Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Bujac's English and
French boarding and day school for young
ladies, No. 1923 Connecticut avenue, will be
reOpened September 10Th.
See the advertised programme for the fall
opening OF the different departments Of Co.
lumbar college.
ACCIDENT ON THE A. AND F. RAILWAY
This morning the through train south, which
met with an accident on the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg railroad, near the Telegraph
road (abOut II miles below Alexandria.) 1t
appears that the storm last night was very
severe In that neighbOrhOOd and the water
had weakened a small culvert, and the engine
NO. 81, John Rallman engineer and John
GermOn freman,) with the tender, passed
over safely, but the culvert gave way, and the
postal and baggage cars both jumped the
track Both the engineer and fireman hero
lcally stuck to their posts aud the latter re-
ceiyed two scalp wounds and injuries in his
back, While the former miraculOusly escaped
unframed. Word was Immediately tele-
to the point of accident, and the trains are
running this afternoon as usual. Mr.. Germon
was attended by the company's surgeon, Dr.
afternoon and taken to his residence in South
Washington. Messrs. BuSey, Chapman and
King were in charge of the postal car, and the
first named had his shoulder bruised.
THE MoFFETT REGISTER IN ALEXANDRIA,
The Gazette says: Major George Duffey, com.
ton Court for the month of August yesterday.
In looking over the same we find that the re-
turns Of some of the registers are 50 extreme
red, either that the parties keeping them must
have neglected to turn the crank, or their
business has all left them. The largest amount
OF liquor registered by any retail dealer is that
ers, CoOney & Co., 1880; George Steurnagle,
$5l.59 Steurnagle returns 2, 668 glasses Of beer
for one month, the largest returned. The
half the MOffett liquor tax in this city for the
month of August. Some Of the dealers report
as low as &, 10, l9, 90 and 81 glasses Of liquor.
and Is, 20, 81 and 40 glasses OF beer. The whole
amount returned was $491.5S.
ADEsERrED WIFE WANTS D1voRcE.-Mr.
yesterday filed q bill for divorce from 6er hus-
band. John II. Ferguson. She sets forth their
marriage in Georgetown, September 8, 1856, by
her n
that they lived here together until April, 1873
when the defendant went to Philadelphia, Pa,
to get work and obtained employment with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In July
following he wrote to her that he did not in
tend to return to this city and never wanted
to see her again, but would in future provide
to New York. and she is informed that he en-
listed in the army. She asks that the marriage
be annulled and she be given the custody of
their three children.
EDIsoN's SUIT AGAINST THE WESTERN
UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.-Yest erday, in
the case Of T. A. Edison agt. the Western
Union Telegraph Company, 1.-THE duplex tele-
graphy CASEY the company moved to luash the
service OF certain summons calling the COM
pany into court to answer EdisOn's complaint.
The Equity Court dismissed the bill in June as
to the telegraph company for want OF jurisdic-
ton, but in July this order dismissing the bill
claims that the latter order setting aside the
former order did not give the court a jurisdic-
tion which it had before declared it did not pos
md khnf oil 90.
void, and should be quashed. The hearing was
set Tor Saturday.
GOLDEN WEDDING.-Amos Hunt and Anna
Clarke Hunt, Of Capitol Hill are this day
celebrating the iftieth anniversary of their
marriage, which took place at Edinburgh,
1925 Amos Hunt was born August Is, 1903
Anna Clarke was born October q, 1906. Mr.:
and Mrs. Hunt have resided on Capitol Hill
Hunt, of the Lafayette, Ind, C0urier) have
seven children, all TaoU here, and nineteen
grandchildren, thirteen OF whom are also here.
SILKS, SILKS, sILKs.-Black silk, colored
silks, checked silks, striped silks; immense
Space. Coored silks, every color and every
shade that is made; seal brown, light brown,
medium brown, navy blue, light blue, medium
cream; all the very light shades of colOred
silks: black silks, Is, 81, 81, sl.25, sl5O.-Adut
No YELLOW FEVER IN WAsH1NGroN.-Yes
terday sensational rumors were put in circu-
latiOn that two cases of yellow fever had ap.
peared in this city. one at the American
House and the other at the Franklin House,
but an examination into the cases by Health
Officer Townshend was made, and the report
contradicted, no grounds for IL being found
existing.
DRY GOODS, at the very lowest prices. Elan
nels, all wool, from 20, 25, 80, 81, red twilled
yard wide white wool flannes, from 20 cents
up; new fall dress goods. Is cents per yard /;
cassimeres for men and boys wear, from Is,
80, 81, 80, 60, rs. 81: waterproof cloths, all col
ors; black cashmeres, from 50, g. 50, 81, Is, 81.
IowsOn's, 636 PennSylvania avenue, south side,
near 9TH street.-Adpt
=, REAL ESTATE SALES. = Messrs. DuncansOn
BIOS: soiG yesterday, for Philip +. Larner and
Cn a L Davis, trustees, lot No. 8, in square
w. being on l street. between Sth and 9th
streets southeast; lot "a feet inches by 63
Ieet inches, iml roved by two story frame
d"eiiing, TO MIS- Louisa Dierkoph, for sl,0lo.
THE ATTENTION Of contractors and others is
called TO the bargain offered by Fitch. Fox a.
Gutter. In our advertising columns, under head
of important to contractors, coal dealers.