Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-07
Condensed Locals.

Street lamps will be lighted at ass o. M, and
extingUiShed at $50 a.. III.
The Washington Light Guards have rented a
hall az s9 Pennsylvania avenue, Capitol Hill. as
On armory.
The Washington Electro-Plattng company has
leased the Quilting opposite the Norfolk steamers
wharf foot OF 9th street Sw, with steam facilities
Included, and Will soon begin operations.
The resignation OF Capt Thomas S. Kelly of the
capital CITY Guards, has been accepted by that
organization. ami the command will Temporarily
Douglass. " w.
the fire commissioners met last evening. and
further considered the annual report OF the board
An application for position in the department
was made by Charles w. Reese. The operation of
the fiEe-alarm telegraph was reported by the
SUPERINTENDENT or the service TO be entirely salts
factory. During the month Of August there were
Ten alarms and one special turned in
The National Telephone Exchange Association
which has been in session in Baltimore adjourn ed
yesterday afternoon after deciding to hold the
next annual convention in Cincinnati Mr..
Choate, OF this city, offered resolution providing
Tor the appointment of general committee to con.
slider the advtsabity OF holding a national cleo
tr1eal convention here In January or February
the table. '-
DIR. Lamb, who has received the report OF the
mcroseoptcal experts on Guiteaus brain. and for
warded It 10 Philadelphia for publication i'm a
medical journal, says that the position taken by
Or. Godding. that Guiteau was insane, viii! be ma
terially supported by this report.
Mr.. Waiter c. MalOney. an enterprisinC fruit
grower OF Key West, Florida, has sent to frien Is
In this cIy samples OF dates grown In his own
grove Mr. MalOney Is the only man In the coun-
Wuo raises dates, ami has demonstrated that
Florfda- -
Francis Savine was charged in the Police Court
This morning with hiring hack and refusing to
pay the hires That amount OF collateral was
forfeited by the defendant, and 1t turned over
70 the hickman.
The Washington operate association met last
evening. and MessrS Hay and Sunny and Mrs
B,hny were appointed a committee TO consider
tae Feasibility OF giving subscription operas and
three popular concerts during the coming season.
IL Is proposed By Nr. John Philip Sou5a, the d.
rector OF the ASSOCIATION, TO Immediately put the
strand Duchess III rehearsal.
=, Ettle boy named Joseph Creamer, living on
s Ma,yiana avenue between 9Th and 9TH streets
sSDetawest, was bitten severely In the face by a
Mstie Dog yesterday which was lying by his side
sue nc aos was crunching bone. and, without warn
M, snapped at the boy infiicting painful wound
In MS upper lip-
The excavation for the foundation Of a large
Dick building TO be used as seed house for the
Agricultural department., has nearly been com.
pleted Ia the grounds Immediately south of the
$4,000 portion of the beautiful DIR wood hedge
30 much admired, has had 10 be cut away for the
purpose of making room for this building.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Cole recovered the
Oody OF the eolored boy, Benjamin James, drowned
The second precinct station The coroner was
called. but deemed an inquest unnecessary and
gave eertncate of death by drowning. The
body was removed TO the house OF the parents
See advertisement OF 1ourneymen tailors' union.
Chas. Rosigers, eoiorei, was sent TO jail for
three months By judge Bundy to-day, for assault
ms May Rodgers, wife.
and Lizzie Taylor, three small girls, ranging In
age between ~ and IA years, were sent 10 the
vorShou5e for IS days each IN default OF IS fines, by
JUICE Bundy to-day, for diS0rderiy conduct on the
street. The last named is white girl and the
others are colored- Officer Aldridge testified to
afrestinS them on the street yesterday, with
Sfowo OF ooys around them, cursing and using the
most vulgar language.
kEfoRE THE COURT AGAIN.-Lemuel s. Sprigg,
espectably dressed man, was In Judge Bundy's
COCK this morning, charged with Indecent ex-
posure on the street He was fined $40 or 90 days
IN default OF which he was committed He was be.
fore the court few days ago, for being habitual
orunkard, and was released on his personal bonds
on promising TO join the "Jonadabs" and drink no
moro rum.
TINE w. l. CORPS met last evening. The in
vtatton OF the Oriole committee to visit Baltimore
during the carnival was accepted It was de
c10ed that the corps go TO Baltimore as q bat
TALON, and enter company TO compete for the
prize In the grand competitive drill Six active
members were elected and the following gentle
men were elected 10 honorary membership: Fred
erlck Steinle, Z j. Sweet, Col j. A. TAFT, Major
1ohnR Barker and Howard Cassard, Of Baiti-
more.
RTvBR TRADk-Harbormaster sutton reports
arrivals at the river front follows: Schr.
xugone, Brown, 100 tons coal Johnson Bros
soop JOHN Williams Green, 80 bushels oysters foi
market