Evening star., 1886-11-29
The Fire Department Parade.

The f1re department parade Will take place to-
morrow, the 30th instant at p. m, and will form
at the corner OF 18th and X streets northwest In
the following order: First battalion-Band, Chief
Engineer Joseph Harris and Fire Marshal VIM. o.
Drew: engine company No. 1, Foreman Charles S.
Bass and nine men; engine company No. 9, Fore
man w. 7. Belt and nine men; engine company
No. 5, Foreman j. d. kurtz and nine men; engine
company No. z, Foreman Frank j. Wagner and
nine men; truck company, Foreman George
Spilman and ten men. Second battalton-Band,
Lowe; engine company No. 2, Foreman James
Frazier and nine men; engine company No. 4,
FOREMAN Francis Lewis and nine men; engine
company NO. q, Foreman VIM. T. SOrrel and nine
men: truck A company, Foreman John Kane and
nine men; fuel cart, In charge by Private Charles
ROute-AlOng 18th street to Scott statue to
Massachusetts avenue, Massachusetts avenue to
New Hampshire avenue, New Hampshire avenue
south 10 washington circle around circle, along
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and through Executive
grounds down Pennsylvania avenue to 18th street,
dc down w 18th street to Pennsylxa avenue again
10 Peace monument, around monument and up
Pennsylvania avenue to 9TH street, up 7th street
10 street. The first battalion viii turn at this
point to the left through street and the second
battalion TO turn to the right through Massa.
chusettS avenue to quarters.
IT Is REPORTED that the widow OF ex-Minister
Hunt had joined the Catholic church She is the
widow OF our former minister to St Petersburg,
who was Secretary of the Navy In Garf1elds cabi-
net.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BnL.-The sub-appropria-
t1Ons committee on the sundry civil bill to-day
heard Public Printer Benedict as to the necessary
appropriations for the government printing Office:
Archltect Clark In regard to further apprOpria-
lions for the work on the Capitol terraces and
SuperintendentThorne OF the coast survey on the
needs OF his bureau. Mr.. Benedict explained the
CONDITION OF the government printing Office, and
showed that he had been compelled to cut down
tne Iorce below its proper limits In order to COM
ply with the law. His statement was apparently
satisfactory, and deficiency appropriation will
probably be allowed.
THE SUB-APPRoPRIArIoNs COMMITTEE of the
House on the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill to-day examined a number OF
the bureau chiefs and leading officials OF the Treas
ury.
The STOLEN REGISTRY LETTERS FOR BELGIUM
Postmaster Pearson, OF New York city, has for
warded to the Post Office department the following
registry numbers OF letters from Washington
stolen In Belgium from the mail which left New
York on the 18th inst for Russia 3312 3O1O 1907
and 32O6.
THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS CANNOT CHANGE IT.
The first controller has decided that the District
Commissioners cannot change the course OF pro-
posed sewer for which Congress appropriated
$1,000 with the provision that it shall extend from
the south side OF the bureau OF engraving and
Pnnting dSn lath stree5 to street southwest
street and effect different connections at an In
creased expense The controllers decision is based
II. S.,
exceeding OF an appropriation.
Barnard's Comet.
VISIBLE EARLY IN THE MORNING TO THE NAKED EYE
Prof. Z. E. Barnard, OF Vanderbilt university,
writes to the Nashville CTenn.) american as fol-
lows. under date Of November "a concerning the
comet lately discovered by him: "The Vanderbilt
comet is proving to be highly interesting object
This morning from O'Clock until daylight ft was
easily visible in the eastern sky as a Conspicuous
object to the naked eye. The tail could be traced
for at least 10 degrees and although that append
age was not bright the head was as notable as a
fourth magnitude star. The position of the comet
at present is four or FIVE degrees south OF the first
magnitude star Arcturus. which is rapidly passing
In its progress toward the northeast In the teie-
scope the comet was splendid object This be-
ing the first clear morning since the moon with
drew from the morning skies, striking changes
were at once detected. When last seen on a dark
sky the comet had two tails; it now has three-the
longest stretching out for many degrees, the next
In length extending some two degrees, while the
shortest tail-the middle Ona-had a length of
about half degree. In the Lead shOne bright
star-like nucleus OF slightly ellowsh cast. The
remarkable appearance of the omet this morning
suggests the possibility OF its lecomng an Object
OF general interest," and We may Startle the world
with Nashville comet, although the last one did
fail to come up to expectations.