Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-28


sseton are wonder themselves capable of /
bearing almost any weight, and still so light: i'm
some cases, although quite long, they can be |
GAVIN ~ after any one mounting the roof of a
kouse, and then used a foot board 70 cross
over an alley or from house tO house. Thew are
., an epteDslon pattern. and 80 arranged that |
wien beins drawn out they clasp Intensely YES AT
zach succeeding roUudOr step, without the Al.
siiSoha. labor Of tying with ropes &c. and car
seaeh ne highest window OF any building i'm |
uis city.
TEE WoNKN's CHRISTIAN ASSIMILATION
IEe snhiversaTy OF this association Was held
last evening at Lincoln Hall. Senator Wilson |
presided and Rev. DIR. Parker opensd the |
s.eetng with PRAYER. Senator Wilson spoke 4
81 roth the Young Mems and the "women's /
CHRISTIAN Associations" and introduced Mr.
4 Richards who read the annual repsrt of the l
~ssoelaIlOn showing balance in the treasury
I. - Atier addresses By General Howard :
A =. 1T. r wilson, the latter giving a history
" s0ch associations in London. Miss Eva Mills
sdng Il N Alone as also Within a ma -.
i Eaanoor9 Iosn. A Few remarks by Dr.. G !.
Co~an followed and Rev. DR. Newman
stated that the sum Of >41O was needed cen
ss,S,, atom tor certain purpOs sng th ns
an M was at once raised b. anu NJ, tne
whom we're Mrs '-,slp at so each. among
nan, Mrs favor Emery, Mrs. DR.; New
.. rsriJge, Mrs. Hall. Mrs. o. G. Wight |
ssrs. q. a. Weed. Miss Eva Mills. Mrs. Parker, |
Mrs. Wood. Mrs. Il. Richards, Mrs. Pits Mrs. |
lseet, and the mstTon Of the home.
JHK THEATERs.-1be here was a perfGr am st |
The National Theater last night, the eL,.Tn e |
the yivacious and piJ usnt lydia Thompsos :, |
her blonde baTlesPueTs attracting one OF the |
l>rges; houses Of the season IL there were any |
IL Tie audience who were led TO attend, in the |
expectation that they were 70 see an immoral |
exhibition, they must have been somewhat -
appointed. The burlesque Of "Luriine'' il as
lively and nonseIsica A. such productions usu-
ally Are. and was peTfOI med with the spirit and
abandon necessary 10 redeem such entertain
hehis from dullness but the rollckng dash and
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her nale,and female assistants were limited nv q
sense OF prOIriety which kept them within
bounds The Naisd Queen will be repeated
tais evening.
"The Drummer Bow; or, the Battle Field of
shiloh drew a good house At Walls last night.
The play Is stirring one. and PARTS of IL are
yeTy pathetic. II will he Gated this evening
TIE TRKAsURER OF the ''wa.hiugton Associ.
alton for the Improvement of the Condition of
the Poor Prov, lent Aid Society aeEnowIedges
tie receipt of the following donations. ANY
person who has eOntribu 10 the association,
and whose name does nov herein appear, will
kSye the kindness 20 inform the president
Alex. X. shepherd. or the under II yned OF ono. =
y X Roche "a % Patrick Cu.linsn, s1G0. A. p.
Pardon, 500 L. -. Dayl-. 80, Hon. j. NJ I'd
muEds, SO. Hon. \. NJ. Clap. 80: Corpora
ton Of Warrington, sz.i-s: samuel Y. Nile,
Sle, Geo W Lowry. eIo, cssb, e.; Hon. j. 81.
Broadhead, so.
Holders OF collection hooks viii please make
returns iaHsGiat>'y. a. the association i. greatly
IN want Of funds 10 satisfy the urgent meets OF
A. ; soL6NoNs, Treasurer.
AfrOINTNErT- cF TIE VIRGINIA VI. T. cox
rfRkSCE-The Nirg'nis Conference closed its
tlHd annual session Yesterday, and among the
appointments were the following for the Rich
mond district, (~hich includes the counties
near this District IL. VI. Niekerson presiding
elder; Alexandria, W. r. HemenwAv Rich
mOnd- r r. Phelps; Portsmouth, F. w Pierce:
Norfolk, j. D. Haynes; Hampton, j. y Beyer;
fredericksburg and Spottsylvanis l.. n. York;
Prince William, W j. Balm and one TO be sup.
oiled Fairfax and AccotiBk, j. NJ. Foster and
y A. Ball, Leesburg, James Mitchell; H ll.bor-
rough, Chzs. King and Peter g. Cheeks; lou
don, Robert A. Scott and T. +. Bollman. Ber-
ntaie; front Royal, Wsrrenton ami stafford
are 70 ne supp led
SAIEs OF REAL ksTATK-Gresr & williams
aocuopeers, have sold part OF lot ! SQUARE SIS
nith frame house thereon, on + street south
ss.ses ~ % AnI 4th streets west, 10 Louis Ben
Iehs, Al 500. Also, two story frame house and
lot or west side OF 9Th street east between X
and 4 streets north, being lot 2S in .nnara q.
10 IL h. Harris. for ts@5; Also lot p feet front
on sth street, betweeR l. and VI street. Dorth,
BeTbeToh, for -, 80.
Thomas Thompson. auctionser, has soId Iot
with house No. 126, fronting Is feet on Z, Strest
T"rth, between lst street west and New Jersey
avenue. 20 Thomas Mesny. for $40.
IHE DEAD-LETTER SALx-The auction >,le
81 ARTICLES which have been Accommodating in
Tie besd-Letter on &c Of the Post once Dspart-
ment ioT several wears past by Dir. Thomas
Thompson. auctioneer, a. his room. on 9TH
street. near PennsvivanfA avenue was com
cluded lsst light. The most OF The artirIs.
were mere uGmPery, possessing no value but
yet the sale aggregated over - .OGO. Many of
Tie articles we're prrchAssd a. curiosities.
TIusu $50 l,rNr.