Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-22

tractive novelties with six new stars. iu-
elUding sam COl!yes.
Congregational CS-D-eh:-rheJsoilee Singers;
COude1s~d Locals.
Is the OlOrlCSS company frOLen upE l.
don't attend To business ike II used 70 do.
The Yale Alumni Association OF ihlS ely
Will have a social reunion az " Il'ard thiS
evening.
snd Injured herself SeveT''y saturday. Ecr
collaT-hone and one ann wee hTOSen.
Yesterday afternoon a barn with its con
tents was burned ON the government IuFaup
asylum farm; fire accidental, loss about -.
Rev. Park 4. F9OuTnOy, Of ny, has been
elected pastor Of the Pr,~by terrain CbIrJ hes
at Rockville and Bethesda Nd
The well-EEOwu mare Belle Of Gettysburg.
owned by DIR. Jsu1c@ = Reilly. Of South Wash
ingtOn. died sU1denIy yesterday 81 the stable
Of Mr. John T. Price, On Eth street.
TIE Alexandria Gazette Of Saturday says -
. Mr.. j. J. Adams. OF Piedmont. IN ->ed
through here yesterday. having been CalIel
from his dying mother bedside % that o.
his dying daughter in Washington"
judge Fisher has appointed Charles G..
Fisher and campbell Darlington 20 the posi-
lion Of assistant l. :. attorneys for the Dis
1rfct Of Columbia. The new assistants viii
prosecute alternately in the several courts
where the Thited State is a party.
The ALLEGED ScUrri.OUs postal card for send
ing which NJ. John Il. Mckay was arrested.
a. stated i'm saturday STAR. was addressed
10 Mr. Woodruff, not Mrs Woodruff. and the
amount % bail required Of MI. Mckay was
500. instead OF S2,n0O aS stated.
The scarlet fever i pTevail.n To an ala, m
ing extent i'm what il known as the Forks o.
PatuNent nrigEhOThOOd tueaT Patuxent
station, or the Baltimore and Potomac rail
road, in MaTyland) In one family of thir-
Teen children. eleven are down with the dis
ease.
AN UNwORTHY SON--On Saturday night
acting Sergeant DinSmOre. of the jth
precinct was cal ed intO the house OF a lady
ON r street 10 eieCi a drunken lOafeF who
had accompanied her son To her house, and
locked themselves in the room together. The
son Of the lady ha, the weakness OF "a king
TOO much liquor at times. and when in that
condition sometime indul res the freak of
picking up some buT-mer and taking him
home 10 lodge with him. On this occasion
they entered by the back way. and q. ter
taking posse ilOn % the room relJ~et 10
admit the mOSher o the young man. Officer
IlnSInore, finding That rapping at the door
did no good, burst g in. when he found the
IaiT IN bed with their clothes and boots on.
The son 81 The lady was allowed 10 remain
after disTOhiHS- and the other one. who gave
his name a. Fred. Sheppard. was snakel out.
AMI spent tn rest of the night on q central
SuarlhOUSe plank. and this morning he was
NhISk'd down To the farm as q vagranf. Al
a laJeT hour ON SATURDAY night officer DAILY
arrested the son OF the lady who gave his
name a. Albert Johnson i'm the act of selling
- feather pillow. winch me was suspected of
stealing. IL was Afterwards aSCertained that
he had decamped from the house with several
articles, which hC had di~pOSedO for little or
nothing, tO obtain means of glttihg whisky
with He was charged with the larceny of a
pillow. valued al -. lie pleaded guilty, and
was fined SO. or % days in Jail.
~
WHAT l. TO BE BECOME OF TIE Poor
The RetisJ COns,1tssiOa H'15Os0 FiDt>tS.-A SpC-
cial meeting OF the Citizens Relief Commits
zion was held this morning. at which there
were present MCSSrs. Stickney. HitZ, Moore.
