Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-29
Condensed Locals.


Condensed Locals.
From j. c. Parker we have the New York
papers in advance Of the mails.
street lamps will be lighted tonight at 645
p. m, and extingulshed at 4: Is a. m.
The salaries of the teachers of the cOlOred
schools will be paid this evening at the Sum,
Aer building. The white school teachers will
be paid at the Franklin building tomorrow
MIR. +. p. Hill is rebuilding the grand stand
and stables on his race course at Benning'S
station, and proposes to have running meet
ing May IS to Il, and trOtting meeting May
20 TO 81.
In Alexandria, Wednesday evening. DIR. NJ.
M. Lewis, assisted by Drs. Powell and Ed
Staber, removed q tumOr and part of the Jaw.
bone from the face of Mrs. w. I'll. Thompson,
OF this city.
Paul Draper, son OF DR.. Draper, of Capitol
Hill, was quite seriously injured yesterday
Whle playing police" at school, and i'm run
ming had one of the small bones in his leg
fractured.
Suit was entered yesterday by Messrs. Dan
aher 4 Buckley against Samuel POlkinhOrn
Tor 500 damages for nOm-deliVery of certain
groceries at LeOnardtOwn, shipped July lst
ls1G; In the steamer Mattano.
Inc grand jury to-day after a short session.
was adjourned until Monday week. April
The Gazette Publishing Co. to-day filed a
eertlhcate OF Incorporation. in which the OBJ
Ject is stated to be to publish a newspaper.
increasing it to $l00,0O0 with the following
trustees :-ROlfe 5. Saunders, p. b. Delany
Albert Ordway, III. III. DOty and Edwin Is.
Hay.
VIM. Day, a wellknOwn cOlored man. who
mas Tor the past thirty years been employed in
and about The court house, died at his resi-
fefday afternoon, after an illness of two days,
aged Is years.
NEW POSTAL CARs-At the Baltimore and
POtOmac depot yesterday there were two of
The new postal ears. which are intended to con
sIltuIe part OF the railway mail service over
ha iohn
Fredericksburg and Potomac, and the Rich,
mOnd and Petersburg lines. The new cars
NIL WI. number five in all: Richmond builds two,
petersburg one and Altoona two. The repre-
sentative cars now in this city were made at
Richmond, and Will RIM between Washington
anu petersburg. They are of a very high order
OF wOT kmanShip, being light as We'll as strong.
II Is estimated that they will cost about 81 1000
apiece. They are constructed on an i'm
proved pattern. in accordance with suggeS-
lions made by Col. Vail, superintendent of the
fallMay mail service, and Mr.. Bailey of the p
u. ID, and are greatly superior to those pre-
Mously IN use. They are eight feet longer
IMAM the old postal cars, being fifty feet in
length and are as nearly perfect in every par
Lcuiar as any ever made. Every detail is
carefully worked out. Increased convenience
IN me distribution of mail is gained by skill
IuI arrangement of the distributing table,
racks, boxes, etc. The windows of the ear are
so made, and the interior is So adjusted to
on the labOrS of the clerks. The interior of the
car Is painted white, with the same end i'm
view. At night the best improved railway
post Office lamps Illuminate the car Better
storage room is also provided. The large side
GoorS are so arranged as to slide with the least
ION, are fastened from the inside, ana
Mhtn locked cannot be opened from without
~ ne ear rests on trucks which resemble those
Oi sleeping car more than those of the Ordi-
nary postal car. great deal of hard work
More than l2,0O0 pounds of mail each dav is re-.
eelyed, every piece of which must be handled
and distributed. All mails for the southern
nan OF Virginia, North and South Carolina
Georgia and Florida, from the north and west
ma their way into these cars and pass over
this line.
