Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-21
GEORGETOWN.

EASTER OFPER1 NGs.-Rev. A.. R. Stuart, rec
oor or Christ CHURCH, announced to his congre-
The Easter offerings Of that parish amounted to
l,O30, which, added to the sum already do
nated ana invested, constitute parochiai aux
DEATHs.-Philip c. Thomas, esq.,, son of Gen.
Geo: Thomas, Of this city, died at his residence
on west street Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
an eincient military engineer. he was 80 years
OF age; HIS funeral takes place this afternoon
from Oak Hill chapel. Mr.. G. Washington
dence on Fayette street e Saturday at pm,
aIter snort illness, aged 50 years. His fune-
RAJ TOOK place from Trinity Catholic church
1 na morning nor at an the following acting as
Hanlon, Lowe. Ridgway and VIM. Frey.
~, GkA1IS:-There were no arrivals Of grain and
~ OHerlngs on Change to-day.
LIE STEAMER ARROw.-The story In q morn
Ing paper OF the condemnation of the steamer
AlroW at Norfolk is considered improbable by
Inc custom house officers here. First, because
sne Was Inspected on the 4th of May, 1875 and
fpertlllcates granted for one year. and second,
because on the 14th OF April she had reached
beaufort, N. c., on her way to Florida.
"A MfN1ST-R CHANGED WITH Forgery, AND
TRYING TO HANG HIMSELF-Rev. Augustus
watkins, whose arrest for forgery was men,
,lohed III the Gazette at the ttme was examined
6efore Justice Taylor, at Fairfax C. H., yester-
DAY, and committed to jail to await the Action
OF the grand jury, bail being refused. 1t is said
thit tle PROOF against him Is conclusive and
mat since his commitment to jail, four DAYS
ago, ne has not tasted food, though he has been
s sr., pted WITH many deIicacies and it is pre-
SuMeo ne mas determined to Starve himself
tAte1o'dT1a Gazette 18th.
EDWIN ADAMS EsTATE.-The elegant home
OF the late Edwin Adams at Long Branch. with
twenty -0ne acres OF land, was ordered by the
New AeW Jersey orphans court to be sold las Fri
oay: Inc attendance In face OF the storm " IS
20 slight that the sale was postponed, and will
take place June s, on the premises
ARREST OF POST OFFICE CLERK-At Lin
con, NeD., Special Agent John B. Furray last
Friday arrested Peter B. Thompson, clerk in
nne posi- The ONCE at Seward Meb for roobng
over Sl2, 600 were found upon the prisoner, who
admitted his guilt.
DIED AMONG STRANGERs.-Mr Jas. H. Wheat
ley, formerly member of the sugar refining
nm or Wheatley Williams, New York who
recently in an obscure town in North Carolina,
among strangers. 1t is not known why Mr.
Wheatiey absented himself, as his accounts
were correct.
DEFICIENCY In the accounts of the Fair
banks distilleiy, at Terra Haute Ind, of s5o,coo
has led to an investigation of charges of alleged
CROOK edness, to the detr1ment of the internal
revenue.
tE- About ,1o0 communists, 400 armed para
ded In Chicago yesterday, with tnfiaminatory
banners.
fF II we may believe the Atlanta Constitution
IL Is the last frosts that have toughened spring
chickens.
U-We can understand now why Rowell won
the champion belt. He thought Zulu was
after him.-[N. Y. Herald
II Frank Small has been sentenced to death
at Plttsburg, Pa, for the murder OF Nicholas
Jacoby, while the latter was walking On the
street with his wife,
IL Leroy Nichols, a well-known Wall-street
IN. W broker, committed suicide In room OF
the st. Charles hotel, New York, Saturday
morning, by taking chloroform. He was finan-
cially embarrassed
az While revenue officers were destroying a
distlllery twelve miles from Spartansbnrg, S.
deputy Byron was wounded in the thigh ana