Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-08

| state senate, the house of representatives, tie
Juuses Q, .ne supreme and lower courts OF the
state and the mayor of the city Of Philadelphia.
| Ihey Will leave Philadelphia on the night of the
| loth Oh october arriving at Yorktown the fol-
| lowing morning. They will go aboard the
| steamer Gaiatia The civic members of the del
egation will remain on board the Galatia and
the 200 members OF the National Guard will go
| into camp.
| District Government Affairs.
| THE CONTRACT FOR REsrRFACING
| the asphalt concrete streets was among those
awarded to Messrs. Bailey a Fletcher. and the
| bondsman, Mr.. j. o. Evans. to-day called at the
commissioners Office and made reply 10 the
| notice OF the Commissioners. that the original
contractors had failed to perform the work. and
that he would be responsible for its fulfllment
this season. There are about 5000 yards Of
| resuIfacing.
The WASHINGTON MONUMENT SOCIETY AND
| THE LATE PRESIDENT.-At the last meeting OF
| the Washington Monument Society a letter Was
received asking permission for the Society Of the
Army OF the Cumberland and those members Of
| 1t who formed the guard of honor over Presi-
| dent Gar1elds remains, 10 place memorial
stone in the monument. Adyices We're also re-
ceived from Nebraska and Nevada i'm relation to
| memorial stones to be presented by thoses states.
Appropriate resolutions respecting the death Of
president Garfield were adopted. lt was decided
that the flag on the monument be suspended at
haif-mast, and the monument be draped in
mourning for thirty days.
The VOoDOO Doctor, wm. Warner who re-
| Gently was released from Jail. having served
twenty-five months was with Wash Mcredeth
| when the latter was arrested fer stealing q
chain on Wednesday, and turning states eyk
| dence was sent to Jail as a witness Warner
has still twenty cases hanging over him.
| JOHN WHITEFoRD's SIGN.-In the Police Court
this morning four white boys named Thomas,
John and Edward McNally, and Eugene Cor
| man, were charged with destroying private
property, in breaking the windows and tearing
| down the signs from John Whitefords mission.
corner of 2d and | streets, in Swampoodle. Mr.
| "hlteford testified that he had been
very much annoyed by the Catholic
boys in the neighborhood who break
| his windows and DOORS and lately he put q
sign on his door. saying Is it i'm mass to break
my glass? Better help the poor than break my
door" Last Monday night some one tore the
| sign down and broke his windows. These bows
could not be identified the guilty parties
and they were released on their personal bonds.
In THE CRIMINAL Court to-day Henry w.
Howgate. habeas corpus; personal recognizance
| In 81 OCO taken and defendant released. VIM.
j. Knox, unlicensed bar; continued. Matthias
Hunter. driving over bridge; information
quashed. John Frawley, cruelty to animals;
violating building regulations; forfeiture
set aside. Matthew Goddard. unlicensed
bar; not guilty. Robert McNelly alias
McNally, grand larceny; bail fixed at $1,000 and
ment against Charles j. Guteau. John Cooney,
unlicensed bar; jury discharged. unable TO agree.
Israel Green. cruelty to animals; do.
THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND CENTRAL DTs>
PENsARY.-Dr. John Parsons, house physician
of the Central Dispensary. reports for the month
of September, 1881, as follows Number Of per-
sons treated-white. males, So; females, 76;
children. male. 20; female, %; colored. males,
65: females los; children. males. al; females, SIS;
| total, $50. Number of prescriptions. s23;
number of operations, IL; emergency cases, 81.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE RED CROss.-
1 A certificate of incorporation was filed i'm the
Recorder Of Deeds office to-day of a. The Ameri-
| can Association of the Red Cross The object
| Is TO secure the adoption 10y the United States
of the treaty of August 22d. 1864 between Italy,
Baden, Belgium, Denmark, Holland. Spain, Por-
| tugal, Prussia. SaXony, Wurtemb.Tg and the
Federal Council of Switzerland to obtain recog-
milton by the government of the United States,
and to hold itselfin readiness for communication
Herewith; to organize system of national re-
lief, and apply the same mitigating the suffer-
ings caused by war, pestilence famine and other
calamities; to collect and difiuse information,
and to cooperate with all other similar national
societies for the furtherance of the articles set
forth. The number of the executive board IL
fixed at eleven. and Clara Barton, w. Lawrence,
j. X. Barnes. A. s. Solomons and A. Y. =. Car
nett are the corporators.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Henry
Gerhold and Rosa Purks; Milton p. Boyd and
Catharne MOynihan, both of New Orleans; War
rem Wallace and Eliza Gillian.
RIVER TRADE-HarborMaste Sutton reports
arrivals at the river front to-day as follows
SlOOps Wave. w. Z. Ward, Maggie. Fannie South
erd, and schOoners j. w. Gillett and Annie
Lowe, all with oysters for market; schr. How
ord lala line tanc of.
schr Tillie, Mills, l56 tons coal. same: schr.
Lucy Ellen. Perry. 135 tons coal Clark d Given;
schr. COrnelia, Feathersburg, 10 tons coal Ste
phensOn Bros; schr. Fanny, Cannon, sand,
wood H. L. Biscoe; long boat Grey
hound, Smith, wood, j. o. Carter;
lOngbOat Ada Lee. Weston wood for III. l.. Bis
cOe; longboat Mary Catherine. Harris, wood for
same; lOngbOat Blackhawk, Edwards, wood for
j. o. Carter; schr Gen. Talbert, Coleman, $1,000
feet lumber for market.
SUIT AGAINST THE B. & o. RAILROAD FOR
$50. OO0.-Patrick Hassett, by his next friend,
Bridget Hassett to-day. entered suit by l.. A.
Bailey against the B. d %. II. r. Co. for 10000
damages, alleged to have been sustained by
plaintiff on the 9th of October last. being knocked
off a train at Ivy City. causing him to fall and
the wheels of the train to pass over his leg,
necessitating amputation.
THE COMET IN LEo.-The Smithsonian Insti-
tuition has received from w. r. Brooks. of New
port, R, L.. the announcement of the discovery
by him at Newport on the 4th of October, 1881,
at 2:45 O'Clock a. m, mean time. of a comet in
Leo, in ten degrees west by north Of Regulus. ,
Wall Street To-day.
New YORK. Oct. S.-The Posts financial arfi-
Gle Gao pm. edition. SAYS: At the stock ex-
change the early dealings were characterized by
steadiness and strength. u. s. bonds advanced
Is for all issues, with the principal business in
hn nvf dnd raSfn nfC vrnr flIf1l
and speculative bonds were generally higher.
The stock market advanced 1al1a per cent. led
by Manhattan Elevated to 27 and l.. x n. to
925s. During this time Reading was exception
ally weak and fell from g. TO 63Z.
Since noon the whole stock market has been
weak and the early advance has been lost, or
nearly so. ''P. Sat O'Clock the stock market
is steady at fractional recovery and Manhattan
Elevated is up to %, from 26. The money
market is to-day decidedly easier than on any
this week. and few loans have cost borrowers
more than 6 per cent. Time loans and prime
mercantile paper are nominally unchanged. The