Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-23
The Melville Reception.



panions and Lieut. Berry last. night completed
arrangements for the reception, which will begin
upon the arrival Of cniei ENGINEER Melville on the
The order Of parade from the depot is as follows:
First. platoon Of mounted police, followed by the
command OF Lieut.-CoL William G. Moore; car
riage, drawn by four horses, conveying Chief
Engineer George w. Melville and Lieut.. Robert NJ.
Berry, USN. The other carriages will follow I'm
pairs, abreast, as follows: Leading on the right,
with Ntndemann and Noros, with member OF
j. r. west, and Hon Richard W. Thompson, and
following these, in the same formation, carriages
Will contain the remaining members Of the recep-
tion committee and invited guests
The parade will conduct the guests to the
hoS us ef ~ hs rsng and Td
where the address and public reception win be-
gin sharp at 80 ?. m.
meet chief Engineer Melville and his companions,
consisting of Col. w. H. Clapp. Chief Engineer 81.
morning mo- on the the 70 80 train. They Wefe accompa eco s
Mr. Melville on the limited express this afternoon
District Government Affairs.
To-day Mr. Raft, Inspector OF licenses, swore out
s warrant for the arrest OF Jesse W. DICKSON, OF
OF broker without license.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: Messrs. Tenney &
o6sk
repair brick southwest corner 18th and streets
northwest; $2.750.
TIE DAY OF AroNEMENr-Impressiv services
preceding the Hebrew holiday OF Yom Kippur, or
last evening. A strict fast is observed by ali He
breWs from last evening till this evening. There
was q general cessation of business among them
to-day. The day Of AtonemeDt is the most Solemn
of the Jewish holidays, and falling this year on
the Sabbath the ceremonies are more than usually
period and are crowded.
BLACK EYE.-A well-dressed young man
hon in the Police Court this morning with assault
Ing him. He showed the court black eye and
cut and bruised face, which he said the defendant
had. ns so or thirty days s was I imposed % s.'0sf
Nor DANGEROUS Doe.-Michael Beghan, was
charged In the Police Court this morning with
Se, keeping dangerous and vicious dog: A small
the dog bit him on the leg. He showed wound
on his leg, in corroboraton OF his statement. The
DEFENDANT put on number OF witnesses to prove
that the dog was not dangerous, and the court
dismissed the case.
PROF. GREGoRYs CHILD IN WHITE SCHOOL,
The admission OF the child of Professor Gregory,
colored, OF Howard University, to the Prescott
public school has given rise to considerable dis
cusson in some Quarters. Several members OF the
board OF trustees in conversation with STAR re-
porter to-day, deprecated any agitation of this
matter as likely to do more harm than good. Mr..
y. b. Warner said that this was question which
would solve itself Mr.. Wormley said the child
was placed In the school on his authority, and the
opposition to its remaining In the school arose
from malice on the part OF two men against the
chids father. He said about seven white children
IN all had been removed from the school by their
parents
Ing Postmaster General appointed young man to
position in the department, which so elated him
tnat ne deemed 1t incumbent upon him to celebrate
the occasion by getting cheerfully drunk. He sue
ceeded IN this beyond his most sanguine expecta-
tions. and was led to course of conduct which,
Delng brought to the attention of the Acting
Postmaster General, resulted in his prompt dis
missal, after one day in the public service He Is
official salary is sufficient to balance the expense
OF square spree for corresponding period.
THE FUNERAL OF A MURDERED MAN-The fune-
raj OF the young coIored man, George Hill, who
was killed on Tuesday night by Charles Hamtl-
northwest took place yesterday afternoon from
the Third Baptist church (Rev. A. Bouldln's.) The
the Shiloh church, and there was an immense
crowd In and about the church. The remains
were buried u Graceland cemetery.
TROUBLE IN THE 'CIETY-In the Police Court, to-
day, burly colored man named Elias Hedgeman
was put on trial for assaulting colored girl
went to ''ciety meetin' in South Washington,
last night, and 'Ltas, who is of the brotherin'
got to fussin' bout not being 'pinted ON de COM
m!ttee or 'freShinentS, ana after the meetfn he
knocked her down and beat her." Elias said the
girls father held him while his two daughters
beat him and tore his clothes OFF and he had sew
eral of the sisters present to prove it. The Sisters
were called, and crowd of young colored women
stepped inside the box A young mulatto woman
one hand and linen duster in the other, which
she said were torn off Elias by the two sisters
The court said he would fine the prisoner IS on his
own testmony, because he said he left the society
meeting to go out to fight
BOAT RACES THIS EvENINa.-There will be a race
IN single working boats at O'Clock this evening,
between Frank Grimes and Joseph Molloy, for a
Aqueduct bridge to Holtzmans a return m .o Moloy i
Will row In the ''Flytng Dutchman," and Grimes
In the "Yankee Boy" The race is expected to be
perlor physique, Is the favorite. c. j. Patton and
John Schayer will row single Scull race in work.
ing boats, between HOltZman's and the AQueduct
bridge, at $50 O'Clock this evening.
Two MEN AND A BEAR-A young man named
Paul Thorn and colored man named Benjamin
Bains were arrested at the corner OF 7th street
ana Massachusetts, avenue BY Policeman O'Hare,
black bear in their possession. The c0lored man
was leading the bear by q chain, and the white
man was striking the animal with club. The
crowd to assemble In the Police Court this morn
Ing they were charged with obstrueting the street,
that he had sold the bear and was on his way to
Heurich's brewery to deliver him to the purchaser
when ne was arrested. He said that all the cruelty
he inflicted on the bear was to strike him with a
stick to make him go along. He said the bear was
not dangerous. but as gentle as goat The court
said black bear was dangerous animal, and
was not domesticated animal; that 1t was fool
ishness to talk about bears being gentle, and he
would line them So or Is days each Tor Obstructing
the street, and dismiss the charge OF cruelty to
animals.
A GRAPE ExHIBTT.-There IS now Op exhibit ion
aI the once OF Justice John r. G. Clark, No. 322
iSn street northwest an interesting collection OF
llgnt and dark cOlored grapes. The most notable
parts OF the exhibit consists four specimens raised
by the Justice himself. These include the latest
production OF the District, a magnificent, large,
neav,iy snouldered light grape, possessing an un-
,s aixaieu aroma ana navor, which the Justice has
called "Columbla," }" in honor OF the District.
THE NEW PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SIDEWALK
Ine work or laying the new sidewalk on north
slde OF pennsylvania avenue vas commenced on
Thursday, as stated In The 0TAR by Mr.. H. L.
CRAWFORD, who has taken up the old sidewalk
from ID to 30 streets, and is now laying the arti
cial stone. The first step in the process OF laying
the sidewalk, for which MI. r. Maloney has the
contract is to make an excavation to the depth OF
seven inches below the PROPOSED surface; then q
layer OF three inches OF broken stone, brick or
coarse gravel, to permit Of fro expansion, Is put
down. On this bed is laid three inches OF concrete
or broken bluestone and cement, and on the sur
face is one inch OF top coat, canp0ee OF one part
OF Portland cement and one part OF clean sharp
sand This Is laid In squares or diagonal hagS OF
from TWO TO three feet. and nj desired color.