Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-09
Condensed Locals.

A child ABOUT four months Old named Mar
ietta Johnson. was smothered to death while
In bed at her parents cabin, on the road near
Behring'S bridge, Saturday night. Five chill
dren were in one bed, and during the night
some OF them laid upon the Daby's face AMI
James Watts OF Fred. D. Stuart Eacamo.
ment No. I. and Elias Oliver, OF Column bian En-
campment No. l, |. o. o. f., have been awarded
TIE patriarch uniforms, and Columbian En-
campment No. l the set OF gavels for selling the
most tickets for the recent Odd Fellows eater
tainment.
Yesterday morning. Reys- J. a. Brooks aud
ROBERT johnson baptized in the Potomac near
the Long Bridge over nifty persons, most Of
them young people and with a few exceptions
females. The converts belong to two colored
Baptist churches, presided over respectively by
me Rev. John Fl. Brooks and the Rev. Robert
Johnson.
Kew. John Sistterly, OF the Society of st.
Joseph. OF Baltimore, has been sent to st.
AugustlDe'S parish by Ar chb bishop Gibbons, 20
sIccesd The late Father Barottl.- Father Stat
O'Clock mass yesterday and preaching sermon
Father Barot1f
Tie officers of the Grand Lodge, l. O O. F..
viii make the following Official visits this week
Tc morrow night, Covenant lodge. No. Is;
Thursday, Friendship lodge, No. Il; Friday,
Ceuttat lodge, NO. /.
Msrshan Brown, esq. was driving on 7th
stl eet road yesterday afternoon. Nearly oppo-
ste SaulS I'm. spring OF his buggy broke,
and The horse made q sbugt and tue yel.cle
was dashed ag inst telegraph pole and com
pleteiy wrecked. Mr.. Browns escape was
almost miraculous, as except few bruises he
was Lot ID ured,
Mes srs. i. l. Murphy, j. E Mallet, and g. E.
" WOODWARD, delegates, and j. Howard Bushnell
D. j. CoiiitS, anG DIR. o. j. Waters. alJerDaJes
lett the city this morning to attend the con-
Union. which MEETS In Chicago On the 18th
in5f. Mr.. Juan A. PiZzini, OF Richmond
lat1onal secretary + the noD. went % tue
same train. Mr.. Bushnell l., treasurer OF the
Union.
Yesterday, at the North Presby terrain church,
Rev. G. b: RaEndel, pastor. eight persons were
The Mizpah Band Will continue the revival
services at Union chapel, Goth street, every
evening during the present week. Th3 lnteresL
is increasing and very largo congfeg atlons
gathered there yesterday Afternoon, and some
Thirty. eight seekers after religion vent forward
for Iraytrs,
Rev. j. B. Fitzpatrick, formerly of the N. ].
conference Of the NJ, E. church, and latJerly OF
Florida, preached his first sermon to the new
congregation In south Washington {Ghe of
shoot or RyIand chapel congregaJto1) ye5ter-
day and made good impression. IL Is under-
stood that he VIII have charge OF the church
for the present ar Least
The arrivals OF fish reported to-day were 500
bunch fish, 1894 shad and 401, SIS herring;
10000 CLANS also arrived.
Two sons OF Mr.. j. X Sharp were baptized
at Kendall Chapel, in the new Methodist con-
gregat'on, yesterday, the first In the church.
In the case OF Joseph Il. Stewart agt. the
Chiriqu6 Improvement Co.,-bill for receiver
and inJunction-the Equity Court Judge
Wylfe) to-day made an order setting aside the
service ard denying tie Injunction.
West Washington, nee Georgetown.
DEATH OF AN OLD CIrIzsN.-Mr. Within D.
Hoffman, an old citizen OF this plaza, died at
the residence OF bis daughter, Mrs. Hunt, yes
teIday morning, after long 1llnes5, 10 tho
seVenty.thlrd year OF his age.
STAMPS FoUND.-A Washington letter-c arrler
early saturday morning found a bundle OF
newspaper stamps In Judiciary square to.
gethef with lot OF Trimmings from stamps
There Is no doubt but that tl was part OF the
piuDder from the Georgetown post Off; rob.
berry and thrown there by the robbers.
THE CANAL TRADE.-Arrived-Boat Medley
with a. coo bushels wheat; boat Loudoun with
1900 bushels wheat.
C0AI--Twenty four boats left Cumberland,
Friday, with 2,7291 IL tons of coal, as follows
Consolidation Company. 1,05a.15 tons; Borden
Company, 5i7 "a tons; New Central Company,
446 IL tous; Georges Creek Company, 22l.13
tons: Individual. 464 0S tons.
FIsH.-1o0, 900 herr1ngs sold at Sl.5o to 81 per
thousand; 1000 shad at S. to $40 per hundred;
5000 taylofS at 20 TO 10 cents per bunch.
TIE 14TH BUILDING ASSOCIATION meets to-
nigh at GCddard'S Hall. See advt.