Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-15
Condensed Locals.

Genuine bay rum for sale at Thompsoh's
drug store.
John Brooks and Mary WiSueT.
Three street lamps have been ordered on
lCth between r and G. streets northeast.
ShillingfOn SerdS The t,diOiH for June;
Warren ChOate & Co, HmP6's BGzGr for
The 6o-et'e tomorrow will he an attrac-
tive number, acceptable To all classes of
Sunday readers. See advt.
Much interest * being manifested in the
Author : Feie 10 he held at DT. Sunderland
church next week and all that 90 may expect
an evening of real pleasure.
II. \. StrakeT, cOlOre-i. a sacOnd-ciaSS clerk
In the Sixth Auditors Office, has resigned his
position for the purpose of practising law in
the south.
The Secretary o ~ N1vy has ordered the
Marine hand 90 piOCeed To Boston. 20 take
part in the EUnNeT Hin celebration on the
nth day of June.
The further hearing Of the case Of John l..
FTeH ley. charged with larceny OF ~S5 from
the United States Treasury, has been post
pored until neyt week
Marini's sixteenth ANIMAL Floral May FeS-
tival will take place Tuesday evening, May
18th. and will. from the prepare tiOnS in pro-
gress, be an affair Of wonderful attraction.
MeSSTS. Young and Middleton, aucttOneeTs,
real estate and insurance agents, Will sell at
= O'Clock Monday evening, the nth inst, two
brick dwellings on 18th, between T and L
streets northwest.
a draft for II .3S2 was paid to-day by the
District tOmmiSsi OneTS 10 the management
Of the government insane asylum for the
care of paUpeT inmates Tor the quarter end
INK December 3iSt, 1S1I.
The New Church (SwedenbOrgian) Society
Cf TINS city having handsomely rebuilt and
TefgTniShed their place of worship on Capitol
Hill. 10 viii to morrow at ~ q. m be dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies
The contest going on among the firemeu for
the silver trumpet to be presented by the
ladies of tine Memorial Church 10 the COM
pany selling the greatest number of tickets
To their festival. which takes place next
week. - getting lively, and it's hard 10 tell
who u ahead.
Judge Fisher. I. 8. attorney for the Dis
tTict, and his assistants. to-day took posses
sion Of the offices in the west wing of the
City Hail, which are neatly but not gaudily
fitted up. and occupying the range of rooms
on the west side of the hall 20 the qOOmS Oc-
rupied by the surveyor. give ample room for
the transaction Of the business OF the office.
Henry 4. Eur. youngest son of the late
Richard Burr. is laying quite i'll of cOnSump-
tiOn at his residence. No 9G2 9th street north
west, and but little hope i entertained of his
recovery. Mr.. Burr has recently returned
from visit 10 Florida. where he has been
for the benefit of his health. He is q pTOmi-
rent member OF the Masonic fraternity.
Mons. \. CanOeTt. Of Paris. the French
commissioner tO the Centennial exhibition.
VINO arrived IN this city q few days ago, being
SeslrOUs of examining the public school SyS-
TEN Of Washington. was yesterday morning
escorted 20 the Franklin School building by
Col Levi IuCksy, the Presidents private
secretary, where he was shown the schools in
active operation, and spent several hours in
Witnessing the methods Of teaching, sc.
DR. Tiffany seems 10 ne ma King "a success
OF his lecture on behalf Of the Washington
Monument. The Chicago Tribune saws of his
appearance in that city that the announce
ment that he would lecture al Farwell Han
for the benefit OF the Washington National
Monument, drew forth, in spite of the rain.
the largest and finest audience the building
has ever held and that 1.-The rare scholar
ShiP and brilliant dictiOn Of the Grafton ex-
eite,l The admiration and awoke the applause
Ui his hearers