Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-15

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The Cooperative Supply Association elected
officers Saturday night - follows: PreS dent,
Gen. William Birney: vice president, NJ iOr
William Howard NILS Inspector, MIR. Theo
phiIus French: secretary. Mr. = K Mcbride:
treasurer, Mr.. William VanN eek guard J.
Per!ey.
ancient approximation that If the day be fair
the succeeding forty DAYS will be dry and II il
rains to-day the weather will be wet forty days.
Summer Entertainments.
The IIarbinger goes to NanjemoI next
Wednesday.
excursion 10 MaT~hlri Hall on the Mary Wash
ngtOn next Thursday
The Knights of St Patrick give their eighth
annual picnic tomorrow at GiesborO. The
committee having the matter in charge have
made every arrangement for the pleasure of
those attending
The moonlight excursion of Company A
Washington Light Infantry, will take place
next Wednesday evening. The boat, The Jane
MOSeley, Will go forty miles down the POtO-
mac. landing AT GlymOnt, where there viii De
best of the season.
The moonlight excursion of the Young Mems
Christian Association comes of this evening
The Mary Washington will leave her wharf at
$50 and return at II. There will be music,
reCltatiOnS and dancing.
The ladies of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church give very pleasant excursion tO-mOr-
row evening on the Mary Washington. In
addition TO pleasant sail on the river, there
VIII be an exhibition OF the phOnOTraph and
some excellent reciJdtOnS. The boat leaves at
p. III and returns at II 80,
See advertisement for excursion next
wednesday evening on the Mary Washington,
under the auspices OF the BeTyl Association.
Moonlight excursion this evening by the Pc
tOmaC Ferry Company
The Orpieus Gctpftn Club gives another
concert AZ GiesbOrO wednesday evening".
TIE LADY WHO TOOK LAUDANUM on A
RAILEoAD TRAIN:-The lady VIII was found
unconscious on the 90 train (B. & =. rail
road 70 Baltimore Oh Friday, as stated in
Saturdays STAR. was subsequently identified
as Mrs. Sarah CTOCkeT who lives with her SON
in-law, Chas. 5. Ford, and two daughters at
SO :. n SrIeet northwest. 1ney knew nothing
OF her condition till they read il In the papers.
and they then took her from the hOSpiIa! and
placed her under the care of DR.. S0,herOn,
Who Is the family physician, and says that she
has been insane for some three months hzr
mania being the idea dat she WAS starving
Last night no hopes were entertained Oi say
Ing her life: severe hemOrrhaIeS hal SET in.
and she was sinking rapidly. Mr. Cha5. l..
Ford states that tn. officials at Police Head
quarters were notified 10 look out for an age.
lady, who had wandered from home II 10
o'clock Friday morning. and they we're fur
nIShed with the necessary description: thdg
he was Informed 1T : O'Clock that evening
that nothing had been heard in regard 20 the
ease, and from new Spaper next morning h
learned that lady had attempted suicide on
a train, and had been placed in the Pr1yi-
deuce hospital by the police: aud that she
would have remained there and perhaps
would have died there without the knowledge
OF her family if il had not been for the acct
. gent oil ,dlScoyerlnS II IL the paper. He asks
Major Morgan to investigate it,. Sanitary OF
fceT Council claims that he was quite pros
trated by the heat on his return from Ben
nIngS, which prevented HIM from ascertain
ing more of the case.
