Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-11-30
a HARD PARrY.-Yesterday afternoon, off,
er Harrison. of the Fifth w ard, arrastAd Mar

"A HARD fARTY.-t eSterQ0Y afternoon, ON.
Ger Harrison, of the Fifth w ard, arrested Mar
tin ElleIburger, Ellen Ellenburger, and 10.
sephine Snyder, the first two for keeping a
house of prostitution, and the latter for leading
lewd and lascivious life; and they were
taken to the station, where last evening the
case was heard by Justice Handy.
The principal witness was Margaret Holmes,
who testified that she herself was not decent;
she made 20 pretensions to being decent; that
Mrs. Ellenburger came up to the synagogue on
y street to get witness and another girl to go to
her house as boarders; that Saturday last
she went to the house, and remained until
Monday evening, receiving the company of
men and paying half she made to Elienburger
or wife. A good many soldiers visit the place,
liquor for herself. They ali in the house had
the same business; she had lived in house OF
prostitution at No. 1Q1 Washington street, New
York, with Mrs. Ellenburger.
Officer l.. L.. Milstead testified that recently
he was in the house, when he saw w omen SIT
ting in soldiers laps, and one woman tumble
on q settee with a soldier.
Josephine Snyder protested that she was IN
the house only a servant.
The Justice fined Ellenburger S209i for sell
ing LIQUOR without license, like amount for
selling to soldiers, and held him to security for
his appearance at court to answer for keeping
baWdy house.
FIRE.-About 5 o'clock this morning officer
Sullivan sounded an alarm of fire from box az,
street, which brought out the fire departments
Government and city, promptly. 1t proved
to be the STILL house at III. C. Wilson's lamp
black factory, at the foot of the canal, which
was mostly consumed, occasioning loss of
about $1,000. The machinery being eneased in
heavy brick work was not damaged, and the
apparatus getting to work promptly, and the
canal being near, from which they obtained
water, the adjacent buildings, including the
valuable lamp black factory, Were saved.
The fire was caused by carelessness, work
man, whose business it was to thaw the still
ing tank, containing roofing pitch, preparatory
to drawingit off, having left the furnace under
IL ,Iny, hnt hn Nit m
mediately took fire, enveloping the building in
flames.
as THE by ecsr
upon the charge of forestalling, upon the in
formation of MIR. Lyles, clerk of the Centre
Market, and was taken before Justice Thomp-
son. The evidence being satisfactory the JUS
tice fined the accused go. VIM. Robertson
ing without license from the corporation. Jus.
tice Thompson fined the delinquent IS.
FAIR.-The Foundry Church fair, at Odd
Fellows Hall, closes Tonight, and should be
made much OF. The richly spread refresh
ment tables, presided over SO gracefully by
Miss Belle Shackleford, (ant her eight pretty
aides,) and the other tables by Mrs. Gardiner,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Annie Adams, Miss Israel,
Miss Bates, Miss Lizzie Adams, Mrs Tippett
and Miss Vic Eaton, offer the most abundant
attractions. Call in to night.
RAID ON THE APPLE AND PEANUT STANDS.
Inc Sidewalk VeHoers OF apples ana peanuts
on Penn'a avenue, between Sd street and the
Capitol, were panic stricken yesterday noon
by the sudden appearance among them of Of
fcer Sprague, bearing an order from Mayor
Wallach, and countersigned by the Superin-
tendent OF Police, W. b. Webb, Esq ordering
theremoval Of all stands wherein anything
was sold in the street.
ANOTHER MARYLAND SLAVE FOR WASH
1NGTON TO SUPPORT-Yesterday, Polly Gallo
way, former slave OF Henry Thorr, Of Prince
George county, Md, and very old and feeble,
some so years OF age, was dropped from q
wagon on 18th street east, having been sent up,
as she says, by her former master. She W as
picked up by officer Duvall and taken to the
Sixth Ward station, from whence she was sent
to the woIkhouse.
CONTINENTAL SoIREH-Elsewhere see
announcement OF grand Complimentary soIree
to Prot. Kreis, the popular teacher of dancing,
by bis pupils. The gentlemen on the commit
te of arrangements are well qualified to carry
of the affair with credit, and we can promise
all who go delightful time. It comes off on
Friday evening next
LEvEE TOMORROW EvENING-The commit
tee of the Library Association, 1. o. O. F., will
give their library levee to morrow evening at
Odd Fellows Hall, 9TH street This will M
doubtedly be delightful season, as much care
mas been exercised to make 1t all 1t should be-.
hamilton EASTER NOT RELEAsED-The
statement made day or two since that MIR.
Hamilton Easter, of the Baltimore firm of
Hamilton Easter Co.. had been discharged
is erroneous and MS trial viii probably be re-
sumed to-day, in this city.
ST ANDREWS SOCIETY SUPPRR-This pop
Mar and worthy society. OF this city, hold their
fine Buh1tt E7STdurHIfI,, Tyo. ~ L ems vi vania
avenue.
SPECIAL NOTICES.