eve
days from the rendition thereof provided all
arrears shsu have been previously paid
MATRIMONIAL SQUABBLB.-Thursdaya afternoon
the vicinity of III I'd and streets. on the Island
Zras the scene Of considerable excitement, owing
% wife discovering her husband In a house OF
sll-Tepute in that locality IL appears tina, for
some tms past the wife has been suspicious that
all the attentions Of her husband were net be-
stowed upon her. and day before Yesterday she
obtained Information that ths husband was In the
house In question, AMI proceeding 10 the place
where she by some means g4ined admission. she
di~covered him w III one Of the inmates sn -
srdSts di'setE As may be supposed the wifr's
Uas m Fnp1i al a
tthing the 'ert!es q her plesence she immedi-
ately saug ct the busbsnd BY the he ls and mn;
him ont Of bed and pitched into the voraan, Civ
ing her particular ss - The v-jman howe yer
soon recovered, and was eoout '.turning the IA
bles" on the wife, be; the husband interfered
saying that "nO woman should strike his wife;D
and the two Proceeded homewards, ne look ing
veiy much ashamed and ste administering q
merlted and severe lect8f, on the road.
ARREST BIT tn PRovosT GuARD-The follow
ing arrests, beside the arrests for military offences
strictly, have been made >ince our last report -
John 8snnY, No $50 Twelfth street, was arresied
sof keeplne a bawdy and drinking honse, a re-
treat for soldiers. The girls we're taken with hin
90 the guardhOuse The girls were appropriate
y lectursd upon the danger of their vocation In
this city. and warned against falling into the
Lads of the authorities. rhe proprietor was
turned over to Justice Walter. This house, &C.
wss ence before routed. The Judgment Of the
magistrate will DC governed by the municipal
Law. CHI rIes, Tenth street, between c and
Pennsylvanie avenue, was arrested for keeping
inmates were all d smissed. except the proprietor
who Yves turned over. 10 Justice Waiter, to be
dealt with according to law.
CHARGE OF BIeAxY About Ave month, aimee
= daus hIer OF Mr. En0ch Ward was married In
this city 20 Mr.. George w. Bennett, said to
have been lieutenant Ia The GaTioaldi egiment,
and since the marriage rumo S have been out In
a in
Sork An item app a,ing N SO Star recently In
relation 20 a divorce rte on trial in New York,
IN which the pa'Les Gre OF The rsna name az the
husband, came UEd = .sC no ice o; Mrs. Ward
sad accordingly skc vet "rday p'ocured warrant
from Justice Rowland, cbaIGinI Eenn-tt with
bigamy The warrant was gived - Office "
ID Kelly, who imm dat served II, and he
vss taken the j1s ices oface. md ave b IL for
an examination on FhuFs6 y next MIR Bennett
expresses hims~if a. able to entirely disprove
the charge, and in the oboe offered - take bis
wife 70 his relatives, y she sy sItisfy her
self a. 10 the facts Ia the case
FIRENgN's GOEVsSTIcS- The convention
which mrt az The Franklin E1eins Iuss on the
22th ut met again on Tueaday nigh, pursuant To
adjournment, with reirlv al .he dales atts which
were present 81 the former meeting In attendance,
and also = delegation from the Union Company
The delegates present re, orted that eac Of fos
had ratified the bill drafted at The
former meeting; and 4 conmiteS, cor .,naad N
hesrs Peabody, Ct the Columbia; w. a Hines
Union; Cook, Anacostia; J. Sos,fhrd franz
lin; OsOorn, Perseverance,; Char ncey. Netroool.
itsn Hook ad Ladder; BroS q, Ansricso HOOK
and Ladder. ant r l.Iz I1a Ep,;-ra Hoss vr,e
app~ins.d TO wait on The Couaciss ard urs e the
passage OF The bill
FOURTH WAP1 STATION CAsEs-Bsfoys Jssties
WahsT-A BoTlar d defauI o. p., 40. o,eg Gus
nae; nned IS 81. Msry FairflI, (roi ! I'D sent
sxFo,u..e; workhouse 30 days 10 liaa Books,
dhIcderly; fned % So. Thomas Ru JueII, lar.
Jeny; locked up i've hours Ann Chant pro-
fani'y ana keeping disorderly house; do s. 50.
Elizabeth Bell, profanity; do. % 50 Ann sims
do; do % So Eliza w .lliams, drunk and dis
ord rlvi do. 81 So. George H. Naylor. disOrderly;
costs 50 centL Samuel Stewart, fighting; dis
miss-d. A Peterson, p. Van Aiken, K Horner;
David Kennedy, John Law, do turned over to
to- military. Elizabeth Clark, prostitution; fned
s2.5s.
A Sick CoHTRABAND.-Last night the patrol.
men Of the Fourth Ward picked up negro
woman named Mary Psirfax, found lying dunk
In the street She was taken to the station
house, and DUNG the night was seized with
violent commissions and became very sick IL
was feared she would die. In her few lucid
she told toe patyolmen that she was a
fugitive from King George county, Va. Her
master 10 Union man, and she CT p essed q wish
to be returned to him. The examining Justice
W alter-wss puzzled az 10 the best course TO pur-