Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-29
SOCIETY NOTES.

Everybody who has ever attended one OF
those delightful affairs In previous seasons will
be glad to learn that the Annual Charity Ball,
for the benefit OF the Children's Hospital is not
TO be intermitted this year, as many persons
for some unexplained reason supposed it might
be. Not only is 1T to be given, as usual but
tie intention OF the management Is to have It
surpass all former efforts of the kind. The time
chosen for it is Easter Monday, April 18th, and
the place decided upon is the National Theater
The whole orchestra seat floor Is to be raised
up or i1oored over level with the stage, thus af-
fordtng the amplest space for dancing, prom
enadihg, &C, While the private boxes, orchestra
circle and dress or balcony circle of seats VIII
give all necessary accommodation for those
who 60 more as spectators than as active part!-
clpants. The supper room will be In the I'm
perfal Hotel. adjoining. connected by a covered
passage way, while portion of the lobby Ia
front on both the main doors Will be utilized
langement Of the Jheater viii AFFORD tine oppOr-
tunitieS for effective decoration, lighting, aud
general Ornamentati0n, and every effort will
be made TO constitute that an important fea-
lure OF the occasion. In short, as fntimated
acove, the purpose Is to make this Ball one OF
the most attractive In every way that Wash
1ngton has ever seen. It will be On a much
smaller scale, to be sure. than the memorable
Inauguration Ball OF few weeks ago-Whtcl
In Its way never was and probably never viii
be surpassed In this country,-but It is intend.
Ia attendance than was that splendid success.
In one respect it will probably be more popular
with many visitors, The Supper,-Whtch, While
1t VIII not be elaborate, Will yet be elegant and
ample,-W1ll be covered by the price Of the
ticket in each case.
senator Anthony is considered The highest
authority On all matters OF etiquette in Whic0
senators are Interested. and he in common
With other Senators having always contended
that the Cabinet should yield precedence to the
Senate because the former are confirmed b.
llt 1nf ttx-
II ,rls law of according breceGepca to taa
source OF conferred powers is absolute, should
cot Senator Malone take precedence O. Vice
President Arthur, because had the former nol
divided tue senate equally the latter could not
exercise the one prerogatiVe or a Vice Presi-
dent-tbe casting vote? However this may pe
1t must be conceded that II argument ia favor
OF tie supremacy OF the original source OF
power Is 10 prevail IN matters social as we'll as
political ''We, the people" should demand pre-
ceGence and first Calls, that greatest or all con
cesslons In the code OF etiquette, from all pub
lie fuDctionaTieS.
The marriage of Mr.. Corcoran's niece. Miss
Nicholson, aid Mr.. Pitt Cooke. son OF the late
II. d. Cooke, is fixed for the 18th OF Aprll. o.
sccount OF the recent death Of Mr.. Pitt Cookies
father the wedding will be very quiet.---Mr.
and Mrs. William Blair Lord left this morning
Tor New YORK, whence they will soon start for
California. They have charming trip mapped
out, including possibly q visit to the Sandwich
Islands.--Mlss Dawes has gone TO New York
to make visit, and VIII await her parents,
SeDatoIand MIS-. Dawes, there. They viii re
main here until the Senate adjourns.
A HUSBANDS ATTEMPT TO KILL HIS BRIDE
Charles Young, clerk in Chicago, attempted
10 XII his wife Sunday night aG the Union
Park Hotel, where they have been spending the
honey moon. Although they had been married
only six weeks there have been numerous quar-
IelS On account or the marked attention paid
to Mrs. Young by an engineer named Pine
Sunday night Young became violent, and bis
vie hed from tne room. He pursued, and fired
at her as she reached The stairway. The shot
missed Its mark, but the terrified woman losr
her footing and fell TO the bottom OF the stairs,
spraining her ankle In the fan. Young lire1
@ he nS hnt Me won sns Lay at
Then lied and has not yet been captured
SILVER COINAGE IN NEvADA.-Th1rty of the
Carson. New, mint operators were suspended
yesteI day, owing to the fact that sufficient Sill
yer cannot be secured by the department to
keep the mint running on full time The
Treasury department pays III = cents Tor silver
there, While at San Francisco the quotation Is
112E.
NENNoRs PROBABILITIES FOR APRIL Mr.
Henry g. Nennor, the Canadian weather
prophet. makes the following weather predc.
tons for April: There VIII be sharp frost in
the beginning OF April, with snowfall ON the
4th or 5th, but the spring will open favorably
and everything viii be pretty well advanced by
about the first week In April, with high Winds
also prevailing In the early part Of the month
Snowfals are probable about April 5. Nav1ga-
ZION IS likely TO open on Lake ontario about
April 1. There Will be warm weather lust fol-
lowing the goth, ending In thunder storms on
the 24th and 25th. Snowstorms are probable
IN the 1ar west on the 25th and 26th. and snow
falls are not unlikely to occur In England at
the close OF the month. The month will end
wet and cold, but. on the whole viii be like a
May month.
ACCIDENT ON THE b. q U. r. R.-The Wheeling
accommodation train on the Baltimore and
q ri 1d@ ~
GioVers Gap, and the engine tender and bag
gage car were thrown from the track. Peter
cooper. the engineer, was killed, and fireman
JerreyS was badly hurt.
EL0PEAENT.-Francisco Gargulio, second mate
OF the bark Ercole, at New Orleans ran OIL with
900 belonging TO the captain on Friday last
Miss Ruth Faro, whose father is the captain OF
mississippi tug BOAT, accompanied him in his
hight, but the pair were oyertaken, the thief
arrested, and the girl returned TO her father.
The three first wranglers at Cambridge this
year, says tne British Temperance .idr0catp,
''are, we understand, all OF them practical an
stainers from alcohol and tobacco"
TWO PROFESSORS kIssEs-Kissinp a prettv
niue iemale student In fatberly manner is
Wnat caused the resignation. by request, of
aatd aEi 11esoerg nom st Olars college at North
helo. fTof. Lynne also resigned for the same
sort OF familiarity With the same subject
81. Pau Pioneer.
The steamer city Of New York, from Austria
LA for San Francisco is now overdue 1--WE days
aCC0IulDS 10 sche0ule, or seven as compared
with her average running time. Some anxiety
Is felt for her safety.
Frederick KiHgman, prominent lawyer OF
trenton, N. D., died suddenly OF heart disease
yesterday, aged 65 years.
schoOlmarm who eIoped from ON aha with
seVenteen-y year old pupil, left her board Oil
unpaid and an empty trunk nailed to the floor.
George Fl. Sherman, OF Swansea. Mass, has
been arrested on q charge Of outrage upon his
Twelve year old daughter.