Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-13
Condensed Locals.

NJ nv O'Clock =. m. and extinguishe,i AT am.
Shillington sends us HGPeT's Monthly foI
MAY. n good number.
Macready's Diary and Letters for sale al
Beall'S.
President Grant has promised to attend the
st. Patrick's fair at Masonic hall tonight.
james w Murray, n much esteemed MEM
her of the JOurneymen BOOkbinder's AsSO-
citation. died on the 18th inst, in the 3gth
year of his age. His funeral will take place
Tomorrow afternoon.
The L. :. steamer Fortune arrived yester-
day afternoon and anchored in the Eastern
Branch. DIR. Keeue, the health officer. in
spected ber. and finding no Infectious disease
on board relieved her from quarantine.
At the annual meeting of the directors OF
the COrCOran Fire Insurance Company yes
terday. the following were eiccteI officers;
John Il. Lehman, president; A. III. Herr, vice
president; j. T. HyeT. secretary.
The Board OF Health yesterday sold at auc-
lion the lumber and frame sheds at the nth
street wharf TO H. F. Turner x Co. for S1tO:
ALEC. those al the street wharf, To Mr. John
franie. for S2G1.
The box sheet for sale OF seats 10 the per-
fOImaEces OF the German Opera and Ora
matte Company ut the National Theater
will open at Metzerotts music store to-
A visitto the Avenue Theater will prove
that Manager Bauer is no with the times.
His programme this week is variety all over.
Along with the Partisan Can-Can he has
Huber & Glidden. great cards i'm their must
rai sketches. The songs of Misses Gray and
Baker are fine. and other features OF the per-
fOIUanee are extra good.
SPELLING MATCHES LAST NIGHT-A
spelling match between the Sunday school
of i!e First Congregational Church and the
Calvary Baptist Church look place. al the
former church last n sht, Rev. :. =. Mitchell.
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
ron Sunderland. of the First Presbyterian
Church acting as umpire. The spelling began
at O'Clock. the sides being composed as fol-
lows; Calvary Baptist. Mr.. VIM. Stickney
superintendent. =. \. MeSick. G.. H. Norton.
Mrs. Perkins. Mrs. Matthew :, Misses MOrtie
Bessie. +. Wiggin, Waters, Sargent. Stick
Bey. MeSSrS- Y. Hamlet. l.. Hedrick. A.
Parks. j. T. De MattOes. G.. Parks. Il. SWEET
F. Wilson Miss McKnew. Sallie Davis. II.
Haynes Congregational Church-Dr. O. +.
PTeSbTey. superintendent. MeSSrs. r. &. Will
liamS Hubbard. Rankin. Gilfillan. Chicken
iER. Gibbs. Clark. Benjamin. and Misses
Fuller, Hopkins. Coleman, GilfillaD, Chick
eIing. Smith, Warren, Gaylord. and Mrs.
Duncklee- AfieT number of unusually
tough words mad been given out, the time
set apart for the spelling matches having
expired. the umpire announced the number
Of words missed 10 have been twenfv-twO-
sever by the Calvary BaptiSf school and
fifteen by the Congregational school. Mr..
StiCkDey then presented DIR. PreSbrey with
q handsome basket OF flowers. Dr. Sunder-
Hand addressed the scholars briefly, after
which IT. PTesbTey said another challenge
would be issued 10 the Calvary Baptist Sun
day school.
A spelling contest also took place at the
Unitarian Church last night. the referees
helng MeSSrS. G. r. BraiDeri. j Butterfeid
ard II. Sralding. and Mr. =. :. Sumner act
ing as pCdaGOgue. TIE sides OF ten persons
each were maTshaled by Mrs. j. W. Babe and
Mr.. y. r. Boyd After sharp contest Mrs.
Babe being the last on her side. after out
spelling four or five candidates, retired by
putting only one in tesSelated. There still
remained four on the other side-Mr. BOYD,
Miss Nellie JefiTies. Mr. r.. j. Farouhar
and Mrs. George W. Wright. At this point
recess was taken. during which Miss Anna ID.
Ware recited The Shadows" THE Sere-
made" and other selections. The contest was
then renewed between the four remaining
On the same side. and after prOpOunding
many words all Of which We're spelled cor
rSctly, the master said that his textbook was
exhausted, and the exercises Of the evening
closed.