Evening star., 1866-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
CaAHsh ov YIKrs BT A NIsIsTER--kev.
J. X. EmGkeF. VINO tas ben serving tue Ham
line Eernocist Charea n pastor. eas recsatiy
fsrsne ef tse sfenenest and accep,-d the Uai-
- sr,docfrtnes. Al the UeeflES Of tne oficszi
eosrs of,be church on shr ira iosiant he an
sccs srd has principies, aad has not occupied
shs paipii sises, be pirs r~-~syrd . n01nca-
ton u on fonse OF The memoership that they
did rot vssh N 20 ocscisEe. Asid- from this
Sunday school having greatiy prospered ana
the Esmbereoip beiEs augmented by aoooi -
converts during the protracted u-%ung Which
sss Q. re. IN pr,e.-s. ss,re ssr so,,. v-er; r.
take eftci TO- morrow night, =, which time he
Will present hIs report 20 the UuArt-rty Con-
ference. The appcntment " successor Will
ipe Elder. Rev. n J. b Morgan, who vin
onciate al TIE Quarteriy meetiag on Sunday
evening IL Is underx'ood that Rev. @. q.
Who is highly uoaifed for the charge OF
traii and growing congregation VIII be Mr..
Emrgers successor .-.
CHARGE or False PKETEscES-Wedrss-
day night Capt keec. of the Metropolitan
Police, arrested q. W. ;. Benson, a young
man haiiinE from New smpshire, recently
appointed lieutenant IN the army. for OBTAIN
ing about s2no frcO Cordial Storrs oy present
ing pay-rolie for three months pay alleged 20
b. due him. he not having yet been commits
sioneo The case was ruI-d for a hearing a.
oelo this morning before Justice MorseiI.
when Sir. p. J. Hesbergsr appeared and made
complaint that the accused had obtained about
sieO from him upon similar representations
At II o'clock Mr- Hiram Brewer. Mr. Storrs
and Lieut- Grenoush appeared and testified
TO the other Transaction. The justice an
Jail for courtor hold him TO bal. in $50 In each
csse he Is At police headquarters awaiting
baiI.
PROPOSALS FoR IRON hKAD BLOCKS yoR
SOLDIkRs' GkAy ks.-This atreru noon bids were
opened at the q Qusrtermaster Generals once
besd-blocks for soldiers graves, 10 De d-Ily
cred al almost every point IN the country
The blocks are 10 be Of the best quaiity of
stove plate iron, to be cast holiow,9 inches
high. " inches long. and * INCHES wide Al
the bottom. and 10 inches long by 5a a. the
top. with the name. rank, regiment, &c, OF the
solder In raised block Letters
There are large number of bids in. and rep
resentBuvee from almost every section OF the
country are present The lowest bid opened
10 the hour OF our going TO press was 81 p
each.
DIcREE OF DIyoRcK,-Judge OlIn TO day. m
the Equity Court granted a decree divorcipg
Lucy a. Nicholson from bed and board with
James Nicholson. giving her the custody OF
her child. and awarding alimony of 49, DER
month The petition IN this case. fled MAY 9,h
respondent in October, 1863, che then being but
sixteen years OF age; that she has lad rwo chill
dreu by him, one now dead, and charges thar
ne has frequently iil-treated and beat her dr.
wing her away from the house The deposi
tons were taken before NJ. Ashford Eso
special commissioner, Bradley and Bradley
appearing for the petitioner.
GAVE BAIL FOR CoURT-Wedpessav era
ming Kate Simmons and Lizzie McC Cor mick an
psared before Justice MorselI to answer tie
nAYtOriUU ha cir uAt
evidence was taken AZ q former hearing ana
pulls bed in the Star al the time This hearine
was only for the decision Of the Justice Kate
simmons has been itdicted Tor keeping a hav.
oy house, and Justce MorseIl dismissed tn
So OF harboring. In the case of Lizzie NJ
Cormick the charge Of harboring the girl was
dismissed, and che was held TO bail in SEQ 10,
keeping bawdy house.
GOOD ORDER Is THE CITY.-Yes,erdav was
an unusually quiet day in this CITY Itis een-
orally expected that upon special HOLIDAYS in.
temperance Will deyeiope itself: and much
disorder will ensue. But in the most populons
wards OF the city, but few If any persons un-
der the influence Of liquor were seen between
O'Clock a. m and sunset The police report
In the seven precincts, covering the citv ana
par OF the county, only 81 cases during the
twenty four hours ending AT O'Clock this
morning, and the total OF fnes imposed was
only S52-4O.
ACcIDENT.-Yesterday morning, a co,or.,
boy, named VIM. Rodney, while pIavfuIIv
seufiing with others in the White Lot. sonfs
OF the Preeident's House, was acctd en- taIIv On,
in the leg with . kAife, which severed an
artery. fortun ately. q surgeon was nressn,
and dressed the wound Sergeant BneI 90
kindly furnished with an ambuIance bv fhs
commanding oficsr at Rush Barn cks srd
conveyed the boy to his home, on l7th s,reaf
west.
THE SANITARY POLICE RRPoRTs.-The san.
itary police, under Lleut. Noonan, reporred
during the two weeks past 100 nuisances -
which ~ were abated. There were q persons
arrested for yioiatInk the law In such cases
and the total OF fines was ga. DurinS m.
same time 32 dead horses and cows vere -.
moved oy direction OF the sanitary officers.
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FIRE-The alarm OF fire this moru,nr vss
caused by the burning OF the roof of a build.
ing on 10Th street. between L and M stree,s
caused by detective fiue.
THE ANNUAL eUPPKH OF ST. Andrev,s g.
ciety will come OF at Aman's restaur.nt on
9th street, this evening, and, as usual. viii na
doubt be most enioyab AFFAIR nv
OO0 eAk1KLe- fO1K STATE 1PPLEs-
HOV 70 berress Csle 0eA 0RAuB BlRRTfs.
-This day arrived BY :ieaoer. and for ,.I. ..
mo- 10 a,s.' a11' 'r''''0' q Eori.iEss..t EoaHEs GO;
GEODGB J. JOHNeON Q 90 8IYIv
" store . full stock Of "A's In
Oas0fmeree, Dress Goods,
BIeAkfast and OF her ShawlO,
Ladfes' and Misses Worsted Hoods and 0lov..