Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-28
AnlUSenlentS.

Ndtional Tedter.-''Helen's Babies are
given by CarncrOSs & DiXey's Ministries a. the
National in side-splitling sketch. The DINER
portions of the programme are unsurpassed in
Teater Comtque.-The Comioue this week
has new attractions, which draw -,Ood houses
his instructive Illustrative rambles about Lon
don here this evening. Trafalgar Square
Pail Mall, &c. will be gone through and ex.
DR.. Sunderldnd's U,urch.-Dr. Lord, whose
lectures are essays written in clean-cut Ian
guage and filled with fine thoughts, will de-
Eveng His HIS sa s6fecs be
Napoleon BOnaparte; the French Empre.'
Ford's Opera House ought to be filled to-
given there to Mr.. Charles Nye, the we'll known
temperance worker. ALT. Burnett, Miss Helen
Nash and Prof. Guise have volunteered their
services.
The Hutchinson Family and Miss Lille
Phillips, the eminent soprano, appear at Lin.
coin hall tomorrow evening.
WHdrd'S Hau-A complimentary concert
will be given here this evening to Mrs.
Melvina Marcy, of Boston.
The Fair and FestiUal being given nightly
by the ladies OF the German Evangelical
church, corner of p aid 9Th streets northwest,
sWell Worth attending.
at the Labor Erchdnge.-A fair and must
cal entertainment will be given here this
and tomorrow evenings. The principal ob-
Ject of this entertainment is to direct the at
tention of the public to the work of the Labor
Exchange and to the new industries which it
is introducing.
CJngregati9raol C9turch.-The course of lee
lures on the History of Art by Rev. j. Leonard
Corning continue to attract large audiences.
The fifth Of the series which takes place to-
morrow 6Friday) evening will treat of Art in
complete picture gallery of the great Cathe-
drals of Europe, as well as the works of the
chief painters of the middle ages.
The authors CdrTirdL commences at Ma
sonic Temple next Tuesday evening. 1t will
be brilliant affair.
FR1GHTFUL ATTEMPT TO MURDER A MAN
WHILE HE WAS PRAYTNG.-Wm. Brown, col
ored, in the Police Court today was up on a
kin Martin Miller, colored man. who testified
that the assault was committed on Vermont
avenue, between r and S streets. Brown
rented tenement from witness and refused
to pay his rent They had some words and
| on the evening of February 80 he was in his
own room up stairs, and about going. to bed.
They had just been talking about the rent
when Brown knocked him on the head with
an axe, and followed up with several other
| blows on the head. He called out murder"
| received reply that he was going to kill him.
He made what noise he could, and the children
in the house gave the alarm, which was the
corrobrated his father, stating that he heard
| his father cry, and running up stairs saw him
on the floor and Brown with the axe raised
1
| witness ran down and into the street and
| called for help. DR.. Winters testified that he
| was called in, and found two fractures in the
| frontal bone and three lascerated wounds on
his head, one on the back part of his head.
These wounds could easily have been made
| with dull axe. Dressed the wounds, and he
was taken to the hospital. The case was sent
| to the grand jury and the would be murderer
| sent to jail, In default of bonds to amount of
1 5000.
How MANY fond mother has worried over
| the fact that she had no pieces with which to
| mend her boys clothing! Now, all this can be
| avoided by buying of A. Saks & Co.. They are
the only house who have their boys and chill
dren's goods made for them from goods which
they furnish. They have and give scraps to
all their customers desiring the same and, az
they have the best variety, we advise Oul
! readers to study their own interests by visit
ing their boys departments
BEST QUALITY Androscoggin bleached cot
ton, ~; new styles Of paraSOlS; new spring
carpets: Ito rolls of new mating spring dress
goods, immense assortment, all prices; sprin.
caSslmeres for men and boys, ., 81, 81, Az, -
etc. all-wOOl black cashmereS, 50 cents. Rea(
z. M. TOwson's new advertisement, in another
column.
PERSONS contemplating trip to Eur0p,