Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-14
LOCAL NEW s.
Condensed Lorals

Er. y. L Clarke, house physician 20 the Chill
sTens hospital, has resigned.
james Bellew, 9Th street, sensls specimens Of
HItchcOck'S cheap musical publications
This Is St Valentines day, but instead OF the
songs OF little summer birds setting MP house
keeping. We have the music of sleigh bells
The following ha We been elected officers of the
Irving Literary Debating Society: President,
r N. Stewart. vice president, =. t. Dyer, sec
Rotary, III. Simpson; treasurer, j. T. Ingram.
About $50 .0o0 OF this years taxes on District
real estate have been collected. An abatement
this month.
An aged blind woman at the House of the
Women's Christian Association, Oh f. street,
known as Aunt Mary, fell dead Yesterday while
eating her lunch
Gen o. r. Babcock has Just been presented
With a fine doe by Mr.. James II. Clements, Of
Va, and with a large buck by Mr.. =. II. Kenne-
sy: OF " y. The animals viii be placed i'm the
rnbhe parks at once.
Water Registrar Lubey viii have three gangs
Of men 20 work Monday next cutting of the
water supply OF lelinquents, the force work
ing iTom the outer section OF the city toward the
center
A public meeting OF Liberty Council. Sons of
.lonsslab, was held last evening at which Judge
Moore and Messrs. Divine. John Golden and
WIN Phipps made addresses, after which the
council went INTO secret SESSION and initiated
several candidates.
Nr. Daniel VI. Tucker formerly the we'll
known bar-keeIer in SandersOn's restaurant,
en capitol Hill. died on Saturday last in the
Insane Asylum where he was placed by his
friends some three weeks ago. He was a suttler
4.
Andrew Hepburn, who kept a large suttler
store on the corner of 1ith and l. streets. He
a native of New York city.
Lieut.. Wheeler. OF the CORPS of engineers has
forwarded To the Smithsonian Institute a dozen
or more Indian crania and several skeletons,
intending the Uranium OF Walker, famous
tte chief OF quarter of a century agO. and the
eGtire skeleton Of a pappoOSe. These relics
we're Obtained from the mountains Of Utah,
last summer.
The two "local' items in this mornings
tbTonicle headed "A new patent and "A Rock
creek adventure" are not 80 fresh now when
they started the rounds of the newspapers
month or two ago. Who, but Chronicle
porter, ever heard of catching ..tOm-cod" i'm
Rock creek This local adopting Of floating
paragraphs may do for country papers, but we
expect better things of our enterprising eotem-
loIasy.
TIE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF WIN
DIES BrILDING.-In improving Winder's
building. the appropriation for which was re-
feTred TO m The STAR few DAYS ago. il il pro-
posed TO clear on all the old mastic that now
remains, 10 rub down the rough bricks TO a.
smooth surface as may he attainable by that
means, by flushing up imperfeetions i'm mortar
JOINTS, ami to finish by painting and sanding
The fronts 20 show either "a painted and Sanded
brickwoTk OF a blockwOrk, in imitation of gran
Ite or other stone, as NAV be deemed best Also,
70 remove the existing marble belt along the
nne OF the building, and To case with marble
The space between its top and the line of the
new grade. Marble steps, hat OF nament-
al are 10 be erected at the entrances, to har-
ment, now in process of construction. The tile
roof put on the building twelve wears ago j. 10
ee renewed, and extensive and very necessary
repairs 20 the warming apparatus made.
The following is the estimate: Cutting ont
windows in basement, and fitting fourteen eel
Tar rooms for Office or Tile rooms -. $50: remoy-
ing mastic from fronts on Il tn AMI sts., clear
ing face and pointing and flushing up Joints eff
underlying brick wall, and painting and sand
ing same and other portions OF each front. ami
woodwork of rear and end OF the building
5000; removing marble from basement. from
and inciuting present upper course. and refac-
ing with marble from present ground line up to
present upper course of marble. and building
marble steps TO each of the front entrances
slo-so; renewing the roof and painting same
repairs OF steam warming apparatus, and paint
ing WITHDRAWING AMI general renovation of
interior OF the building, 5000; all for unfore-
seen contingencies, $50. Total, $4,000.
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Fluctuations FOR LENT.-Rey. Thos Lee
secretary Of the Most Reverend Archbishop of
Baltimore. has issued the regulations for oliser-
vance of the service OF Lent, which will begin
ON "Wednesday, 18th inst. All the faithful who
have completed their 2lst wear are unless leyit-
imately dispensed. bound To observe the fast.
and are to make only one meal a day, except on
Sundays. The meal allowed on fast DAYS is not
TO lie taken until about noon, and at that meal
u on that day permission should be granted
Tor Gazing flesh, both fsh and flesh are not TO
he used at the same time. even by way of
seasoning. A small Refreshments will ne al
lowed in the evening, and the practice OF the
Ee>t regular Christian Is never TO let il exceed
.he part an Ufiiiiby Inc
Iood allowed at refreshment, Is bread
batter, cheese, fruits, salads, vegetables,
and fish; milk and eggs being prohibited.
In the morning tea, coffee or thin chocolate NAV
lie used Hogs lard. instead of butter. NAV be
nsed IN the preparation of fish, vegetables &c
Persons under age. the sick, nursing women.
those who are Obliged 10 do hard labor, ami all
who, through weakness. cannot fast without
great prejudice to their health, are EXEMPTED
from the obligation OF fasting. By DISPENSE
ton the Use OF hesh meat will be allowed at any
time on Sundays. and once day on MONDAYS
Tuesdays, Thursdays AMI Saturday vs., with the
exception OF Holy Thursday and the second and
last Saturdays in Lent. Persons dispensed on
account OF age or hard labor are not bound bv
the instructions Of using meat only at one meal
on DAYS on which it use i granted nv dspenSa-
tion. All others are permitted to use meat only
at enc meal.
SUNDAY-SCHcOL TEACHERS ISSTITrTF-At
the afternoon session of the institute. Yesterday
Rev. MIR. TavlOr addressed the meeting ON the
subject OF ''IlOme Study Classes" After a
dnett by two Young girls. the Misses DeI.and
MI vincent mace remarks on s.Helps to Care
inl Study" followed by Taylor again on
Teachers meetings for study and for social
pleasure" Mr.. TAYLOR here called on CAPTAIN