Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-13

lowed by the choir singing beautifully the
piece, ns :ast thy burden on the Lord The
| paFtor delivered q discourse from Revelations
18th chapter, I3,h veree, "Biessed are the dead
which die in the Lord, from henceforth. yea.
saiih the epirit, that they may rest from their
labors, and their WORKS do follow them" The
I dlecourse conelsded with brief revtew " OF tbs
iffe ana character Of the deceased. .-----
eAt the close Of the discourse the cefy7n bsInE
l opened, the congregation passed around the
altar, taxing last look 1t the features OF their
performing the beautiful chorus, .C1c 10 tnY
rect" -
The benedietion was pronounced sy Rev.
". g. Itpscomb, and the corpse was reno yed
to the hesIse. and the procession moved u,
Glen wood Cemetery, where the corpse was
deposited In o vault
No. O. of the Metropolitan Rrailroad, came
down the grade from Sth TO Sth street at a y.Yy
rapid rate, and striking the wheels of the coach
containing the pail. bearers, smashed the wheel.
Fortunately no one WAS hur.. and the pail
bearers were transferred TO another coach.
LARCENY OAsxs. Yesterday afternoon Lucy
STAR wood, an inmate of the house Kapt by
Bert n Brown, 18th street, near q, was arrest
60 oy omcer Hawes. ON charge OF Stealing
Sl20 from Thomas Tibbot She asked him for
$40 He took his pocket book from his pocket
TO give her the amount when she snstehed the
yc,ket hook and run of. She plead before
Jus ice Boswell that she only took it as a ioKe.
A man named Michael White had CONVEX
Sation with Mary Stanwood, She told him To
so to her room and get S100 from under her
trunk. He did SO, and on the way to the station
ho1se stole $50. Lney Stan nwood was sent to
iail for the frat robbery. and MichI White for
the other.
Kate Richardson, an inmate OF Madam
Woifs ranch, was arrested for the larceny OF
S12 from John W Healing. whe went to VOLTS
ranch with Si7 and gave the accused IS Az
terwards missing his pocket book it was found
under bed with only 10 cents in It. Justice
Boswell sent her to Jail for court.
POLICE RRPoRTs-Second Prseinet-John p
Peters, Lewis Byer, selling liquor unlicensed;
dismissed.
Fourth Preeinet-Martin Connor, obsGuct-
ing the street, 80.
F1M Prectnct.-Mary j. Hamilton, drunk;
workhouse. Julia Ridgeway, larceny; dts
missed. NJ. Meyer, H. Jonborn, r. Smilh,
Samuel Kelly, Otto Burgh, H: Rex, John Toel-
Maioney, drnnf; dismissed. Betsy Harris,
fighting; $3.50. Emma Barnard, do; S. so.
Esther Bell, violating snow law; g. Fanny
50. Frank Kelly and Frank Smith, drunR and
disorderly; SO each.
Tenth Prscfnet.-Wm: J: Pearce, petit lar
McDevitt, Susan Wall. Josephine III n, drunk
and disorderly; S5 90; Elizabeth Brown, Car
oline Wheatley, do; $3.50 each. Elizabeth
Perry, do; dismissed.
CIRCUIT COURT. Chief Justice ccrtser. Sat
urday. the case of Krause axs Talber-appeaI
from Justice Johnson-was tried and tae de-
cision Of the Justice reversed. Talbert rented
the house nine years since from G.. H. Plant,
who subsequently sold it 70 Krause, who took
measures under the new law OF landlord and
tenant to possess the premises, and Justice
Johnson gave judgment for the lessee, when
an appeal was taken.
decided. The tenants counsel offered to put
On the stand the wife to testify for and in be-
half Of her husband, and after a long areu-
ment conducted by Mr.. ). L. Phillips for Tai
bert and r. S. Davis for Krause, the COURT
decided that in civil proceedings the wife ts
admissible as a witness tor her husband under
the recent act of Congress.
FUNBRAL-On Saturday afternoon, the fu-
neral of the late Capt. J M. Giliiss, superlp-
tendent Of the National Obser vatory, took place
from his late residence, and 1t was largely at
tended. Among others present were the Sec
retary OF the Navy, with several heads Of bu-
reaus, and a number OF officers Of the Army
and Navy. The funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. Hall, Of Epiphany Church.
and Rev. Dr. Twlng, OF Troy, N. Y; after
which, the corsege proceeded to Oak Hnl.
The pail bearers were Col. Maynadier, U. s.
A; Col. Edwards; Com. Harwood, u. 3. ";
Major Potter, U. s. A; Prof. Henry; Prot. Fer
S. n. Capt Tompkins, U. S. A.; Surgeon Hor-
witz, u. S. N.
THH DOME OF THE OAPIroL-Ths fresco,us
OF the dome OF the Capitol II going on, though
invisible to the visitor who visits the rotunda,
isnsern, as that part 81 sSs ssrSe,09s n0Gs
which lies between the dome proper and the
snrmounting statue il called. The frescoine
of the dome was contracted for some years agS
for about $4,000, q sum inadeq uate, Il Is said.
In view OF the great change in prices, so much
so, ,hst the artist contracting, Is constrained 20
do the larger portion ofthe work with his own
hands, not being able to pay assistants.
SECOND WARD STATION CAsRs.-Mary
Blake, keeping bawdy. house; dismissed. Fam
city law; Mary Sriggs, M. Donnelly, do: s2
each. II. Haskell, assault and battery; Jail for
conrt. Josiah Bell, larceny; dismissed. Louisa
krauff. assault; bail for peace. W. @. Ham
mond, drunk; 81. Kate Richardson, grand lar
Gerry; jail for court. G. B. Williams, drunk;
dismissed. II. Davis, desertion; military In.
cy Stanwood and NJ. White, grand larceny;
Jail for court.
THIRD WARD STATION CAsEs.-Theodore
W ood, larceny; dismissed. Benjamin Dahney,
WEBSTER drunk trunk and nd olsorderiy: ~ rs. HenrV sVfse
Hay, DO; military. A. p. Young, do; do.
Jno. Hough do: 80. Philip HYDE, do; 45.
James A. Gladmon, do; S3 Chas. Wilder,
drunk; SO.
FILLING TIE PORK BARREL.-The author OF
"Ten Acres Enough in that delightful pic.
ture OF amateur farming-details his expert
ehces In pork ratsing In the course Of which
ne gives many truthful and wholesome hints
upon the best and cheaper way of filling the
pork barrel; and the remark OF a gentleman
who has some love for farming and the care of
domestic animals, hut who resides In a larss
sized village, that he had recently paid abouE
thirty. five dollars for a $50 pound shoat-
brought iorcibly to our mind the experiences
OF the aEthor above mentioned, and supgseted
the question, why shotf1d not all villages keep
a pig, and thus fill their pork barrels at small
expense: we venture the assertion that our