Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-19
District Government Affairs.


Orders have been given for repaving Penn
sylvania avenue, from 18th 10 sd streets
non invest, with concrete.
The bills for supplies OF all kinds, rents,
&c, Of the public schools. have been audited,
and are ready Tor payment by the District
controller.
FOR HOSPITAL.
delegation OF property owners and resi-
dents on Maine avenue, 9Th street and South
Il street, waited on the District Commission
ers TO day 10 protest against the use OF the
Armory building for hospital purposes, as
proposed by the Board OF Health. The Com
missiOners, after hearing what they had TO
say, stated that they had taken no action in
the matter, and looked upon the project with
disfavor, for the same reasons that they had
when II was proposed to take this building
for police court-tbat IL would disfigure the
line OF government reservations laid out for
mall, and which In time Is to be one of the
most attractive features of the capital. They
were In favor of city hospital for the poor,
and VIII GO all they can for the purpose, bat
IL should not be located on This government
reservation.
THE TOURNAMENT YEsTERDAy.-Quite a
crowd assembled at the National Park yes
terday afternoon to witness the three-ring
tournament The result was as follows:
Knight of Branchville, L. A. Scaggs, Z;
Knight OF Prince George, c. Brown, 3; Knight
OF the Meadows, C. White, 3; knight of the
Hills, A. p. Hill, 8; Knight of National Park,
Q; Knight of Mill, K w. Hereford, 9; Knight
of Evergreen, VIM. Smith, 6, Knight of Hope,
John Wallis, 6. Messrs. Brooks and Here
ford, 1t will be seen We're TIED. aud had to
ride again. Hereford won the first prize,
handsome gold watch; Brooks the secOn A. a
bride; A. L. Hill the third, a pair of ST yer
mounted spurs; p. A. Scaggs the fourth, a
riding whip. The coronation exercises took
place in the ball room at O'Clock in the
evening. Miss Anra l.. Mcnamara was
crowned queen of love and beauty. The
evening was spent in d 'ncing.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST ACQUISITIONS TO
q full dress toilet is a massive necklacs In
dead gold, formed in double rings and hooks,
alternating with link chain and plain slide.
II Is fac smile of the original SIS gold
chain. and is manufactured i'm 1S-karat gold
plate, which is very durable and answers all
the purposes of gold, aud sells at the moder-
ate price of IS, at Prigg's jewelry store, 451
PeDnSy lvania avenue. Mr.. Prigg is always
receiving novelties, and among the latest
We notice Mason's patent bracelets, enameled
all round, OF three different widths, with
chains ard charms attached. al Si5 and S2O:
new-plated bracelets, with chains, half
eEemeled, at 81, and Lake George diamond
drops, with diamond setting, aud JET stulS
10 match. at S20. and new opera cnains of
barrows' manufacture, copied from gold,
1s.k1Tat plate, dead gold colore1, at $50.
These goods are among the handsomeSt we
have seen, and are well deserving of axami-
nation.
MARRIAGE IN THE CITY HALL-To-day,
there appeared at the clerks office an unso-
phlsticated cOlored couple, whose appear
ance Indicated the object of their vista
marriage license. Mr.. Williams Immedi-
ately took their names-AddisOn Grady aud
Fannie Mitchell, residing on l. street, be-
between 18th and 19ih-and filled out the
document. The next inquiry was made for
minister, but none was present. Owing,
however, to the controversy among the Bap-
fists, a number of ministers were i'm the
neigbborhOOd of the. City Hall, and Rev.
Henry Bailey, OF the Abysinian Baptist
church, being called in, q congregation of
lawyers, bailiffs and other officials gathered
in the clerks office, and the ceremony was
very impressively performed.
The FIRE To DAY.-AbOut Ii30 o'clock
this morning an alarm was sounded from
box S14 for fire il the tank room of the New
YORK concrete cOmpany's works, at the west
ern terminus of q street northwest. The fire
engines were promptly on hand and the
flames were eXtinguished with no other loss
than The burning of one tank of raw tar and
a slight damage 10 the interior OF the build
ing.
ESPRIT MANIFESTATIONS outside of the
cabinet" is the announcement in an adver-
tisement elsew here OF an exhibition of spirit
power to be given at Tallmadge hall to NOR
row night by Edward Livingston, who claims
TO be the most powerful medium in America,
and diSclaims any connection with the late
New York humbugging seance.
ATTENTION is called to advertisement of
Association Hall, suitable for entertain