Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-12
Washington Grove Camp Meeting.

Especial CORES Sporiderlce OF Tie Star
CAMP. NEAR GArrHERsBURG. Montgomery
county, Md, August IL, lS7S-"old Prob"
progressed saturday morning We should have
storm that evening, and although We had no
wlnd, YET from two TO three O'Clock il rained
heavily not so hard, however as TO cause any
interruption in the meetings, W ith the excer.
tion of the young peoples After the beayv
ram we had lighter rains all evening. In fac
We might say We had a wet afternoon as -
commenced precisely at twelve % clock "
AT sI2 a. m. the usual prayer and experiences
meetlng was held IN the tabernacle and was
IN chai ee oi Rev. Mr.. Laney, OF the Bladens-
- AT lol. the Rev. Mr.. Weed, late OF the North
CarltoLs,reet Mission: preached from the
and save that which was lost Luke xix. IN
- AT 2P. m. the children : meeting was led by
l. n Martin, superintendent of Hamline Milf
SUNDAY school. He was assisted by the Ray
| Mr.. Ames, of Mchendree Church who has fhe
iacllity OF getting and holding the attention of
the children. "
At the same hour ladies' meeting was held
IN the tent Oh Fifth avenue
All pm or shortly afterwards the Rev Mr.
Harlson conducted a meeting I'm the taber
ndcle and although the rain was pouring down
Yet think the audience was fully as large "a
lt was at the lG+s a. m. service wnen the sun
WIS shining and We had fine weather.
Ihere was no young peoples meeting this
eyening-it being too damp The heavy Storm
you had in the city no doubt prevented many
from coming out Saturday evening. but after
ol the storm that prevailed in the District s
Mr.. Gibson. who is tenting on the ground. re-
celyed despatch notifying him that his house
corner 10Th and streets n. w had blown
over, and the train was anxiou>ly waited for
that We might hear further news, as the report
came that Georgetown was wreck.
IA At 20 large ccngregation gathered under
the roof of The tabernacle for the evening ser
vice. The Rev. Richard Norris opened the
meeting by saving this was 10 be a salvation
meeting, and eXhorted all to do their dsty
In xn-aS faf1N.
by the Rev. MIR. Harrison who without any
further prelude. invited sinners 10 the altar
several responded 10 the invitation, some Oh
The Rev. Il. Peyton Brown called upon the
lalty 10 do their whole duty on the Sabbath
in preaching the gospel 10 those on the out
skirts. The presiding elder and Major Nor
gan have determined to prevent all prone
nadlng around the circle, SO that quiet Sab
ba1 h IS hoped for.
Among the arrivals on Saturday were Rev
Mr.. Ames. of Mckendree; Major III. A Han
James Marr, VIM. III. Reardon and family.
Grafton Monroe and Chas. Feldnnyer, of An
napolis; Jas. Simms, OF Georgetown. and r
j, Bickford, correspondent of the New York
Tribune.
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN CAME
Although The rain could be heard pattering
OH the tent but as the bell rang for rising this
morning we had very heavy rain storm, and
Tor about half an hour il came down in tor
rents. About breakfast time, however, il
ceased entirely. but The ground was horoughly
soaked, puddleS OF water being seen every
where, making il very unpleasant for pedes-
trians.
just about the time the train was due the sup
made desperate attempt To force its way
through the clouds, finally succeeding and
we had clear sky for the remand er of the
day.
On the arrival of the 93oa. m. train from
washington, the countenances of those who
nave boarding tents on the ground fell cou-
Slderably. Among those that braved the
storm and came on the train were Theodore
GatcheH, L. e. Dulin, Wash. Williams, Alex
kag;lesst,on, a;l s,, Mr.: Wiley, Miss Blanche Brad
DOCK, MISS Susie Collins, Miss Clements Mr.
Mhaley and family, Henry Briggs aud j. c.
Beaman.
At 2p m a train arrived from Washington.
bringing large number of passengers 10 the
grounds. The people from the country staid
at home until after ii o clock when they began
10 arrive in carriages until there were about
zoo inside the enclosure.
The S13 a. m. prayer meeting was held i'm the
tabernacle, and was led by the Rev. Mr.. NY
finger. There were but few present at the
meeting, it being too damp even in the taber-
nacle.
Al los a. m. very large congregation, not
WlthStandlng the dampneSs, assembled in the
tabernacle to listen to the Rev. Dr. Nayior, of
Metropolitan church. He took for his text
James, l:l2, Blessed is the man that en-
dureth temptations, for when he is tried he
shall receive a crown of life" Dr. y. is a good
ated
Before the sermon the Rev. r. Norris asked
the congregation for substitution of s3f!
tlonS Sl12 and this was increased to slqS by a
basket collection.
AT ?. m: a children's meeting was held.
under the charge OF Thomas LII. Martin of
Hamllne He was assisted by Major III. III.
MaiI, OF the same church, and the Rev. w. j.
Mckinney.
There was no ladies' meeting this afternoon.
as the straw in the tent of Fifth avenue was too
damp. amp
! rev: mn. harrison Before however, Mr.. Ii.
look charge a Pau
MOTIFS having succeeded so well this morning
was again appointed to take up a collection
and was again successful in raising a consid.
AT $50 young peoples meeting was held in
the tabernacle, and was led by Major H. A.
At 1;45 the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Rockville cir.
cunt, preached from she text of Dives and
iaZrrus, alter which MIR. Harrison conducted
tne revival services. Upwards of 80 persons
nave thus far been converted
THERE WAS RIPPLE OF EXCITEMENT
mere thlS afternoon among a few who went 10
tne depot with Mr.. Warfeld, the magistrate 10
Try man Tor selling liquor. When they got
tnere lne prisoner had been let 20 by j. w
Gran, the deputy sheriff-no reason being as.
signed by him for his action. Graf sought to
nnd out who was selling liquor by blacking his
when the darkies at the depot saw him thew
were very indignant and if it had not been for
hillary Higgins he would have been roughly
The head waiter peter Jackson. of George
town. at NortOn's dining saloon was roughly
handled last evening by a crowd of boot
plaeks. ihey cut him in five places in the
neck. The guilty one escaped Mr.. Norton
says that Peter jackson is very quiet, well
behaved colOred man.
Two young fellows from Georgetown hire 4
a buggy for few hours but the owner sus-
pectlng S0metlng was wrong, came on the y.
m train from the city, and with the assistance
OF Major Morgan and Deputy Sheriff Higgins,
soon found his team, but the young men had
made their escape. M
FERNANDO WOODS Son IN BASKRUPTCY.-
The petition In bankruptcy of Calhoun Wood,
son OF Fernando Wood, was filed yesterday
CITATIONS for first meeting of creditors, TO be
held within one week or ten days, will be is
sued. The schedule enumerates all of the
creditors and the amount due each, the total
aggregatlng the sum of $i0,24. The heaviest
creditor is the petitioners father to whom is
a IaaAtla 49, L..