Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-25
The Inaugural Expenses.


SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE REFUNDED
The executive committee of the inaugural ar
ranSements held meeting last evening and
practically concluded their labors which will
terminate with their report to the general COM
mlttee on Monday evening. The committee on
ball tickets submitted n report Showing that
the amount received from the sale of bali tick
cts and deposited with the treasurer was
sos 90. Sale OF invitation cards, S341 30
Total. S35,96s.. 20. careful count of the
tickets received at the entrances shows that
9,Ooo were found in the boxes, which, on com
parison with the count of sales show, that IL
more tickets were sold thar received The sale
of the lumber o. the roof realized 81 ,3O7, and
the statement was made that the income from
the promenade concerts, sale of privileges luIn-
Der, &c, VOL swell the aggregate amOuns re-
celved 10 abo';t $4,000. This anounS comes
within four o. five hundred dollars of meeting
the expenses ~ full. and will alloy the return
OF nearly all the fund subscribed.
THE LATE FRANK G. MIppLEroS-At a
special meeting of the board of directors of the
EqntaoIe Cooperative Building Association
called for the purpose Of taking suitable action
upon the death of Frank G.. Middleton, Hon.
Ellis spear and Lawrence Gardner We're ap-
pointed a committee to draft resolutions. They
made the following report, which was adopted
whereas II has pleased Divine Providence to
remove suddenly from this lite and its actiyi-
Ties. and his family and friends our friend and
associate on this board
FRANK G. MIDDLETON
Therefore, be IL resotred. That we enter upon
the records OF the board a memorial of our deem
PERSONAL GRIEF and our sense of the great loss
death 40 LIS un'iiheiy
Resotced, That we viii cherish as a sacred
trust the remembrance of the MANY virtues
which made his whole life admirable: that he
joined with a clear perception and sound iudn-
ment heart deeply religious and governed by
rl2nt ana generous impulses and true to every
prompting OF honor and duty; that, while he
was man OF strong convictions, strictly and
lnne Xibly adhered to what he thong hi TO h..
right he was modest and courteous and al WAYS
considerable of others. We recognize that i'm his
early death the community has lost business
T.f
established for ability, and giving abundant
promise OF future expansion. His friends and
dcquuhtances have lost "A worthy and pleasant
com panion; his church an exemplary member.
whose reNerent soul and consistent life Were
hhelpiu Ito 70 the world The members of the board
ttse i"st most eongenfal associate and am
honest manly and intelligent counsellor.
.. Resotsed That We deeply sympathise with his
family In their grievous affiiction
Resotred, That the secretary be instructed to
, ,idHs 10 ms family copy of these resolu-
JSo. joy Epson, Secretary.
GOVERNMENT SALE OF HORSES AND CAP.
RIAGEs AT AUCTION.-Messrs.D uncanson Rrns
aucttoneers. will sell tomorrow morning of ~
co,o, T., IA ~, ar3nt OF their salesrooms for ac-
stock oil horses, carriages, harness, &c.
ANOTHER ART SALE-Messrs. Walter p WI
Hams & Co call attention To an Interesting and
important sale OF paintings TO take place to-
morrow, Thursday, evening, at O'Clock Being
the collection of "A gentleman about To leave he
city the pictures viii he sold without reserve so
uhstt VIII be presented for
picking up a bargain in flvorite works That
their merits may be fully and fairly understood
the pictures in question have been placed on
free public View. az the corner OF 10th Street an
fennsyINania avenue. and will be so exposed
during tomorrow, where intending purchasers
and connoisseurs are invited to call and make
examination for themselves.
THE NEW YORK MILLINERY SroRF-Thare
has just been opened at the New York millinery
store $50 eth street n w. a large assor, 10. .,,,
OF 1oDons, hats, bonnets OF tie very latest ma 4
terms, MOWERS ana feathers, laces and fancy
goods generally, and al prices, II is claimed
that cannot be matched; in fact, Mt prices that
prevail In the leading low-priced houses of New
1Ork- Inc goods are fresh from the irnnorters
AN EVENING IN THE Holy LAND-Messrs
Arofety, OF Damascus, Syria, have appeared i'm
the Leading cities OF this country before large
audiences, giving An Evening in the Holy
Land, with illustrations OF home and social
lie, including the famous sword exercise OF
Ioh;tinedan ana their marriage feasts. These
will be represented by several natives at odd
Fellows hall, Navy Yard, on the 26th instant,
at y. N.