Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-21
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The report OF the intendent Of the WASH
irsion asylum for the week ending April y.
ls'5. show. The total Eunber OF inmates,
10th I"Cs and Prisoners, 70 DC sal. The phv--
sisian- Or. foop-r. reports thc follow .,r
base. Lacy Rn>e aud Levi Jack~orl ell
COf,rcd.
laeJ.i. Hoxie. with President Cor man, Of
che seeapeakC and Ohio CANAL company.
visited tnc lire - the canal hCkyeen the
s,UeUitct at Georgetown and the Chain
bTidgs to-day for "a personal in>1,ectiOn. and
with a view 81 harmoniZing ants.gonisms
between the District and thnt com pany in
correction with the proposed Improvements
thereon.
The ten PERSONS designated by the District
Commissioners to deliver the schedules for
personal taxes are hard at work attending to
that duty Among all thus far who have
responded to the notice only four nave re-
turned anything TAXABLE.
SOmebme since The owners of property on
Pennsy wanna avenue. between iith and 18th
streets, were notified that il was the inten-
ton Of the District authorities to fill I'D the
area between the building and cGrb lines
where the carriage way had been raised by
the Improvement Of PeBnS ylvania avenue
ard that permission would he given those
who desired 20 arch over this space. Only
one owner OF property has thus far sisnifiel
his Intention to do 80. and orders have now
been given the contractor 10 take up the oil
fnateTiaI on the south sitc of this avenue
whore IL a. below grade. and tn relay the
same rs sCoD as tie grading shall have been
completed.
MCKFSDREE CHAPEL IN. e. ANNIvER-
SAR9.-The thirtiesh anDiVer Sary of the de A.
lGail"n Oh hchenIree chapel was ile'd last
night, IL the new church building erected two
wears ago. on Massachusetts avenue, he
tween 9th and 10Th streets. All 80 o'clock the
presiding elder, Rev. Dr. W. 7, sp"ak. As
the present pastor. Drs. r. =. Evans, George
lIilf and George w. Cooper, former pastors
and the following" minister's occupied seats
ia font o. the altar. II. Peyton Brown. Mr.
MckeGTy. Jas. Henniug. Vi. \. Turner. and
II. \. Cleveland. Tie religions services be-
gan " TN the hymn "BeSf be the tie that
binds" after which DIR. Speak invoked divine
blessing Rev. Mr. Evans, one OF the former
pastors, read TIE i03d psalm from the Bible
nsed m the Old church from the beginning.
Rev. Or. bashieli next addressed the congre-
CATION. He said there had been sixty-one
original members, and that thirty-one OF
them still survived. In place of the original
sixty one there ar" four hundred and fifty
one names ON the records of the church be-
>idcs twenty five prnbatiOnists. TIE class
meetings are well attended, and the Sunday
school has over three hundred scholars:
there is also an infant class. Another
hymn was sung, and Mr. John G.. Hardness
related some interesting "reminiscences
The original roll Of membership showed
Sixty-One names, who are accounted for as
follows. stu members. ~; dead. ~; scat.
tered, p Those still members are Rev. r. s
Evans, T. Jones. =. G. Jones. Geo. L. Lang
ley, Mary a. Langley. James y. Davis Ed
ward VI. Spedtien. Caroline VI. Spcdipn, May
=. Brown. Henry i. Grear. Michael Rear Ion,
Phmbe Holle,ige. John {. Hardness, Maria
Miles, Tabitha Miles. Sarah C. NARROW
Catharirp Henry. Ann r.. Beall.
Eoy. +. y Evans, by request of the ladies
or The church. extended an invitation To al
To go down stairs To the Sunday school room
whore they .partonk of boUnt!ful collation..
Long lines of tables Were spread. and pretty
girls behind them as walters, which gave q
relish TO The feast.
The LEGISLATIVE LUNCH CASE AGAIN.
III : the intention of the defendant in the
case of Godfrey GOeli agt. Campbell (tIe
legislative feed caSe.) 20 appeal the case To-
the Court in General Term, where the point
viii be made that All contracts made to fur
Dlsh legislators with refreshments are void,
rs such refreshments are in themselves in
the nature of brides. a notice has been given
by the defendants counsel, Col. Cook. that
on Saiurtay next they would make motion
20 rctax the costs. IL is alleged that if all the
witnesses claim attendance as many days as
have been claimed in some instances the
costs viii swell Up 10 very large amount.
The following nave proved the ir attendance
ON The part OF the plaintiff: Joseph Flynn,
W q Jones and Alfred SUPPLIED. II days
each: j. \. Shaw, Is days: C l.. HUlSe. -
days, q. VI. Barton. 6days: s. W-Herbert 9
days. and days for defendant, and Miles
MaNteld. day. For the defendant the fol-
lowing claim attendance: o. =. B. Wall. IA
days; Lorcan'Pcters and G.. A. Kuhn, II days
each: W. f.. NeTmillIOn and Gus Julien
Gates, days; Henry Thorn and Eldredge
Drew, day each.
THE AMOUNTS realized at The fair for the
benefit OF st. Patricks church were as fol-
lows; Mrs. Brpsnau's table. 81 900; Mrs.
Berry and Williams table. si0O; table of
charge S195.s0; of Junior Choir, (Ir. Hitch
in charge,) S2i3.2J; of orphan Boys, Mrs
torchran in charge.) $500; of SOdality,
(Mr. Massie,) 5000, Ladies of Charity, Mrs.
zen. Paul. s1.0.91O; orphan Girls Mrs
Riley and Mrs. O'Connen.j SIPS: st. pat
Ticks table, (Mrs. Livingstone and Mrs.
CleaTy,) $50; door. $50; bower. 500. ward
sos; aggregating over $1,000.
DECREASE OF CRIME.-The decrease of
theft IN New York and Philadelphia during
the past two years may be largely attributed
To the fact that people are removing their
valuable papers and plate To the vaults OF
only the most secure safes are enclosed in
immense walls for the protection OF deposit
tors. but armed watchmen are constantly
Kept patrOllinS the halls.
LUNBER.-We take pleasure in directing
the attention of builders and others i'm neei
OF MeSSrs. Wheatley Il Brothers. They
guarantee satisfaction in all cases, both as 10
quality and prices.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued a.
follows: James DOrman and Johanna Bayne
Charles Maynard and Elizabeth Jackson
John r. Wood and Geneva BanOught Ed
ward q. GUmmel ana Lizzie Kahlert.
THF METROPOLIS SAVINGS BANK is ran
Idly growing IN the public favor, being care
fully managed and Differed by some of the
most reliable men in the District.
&
THE cheapest collar you can wear is the
Elmw0Od, because il will keep clean longer
than any other Try it,-Adrt.
j. +. RRoDHEAD, No. SIS 18th street Is nav
ing special improvement taxes at the lowest
rates. Give him a call before paying.
THE COURTS
CIRCUIT COURT-JlCige Gfrffer
To-day, Coleman AIT. Sharp: Jury dis
charged. NOursc Il Middleton agt. McNa-
mara; settled. Keyworth agt. Hamlink and
Lewis; verdict for plaintiff, less 50. Kelley
AIT. bowman; verdict for plaintiff. ~ 3SI
GILL .of ErnIi 4 Palmer. S,1hrnitt.,.I