Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-11
LOCAL NEWS.
AnuaAnlHYs TONIGHT.

s'0arfe de font3pEe0" a0mnAhiy. 1oosoH0
AZ :" Desmarets," H b. Phillips as "Fouehs,"
and Herne a. " Do Neuville," were brilliant,
and every member Of the company gave entire
satisfaction, Tonight, SS ns,as comedy.
company viii undoubtedly give a. great salts.
faction az In The play Of last night.
GaovBR's THsATHR.-At this resort the sue
eessIuI play, 1.-THE Ticket Of. Leave Man." will
one OF the best that could be made, as Mr.. Gro
yer spared no pains 70 secure the best talent
that could be obtained The scenery i. all all
play. 1t IL bound to have run, and all VINO
would enjoy good thing should see it.
WASHINGTON THBATBR.-Miss Laura keene
Washington Theatsr, in the admirable manner
In which she has produced the beautiful spec
-tacuIar play, "The Sea Of Ice, or the Mothers
Prayer" The house has been full to over
flowing nightly, and the audience. by frequent
applause, showed their appreciation OF the
superb performance.
Canterbury the public ara
promised for tonight new and successful
pantomime entitled " Harlequi Now a. days,
or the Fairy Union and the Foul Fiend Seces-
sion," which was prepared expressly for this
hall, by MI Geo. r Edeson. The regular con-
cert hall entertainment will also be given
yARrETIBa.-Mr. W. J. Thompson and his
trained dog Hector are proving attractive cards
at the Varieties. In the play, "The Forest of
OF the dog, and the remarkable extent to which
he can be trained, is fully developed. Song,
dance anO Ethiopian ecc6nIlClty Will also Do u
part OF the enterta nment
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE LAST NIGHT-The Presi-
DENTS Stable and Horses Burnt.-Last night about
SS O'Clock fire occurred at the private stables
OF President Lincoln, whereby the building,
except that part used a carriage house, was
destroyed -, The i building was Of brick. and CON
burned to death before they could be taken from
the stable. Two OF these horses, Of a brown
III aas property OF tine pres
by Mr.. Nicolay, the Presidents private secre.
tary, while the remaining two ponies were
those used by the Presidents son, ssTad" Lin
colin. One OF these ponies was all the more
bignly priced, IN consequence Of having once
been the property Of Willie, the deceased son
OF MIR. and Mrs. President Lincoln. Three car.
IiaeeE were saved from destructio
Cooper, the Presidents private coachman,
left the stable to get his supper abouRS o'clock,
and he was first notified of the fire by the
President himself, who discovered the smoke,
was in flames.
Early in the evening MI Nicolay had given
orders to the coachman to have his carriage in
readiness at O'Clock, but the order was coun-
demanded before the coachman left the stable
and but tor this fact he might have been in the
stables at the time Of the occurrence OF the fire,
ana might probably have obtained some clue
to its origin.
large crowd collected as soon as the alarm
was given, and the different steam engines and
fire companies OF the city were on the ground
in a short time, but owing to the combustible
little could be effected by them other than pre-.
venting further spread of the flames. The
large quantity OF old timber scattered over the
grounds in the rear Of the Treasury building
made this quite a task for the time being The
building is q total wreck, and this morning
Hon. b. b French Commissioner Of Public
con ractors and architects, making estlm ates
preparatory to re- building.
II is estimated that it will cost $4,000 to re-
place the stable.
Cooper, the Presidents hickman, lost be-
tween three and four hundred dollars in gold,
which he had in a trunk in the stable. Also
had on his back.
Col. L. c. Baker, Provost Marshal of the War
Department, was seriously injured by the ex-
piosion o. gas pipe, piece Of which struck
him In the breast, and knocked him senseless
for time. He suffered much all Of last night.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary. The stables were lighted with
gas, the pipes Of which protruded from the
walls Of the building on either side, in the rear
OF the horses, and all combustble matter was
far removed from the jets, and there was no
possibility of its taking fire from that cause.
The only other fire in the stable was in the
stove, and it was not probable it caught there
either, for there was no cOmbustible matter in
is immediate vicinity, and, besides, the indi-
cations are that the fire commanded in thu end
OF th= building away from the stove.
The police were promptly on the spot, and
officer Stinchcomb arrested a man by the name
of Part rson McGee on suspicion of having set
the stable on fire. mc;5ee was formerly
coachman for the President, and dis
charged yesterday morning, but was seen at
the stable about ne hour before the fire was
dis covered. He was committed to Jail for a
hearing to- morrow morning at ~ o'clock.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE DRAGoN.-It ap-
pears til at the statements published concerning
OF January at Piney Point, were incorrect in
soma particulars. The facts, we get them
from enc of the officers of the Dragon appear
10 be follows: AS the Dragon was going
alongside the Tulip TO tow her into the coal
wharf, a bolt in the back connection of
her boiler blew ont, and the steam thereby es-
capped, scalding six men, one of whom, Phillip
Lane, died instantly, and another died the
same day. TIE renal der were brought to
shis city and placed in hospital where they are
now doing well. On that occasion Acting En-
sign Turner an d the offic GERS of the Ora son did
everything in their power TO alleviate the suf-
ferines OF the men, Mr.. Turner ordering the
way being found small that the men could
not be got out as quickly as was desired
Among those who disting uished themselves in
rlskIng their lives to save o. hers was Acting
Second Assistant Engineer G.. Z. Riddle. From
tins statement il appears that the accident did
not result from carelessness.
RUReLARIoUs IMPLEMENTS FouNp-Last
81 nday, some little boys wer- playing near the
canal bridge at 18th street, and ona Of them,
EC win PAWS, discovered three SIN all tin boxes,
su as are commonly used for tobacco safes,
and six metal keys, concealed in nook under
Il e platform by the dam. The little fellow
thought he had discovered sompth ing valuable,
q d carried them to Sergeant TAFT, Of the Sec
or Ward police. The implements were used
by some burglars key maker The boxes were
filed with wax prepared to take impressions
of keys, and one had been already used; and
the impres sion of an iron safe kew was COM
pie IN the wax, from which the burglar could
make a copy of the KEY that would operate on
the safe lock as easily as the original The six
KEYS were tor on safes, but are newly cast,
ard the wards had not been cut to correspond
with the wax copies. One had no doubt been
dried in some lock and proved a failure, the
ward piece was broken from the barrel The
accidental discovery of hose articles has prob
ably spoiled a rich job designed by some emil
NJ Mt professional burglar.
PAPER HANGISGS, WINDOW SHADES, Pic.
ruREs. PICTURE FRAMES, &c, &C.-Those
furnishing their houses, or in want of first
Class goods in that way, st moderate prices,
should not fail 10 examine the stock Of John
Na,kri'sr, iS6 Seventh street.
Pa er hareings, rich gold and velvet; gold
s+amped and medium priced gold papers
glazed and blank papers; fire. board prints of
beau it'll styles; statues, center pieces; elegant
designs gilt band window shades picture