Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-23

for all the characters aud elaborate and beautiful
LIxcoIS HsIlrNr. oscar Wilde will deliver his
lnftuTe on the English Renaissance tonight at
Lincoln Hall
SALE or JERSEY Cattle At TUSLAw.-Win- r.
Young sold Oh 10th January 1T public suction
at T'inlaw Farm. above Georgetown, ID. G.. the
following registered jersey cattle belonging TO
tile est te 81 the late Tnos. L. Hume: Baily
whrcS. VI. 3,G9l years Old: to Hon ii. l. Null
GROW ior $50 B>ina list. do: 1859 10 do, So.
80 fa.Fette, u, 3,i'a. do. $50 Buttercup,
1913. do. Sis. Heifer calf. 3 months old, sire
Bi1tywhack. dam Zelda, do. s47 Do 81 months
Old, sire Longfeiiow. dlIa Medora, do: FL DO.
six months old. sire Baliywhack, dam Lila Fay.
do, So Bisina. q. No 1850, aud calf few days
od. :. J. Waics. sll5. Iunlaw Belle, 1921. ". 7.
Jones. Maryland. Si10. Zelda i.i15, to 4. G. J"n-
ning-, trbln1, Ohio, $50. Tunlaw Milkn l
IS do 80 n Resse ss Be- s'9 do $50 n M5s'
99i. do. $40. Pan@y, or Tunaw. 69C5, W. T.
Jones. Maryiind 800 iIuldah, OF 'Tunlaw, s,92s,
:. j. Wales. S137. Medora, 9,9s2 Geo. Truesaeli,
d. C., N125O.
FAT.f. ACCIDENT At THE NAVY YARD.--About
o'cloc-, this morning Seaman Thomas Duncan fell
from the rigging o. the steamer Portsmouth, and
in The descent struck portion OF the sail and was
prt'!pit tted overheard. He was rescued, but died
Within few minutes afterward. The coroner
Wa, called, and ascertaincd that his spine was
fractured by the fall.
STOLEN OvFRcoAT-Seysral days since August
Moses applied 10 police headquarters for pass to
10 pro Irt work therr. He was intoxicated at the
time Last Friday he repeated the request, and
on being refused be left ami went into the hc1ltf,
Office. from Wheacp an OytrcGlt belonging to Mr..
Samuel \. Robinson disappeared at the same time
Moses dill The robbery WAS reported at police
headquarters, and the detectives succeeded on
Saturday in finding the coat in a pawn shop From
description obtained or the pawn dealer 1t was
thought Moses was the man who stole 1t. Later on
Saturday Moses again applied to the police for a
pass 10 Baltimore, and was then arrested on the
charge OF stealing the coat. and was locked up for
a hearing before Judge snell. In The Police Court
to-day Moses got six months in this case. He was
also charged with stealing pair Of gloves from
colored messenger in the Same building, for
which he got 10 days additional
THE WASHINGTON MORAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
held It's first pubic meeting at Lincoln Hall yeSter-
day. DIR. Caroline b. WinslOw the president OF
The society, made statement OF its Organization
In 1873 The attention of parents and teachers was
Called to the fact Of the extensive circulation
among the school children OF obscene literature.
Rev. Frederic Hiuckley. OF Providence. addressed
the audience upon the responsibility OF parentage
and necessity Of wholesome teaching OF the chill
dren. paper, by Mrs. Evelyn L. Mason, OF Mil
waukee, Wis, presented the desirability and
possibility of conserving the physical and intel
1ectual forces through scientific knowledge in aid
OF OF The Improvement and perfection of humanity:
Mrs. Henrtetta B. Shattuck, of Maiden, Mass. read
a paper, the purport OF which was that we should
so educate our children on the question OF marriage
that divorce would not be necessary. Mrs. Mary
Wright Sewall, OF Indianapolis, spoke upon the
M s yd more exact h honesty and
Nearer my God to Thee" and a benediction.
A LARGE EXCURSION PARTY FROM New Eng
L.ND.-An excursion party RON the New England
states. numbering nearly three hundred persons of
both sexes, arrived in the city Saturday evening,
and took quarters 1T the various hotels Last even
ing they received many calls from New Englanders
resing here. To-day many OF the party went to
Mount vernoh During their stay they will be re-
interest. They will start home on Thursday morn
ing.
DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows:-
r. X. Elliot. trustee, to Daniel Mclaughlin. part
~, RealiS addition To Georgetown; 8. w. II.
Clagett ct al To d. Mclaughlin. parts LAG and 1T,
do: 10. Jesse c. Ergood to w b. Lord, SO years
lease OF part ,, 81. 3S1; $. ". B. Lord to j. c.
