Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-29
Weather indications To-day.
o1rIcE OF CHIP SIGNAL oyrIoHs,
LOCAL VS.
CONDENSED Locals

Street lamps will be lighted at T.O5 %. m
and extiDguiSbt q al tO.15 y. m.
From J. &. Parker We have the New York
pz,Frs in advance Of the mails.
Greer Riley. OF the fifth precinct. found a
dead cCIored infant In box, corner 18th and
Mr.. : T G. MOrsell. a well known archi-
1ict arc builder of this city. is among those
named as likely 70 succeed Mr.. Plowman as
iDSps CtOr Of buildings.
IL II reported Oh the street that an order is
being prepared in the War department for
the closing OF all its bureaus hereafter at 3
4. m The "boys" had better not rely too
mrgh on Ire truth Of IL vet awhile.
Willie Vernon. aged years, son Of j. H..
Ven Oh while playing ON wagon yesterday
an he rear of bis fathers house, 6l5 ~ street,
fell and broke his arm. DIR. McWilliarns set
the lin b.
Al TIE weekly meeting IF the Fruit and
Flower Mission yesterday one hundred and
zen bouquets wers made up and-diStri butsd
smOTg the inmates OF Columbia Hospital
EP pi any Home, and Protestant Orphan
An alarm was sounded about O'Clock YES
leIosy afternoon from box 3l2 by Officer
Martin, = ere having been discovered in
hou-' =" 2ii5 1 street northwest. caused by
Chlidrt IisylDg with matches. The damage
was bout S25
At the annual meeting of the Washington
SheTiot Company last evening, Mr.. William
McEyTchin was elected president. and G. G.
IuUCarSon secretary Tue reports showed
1te company To be IN such prosperous condi-
lion hat ;he officers were Instructed To put
nue., so ss 10 reduce the time 10 minutes.
CFUsFFD TO DEATH BY A TRAIN OF
GAE-.-- Last night. between r. and n O'Clock,
lamp, ghteT named Irwin Mcintosh. resid-
iTg C0 j., near 7th street southwest, while
gong lis rounds for the purpose OF eXtin-
gushing Tire street lamps. was run over by
lie tTs ln Of cars coming from QuanticO. and
SO shOcEtrgiy rIsngled that he died about
midnight % seems that he had Just extin-
EuI~hsd , lamp at the corner Of 9Th and C.
SiTeets, and was in the act of crossing the
street Wnen be eUcOUr tered the VI idland train
gong out He SJepTed quick ly on the other
ira K, 10 set Cut Of the way of the train
when he was struck by the QuanticO train
backing IL towards the depot. Several cars
Passed over him, m8EglI z his legs and arms
m shocking manner The conductor stopped
The TaiH, but too lafe. He was picked up
ard taken 10 his home, when Drs. J. F. Rel
IL y SEd r lot were called IN and rendered all
The s.d The. could hat pronounced his inju-
ne fd'al- tie fingered until midnight in
great agony. when death pat an end To his
funeriEgS- Deceased leaves a wife and three
children in very poor circumstances.
lie Waterman ami others near where the
accident occurred state that the two trains
were OF passing al The time OF the accident
The Midland train having passed on Viz
gina avenue He was injured by the north
bound New York train from the south which
was backing in IL il thought that the de-
ceased, who had weak eyes. and generally
wore & ssses. having just extinguished the
light, was partially blinded. and did not see
the approaching train. Ii is asserted that the
Dell rope was pulled for the engineer to stop
just as the deceas ed was discovered and that
lie engineer complied, stopping the ira an
him.
The coroner was notified, and will hold an
Inquest this afternoon.