Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-02

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DEATH or Prominent Cpd KLLcv-NT.
Joseph y. Escavailie, OF BaltlCore, died, on
Saturday afternoon, at his residence on Eden
street in that city, IN the 18Th year OF his age.
Mr.. Escayaille was a prominent member of the
order OF odd Fellows. and b a. been, for wears,
Grand Sec -etary OF the Grand Lodge OF Mary
land. lie WAS also a prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity. His first public position
was that OF member ef the FiIst Branch of the
City Council. AT the last municipal election
he was elected member OF the Second Branch,
Of which he was subsequently, made Presi-
dent. He held this position at the time of
his death; He was favorablv spoken OF Is
the candidate for the next wa, or atty and had
at least. a tair chance for the nomination
The Baltimore City Councils, the Grand Con-
sistoIy OF the Scottish Rite Masons Of Maryland
and the Grand Lodge Of odd Fellows OF Mary
land have al made arr2n gemeDts TO attend his
funeral tomorrow afternoon: and the Grand
Lodge OF Odd Fellows OF this District will meet
tonight 10 take necessary action and make ar
range ments 70 attend the funeral Also The
Sun SAYS: MIR. Escavailie may be truly said to
have been one OF the most efficient embers of
the Order OF Odd Fellows IN the United States
and never weaTied in his endeayors to benefit
his fellow-men through its agency. As a
Mason be was Past Senior Warden OF Ben
traDklin Lodge, No - an Ancient, Free aud
Accepted Mason of the Scottish rite, a member
of PLGDiS Chapter No. :. and OF Monumental
CommandeTy OF Knights Templar. lie was also,
at the time OF his death, foreman OF the grand
jury of the Criminal Court! and one Of the
board OF visitors OF the baltimore city jail
TIE JosADABs DwA1Cs MEzrrSs.r-ou
Saturday night the '.SOns of .Ionadab" had
novel Temperance demonstration. After a reg
ular session. al which three candidates were in
luated. the doors were opened to the public.
Grand Chief ". IA. Young took the chair and
soon there was large audience present. Mr.
Joseph ID Harris, on the part of the Council,
presented combination clock 10 Mr. A. Is.
TaleOtt. one OF the hardest working member. OF
the order, after which addresses we're made by
MeSsrs ID +. Holloway and Frank McNerha-
nv, OF the visitors, and -. N. Harris s. g. Mills
Horace walter, j. II. Thompson. j. w. Thomp-
son, y. r. Divine. and others OF the iona Ia bs
sir Joseph Harris read poem and Mr.. w. H.
Meme reeited The Prisoner tor Debt" and
the songs of the order were sung during the
evening Shortly after II O'Clock the closed
session was resumed; nine other candidates
were intiated. and Just n the bells were toling
Twelve they were receiving the cosgratul atoms
of the membership on commencing the New
t year as .empsfanee men: An Impressive
around the altar. where the covenant Was re- d
by Nr. Horace Walter, and in answer to the
endares hearty WIZ .ffe vas . lHng q Ts ,s
DoNology. Praise God iron whom an bl essin gs
ho~," closed the meeting.
"AorTH ORGAN" INA CHILD's STOMACH
On Friday evening last. three-yesr old son OF
Mr; ). Z. KondruP. The Danish consul, residing
or mouth organ" IL appears that An elder
child tossed the instrument on the nOor where
tnc youngest CnDd was piAyiDg. Inc little fel-
low picked up the article At once, and in en-
teayoring TO initiate the actions OF his older
brother, the organ became lodged in his throat.
lie alarmed the family. who thought from his
actions that he Was choking, and his mother
tried 10 remove the obstruction. and in 90 doing
pushed the toy too far down for extraction. The
cause Of trouble being then ascertained, Dr.
Geo. Mccoy was called in, but thinking under
the circumstances emetic would choke the
child, it was deemed best to let nature take its
course. The organ was about two inches long,
and OF the usual toy kind, composed Of wood
and zinc. IL has passed into the stomach but
the little one does not seem much iuconm0ded,
and does not suffer from loss OF appetite or
otherwise. The anxiety OF the parents, how
ever, who dread a serious result, IL very painful
To RE MARRIED AT THE SYNAGoGUE-is-
raelites in this city.are pleasantly excited over
the approaching marriage Of Mr.. Chas. Baum
10 Miss Eliza Prince, daughter of Mr.. H.
NJ Prince, which will take place on Wednes-
day afternoon next, AT half-past two o'clock at
the Hebrew synagogue on sth street. After the
wedding the happy pair will receive their friends
at the residence of the father. on New York av-
enue, near 9th street, and will leave the same
eyenins for bridal tour NORTH,