Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-21
RaSe Rail.

THE NATIONALS AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The managers of the National club still feel
confident that they will be admitted into the
National League in December. In the mean
time, however, they are in danger of losing
some of their most valuable men, as they are
without protection under the new League
the clubs in those associations. Fulmer, Powell
and Burch have signed with the Batimores. and
Cook, it is said, is to go to Cincinnati. Many
of the team will stand by the club until its
fate is decided.
PETTY THIEVES IN THE POLICE COURT
Richard Sheldon, colored, was i'm the Police
Court to-day, charged with stealing watch
from William Ebbits, at Howard university.
The court ordered restitution and took Shell
don's personal recognizance James Hunter
and Charles Webster, small coIored boys, were
sentenced to sixty days each by Judge Smell to-
day for stealing thirty cents from JohnWagner.
BARrHoLD1's MODEL FOR THE LAFAYETTE
STATUE.-M: Bartholdi, the sculptor of the
Statue of Liberty, cabled to New York Monday
that he would sail for this country the
steamer AmeriQue. which leaves Havre on the
oath inst. He will spend several weeks in
America. His first purpose is TO personally SUI
perintend the erection of his statue on the ped
eStal which is now being erected for it, and sec
Ond, to meet the congressional committee in
charge of the Lafayette statue to be erected i'm
Washington. NJ. BarthOldi has completed a
model OF Lafayette, which is now on its way
here, and he hopes to be able to induce the con-
gressonal committee to accept it. He shipped
his model here at the suggestion of this conn.,
mittee.
THE SIXTH SUBDIVISION ASSOCIATED CHART
TIEs.-The annual meeting OF the sixth subdi-
vision OF Associated Charities held last
evening in the lecture room of All Souls church.
showed receipts, $211 80; expenditures, $19l,-
9S balance including that brought over from
1884, $2O.41. Fifty-two applications for relief
were received; thirty were colored and twenty
two white, and represented u total OF LAP per-
sons. During the year ending October, 1854,
~ per cent Of those helped were colored people,
Wi ~
Ored. The election of officers tor the ensuing
year resulted as follows: President, Hon. Ar
thur Macarthur; vice president. Rev. Alex.
Kent; secretary, H. b. Zevely; treasurer, g. w.
+. Swartzell; representative TO central board,
sb IN mrs s. HOOD 90 Mrs Dr. Tabo It.
William II. Gunnis0n, w. B. Gurley, III. A.
Johnston, Rev. G. B. Ramsdell, DR.. M. ID. Peck,
John K Wright q. d. WILCOX ana Mrs. a. NJ.
Purvis.
WHIST ToURNAMENT.-A whist tournament
is In progress at the rooms OF the Whist, Chess
and Checker club in the st. Cloud building, in
which the following members Of the club are,
Bancroft, DIR. Jeffries, I.Y. knight, CIV. Moore,
Charles Henley, II. S. Wharton, A. Braid, w.
b woT Iee r N. Redd and Louis Meyernardt'
Each player plays three games with each of the
nine others as partners; Two handsome prizes
have been offered by Mr.. Semken, the jeweler,
and Mr.. Chapman, the bookseller.
A FARMER BEGUILED AND RoBBED-What
appears to be one of q series of robberies perpe-
trated on unsuspecting farmers OF Pennsylvania
and New York by confidence men has just come
to light in Penn Yam. This time Harrison Hy-
att, = wealthy and respectable farmer OF Benton
township, was the victim. The plan was well
laid Two well-dressed men drove up TO the
farmer's house and represented they were ferti-
lizer dealers from New York. After charming
conversation they produced notes for $500.
made by several prominent citizens OF the
county, well known to Hyatt, and offered them
Mt q discount of $500. The unwary farmer was
money 90 easily, and raised the requisite sum-
the plausibie strangers accompanying him. On
and ordered Hyatt to stand and deliver, which
he did. They then made for the railroad station
and were seen no more.