Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-09
LOCAL NEWS.
Condensed Locals.

from a. l.. Parker We nave ILS New YORK
narerS In advance OF the mails
TEp raves of the cOuled.T2 ;e soldiers II
and about Alexandria, Il. Az. being decCra-
Ted this afternoon BY the emOriai ASs0cia-
Association Of this city Tie children ef de.
ceased confederate settlers, Under the mar
shaiShip o. samuel e.. Brent, sOn OF Colonel
George ". Brent, c'IEE.f Of staff 70 Paariregar!
and bragg. are participating in tine proceed.
ms Inc exercises, besides the decoration
consist of prayer BY Rev. w II. Dame anthem
by OcJetJe Club address by Gen u. II. f. Lee
anthem by OcJette Club, benediCtiOn.
See card OF VT Bogus, coal dealer. He pTj-
poses 20 do a. We'll aS the best.
At the rP-u'ar monthly meeting Of the
Franklin Mutual Relief Association, the fol
lowing were admitted 10 membership: MCSSrS
p Wade, j. Austin, j. NJ. Richards, 7. w.
BurkaTt and j. w. Palmer, and Mrs. Emma
l. Fisher. Mrs. Josephine Z. Smith and Mrs.
Mary Manning.
Captain Prince, clerk Of the Police Court II
relation to Complaints made against hin faT
prOfaRe words 10 OfFCer Hess, dcaieS TIE
charge of profanity and says that ne personal
alteration ever occurred between hiTself
and Mr.. Hess, but that what was said about
Hess was To third party.
MIR. K. j. Meigs the clerk of the court, =, We
are glad TO learn. Improving.
Summer Entertainments.
There will be public installation ard pie
mic Ot CrOmeiEe Lodge, No, =. j q P. At
Great Fails tomorrow: Coaches will leave
the corner of High and Bridge streets. George
town, az $50 am. sharp.
y select family excursion under the aus
piCGS OF the Berry Association will be given
next Thursday OIL the Mary Washington. She
Will leave her wharf at pm. and 80 twenty
miles down the river.
The HarhinEer'S excursion to Nanfimoy
takes place tomorrow. She leaves at s am.
and returns "a IL pm. See "a.
Moonlight excursion this evening on one Of
The Potomac Ferry compaHy'S steamers. The
boat leaves a !.
The Cockade City makes a. excursion down
the river e. morrow evening. see al.
The fourth annual excursion OF the Bank
Clerks Association Will lie given next Thurs
day. These are among ne most ENJOYABLE ex-
cuiSlohH given. Everything is orderly.
FIREWORKS AND GYvvAsTIrs.-Op the eve
ming oI TIE 18th oi July MI Alfred Cammact
the VEL known SUperiHt "nQeut Of the Wash
ingtCn Gymnasium, celebrated the birthdaF Of
the fIcs dom u his adopted country By a dis
play OF fireworks. On the 18th OF july last year
the professor was lightly dressed in pants and
nrdrFNtnt; but or this occasion to have the
fireworks handy he wore a linen buster in
which a large quantity Of them was stored As
also number of loose FIRE crackers and some
matches. Inviting number of ladies' and
children into an open lot 10 witness the nar-
Torrance, the professor commenced byletting
on some crackers. BY this time two of the
boys eSSayed To SurpdSS the professor and
tach threw ilshted cracker into pocket of
MS buster when there commenced fierce SiZ-
zlng accompanied by explosions. Some one
fAcIdImlng. y our coat is burning" the Drn-
1esscr hastily started to take it oil. Before he
started from one pocket and a bomb burst
from the other, carrying with il the blazing
TAI OF the professors coat and its contents
w nile ne rolled on the grass to eXtingusaed
the IRE about his shoulders, there was a bril-
liant display Of fireworks overhead from his
coat tan as II sailed away.
THE PARDON OF CHARLEY GoOpN,N.-Ir
was mentioned in yesterdays STAR the pardon
Oh Chai,ey Goodman was DetiIiOHed for by
Judge MdcArthur, nine Of the jurors in thu,
case, Representative BTentanO and a number
OF Respectable citizens Of the District If may
De stated IN addition that Dgs. Bliss and j.
fOfd thompson examined him and made a
report on his case. They found Goodman
very feeble and suffering severely from thp
INJURIES which he had received. In order 10
recover II would be necessary for him to nm
deTgO a surgical operation. This could not
De performed while he WAS confined in iaiT
~ would hrSt be necessary for him TO receive
preliminary Treatment in some hospital To
Keep Nun confined or TO send him 10 A ibanv
would IN their opinion endangpr his life For
ihese reasons they thought II would be an act of
JUSTICE ana humanity u giant him pardon.
