Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-01
Condensed Locals.

Condensed Locals
Street lamps viii be lighted tonight at 6: 80
pm, and extingulshed at 4:l5 a. m.
The beautiful smaller hall of the Spenccrian
BUSINESS College Is for rent. See advertise
neDt In another column.
). d. Free, jr.i sends the following recent
smith, ID. d., and ''Lenten MOsaics.''
The complimentary benefit to Bessie
Beeeh, the brilliant journalist. at Wizards
nan tonight, will be an exceedingly attrac
tive affair.
From j. c. Parker we have the New York
papers in advance of the mails.
The Court in General Term, in consequence
oil no quorum to-day, adjourned until Monday
next.
The motion for new trial in the case of
Cephas Jones. convicted of rape, was con-
tinned in the criminal court on Saturday last
to Saturday next.
William Williams, a young white man of
this city, who has just served out term in the
Cherry Hill prison, Philadelphia; for robbery,
was arrested by Detective Miller Saturday
Tor entering private house OH ID street and
stealing suit of clothes and valuable meer-
schaum pipe from Mr.. ID. b. Emmlch. The
articles have been recovered.
The IallapOOSa arrived at the WaSlingt on
navy yard yesterday morning.
AT Grace Nj. +. church. Rev. III. S. France
pastor, the services yesterday morning were
oil All interesting nature. consisting of the or
dlnance OF baptism administered TO some pre-
Paratory to their being admitted to full mem
berShip. About twenty were taken into full
membership, having served the requisite pro-
baton of six months
Yesterday morning at the Mt. Vernon Place
M r. church south. the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Har-
rIsOn, preached temperance sermon to q
large cOngfe CATION.
Thieves broke into a store corner of I'd street
ana pennsylvania avenue early yesterday
dry goods
Fridays trip to Norfolk the steamer Jane
MoSely sustained her reputation for speed.
making the down trip in thirteen hours, re-
turning III fourteen with heavy weather.
The funeral of W. w. AShdOwn took place
from his late residence, 11th and / streets
southeast, yesterday, and was attended by
columbia C0mmandery, No. ,. X. T. and Daw-
SOW Lodge, No. 10, F.A.A.M., and a large mum.
Der Oh friends The Templar funeral service
was performed at the house by w. ). Fletcher
eminent commander. and VI. NJ. Parker, pre-
iate- and The lodge service at the grave by JAS.
lodge were E. n Gray, F. N. Bradley lev and I'M " J,
T. Champion and for the cOmmanderv George
w. GoOdan, Robert .Gilham and A. r. Dick
The remains were taken to the Congressional
cemetery for inteTment.
There will be grand rally of the friends of
Grace Greenwood at the Congregational
Church ON Wednesday night TO hear her lee
ture on The Heroic in Common Life The
occasion will no doubt be improved to show
the universal esteem in which she is held as
an earnest, able, and brilliant writer, and no
Die hearted woman. ever ready to aid in any
good work. The famous Hutchinson family
VIII give their services to the interest of the
affair.
HUNTED DOwN.-The lSt OF February last
young man named Geo. MCPHERSON Of Gin
clnnatl. OHIO. forged his mothers name to
notes and deeds TO property, amounting to
Sla,uO, and after securing the money left that
city III company with a woman of bad char
acter, with whom he had been on intimate
Terms and Who peTSOnated his mother in the
transaction OF conveyance of prODerty The
banks of that city which had been SWindled
SCI 10 Work 1OT his arrest, which was made at
Front Royal. Va, Friday last. after n rather
SeTpentlne chase over the country. His mis-
freSs, named Lord, was in company with him
and Doth were taken into custody. Detective
NappenStein, OF Cincinnati traced the par
hes To Manassas, Va, when lie lost trace of
them. He then came TO this city and secured
fhe aid OF DETECTIVES McDevitt and Mcftl-
fresh. These officers soon aScertained that
MePnerSOnS mail was addressed TO AIexan-
dria under the alias of John Driver Here
a neWSbOy on the southern train was en-
Royal. and Detective Smith of Alexandria.
and WappenStein went to his hiding place and
TOOK McPhers0n and the woman into custody
Dut OF the $1,000 they had only 80 left They
were brought 10 this city Saturday evening en-
route To Cincinnati, to answer.
Mrs. BAILEY SENTENCED.-Tbe motion for
q new trla! in the case OF Catherine Bailey
who was convicted few days since of the
larceny OF 500 from George Jones, an old sol
der from the Soldiers Home, was heard on
saturday afternoon, by Justice WyIie. Mr.
Hugh 1aggart presented the motion and
argued II at some length; but the court over
III
anything to say why the sentence should not
De pronounced, she said that the testimony
was perfect lie, and that fearing that others
IN the house would take Jones money she took
10 lot Saie-keeping. The court characterized
her house as of the worst possible class and
sentenced her to two years in the peniten.
fiaTy.
Mrs. Baily. ''I'll take it TO another cOurtr
The Court. Very well. YOU will now have
something 10 take there On motion by the
counsel, the court suspended the execution of
sentence no of tla
next term of the court. Catharine will mean
lime, remain in jail.
THE GROW TRIAL IN NV YORE-Tbe
summing up of the Grow trial was continued
before Judge Benedict in tn United States dis
frict court Saturday. From Richardson's let
feTs, counsel for defence argued that the whole
prosecution was a conspiracy on the mart of
Inc secret service office TO ruin Grow. similar
10 the one against Columbus Alexander Ed
mund Kimball. who appeared voluntarily Ito
give testimony affecting the character of Rich
afdSOn, the principal witness for the defence
was surprised when Deputy Marshal Holmes
Raid his hand on his shoulder and declared him
prisoner under bedch warrant for com
plicity IN the alleged conspiracy. kimball is
now In Ludlow street Jail.
IN THE WALKING MATCH at LeDroit Park
saturday alter noon, the time OF the half-mile
walk for ladies was: Miss White SIS, Miss
Johnson 5.47, and Miss Madren 6l2 Miss
White coming out the victor. The contestants
in the fiyemile walk were Clarence McClel-
land, Wfl1ard johnson. j. MOrehead and w.
b. Gurley, but the judges were unable to de
eide as 10 the victor. The time was given as
40 II, +9.4S, 5l.3l and $3.50, in the order named
IL IS thought there is some mistake either that
the length of the track has not been properly
measured, or that a mistake was made i'm
scoring.
THE DISPLAY of choice paintings at 527 18th
street, COrcOran building, is attracting gener-
al attention. Some of the best works of
Harvey Young. j. Nj. CalyerhOuSe Frank
Reynolds. and other favOrite American artists,
az well as excellent efforts by noted foreign
knights of the palette, are there displayed
The paintings will be sold at auction BY
DnneanSon Bros, tonight and tomorrow
night, al 80 clock. 1t is certain that so fine
ashOwing OF good pictures. is seldom offered
az auction IN this city. Lovers of pictures will
do well 10 attend.
MUSICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ESTERr AN.
MENT--A wel[selected programme with sncb
names as Grace Greenwood. Prof BISchoff
MIR. and Mrs. SiddOns. Anne Ware I.nftia
Swallow, MIR. Paul and Eva Henderson Ougbt
TO insure a full house for Mr.. Philips benefit
tomorrow evening. Another attraction il the
debut of Miss Driver and Miss Richardson.
two young elOcutiOniStS; their first appear.
anee before Washington audience. See adj
yertiSement.
ANDROSCOGGIN yard-wide 5leached cotton.
11ac., by yard or piece large stock of new
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