Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-24
Condemned Locals.

street lamps will be lighted at $40 p. m. and ex-
Tomorrow being 4 legal holiday, no paper will
be issued from this Office; but the counting room
VIII De open during the day and evening.
Columbia Lodge, l. o. o. F., see advertisement In
Especial Notices."
Yesterday Mary j. Monroe filed petition for
divorce from James Monroe. She charges him with
Incorporate habits and deSertion in 1853
Yesterday Lieut. Gen. z. H. Sherman, U. S. A.
nled petition In the Probate Court for letters of
admlnl trat10n on the estate OF the late John Ash
slant
Col Juan Lewis, OF the Patent ofrlce had his
pocket picked of Si7 Monday evening while getting
out OF 18th street car.
Mrs, Cammack, OF No 500 18th street, while
walking on the slippery pavements last night
slipped and fell, injurlng her hip severely
A patent has been issued 10 Edwin C. Manning, Of
this city, for tooth for excavator buckets.
MI. Geo. KEENAN, viii deliver the second lecture
on ASiatfc Russia at the congregational church on
Friday evening. The subject Will be winter Life
on Siberian StepDeS.r those who attended the
first or the series last week were so We'll pleased
with the lecture itself and with Mr.. Remnants man.
ner OF delivering II that they are DESTROYS OF hear
Ing him again. These lectures deserve success.
The very pretty fair In the Israel A. NJ E church.
foot or capitol fil. still continues TO attract many
visitors. Last evening the simon CoInnandery K
T., and company OF the Capitol City Guards were
among the patrons OF the fair.
IL VIII be the source OF pleasure TO the friends or
young John Dolan, and gratifying 10 ST. Matthew's
congregation tas the young e ntleman IS Drotege
OF their very popular assistant pastor, Rev Father
j. d. Boland.) 10 know that he won the first stand
ing IN the seIntInnual examination Of his class at
81 Charles college, where he is studying for the
priesthood.
Tim, alias Ell Buckley. a Young man. WAS m
TRIAL before Judge Smell this morning charged vii
stealing one buSneI or coal valued 30 cents, the
property OF the Baltimore aud Potomac Railroad
row.
Union Council, No. ?, O. C. F., has elected officers
for the ensuing term as follows: " b. Clarke Past
Z G.; C. T. Ray, c. c.; H. A. Bales. V. c.; WIN.
Buck4rt, recording secretary; Samuel Guggenhef-
mer. financial secretary; AOTam Fisher. treasurer
hllLiafuS. pFeldff- IL HruTnWpu IN haI
aud ward n; X. White. guard and sentry: n H.
Clarke, II. A. Bales and j. T. Brumweii, trustees.
j. Shilungton sends the January number OF ST.
Nicholas
MI, MI Han Colgate was to-day sworn as grand
juror In place OF George C. Colgate, excused
The annual Christmas festival for the children OF
the Industrial Home school Will be held at the
nome on Friday, December Goth, at 2 O'Clock D. IN
Inc friends OF the Institution are invited to be
present
MT nj, James me A Clarke slipped this morning IN
and, catching al the railing the end OF the picket
entered his hand, passing entirely through it.
KILLED Hrs BROTHER WHILE ATTEMPTING tn
SHOOT ANOTHER MAS.-TO-day, the grand Jury
found an indictment against james queen for man
slaughter IN having shot and killed his brother
Benjamin Queen, on october 9th last while at
tempting 10 shoot samuel Bruce. This homicide
TOOK place at the residence OF Ann Ellwood on
hamilton road In the county, and it is alleged that
Ia a difficulty between James Queen and Bruce the
brother was killed
STOLEN OvERCoATS.-MeSSrS. c. b Chew. Thos
Bowen, I. H. McPhe, son, and Dorsey Brown, re-
ported 10 the police last night that their overcoats
had been stolen from hallway OF house No 1913 F
street, and valued them at $50. In two hours
une OnlceT Edward Horne had recovered the coats
and arrested colored man, who gave his name as
John smith, who was trying 10 sell one OF the
coats de Is held for hearing.
GRAND HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES OVER PENN
sfLVASiA RAIRoAD.-The usual general excursion
covering the Christmas and New Years HOLIDAYS
mas been ordered over the entire system of the
PennSy ivania railroad east OF Pittsburg and Erie
Under this arrangement excursion tickets at great
Iy reduced rates Will be issued TO all prominent
points on the Pennsylvania railroad system from
Washington: These excursion tickets VIII be sold
december 23d, cath, 18Th, 30th and 3lSt 1884 and
January Isl, 1885, good for the return trip uDIll
January 9Th, 1885, inclusive. The regular nye DAYS
excursion between Washington and Baltimore Tor
s. Will not be affected by this arrangement These
excursion Lcketsywil not permit stop-on privilege
except at PHILADELPHIA within limit: tickets being
FaIld only on continuous connecting trains. For
Information concerning rates apply TO ticket Offices
18th street and Pennsylvania avenue and Baltimore
& Potomac railroad station.
PLEASANT SURPRISE awaited Profs. Pistorfo
and Proctor at their academy last Tuesday even
Ing, the I'D, when they received each very hand