THE CLAYTON HORNER HoNIcIDE CASE
H01tfnn Tor the EeFdict.-YeSterday i'm the
Criminal Court, Judge Wylie, District AttOr
hey wells concluded his argument in the case
OF thomas, ClaXtOn, charged with manslaugh-
ter, In having killed Vim. Homer his father
ln-laW, by striking him with poker on the
Iih oil February last, and the jury retired
the Jurors were brought into court, and being
asked II they had agreed upon verdict Mr.,
MI M, n. C90moS, as the foreman answered, I'VE
IRE and try again." Mr.. COombs.-"Your
h0nOr: we are very hungry" Judge Wylie.-
aOnt care: you can retire"
Inc jury had not agreed up to two o'clock
to-day, and it was understood that thew then
stood as they did on the first ballot taken yes
leTday-slX TO six.
WHY COMMISSIONS WE'RE AIIovrna
Iew DAYS since young member of the bar.
VINO was named as executor i'm the will of a
aeceaSed citizen OF Georgetown, appeared in
the Probate Court to settle his accounts as
sucn, ana TIE question came I'D as to what
amount Of commissions should be allowed
the usual percentage being 61%. The lawyer
Stdttu IhaI Inc deceased was a very good
hearted man, but very close and deaf In
Iact; all the family was deaf; one daughter is
In the insane asylum, another living in aduI-
terry, the wife committed suicide, and the son
Is a confirmed drunkard, and he Suggested
J nat he ought to have 10 per cent for his
trouble, as the estate did not exceed LOO.
ease on record where 10 per cent. ought to be
allowed this was the case, aud the account
was made out accordingly.
A PLEASANT X. P. AFFAIR-Syracusian
Lodge, No 10. X. F., of this CITY, last evening
pad a fraternal visitation to Laurel Lodge
way between this city and Baltimore for the
purpose OF comforting the rank of knight, in
the amplifed form, on an esquire of that
lodge. The knights, about . in number. in
Guiding Grand Chancellor VIM L. Bailey, Past
Grand ChancellOrS VIM. III. Hines and John
W. Bradbury, c. c: A. ID. Mckenzie and V. c.
depot on the 80 train, and were met at Laurel
by delegation of knights from Laurel Lodge
VINO escorted them 10 their castle hall. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies of Comforting the
rank handsome supper was served.
AMONG THE PIONEERS in the Brazilian trade
which IS justly expected to deYelOpe under IA
vorable circumstances to vast PROPORTIONS are
the great scale manufacturers Fairbanks &
Co, who have been for more than a year sell
ing scales by special representative at the
braZllan capital Their experience is en-
cOuraglng, and so is that of other houses which
nave paid attention to the Brazilian OppOrtu-
mites. BUSINESS men, who pay the bulk of the
.afes; WITH lew exceptions, favor the proposed
subsidy.
IN sEAsoN;-Assuming that the late cold
snap was The last OF Winter, and that Spring
- no" idlfly upon US, StrauS, the clOthier has
Hae0 Things accordingly, and to-day adyer
.lses large and remarkably fine Stock Of
SpiIns oLotnlng- All articles are in the latest
styIes anu OF The best materials but there 10
nevertheless choice in these Those who
would nave the pick of the stock shOuid there,
lore call at once, and secure the first choice
STATIONARY CONTRACTS for the U. s. signal
corps and stations were yesterday awarded aS
follows: Richard b. M0hnn, of this city. the
hfSt and third classes, including paper and
envelopes; WOOlwOrth & Graham, New York.
second class, fiat letter paper; SOlomons *
Chapman, of this city. fourth class miscel-
taheOuS articles; Willy Wallach, of New York
NE BOOKS, and VIM. Ballantyne, of this city,
The telegraph blanks.
NEW YORK MILLS SHEETING, the widest
and pest made at special low price: bleach
cd cotton, excellent quality, good as Frujt of
The Loom, Sc: one yard wide figured fPaciicl
cambria, only q &C.. (thiS is another great bar.
gain j hOneVcOmO white uuiItS 56p ayfr,