Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-29

National Thedter.-" Babes in the Wood"
by Colyille Folly Company this evening is said
bers OF the company are we'll known for their
excellence in burlesque. The music will be
good, and the appointments and stage effects
F0rd's Opera Rouse.-Bryant's Ministries,
generally conceded to be the best organization
OF its kind in existence, will illustrate mirth
The Two Tramps" and "Ellen's Babies " are
IReater ocmtqae-The Comique has good
be ALI Mcdowell, in the /" Frozen POOL
Curtis School Building, Georgetopn.-There
1e the
Lincoln Hdu.-An entertainment will be
giiyen here e next Me- Friday evening" under the
of Epiphany Church Home. It win consist OF
an 0peretta and art studies.
Hth street Presbyterian Church. - Prof;
Richard 7; Greener, the wellknown colored
orator, will lecture here this evening. His
subject will be /" The Great Pyramid"
LINCOLN Hdu.-Rev. John Jasper, the cele-
the theories of modern astronomers, will
demonstrate here this evening, by the aid of
the Bible, that the sun moves.
z. T. Burnu'a will lecture at Lincoln Hall
tomorrow evening.
WiHard HaH-Beneft OF little Eva Hender-
son, next Friday evening. See the advertise
ment.
Readings by E. c. Townsend, at Tallmadge
Hall, Friday night. The programme has been
arranged with special reference to exhibiting
Rs order oS and pathetic
House Cleaning and Tennysons "Bugle
Song" are among the selections; also, Wild
der Green's Last Words'' lin costume.)
"A VERY SEVERE HAIL STORM passed over
the city yesterday afternoon, continuing about
fifteen minutes, during which great quantity
OF hail tell. 1t did some damage to flowers
and vegetables. In the course of the after
noon much rain fell, accompanied by thunder
nf MrS prnr
corner l4th and d streets southeast, was struck
by lightning, damaging the roof somewhat,
but doing no injury to the inmates.
CoRoNER's INQUEST OVER THE BODY OF
DEAD BABY;-1n the case of the cOrOners in
station on the body of the colored child taken
from the premises of Louisa Wallace's house,
on Delaware avenue. the jury decided that the
and that they believed Louisa Wallace to be
the mother OF it: Louisa was held for a hear
ing before the Police Court.
PROTECTING THE CAPITOL GROUNDs-Arch-
itect Clark, of the Capitol, who has been for
some time considering how to prevent the
grounds of the Capitol by heavy teams, finally
concluded that the only way to remedy it was
by strict order against all such travel This
order was issued to take effect on and after to-
day, and the Capitol police are required to see
1t enforced.
OUR EXCELLENT quality black silks, go, IS,
SIC, 81, $l25. $50. $40; our real satin finish
black silk, only 25, this silk is special bar
gain, we are selling about one hundred 600
yards OF this silk every day; our very heavy
g.os grain black silk, only ST. this silk Is cheap
at 81 sour price only 81; cOlored silks, cOlOred
silks, colored silks every color and every
BASE BALL-The National base ball club, Of
this city, was to have played the independents
OF Baltimore, last Saturday afternoon, but the
latter failed to pnt in an appearance. A game
between the Nationals and a picked nine from
Baltimore resulted in victory for the former
by score of u to 2