Ergood, julius Hugle and c. c. Horner; s.. S.
j. Green TO Francis H. TOwne, part -, So. $50;
$500.
Henry f. Rockwell, secretary Of the United States
commission OF fish and fisheries died suddenly OF
street northwest. Mr.. Rockwell was born in Co Con
necticut in ISL. He entered Yale College in 1885,
ana was Immediately thereafter for twelve years
principal OF the High School at Winsted, Conn.
From 1919 TO 1854 he official reporter of the
United Suites Senate He was afterwards con-
nected with the Boston T'Gtetter. Mr.. Rockwell
was on O: the Oldest and ahlS~t pbOnogra pliers
IN the country, and had held hti position
tary OF the fish commission since its organization
In 1871. His remains viii be Inferred in Oak Hlll
Cemetery.
SHOCKING CASES OF DEsTrrUTIoN AND SUFFER-
ISG.-TwO SeS OF extreme de,tituticn and SUI
ferlng have ctmo to the attention OF the health
cilicer. One Is that OF woman, Sick with four
children in the house corner of South Capitol AMI
Ivy streets, between ID and J. southeast, with not
an article o. furniture in the oil shanty and no
stove. Tie floor haS been used for irewOod, and
The 81 X woman and children lie on the frozen
ground There is nothing To eat III the house, and
the family are depeHttnt entirely upon the
charity OF ne,gnb3r5. The other case is at -
j street southeast, c,lorad wontn with
four children and in Ike destitute circumstances.
The health officer has furnished medicines AM
medical attendance. but the charitable minie,.
may do much more. The wife and children OF
Peter Jones. the coiOrei man VINO died OF small
poX iii Diapers alley, stated in The STAR
week or more ago. are also entirely deSt itute Of
clptGiDG and IpOt. The officers ot the health de-
partinent took every article OF bed clothing from
the SlIanty and destroyed it (tIt bed cl0thng) to
prevent the spread OF disease, and there being no
money appropriated - compensate the family,
they have II SHIFT for themselves. Those chart
ttbly dSpOS. may leave articles with the health
officer, W 10 Will sec that they reach them.
Affairs in West Washington.
TEYFEEANCE NERTISGs.-The usual meeting held
by Tie NGnen's Evangelical Temperance Union
al their h all on High st:eet was so largely at
TENDED yesterday afternoon that the rooIa would
not hold the audience. An Adjournment was had
to the BunDart5n-stTeCt NJ. f. church, which
quickly filed no. The unusual interest was doubt
less occasoncd by the lact that Rev. John Ii.
Naugla, the converted !ii0r .boy," WAS to speak.
lie gave very interesting address Mrs. j. Me-
kendfee Kelley and Mrs Chamberlain also spoke.
! uc ii4tH ling was Il very piestSdHt one.
TIE REMAINS OF Mrs. RISqpE. whose death ia
New Mexico has been mentioned in THE STAR, ar
rived 1T this city this morning and Were taken to
Oak iIiu. FUnordl services are to be held in the
cemetery chapel this afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
DEATH OF A STAR CARRIEg.-Ge0rge Baiinger.
u years OF age, Son OF Nir George w. Baliuger,
died, after short illness. at his home, 1924 Con
gre street, yesterday. The deceased was Il STAR
rrtcr !Or Georgetown, aud had been ior 4 long
time, and was Il very worthy lad.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported FOR TIE EVENING STAR.
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY CoCRT.-The county court,
judge S,ngster, opened it, January term at the
court house this morning, the county being well
represent from Ile Chiin-bridge 10 Ho0ff's Run.
The following grand jurors We're called, charged
ana sworn: James X. Meade, Christopher Costello,
stephen b. Whit, VIl. \. Rowe, JnO. ID. Nauck
j. W. Feitch, John Wilson, JOS. Fields, John
Sitter, Curtis B. Graham, ir., Henson Thompson.
Blztl Hall, VIM. IL Hatch, jos. Markham, Robert
Walker Francis NJ. Mills, john ID. Payne, Harry
Gray, JJei III. Whitehead, {. b. Moiby, Thomas A.
Slack, Wm- Gray, Fairfax III. Taylor. The cases Of
Lewis Cox charged with rape near Four Mile
Run, and OF Grant Camphell. charged With burg
lary upon the house OF Horace johnson. were CON
s;derca by The Grand Jury The court viii adjourn
this afternoon uatti Friday next.
MlSF0RTUNE.-OIr citizens heard this morning
with much regret that legal proceedings had been