Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-16
Arrival Of the ssLiberty Bell"
EN- ROUTE FROM THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSl
TON To THE QUAKER CITY.

EN- ROUTE FROM THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSE
TON To THE QUAKER CITY.
This morning at eight o'clock a special train
| arrived at the b. and F. depot with the Liberty
Bell, y which has been on exhibition at the New
Orleans exposition, having been loaned by the
city of Philadelphia to the exposition managers
for that purpose. There arrived on the same
train the New Orleans escort Of the famous
bell. consisting ofJ.N. GuilliOtte, mayor of New
Orleans, and seventeen members of the NUM-
c1pai council of that city, three police officers,
thirty-six members of steam fire company No:
II, and twenty members of the Continental
Guards. all of New Orleans. The train was COM
posed of a baggage car, a Pullman hotel car,
Pennsylvania railroad, the last especially fitted
for the trip, one-half of il having been cut away
| for the bell and its frame. The beam to which
ures ''1116" and the words proclaim Liberty,
and the framework Is now covered with the
products of Louisiana-the orange, palm, mag;
| nOla, &c, being represented Beneath the bell
| is an old shoe inscribed, This shoe was thrown
after the bell when It left Philadelphia as an
The train left New Orleans on Saturday morn
ing at $50 o'clock, made short stops in Mobile,
Charlotte and other places, and stops OF several
latter place at O'Clock this morning. The
| members of the escort are to-day being shown
| barth, of the Washington Light Infantry, show
ing proper cOurtesies to the COntinentalS. The
train leaves here this afternoon at O'Clock.
How Mrs. JOHNSON WAS ROBBED. In the
Police Court to-day, Judge Smell had before
him young cOlOred man named Louis Bowie,
who was charged with stealing So from Mary
Johnson, who lives in Owens alley in the
northwest part of the city. Mrs. Johnson, who
is a colored woman about 40 years old, testified
that Bowie came to her house Yesterday and
said that her husband had sent him for a quar-
ter TO buy his dinner with. She stopped down,
raised up the carpet under which she kept her
money, and was about to give him the quarter
when he told her that he did not want the
quarter, but wanted his mortar hod. She then
put the carpet down and went back after the
bod, and when she returned she saw Bowie
drop the carpet where her money was and run
OF with q So bill. Officer Lee testified to the
arrest and the recovery of S4.67 of the money.
The judge gave Bowie 60 days in Jail.
PRESENTING A CANE TO Hon. 8. 8. Cox
The District letter carriers presented to Hon. s.
>. Cox gold headed cane at the Riggs House
last evening in acknowledgment of his efforts
in their behalf in Congress. About a hundred
carriers were present. Mr.. William Britain
made an appropriate presentation address and
Mr. Cox replied in characteristic style.
Affairs In West Washington.
SHIPPING NEWS Schooner Nathan Law
renee arrived with 1 100 tons of ice from Ken
1000 tons of ice from kennebec; schooner
American Team arrived with 500 tons of ice
from kennebec; schooner William Mason
cleared to-day for Fall River with 600 tons of
coal.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT
IA.M.-Great Falls, temperature, 73; condition,
So; receiving reservoir, temperature, IS; cOndi-
connection, 80: distributing reservoir, ten. pera-
ture, "a; condition at intiuent gate house, SO;
etfuent gate house, SO. High tide to-day, 1925
am, low tide, 1881 pm.