Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-04
'Ehc Ni:.mshlcr OF the Rirdk.
NF- HFSSiSG'- FRDTF>T-t STATEMENT FROM PROF
ROBERT EfIGwSY

NR- HF>siSG- rRorF>T-, STATEMENT FROM PROF.
ROBERT EiEGwSY.
VT. Gforye G. EruUillg. nl this city, in cOfnInr-
nctloii L. The Nia.rct Commissioners In relation
10 bill pending before Congress for the pres
ervatlcn Of g.iue III the District OF Columbia
~. X. 81. . aud which has been referred to the
commissioners Tor their opinion. states that
'"ndtcFer differences OF opinion may exist as to
Tie Gs"iu'ht>s or tl- contrary OF any bird. one
t.iIE is certain n license DJ given 10 xiii one
,".t every otner sort i bound TO share
&" >D.Hr extent The result ana deStrucu ion -
H. Gl"fes lfoIn u Letter he has received
from Prof Robert Rifgway, curator Of bir,.s
from the National Museum: - greatly depreciate
-te wholesale destruction 0i native birds which
a. 'i"r one pr"ttEt 81 anp'her. Is being carried on
tah "h"F yer TO!n'. The fearful slaughter of
c'i hJEsis 1>"ich Wear diminishing a very marked
q -rrt. the number az bohJ-links which adorn our
northern Iie 1uHS, ard there is no more, charlc.
fsfiS1.ral' American bird than This species, whose
powers 0t song entitled him 10 rank aiupnr the
h.~;- ii- dealers who supply the millinery
tr.t4H ClUsy annually the destruction OF more
C:ip4r, driet ta,I@"r-. and other birds o! brilliant
r5.iiTr than are sacrificed To science in "A decades,
Il>l, 10 idle guess, nut Is based actual expert
tH@:, Ion have been III The field with both the or
EItuscicdi collect 1r whose aim was th, catherine
.. specimens tor some museum or 1pr his own coleC-
non, ana also with those whose object WAS to sup
riT the trade"
oRssQrIss OF Rev. DANIEL LySCH-A large con-
course 81 people gathered 1T st. AioySi,ls church
tS morning TO attend The it:icral services OF The
lale Rev. Dame" Lynch. The services were very
SIMPLE consisting only ~ tlr Office !or the dead and
low lHd>s. Father Dc;iny MAS the celebrant Six
ScAottoIic- oE tie cO..eS acted pall-bearers.
-sinrI2 me Gerry men present We're the Rev Fathers
Penn .ScIIyr;rT. Boone. NConan OConnell Rocco
for. i'ftf. Okdne. Nu!ialy, Clark and Carroll all
~ che ,,'tet. Ol Jesus, and Rev. Father Walter OF
- PasT--- :. and REV. Father ChapeIle d. D. of
= Nat " :. lie interlnent Was at the George
town college cemetery.
"EDDisGS-Gr- John 7. kcan and Miss Bessie
T. Perry were married. at the congregational
church last evening, Rev. DR. Rankin officiating.
Hr>-f-. H. H. Bolton and :. G. Wilson were the
E.4-I.~HrI ard MISSES Florence Perry and Hattie,
i.ri iht FttivNi;iJ:t- Tie usilerS were Messrs
"iLsIa Hc.lsdiy. Wi.i!lm i.cSeS, George TOphs,m
ana liz tTy a. Eilrn A1t-r The ceremony recep-
tieH vas hfi al li residence Ol the brides parents,
l-I1 5:E street Last evening In the parOrs Ut Mr.
J+Cn" T. Suti.. The laitDf OF the Il. and I. K L.
den1. i;"V. br. j. =. Bea!" unted In marriage Miss
MARY l. smith 10 NT. James l. Denny OF WInches-
t'r. Va, the agent or the American news company
here.
ESD OF PROSECUTION FOR LIBEL-In the
CFfi:i! Court to-day. IN the case OF Calvin Chase
indicted Tor libel nu Robert PuryiS published In
the Washington Zee, A1ile pros was entered this
morning w TasgarI stated that full retraction
had been made. and Mr. Puryis did not care to
the case