Evening star., 1880-02-17
Condensed Locals.

Methodist Protestant Clt,g.cE.-9h Sreet-Fes-
tiyal.
Condensed Locals.
Street lamps will be lighted at II p. m, and
extinguished at 5:15 a. m.
Up TO this date the number Of conversions In
the revival meetings which have been In pro-
gress at Mt. Zion N. E. Church since the funeral
OF young Hirth ION the 11th OF january foot up
1s5, and l2l persons have Joined the , ehprch. @
PeterSon's Ladies' Magazine, both for March.
The trustees OF the Columbian Eank Note
company have elected the following officers Of
that corporation to sci ve for the current year:
George T. Jones. president; DR.. john F. May,
vice president; John w. Waters, secretary and
treasurer.
There are two large rooms for rent in the
Columbian Bank Note company's building.
They have each two frorts-one ON Pennsyl-
vania avenue, the other GR d street, between
9Th and 10th streets. VIII he rented at very
low rate.
A party of Write emigrants, numbering Is,
from the neghbOrhood OF Greensboro, S. c.,
passed through this morning by the b. q P.
X. R., bound for Kansas, and they report that
Others will follow them shortly.
At a meeting of the directors of the National
Fair Association, yesterday, appeared the COM
mittee on trotting race with Mr. Berde. These
gentlemen urged the holding Of the spring trot-
ting races the first week in May, cn the ground
that to do so would draw larger numbeA of
fine horses. There appeared to be some oppo-
sition to allowing Major Ferguson to lead Off in
the trotting race, he being interested IN the run
nlDS race IOr May lIJn.
THE WoRKINGMENs ASSEMBLY met at Beck's
hall last evening-Mr. Christian presiding and
Mr.. Ford secretary pro TEN. The credentials of
Geo. Wood and Terrence MCGOWAN, of the Tail
ors' Union, were presented and they We're ad-
mitted. The Denver dispatch in reference to
the organization of the working men OF that
section was read. Mr.. Craney, from the COM
mittee on the eight-hOur law, reported that the
House committee would make & unanimous re-
port on the bill before them. Mr.. Hamilton,
from the committee On female labor, reported
progress, and said that Notwithstanding the
published communication Of Madam Washing
ton, they would SubStantiate every word said.
Mr.. Craney said he would take issue with Mde.
W., as he knew seven OF her girls who made an
average OF seven dresses per week. for which
she received $40 each, and the wages of the
seven girls together was but S2l. The names OF
g. D. Graham and j. E. Bruce were presented
for membership. Mr. Hamilton called attention
to the publication OF workingnlans organ in
Cinc1nnati-The EfpOne1ai-of which he was the
Washington correspondent. Mr.. Hamilton re-
ported that the board 10 1iX the wages having
fixed the ship carpenters wages at 81 -. through
the influence of Senator Whyte, Representative
Wright and others, the Secretary of The Navy
(who acted handsomely in the matter) had re-
stored the pay to 50 per day. The manner in
which wages are fixed in navy yards was dis
cussed at considerable length, and it was stated
that formerly Workingman was ON the board
which made the schedule; that some plasterers
were now receiving $3.50 per day. Finally a
committee-Messrs. Craney, Campbell and
Hamilton-were appointed to obtain informa-
The assembly then went into secret session.
THE HUB PuNCH.-There has been advertised
for few days past in THE STAR, by c. II.
by that firm from liquors which they guarantee
to be pure. 1t is made from private recipe in
possession of the senior member of the firm for
celebrate" The reputation of 1t soon became
known, however, and demand grew up suffi-
cient to warrant its Introduction to the trade
which is now fully supplied through the hotels
placing the punch on Ice 1t is soon as cool and
refreshing as If compounded at once. j. II.
Crane, wholesale produce dealer, is the agent
Tor Washington. See adyt.
THE SONS OF JoNADAB last night resumed their
temperance campaign In McKendree M. E.
church, on Massachusetts avenue, between 9th
and 10th streets NV. L. K. Zook called the
meeting to order: prayer was offered by DR.. A.
