Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-28
Amuseuenfa.

National Thedfer-"La Marjolaine, was
presented on Monday, and &" La Jolie Par
creditable to Aimee and her fine company
and very satisfactory 10 the large and stylish
audiences present The troupe includes
numerous excellent singers and actors The
song Pretty as a Picture, by Aimee. last
evening brought down the house LA File
G f9s sine me Angot" this evening. At the mat
inee 10 morrow, Z" La Jolie Parfumeuse- will
De repeated, ard In the evening the ever nom
ular CIRCLE Girofla F."
1heoteT COTHique-" Forty Thieves" and
varieties will be presented every evening
InIs week, and at an extra matinee Thanks
giving day.
NosoEtc Tempie.-Grand sociable this even
Ing for the benefit of st. Dominic's Church.
Cnion NJ e. Ch,Tc6.-Supper this and to-
morrow evenings.
Scotia HGH.-Lecture and sociable to NOR
row evening, under the auspices of the Scots
Lincoln HGH.-The Kellogg-Cary Concert
Troupe will give grand concert here on
Tuesday evening, December 4th. BY refer
ence to the advertisement it Will be seen that
this troupe consists of the finest musical
talent that has appeared on the concert stage
here Tor many years.
THE BRIAST-CRAIG CAsE.-Yesterday in
the Criminal Court, Judge Macarthur, the
trial of the case of George w. Briant and
VIM. Craig, for presenting a false claim,
was continued, and the prosecution called q.
II. Babcock, . r. Dunlap and Erastus Max
well. The last witness was called to testify
as TO certain conversations between Willars
and Craig, but the court ruled this testimony
out. The government rested their case, and
The defence called Thomas Weischebaum,
John r. Kerr and Jacob Booth. The latter
testified that he was present when the In
dams captured the mules, q days march
northwest OF Fort Larned, and the others as
10 the train OF BrtRnt passing over the Santa
Fe road.
To-day Mr.. Kerr was recalled and cross
exam1T ca at considerable length. Senator
Hereford, of West Va, testified TO the good
character of Col. Craig. Col. A. G.. Boone
was the next witness.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH met last even
ing. The health officer presented a synopsis
of the work of his office for the week ending
November "a, showing nuisances reported
80, abated 225. A communication was re-
ceived from parties desiring TO exhibit q
sewer trap to prevent the reorganization of
water from sewers during floods, and was
referred TO the sanitary committee, The an
nual report OF the registrar of vital statistics
was presented, read and adopted. 1t shows
total mortality for 1871, i,103; deaths per
LEGO, 25.63 per cent.--white, Is "a per cent;
coloTCd, Il S. Fer cent Per cent of zymOtics
10 total mortality, q 81; per cent of Zymot-
les 10 total mortality-white, 1857; per cent
OF zymotics to totai mor;ality-cOlored, . 81.
Per cent. of miasmatic TO total mortality,
I3S; diarrhUal, 99G; consumption, l4.62:
under five years, 4.52. Total deaths from
trismus nascentum, 100.
DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows:
b. ii. Warner, trustee, TO III. Alleman, Al ,S25,
part lots p to %, sub square "a. NJ. NJ.
Cs, square 72l. c. $. O'Hare, to Anna Eberly,
$, part :, square III. ElzaT T. MOOrehead,
sltO, part 10: square ACC. A. f. l.. Reese.
trustee, TO Margaret Schmidt, 81 ,62J, lots
and 9, square $50. r. II. Perry, trustee, TO J.
j. =. Perry, 8, 600, part lot IA, square $50. L.
I. White, 10 j. W. Heron, 2,0OJ sub X, lots
=, %, and %, square 46S. Charles Brown, to
X. {. Hewett, $1,000 part I, square AZ. w.
Williams 10 L. NJ. Wills, s., lot %, square
csc.
THIEVES SHoT.-About $50 O'Clock last
night two colOred thieves entered the Lafay-
cite House, corner OF b and ID streets north
west, and stole an overcoat and two felt hats
worth SIS. The bar keeper saw them when
escaping with the plumber, and fired shot
81 them, when they dropped their booty and
made of. Blood was traced.
THE DRY GOODS STORE now occupied by
Carter, (101 Market Space,) and known as the
popular dry goods store of Washington, on
account of the great bargains sold there eve-y
day, viii be closed in 6Odays. The store will
positively be for rent. Every yard of dry
goods viii be closed out very cheap.-Adrt.
CLOSING out our entire stock of dry goods
cheap. Double width cashmeres, only Is
cents; blankets, carpets: black alpacas IS
cents; cloths and cassimeres cheap; new
dress goods almost half price: shawlS, ctoaks
beaver cloths, and csllcoes, Az cents, at
Towson's cheap store. See advt.-AdUt.
INCENDIARY FIRE THIS MORNING
<ncout Loo SlOCh tnIs IHorliInS an unOccu-
PIED frame dwelling, corner OF ZfSt and o
streets northwest, owned by Mr.. John Hop
kins, was destroyed by fire; loss $500. The
work of an incendiary.
EXTRA LARGE MEN, measuring from 40
TO 20 inch breast, measure can be fitted with
an oYeTcoat or ulster from the immense
STOCK at a. Sahs 4 Co., the popular cloth
lers, SIC 9TH etreet.-AdUt.
THE STEAMER ARROW is still running her
trips TO Mount Vernon, leaving daily al 10 a.
Dc. anc returning at p. m. Sunday ex-
cepted.
Now is THE TIME TO buy nails at a bar
gain. y stock at l.. ii. Schneider's, 1910 and
lOl2 Pennsylvania avenue, damaged by the
flood, will be sold for less than cosL-AdUt