Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-08
Condensed Locals,

Her brothers two in Washington stand verv
Wei at home, and our symPsthleS are enlisted
for them"
patent has been issued to Hagrnann {
Saner, OF THIS city, for refrtgeratiEg showcase
The Congregational Church las engaged the
services OF Miss Minnie Ewan The well-kno4E
soprano singer, far the choir o. that church ar
salary of $3.50.
A new fast sailing yacht. ceiIed the Resolute
quilt at QuantlcO. Va, for FCHwick Brothers is
expected TO arrive in q day CT two.
The Columbia Rife Association net last
night and Lieut.. E. b. Hubbard, % artillery
and Hr. Arthur Adds were elected active mem
hers It was voted to hole subscription matches
every Tuesday and Saturday. No set matches
viii be made until May. team will be sent to
the May meeting OF the National Rifle Associa-
ton az CreednOoF.
Mr.. George l. simpson, who for number of
Years past has been the freight agent here, OF
the Baltimore and Potomac and the A. and F.
railroad companies. has resigned that position
10 accept q similar enc on the Erie railroad NJ.
George r. Gilbert. formerly ticket agent of tue
Baltimore and Ohio railroad here and S1lbsP-
qIently Of the Pennsylvania railroad has bgen
appointed to the position vacated Cy Mr.. SiElp-
son.
Sixty young ladies' from rnP Sts,1nt,lr "a
seminary are In tie city SiLhtSeelnC-
In the Circuit Court. III ne case of Harden
against the Chesapeake and Ghio Canal com
paDy. among additional rcasons for granting a
Law ul2l HE'D by the defendant IL tl.e state
l9ent that Hayden induced his late partner
~iOSepn A RluRdO1. to remain away fro N the
court room 10 avoid being Calel by the defense.
u,
who claims 10 De entitled to one fourth the
Judgment. verdict for g 50r was YrsUrned bv
the jury at the trial.
Yesterday. IN the Court in General Term i'm
the case OF Williams against Florence involv-
ihg the property at the corner OF Penn SyIvaDia
avenue ana 18th street. which has beer pending
III our courts for some ye2rS-a decree was
slgned giving Judgment f0T S50j9.S4 in faTcr
or plaintiffs.
Last night. between ard o'clock. olneer
tfitz. OF the fifth precinct, discovered fire in
HaTr1ngtODS shoe store. gu 9Th street He
forced open 4 rear dn0r and with the aid or Mr.
keene eXtiRguished the fTe, which Esd charr2i
the stair case and some shoe boxes The dis
toVery was very Op90Ttune'GS q destructive con-
Ragratlon was probably prevented. No alarm
was turned in.
Officer Allen last night feEnd a cclored female
infant. about four weeks old. on / street be-
tween New Jersey avenue and sd street north
west.
Detectives CoOnnes and Acton have recovered
the clothing stolen from Hon. George W Glf1ftes
No Grant Place last Tuesday night.
Ihe lO'1h anniversary o. the birthday OF VIM
kHeTE ChannlnS. the S.holar, reformeT. phiIan-
Ihfopist and theOlOgan was observed here By
a meet1ng at All souls Church last evening
associate Justice Miller presided. and after
prayer by Rev. W. Silsbee. CT Trentoa n y
made short address and introduced Hon, o.
H. Ioring. who spoke in eloquent terms of the
career and Character OF DR.. Claiming az man
thinker and Christian refOrmer. Hon Horace
Davis, OF San Francisco. Rev. Clay Mace auIey.
MI. RoDtrt PurVlS and Just icc Miller followed
In appropriate remarks.
Il
meeting last night. unanimously elected Mr.
Henry johnson delegate and Nr Wesley How
ard alternate to the Episcopal cons ention " nich
meets al Baltimore. May I'D.
The case OF Thomas G. Cox convicted yestnr:
day in the Police Court OF an assault on J. H.
crane. and fined s20-fTOm which Judgment an
Court tomorrow.
TO-DAY, a petition was presented to the Equity
court 10 have a committee appointed for GhlS
Edii.unds- VINO IS obliged TO be non c0,"1Os Hse5.-
us.
