Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-16

A GOOD BEGINNING FOR THE WORK OF RAIs
ING FUNDS.

A GOOD BEGINNING FOR THE WORK OF RAIs-
ING FUNDS.
Services were held in st. Dominic's church
yesterday, temporary partition having been
extended across the church. and the services
being held in the front part, which was not
damaged much by the fire last Thursday. In re-
Spouse to the call of the pastor of the church for
meeting to consider means for repairing the
damaged church, atoat five hundred people as
sembled at three o'clock yesterday afternoon In
the old church building. Mr.. 1. Fenwick Young
was chosen as chairman, w. b. Browne and ] l.
DermOdy secretaries, and Patrick CuIlinane
treasurer. Father Donnelly stated that the
ana expected would be used in replacing the
Vestments and furniture, and that the surplus
would be donated to the general repair of the
church. He said that If all the insurance was
N s eear the r of
name, after brief speech. urging active work,
closed by announcing that he would head the
ANNOUNCED subscription of 500 by Cap
tam NJ j.. Grealish, of Augusta, Georgi =.
a Was hneiin pledged himself to raise $500
umbkili on Capitol Hill would subscribe 800,
winch they had raised to defray the expense Of
scTiption list was opened, and when all present
who desired to contribute had put down their
names it was announced that "a 500 had been
raised A ways and means committee to col
lect subscriptions and to devise means for
raising money was appointed, as follows: P.
J: A. McDevitt, John Fegan, Gwynn Harris,
Maurice Fitzgerald, g. K Petty. r. +. Bartle. T.
/ DeGmody, "; B: Brown, R. L. Walter, ]: j.
T. Kane. Thanks were voted to the firemen.
police and citizens, who rendered valuable as,
slstance on the occasion of the fire.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED.
The following is a list of the subscriptions re-
ceived: Patrick Cullinane. $500; veterans at
the Soldiers Home, S21O; John McDermott &
Bro and James Altman, 5000 each; p H. HILL
SloG; n H. Shea, Michael J; Grealish, William
Patrick Corcoran, John NJ. Lloyd, d. orc Cal.
laghan. Samuel H. Wimsatt, Rev. Father Birch,
DAILY sioo each: David Mur D1WneS ana or >;
owen Fegan, jeremiah j. Brosnan ]. ]. Der.
mody, l. Fenwick Young, Gwynn Harris, ]. ].
liam p. Collins and A. L. Hutton, $50 each:
G. Saner, $40; John Corrigan, Matthew Colbert,
n; MeInerney Edmend Fitzgerald John ]:
stephenson, Maurice Fitzgerald, John Quinn,
James A. McDevitt, James Doyle, T. D. bowl
services as architect Michael Mels5 s JAMES msa
Richardson George E. Altman, Michael Shug-
a dSs IS M5a James HnsT A H
J. Collins, Michael Biggane, "cash from two
friends friends, $50 each; Thomas T: Diggins, DR..
John Armstrong Frank Carr. Hugh Bros,
man,. ]: D. Tourney, Joseph F. Marsden,
j. JiuS C. I Purple B a l. Walter, Michael Dun
Leahy. J. j. Pagan, J. Bischoff, W T. Whelan,
Thomas Frederick, w. A. johnson, WE Young,
ehn ehp
ley, P. b. OConnell, Edward Fitzgerald, T. Nc
Cafirey, Dennis Long; stranger, friend of Father
Josephs orphan asylum, SO each; n. D. Heaiy,
I'd. j. Hannah, st. Patrick s church; Thomas J.
King. immaculate 7! Conceptions; Thomas
Ginley, William II. Harvey, a. d. MahOney,
Cornelius Bresnahan: E. j. Burtt, ]. A. Watts,
\. Chrismond Gertie Chrismond. James Boyer,
b. +. Harvey. John SchnOpp, William E. Dante,
John Z. Foley, George Nenmeyer, r. w Fowler,
McGurk, VIM. Whelan, Timothy Buckley, F. E.
Griffin, John Egan, David A: Harvey, John
Digney' L. j. McHugh, Thomas D. Collins. Peter
kiiroy, James Moran, Frank Davis, Samuel
Brown, Annie Tourney, Mollie O'Connor, So
+. Young, jr., Frank +. Fitzgerald, SO each: Girls
Brodigan, So Joseph Lynch, William Mackey
Mrs. LINCoLN's NARROW EsCAPE.-The
horses attached TO ex-Secretary Lineoln's car
riage ran away yesterday afternoon on Yer
pant of the carriage. The rens broke while the
coachman was trying TO check the horses, and
there appeared Imminent danger Of a terrible
accident. The cOachman, however, climbed
out upon the pole OF the carriage, seized the
broken reins, and succeeding in stopping the
horses by guiding them against the Chain fence
surrounding the reservation at Vermont ave
nue. and street The carriage was not seri-
ously damaged. Mrs. Lincoln walked to her
home without assistance
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.-George B. foyer a
cOlOred shoemaker at the corner OF Sth and
East Capitol streets, was charged in the Police
Court this morning with bigamy. The case was
continued for one week; bonds $500. Chloe
foyer, living at 500 New Jersey avenue, claims
TO be Mrs. foyer, No. 1.
To THE PENITENTIARY FOR THREE YEARS.
In the Criminal Court to-day VIM Saunders q
colored boy, charged with hOusebreaking in the
night, in the store of Z. J. Wells, 225 street
northwest OH the 9Th of February and robLinc
the till OF S11, VA, found guilty and the court
Judge MacArthur) sentenced him to the
Albany penitentiary for three years.
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE a trip to Florida or the
New Orleans Exposition, go by the New Shen-
andoah Valley Southern Special, and take in
Harpers Ferry. Luray and Natural Bridge. See
schedule advertisement