Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-13
The ST. PatrfcAs Day Prscessioa.

The ST. Patrfck's Day Processtoa.
On FRIDAY next, ST Patrick's day
panegyric OF the sail will oe deli -, 'ne
ST. Domlnies church by the VIZ s Psrs 10
END Ian or aarf IN t5i: grow o,a OF the Do
will be taken for the r.-s, y cotIeetion
r,o n-o.as. PROCESSION
,,, h,nr ~ -sfon ON that day will be formed
CON- GO ~ visions; The first division VIII be
.Ior Knights OF St Patrick, Junior Knights
of ST. Colnmbkill and the Knights OF st.
Burma Second division-Knights OF ST.
Peter, Knights of Sc Joseph, Knights OF st.
George, Knights OF st. Stephen and Knights
of st. Dominic Third Observation-Disclosures
association, No; I; 81 PatrLck's Temper
division-HiberniaB Benevolent Association,
of Washington; West End Hibernian So
ciefy, Georsetown Hibernian Society and
the Cathollc Total Abstinence Society, of
Georgetown. The column will be formed at
the City Hall and march thence along In
diana avenue TO 4th street, to 1, to North
Capitol, to g, TO New Jersey avenue, 10 G
street, TO list street east, to East Capitol to
4th, TO pennsylvania avenue, along toe Ave
nue. past the Executive Mansion TO George
town, TO High street, to Bridge. crossing the
M street bridge, along 26th street to Connec-
ticut avenue, TO n street, TO tn, to II, TO 10Th,
to ID, and thence to the City Hall, where the
line will be broken. The 5th Maryland Reg
iment National Guards Band is ole of the
bands engaged for the parade and celebra-
ton, and 1t is reported that on the conclu-
OF IT, abilities of the 5th an1 Marine binis
Will be given. Prof. Chas. Wernig of the
5ih. was the leader of the 7th Regiment New
York fGraffula) band
MARYLAND ANNUAL CONFERENCE Mp.
ChUKCH.-At last Fridays session OF this
conference at Lynchburg, Va, the report of
the committee on itinerancy and orders was
taken up item by item, when the folio owing
were admitted into the itinerancy: c. Il.
Middleton, John ID. McFadde0. A. c. Berry
man, @. j. smith, s. Reese Murray ami T.
a. King The following were elected 10
elders orders: u. N Gilbett, w. j. d. Lucas
Morris.
The following were passed to the second
year: I. I. Hall, j. NJ. Sheridan, w. w.
White, G; s. Arnett and VIM; E. Thompson:
The following were passed TO the third
year: j. A. Weigand, A. j. Walter, G.. q.
Bacchus, II. c. Stern and r. T. Smith.
The president announced the following
committee on ministerial supply outside the
district: s. b. Switzerland, w. s. Ham
mond, ID. F. EwelI, John w. Baker and j. Z.
Harrington.
eral annual conferences to unite In calling
general convention of the church to meet i'm
the city OF baltimore, Md, in May, 1871, 10
alter the I'd, 10th and 18th articles of the con-
stitution of the NJ. p. Church and consum.
mate the union OF the Methodist Protestant
and Methodist churches upon the basis of
union already agreed upon by the commits
siOns of these two churches.
The following were elected as the COM
mittee on appeals: Drs. j. X. Nichols, s. g.
S3u,herlsnd, L. w. Bates, c. w. Baton and
At Saturdays session, the report of the
committee on temperance was taken up
which recommends the preaching OF a tenn
pefance sermon at every appointment, the
Introduction of the temperance pledge In the
Sabbath schools, and provides for the hold
ing of temperance convention on the second
night of the next annual conference. The
report was adopted.
THE FIsHERIES.-About 100 punches of
nSh arrived at fshtOwn this morning, among
them 40 shad from Robb's shore, which
brought 80 cents each. Rock fish sold for IS
cents per bunch, and herring % cents. Fish
town has put on a very business like appear
arce, there having been several fights there
this morning. The boOthes will commence
business on Monday. The pungy boat AZa-
la ID. Peart, Capt. Wesley Davis, started
down this morning with the gilling outfit of
John Lyons and Geo. Wilkins, of this city.
They Will conduct their gilling operations off
M ary land Point. and will commence about
Tuesday next Il ALer. Sentinel, 1Ith.
TIE YOUNG CATHOLICS FRIEND SocrE-
TY held their semi annual meeting last
evening at st. Dominic's hall, corner 9th
and streets southwest; Major ]. Il. Mallet
presiding. The report of the book keeper
shows the receipts for the past six months
10 be 1923 -, and the expenditures for cloth
ing, tuition, books, &c, 1881. The stewards
report shows that forty-eight suits of cloth
ing and forty seven pairs OF shoes had been
poor Joys 10 enable JQem
10 present respectable appearance at
school. Resolutions OF respect to the MEM
DRY OF John Carroll Brent, q former member
and president of the society, were adopted.
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SUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT-TO day,
MessTs. Shellabarger, Wilson and w. A.
Cook entered a suit against the District for
Dennis O'Neal, Josiah Il. Nenable, George
III. Boston, c. w. Swaggart. j. A. Jinffer, o.
Blake and j. W. Davenport, contractors for
cleaning alleys, for the amount they claim
TO be due them from February LIST, 1876 To
March 10th, 1876, S3557.76.
REAL ESTATE SALES.-Geo. B. Coburn,
real estate broker, has sold, for James T.
Pritchard, esq, the south half of lot IL,
square 319. and improvements, for SI2 0G !;
also. part of lot 8. square $685. for : POO; also
lot 10, In square 13l, for 8, 800.
ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE ARR
CAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUnCH.-
The bishops OF the African Methodist Epis-
copal church have arranged the time for the
following spring conferences: Virginia con-
ference, Portsmouth, Va, March %, Bishop
Campbell; Pittsburg conference, Allegheny
City, Pa, March 30, Bishop Payne; New
Jersey conference, Newark, n. j., April Is,
Bishop Shorter; Baltimore conference,
Georgetown, ID. g., April ID, Bishop Camp
bell; Ohio conference, Xenia, o., April Ia,
Bishop Payne. AS the general conference
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