Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-08
Condensed I.acsIs
From &c. Parker we have the Nam yor

Condensed Locals.
From j. G. Parker we have the New York
paEerS IN advance of the mails.
MISS cary occupied an orchestra seat at the
| opera last night, under the escort of Senator
Blaine. She is Maine girl and a constituent
the Senator seemed proud Of. Mr.. Blaine s
| Great admirer, Col Rob Ingersol. was at the
| theater, look ing, in his white neckcloth crow
| black suit, clean ShaVen face and stove pipe
hat, much more like a clergyman than a
heather philosopher. Montgomery Blair was
nous R0ze apparently in deplorable state of
1 f0rgetfulness of the White House claims of
ms ciient, the meager old bachelor Tiiden.
Miss kellogg occupied an upper box, and
went through the form of applauding Roze, by
patting her hand with her fan.
Mrs: Barbara Markriter, the venerable and
| estimable lady, whose death at the advanced
! age OF ninety is announced i'm our obituary
columns, was the mother of our worthy citi-
| zen, MIR. John Markrter.
| The seats for Harry FOrdS big benefit to-
| morrow might are selling in Way to indicate
that every inch Of the house will be occupied
1 by the most brilliant audience ever assembled
| there. The bill is wonderfully attractive it
| will be seen.
| The steamship" General Werder," Captain
Hoffman, arrived at Baltimore this morning
making the shortest trip on record between
Bremen and Baltimore. A large number of
| Washingtonians will sail in her next week for
| Hayre and the Paris exposition.
X. Venable sends Hurper'S Weekly, with a
| cartoon by Mast, in which he exercises his
pencil upon his troublesome "Neighbor $
The April number of the British Quarterly
RGrte1o (Seott Go. reprint,) comes from E. NJ
Whitaker 4 Son.
New parasols, black grenadines and spring
dress goods cheap at C. NJ. TowSOn &CO'S.
See his advertisement in another column.
Inc event OF the spring season will be the
noon between E. Z. TaylOr's Tornado and
Schoolcraft's Key West for 1000. The horses
VIII start rain or shine, and will be called at 3
O'CLOCK lfOttng to commence at $3.50.
A Di1yp1
grounds yesterday afternoon between that
club and the Peabody. OF Baltimore. The Bal.
to one.
=, At the meeting of the Industrial Home and
raining school, yesterday, the treasurer re-
ported a deficit of $13. The manager reDOrtad
&l9l penny lunches served in and out of the
Home: number of males applying for employ
ment, II; females, 81: total, Is. Employment
gwen to males, 4: to females, 50 etc.
The grand jury yesterday reported indict-
ments against Robert Byng and Frederick
Piper, larceny (Of stock. &c, valued at $500 !:
Emma Williams, larceny Second offencel-
Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed by
Jas. hudson and Entwlsle & Barron.
A series OF Gospel Temperance meetings was
inaugurated at McKendree Chapel last even
ing. Mr.. ThOs Miller opened the meeting.an
was followed by Frank Reside: Edward Hum
w. Thompson, John e. Hardness and Rev Dr.
AmeS, and about twenty signatures were ap
pended to the pledge.
The SUPREME COUNCIL OF SCOTTISH RITE
MAsONS for the southern jurisdiction was i'm
session yesterday Two communications were
read from the Supreme Council in Peru affirm
ing belief in the Supreme Being, the resurrec-
ton, and the immortality OF the soul as on
posed TO the recent action OF the Grand Orient
OF france, Which has stricken the clause ey-
pressing DeIe1 in the eXiStence of God out o.
It's ritual. AbOutthirty applicants were elected
TO me degree OF knights Commander Of the
Code OF Honor including the following from
Tbs section: j. .. Norris, J. E. krebS, William
ID. Adrian, and w: Abrahams, of Maryland:
joseph Essex, Charles T. Neitze and William
/; Craignill, John j. Terrell, John Il. Stellman.
