Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-14
The Centennial.


Thursday next, 18th instant, In set ANAL
rs the day for the Maryland and District
celebration At the Centennial, and IL In
probable that the joint celebration will be =
very cTsdltaole one, EN- oracing as II does .
Rreat htsplay nf hrawnrks ~, .I. y; - AZ the
18th, and rarades, addresses, q tournsmsnt
s sno oalI on The 18th. Extensive prepara-
ITEMS Tor attendance are being made bofh in
Baltimore and this city. From the former
city both the 5th and 9th regiments 20 as an
escort TO Governor Carroll.
The tournament will be feature of the
celebration on the 10Th, and IL will take
Centennial grounds. The chief marshal Of
The tournament is Col. 9. Taylor Suit, OF
Md, and he has made the following appoint
Gen. wsvaI. n !; Gen. j. >, I@boden,
Adjutant General Bond, Nd. HeraidsI
Msjor Harry Gilmor, Md; Gen. s. p. Bur
bridge, Ky; samuel Welsh, Pa; Col; W EI,
Lee Crandsil, Miss. F. A. G. Handy, aid.
s.ss, Duncan 8. Walker, ID. c., secretary.
The Judges Are ex-vpv. Qden Bowie, Md
Col. Frederick G. skinner, y. Z; Revefdy
Wellington, d, e Hon. D. W. Osborn, Fla;;
Gen. A. 7. a. Torbert, Del; Clarence M.
Barton, ESQ, ID. G.; Horace L: Smith, esq,
Boston; br. John W. Bayns, q. s. army sur
geon.
The railroad companies are making ex-
tensive preparations for carrying over ex-
cursionists from here. Among the excur-
and Potomac railroad, under the direction of
Mr.. Harrison Burr, who, IL will be remem-
bered, was the chairman OF the committee
on transportation OF the Odd Fellows excur-
sion In September. Round trip tickets, good
for ten days, can be had for 81 25 at s12 5th
street northwest, IOS 18th street northwest,
941 Pennsylvania avenue, 42s It'll street
PennGylVAntQ md
sos Pennsylvania avenue.
H-
RrIL EsrAI. sALTs.-Messrs. Duncan
Ron Bros. suctio-eers, snla issNEoaS a!te!
and 26, in square I3i, according to a. p. Far
don's et al. subdivision Of said square, re-
corded in Liber r. Walach folio .: In the
surveyors ONCE. together with the improve
fnepts, consisting OF brick store and dwell
ipg, situated at the corner Of 18th and r
streets northwest, 10 Frank Hume, ESQ.,, for
$500.
has told lots g, 20, 20 and 81. In kervan's
subdivision Of " Woody Park" county, 70
d. A. Jessup, lePhiladelphia. for 81 Isl.
ADMINISTRATORS 7heoter.-To- night
will be the last opportunity OF WITNESSING
the interesting comic opera, Evangelfne.'
and has been well received wherever Il bias
been produced. Monday night the ever
popular Maggie Mitchell VIII commence m
FOTds Opera House 1.-THE Octorooa" viii
have Its last presentation to- night. The
play 10 good one, and is pretty well pro
7heateT ConnQue. Yankee Locke In
srrumps" and . first-class variety company
draw crowded houses nightly.
MARROW EscAPK.-In the Pension bu
reau. corner Of Eth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, The large elevator was set running
before the usual doors Of entrance to 10 oi
the different floors were put up. Simply
bar Of wood was placed across the opening
A day or two ago one OF the female clerks
bearing the noise OF the approach Of the ele
vator, and thinking IL was ascending, leane
over the bar to watch its upward motion
The ponderous mass was descending instead
and when within Q few feet Of her hoot, Oh
was snatched from An instantaneous deaf
oy . passing messenger.
ALKxAxDKR II. DRAPKR. well known 4
This city. and especially on CAPITOL aill, die
eo1thsast He was 43 years Of age, . nativ
Mrnliadelpnia, but has resided In this cit
Lrom cnildhood. He was Q member of Fed
sfai Lodge, No. I, +. A. A. NJ; Eureka Char
sL, no and Columbia Comm ndery, NJ
= and vii be buried by the drst-named or
sanizAiion To- morrow 81 O'Clock p. m.
CHANGE IN TINE on the um,tsd exn,as
between Warrington, Baltimore PhiIsdsl
pbfa and New York, now run hv fhe RAJ N
more and Ohio raflroad-On and AMER Nor
day next, October 18th, the limited exnrS.s
nov run BY the Baltimore and Onio "a -
win leave Washington II 10 .. m.
Ohio ra,lroad to Philadelphia and return .
18th, nth. lsth and 18th October--"Naryisu
and District days" -Four dollars and an
eentsi good nor ten days. Procure tickets
4s5 and COS Pennsylvsnia avenue; also, q
18Th street, and ~ depot once. /