Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-01
LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

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ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
GRoyRR's THEATER.-Mr. s. W. Glenn,
eSsI.cls P ayon Sph IN o"e in "a .sThe Dutch
Ac'or." Mr.. Glenn is one of the most amusing
"Dutehmen" on the stage. Besides tbs play.
sIreland and America" and the Irish LIon,
will be performed. The favorite Irish come.
dian, Mr. @, O. Charles, and the attractive La
Belle Emile taking prominent parts. 81 y
CAH7ERBuRY.-A number OF new and pref
ty faces viz. SaIlie Sunderland, Ella, Mary
and Lizzie wesner, and Nelly Kilmire will ap-
pear UPON the Canterbury boards to-night and
meIodfous songs and graceful dances may be
expected. John Mulligan will remain, an d
fun lovers will be pleased to known that Billy
West reappears. A good bill tonight.
TOURNAMENT AND BALL.-This afternoon
the grand tournament and ball will take place
at the Seventh street Park. This resort is a.
delightful one, and the fact of this double en- :
tertainment to. night will not fail to attract a
large crowd, partly on account Of the variety
of a tournament
Pro NIo.-At Letters City Garden, the
Shields Club give a pic mic tonight 1t will
commence this afternoon and be contin led
during the night. A fine chance for dance.
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE SoHoLARsHIPs.-We
announced on Saturday the award OF the COM
mittee In favor of Faby Frankling, pupil of
the Fourth District Clsland) Grammar School.
This school has been under the leadership OF
Mr.. J6hn T.. Thompson since the year ISIS,
and stands A No. with the public grammar
schools of our W hole country. This Is the third
scnolarship won by TINS scnool nader TINS ex-
venerable college was granted In the year 1855
by the National Medical Cellge, when the
the Fourth (or Island) District School. In the
year 1859 scholarship was granted by Geo.
W. Riggs, when J. Abbott Moore, of the Third
Navy Yard) District, took the prize. In 1860
Dr. 0unton granted a scholarship, when the
Fourth (Island) District wac again success
full, the. fortunate competitor being Oliver T.
The College faculty offered the scholarship
In 1851, when Patrick McAuley, of tina First
District (Mr. s. ]. Thompson teacher, and
bearing high reputation) won the prize. In
1862 the College Faculty again presented the
honors of their Institution, and Joseph H.
France, of the First District, was the success.
full competitor In 1868 the commendable libe.
rality of the trustees was evidenced, and again
the First District came out ahead-Elbert
Turner bearing off the honors. Thus the First
District, as well as the Fourth, has had the
honor of carrying off three scholarships.
In 1854 the trustees again hold out the prize,
and once more the Fourth District is successful
the fine little boy, 11k years old, after SIN
gle years study in the male grammar school,
is declared by a majority of the committee to
be fairly and honorably entitled to the prize,
and 1t is endorsed by vote of the Board of
Trustees.
The RESULT OF INTEMPERANCB.-This
mCrning Suah Ann Donovan, q young wo-
man, 81 years of age, was arrested upon the
complaint of her husband, who charged her
with adul ery yesterday, with Is men. Upon
being examined, b-fore Justice Giberson, 1t
was very clear that Donovan was suffering
with mania a -potu, as he described the men
as flying, one after another, through the front
windows, and clinging fast to the opposite
wall, until the wh ile fifteen had entered the
ROOM" The state of donovan being apparent,
the Justice dismissed the case. Witnesses be-
ing in the house with Donovan ard his wife,
testified that nothing to justify such charge
had occurred there. Donovan having threat
ened bis wife, she made oath that she feared
he would kill her. Justice Giberson ordered
him to give bail for peace, and in default OF
bail he was locked up to be properly dis
posed Of
FOURTH WARD STATION CAsEs.-Caroline
Read, disordeIly; S5.71 James @. Moody, not
licensed; dismissed. Emma Purdy, keeping
bagdy house do. Clara Blanchard and Eliza
J. BpIly, prostitution; do. Johannah Murphy,
grand Larceny; do. Michael O'Donnell, assault
and battery: bail for court. J. q. Jones, disor-
deIIy; dismissed Mary Mcfarland, do. and
drunk; do. Henry Miller, do: military. MichI
Callahan, do; dismissed. Thos Conn oily,
Thos. McKeoD, VIM. Johnson, drunk; Jacob
Stubern and Kanlan Sullivan, asleep in street,
l56 each. Ann Maria Marshall and John
Moran, drunk and disorderly workhouse
Mary, Kelly, vagrancy; dismissed. Dennis
Donovan, threats; bail for peace. Sarah Ann
Donovan, adultery; dismissed.
SECOND WARD STATION CAsEs.-D. Math.