Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-29

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Inc street lamps will be lighted az II d.
m, ano extinguished al 30 a. m.
Ihe District Commissioners have issued
e. U,usL Inat the District offices De closed
Rev. AugustJackson, rector Of st. PauI's
T. church, Will leave on Tuesday next
Tor four months tour abroad.
captain Cutler, who was seriously burned
~ me recent gas explosion at the Capitol
. lot Going as well as his friends would de-
sire, ard last night was delirfous a times.
Inc annual peace meeting will be held at
40. u. lOth street next Friday evening.
TheIe Ntll be similar meetings in all the
same day.
The Methodists of Severn Circuit. Rev. J..
-. stu, contemplate holding a camp meet
ing at Jacksons woods, some 25 miles from
wash ngton, on the Baltimore ami Potomac
railroad, some time in August.
since the Rev. G.. V. Leecn assumed
the psstorate of Union On. E.) church, the
latter part of February, there has been
.ontln aous revival spirit present, and mum
Ders OF pen1tents have presented themSeI YES.
ana thus far there have been fifteen CONVEX
sions.
The grand entertainment under the aus
pices OF the Ladies Benevolent Society OF
Norm washington will positively be held on
the evening OF Wednesday, May 3lst, at Lin
coin Hall, when nifty articles, most OF them
oil paintings, Will be distributed TO the ticket
holders. Members of the Shakespeare club,
pate.
The statement In some of the city papers
mat Warrington COmmandery, No. /,
knights Templars, and Columbia Com.
fnnaII1eTy, NO; z, leave here on tue same train
Tor Philadelphia, to- morrow morning, is. we
are informed, incorrect, and IL not corrected,
may lead TO some confusion. Toe first
named com mandery leave on a special train,
secured expressly for it. at 10 Is, while Go,
1umoia COmmandery leave at $780, three
quarters of hour earlier. On account of
heing the escort OF Grand Master Hopkins
Washington Commaudery made arrange
ments 10 go separate from the other COM
manderfes on special train.
THE HEBREW RITE OF CoNFIRMATroN.-
To day the Israelites are celebrating the
anniversary OF Moses receiving the tablets
OF The law on Mount Sinai, and at the Sth
street syn agogue, in this city this morning
ihere was present large assemblage OF
people, Including a number of Christians.
Ine services were under the direction of Mr.
L. Stern, the reader of the con gregation, and
were very interesting, particularly the lat
Yer poruou-the confirmation of fOuE young
These were Sarah Schwarz, Henrietta Wolf.
carrie Minister, and Bertha Siegel, and thew
were attired IN spotless white, wearing beau
tlIul Wre2tLs on their heads. At the an
pointed time they entered, two in each aisle.
preceded by an officer of the congregation
and TOOK positions facing the readers desk
MI: stern ADDRESSED them in German, AFTER
Wnlcn the prayer service was continued and
the candidates and choir sang, respopsiveIv
blessed, o! blessed Mount, most Holy.5
MISS carrie Minister offered a prayer, and
the candidates were examined. The fen
eommar dmentS were recited, and responses
70 each chanted by the choir. After ahymn
Dy the choir short speeches were made by
Inc candidates-Miss Seigel speaking in
GERMAN, and the others IN English. The
minister addressed them as TO their duties.
after which the parents came forward anI
blessed them The 2th Psalm was s{las
IesPonsively by the reader and choir in He
Prev, and the ark being opened, The can
Gidates recited the confession of faith and
me ARK being closed, Mr.. Stern pronounced
Inc prtestly blessing, and the choir aud class
sang appropriate closing hymns.
ST PATRICK'S BENEFICIAL TOTAL Ar
sTlNENCE SOCIETY held their last quarterly
meeting FOR the season at Carroll nall last
evening, the president, Rev. j. j. Keaue, pre-
siding. RESOLUTIONS were passed rendering
Inc sympathy and coincidence of the society
10 MI. John d. Clarke Tor his recent bereave-
ment IN the loss OF his wife. Father Keaue
cellvered an eloquent total bstinence ad-
SIess; DIT walsh, OF East Washington, fol.
lowed with a practical totals bstinence
speech. Mr. Joseph SmOlinski read from
tatnollc temperance paper of New YORK an
sxeellent address by Rev. Father O'Brien, of
Msssaehu setts, to the Total Abstinence
Union OF Massachusetts. The pledge was
Inen administered 10 quite a number of per
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