Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-26
Summer Entertainments.

Summer Entertainments.
The second grand picnic of the Belt Line
SGcials Will be given at Letters Garden to-
morrow. There will be prize dancing and
good music.
The Jane Moselpy will leave Tuesday even
ing, September Sd, for Ocean City. arriving
home Thursday evening.
See advertisement of the Franklin Tenn
perance LegiOns excursion to Fortress Mon
roe, Norfolk and the CapeS, next Saturday
evening.
The Potomac Fruit Growers give an excur
son to morrow 10 Mount Vernon Springs on
the Mary Washington. The boat will leave at
10 a. m. and p. m, and return at 4 and 9 D. m
There Will tie addresses, essays, &C., and an
exhibition of glass bail shooting.
The excursion of the young people of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, for which such
extensive preparations have been made. will
Leave siye, to morrow evening at T. ON the Jane
Gay break the next morning, atOrding sufficient
time for bathing. boating and grabbing. The
boat will return. TO Piney Point, remaining
there until time for starting home, which will
be reached next Wednesday at 10 D. NJ
The Nellie makes another of her well-knOwn
trips TO Great Falls tomorrow. She leaves
C0ngreSSStreet bridge. Georgetown, at s a. M
The Mary Washington gives an enjoyable
moonlight excursion this evening.
The excursion extended to the enterprising
Brad Adams by the merchants of the city
comes OFF this evening on the Cockade CITY.
The boat will leave at 7:30 and, landing at
Marshall, will remain two hours. Vocal and
rcclCaClOQS
viii enliven the passage up and down.
There will be an exhibition of swimming and
diving by Prof. Odlum, at the Swimming
School. at ll:GO tomorrow, for the benefit Of
tie ladies.
THE SUDDEN DEATH of MIR. Henry W. Ham
1lton, one of our most prominent business
men, was great shock to his MANY friends IN
this city. On Friday, the 10th instant. he left
The city for Fort Monroe to visit his family
and returned with them Wednesday morning.
the ZlSt instant, in the enjoyment of perfect
health, and attended to his business as usral
on tIat day. The next day, feeling drowsy
and tired, he spent at home, and retired at
night showing no signs of i'll health. About
i've O'Clock Friday morning his wife was
awakened by his labored breathing, and i'm
medlately called physician. Showing ape
plectlc symptoms, consultation of phySic
lans was held, but he could not be relieved,
and at : a. m. he passed peacefully away with
to this city from Buffalo, N. Y, % year, ago,
and for many years had a sash and blind cs.
adjustment on 9TH street; In 1870 he engaged
company with Chas. B. Pearsons The nsr II
neTship was dissolved in January, 1877. and
since then MIR. Hamilton conducted the bust
three large stores In the Y. MIC. A. building.
tie was AZ years of age at the time of his death
As business man be always had the respect
and commence OF the community, and his
sOcial quallties made him many friends. The
funeral services were conducted at the house
yesterday by the Rev. A. Kent. and his re-
MAINS nam were taken to Oak Hill cemetery, where
hey were buried with Masonic h0nors by
washington Centennial Lodge, No. IA.
LIST OF PATENTS granted to the residents
OF the District of Columbia, Virginia and
Maryland, for the week ending August 18th,
1oaS:-Daniel s. Armstrong, Hampden, Md,
Faac e 0 Reners S saa SMHag Mp
alarms; Samuel M. White and John A. Fran
els, Salem, Va, plow points; Chas. r. Becker
t Saltlmore, Md; cigar tip protectors; VIM. P.
Chas. p: McWane, Wytheville. Va, plows:
MahlOn b. Atkinson. Sharpsburg. Md, grind
ing mills; Geo. ID. Brooks. Baltimore, Md,
sheet metal cans; Alexander Adamson, Wash
1ngton. DC, shoulder braces; Patrick H.
ChlldreSs, WaynesbOrOugh. Va, milestone dri-
vers; Warren A. Guy and VIM. s. Guy, Notta-
way Oh, Va, tobacco hosting apparatus;
.J0hn I. Lewis. Charlottesville, Va, nut locks:
VIM e. Mct5ill: Washington, DC, ironing
aoles; los. W. Miller and Bernard Coll, Bal
pey, petersburg, Va, portable steam engines.
PROBABLE MURDER BY A JEALOUS MAN
The BlOto Watch Fractured q .Skuu-Yeste~-
day morning two cOlOrcd men-Frank Wat
SON nG and George MileS-got into quarrel in
during which Miles caught up a sharp stone
and struck Watson on the head, over the lett
temple. Telling him and infiictins bad wound.
After coming to his senses Watson found his
way TO the fourth precinct stationhouse, and
an officer was detailed at once to secure
Miles, but he had escaped, Drs. Adams and
Inc skull OF the sufferer fractured badly
Jealousy is stated to have been the cause OF
the fight.
THE DISAPPOINTED CONTRACTORS who have
District Commissioners should either hridie
their tongues or be forced to make good the
ALLEGATIONS which too many of them ventilate
on street corners These are to the effect that
certain members of Congress have more in
nuence In securing awards of contracts than
the offer OF the lowest competing bidder. The
disappointed ones hint at an investigation by
congress, and say some ugly things, which if
not true should debar the cOmplainants from
ever securing contract, for the want of or
binary discretion, if nothing else.
ROBBERY AND MISUNDERSTANDING night
Owen Taylor, a colored man. stole the money
sd and G streets southwest. The proprietor
discovered him in time and let fly charge of
bird shot at the thief from a fowling piece.
The load took effect in the back of another
colored man. named Henry Mudd, and Taylor
escaped, but Policeman Mills pursued and
caught him, and had time Of it taking him
a knife and had his uniform badly sOiled and
torn. Mudd was not much hurt.
HE TREASURY PRINTING BUILDING-The
fsonIraetors Tor excavating for the cellar
and Printing has nearly cOmp1eted he WnrL
and the foundation walls viii soon be under
way. Inc large main building used as clerks
0ffices and stores for the cOmmissarv denart'
ment, 40 by so feet, two stories high viii siT
cbimneys. and weighing is tons has I hs san
successfully removed from the extreme north
TO fhe south portion of these grounds nv M
A. W. ColIamOre, assisted by Mr. VIM. A Wise
an old contractor and practical engineer.
LAWNS, lawns. lawns; one hundred pjeces
beautiful linen lawns, Victoria lawns. l0c. !.
fne quality white linen lawns. Csc: black
linen lawns, &c; beautiful lace white striped
goods. PC gauZe vests for ladies' gentlemen
and children CLOSING out paras0iS at cost Shet-
land shawlS; ladies' cardinal white and blue
English stockings, woven seams, 25c. Immense
assortment Of children's fancy hosiery; Car
ters, Ill Market Space.-Adrt.
BEAUTIFUL STYLES of carpets. from Is, 30,
%; 81, o. 80, ETC.: 3 beautiful styles of Brus-
se s Oh, cloths all widths; bargains In carpets,
N; Iowson Co., 636 Penna. ayenue. south
side.-Adrt. ' ~
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued IN
Snas- w. faxne OF Alexandria county, Va :,
and Jennie 4. Srother; Henry M PAM and
nlfo 49,