Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-14
Condensed Locals.
sUfaio ste AXIS at Dubant :.

bura!o steaks at Dubant's.
1Lis morning Ofhcer Collins found dead
male colo ed infant near the corner of Rhode
Island avenue and 18th street. IL il supposed
that u was stTangled, and an inquest will be
Reid this afternoon.
We hear Rev. DIR. Elliott, of Cincinnattt, will
ofhcls,e bOth morning and evening tO-mOrrow
at ;he Church OF the Ascension.
The extension now being built to tie eastern
MARKET house. ON I'll street bet Eeen G. street
aEd North Carolina avenue, is 80 far advanced
that the contractor Is putting on the roof.
There viii be grand Cithern concert-a nov
city IN the musical line-st ST. JOseph's school
hall, u street, between - and north1est on
Monday evening next.
The Orphans faiT now being held at odd Eel
low Hail Will positively close this eyeaing Tbe
painting, The Last Request" was raffied last
evening and was won BY AIR. j 0seph Platz-NO.
II carry ing on the prize.
Tenn-y lv4nia avenue east, in front OF Bates
eiO.k chop, has been barricsied on account OF
the smsll-IcN IN that neighbOrhOod,
Rev. Father Burke, whose tilt with Froude
has made him famous. will visit this city in
February Tor the purpose of delivering a course
lectures for the benefit OF the new St Dom
mick church on the Island.
The remains of Osborne p. Anderson, the last
OF The John Brown raiders, " hO died in this CITY
Lew days since, were deposited in the Column.
bra Harmony cemetery, north Of the Capitol
chester, Pa.
Hessrs. Charles j. Gentv. A. Haroilton. and
q. JaTns yesterday filed In the office OF the Re
cOTder OF Deeds a certificate of incarceration of
The 'SeTvOTs Self-Coupler Manufacturing
naming a trustees T.. NJ. Miller, o.
,. Brown, and NJ. Hastings. The object Of the
company, the capital stock OF which Is hxed at
s3JC.tIp, II stated TO be the manufacture with
IN the limits OF the District OF Columbia, of
SeTyOTs patent cOupieTs for steam or horse
csrs.
regular monthly meeting of the teachers
connected with the cOlJred public schools OF
Washington and GsorgetOWn was held yester-
Gay afternoon at Sumner school building. aud
was called TO order by Superintendent Cook
who submitted a report showing: Average
PUYnltH1 fher
OF attendance on average enrolment for the
month 81 october gi.J while in November
80 Wa SJ-1-a gain OF 8 in favor of November
The contract for the new iron bridge over the
Potomac, on the site OF the Chain bridge, has
been signed, and the bridge i now being IN ale
a. the foundry in New Haven, Conn. TX is the
intention OF the contractor to have the work
cone ly the first o! july next.
Mr.. Robert White Middleton. an old citizen
Of the District s lying III al h. residence on ga
street, neaE ID.
IT, al pump, corner OF 18th street and the ave-
nue., s;Iii TUEs, making miniature ice noun
tain CT ihe wooden pavement.
The CcgtraI Presbyterian Church
pEstE-ITioN % The SEW CHAFEL SOON To BE
DEDICATBD.
The Central PTesbytsriau Church OF this citv
which Is attached 20 the Presbytery OF Chesa-
peSEe. v al ia the cVuTSe Of few weeks de- i'll
cate TETIT Leaf little chapel near the corner OF
Sd and ! streets northwest. The Church had IT..
OIlgiH IN prayer meeting held at the residence
81 the Misses COyic- 2I- street, III January.
Corgr CATION from rs infancy 10 the present
uEe-hev. a. W. PItzeT-Ess present. This
s,aail Eumbtr during the same month rented
tie hal Of The COiUnbia Law School building
on 9TH street, and have kept "a regular services
until the present time. A Sunday school was
started with 10 pupils and It has gradually in
creased 10 70. and The congregation which was
fOI Iu2liy Instituted "a q church in Nav, 49,.
Low Numbers about I'd. and of these loo are
TtguleT communicable. They determined from
the hist 10 make the church Tree seat one,
ami thus Tar they have mh1taiESd their
ChGTch organization. supported tie minister
and raised building fund by the weekly fres
WI offerings. This building fund was COM
menc6d With the organization with q view of
kssriT gOUt Of debt. and - well did they sic-
coed that IN December last they determined on
-. purchase % -rolnd aDd tue yrsctiOn OF .
UhsTel. Accordingly after prospecting C: a si,e
a tne lot vi ground at the northeast corner OF
ID anu streets. fronting IN feet on the former
and - en- tbe latter selected, and through
Messrs. Fitch and FOy the purchase was IL sde
iron: Gen Robt. Nl'iisms, az 81 % per foot.
On The rear u this lO'. fronting SO feet ON 81
street, neat tttse chapel has been erected. aud
as stated above. ia about two weeks IL Will be
dt".catei. With iT. PItZer, General j. NJ.
AcCaila and A,T l.. i. ROthrOck were assOcia-
Ted a. the building committee, aud they have
supervised the erection OF the chapel The
building trSIfs S6 feet on II street. and has a
depth OF - ieeT, and il built OF brick, with
sHaSssS stCne trIumings-the front being of
selected Ted bflcS. laid IN white mOrtsr with
Ia ksC iClItS. II l. covered with a Gothic roof
HAN = = tVct II utaeul 10 the caves, anu The
walls are tlHted-a neat cor nice in frescO add pg
10 TIE inSti. The seals are o. heart pine. trimmed
with cherry, and the wainscoting Is Of the same,
with walnut and ash trimmings, vanished or
oiled In the east end of the building il the
Platform and pulpit, the latter being Of the
PiaInest style. The chapel l. lighted bv three
circles OF gas Jets the central one having 10 jets
and the others each. On the door Is nue
CARPET, purchased by the sunday school from
A l. stewart, New York. Mr.. T.. Downing vas
The carpenter and contractor, and under him
Nr- Miller die the bricklaying, MT Nontgom-
cry the stating, Mr.. Bowen the painting, and
Mr. webster The plastering. The chanel is
erected with q view OF building fine church
eGlnce or the other part of the lot at no distant
day, and Dot unlikely Il will be erected during
CON I'M