Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-21
Condensed Locals.

There was large attendance at the Foundry
IN. E. church yesterday to take part In the
services CONNIE morattVe OF the late David A.
Gardner. Mr.. A NJ. Smith presided, with E. E.
simpson secretary. Addresses We're made by
Mr.. Smith. j. G. Hardness, Rev. T. S. Evans E.
F. Simpson, Triton and McLeugh, and Rev. DR..
Lanahan.
The Temperance Alliance OF the District met
In Lincoln Hall yesterday afternoon, addresses
and Messrs. +. M. Bradley, ii. B. Moulton ana
W. Ii. Chase. Each speaker favored the aboli-
ton OF the present license law and the subsu-
tuition OF a local option measure, to be voted for
by residents OF the District.
The Rev. Thos. c. Teasdale, d. d.. formerly
Tor several years pastor OF the 18th street Bap-
list church in this city. and late professor OF
rhetoric and elocntion in the State University
OF Tennessee, is now holding series OF revival
meetings In the Navy Yard Baptist church, cor.
Ier OF 4th street and Virginia avenue.
The Roscoe COnkling club, Boys In Blue met
saturday evening last E. w. oyster I'm rhe
chair. 1t was announced that he presentation OF
stand OF colors which has been rendered the
CLUB Will take place Wednesday evening next at
Masonic Temple, Hon. Frederick Douglass reD-
IesentiDg Senator Conkling In speech on that
occasion, and Hon. Stewart L. Woodford OF
New York, accepting The gift On behalf OF the
club.
Venus and Jupiter to night will be In con-
junction, shining only little over three degrees
apart. Saturn next week Will assume such a
position that the three planets Will mark the
corners or little triangle With the telescope
tiful.
The damage to the railroad between the Long
DIldge and Fort RunyOn is thought to be more
than TO the Long bridge itself. Very little of
the track or the road bed is left. ana the six
cuIVe1ts are swept entirely away. Many of the
large trees beside the country road have been
sWep away, and quite large channel cut
through the hats this side Of Roach's spring
The grand jury paid visit 10 the jail to day
preparatory TO being discharged for the term.
The courts at the City Han will not be Ia
session Tomorrow, but the Police Court VIII
meet in the morning.
AT the meeting at st. PaUls 4. NJ. f. church
yesterday about one hundred dollars was col
Itcttd towards building The new church e1tice
VIM. Mccoy 10 day filed a oil against Hen
derSon Fow Ter 10 compel him to remove fence
ana area walls, which plalnJif claims to ba on
his property.
There is IA great enquiry for rooms and those
VINO EaVet them 10 rent VIII DO Well 10 adj ;erJt3e
tact i'll The STAR.
This morning Officer Gates took to the fourth
precinct station the dead body or a cO!oreI
female child about week DID, found 10 alley
between 18Th and i9th ana l. add NJ streets
northwest. 1t was buried at the expense OF the
District
Yesterday. In nearly all the Methodist
churches OF the district, was what Is known as
Missionary day. AT the morning services ser
mons were preached on the subject OF missions
and In the afternoon there were sunday scaool
missionary meetings.
CharieS Moore living on 1St street Sout beast
While attempting TO interfere as peace-maker
In quarrel between two OF his friends, on $ At
ur0ay evening, was thrown % the ground with
such violence as 10 break his leg. He was taken
10 Ills house In carriage and Or. Bracket sent
for, who pronounced IL a very serious fracture
Mr.. MooreS age being over nifty four, The
chances for good recovery are considered
doubtful.