Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-05

APPOINTMENT OF ARMoRY SQUARE.-Gen
BabcCct has Put aforce OF workmen ir. Armorv
square, and they are brsi,y engaged in inn
proving q at reservation With the appropriation
OF elO O.J made az the last session of Congress-
Tile pipes TO drain the square are now being
laid, aud a Handsome drive will soon be CON.
suueted, opening en- IN street, nearly opposite
70 the exit from the Smithsonian grounds and
winding thence towards the arrlorv building:
thence eastwardly, and making its exit opposIte
TO the reservation on the east side Of 9Th street
known as the circus lot, through which it will
BE- cont;.Ued handsome fountain win ha
erected on the 9Th street front OF Armorv
square, and should the money hold out the
GROUNDS will be adorned with flower bed, shrub
cry. &c. Another approximation will be made
az the next session, and the square Will then ne
properly enclosed. Water and gas are now
beiI : introduced in the square, ard a few weeks
will witness quite change In that reservation.
Tie drive VII be Of gravel, hard rolled, similar
to that through the Smithsonian grounds.
MILITARY VISITORS FROM PHILADELPHIA
tbs morning delegation OF company II. u
relIl- n National Guards, arriv we'd from Phila-
q, .ilia Tor the purpose Of presenting a tCsti-
r.onia! III the shape Of resolutions o. thanks
beautifully engraved and framed, to company
a, v asLir-teE Light Infantry, who hand
sCmely entertained COMPANY II GA the occasion
OF their visit here on 23i 81 February las. The
Ct'et 2teS were me- y committee Of l0mQsHy
a AZ Tie CeIJt and escorted TO the Me.r1;,5iit..u
hotel where they breaAtastei, and to-day they
arc dong the town. A. O'Clock, this even
y 4
aud the presentation will take place an hoTr
later. The company will then make a short
parade previous 10 embarkIug with the Ls.e-
CATION On Tie steamer Newport tor a trip OF
forty miles down the river. Upon tire ratnfu OF
the beat to her wharf the Philadelphia deIega-
zion viii b. escorted 70 their 9C arters AZ the
Metropolitan hotel. and viii leave for their
homes Tomorrow morning.
TEE GREELEY AND BRowS RATIsICATIox
MEETINc:-At meeting OF the liberal and
CemCcISic central committee on Saturday the
Committee on decorations reported that they had
secured tor the ratification meeting or the Sth
the gas-txtuTe decorations which were used az
The Baltimore ratification meeting; and the
committee on speakers reported tnat they had
invited Senators SchurZ, SurnHsr, FentOn,
Thurman, Trumbull; Governors walker, OF
Nlsghla, and WHITE, Of NJ Maryland; tiops. ID. W.
nooIhees. L. DoolF:tle, Alexander Mcclure.
homas swami, and others from the states, and
non. L. L. Merriek,of the District of Columbia
TIE MAcE-OBALpwIs Pprzz F,cur 1,,.
ter from v BdtdsctH--A letter has been recei we'd
by we'll known sporting man in this CITY from
Ned OBaldw1n, In which he states that he ia at
At Hart killicky's hotel, Philadelphia where he
Is being put in lighting trim by his baeker XII.
Heky; that he :" thinks he can lick that ein.v .
(Mace,) but that he has not vet selectsd 6is
ground for nghfing. Ii is thought by the know.
ing ones that the report put in circulation tina,
the hght would come OF in Virginia is merel,
"stalr' TO throw the authorities OF theii
guard.
ACCIpEsT-on Thursday last Mr.. Il. Il. Skin
her ASlng on Maryland avenue, near the toll
gate, met with a serious accident. He was su
perihtehhne an excavation when the bank CAV
way, falling on and covering him ND. He wa
eNuieated az once, and found TO be crushe,
badly one le 2 being broken, q shoulder and nj,
joint dislocated, collar bone broken, and be in,
otherwise seriously injured. DIS. tnonse An.
Borisnd rendered surgical attendance and Al
though at first IL was not believed Ia ,-o,1a -
cover he isnow doing well, and hopes are snts1
tanned of his recovery. NA'sA
PISTOLS VS.. BRICKs.-On SATURDAY. nioh, las
a drdeUlty occurred on nth street, between
and 4 streets, between John Savings An
Mathew Cox, the former a white and the lat.a
a coloTed mar, during which Savings fred
pistol at Cox and Cox threw a brick at Saving,
striking him on the head and telling him to ia
ground seDseleSs. Cox made his escape Dr.
Blair was called and dressed the wound of tn
injured man, aud he afterwards cOIveye
&c his kcmt b CfhceIs Whiting and Steele.