Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-27

a ..strange woman" few nights since by ''the
1T the foregoing refers to me, will say that
i know nothing about the panel game. NY
money was taken from my room while slept
know not. l presume j neglected to lock my
door; but have some more left. Let them try
again Please insert the foregoing; and oblige
A. ). WALLACE.
The LANCERs VISIT TO WAsHINGTON.-The
lancers will start on Saturday next on their
auguratiOn of President Grant. The company
consists of 80 men, including an honor ary staff
among which will be Adjutant General Gun
bingham, and several past captains of the corps
According to the present arrangements. the
company, with Edmund's band, will make
short parade, dismounted, on the way to the
Providence railroad station, where it is to take
the steamboat train via the St0nington line
The connecting steamboat will land at Jersey
City, where the lancers will disembark and
breakfast at TaylOr's hotel. From JERSEY City
the company will 60 direct to Washington by
special train. On return home the lancers eN-
pect to stop in Baltimore and Philadelphia ar
irving in this city on Saturday. A committee
Of arrangements leaves Boston to- morrow, to
make arrangements for the excursion, which
promises to be in every respect a very enjoya-
bic one.-Boston Globe.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY, MEDICAL DEPART
MENT.-The third annual commencement of
the medical department of Howard University
took place last evening at the Congregational
d
exercises were opened with PRAYER by Rev. DR.
Rankin, followed with appropriate music by the
band. Prof. Reyburn, NJ. d., was introduced
and addressed the graduating class, giving them
words of counsel in starting out on their pro-
fessiOnal life. Gen. Howard, president of the
University, then conferred the degree of NJ d.
on the following graduates: Samuel e. Frisby
Pa; Jos. X. Harmer, Pa; Augustus Keuhne,
Prussia, and Chas. s. Shadd, Pa. Gen. How
ard appropriately addressed the class, and in
trodueed Chas. S. Shadd, who delivered the
valedictory. The interesting exercises were
closed with the benediction.
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RELEASED FROM JAIL.-TO-day in the police
court Mr.. A. B. Williams entered motion that
the case against Philip Anderson, charged with
larceny, and for which judgment was made,
and accused committed TO Jail on the 10th of
February for four months, be opened, as i'm
portant evidence had since been discovered.
The court, after hearing the statement, decided
to change the sentence to Q nne Of $40, i'm addi-
ton to the imprisonment already suffered,
prisoner, and release Vas ordered to be given.
SMALL Pox CAsEs.-Since our report yester-
day, cases of small p0x have been reported at
the following places: One at lila 18th street.
northwest; three between 1st and II and n and
o street, southwest; three on N street, near New
between South Capitol and X street, southwest;
and one death, Richard Shanklin, between H
and and 10th and nth streets, southeast.
FINE JETS, gifts and plated and Alaska dia-
monds In gold, and ornaments. jets, gifts and
oxidixed in beautiful styles, received at Priggs
jewelry store, No. 45 Pennsylvania avenue
near ~ street.
nIA session ofthe Prussian Parliament open:
on the 18th of March.
e0Sir Roland Stevenson is acting as mediator
between the masters and men in South Wales
for the settlement of the strike.
- The Nashville, Tenn, city council has in
vited the President to visit that city.
~The national convention I'm behalf of the
religious Amendment IN the const;tpt;or ,,sf at