Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-06
Annusensents, &c.

again last evening. She was ably supported
by Dir. Barrymore. Tonight Modjeska viii ap-
pear in ''Fr0u FrOu."
THEATER COMIQUE.-Harry Richmond and his
company of speciality artists are attracting good
houses at the cosy COmique.
The RINK - The prospect OF the Skating
Rink being closed this winter quite appalled, the
habitues of that resort. The announcement.
therefore. that the rink will be opened shortly,
under the management of Mr. s. A. Curtis, will
be very welcome to the degotees of the roller
skate.
Masonic TEMPLE.-A concert will be given
here on THURSDAY evening. December 18th. By
the pupils of the female grammar school, No. 9,
under the direction of Prof. Jos. I'll. Daniel.
Miss Eva Mills and Others Will appear.
LINCOLN HALL Miss Emma Thursby the
fayOrte prlma DONNA will appear i'm grand con-
cert on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Miss
Thur5by is a great fayorite here.
The ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-At meet
Ing of the AnthropOlOgical society last evening
Dr. Robert Fletcher L. s. A. presiding All in
teresting paper was read by Mr.. J. d. Mcclure
of ElicOtt city. Md. on aboriginal soapstUne
Quarries and the tools employed by the Indians
I'm manufacturing vessels of this material The
paper was discussed by DR.. Hoffman and Dr.
Reynolds and Prof Mason. The second paper
was by DR.. Cyrus Thomas arch9olo9ist of the
bureau OF ethnol0gy, upon mound explorations
in Union county, in southern Illinois, near the
mississippi river, ana In Alexandria county.
The speaker gave his experiences in mound
dgginr. and also his conclusions regarding the
Ound-buders.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-Marriage licenses have
been ISSUED by the clerk of court to John l..
keiieG and SeXanita del Berdei. both of Char
iottssiiie. Va; Rev. Emery W. Williams, of
Abbeviiie. s c.. and Ella V. Chase; w A.
Hicks and Louisa Chlds; Henry Brown and
Cor. Lambert.
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-Deeds in fee have
been recorded as follows: o. F. Presbery to F.
Il. Smith. sub b. So 6s3 500. W. Brney ct
al. to l.. Weiss. sub II, so. 452; 81 900. W j.
Walker, trustee ct. al, to James III. n. Warnings
pts. y and % so. $50; S1.4o0. NJ. NJ. Parker to
Cornela Dezendorf. pit. 23, az. go; $500. G..
Mason to Chas. b; Gray. pit Il, So 10; $4,000.
b. F. Leighton ct al. trustees. to Chase Rows ct
al, pit 8. So 195; $. f. Flagg to o. F. Pres
berry, lot 4. widows mite: 50, 49, B. H. Hill to
eame. lot 3. ditto: $4,000. Lewis Turner to
Mary C. Seller. part lot Is. block 16. Efingham
Place; $500. Jacob V. I.ashhOrn and others to
Eu9ena NJ. Lockwood. lot q and part 30 So
800; 3 +. X. Johnson to Chris. Dickson,
sub lot %. So AIS; %. 700. D. NJ. Davis to John
B. Alley. lots TO F, sub. Of 1, SO. 90; s..
III. W. Garrett to James E. Waugh. lot &c. So
240 $500. Geo. Mason to Cbas B. GRAY part
IA. so. 20: $4,000 JosIas Butler to c. H. Butler,
part 50. sec. 4, Barry FARM s.. C. III Butler
to Elizabeth and Josias Butler, part 49, do;
g. Clarissa Wilson ct al. to T. o. Ellis. all
interest in lot g. So 1876: $3.50. Ella Carroll to
ID. kraak. lot 8. So. $50; % 500. P. F. McCar-
thy to Mary E. McManus. sub C. SO. Ats: s..
+. Behrend to o. E. Duffy. pit 90 so. 454: s., $50.
