Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-06

COLONEL ROBERT G. INGERSOLL was serenaded
by the East Washington Garfield and Arthur
club last evening. The club, headed by a Sec
ton OF the Marine band and under the mar
shalship OF Mr.. w. L. CoWan, after paradiag
through the eastern section Of the city arrived
at Colonel 1ngerSOlfS residence about 10 O'Clock.
The house was handsomely decorated and 1llu-
minated. After music by the band and short
address by Captain D.. McCathraD. Colonel In
geIson was introduced, and spoke for half an
hour, saying the republican party won because
,ney preferred honest gold and silver to green
oacks. speaking OF Garfield he declared that
10 man had more heart, brain or learning than
re, ana 10 man would be his equal in the preSi-
dehllal cnalr since Washington. The military
fecofd OF English was as good as the tariff
record OF Hancock, and English was as good a
SoluleG as Hancock was statesman. The
speaker was severe on the Morey letter bust
MSS, ana insisted that the democrats with the
yen III ise0 had met with the same success that
a ciVli service which would remove from OfIica
VERY democrat, and would put no man In OH
Gdb poslton IN the south who was not a re-
SesulIs achieved by the republican marty over
tne democratic like man standing before an
open crave, put the fall OF the clods upon the
heard. lie mad heard 1t stated that the demn.
cratic party had gone to place which he did
not Deleve In Qong-continued applause9. hut
place and It's tenant was the Democratic nartv
all he could say was that he pitied the njacsa
he said ne would pray to the angel Gabriel
Plny
lightly, oh. Gabriel, and If thou cans't hold tbw
BREATH [Great applause.l Wy
DIVORCE Unsatisfactory 10 the Euu,tv
Court Judge Cox made decree Of divorce in
the case OF Lulie Z. Paige against Charles n
Paige, giving the wife the custody OF their
child. The charge was deSertton. :. Yesterday
Mr.. John Amber Smith, for Mrs. Martha a.
BergevtD, filed her answer to the suit for dI.
vorce brought by her husband, Peter P. Ber
gevin. She denies having committed adultery
with John w. Elder, Frank Wilson or any other
person, AT the times and places mentioned In
the bill, or at any other time or place and states
that her husband drove her from the house by
Violence striking her with his cane and endan-
ger1ng her lfe She denies his right to a d.
Vorce on the ground OF his having recently lived
with her as husband. at 937 II street, on Octo-
Der a, and at the Mount Vernon House, October
", where he registered as ~. j. Jordan and
with having committed adultery on August 9Th
with Lucy Payne, his servant CAPT. Bergevin
Is clerk In the General Land office He denit 8
emphattcally his wife's charges, and asks a sus-
pension or public opinion. "A bill for divorce
was hled to-day by Louisa w. Mattern against
John v. Mattern. The parties are natives OF
Germany, and were married there 10 1855 and
| came here In 1863, and she charges bad treat
meht and adultery with a colored woman, &C.
| A GRAND sale of Persian, Turkish and Circas
| sian carpets and rugs, ancient and modern
| embroideTtes. &c, VIII be held at the auction
| rooms OF Thomas Bowling, on Wednesday, No.
yember 10th, at IL O'Clock. An exhibi m OF the
| same win be given Monday and Tuesday, No
venper 9Th and 9Th, from q. r. until pm.