Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-31
The Easter Elections.

The annual election of veStrymen Of IA,
Protestant Episcopal Churches of the Dis
trict took place on Monday afternoon, an,
they resulted as follows:
81. JOhn'S Church. Nestrymen- Colone
l. Sitgreeves: DIR. +. NJ. Gnnnel. L. S. navy
they Trimble, DR.. j. c. Reyburn, and NJ a jo
q. III. Elliott.
Church Of ne Epiphaay.-Vestrymen-
K; Joseph. George b. McCartee, J. q. Parke
Alexander Ray. and n. Wilson. WarlenS-
L. J. Davis and W. d. Baldwin.
W. Corcoran. H. s Davis. Wm. NJ. Shusfer
+. l.. Jackson, II. W. Burgess, n. w. Bur
chell, j. T. Stevens. and Thomas l.. Hume.
~. P"d,S -Eestrymen-Dr. ]. c
McCalla. Dr.. j: L. SothrOn. Edward McCau
ley. James $, Sessford. j. p. Franklin, vii
liam $ Holiday, Harry Walk, and j. B
81. Mq,k s..vestrymen-Dr ]. ). Bcale
p. X Riley. s. q. TIoth. Or. f. s
Jones, J. S. Burnett. K. X Elliott, W. II
NARROW and d. Baker. Wariens-C. b
P PartIn y and :. D. Charles. Register
i9ro6s b ale. TTeasurer-R. X. Elliott.
y. James. - Nestrymen w. &. scvcett
John F. l.arltin, Samuel \. Wiggin. Tioma
becket, Frederic a. Holden, Or. William
SST naSdeio;r Ben No +. McGrew and George
Holden. Treasurer-Dr. VIM. GrinStei
- Cut@ ClTch (Georgeto,Cn )--Nestrymec -
e NJ. Matthews, Dr.. G. Tyler. J. McHol-
Rcnj. Miller p. T. Berry and Walter : COZ Cox
OF. IWstS tHnfrt, tGecIgeiOCft) " estrv-
CARMEL, J. G. Waters, II. d. Cooke Jcbn
s,afbury jr, e. +. RittenhOuse. anu W. q.
RidgeIy.
81. Pod's lRcck Cfeekl-Vest-ymen- J..
Middleton: sr.. Jno. Il. WiItberSer. General
Thos. a. Pitcher, L. j. Middleton, jr. Thos
JOY, Jno. w. Burgess. Thos. Miller. and Jno
W. Brown. Regi>ter-Jno. II. Wiltberse-
Mardens-E. j. Middleton, sr, and CLas II.
Wiltberger.
THE CoAL on FIEND COUNTS ANorHER
NiCTfM " esterday afternoon another fatal
accident occurred from the use of coal oil .
this time in the ISt ward. About AZ o'clock
Mis-. Patrick McDonough, residing AT SIS
10Th street northwest, was engaged in pre-
parlng supper FOR her husband. and hearing
bottle setting on the mantel directly be-
hihd the stove pipe and over the stove crack
she picked IL up 10 set Ii away, when the bot
ION dropped out, the oil falling upon the
si0ve, wh;el wa: red hot, and setting fire to
Mrs. McDOnough, who was very badly
burned about the face and neck. An alarm
OF hre was turned in from box -, and the
IRE department responded promptly, and
called 10 attend Mrs. Med. They did every
thing possible to save her. but without avail.
as death put an end 10 her suieriugs about
O'Clock.
iNcFNDIARIsM IN THE CoUNTY.-About
l2:J0 O'Clock last hight the unoccupied store
Oh MT. H.
~vyoM, situated at the intersection OF Iiih
street and Linnean Hill road, in the county,
north of this city, was set On fire by some
person unknown, and totally destroyed; loss
about SIS 600 upon which there was an In
surance of ~ 500. This store has until recsntlv
been occupied by man named George s
Emery, who removed from there few DAYS
since. Yesterday, in the Police Court, Mr.
FabyOn had Emery up for the larceny of
some window sash belonging TO his premises
which he charged Emery with taking away
with his goods. The testimony did not sus-
tain the charge, and the case was dismissed
THE MORTALITY AMoNG THE COLoRED
PEoPLE.-The committee appointed at the
last conference of the cOlored clergymen
with the Board OF Health to devise some
plan to prevent the excessive mortality
among the colored population met at the
rooms Of the board yesterday and agreed
upon certain recommendations which they
will make at the next conference. Rev. A.
Crummell was designated TO prepare the re-
port.