Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-08
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| Am0Sements.
| ALBACGHs OPERA HoUsE.-The testimonial
| concert to Miss Emma Thursby last night was
| a gratifying success in every way. The house
| was comfortably filed with an audience OF
greeted Miss Thursby In the warmest manner
All the paTticipants were repeatedly encored.
o lords or f HorsE-Eiotow's VS., mel9 ;e 4;
Eords last night. The audience was large.
This evening Fra Diavolo'' will be repeated;
The CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT at Albaughs
Saturday evening promises TO be, in its way. as
| excellent as any of the musical events Of the
sung by the society: Miss Huntington will give
Il nerato M'Abbandona," and Mr.. Mockridge
| Celeste Aida"
| THREE WEDDINGS TEsTERDAY.-Mss Eliza
! Dodge. the daughter OF Mr.. Alexander Dodge,
kins at the residence OF her father, on Capitol
Hill, by Rev: Robert n. Baer: The bride was
Bessie, May and Elsie Dodge-each bearing .
| basket of flowers. The bridal couple left on the
evening train for northern t3ur c;,- F r.
residence OF ex-senator s. c. Pomeroy, Of Kan
OF Baltimore, was married in ST. Matthews
| church yesterday morning to Miss Mary ]. Cad
man. daughter OF Walter Cadman, OF the SUR
| seon generals office Rev FIR Doland oniciated
and celebrated mass.
SUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT FOR 500, OOO-
To-day in the Circuit Court, Mr.. Mason N.
Richardson entered suit for Messrs. e. F. E.
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| a. Duncan, Anthony Pollock ct al. tor $4,000
damages, in that the District of Columbia did,
of the east half Of 18TH street as exc
tended, between Columbia road and Boundary
street. 1t is alleged that this land was taken
during the administration of the board of pub
lie works over the affairs of the District without
the consent of the owners of the adjacent tract
$500. 1000 to $500 600 and without submitting
the same to jury lawfully appointed to APP
praise the same.
HE PLEADED DRUNKEyNIss.-Thomas SUIT
ton, bricklayer, whils Intoxicated went to his
him. John ran into the house and shut the
door after him. Thomas followed and broke
open the door, which struck Martin SchiSsler,
and he was arrested In the Police Court this
morning he pleaded drunkenness, and he
was Ened $40 or 80 days in ja& tom" was
tools, for which he got two months, and one
month additional in default of restitution.
a WFE-s PETITION FOR DIvoRCE-Mary L.
Ford has. by Mr.. c. NJ. Smith, filed bill for d.
vorce from John Il. Ford. They were married
charges that rs became dissipated in habits
and deserted Der August 10Th, 1878.
BASE BALL YEsTEEDAI-A dose of their
own medicine administered to the Ma
| tionals yesterday by the Norfolk club. who won
the game by score of IL to 8. The visitors
took kindly To Ga.us pitching and batted we'll,
while costly errors by the home team aided in
| their defeat. The Nationals rallied in the lat
ter part of the game, but were unable to catch
up-The second nine of the Georgetown Col
lege defeated the Eurekas yesterday by a score
OF - to S.-Games elsewhere Yesterday
! At Observation-Disclosures, Z: Brooklyn, i. At
Louisville louisville 3: Baltimore, 2. At
st. Louis-St. Louis, Is: Athletic, 1. AT At
| lanta, Ga.-Atlanta, 8; Augusta, 2.
| NAY BALL AT Masonic TEMPLE-The first
annual May ball Of Prof. Vermilya's dancing
academy took place last night at Masonic Tenn
pie. Prominent among the fancy dances were
| a very pretty tambOurine dance by little Maud
Gorham; an Irish JIG, by Miss Boone and Master
| Eldridge; Il jockey hornpipe, by Master Harry
| Sheridan, and PAL de deux, by Master Caruana
| and Miss Nellie Doaohus.
| MARRIAGE DEMONSTRATING licenses have
| been issued by the clerk Of the court to Amos
ID. Brent, OF Sandy Springs, Md. and Emma d.
John g. Mariehum and Joanna Powake; W. A.
Cohill and Mary 9. Terril, Joseph X. Betker and
son; John y. Lewis and Jennie Moran; David J.
Henson and Maud NJ. Briscoe.
| THE POLICE CENSUS.-The books containing
I the census enumeration by the police have not
| been turned in yet. The only precinct com
pleted is the fourth-bounded on the east by
10th street, south By south Il street and the Po-
tomac river, north by street to 10Th and the
| Boundary, and west by Rock Creek The result
| in this precinct shows u total population there
of about 10000 of which nearly II, 900 are col
year. The fifth precinct shows O little less than
| 10000 population. Officers VOlkman and Bur-
| rows nave completed their duty In taking the
| census in the third precinct west Of George
| town, and report as follows: In GEORGETOWN
there II .322 inhabitants 10 little over 900
| OF them coloredl. and in the county west Of
Rock creek there are 2,412; making q total Of
| 1874. There: are g. $50 males and 7,542
| females. There We're $50 births during the past
! year.
CAUSES OF THE PLYMOUTH PLAGuE-Frpm
! Wednesday evening up to noon yesterday five
| deaths occurred ut Plymouth, Pa. 1he commit
| tee OF physicians report that they discovered
| satisfactory explanation of the epidemic, and
their conclusion is in perfect accord with the
| accepted scientific theory Of the origin of
| typhoid fever. At the hcadwaters of the noun
tain stream supplying Plymouth with water is
a house in which typhoid fever has prevailed
| for the last three months. The eXcreta Of the
sick were thrown into privy forty feet from the
stream, and were washed into the stream by
| the March rains. The fever broke out at Ply
mouth about two weeks after the stream was
| polluted BY this pollution of the water supply
| 1000 persons were poisoned. and about eighty
| five have died with the fever, while other deaths
are likely To occur.
THE CLuvERIUs jury STILL INCOMPLETE
The jury FOR the trial of Cluverius, In Richmond
has not yet been obtained. II. {. Adams and X.
/ W. Lake. two CT the jurymen already accepted,
| were excused yesterday by Judge Atkins the
| former because suit tor perjury was pending
against him in Henrico county, and the latter
| because he had said he would not convict q man
| On circumstantial evidence. A. $. Goode Il
/ third juryman, will probably be discharged be-
! cause he bet money that Cluverius would not
( be convicted.
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