Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-10
THE COURTS.


in the Court ia General Term, Judges Cartier,
DIN and Fisher, the following business was
t.ansstt. ID: Hickman vs.. Edwards, decree re-
versing decree OF court; appeal prayed for In
ocen court. Warrington vs. Washington. de-
cree below affirmed and bill dismissed Nolan
cause removed. MI N. A. Miller was appoint.
ed U. s. Commissioner and Examiner in
Chancery.
THE SPELLING CoNTRsr.-The committee to
dec de upon the merits of the sc yeral Grammar
schools contestIng for the prize in the spelling
contest have not reported but we understand
that the results stand about as follows. Two
hundred words were gwen out and six pupils
We're allot ed as contestants to each school,
The leading schools In the contest were the
three following in the orSer named
Miss Evans. Female Grammar School First
District, 10 errors in DO words: or 9o 5-l2 per
cent. correct
Mr.. J. E. Thompson, Male Grammar School
Fourth District, - errors in 200 words; or %
2.l2 per cent correct.
mrs. NJ A. Amidon. Female Grammar
| School Fourth District, "a errors in 300; or %
per cent. correct.
The whole number of words spelled by each
six pupils was twelve hundred; all at 4 single
sitting, and gwen OUT and written down with
sharp promptness. The general character of
t1e exercises was very good. The percentage
obtained by the three schools allowed named
| was unueusly exec llent, especially under The
| circumstances, no opportunity having been
| afforded for the pupils 10 review their own
| exercises, and the words containing many CON-
| sonant doubIiDgs liable to be mIsspelIed
The medal Will probably be awarded to Miss
| Emma Sv allow, First District Female Gram
mar School, her exercise being without an error,
! which was also the case in tn exercise OF Miss
| lneZ Goodrich. OF VI So Lanes Female Gram
mar school Second District. The medal is TO be
awarded 70 tns school having u g best exercises.
| SIX pupils repre- entlng each school. The
| award beng first made TO the school, the medal
| then goes TO the pupil having the best eXer-
| else in that school.
| The percentage of several d IpiIs reached ggH
| per cent, they having but single error each.
| NEW RAILROAD SCHEDULE-Yesterday q
| new schedule for the running OF trains on
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad went into oper-
| alton and several changes N the departure OF
trains have been made, which the travelling
| public should bear il. mind. The moruIng
| trains as usual leave 81 :, and o.. o'clock
The train heretofore leaving with Philadel.
| phia ana New York passengers at II 30 will
| leave hereafter Al II IS; the - with Western
| and Norfolk passengers at = 50; the O'Clock
| train at 20; the Philadelphia Express at Il
| as heretofore; the 50 at rs and the great New
| York Express at 8. instead of 40 as heretofore
| The trains are due as follows.
| Express at 50 a. m. New York Express 6 IS
| a. m; Communication at ~ a. m; Western and
| way passengers at 10 10 a. m; Morning Ac.
commodation, - 10 p. m: Afternoon Accomo-
dauon, 10; New York Express, S 10. Western
Mall 6 Is; New York Express, 10.
| WITHDRAWN FROM THE LrNE.-As will he
| seen by an advertisement in another column,
| the steamer Wlawaset, Captain Fowke owned
/ ny III IOiOiHdC OOmpdny, ana winch
has for the past two years been running b.
| tween this city, Cone River and the various
| intermediate landings, has been Withdrawn
| from the line. The company have been i'm.
peeled to this step on account OF the demand for
| boat TO take the place Of the Ferry steamers
| City OF Washington and City Of City OF Alex
| andrla, between Washington aud Alexandria,
| during the time they will separately be- with
| drawn for painting and renovation, well as
| TO make excursions during the summer season
to the different points of interest along the
| Potomac.
OUR CITIZENS who have due regard for the
preservation OF their turn.Outs, as well as those
/ having occasion to use the lith street road ,
| Will thank the Messrs. Nailor Brothers for
their thoughtful and liberal action In causing
| TO be removed at their own expense the stones
and other impedimentd which have for so long
| a time marred the pleasure Of a drive on that
thoroughfare. 1t looks little odd to pri-
| vate enterprise doing the work which should
| he performed by the authorities; but as Ten
nyson beautifully says:
| IT'S better to be done this way
Than never to be done at ALL
| RECENT LETTERS FROM b. F. WIGRr, :. L..
President Of GoLzaga College, who rs now in
switzerland for the benefit Of his health, state
mat ne is gradually improving, and has en-
| loyed uninterrupted good health since he left
Washington IN October last. and hopes soon to
| re- eve orders TO return to this city. The work
OF ST Joseph's Church, on Capitol Hill, pro-
| lected by Father WIget, has been necessarily
suspended on account of his absence, but will
be resumed as soon as he returns. His friends
do not expect him back until the latter part OF
| NE summer.
| MARROW EsCArR FROM DRowNING.-Yes-
| ternsy, Messrs. Harrison, Gray and Nesbitt
/ thinking to enjoy trip on the Potomac IN con-
| temptation OF the beauties of nature, came near
| terminating their capacity for such pleas ures
by the npsetting of their boat. Fortunately
| three soldiers, belonging to the arsenal, were
| within mailing distance and came to the relief
OF the unfor'unates, whose strength was we'll
! nigh exhausted when timely aid arrived IL is
worthy OF mention that the soldiers positively
refused liberal purse for their kindness, feel
| ing that the gratitude OF the gentlemen was
| sufficient re ward.
| UsURIous MONEY LENDERS EUCHEREp-
Mr. Clapp,th congressional printer, has issued
an order which is intended to put stop to the
| practice that has recently grown mp OF loaniug
| money TO employees by money Lenders at us.
| urious and extortiOnate rates OF interest EN-.
| ployees have paid as high as ten and some
| times twenty per cent. per month for money,
| and given the lenders orders the dis bu rising
officer for their pay. Hereafter no such orders
| VIII be honored, but the wages will be paid
| regularly to the employee, and the lender must
l take the risk of collecting his loans as best he
i can.
| CURRENCY PLATES TO BE DKsrRoYRp-Tbe
| Printing Bureau of the Treasury Department
/ having been entirely reorganized with new
ae=, plates. per, &c, the old plates have
become worthless and could only be made
| available in counterfeiting the present issue OF
notes. To guard agar st the ssibllity OF their
/ ocihS OlsDohestly useO, secretary Bout
| well has directed that they be taken in charge
/ by special committee of seven person, and
conveyed to the maynard. and there placed IN
furnace and melted down in the presence of
| the committee.
| MAsoNIC.-The semi-annual invocation of
the Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of the Distric CT
| of Columbia will be held at Masonic Hail. cor.
| ner of9t and ID streets, this evening. The re-
| VISION OF the new work, as reported by the
con mittse, will be one of the features OF inter.
| est, and its adoption in the Grand Chapter will
establish a new era In Capitular Masonry In
| this jurisdiction. The address of Grand Hugh
Priest b. Il. French is looked for with much
| Interest.
| TRUSTEES SALE-DE MENoU PROPERTY
| Special attention is called TO the sale on Tues.
| day 18th inst. o the house on IL street near ttb
| by Messrs. Cooper d Lafim-r, known as the
| DE Menou House or Cham Building. The sit
uatIon is beautiful, and the property is every
way desirable; the sale is made under a deed of
| trust and terms are easy. Sale TO take place a.
| O'Clock in the afternoon.
| FIsH.-The supply has somewhat increased
since our last, with slight reduction in price
and good demand. Four thousand shad have
been received at Jchnson's wharf and sold AT