Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-11
Condensed Locals

LfHCOH Hdlt.-COlulnOlan COllege COM
nencement.
Condensed Locals.
From J. C.. Parker, we have the New York
papers in advance of the mails.
The fOhOwiDgin addition to the list of names
mentioned yesterday are spoken of in connec-
tiOn with the District COmmiSsiOnerships in
the new government: Ex- Mayor Wallach,
JUDGE Casey, Robert Ball, Judge Warden, G..
F. Church, W. b. Reed. Archibald Campbell,
and George W. Riggs.
Patty are in Washington and will hold ses-
on tomorrow.
The steamer d. M. Key, which spent the
day yesterday dragging fOr the body OfyOung
Ssacy Potts, who, IL is supposed, jumped or
fell overheard during the panic on that boat,
about one O'Clock on Monday morning, cauyed
by tie bin filling with steam, came up last
night and this morning left again .th more
men TO continue dragging for the body. She
had not returned up TO O'Clock.
Dir. Edward Renaud, who has been on the
staff of the N0tiODGt Standard since its start,
is now its managing editor.
The National Insurance Co., filed deed OF
incorporation in the Recorders office yeSter-
day. The capital stock is 100000. in 1000
shares of 800 and the existence is limited TO
twenty years, from June lSt. The four truS-
tees are stockholders, and named as follows:
w. III. Brainard, w. j. Cooke, q. ID. Rice and
III. n. LanSdae.
Col G. b. COrkhill, for Col B. T Swart, YES
teTday, entered suit against the Adams Ex-
press Co, for damages TO his person and for
the value of his horse and buggy, setting
forth that a buggy With TWO horses attached.
belonging to Mr.. Swart, was standing on
Pennsylvania avenue, between AZ and 9Th
streets, on February 18th, 1873, when wagon
belonging to the defendant smashed the
buggy and damaged the horses, and Col.
Swart was badly damaged
DIR. Christian. the BOdy-Snateher.
HIS CAREER IN WASHINGTON.
In THE STAR of SATURDAY. an article from the
Cincinnati Enquirer was published, to the
effect that the resurrectiOnist about whom 50
much has been recently published in the Ohio
papers in connection with the Stealing of the
body OF HOn.J OhnS. Harrison, IS supposed TO be
DIR. George A Christian, who did such flour
lShlng business in this city some years ago.
He first turned up in Washington in 1873, in
company with white woman named Marga-
ret Harrison, who was associated with him in
rObbing the graves of HOlmead Cemetery. 1t
will be remembered that they were arrested
IN the vicinity of that cemetery one damp
dark night. and the outfit i'll their wagon dis
closing the lr profession Sergeant kneaSS, with
squad of officers from the 4th precinct, made
an inspection OF the graveyard, and found
outside the fence the cadaVer OF Thomas
Fletcher, cOlored man who had been buried
the day previous. The body had been placed
in canvas sack made for the purpose, with
strong handles attached, so that it could be
easily moved. For this outrage Christian was
fined $1,000, and in addition was sentenced to
one year in Jail. He served his time in this
ease, and In 1919 he, in company with two very
crooked characters, said to be abOrtioniSts by
occupation, were arrested at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot in the act of sending OFF dead
body by express. 1t was found that they had
a regular depot on Capitol Hill, where they
prepared subjects for market. When caught
they had cOlOred female cadayer boxed Up,
which they were trying to send somewhere
out west-tO medical college in Michigan or
some other northwestern state. For this
Christian was again arrested, but escaped
from police headquarters. He was afterwards
Tearrested in Baltimore and brought back to
This city, but while waiting his conveyance to
jail he managed to escape again, and has meyer
been seen about here since.
THE PUBLIC SCHoOLs-CIoSing Exercises o,
the AdrGIlCed Grammar School, EHc-ThiS
morning the semiannual examination and
closing exercises of the Advanced Grammar
Schools for Girls took place in the SHaton
Building, in the presence of a large number o.
visitors, among them Rev. Clay McCauley. 0;
All Souls Church, Mr.. Woodward, Mi ; Smith
OF the Normal School, and Principal Gage
superintendent Wilson, and Trustees Browne
and HOyey conducted the examination, which
was very satisfactory, and the literary eXer-
clSeS IN the afternoon were OF very high or
der of merit. The examination in. the morn
ing was in history, physical geography, gCOm
etry and physics, and in the afternoon the et
erciSes consisted of English literature, Shake
spere, abstract from Macbeth, analysis of play,
aTaly SIS OF characters, selection from Julius
Cesar, Milton recitation, recitation of seec-
tons from standing authors, and reading of
essays, lnterSperSed with singing.
Tomorrow the second Semi-annual exam
nation anG closing exercises OF the ADVANCED
grammar school for boys will take place in the
40 n,
The closing exercises OF the third Sub-dS-
trlet colOred schools will take place at the
Loyejoy building at 9 am. and Lincoln at
O'Clock. The third Sub-district colOred schools
fSteyenS, Miner and Sumner buidingS) and
the first grade OF city schools will take place
on Thursday The second grade of city schools
and nth Sub-disrrict cOlOred schools Cham
berlain) and high school will close on Friday.
For EURoPE.-Dr. L c. Loomis sails on the
I'd inst. with his select summer party for the
tour Of Europe, from Scotland to Italy. The
party numbers over fifty, of which are Mr. n
Z. Gage, OF the city public schools; Rev. G. B.
Miss j. NJ. Seavey and Miss HI. L. Wright. OF
the Treasury department.; Miss L. F. Thomas,
Miss 1. SOmeryllle, and Miss E. A. Reeves.
There Is also section from LaSen seminary
near Boston, and one from LIE Roy university
near Rochester, making the entire party sDe-
citny select and desirable. DR.. LOomis is also
Iand, and the Exposition, TO sail August 18TH
which he will meet on their arrival in London
and accompany through Europe.
THE FRIENDLY Inn was opened at 405
1llh street last evening, under the auspices of
the WOmen'S Temperance Society, OF which
Mrs. Church is president. Donations of gro
cerieS, books, &c. were received, and during
the evening refreshments were served. At 5
o'clock meeting Of the Central Temperance
Inion was held, Rev. DR.. Noble presiding
hesSrs- VIM. B. Halves and VIM III. Chase
were appointed a committee to draw uD a
resolution in regard to the granting of liquor
licenses in the District which is TO be present
ed to the new Commissioners provided by the
District BILL Mr.. Noble stated that the Cen
tral organization had enrolled 5000 new mem
beTs at the expense of s6eelualing Murphy.
SUIT AGAINST BANK.-Yesterday, VIM. M.
Davis entered suit in the Circuit Court of the
District against the Central National Bank OF
the District of Columbia, Qate Metropolis
savings Bank, claiming slO,OO233 damages
Tor refusal TO pay a check which he made on
that bank III May last, when he had ample
funds IN the bank to pay the check, by reason
whereof the check was returned to him pro-
tested, with S2.33 protest fee added thereto
HE bank officers state that the check was not
refused because it was drawn on the MetrOp-
oils Savings Bank blank, but because at the
time the plaintiff had but ten cents to his
credit.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued tn
James Shadraeh and Hannie Johnson both Of
Georgetown: Paul Dudley and Mary AIeyan
der; Jas. Z. Lindsey and Fannie Elliot. both
oil Alexandria; VIM. AlOgett, of Good Hone,
ID. c., and Rachael Pinkney, of Suitland Md
Charles Walter, of this city, and Mary f.
Stern. of Stafford county, Va; Robert Petit
and Kate Leonard, both of Fairfax, Va. Geo
ID. Moore and Mary j. Robinson; Frederick