TIE METEOROLOGICAL Society met TUESDAY
al the Smithsonian Institution Col. Garrick
Eallery in the chair, and DR.. E. r. Reynolds
secretary Prof. " aSon. from the council re-
HcCauley, or All Souls church: NJ Emil RaS- :
selS, The Arctic explorer. and MeSSrS. Edward
Gillette and Mark Ii. Kerr OF the Wheeler sur
'ey, and they were unanimously elected. Con-
trioutionS OF maps Of the different German
provinces were made by Prot. 4. :. Gatschet
showing the localities i'll which ANTIQUITIES have
been found; also from Col. Garrick Mallery the
advance copies OF his Introduction 10 the
study or Sign Language Among the North Amer
lean Indians Prot a. :. Gatschet was intro
duced and read an interesting paper on The
gun coast. These native tribes were VERY
numerous and Mr.. Gatschct traced on the man
OF central America and Mexico their wander |
1ngS, OF which written history gives hut a Tnn1 J
gre account. Some Interesting remarks werp !
made upon the same subject by Prof o. r. /
Mason who cOmplimentcd Mfr. GatSChet On the /
i
biological history OF these tribes Mr.. e. C. /
bSyce next read an essay on TIE Indian Title: /.
me Method ahd Chronology or It's Extinguish- /
nent by the /. y Government INTEREST," 1cr dis
cCSsiOn followed BY Col. White Mr. COX Dr M /
Haas, Prof. Ward and others on the bad faith OF
ne nlttd states. nom the early history OF our
government; 10 The present tune toward the /.
lndlens. especially ia the extlngUshment o. (,
their Titles 10 lands The Delaware tribe was h,
lbStaneed IS showing hON the government had f
driven The Indian from post to pos; until what
&c any
indian Territory. lew fl numbers ana In nov
erty aEd ignorance
VISIT 10 TIE Boys Clothing House OF B. .
Robinson 4 Co. @13 PcnISy Ivan!a avenue. viii .
July repay al who may appropriate the time
ana lrOupe Oh coming whether they purchase
or only wish 10 view their immense and we'll
selected stock OF BOYS aud childreH's clothing
TEE FIRE BOARD Inet last night. Nassrs. Cal
ms, Bacon and Reed present The request OF
he superintendent OF the Washington asyIum
Tor q IRE alarm box Was recommended pFoyiI- .
.ng the cost is charged 10 the asylum fund The
iepcrt OF Chief trOnin stated that II alarms hal
Oeen struck during last month for fires involv-
ng S, COZ loss, with =, 700 Insurance. That Of +
: " erlnte1dent Miles, OF The fire alarm SER
wee, called attention 10 the necessity for new ,
pohs on the line from 9th aud ID streets 10 /
feol getoWn, saying he hoped 10 be authorized
Shei man was confirmed as tillerman o, Truck
3. en- the request OF Foreman Spilman. Appii-
ATTIC rs for positions were received from VIM II.
LAIN JOuco. -ipliu A. Nelly. y. *. Mum !
dell, Vim. +. Bailey. J. /. Acker. Chas. Van
klSVlck. X III. sweeney. John MINIS AlphOnSi. T
Dnutt, JOS l. JOY, Geo. e.. Warren Chas IDOL
3han. Geo. I; Jackson. John +. Lusby, Jas
SarIy. John Williamson. Geo. T. Gates Abrl- /
ham snoHden. Jos. f. Fowler ThOS Crafty
John Butler. John sullivan. w H. cook AMI .
Edgar Mead. There are now over J1n apn,ica-
lions on fle ana no vacancies.
YESTERDAYS BALL GANE.-Tha cod weather
;ept Inasy away from the ball grounds ye,ter-
lay afternoon There were about 611 spa.ta-
OTIS present The players felt The effect OF the
DID, ana their hands suffered considerably
ne game. which was between the Nationals
ma TIE Baltimore nine, was pretty good one |
= repaled those who Shiyered on the seats and
nose who stood around. There was some heavy
fdtilHg on both sides, and the error column
ohied up. The Nationals won ia a score OF :
. o. Both bintS made all their runs in three
hhigs. being gOOse-eCged in the OF her six
airly. .''-o
BE SCHCETZES NEREIN met last pIobt and
lecItd The following board OF directors for the
-IiIsuIhg year:-heSsTs, W. Muehle!,nu Charles
fran tah .. j. Seunerle. W. Dietz A. Koch Chris
. iaH Aahuer e. BesSler. G.. HaTtiy and Edward !
oaoSP. III Was decided 10 inaugnrate the neyy
.o e az the park the 10th OF next month with a
pIoCessloh. banquet and MAY festival The LADY |
.Iienus VI the serein have purchased A hand !
ONE slh nag 10 replace the one desfrovsd he J
ue' WHICH, VIII oe presented during the fest,
IHE OLDEST INHABITANTS ASsoCrA rrov mo, |
FeSlerday afternoon DIR. j. b. Blake In the chair |
and Mr.. Nicholas Callan secretary Nohia II |