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

ihaldTldl lever, IS again dDle 10 attend 10 Ills
duties.
Summer Entertainments.
The SchuefZenfeSt will be continued until Il
o'clock tomorrow night, at which hour it Will
positively be closed.
A grand family festival for the benefit of st.
AlOysius new school house will be held at the
SchuetZen Park on the 10Th instant. The
arrangements for the pleasure and accOmmO-
datiOn of those attending will be very COM
Diete. The object OF the entertainment is
very worthy one.
Remember the excursion to be given to Nor
folk, Fortress Monroe and the CapeS by Equal
Division, ). of L. The boat, the Jane MOSeley,
will leave at O'Clock next Saturday evening,
and return Monday morning.
Two pleasant excursions will leave here on
Thursday. the 18th instant: One will be to
Ocean City. and the other to Norfolk. Fortress
Monroe and the Capes, on the elegantly built
steamer Louise, of Baltimore.
TIE Loss OF THE ROBERT PORTNER--An
Associated Press dispatch from Batavia, in
the island OF Java, gives information OF the
less OF the schooner Robert Portner, of Alex
andria, Va. She lett EagOOn on the 9th OF
April with cargo Of.rlce for the British chan
mel. and was compelled TO run on COcOS island,
sinking. The crew deserted her, and landed
at Batavia yesterday. The Gazette says: The
Robert Portner, which was built at the ship
yard in this city. was launched in the fall of
1876, was owned jointly here and in Taunton,
Mass, whence her captain, L. V. Strange.
came Her original cost was about $4,000.
cost of cOppering, &c. The full amount of in
surance ON the vessel is unknown. owing to
the fact that each individual interested in
b. Wheat. G. F. French ard Wm. Cogan
owned interests which were uninsured. LII is
understood that MI Robert POrtner, after
whom the vessel was named, who was part
owner, and who IS now in Europe, had the
papers necessary for change of management
when the vessel should have arrived in the
Channel.
THE OLDEST INHABITANTS ASSOCIATION
met in the Circuit Court room, City Hail. YES
with III. \. Easily as secretary. MIR. Robert
Ball made a verbal report of the Fourth of
July celebration. The president announced
the deaths of John Bowling and Walter T.
Brooke, and resolutions in respect to their
memory were adopted Mr.. j. L. CaSSell was
elected member A letter was received from
bouHd volume of the National Inteuigencer
for the year 1872 A gift of directory of the
city for 1923, from Mr.. Edward Simms, was
also al received Mr. Gallan related an incident
lSOn found it unsafe TO remain longer at the
White House. on account of the presence of
the British troops, she left it in charge of the
cOachman and John SiOussa. To the latter
she gave instructions to save the picture of
Washington. He did so by cutting it from
It's frame with his penknife. and it now adOrnS
The same room in the Executive Mansion.
THE STEUBENvILLE DIsAsTER-A Washinq-
tontd7l dHiCTG The U'0u1ded.-Further details
rom the collision last Tuesday night on the
Pittsrurg. Cincinnati and st. Louis railroad.
between the fast line from Pittsburg and
freight train, near Steubenville, Ohio, give the
quite number seriously. Many of these were
emlgrantS. George Thompson, a passenger
from this city, had his leg badly mangled The
killed and wounded were taken on special
train to Steutenvlle where officers of the road
wounded comfortable. Both public and pri-
received the attention of the best physicians
OF the town The accident is attributed to the
watch of the freight engineer having run
down, leaving him ignorant of the time, and
the prevalence of dense fog, which prevented
either party from seeing distance of hun
dred yards.
DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows
Marion f. King to j. A. Kearney, lots q and
40, Old Georgetown, ID. c.; $3.50 Mary E. Go
dey TO A b. jackson, part OF Beall's addition
part OF Bealls addition to Georgetown; 81 ,4S5
Job Barnard, trustee. to George Truesdae
executor, lot II, So loo; $500. c. L. Goddard
Hill: g. John Gatcheli to J. &. Bryant. los
and S, So. Jos: 8. &C. Huntley TO Rose
NJ Huntley, lot 4. so. 1913; slO,OCO. BENJAMIN
Mo!fH .. an Henry o1 lot ~ So &
sl.25o. James Fraser ct al, trustees, to c. G..
Williams; property on the Broad Branch road
called Mil Lot: Si25- J. G. G. Kennedy; tru9;
lot Is, sq. 252: $500 G.. I. GRAY to b. H. May
field, lots =, - and % so. l42 sl,5eO. Caroline
500.
ALEXANDRIA FINANCES.-A dispatch to the
Baltimore sun from Alexandria says" The
financial condition OF the city has grown this
year much worse than ever before, but, never
theleSs, full provision will be made to pay all
the interest of the new compromise bonds on
the lst OF september, when it falls due. No
interest will be paid on any of the old bonds.
The entire receipts for taxes this year to the
I'd day of August were s29,3i7.24, and of this
sum only Sl9,9l0-2i has been paid in cash. Last
year, up to the same period, $50. 30 had been
paid in for taxes. 1t is thought that the town
will be unable this year to pay its appropria-
the city To july |, ISIS, was 81, l67,60075. The
assessed value of the real and personal estate,
public and private. is about 100000, the as
present cash value of the property"
The SCHUETENFEsT. The Schuetzenfest
will be continued until tomorrow night at Il
o'clock. There was good attendance yester-
day, and the following were the recipients of
prizes; Bowhng-First prize; VIM. Fendner;
fourth, &. j. Seutferle: fifth, Simon Wolf:
sixth, Mr.. Nobel; and seventh, VIM. BerenS.
Ladies shoOting-First prize. ruff1e machine,
MIS- Horher tSfrd DOZEN han eh
Mrs. Meyer; fourth glove box Mrs. Nander;
and fifth, handkerchief case. Mrs. SchOen-
born.
CLOSE GAME OF BASE BALL.-The game be-
tween the Milwaukees and Nationals yeSter-
DAY afternoon was witnessed by large num-
Der OF people. The crowd was deeply inter-
ested IN the game, but did not enthuSe over it
as !ney used To over the National New Bed
Iord contests Both mines PLAYED very well.
ErrofsWere comparatively few and easy each
cluo making SIN. The result of the game-twO
runs Tor the Milwaukees and one for the Ma
fionalS-showS how interesting the game was
throughout. ~
Lawns, LAWNS, LAwNs.-0ne hundred 0oOl
pieces beautiful lawns just arrived at Car
fer'S, al Market Space; beautiful fgured
lawns, Ice: Victoria lawns, lOc: white linen
lawn, p; linen sheeting, pillow-case linen:
our splendid bridal quilts, only 81 white honey
combed quilts, soc; Shetland shawls white
cardinal and blue pure wool black Cashmere
80; the best and widest Sheeting cotton, - the
best yard wide cotton, good as fruit of the
loom, only 5. We are selling the best and
cheapest dry goods in Washington.-AdUt.
REsoLUTE LODGE, No. T. I.O.GT., has in
stalled officers for the ensuing year as follows:
) Arthur WhtcOmb, Wet: Sally Macnichol,
w A. A. \. Decay, W. RS: Edward Kelley,
VIZ willie Dinston w. T.; Chas. Reinhardt,
3f,WG; John Burkhart, VIM; Minnie B.
Tore; Wiz Sllas j. Dewey, W.O.G.: Lizzie
Burknait, Wills: j. A. Cooper Willis;
Flda Dove. W AS WV. DenistOn, P.W.C.T
KILLED IN TUESDAYS SroRA.-During the
Storm OF Tuesday evening portion of Offutt