Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-03
~. y CHURCH SOUGH
Meeting OF the Warrington District
Gnn for

sseetfpg OF the Washington Districf
Conferences.
A conference of the Washington District of
the ". T. Church South assembled at the Mount
Vernon Place Church yesterday afternoon.
This conference Is composed OF sixteen clerical
ana tblTty lay delegates, and after the opening
exercises. conducted by Revs. X. r. NJ. Mills
ana q; w. Liehtner the presiding elder, Rev
smith was elected secretary, and Rev. l.. IL.
Baldwin assistant. The hours for the sessions
were fixed at . to II, and to 1 o'clock. The
conference invited the presiding elder to preach
last evening, and he accepted the invitation,
preachin' ~ large congregation in the above
mentioned church last night.
TO-DAY.
Ihe conference resumed its session at 9 o'clock
TINS morning: and was opened with devotional
exercises by Rev. n. W. Wilson, p. +.
Committees were then appointed as follows
sunday Schoois-W. V. Tudor, H. L. hewitt
A. W. R9hey; Finance-H. Bradley, J. w Bar
ker, ;. W. Dent; Spiritual Interests-R. K. S.
hough, +. nj. Mills, l. Watson; Wants OF Col
ored People-W. Hammond, j. W. Sener, G.
The committee on spiritual interests were in
y. u tS 70 embrace the subject Of temperance
Rev: F. o. Donnoly, agent of the Mount Yer
men Church, was invited to a seat within the
oar, and to-m morrow at IL O'Clock was appointed
TO hear his report.
Report, OF The churches were called for, and
Washington and Alexandria churches reported
through psstors and delegates, giving quite IA
vorabie reports on those charges. The Alexan-
dTia mission did not make a yery cheeriny
report; and. after some debate. q committee on
m ssionsSE. ii. Henning, l.. Watson and r. l..
Wood-was appointed, TO whom a resolution
offered by Rev. Mr.. Tudor, dc cIarinC that II IL
the Judgment OF the Conference that the Alex
andria mission should be united to the Wash
ington street station, IVES referred.
Mr.. Tudor moved that committee on church
peIi"Nd,cals be appointed; which was carried.
and Messrs. p. n. Smith, l.. &. Martin and w.
Embrey were appointed.
AT IL O'Clock the Conference took a recess.
FIRE AND ACCIDRNT.-This morning. aSout
half past seven o'clock, a fire was discovered in
an unoccupied house on 1 street, between Sd
and 4th streets, owned by Mr.. Blundridge The
alarm was turned in from the third precinct
station by officer Taylor. The fire was extin-
guished with but small damage to the house As
No. steamer was starting of from the engine
house to go to the fire, the driver, in attempting
to grasp the reins while taking his seat, missed
one of the lines, whereupon the horses started
OF, and were on full tilt down New Jersey ave-
clerks of Mr.. Gulick's store. In the meanwhile
however, the fire dog, "JOe," got tangled under
the horses feet, and had one Of his fore legs
broken.
The Hoe CHoLERA.-A disease has attacked
the swine in this vicinity, both on the MARYLAND
and Virginia sides of the Potomac, and 40 Yar
has been very fatal, the value OF DO kers lost
amounting to very large sum. The Leesburg
A,rrcr says -" Hog meat Is at decided dis
count In this region just now. The prevalence
o. what IL termed, for want of Q more apprO-
pirate name, hog cholera, has been and CON
tinues alarmingly fatal to the swine. The indi-
vidual losses sustained by the ravages Of the
disease. whatever 1t il, are too numerous to
specify. One gentleman alone informs US that
with within fortnight he has lost upwards Of forty
nogs, twenty OF them fine porkers, the smallest
OF which would have weighed over 200 pounds"
THR DEMAND for Alaska diamonds increases
as the festivities OF the gay season are in con
temptation. Ladies and gentlemen are order
ing them in solitaire and cluster, pins and rings
in gold and oroide. according to the fancy OF the
wearer. and in exact imitation OF the real gems
Mr.. P!igg has magnificent assortment OF the
Alasxa DIAMONDS At his one dollar jewelry store,
9Th streets, a,diton to all the novelties in jet
bracelets, eardrops, necklaces, and cut-bead
chains. and splendid stock Of holiday goods,
marble and highly orDamente6 cases, Bohemian
and colored glasses, toilet sets, ana many fancy
articles well worthy Of examination.
NARROW EsCArE OF A CHILD PROM DIowN-
INe.-Last evening, about O'Clock, a boy,
named George A. johnson, aged years, whose
parents live at the corner of 9Th and X streets,
northwest, fell into the creek running through
the square bounded by 9Th and 9Th and q and II
streets, and came near being drowned. His |
IasneI brought HIM from the water, and life
held were procured, who applied the appropri-
ate remedies, and the little fellow is in fair
way to recover. The authorities should take
accidents are likely to occur at any time. There
is quite current at all times, and the water =.
very deep.
IHE OLDEST lNHABI1 ants AsscciArroy met
Yesterday afterIoon at the City Hall, and Mr.
y. NJ Gardner was elected a member. A copy
OF the Corporation Laws of Georgetown for 1911
was received from X. A. Waters, and a letter
written by Henry Clay to Joseph Gales. dated
august 10, ISL, was presented by A. b. Mexican
A paper on the auroral display of last month.
nv William Cranch, was read. The deaths OF
Bladen Forrest and Charles Unison were an
nounced. and resolutions of respect passed
after which the meeting adjourned.
JUVENILE THIEF.-Yesterday Mr. ID. L.
Morrison gave his horse to a colored boy to hold
at the corner OF 18th and streets, and the boy
took Mr.. MS overcost from the buggy and
made Oft with IL. Mr.. Morrison reported the
case 10 the second precinct, and Off GERS Amiss
and Taylor started. and in less than two hours
found the youth, Alfred Newton, ana the coat
the latter having been secreted. Newton was
sent TO the Police Court.
EXPLOSION IN STREET CAR.-As car No. s
was on It's way to the Navy Yard last night,
about , O'Clock, one of the lamps therein ex-
ploded, causing quite CONSERVATION for a
while among the passengers, but the fragments
were soon hustled out without any material
damage being done to either the car or the pas
sengers.
SALE OF LAND IN THE CouyrY.-wood lot,
No. !, being part of a tract of land known as
Enclosure and Haddocks Hills" and contain
ing u : acres, situated on the Bladensburg pike
was to-day sold ut auction by Latimer x Cleary
70 Samuel s. Hoover, Jr., for S2I9 per acre.
THE COURTS.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM, Cai.C Jast,e,
taTi;,v and JSassS DIN and Wylis-To-dsy Har.
men vs. Moilitt ]udgI Of SQUIRT below reversed.
Wylie dssented. Mr.. Fuller 70 draw decree