Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-04

| Central watch-house, (where Captain Birch
| presided,) write editorial matter gather de-
! partment news. do scissoring, report evening
meetings, and wind up by getting the late bo-
Tel arrivals towards midnight. The example
was, however, set by the senior editor that
most indeiatigable OF journalists, w. ID. Wal
Zach, who from early morning to midnight was
ever on the war-path for news. But TO return
TO our record.
The Star Makes Another Move.
On the 3Uth of September. 1854. THE STAR
moved into its present quarters. corner of II, n
and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t had now got a
good circulation. aud the advertising had i'm
proved, but was of general character and the
special features of short ads We're scarcely
IN their germ yet In January. 1854 the STAR
being then a little more than a wear Old. we
find among the advertisers +. &. Reichenbacb
pianos: Young & Orem, merchant tailors L
Il. Brown, dry goods Medhurst 4 Heard wigs !;
Chevalier Niedzie'ski cate Major the Hun
Sarian army, fencing; :. c. Mills & Co
boots and shoes; Gautier, ice cream: Ffanck
Taylor, Gray 4 Ballantyne, Taylor & Maury
Winner. Jos. ShillingtOn. John +. Baker, book
sellers: III. W. Munder and j. COchecIl dane
ing academies; J. \. Peters, fancy goods; d.
w Heath. fire wood: Jos. l.. Savage hard
ware: j. L. Ellis, hammond, and A. Tate
fancy goods; Shekell x Bailey successors to
j. b. klbbey Coz, grOcerS: VIM. r. Riley.
VERIFY, Tibbs x VERIFY dry goods: HilbuS &
Hitz. music store: Il. NJ. L. King grocer: = r.
sylvester & Co. druggists Edward Lycett. s..
book binder: Wall Stephens, clothiers: w n.
ii. Faulkner, shit mandatory; John III.
Buthman. wine dealer; Todd 4 Co. hatterS: j.
W. Thompson, plumber and gaS-fitter: Evan
Hughes, tailor: David G.. Fuller. successor to
Walker 4 Shadd." national eating house:
t.,I bx- In. L
Schwartze & Son, druggists; Thomas H. He
renner, baker: stevens, furnishing store: r.
&. Hyatt. dry goods: Hugh Latham. Omnibus
line: Joseph I. X. Plant. uphOlsterer: j. W.
rant, Undertaken; X. w. Carter, dry
goods. &c. Under the head of Wants
ana For Sale and Rent there were
all told, about dozen advertisements
There were few auction sales advertised in
The STAR. about a quarter of a column in all
most of the auction ads at that time weut
10 the morning papers-mainly to the IatelII-
gencer The morning papers were the Uiioa
IateUigencer and Sentinel. The auctioneers
OF that day were j. c. Mcqueen. Green, Sco,t
Downs Hutchinson and L. n. Stratton. in
Washington; and f. s. Wright, i'm George
town. The Washington Assemblies for
1874 We're advertised, with the following as
honorary managers:
c. Dobbin. Hon. James Campbell Hon. Charles
5. James, Hon. Ii. Fish, Hon. VIM. NJ Gwin
Hon; Presly Ewing Hon VIM Aiken, Hon Z.
NJ. Ingers0ll, Hon. John w. Maury, Joseph
Gales. Beverly Tucker, Gen. Robert Aria.
strong, Capt. Hiram Paulding u. 5. n: Gen.
George Gibson 7: $, A.; Major. A. A. Nichol-
were announced as Walter Lennon, Elisa
Riggs, F. Barton Key. VIM. r. Webb. A. III.
Cross. J: Monroe Chubb, Capt. L. L. f. Hard
castle, I, s. A.: Captt: J. {; Reno y. $; A;
I: > y; Lieut.; G.; A. Henderson. Richard
Walach, Major w. w. Russell. L. s. NJ. C.:
George Harrington, a. ). III. White, Sidney
Webster,
At this time it will be a matter of interest to
note who were prominent in the various asso-
Citations of citizens a quarter OF a century ago
The birth-night ball of the Franklin Fire COM
pany was advertised to take place at Carusi's
saloon January 10th, 1854. with the following
managers:
j. III. SesSford. Chas. l. Garfield. r. c. Eek
ion. john HOugn ID. Moore, IL. NJ. Downer, T.
l.. Martin. Jos. Abbott A. SandersOn. X. IL.
