Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-12

Cheeter Heights and Rev. I. q. Stewart,
him credit for preaching . good sermon, but
said he was no negro. He urged that they
wanted some credit for themselves In the
record unless they were known. Prof. Green
TO correct . mistake said he understood that
the colored Methodist Episcopal churches
under the southern churches had q clause in
their dtsciplines which excluded a white
person from membership.
The subject was under consideration when
our report closed.
Retail Prices, Center Market.
nlAI;-Beef, porter house, 3os2s per h.. sirioin /,
nsse LAMB as ssl
m dali 81 euf u ssG sb I sS1 -
"hS:s IS gut Tcnsse.. $3.50 each Lard. ise Der ID
H.sTs s'; es9 Rs
sss ss:ns F sP:i gs s..
each; Salt water Ts'lers, 20 Per bunch: do Trout,
g Ps. bunch; TsrTsIins' Soc.ssa eson; Sturgeon,
VEsETABLKs-Potatoes. Irish, loc. per pk: do ~,
81 o MD q
pl.: Cucunbers, II per doz.; Beans, Lima, l2AIs
FErIrs.Apples, so.So per PIX: Pesrs t.stips }. 90
ssr pk-i do; cooking: 4ossoc Melons, D.a.
lbs: eI.pes, IoO.s, s.lo per ID.
YdTE % sSn;o.s I1I ssr b. Ne.
Eyes per dozen; Cheese, aas per ID. '0' -'A''
PouLIRY.-Chickens, 7sca d Is per pair.
BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector
Plowmsn:-J. Reese, a three story brick
dwelling I'm proved, east side New Jersey
avenue, between l. street and New York
avenue northwest; $500. Thomas Mason, a
brick barber shop, II street, between North
Carolina avenue and LIST street north west;
500; A. G. Richards, q three story brick
streets northwest; $500. John Pearce. q
three story brick dwelling, east side New
Jersey avenue, between l. street and New
q brick barber shop, north side street bs,
tween North Carolina avenue and LIST street
northwest; 500. Thos. F.. Steep, q frame
between NJ and N streets northwest; $500.
Aaron Bradshaw, two story brick dwell
Ing, north side A, between 9Th and Lh streets
southeast; 81 100. Benjamin Mosher. frame
streets northeast; $3.50. Moses Kelly, three
two-sfory and basement brick dwellings,
south side i. between 18th and 10th streets
fwo-story brick dwellings, east side lst
street, between ID and f streets northwest;
% 600. John SenNert, two two story aud
basement dwellings, north side G, between
LIST and ID streets northeast; 5000. George
j. Johnson and c. Wilmer, two three story
brick dwellings north side Pennsylvania
avenue, between New Hampshire avenue
i've two-story and basement brick dwell
ines same locality; s11 900. Same one two
story brick dwelling, same locality; 5000.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to
John L. Ingram and Louisa Van Ness; Syl-
vester Jordan and Louisa Thomas; John
Welcome and Fannie Landon; w. T. Hutch
iDkOn and Emma /. Boteler; j. N. ID. Wilson
and Nancy Bruce; Geo. Breitbarth and
Lille Steiplei Ben Jamin Burrell and Susie
Morton; w. b Muller and Lizzie Arletta
Ports; John Conner and Martha Hutchin-
son.
FIRE.-The alarm At o'clock p m. yes
tsrday from box No. 1874, was for rre discoy-
cred in house No. HOS New York avenue, oc-
cupied by DIR. Mason erosion, and owned
and clothing, $40, on which there is no In.
surance. The IRE originated by the ignition
OF some kindling wood under a stove, aud
all the members OF the family were absent.
BACHELORS WIvEs-Tteo Ccses OF Doubt
nj Marriage VIM. A. Keteltas died last
January Al Deer Isle, on the coast OF Maine,
where he had been In the habit of spending
mis- miners, at the age of nfty-eight. He
was reputed TO be bachelor, and had been
for several years q hard drinker. His next
OF kin were brother, Eugene NJ. Keteltas,
and several nieces. He made q will In Feb.
ruary, 1873, appointing his brother executor,
and after making four bequests, including
Green, DOW living with me-" divided the
residue between and among my next OF
kin, according 10 the statute now in forcen
with him for fifteen years, claimed TO have
been married 10 him In October, 1873, at her
mothers mouse on Deer Isle. After the Will
was admitted to probate she asked for an
half the real and personal estate valued at
$500 ,0ool, after payment OF the legacies, as
the widow OF the testator. The executor
opposed, claiming that the alleged marriage
was invalid, being q dumb show performed
In bis presence when he was too much in
toxicated TO know anything, and urging also
mat such advances could only be made
the viii was not in dispute. Surrogate Cal
vim granted her the advance, and the CO %
vas argued Yesterday before the supreme
oount, senersi Term, on appeal. Decision re-
Henry Holten died March 5. 1872 Mariana
Meneold, who had bean In his employ A. 4
against his hein to recover dows. !, -.
real estate, claiming she Was his W.tov a
contract OF marriage having beer sSts.sc
however, she said, and her testim6n IA.
excluded. A child Wa born In Feoruarv
1872, whtch Aolteu had acknowledged a bis
she had continued TO perform the dutiss Of =
servant, and had made statements aud al
missioDs inconsistent with her subsequent
claim. The jury on the first trial disagreed.
defendants. The case was heard in supreme
court general term yesterday on appeal. De-
cision reserved.-tN y. World, 1ith. =
On HIR HUscLE.-Betsy Grisby OF Lex
ington, Ga, was melted 70 pugtlism by read
Ing about the nght between Co.'s and Allen.
She believed that she Wa Able TO distinguish
herself In the same way, and In her drst at
tempt she whipped woman. Next she de.
eided ts'try 2 man; but abe did NOT wish TO
End so choose decrepit nogro over eighty
years old. She heat him % badly that he
oleo On the oame day, and Beesy - In jail
awaiting trial.
VEdvin stosss, Who killed James Fax,
IL, WIZ ~ nv Qetobsy 2a