Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-03
Condensed Locals.


From j. @. Parker we have the New York
papers In advance of the mails.
PRESIDENT Hayes has accepted an invitation
from the subboard of the seventh division
(cOlored schools) to confer the diDlomas upon
the graduating class of the High School at the
Sumner building, 18th and M streets north
west, Thursday evening, June 9th.
Last fall 173 were converted and 143 persons
Joined !2th-street Sc. nj. f. church yesterday;
~ OF this number were admitted to full mem
beTship, making SO since conference. A revi-
val service is now in progress, under direction
OF the pastor, Rev: FL: Nice.
Acting COronerJ. o. Kirby, of Fairfax coun-
tty, was called to hold an inquest Friday on the
city who was drowned below Mount Vernon
thursday, but he deemed it unnecessary to
have an inquest. and delivered the body to a
ceased from the deaf and dumb asylum in this
city. who brought the remains here
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs Herbert A.
Preston sympathise with them in the los of
who died Saturday morning at the residence
OF her grandfather, Mr.. James McNabb, of
typhoid fever.
Some of the bakers are announcing to their
customers reduction in the price OF bread
The new rates are cents per pound wholesale
and cents per pound retail.
Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of the
Memorial church. corner of 18th and N streets.
Kew: DR.. D.. G. Butler, pastor, who had been
Tor the past two or three weeks travelling
among the rocky mountains, preached from
The report of the Inspector of Buildings. F.
Il EntwiSle, for the month of May to the Dis
tr1ct Commissioners shows 4S permits for new
buildings, 1l3 for repairs, q for erection of
awnings ard 81 linea1 feet of vaults, making a
total amount of receipts for the month SIS.
SUITS ON NOTARY PUBLIC BoNDs.-The fol
lowing TWO eases grow out of the real estate
transactions of j. r. Brooks, the colored law
yer, VINO has been sentenced to Imprisonment
Tor ten years: U. 5. to the use of F. r. Wind
sor agt. w. T. johnson, w. III. Wright and
Otls Bigelow, on the bond of Johnson as no
tary public, for $4,000. entered Saturday by
plalned 9fln this case is that he did not faith
fully perform his duty as notary public and on
The 18th OF September, 1875, he took an &C
encouragement purporting to be made by
Jeremiah Low and Charity All JacksOn con.
veying their right and title 10 certain property
said Low and jackson did not appear before
MIN: nor did he personally know them, as he
certlhed: by reason of which promises the said
Anna Brooks and her husband were enabled
70 OBTAIN from plaintiff a large quantity of
District of Columbia, use of Thos. How, ACT.
p. G. Weaver. justice of the peace, and Geo.
Mason and John r. COrdin, Slreties on his
bond for $1,000, conditioned on his faithful per-
1ormance OF duty; also entered Saturday by
MI. Leighton. Plaintiff alleges that on Janu
airy 18th, 1876, said Weaver took an acknOwl
egement purporting to be made by GregoryG.
GhaYls and Sarah Ann Chavis, to a certain
deed pretending to convey certain property to
John +. Brooks, and Brooks thereby was en-
aDled to obtain from him large sum of mo-
ney, and in truth and fact said parties &C. S.
and Sarah A. ChaviS) did not appear before
him or acknowledge the deed, nor were they
personally well known to him.