Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-15

yesterday.
]. ehillington sends Demorest's Monthly and
Frank Leslie Popular Monthly for June.
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a CONFLAGRATIoN AT THE STREErswEEP-
ING STABLEs.-About o'clock last night fire
discovered BY wOrkmen and drivers i'm I he
stables OF Col L. +. Wright the street-sweeping
contractor, on q street. between goth and Dist
streets IL was in the rear of the building
where a large lot of infiammable birch broom
material had been stored. The flames We're
soon beyond the control Ct the men present
and fire alarm was turned in. The fire burned
with great rapid1ty as soon as II reached the
hay loft. Forty horses in the stables, five
sweeping machines, twelve carts and a eonsid-
cradle quantity of harness were removed from
the burning stable in safety. The upper and
rear portions OF the building were almost COM
plete:y destroyed. Col. Wright estimates his
loss at nearly $1,000, which is however COW
cred by insurance. The damage TO the build
ing. which belonged to Mrs Martha V MiIburn
i about 81 ZOO, also fully insured. The origin
OF the IRE is supposed to have been accidenL tai.
THE BELT DIVORCE CAsE.-Eugene N Belt. a
pTOlnlnel. merchant of Baltimore, yesterday
nled his answer to the divorce suit recently
entered by his wife, Mary Alice Belt He relates
how he discovered the TACT OF his wife's connec-
ton with the scandal in which Congressman
Acklen, of New Orleans. figured III this city and
how his lady friends declined TO recognize him,
ana now ON investigation ne learned that the
complainant, before her marriage with him,
had led a lie of in1a,my, and that he had been
lnade the victim of an abandoned adventures.
3ir. Belt further AYERS that he was about to
Institute divorce proceedings when served with
DEATH OF Mrs. LUCRETIA DoYLF.-Mrs. Luz
ctetIa Doyle, the widow of the late Robert Z
Doyle. died yesterday at the age of Is She
leaves SiA children. three OF whom-J. HadIev
Doyle. OF the !S,tnosty Herald, Miss Mary and
is"bert-are in this city. Paymaster Jacob
IiOyie and Ptynaster's Clerk Hiram Doyle are
stationed in the Pacific squadron, and Joseph,
le eldest son, Is IN san Francisco. The funeral
viii take place on sunday afternoon from her
Iaie residence, 1Ol6 f street.
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COMPLAINT OF HIGH RAILROAD PASSENGER
kArE>-Ihere Is some dissatisfaction felt by
then 20 W asnington daily, owing to the rail-
roads leading into the city having advanced
tne ra-es for monthly aud quarterly tickets
over the rates OF last year. In some in
stances the rates increased but a
trihe, bu2 on the line OF the WASH
Il7ton and Ohio railroad the advance is con-
sdcTaoie-tne quarterly rate now being $50 so
al'IIat $50 last year Some OF the government
ciei X, aud others who live near that road are
speaking Oh establishing "a stage line from
Teorsetown 10 their homes. They will first
n3weTer, have an interview. by a committee
Win Inc railroad authorities.
y DEATH AT THE JAIL.-At 9 O'Clock last
hlshi, ~heh Mr. Bell, one OF the Jail guards was
hidhihS ais GOunG> IN the north wing. he found
one OF The prisoners. a colOred man Of about 90
Es"Isp named Moses Gaskins, committed on
dohday last FOR fifteen days by the Police Court
iOr an atlrsiy. quite sick, suffering from asthma
He was brought out into the rotunda, where
medical attention WAS given him 1,asgir
said when he first came down that he was
going 10 die. lie died about 1 O'clock having
ruptGred "a blood vessel in coughing
NFWSBOYS AND BOOTBLACKS-A magic Ion
acknowledgements for the newsbOys and boot
blacks OF the city will be given by the News
boys Ala society at the National Rifles armory
ttss evening at O'Clock. Five hundred tickets
have been distributed among the different news
paper offices OF the city.
ST. JOHNS ORPHANAGE DEDTC ALTON SER.
NiCE.-Ine afternoon of Ascension day was
selected as "a suitable time for dedicating the
new southwest wing of st. Johns orphanage on
ZOth street, below r. Accordingly as the hour
ol 400 p H. drew near the squares in that sec
anu pedestrians vending their way to the or
iiidhsiSe, anu charity found sweet embodiment
IN many OF the fair visitors to the home of the
oaPnaus- MS orphana.e is one of the numer-
0 . oeneEoient institutions OF IT. Johns parish
VseN. W ~ Leonard, rector. 1t has at present
Saai,. IcI % noth sexes. who seem pictures of
nesith ana happiness. They are In the imme-
dlate charge OF Sister Sarah who has several
othtf ttdles associated with her in this com
Iieii'!stoic "oTk- The service OF dedication was
,1h1tf the direction of the RI Rev DIR Paret
olashot oi Mary Land, who spoke words of good
-. vi tIe occasion, and who was followed in
an appropriate address by the Rev DIR Lind.
Say, OF georgetown. The other clergvnen rraS
Iht anu participating were the Rev w s
'Iiiu rector OF the parish and the Roy
HaeSSrs' Iiarh, curtis, Mckee and Reazor
y TEMPERANCE MEErING-From nresent an
a ,s,Fes tHSre viii be a very large temperance
noon next over two thousand tickets ha We
alresidy been issued. The remainder Of tbs
large hall Will be given up for free seats.