Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-19

TIE I'D lNSTANT.-An adjourned meeting of
The temperance organizations that propose 10
take part in the great temperance demOnStra-
ton on Friday next was held at Odeon Hall
last evening. There were about fifty delegates
present The committee on music reported
having secured the services of the following
bands: Marine, PlStOriOs and Stiles band,
Holmes drum corps, and the y. &. G.. drum
corps The organizations will on the I'D III
slant, report TO the grand marshal. Justice =
e. Mills, at his office, on Louisiana avenue. at
lOclock, and forming in line. will then march
over the following route Indiana avenue to
New Jersey aVeHue. round the east front of the
Capitol To south b street. through the grounds
To Pennsylvania avenue. thence by the Execu-
live Mansion, where they will he reviewed by
the President To Washington Circle: back 10y
street Ia NH, F. and 9TH streets 10 the City
Hall, where they will disperSp. The following
rs a list of the maTShal>: Chief marshal, :. L.
Mills aids. W. II. Walker, %. Il. Brown, T. 3.
MaTche: aids representing temperance organ
EatiOD>, j. ii. COckrell. F L. Howe. AIeXan-
der Eggleston. f. W. Brown. {. w Litchfield
W. G. Perry 4. ID. Mckenzie and T.. O'Con-
nor. In the evening there will be mass meet
ing at the kstreet market presided over BY
Charley Nye. The meeting will he addressed
by Secretary Thompson. Francis Murphy, Hon.
Hiram Price, NJ. Nye, Hon. ID. p. Holloway.
STEAM FOR STREET CARs.-This morning,
about one O'Clock. the new steam street ear.
lille, brought here by Mr.. +. A. Angemar. of
New Orleans. made trial trip on the Wash
hgtOn and Georgetown railroad. The pro
peEIng power Is steam from stationary
boiler In the yard of the company which
steam is injected into the cylinders under
portion of the car. The steam is kept from
eondenSing by a small boiler OH the front olaf
form of the car. which keeps up the heat
After the car had come down the road from the
yard In safety number of the officials of the
company, members of the press and others, to
the number OF ~ persons, got aboard and at a
good rate Of speed. proceeded up and down
the avenue several times On the road the
engineer stopped frequently with perfect
ease. On the steep grade up the south side
of The Capitol. with the eXu a large load of 61
passengers, the motor maGle- its way with ease
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the level grade of the avenue The great draw
back 10 its use. however is the noise of the
pnfng OF, steam and the appear ance oil smoke
ana Sapsr. ana on the road several horses
were frightened. IL il claimed Il Iat the motor
has been improved and those WI Iich will be
tHfh Isl IGe COMPANY IN case q. RSrehaSe
and run with but little noise and sTi oke.
BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspa ctor En-
twisle: VIM. Wall, remodel clothing tore. 9l2
street northwest. Mr.. Wall proposes 10 cut
ont the front wall and construct neSE store
mont in first story. and insert three win dows
on the second story; raise the first fOsr TO
level OF brick pavement; cut out the en- TIRE
second floor, and construct new floor; Sl.,tfU
Rear Admiral .; l.. Worden, constructa tire e
story brick dwelling, south side h. between
Bth and 18th streets northwest: Sl2,'Oo Henry
Hurt, construct a twO-StOry and basement
brick dwelling. street, between l6thand 18th
northwest; S3,50G. ID. B. Croft, construct a
twOstOry brick store and dwelling, eth and b
streets northeast $500. John III. Gates, con-
siruct tw0story brick stable, rear of l225 llth
st-eet southeast; so. ID. h. Croft, construct |
seven tWO-StOry Brick dwellings, Il street. be- |
tween 6th and eth streets northeast; sl6,G0O.
BLACK CAsHNEREs from y. 81. 80. 80. 10 cents |
ap: black alpacas from l. cents up; plain |
49, goods, - cents: carpets and oil cloths; |
sonnfern. voniiSrtS table linens, towels white
eheap dry goods store. See ad!N4dyi,
IhE GREAT "CosT SALE" of ladies. und,r-
Ssnas d DousIaSs., 95h street. affords rare