Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-09
The Monument Struck by Lightning.
THE ALUMINIUM TIP RECEIVES THREE POWER
ELL HARGES WIrHnI-r INIURY


FCL CHARGES WITHOUT INJURY.
During yesterdays severe storm the Wash.
| inSton monument struck by lightning
three times without the least appreciable effect
As soon rs the flashes reached the aluminium
| tip. which is the terminus of the lightning rod
| the electricity was harmiessly conveyed to the
| ground y clerk in the second auditors Office
| happened to turn his eyes towards the mOnu-
ment aS a dense black cloud hung over the city,
| and saw a flash extending down in a perpen-
dfcular direction and strike the tip. His excla-
nation at the beautiful sight caused four other
clerks to look, and almost Immediately three
other bolts were seen To- strike the tip simulta-
Heeusiy. One came perpendicularly and the
other two at angles of about forty-f1ve
%Ts the eahen sd was aan
| the bolt coming diagonally from the northeast.
None of the officials or employees connected
with the monument were aware that il had
been struck until this morning, when Col. Casey
was informed by the eye-witneSses He at
once examined the aluminium tip through a
powerful telescope. ana found it as sharp and
bright ever. He is, consequently. greatly
pleased that the apparatus TO prevent injury to
the monument should have withstoOd the Sc
we're test so satisfactorily.
LOCKED UP WHILE HIS CHILD DIED.-Last
Saturday morning cOiored countryman went
into Sonnenstrahls store 18th street, and
sell them cheap because he had a sick wife and
child at home and he wanted to hurry back to
see them. Sonnenstrahl suspected the man of
stealing the chickens and detained him until
the arrival of Officer Britt, who arrested the
ccuntryman and he was locked up until Mon
day morning when he was acquitted by Judge
| Smell. When he went home he found that his
child had died while he unlawfully incar-
cer;lttd in the lookup. A warrant was subse-
quentiy issued for SonnenStrahl and he was
fined 50 by Judge Smell this morning for the
assault.
n SUMNER SEASON OF Observation-Disclosures
is to be well supplied with light opera at pOpu-
Lar prizes during the coming l summer m At
papy viii be Il good one. including Alta Mer.
man. Mfs. Seguin; TeIulah Evans, BERTHE Craw-
and thirty others. They will appear in MAR
tha.' Fra Diavolo.' etc. Mr.. Albaugh will
5esin a season 4s of light opera at his house on
WiHstar. Louise Sej'rle, Mary Bcbee, Agnes
stone, Louis De Lange. Walter Hampshire, Vim
.Marit;,na,' y .I'hc Queens Lace Handkerchief
'-Prnce Methusalem,'' .Fatinitza." Madame
Angot,' etc. The general admission both at
Ford's and Albaush will be 25 cents.
\ FINE BUSINESS BUILpING.-Workmen are
engaged i'll tearing down the two small
brick houses on the north side of street near
nh street. and it is the intention of the owner,
Air. C;.lderon Carlisle, 10 begin at once the cree
stories i'll height. This building VIII have a
frontage of twenty-five feet, and will form part
of II large building to be erected on the site now
occupied by the Howard property, immediately
la the east This building, when completed, will
have a frontage of seventy-iye feet on + street,
and Will run back to u depth Of ninety feet on
1lth street. and will be fitted up for offices with
stores below. The building will be one of
the haEdsomest improvements on F street.
BHULAToUR & OVERS ART GALLERY-Bru-
latour & Dyer, successors TO Barlow's Art Gal
IcrY. No LIB Penfisy lvania avenue. have fitted
cat the gallery with an entire stock of new
paintings, eichings, engravings and water
coioFS; NJ =, Ii L. Dyer, OF the firm, who had
pcri2nce ana GOOD taste in art. and has dis
played excellent Judgment in fitting out the
gallery. For several Years before his death SIR
Barlow left everything TO Mr.. Dyer. who sus-
tanned the reputation OF the establishment. Be
fore entering the new firm he spent much time
in art circles in New York, studying the finer
Paintings. and his taste is approved by some of
the best artists
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IN SILKS.-We
VII! Gle: Tomorrow Friday. April 1Oth):-
% pieces Cheney Brothers Best Quality Ier-
sey Silk, in black, mEr.le, navy. garnet. seal
brown and golden brown, which we VIII sell
~ - yard, reduced from S1.5o-
10 pieces ty:o-t"neI irJcades. in all the latest
combinations, Tor SSI.So Il Yard; former price,
$50.
80 ficce< 20-inch heavy colored gros grain
nom 81.
LASSBURGH & BROTHER
The Co,sr'~.
COURT IN GEN h. TERM.
=, Yesterday National Ban. the Republic agt.
Hume et al: argued ard submitted.
CIRCUIT Cot RT-JutiJe Coz
Yesterday. W oOdhury agt. District of Column
bia; jury failed 10 agree and discharged. Leitch
~ ~t'.i 1stiseiiO Judgment by default. Cum
ming; agt. MOo:!4ead: Judgment by default
Cummings art. Chapman: Judgment by default
Ward u>e OF Barbour Il Hamilton agt johnson:
verdict ior plaintiff for S23S.iS. Alexander
aat campbell; Judgmen- Oh stipulation.
10 Equity CoURT-JRdgs James.
Yesterday. Ware agt. Ware; testimony Or
lercd taken before Examiner L. g. Loveioy
StarNwcather agt Neaz;e; restraining order
granted, returntblc April 18th. Sharon aet
Tucker ct al: pro con1esSo granted as to GER
tain defendants Fisher agt. Tucke- ct al: pro
conIcS-o ordered as TO certain defendants
StryIser art. MObcrly: instructions to receiver
relative 10 drafts Nash agt. Nash; sale ordered
ana y. " ilpSrotnb appointed trustee to sell.
Samuel ast. Warner ct al; pro confessO ordered
as To certain defendants. Morgan agt. Bolden:
sale ratified nisi.
SULLIVAN AND RYAN To MEET IN Mon
TANA--John l.. sullivan and Paddy Ryan
nave agreed to engage III Il contest with small
gloves at Butte City, Mon. on June 16, for the
championship and the belt. a purse of So $500
and two-thirds of the excursion money.
IAMMANY AND THE ADMINISTRATION.-The
IaIInmany committee on organization last
night adopted resolution endorsing the
prompt action taken by the administration to
protect the interests and rights of American
citizens on the Isthnlus of Panama.
I ABSOLUTELY PrRr