Savage, Wilson ChOate. and SOlomOns. The
Irtasurers report was submitted, showing
that - leo han been received from the Dis
ITiet government for the TeliefOf the destitute
poor, and SleO from private individuals. BY
The StricteSt economy every worthy and alb
SOlutely n6ceSSitOuS case had been relieved.
until this whole amount had been nearly eX-
pended Il small balance only remaining on
hsInd 10 pay the incidental expenses of the
work. IL il still hoped that COngrC sSiOnal
action will provide for the relief Of the unu-
Sually large number needing help at tins
TIME A comparatively small appropriation
had been asked for. but in view 81 the uneeI-
talnty of the matter. 10 was decided bN The
commission that all the expenses attending
the work be reduced 10 their minimum. and
That the work be suspended until further IL
formation is obtained in regard to appIOpria-
tons. The commission then adjourned, sub
Jeet 10 the call Of the President.
-'BTNCO" PLAYERS BANISHFD.-OnW Wei
nesday laSt I've men, who gave the ir names
az rank Nixon VIM. II. Parsons. Henry
Martin. james Marshall and George Carter.
from New York. came here and opened a
sambling place on 10Th street. between II and
J. streets. Their speciality was a game termed
among their class 'buncO." One Of their first
victims was an un>Ophi>ticatcd old farmer
hditltu IKE. y nom tltN picked and
iieved him Of some SOCIAL the money he
had Pike complained 10 police headquar-
iers. and the detectives captured the whole
gang ON Tiday NIGHT and took them To head
quarters where the old gentleman recognized
Them, but aS he could not stay in the city
long enough % prosecute them. the gamblers
agreed 10 remind him what they hstI taken
from hlin u allowed To depart rom the 81 v.
Wf'ch they promised To 10 forthwith. The
tOhulilohS were accepted and the parties ere
This a-e far away 10 try their game OF bun
"a e mt sn.aVH- E.-rrf
and - rapherrali;t-thO~e they operated with
mere having b-en cont Gated.
ATTENrT AT HIGHWAY ROBEFRY-I.aSt
night. about haii-pasg O'clO,-k. Mr.. John
Iri"c. Who keeps livery stable in Washing
ton AMI VINO was Ou hi way 90 this city ia
Suggy 70 visit some frICnslS was attacked
between FOUI Mile run and Arlington by "a
fOi"reJ highwa man who rushed ON from
some bushes. and Seiziug Mr.. Prices horse
bS thc bTi'ue. pointed pistol ar him and
demanded his money or Hi> igfe. Mr.. 4. was
uhalined- but not - colOre,i man vino Wa
$50 pm itt bu-2N- Ia, latter drew pistol
ana nTed az the ui.hwa ynau. who fired i'm
Turn tt the occupants OF The buggy. aud then
ran OF ~ rapid rate. no doubt realizing
4i-at iic had struck "a bad crowd TO expert
ment On Neither Mr.. r OF tine czt0r.d man
were hHIt. nor D DO Prubst Die that the rufli3u
"as--itsa"a'iri4 t'o-,Lfe. .th.
SH"'EING IFNTH CD ARAILRoAD FLAG
IN saturday morning Jas Doughty,
hiSln''n ON a gravel train on the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad. was killed by falling
under The wheels Of the cars near Bowie sta
ton, % miles from this city. Doughty nc
uceu mat the switch was out OF place, and
mOtioning FOR the train 10 stop. proceeded TO
Jump OF IN order TO place the switch right.
Inc tfaln was going slow, but a. he jump-d
ne silpped on the ice and fell under the train.
Inc wheels OF two cars passing over his head
ADA me upper part OF his body. The remains
Nete takeh Yesterday 10 his former h6Iae.
No. 81 West BstItisaoT6 street H.. vas abont
- year, Ot age ana leaves a wife but 10
children.
SALE o. REAL ESTAIE-IO>. r. Kelley
2ucuoneer, sold AT auction for VIM IL
" aru, tTus t1e- part Of square D. >, fronting ~
feet on h street. and improved by three
story brick dwelling, to Rebecca II. Mellen
lor $500. also, frame house and lot. corner 20
and 4 streets southwest. 10 Lawrence