Abbott. Mm. A. E0ss, john Eoyle. Samuel
Butt. Il. W. Brown, c. X. Byrne. A. Burch. H.
l.. Barron. ;. ii. Barron, JAS. A. Cooper. VIM
Cammack. W. ID. Crampsev, IF. Crane. j. c.
NOerr. 4. Ogle G.. Powell. VIM. NJ Payne, d.
:. Porter, l. IL. Poole. John &. Kiyes. J. Rod
gers, VIM. Rabbit. Jos. Reese, John Stanly
;. Webster. I. A. Hooper J. I. Evans, G. Nc
r1llaIS. T. Tr2Ss a WIN u SramptGn, VIM
J. L. Coombs VIM Durr. K. E. Doyle. J. c.
Donohoo,W. J. Donohoo, l.. w. Denham, J. A.
Duncanson. A. Eckloff, b. Donelly, +. r. Dor
Sett, Z; II. hdmonston; T. J; Edm6nston, Chas.
Eckloff, j, q. EcklOff, +. j. Fisher, w. Ii. Fan
ming, X. Francis. A. Siouassa. J. ). Sessford,
ThOs; Simon, G: Shackelford, j. I. Sullivan.
Jos: SessfOrd, A. TAFT, A. II. VOss. III. VOss. J.
Wells, II. Ward, q. X. Boyd. G. W. Bangs, G.
Chamberlain, A. Kerr, +. Fitzgerald, NJ. Fitz-
gerald, Vim. Fisher, j. + Fuss, John Frizzell,
SON. Nj. HOahan. {. HOlbrOok. Il. Heing, A. II.
Hilton, w. Hutton. A. jackson, j. King, ). +.
HLar s,o r McCnobin, J: B. Moran, J. ID.
ID. West, J. I. White. J. Williamson, l.. j. vii
liams, j. Warwick. Geo. Walker, j. Walling.
". WorthlngtOn, .. Whitney, L. Williams,
): Gawer, }. Brewers. j. Rawlings and A. Nc
The anniversary ball of the Columbia Typo
graphical Society. at Jackson Hall, was an
nOunced for Monday, January 9th, 1854, with
the following managers: A. Ii. ClaxtOn. Jas.
Chedai, f. }: HOPPER n. Cation, J. L. Smith,
J. Mattingly, B. F. wilkins, J. Larcomb, J.
Mclean; w: A; Fitzgerald, VIM. Marie, G. w.
Morris, j. +: Halliday, w. A. Schober j. Me
2uillan \; {; Poole, c. Kirby. Jas. Charles, T.
Kennedy j. bowling, w. Woodward Seth
Iish, ). NJ. Judge, e: MCPHERSON, Joel Brown.
lntlre, q. Rock 4. NJ. Detweiler, j. T. Halleck.
j. Is. Williamson, II. Bowen. d. CogsweIl j.
Cunningham. j Robinson, A. j. McGuiggan,
). Z. FranZOni, George Cochran. b. G. Wright.
VIM: +. Morocco, ThOs. w. Howard, JOS w
Davis and ThOS Rich.
The Mtllennial Period Promised.
The news outlook i'm the early history on THE
STAR was by no meaus exciting. The bonn
bardment OF the petty little village of Grey.
town by Commodore HOlins, OH behalf of the
Nicaragua Transit company, was about the
only speck of war for the news columns or for
editorial discussion. The American Peace So
ciety had been busy in prOmuIgating their pa
cific doctrines. Elihu Burritt, the learned
blacksmith" had just established i'm Europe
the League OF Universal BrOtherhpOd,r for
the abolition of war throughout the world. and
the peaceful settlement of International diff.
culties. Peace Congresses held sessions i'm va
riOus parts Of the world. The doctrine was
universally preached that war was so irration.
al, wicked. and wasteful, that the enlightened
nations OF the earth would never again resort
TO 1t rs means OF settling disputes. 1t really
'eemed as if the future mission of the journal.
list would be TO celebrate the victories of peace
and goodwill. and register the size of the