E. K Johnson TO C. Dickson, sub. % so. 40:
$2.1O0. W. Collow to Mary Ann Porter and
Emily V. Lindsey pit. H. so. 1874; % 600. Mary
A Porter to Emma V. Lindsey, sub IS. So l39;
$3.50 T. NJ Chaplin. trustee. to W. f. Clark,
lot 3. So. So; $500. Emma j. Carpenter to
Mary IT, Fisher pit. L. So 1853; $500.
DIsoRDERLY SHANTY.-A colored man
named Walter Bland. who lives on Lstreet, be-
tween 81 and As streets southwest was i'm the
dock at the Police Court this morning. charged
with keeping a disOrderlv and ill-governed
house Policemen Block and Williams testified
that the prisoners domcile consists of one
roomed shanty. and it is nightly the scene of
drunken fights between men and women. The
defendant was sent to Jail for sixty days, in de-
fault of So
POCKsT-BOoK SNATCHERs-About o'clock
last evening. two half-grOwn colOred BOYS
snatched a satchel containing - in gold and
silver coins from the hands of Miss Sarah Oden-
wall on 9TH street northwest. Pocket-book
snatching has become regular business by
these colOred 1Oun@ers. Ladies should carry
their change in some different manner The
police are unable TO prevent this practice. The
act is one Of amoment. and almost any swift
looted boy can get away without arrest. The
PoIce Court should give them the greatest pun
ishment prescribed by the law whenever caught
Instead of ten days in the work-house.
A DRUNKEN WIFE AND BRUTAL HUSBAND
A muscular cOlored man named Adam Jones
was charged by his wife, Harriet before
Judge Smell this morning with having assaulted
her. She told the court that the other night
because she refused to give him 35 cents that
she earned washing. he threw her on the stove
with such force as To break the stove in half
Adam stated that his wife is IN the habit of get
ting drunk. and a few DAYS ago she pawned his
coat and spent the money in whisky. He denied
the assault. and the court released him on his
personal bonds to keep the peace.
LECTURES BY Rev. HENRY WARD BEycHrR
AND REV F. D. POwER--Henry Ward Beecher
delivered lecture to large audience In Lin
coin HAL last evening on Evolution" In his
own lnimitable style. he spoke of the progress
OF human thought and declared his adherence
20 theistic evolution. His idea of original sin
was the struggle going on between the animal
and spiritual nature of man.
Rev. +. ID. Power delivered lecture In st evan
ing for the benefit of the Christian Church at
the church. on 1.-THE Life and Religious Charac-
ter of James A. Garfield" There was a good
sized audience, and about $50 was realized.
Annie Lydon's Fearful leap
In Pittsburg last night. about s o'clock. an
Irish girl, 10 years of age. named Annie Lydon
threw herself from the fourth-story window of
tie house No IS Diamond street When picked
mp both limbs were bent backward until her
heels touched her head. She was frightfully in
Jured and VIII die. She has been living as a
domestic at various hotels and residences in
Pittsburg At her last place she was accused
OF hayin. stolen some goods from the store of
her employer. She confessed to having COM
United the theft. but gave as reason that her
mistress was rich and She was poor Dreading
arrest she hurriedly packed her clothing into a
small bundle last night and leaped from the win
dow 70 the cobble-stones, forty feet below
Miss soN BEHREN's REMAISs.-The BODY Of
Miss Anna Won Behren. the young actress who
was accidentally shot and killed by Frank
Frsyne during q performance of sSi Slocum" In
Cincinnati last Thursday. passed through Balti-
more sunday last. and arrived at Jersey CITY at
1O:25 Sunday night. The entire Frank Frsyne
combination. Including Mr. Frayne acted as an
escort from Cincinnati. At the meeting between
nj. frayne and Miss Won Behren's father the
Two ciasped hands and each burst into tears
~. frayne was then led apart from the rest
that he might compose himself. He said Re had
resolved never to play Isl Siocum" again. and
that he had given away his guns targets and
other paraphernalIa connected with the play.