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The annual appearance of the shooting
stars is billed oy the astronomers for to-
night.
The racing at BrightwOod tomorrow will
be interesting. II the weather holds goOd See
the advertisement
Up PiuTner has retired as one of the pro-
IrietoTs Of the Riggs house, leaving e. W.
SpofOrd in charge
Safur,lay afternoon fire was discovered i'm
the house of Mrs. Fisher, No. 81 4 y street
northwest. About $50 worth of damage was
dore.
Willie Finley, employed at the Republican
Office. had his foot badly crushed. Saturday
by its being caught between the elevator and
the wall.
Father DinaEan. lately attached 10 st.
Dominics church, and recently assigned 10
missionary duty in the west, has gone to
New York. His successor at st. Dominic's
- Father Rooney
y certificate of Incorporation was Gled
Saturday by the "French Mutual Aid 80
ciety >" baving for its object the relief of dis
fressed FTenchmen in Washington The
trustees are. Edward Bnrrus. A. Colin, Chss.
Ehel, j. W. PerriaTd and y. Steffeni.
Officer NeatnnsD, OF the first precinct, on
Saturday arrested Samuel Bird, cOlO-ed who
was driving horse unfit for work. Bird was
fired SO by Squire Simon Joseph. for cru
city TO amin ais, and in default was commit.
There has been filed in the Equity Court a
case OF klibOurn and Olmstead agt. Latta to
stt'e q partnership account. and also a suit
by Lsfts agt. kilbCurn and OlnSiead for an
Injunction to prevent them from disposinG Of
certain prCEerty.
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knocFed down Saturday evenir 9, at the cor
ner of Sin end streets northwest, by a pass
ing horse. attached to spring wagon, driven
u. an unknown man. Both ladies were
shgttly bruised about the face and boty.
THE RECENT OUTRAGE CAsE-To-day
he grand Jury rad before them several wit
nesses against the colored miSereaat, Ce-
phas Jones, who on Monday night last
Knocked down and violently outraged the
person of Miss Florence p. smith leaving
seukpleSS which "a a
drawn her, Miss Smith, an interesting
young lady of l. years, was present with
Lieut. Kelly, Officer Felt and several other
Witnesses Miss Smith still bears the marks
OF the punishment received at the hanis of
fbe villain. her eyes being discOlOred and
SOME of the scratches on her face not yet
healed. IL is understood that Miss Smith
testified positively that the second one ar
rested on suspicion (JOnes) who was brought
10 her bedside for identification was the
man. and other witnesses testified that when
he was brought into her presence she shud-
dered; tfat after the commission of the
crime be went to the bOuse Of a colOrei wO-
msn and chan gsd his shit and other cloth
jrg; hat there was evidence on his clothing
iury viii nd prssenfnen. aly p4t to ne gTaa1
ihSictment Will be sure to follow, and IL is
To be hoped that he will have a speedy trial.
The IuEishment for the crime OF rape in this
District is fr,m ten to thirty years imprIs-
onment with hard labor in the penitentiary
SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A MAN FROM
NoKFoLK-He Jumps Into ne Ricer from The
Leck If a HsdHleT.-Yester6ay morning as
The stesEler Lady OF the Lake, on her re-
turn trip from Norfolk, was passing Gels
horo' Point. one OF the passengers, named
Peters, jumped from the bulwsrt into the
river just al the mouth of Eastern branch.
The steamer was al once stopped and boats
lowered TO recover the suicide. but succor ar
rived too late, as before the first boat reached
MIN The water closed over bin, and nothing
but his floating slouch hat was recovered
The steamer was delayed an hour in its fruit
less search for the body. The deceased came
on board the steamer al Norfolk, purchased
n ticket 10 this city, and engaged state
room fnr the trip. He appeared TO be well
supplied with money. and attracted the a.
tention OF his fellow citizens BY his strange
actions. he was man abOut fifty yea 8
old, I'VE feet nine iHcnes in height. or II
complexion, and wore a full dark beard
mixed with gray. The hat is at The police
headquarters.
