Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-05

FIRE ON THE IsLAxp-Th,s mornine, abou
81 o'clock, the pottery Of Nh. Terrence Riley,
.ss and .nS sensa AND Sd
ton. was entirely destroyed BY fre as also the
stable OF MI. Holey and some adjoining sheds,
inyolying a loss Of es.eOo. As viii Be seen by
the following report Of Lieut. 0essford, there
was great dificury in communicating the
alarm "At az a. m. this morning. Are broke
out In the pottery belonging to Terrence Riley,
which was entirely destroyed with some ad.
joining sheds, loss about $s,O6o. The fire was
hrst discovered by Sergeant Ashford, who
to boz Stems mt
the alarm. After that the alarm was rang in
from the same box by officers Faintre, Yeat-
mar, and Marden, officer FaintIe also rang in
an alarm from box So, arsenal gate. OnceY
Whitemore box 30, ofhcers Moore and Marden
both rang in from box Is. Finally mounted
Sergeant Vernon and sent him 10 the Rucker
engine House. 1t was fully tnree-quartsrs Of
SPOT
The Rucker promptly answered the call OF
Sergeant Vernon, and Sergeant johnson and
other officers Of the seventh precinct, after see
ing the light from Penns-lvania avenue, sent
10 the central ONCE Of the hre alarm, from
whence the alarm was struck, for box IL; and
which time, it is stated, he alarm from box IL
had Just come in. The alarm from the central
office was promptly answered, but by the time
the apparatus had reached the spot the build
MI Larcomoe, the superintendent OF the IRE
alan m, examined the wires this morning, and
discovered that one3of the wires is down, and
consequently the alarm was very indistinct in
the central office, and he is under the impress.
sion that the boxes could not have been touched
at the hours named.
SUIT AGAINST A NEwsPAPER.-To-day,
Mr.. c. H. Bliss, City Surveyor, directed his
attorney. Gen. r. ID. Mussey, TO institute
against Messrs. Snow, Coyle 90, proprie-
n for a atnp
~ publishing the following, on Sunday morn
ing last for the purpose Of inJuring him, lay
ing damages at S2O,OG0:
"Funny.-The SURVEYOR Of the city, Mr..
Charles H. Bliss, has been presented by one Of
the Corporation contractors with q very nice
wagon. in which his negro assistants can be
carried through the city. The funny part of
the affair is, that the other Corporation contrac.
tors say that while Peter has no trouble in hav-
ing his work passed by the Surveyor, they are
unable to procure their certificates without
great trouble"
THE REPORT of the Grand Scribe of the
Grand Encampment, l. o. o. F., of the District
Of Columbia, lCnas. b. r. Colledge, Esq,) to
the Grand Lodge Of the United States shows
the following:-No. Of encampments, 4; initia.
tons, 50. reflections, 4; admitted by card, 6;
Withdrawn by card, 2; reinstated, t. suspended,
Is; deaths, &; number Of members, 76i; increase
in membership, 40; patriarchs relieved, IS;
widowed families relieved, Is; amount paid for
relief OF patriarchs, S1,Ot7 So ditto widowed
families, 1899; ditto burying the dead, $50:
total relief, 81 566.5O; annual receipts, S4O66 IL
MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN BUILDING
AssOCIATION.-This association held their 9th
monthly meeting last night, and ten shares,
representing nearly $1,000, were disposed of at
sl.l6 per share.
TEMPERANCE PIC.NIc.-To-morrow the
Metropolitan Glee Club, Sons OF Temperance,
will give a grand picnic at Analostan Island
which they promise to be one Of rare enjoy.
ment.
BASE BALL.-The first match game Of the Sc
ries between the National and Olympic Base
Ball Club will be played on the Nationals
grounds at p ~, on Friday next
CASE DIsMIssED.-Justice Handy yesterday
dismissed the charge of assault and battery
against H. r. Merryman, arrested on the pre-
yious day on the complaint Of ID. Swartz
NICTIMIzED.-John Randolph Tucker, OF
Virginia, ard well known in this city, was
made the victim of the coincidence game'' to
the tune of 80 on a recent trim to Canada