Thomas +. Norman, Josiah Cliff, and Daniel
Halstead, O. Virginia; The following were
+. Erhart- ": Price and f. A. Bailey. of Ore.
gon; o, g. Miller, of Minnesota; b. e. Sher-
IG nan 5hn Z, :. Sstreeeper OF Iowa and G. E.
created merltoriOus member OF the thirty
third degree.
THE AFRICAN NJ. E. CHURCH CONFERENCES
IN session in Baltimore, yesterday reconsider
"a the resolution by which the churches of the
Biadensburg district were censured, and laid
1t on the table. The case of Richard Mill was
referred TO the committee on charges AMI
complaints: b. Budd was continued. and ".
H. Green discontinued, he having become con
mected with the Protestant Episcopal church
rev A NJ Green offered resolutions that. in
tereSted In the common welfare of our cOlored
people, we cannot regard with Indifference the
new evil growing up among our people of the
southern states the igniS fdtults commonly
styled lne African exodus movements that
we regard the scheme as measure i'll advised.
ana pregnant with the worst consequences in
IT'S general tendency and results upon the in
terests OF orr injured but still advancing peO-
pie" etc. The resolutions led to cOnsidera BILE
discussion, and action was deferred until TO-
day.
SIX WIVES of six members of the Ma
rlne band were at the Navy department to-
gay. they wanted their husbands discharged
md col
aching Assistant Secretary Hogg Last year,
they said when the pay of the band was re-
dueed' an who remained in it We're told that
unless Congress did something for it that they
might have their discharges whenever they
wanted them. Congress has done nothing for
them, and yesterday they were notified that
any money for playing outside of government
employ. This being the case, and their hus-
Dands only receiving 81 a month which was
not enough to support their families. they as!-
their discharges. Mi Hogg told them iH't tbaf
they should first apply to he commandment OF
Secretary Thompson who would then act apSn
1t. They left, saying they would do this.
FRANKLIN BUILDING AssoCIATIoN.-At the
elShtn annual meeting OF the Franklin Build
l ing ASSOCIATION %f3d' held Monday night, the fol
James III. Saville vice president, H. HI Twom
bly,; secretary, John Joy Edison: treasurer.
GhaFIes 3: Bailey; directors, w. H: Reardon.
G.
Thomas B. Penicks. w. H. Orcutt, J. ID. Free
j. ID. Ciary, and Andrew Glass. The secre
tary report showed the receipts to have been
s4Si9.1I assets, $i7.4i79; original number of
shares, LIZ; cancelled by REDEMPTION. &c,
l., ;nOw on roll advanced upon, sos; do. NOT
advanced on, 1874 value of each share 1857 05.
earnings per annum, u 10 per cent.
BUNTINGs, BUNTINGs, BUNTINGs, all pure
wool, and at special low price; buntings
every color and every shade: dOuble-width
buntlngS; debegeS, debeges debeges every
color and every shade; tWilled debeges beau
llIul dress goods in spring shades, (wOOl.
not eotton,) l5c.; new parasOlS new parasOs'
new parasOls; excellent quality bed ticking
one yard wide and double -tWiiled. 25c: three
hundred (3OO) pieces of wool cassimeres for
mems, boys, and childrens wear. Carter's.
III Market Space.-Adrt.
The PROHIBITION ALLIANCE met at Odeon
hall last night: MIR. o. b. Brown i'm the chair.
and Z. T. Conner secretary. Mr.. Gee Savage
was elected permanent president. Mr. A.
Lynch resigned his position on the executive
committee, and Mrs. j. A. Hopkins was elect
ed member of the committee Mr. W. T.
Boyd being the chairman. The following com
mittee was appointed to draw up memorial
on the subject of prohibition for presentation
TO Congress Rev. G. w. DennisOn, Geo Saw
age Dr. Gross, A. Wheelock and o. B. Brown.
ANDR0sCoGGIS L COTTON, best make, ~