A GOOD GAME OF BASE EaLL.-Tt took
eleven innings To decide the third came Of HSi1
between the AStOTiaS and Eagles which was
Played Yesterday. Ii was a very fine game
Inc Ct>I- probably. ever PLAYED here The
t TT We're SLlsht, the batting pretty fair and
Inc IelGlng hrSt-claSS. In the first iHniu Is the
EaGie made one run, the AStoriaS not scoring
NO hlhg was made during the peXt three in
n,heS. IN me E1,h the Eagles scored again
Inc AStorlaS made Il run in the seventh and
hlIth innings, and the Eagles having secured
none since the fifth the two mines We're even
Z 10 Inc tenth inning was fruitesS in run.
IN 1ne eleEtnth the AStOTiaS brought IN two
anu inc Eagles did nothing. The former
therefore, won the game by to- The enthu
SiaSln OF the spectators during the last inning
was Immense.
4 DOUBLE PIG.-LaSt week a fine Berkshire
so" beIOnglng TO Mr.. Richard S Smith was
found to have among her newborn litter of
PIGS TWO small pOrkerS firmly Joined together
In much closer bonds than were the SiameSe
Twins. They We're back TO back and on ~
animation Ii was found that from the haSa Ef
The skull to point below the shoulders tbev
were hrmly united, their feet, of course. being
Which W5S tG directions ~ sr They were dead
tWlIiS they would never have been able tO taf
lie the question Of who should be the under
cal museum. Ni
i, THE II MOUNT VERNON DUckIxG CLUB vester.
Udy ultu IN the once OF the Recorder of Deeds
certificate of Incorporation The cash ON
ital IS 5000, divided into twenty shares fhe
ODJect otlng mutual improvement, recreation
ahu ntdIthlul amusement for the members
&C. Inc OElcerS are: Levi Woodbury. DreSi
dent John r. MOrhOuSe vice president. Vi
A. IIappan, secretary: W. ". Eidridge, ffnan:
DlrectOrs-MeSSTS. W. B. Mckelien and H.,
Ming The club intend To yacate their grounds
dt MOuhl vernon Springs, having purcIISed
an island below QuanticO, on which IN " viii
erect buildings. ''''
1HE FUNERAL Of the Late Capt Genrga n
ramsay, OF the ordnance corps L. 5 army
LOOK place yesterday afternoon from ST John|s
thufch, and was largely attended. Alter the
services the remains were taken TO Oak Hill
cemetery ana placed in the vault COMPANY
"a u > artillery, Capt Hamilton. headed Nv
Inc Marine Band, doing escort duty Col
LSIord ana Major Mckee, of the Ordnance
department; Col Benjamin, of the Adiutant
Generals office; Major Twining of the Fngf
neer corps; Col PendletOn and Can Wise
OF the "a artillery, We're the pail bearers The
body viii be taken in a few DAYS to HarriSbnrg
Tor interment.
VALUABLE IMPROVED AND UNINpRoyED
ZEAL ESTATE AT AUCTIOS.-A splendid OpDOr-
UNITY VIII be offered on Wednesday and
thursday afternoons, TO parties wishing To
hstke p,OntaOle investments, in the sale OF n
PollIOE Ol tll5 TeaI estate OF the late O. w Hon.
MIS- Inc hlghlE desirable residence which
- 70 tt SoIu on thursday next. is located on
dr;I.a avenue, one of the most elegant
drives IN the city, and surrounded nv the fine
residences OF the British mIniSTer Sanatnr
Stewart, and Judge Hillyer The Hnimnr0VcJ
property IS Ill the same locality
INSURE your real estate and perSnn,I ,r,,
cry IN me Arlington Fire Insurance ConInany
IoF lhe District OF Columbia: office lSiS 49,
syNahla avenue, north of L. y Treasury To
borrowing We'll known citizens cOmTr! = IL
directors w alter :. Cox, president. VIM
king wee president; VIM. L. Riley Cbarias
EamohStOn, d. +. Robinson. VIM. Gall :
Ihos Brown, VIM. MattiugIy, DIR. " w
Johnston; c. b. Mdury treasurer. + r y ~" w
nnSS- SecTetary.-1drt