Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-11

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| of them are in the vicinity OF hotels and other
/ large buildings in thickly settled parts OF the
| city. where destructive CONGREGATIONS are to be
! feared. and where the supply OF water should
| be as ample as possible
Amusemcnts. &c.
NATIONAL THEATER.-'.JuliuS Caesar was
presented at the National last evening. Mr..
Mccullough as "Brutus" and Mr.. Keene as
.Cassius gave an excellent performance
Jack Cade" will be given this evening.
TALLMADGE HLL.NThe North Presbyterian
Church Will give an entertainment there this
evening to aid the Woman's Christian Associa-
ton. The entertainment will consist of music
taoleaus, ana se-ect readings by eminent eiocu.
tionjsts.
CONGREGArIoNAL CHURcH.-Dr. John Lord
delivers his eight lecture here this evening"
His subject will be Madame Stael; literary
woman"
LINCOLN HALL.-The first of Prof Fairbanks
series or orchestral matineeS will be given here
tomorrow afternoon, commencing at three
O'Clock. There will be forty in the orchestra.
The partfcipatorS in this musical entertainment
Will be Nm. Anc0na. Mr.. S. G.. Young, Mr. s. W.
Keen; and other favorite vocalists; and the Men
delsohn Society seventy vOces) These o.cheS-
tral mat1neeS are a new and enjoyable feature
OF life In Washington. and it is to be hoped that
Prof Fairlamb will be encouraged to continue
them. The programmes are well arranged and
rendered by WEI known artists.
THEATER CoMIQUE.-To-nght is the last of
Inc great character artist, Mr. George W.
KINDERGARTEN HALL.-The fair and festival
being given at this hall. corner X and Sth
streets, by the German Presbyterian lions
Chuich Is proving very successful. 1t will be
continued until the 18th.
PART OF MORRIssEY's LOST MONEY REcov-
ERED.-DetectiveS McDeyitt and VoSS have re-
covered 1850 of the 81 900 stolen from John Nor
r1ssey, OF Philadelphia, at a rancho on 18th st.
few nights since. They have a prospect OF
recovering more. They state that the trouble
they meet with in tracing the money Is that
business men who have changed the fifty and
nf f.Nrr .l,n-
from them, will not own up for fear OF losses
they might sustain. The detectives state that
In many cases OF stolen watches and other arti-
cieS they meet with the same difficulty. Thieves
very frequently, instead OF dsDosing OF their
plumber at the pawnShops. sell valuable arti-
cles 10 citizens and merchants for "a trhe, and.
these parties remaining Silent biffle the Oti-
GERS.
AN INTERESTING CAsE.-In der special statute
so authorizing, various civil suits in which the
United States is plaintiff have been assigned
TO the Justice holding the criminal term. be-
cause OF the pressure of business In other
branches OF the court to which such cases
properly belong. Among these is the case of
9ne mted states VS.; Jones ct al, for the sum OF
master, [. S. A. Twelve months ago a Jury
after four days consideration, returned YER
DICT OF 5000; as due the defendant. Jones; but
by some technicality in the rules of the court,
the government secured new trial of the case
which terminated to-day. The Judgment was
again for the defendant-this time for the sum
fed at his triumph.
commissioners f. $. and T. Co. to r. ii. Spin
die; lot 25 81. sSs, and lot "a. So. $780, s4Oo. L.
y. Rollins to s. \. II. Works, lot So, So 40:
lot X, Wright's sub of lots CA and 67, Pleasant
llalns: $. Eastman BOhn to the United
states lot ?, 50. SO; $1,000. W. H. Ktlmon ct
al, TO the United States, lot /, So. 5I5 $1,000
Catharfne Thicker to Francis Denmead lots "a
ana p, DeaElns ct al. addition to Georgetown:
$50. Randolph Barton, guardian, to F. A. Wah-
Ter et al, part OF tract called Bellrl;" $25DO
W. X. Hooper to the Massachusetts Mutual Life
insurance Co., lot ii, ST.. 446: s., 100. A. j. Har-
yey, trustee, TO W. L. Argue ct al. lot -, So
900; 1850.
THE sToRM.-In this vicinity the storm does
not appear 10 nave done great deal OF damage
out 1t delayed some Of the railroad trains last
evening, the train from the south being detain-
ed about two hours. The trains from the west
late this morning, but the connection from the
north by the Baltimore d Potomac was several
hours late, owing to washes. &c. In the neigh
boring counties OF Virginia several bridges over
streams and creeks have been washed away
and gulches cut across county roads, rendering
tras te , dllncult Ipto II O'Clock today no re-
ports had been made by our streets and roads
supervisors OF damages from the storm.
INDIcTED.-The grand jury this morning re-
! turned indictments against Cornelius Williams,
assault with intent to kill VIM. Heminger; Frank
Frederick, rape and assault with intent to COM
w
Edward WOl1ord, alias ChaS. Williams, alias
VIM. Williams, larceny OF horse and buggy from
A. b. Dennis; James II. Winnis alias Paul l.
Jones, larceny OF a horse from 2. p. Jones
Samuel Lee, alias Green, alias Webster. second
offence, petit larceny OF two brides.
CAIPETs.-Prices all reduced, Is, Is, 25. 80. 81.
soc. Oil cloths all widths. New patterns of
Nottingham curtain lace CSC. up. Blankets 200
pairs to select from, from 81 per pair, s. 30, g.
$3.50, 81: finest quality OF California blankets in
1914, Ia, 12-4, 1874, all at cost to close Bed
comforts, ,5c., 81, 1925 Sl.5O, sl.75, 81 Towsons
dry goods and carpets &c Pennsylvania ave-
nue., south side, near It'll street.-Adrt.
ACTION AGAINST THE DIsTRICT-TO-dav in
the Circuit Court, the case OF Mrs. Catherine
Beall against the District OF Columbia was
called. MeSsrs. Darneille and Peter for plain
tiff, and Mr.. Riddle for the District. This is an
action for damages alleged 10 have been slIS-
talhed by falling over the stump OF a tele graph
pole, on eth street. near Rhode Island avenue
on the night OF February 18th, 1876 by whicl
plaintiff rs arm was broken.
BEN JOHNsoN's BAG-About +, O'Clock Thu
morning Officers Riley and Wolfe arrested Ben
johnson, colored, on Farragut Square. He was
conveying bag containing bedspread two
shawls vest, five dead chickens, cold cnise!
and school books with the name on them OF
Sarah Fletcher. 1928 L street. Johnson was
taken to the station.
CBILDREN's bracelets earrings sets neck
aceS, lOcketS and pins, In all the gold styles In
gold plate, at Prigg's Jewelry Store. II. Penn
sylvania avenue near = street-Adct.
If You desire to rent your houses speedily, By
all means call upon E. a. Mclntire, 9is f st. +
FANCY PICTURES, borders, scrap books. &e
Milans a wilkins, 603 eth street.
sF-Llne from an Ohio poem: ..Decem5ers
skies are softly splitting snow