Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-24

sEed 0n habeaS corpus.
The New Church of All Souls.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BU'ILDING-THE NUSI-
CAL EXERCISES THIS EVENING.
The new Unitarian Church, All Souls re-
Gently finished. will be formally opened this
evening 10y grand organ concert, after which
the choice of ptwS will be sold al auction. The
building is on the Gothic STYLE and is situated
On the southeast corner Of l4th and l. streets
and is very handsome both in design and
finish. The walls UP tn the church floor. and
ali the window >illS and arches. are Of COnuec-
Hcut brown stone. and the remainder of the
walls are faced with the finest pressed brick.
At The northwest corner of the building there
~ a tower Is feet in height. SurmOunted by Il
-lh crown and cross There Is a smaller tower
Oh the southwest corner. The large tower con-
tainS she bell which was removed from the
old Unitarian church. Ii was made in Boston
in ls-2, and was the first bell used in anv
church III TINS city. The entrance TO the chapel
~ on l. street. which leads to the pastors
study the ladies toilet room. ladies' paTlOT,
the asemenf. Kitchen, and chapel proper. The
main entrance i from 18th street, up broad
flight of granite steps. The auditorium is 3
by eO feet: and its seating capacity is estimated
AT StO. The peWS are arranged in a semi
circular manner. finished in ash and black
walnut. The roof i pure Gothic. SU DpOrtpd
by panneled and freSened rafters. and is To- feet
IN height at the peak. The pulpit is constructed
of Back walnut, and Is Il inches in height. I'm
The rear OF II are three solid walnut Gothic
arches. The gallery. which runs along the
west side. il capable Of seating about 30 peO-
pie The church is lighted by electricity. and
the gas fixtures are very handsome. The
building IL heated by two large furnaces The
organ Is a very elegant one. built by Hook 4
Hastings. of Boston. 1t will he tested this
evening by Professors BiSchOf and Walter
and Dir. TOUhay. the OrganiSt In addition
some choice music will be rendered by the
choir, which consists of Mrs. Nathan. soprano:
Miss LucaS contTaltO. and MesSrs. MorSell
tenor, and Widney. bass.
Has THERE BEEN MAIL ROBBEKY?-On
Monday, the tIh instant. letter was placed in
The post office here by well known Washing
ton establishment. addressed tn a weIlknOwn
house III Philadelphia containing check for
considerable amount OF money in payment
OF a lengthy invoice. which was also endorsed,
10 De recelpted ana returned. After waiting
Tor several days without amy acknowledgment
OF the remittance. enquiry was made, when
the fact was developed that II had never
reached its destination. Steps We're at once
taken 10 ascertain whether the document had
been wrongly addressed OF miSSent but no
trace al It's Whereabouts could be gained. off
cial notice of the loss was then given TO the
post office authorities here, and assurances
were gwen that competent man would at
once be detailed to ialhOm the mystery: but
ap TO this time il is supposed his efforts if
made. have been without result. as nothing
has since been heard on the subject by the par
lies interested. The singular feature of the
ease is that loss in the mails should have
Curred on route 81 short and well equipped
AZ that between tins city and PHILADELPHIA.
and il becomes interesting To know whether
about that time. IL 50, some clue might be
obtained by comparison ot experiences.
The GRAND LODGE or KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
OF the District Of Columbia met Tuesday eve
ming in Semi-annual session at X. L. hail and
elected and Installed the following officers for
the ensuing year: Wm. t. Bailey. grand chan
eellOr. of M. 10: David Gregg. grand vice
chancellor of No. u George w. Brown. grand
pTeiatc, of No. >; Richard GOOdhart. grand
keeper of records and seals, of No. =: VIM. II.
Hines. grand master of eNcheuuer. uf No 10:
J. i. BlllingSby, grand inner guard, nf No. 5:
Richard GoOdhaTt of No. :. A. T.. l.. Reese. of
No 10, and George L. Eberly of No. IL. board
Of trustees: \. J. Cunning. of No. :. was
elected representative to The supreme Lodge
Tor two years.
THE GIBSON Mason Observation-Disclosures f,I.
Defdict.-Thi> morning. in the Criminal
Court, Judge Macarthur the trial OF George
Gibson. indicted Tor the murder of Thus Ma
son IN August last. was reSumed-DiStrict
Attorney Wells anu Mr.. J. r. Norris for the
prosecution and NeSSTS. W. \. Cook and G.
u. COrkhill fOT the defendant. ON the omen
ing of the court. District Attorney Wells pro
eeeded with his argument. urging that the
jury return a verdict OF man>iaughteT. and he
concluded about II O'Clock. The court charged
the iGTy at considerable length. and they re-
tired for consideration at ll:.0 O'Clock.
REAL ESTATE SALEs-Chas w Handy. auc-
tIOneer, has sold for Eugene Carusi and A. e.
Bradley. trustees. part OF lot >. in square A.
to James Fraser. for S1625: also by direction
~ n
Bradley. trustees, TO J. II. Rowland lots to :
in square ~: also. square north of AZ. square.
east Of 10. and square east Of III. 10 same
party.
DEEDS IN FEE have been flied as follows:
Dorathy DHntTesS 70 Leander ii. Huntress.
$1,000, lot :, 81. 3SS: Warner and Gordon. trll>-
tees, to Thomas Wilson, s2-4g0.S. lots =. aud
=, sd SG B. Fitzpatrick To e. III. A. kattel-
mann, S3.3cS. lot 30. of sub lot 9, 81. 4i L. =.
simpson TO b. Fitzpatrick. s., part lot To- 81.
IHBCHEAPEsT dry goods i'm the city, Beautj-
ini aIesS goods only j.. double fold collFed
an ~ res -. pure Wool white blankets $50.
All OF our black silks and black cashmpres
must be closed out very cheap. Carriers Mar
ket Space-Adrr ''i = MAJ
TRAVELLERS should provide themselves with
SUBSTANTIAL trunks. neat travelling has
s3fehels and shawl straps. such as are made
and sold at the factory and warerOOms of Las
Topham. f20 9Th ST, joining Odd Fellows;
daR His prices suit these times.-Adrt.