II. AmeS pastor Of the church. T. w. Hodgkin
was chosen secretary, and Miss Fannie Gartrell
ningham, Parker, Combs, Bryant (of Wilmtng-
ton, Del), Harkness and Thompson. Thirty
seven persons signed the pledge.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to
James NJ. Haggenmaker, of Unlontown, and
Julia Ries, of New York; C. E. Rittenhouse, jr.,
and Helen Shaaf1 Goode John Lavezzi and An
toinette Keefer; John Thomas Hardester, of
Baltimore, ana Florence V. Gates; Charles Wills
Russell and Lucy Floyd Morseley; Henry
Haynes and Mary Smith; Natty. Allen and
Amelia Robinson; Webster Edmunds and Vertie
Thompson; Henry c. Ashford and Emma Sim
mons; W. H. Ward and Louisa Turner, both of
Prince George Co, Nd, G. S. Tyler and Jennie
Calvert, both OF Fairfax Co., Va.
BETTER THAN EVER. - Howsons pure Ice
cream, 35c quart, sl.15 gall 1lO4 18th st.
THE WoNAN's NATIONAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
OF Washington, d. c., held its annual reunion
NJ. Cora Bland, NJ. D., sos 18th street north
west. The programme comprised an address by
Mrs. Bland upon the Progress Of Sanitary
seience,"a thoughtful and scholarly pr3duc.,
Battle Creek, Michigan, upon .'The New Gospel
of Health;" readings by Mrs. Isadore Lord. and
eloquent speeches by Rev. DR.. c. K. Marshall OF
Vicksburg, Rev. B. Kent, DR.. S. A. Bland and
Mrs. Lucinda b. Chandler. The association,
which has grown to be one Of the institutions Of
the city, had its origin In course of lectures
delivered by Mrs. Bland last winter, and as
tribute to her talent and devotion to the cause,
her friends presented her handsome combina-
tion desk and secretary, and tea service OF
ornamental china, the presentation speeches be-
c., and Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, respectively.
Mrs. Bland's table was also covered by boquets
of flowers presented by friends The associa-
uon was made the recipient OF quite collec-
tionkof books on science from S. R.,Wells &
Co., NJ. L. Holbrook Co., of New York, and
Plof. Kellogg.
To MAKE Room for spring goods we offer for
80 days our entire stock or carpetfngS at less
than present wholesale cost. Singleton &
Hoeke, sol Market Space.
THE WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY FAIR.-The
handsome billiard pool table from Collender, to
be voted to the most popular company in the
District fire department, Will be placed in Ma
Scnic Temple Thursday preparatory to the OPEN
ing OF the fair. The police 1eutenants who seem
TO be leading In the competition for the uniform
are Gessford, Kelley, Guy and Arnold. The
pair-oared shell, donated by DR.. A. T. Soule, of
Rochester, n. Y. to be competed for by our boat
clubs will be.shipped from Troy, N. Y, to-day,
by E. Waters & Sons, the builders.
SEWING MACHINES OF any make repaired and
warranted at Oppenhemer's, 52s 9th st.
DEEDS In FEE have been recorded as follows:
Geo. w. Varnell to Georg1ana Varnell, tract OF
land called .Scott'S ROdinary" and "Terra Fir
MAJ =. VIM. B. Webb, trustee, to Thos A.
Smith, lot s. SO. 631: 81, ,945 IS. Susan B. Sheriff
TO the vestry OF st. Matthews parish, part OF
tract OF land called "Bealls PleaSure;" s.. Elon
Behrend 10 Mary c. Mehrling, part lot H. su
SIG; $4,000. John j. McCook to Hillman A. Hall,
lot 81 OF sub OF part of So. 2I5; $500. Geo. Pal
liant to Samuel and Mary Pallant, part Of origi-
nal lot 2, SO. 512; 3. Jas. F. Nolan, trustee
and Samuel Pallant to Geo. Pallant. part Of