Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-21
WashingtOD's Birthday.


HOW THE DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED N THIS CITY
WashingtonS birthday Will be celebrated here In
| quiet way tomorrow. The Oldest Inhabitants
association, which fosters old-fashoned patriotism
viii observe the day by public meeting at noon
at their rooms In the Corcoran building. Mr. F.
Wheeler VIII deliver short Grafton, and MI. j. G.
Brun will read the farewell address
The National Rifles the Union Veteran Corps. the
Gonzaga Cadets and a portion OF the Washington
Alexandra. but win parade in this city on Their
way to Alexandria fhe W. L. l. corps win appear
on dress parade in this city in the afternoon.
The washington ContinentalS VIII duly observe the
day By sending two Uniformed companies to par
tlcipate In the parade at Alexandra, while the
balance OF the command win, In citizens dress.
proceed to Mt Vernon on the steamer W. W.
Corcoran, accompanied by their friends, both ladies'
and gentlemen at which place there win be exer-
patriotic addresses and music by select quartette
CLUB One hundred rifles. with all the accoutre-
ments, from the Springfield amory, intended for
the continental Guards are expected To arrive here
IN time to permit The organization TO parade
Custer Camp, No !. Sons OF Veterans, VIII accom-
pany the Union Veteran corps. first company, ON
their visit to Alexandria Tomorrow
The following Is the order TO be followed by the
W. l. corps IN their parade I'm the afternoon: The
battalion viii form Sth street and Market space
at O'Clock sharp. and the line OF march VIII be as
follows Pennsylvania avenue TO 81 street; there
countermarch and proceed as far as 18th street;
thence TO l, TO Connecticut avenue, TO NaSSachu-
sets avenue, to 9th street, TO @. TO 18th ana the
armory. IL the weather will permit the command
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The street parade OF the George Washington So.
cial club or Philadelphia, at four O'Clock to-lno row
afternoon, Will comprise the following features:
Citizens committee George Washiul rtou on a
white pony, three clowns. two harleguins one
devil, Captain and music directors. and INST ara
second lieuienants, followed by handsome line in
fancy costumes, representing kings, queens
princes lords, dukes, dUchesses. &c. &C, VIA.
Penn, Indian chiefs, tribe OF Indians, Lord Dun
Turks. Chinese. Robinson Crusoe al d man Friday:
cOlored swell and Lady, happy German couple,
Mexican outlaws, Goddess OF liberty and Uncle
Sam, IN open barouche, headed by Donch's band.
Local Notes.
John Jackson, alias Frank Field. to-day, in the
Criminal Court, pleaded guilty TO a charge OF "a
ceiving watch stolen by Fanny Scott from A. b.
Beall. and Was sentenced to two and a-half years
In the Albany penitentlary.
Arthur NJ. Mackey. OF the supreme Court bar was
to-day, In the Court la General Term, admitted 10
the bar OF the District.
To-day the Court In General Term appointed Mrs.
KaItla NJ. Kicker US. COMMIT ssorer ana examiner
In chancery.
Yesterday the remains or the ,ate james LIND
sley, who died at the Washington asylum and was
inferred in Potter's field last month, were disIn-
TERED by direction OF bis mother and other reia-
uves In West Virginia, TO which state they Will be
ACQUITTED By ORDER OF THE couRT-Isalah
Lewis was acquitted in the Criminal Court to-day
OF charge OF obtaining S from Margaret Robin
son. II was alleged that he falsely represented 10
Margaret Robinson that he had been sent to her
by o. S. B. Wall for s. to pay fine Imposed on VIM
Robinson In the Police Conrt The testimony
showed that he had been sent TO a woman named
Mtnta washington, and, being unable TO ind her.
was directed TO argaret Robinson, who said that
perhaps her husband had given an assumed Maine
and she was the woman meant He told her that
II It turned out that the man in trouble was not
her husband the money would he returned. Lewis
took the money and used II for bis own purposes,
telling Wall afterwards that he would make IL
good Judge Wylie said there was no case or false
pretenses and that the man had been badly treated
He thought the officers getting up and prosecuting
cutting Officer Coyle said he had nothing TO do with
the arrest, 'but," added be- 81 am Wiling TO take
my share OF the responsibility FOR the prosecution
By direction OF the court verdict OF mot guilty"
was rendered
THE HERMIT TO Be EvICrzD.-To-day, In the case
OF Frank b. Smith against Susan Birch ct al Ia the
Equity Court, Judge Macarthur directed that a
witt OF assistance be issued on the petition OF job
Barnard, trustee, that the property ION r, between
9th and 10th streets n0rthwes be delivered to the
which the hermit, Joan F. Birch, resides Win his
sister, 1t was sold a few months ago at public
auction The Birches have, however, continued In
possession.
Bodies Of De Long and His Men.
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ThK FUNERAL TOMORROW
The bodies OF Lieutenant Commander De Long,
jerome J. Collins and the other Jeanette ex-
plorers, which arrived at Hoboken, n j., by the
steamship Frisia yesterday, as stated In The STAR
were packed In teel-bound packages The bodies
OF all are not well preserved and will hot be ex-
pUotu 10 puDuC view Utaort ulat 10
morrow morning the bodies will be taken to pier
No. 1, North river, and put into ten hearses and
corted 70 their respective burial places DE Long
Will be buried In WoOdawn cemetery, DIR. Amber
will be taken TO Philadelphia, and Boyd, the
man, to Virginia The bodies OF the remaining Six
together with that OF De Long, VIII be taken 70 the
Church OF the Holy Trinity, at 42d street and Madi
son avenue, where services win be held. Lieut. /
William Schuetse, l.. s. n, who, with Lieut.. Har-
Der, u. n, lerI New York on February {, 1882 to
find and return with the JeanneJtes dead gave an |
account of his search the bodies The lieutenant
and his comrades after they found the bodies
within ten miles OF the mouth OF the river Lena,
drove night and day nearly 5000 miles In seds
drawn by dogs or reindeer, stopping for nothing
except to eat until they reached IrkutSk- Thence
they proceeded 70 Hamburg, where the Fr1sla took
them on board.
In the parliamentary election In Norfolk, West
England, to oil q vacancy, Mr. Read, conservative,
was chosen without OppO00On, The previous mem.