Evening star., 1886-07-16
The snfan.ry Veterans, Reunion.

To lie REPEATED on THE DID ISsTANT-MUsIC
or THE oLDEN TIME.
Yesterday the muster out OF Cornpany a
Washington Light Infantry. was celebrated as
stated in TIE SrAR. by a a reunion of the SIR
vivors and friends atthe Washington Schuetzen
park; but the rain in the evcniu. materially
interiered with the festivities. About three
hundred people assembled on tte ground II
w. artefmihtd I" repeat tile licnic, without
the ram u possible. next THURSDAY. the I'D
Instant. The dancers were transferred from ti,.
pavilion to the dining haii- Among those
present besides the "vetS'' were tapt>. kt!ly
Breitbarth. Wheeler, D.n-uan ;i..d otGc. officers
and members OF the Washington Light Infantry
battalion Durin. the evening AN ;td. ;re-S was
made by Col. James y. TAFT. There were so
many lady friends of the CORPS present who
were wont To attend the Infantry > excnrsinnS
thirty years more that ii was suggested
u the musicians To huat up tue dancing music
OF that time for the 22d, wnen the ..oId boys"
anu oiu siris expect !. have good time
The BALTIxoKE Butter CAsE.-This MORN
ing IN the Police Court. James ID. DAILY doing
business under commission merchants
license was charged by Detective Raft with
being an unlicensed commercial agent. The
testimony OF several merchants given TO
show that Mr. Daily sold butter in :his city
which was shipped from Batinoce. and the
goods were paid Tor by drafts sent to tie firms
IN Baltimore The defendant claimed that he
purchased the goods before he solicited the
orders in this city, and the judge continued the
case for further evidence.
QUEENSTOWN CATTLE MARKEr.-lSi cattle
Oh the market yesterday: 154 sold to butch
erS, follows: Best sold from 5 10 5I,c
per To-: good sold from Al, 10 - per h.: me-
diam. from To 41c. per To-: common from IL,
20 3h2c- per ID, 80 lett over. l ,65I sheep and
lambs on the market. Old sheen sold rom ,
TO 3-zc. per To-, lambs sold from ! To 5L,c per
10; 100 left over. Cows and calves sold from
Sis TO S15 each Market iair, both cattle and
sheep and lambs wasdull
BRIGHTwooD DRIVING PARK RACEs-Yes-
terday brought out good attendance con-
siderlng the unfavoTable condition of the
weather. The close and exciting 10
the nulSh- The grey geidiag Creole, driven 10y
J. u. RGTpert. won the first heat In the
A. X. sheppard took the lead. trOttIng gameiy
and ~Il..-. "; the heat creole, in the third
after a ci''~c flush from Henry Ba>han. In the
fourth heat Henry Bstshan, driven bv Henry
kengla forged - tAe front, winning after a
Close tai>lI from Grover C., driven by -. Sond-
EcInIc-- The irNt two heats were well con-
tes,ed between Henry Rashan and Creole. the
former winning by a scratch. Henry Bashan
winning the set OF harness.
THE WESLEY GROVE SUSpAY SCHOOL Coz
vENTION.-Tne following are the delegates from
this vicinity 10 the Methodist sunday school
convention now in session at Wesley Grove:
Washington dlstrfct-Rev. Mr.. Springer. pastor:
A b. sanders. superintendent; A. VI. Fietzer
delegate. Mount Vernon Place. Washington
ID. C.-Rev. Samuel W Haddaway, clerical;
Miss May Jones. Miss Florence Ball, lay. Laurel
and Grace circuit-Joshua Bounds, Superin-
tendent and delegate. Montsomery-Rev.J j.
II. Boyd w. b. Violet \. l.. FIetchaiI Mrs
Ann l.. Nichols, DELEGATES EockviIie. C. ".
Prettyman and Mis- Maggie Wilson delegates
Rock willie circuit-Thoinas j. owen, Glen Poole
William NJ Waters, Miss Helen ID. HO>kin>on
delegates Alexandria, Va.-George K HILL
delegate.
A LARGE ADvANCE.-The managers of the
Shellabaryer Live Stock company intend to
double the price at which they will dispose of
capital stock on the 21st inst. This is .. heavy
ADVANCE, but the management claims that il is
warranted by the future prospects ot the COM
Daoy. lee Al dvertisenenL.