Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-05
The Industrial school.
INTERESTING CLOSING EXERCISES AT CUR
I,r

CHAPEL.
A charity which is engaged in a work of i'm
portance and doing 1t without ostentation, is
| the Industrial School, which has been main
| tanned for some years at Gurley chapel, at the
corner at It'll and Boundary streets. The school
devotes itself to instructing and caring for the
neglected little girls of that section of the city,
| and every Saturday during the fall and winter
| between two and three hundred of these are
| collected in the chapel, where they are taught
to make up garments, the cloth for which has
| been furnished and cut out by the teachers,
and are instructed in various other useful
| things The school is conducted by between
| to the New York Avenue church, the president
being Mrs. VIM. Howard Mills. The closing ex-
ercises of the school took place Saturday, at the
chapel, with 223 pupils. and a large number OF
ladies and gentlemen present. The reports of
the vice president, the secretary,-Miss Coyle,--
and the treasurer, Mrs. Shields, were read, and
made an excellent showing of the work and
| condition of the school, Mrs. Mills, who is
very, agreeable speaker, delivered an address,
in which she reviewed the work of the year,
gave credit to all who had assisted in carrying
it on, and closed with touching tribute to the
pleasant little speech and a number of we'll
rendered IDS SONGS and Rotations by the pupils fol
freshments to the pupils and others present.
Affairs i'm West Washington.
Two SLIGHT FIRES.-A coal oil lamp ex-
ploded In house No. 1912 Nj street Saturday
night setting fire to the bed clothing, but it
was extinguished before much damage was
in from box ia for fire in a chimney OF house
No 3OO3 p street, occupied by Louisa Stokes.
The fire department promptly responded, but
did not go into service.
THE DAMAGE TO THE c. AND o. CANAL.-Su-
perintendent Biser and Paymaster Gambrill, of
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, were in con-
sultation with President Baughman, in Fred
erick, Md, Saturday, in regard to the damage
done to the canal by the floods of the past week.
The injury reported to be of very serious
character, and instructions were given to begin
the work of repair at once. 1t is thought that
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canal in ANYTHING like anavigable condition.
NoTEs.-There were about eighty converts of
the First (coored) Baptist church of this place
immersed in the waters of Rock creek near Z
street bridge, yesterday morning, in the pres
ence of a large gathering of people-MT. S.
Thomas Brown is confined to mis- residence by
Illness.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION of WATER
ATT A. M.-Great Falls, temperature. Is: con-
dition 3. Receiving reservoir temperature,
As; condition at north connection, - south
connection 2 Distributing reservoir, tenn
perature AS; condition at infuent gatehOuSe,
2; condition at effiuent gatehouse. 2.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.
Mechanics bank building, which for
h nearly three quarters OF "a century has
ings on King street, is now being torn
down, to be replaced by three dwellings and
1912 by John Langden, VIM. Vertch, James
G. DeNeale, Daniel Mcleod, John Cohagen,
James MeGuire, Adams Lynn, Mark Butts,
Young, Isaac Entwstle, Robert Young,
Peter Saunders and John Girl most OF
whom were the then leading Alexan-
for the we'll ordering of the affairs OF the said
corporation eight OF the directors at least shall
in successful operation for some twenty-five
years, when the cashier ran OFT with the funds,
and the failure OF the bank ruined many citi-
Zens of Alexandria. After that time the Alex
andria Fire Insurance company occupied the
building until the war. when it was occupied
by the United States troops provost mar
shals office. In later years it was the office of
The German bank until the close OF that insti-
tuition. The work OF improvement is in charge
OF Mr.. S. Is. Stoutenburg, builder.
GAMBLERS ARRESTED.-The law authorizing
the police of the city to exercise jurisdiction
benefit to the good order OF the suburbs. For
merly the ground between the city line and
Hunting creek was free for Sunday gambling
and other illegal sports. Several arrests have
heretofore been made, and on yesterday Chas.
Cash was brought up charged with gam bling in
the Old smallpox hospital, near the Catholic
cemetery.
SUNDAY Notwithstanding the in
clement weather yesterday, the churches gen.
pastors filled the pulpitS, except ut st. Marys
church, where President Doonan, S. j., OF George
town college, delivered q discourse on miracles.
NOTES.-The breaks in the c. ana o. canal cuts
Oft all trade on the Alexandria canal and keeps
our coal wharves idle. The dealers here can
obtain no definite information as to the time at
which the canal Will be repaired and be again
in order for navigation.-The confederate
veterans OF Lee camp elect their officers to-
niGht.-The county school board at its last
meeting directed the treasurer to give to each
district an account OF the school finances of
that distYict-The city assessment tor 1856
has been completed by Major DutIey, the COM
missioner of the revcnue.-The frame house
on Lee street opposite the National bank has
been sold by l. ). Lloyd to Mr.. II. w. Miller,
who has just moved here from Washington.-
The prisoners at tie Station-house here are
Samuel Moftett, charged with stealing a hat
L..
SoUSA AND TABERs NEW OPERETTA.-It
will be learned with pleasure that definite ar
rangements have been completed for the pro-
duction of Sousa and Tabers new comic oper-
eta, THE Queen OF Hearts, with strong
chorus and beautiful costumes. The operetta
will be preceded by Trial by Jury" The per-
1orinances, four in number, will be given at
AlbaughS opera house, April II, 13 and Ii.
Seats are now on sale at Ellis.