PRISONERS RELEASED on HABE,s CoRPUs.-
To-day Judge Wylie had before him on wrtS
of hGJcuS corpus the following prisoners from
the jail:-Lafayette Allison and Henry H0y!eS
sentenced in the Police Court TO eighteen
months imprisonment for three several ca SeS
of petit larceny for breaking into an UnuCcu
pied building and stealing property belonging
10 three different persons, the OtfenSe being
committed az the same time and place: ChaS
Segar, arrested for larceny from Henry John
stOn, in which, the goods having been sold to
three several parties, Sagar was sentenced to
four months ON each case. Justice Wyia
after argument, ordered the discharge OF the
prisoners, On the ground that in both cases The
whole matter consisted Of one O'feuSe. tn
whole amount taken was only petit larceny,
ana the supreme Court OF the District has
supervisory power over the Police Court WneT
sentences are always summary, and often
necessarily, without due consideration. Tn
prisoners III each case had served ont two o
the sentences. The petitioners were repre-
scented by Mr.. \. e.. Riddle, Mrs. 3. A. Lock
wood and Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, and The gov
eminent by II. IL. Wells, ir.
TIE WASHINGTON MONUMENr.-Mr. Lar
KIN G.. Meade, the sculptor. after a soiDurn
here Tor some months has left for New York
and Will sail for Italy shortly. Mr.. MeaIn
While here, become much Interested in the
Nashlngton monument and some months
ago prepared designs for finishing it, which
were warmly praised. One of Mr.. Meade
suggestions, which has been adopted. is the
placing on each of the four sides of the struc-
ture (abOUt sixty feet above the floor of a has
relief in bronze, 50 feet long and ii in height
The subjects have not been determined on
but Mr.. Meade suggests that they be the fol
lowing: Washington Taking Command of
the Army at Cambridge" = The Surrender of
CORVALLIS at Yorktown Washington
R Re his Commission as Commander of
the Army at Annapolis; y Washington
Taking the Oath of Office as President at New
York
The COLD WATER ARMY.-The Dashaways
held a lively meeting last night at the hall of
the Franklin Legion, corner 6th and G streets
northwest Practical and earnest addresses
were made by j. b. Wheeler, Rev Mr.. Ken,
drick, Alexander Eag.eStOn, j. b. Dunning j
y. Dunbar, Z. W. Littlefield. Frank ReeSide.
w. j. FOyi, Judg" Ne Son, and Geo. Savage.
resolution was adopted thanking Major
Morgan for his efforts in enforcing The liquor
law About fifty persons signed the pledga.
The fast was nOted that the IiGuOr and rest8u
rant business in this District Is growing IL s
profitable every day many are breaking I'D
and quitting; others are being sold our for
debt and all complain that their customers
are thinning out on account Of the temperance
ORGANIZATIONS.
THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE AssoCr,
TON cOnVenes in Rochester, y. y. on the 10th
of this month. There will be a business m-eI-
ing for the election of officers OH the 18Th This
rs the thirleth anniversary of the association
anu the meeting. il is expected. will be a yeI.y
enthUSiaStic one. The venerable Lucreria
Mott Will lie present, and probably preside
MeSdameS Sargent, WiuSiOw, Spencer. Mar.
shall Douglas and others from Washington
will BE- Present. Brlya a Lockwood and
LaVinla Z. DUndOre, who are on the executive
committee. leave 10 morrow evening in order
TO be present at the business meeting The
latter will visit Niagara Falls. Watkins and
other places OF interest before their return.
CHURCH CORNERSTONE LAID The cOngre
ton Of the Third Baptist church Yesterday
afternoon laid the cornerstone OF their new
church, near the corner of III and \ streets
northwest. The services began with prayer
by Rev. }. ii. Muse. Rev. G.. Robinson. OF
Alexandra, delivered the sermon from
hlngS, ;, Il, and short addresses followed by
Rev L. Jones and Judge Jordan. The corner
store was then LAID By the pastor, Rev. Albert
BOulGin.
The FOURTH STREET NJ. F. CHURCH, south.
east, closed for repairs for three months past
was reOpened yesterday with Interesting eX.
erciSes- In the morning Rev. Richard Norris
preached; Rev. II. K. Naylor, D. d., of the
metropolitan church, preached in the after,
noon. and Rev. G.. Y. LeeCh in the eVeniHr
Rev. Richard Norris had charge of the cole?