JrDGE 7; A. SPENCE. formerly Assistant
Attorney General for the Pos, Once DEPART
ment, and for some months past one OF the
special agents of that department died on
saturday at his residence, 912 NJ street, in
the tath year of his age. Judge Spence was
native OF The eastern shore Of Maryland
and graduated at Yale college in 1929 He
served as a member OF Congress from 1Si3 To
ls45 and from 1850 TO 1866, lin which year he
was legislated cut by the new constitution:
ne was one OF the circuit judges OF Mary
iand: , He nlled the position Of Assistant At
be was succeeded by Judge Freeman, Judge
SSPence accepting special agency. Judge
~ r.. a
headed and successful lawyer.
TIE 11sTH BIRTHDAY OF SCHILLER was
Celebrated af the residence OF Mr.. Justice
Miller, OF the L. :. Supreme Court on Satur-
day night last. The exercises which were
exceedingly interesting, consisted of an ad.
uress Dy SIMON Wolf, ESQ, the president OF
The Sehillerbund; piano duet by Miss Ha- |
den ard Mr. wsldecker; recitation in Ger
Morsei scene froTn on ni Carlo soio in Ux which
Miss Iris h, MesSrs. Wolf and Middleton par
..Tpp uTT,ppsnt.d; and & recitation by Miss Wolf, |
exercises some time was spent by the com
paDy IN agreeable social intercourse aud in
examining the works of art and other objects /
entertainers.
y. NJ. &. y This week is very generally !
observed IN this country and in several for /
e1gn iaLds as days of prayer for younE mems I
christian as socia,iOEs. The association here
held appropriate services ia Lincoln hall .
yesterday afternoon. Al tbe daily noonday
meeting. held a. the rooms OF tIe association
from l2:5 10 12-i5 to day, Rev. Joseph r. 4
tie exercises. Tomorrow, Rev. j. e. Ames
Of the Church OF the Ascension, win conduct /
The meeting; The ASSOCIATE has organic zei
n rcrI:iS, class for cGristian workers. and
v N hold the first session this evening. !,
DEEDS IN FEE have beer sied as follows: /
John j. Shane 10 Sara Behrend, 81 800. west /
part OF lot s,square sl6. j. 3. Blankman,
trustee. to Barbour & Hamilton, 8, lot 81, .
sub. square 2J7, subject 10 two deeds OF trust, |
$2,I62. John Sherman 10 Archibald Lee !
Hutton, 81 COO, lots % and C., sub square 80. /
Charles Deyers 10 Robert w Shufeldt, /
sncto, 10. 20, sub. square l62 John Wun- .
derlich, trustee, 10 Christian Ardeiser. $50, |
lots ard ?, square i.052. District of Colum. |
oia TO Slower, s5OS7. =, square 5.
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FORTY HOURS DEVoTIoN.-The following !
Is the order of the forty hours devotion as /
prescribed by the Archbishop OF Baltimore |
for the churches in this District during the |
ensuing year. st Aloysius church. January /
etb; 81. Mary's, February 18th; ST Matthew'S, |
March 3lst; ST. Pa'rick's, June 9th: Trinity /
church, Georgetown, June l6ih; st. Angus |
une's, August 18th; st. Dominic's, October !
ah; Immaculate Conception, October 18th; |
81 JoseIh's, October 10Th; st. Stephens, No
Sefnoer ISL and 81. Peters, November 24th. |
Law BooKs.-One of the finest and most
extensive collections OF law books ever sold
In Wsshing gton Is now being arranged for !
sale at the rooms of Thomas bowling The
catalogue, which excels anything that has
been offered here for years, begins with the
splendid library OF the lac r. l.. Stanton
Due notice will be given IN the papers of the |
time OF sale.