Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-21

Closing Exercises TO.Day-Ltst q
Eighth Grade Pupils I'm Col0red

The graded public schools began to close to-
day. Closing exercises were held in the first,
second and third grades OF the city schools and
| In all the colored schools in the Sumner, Gar.
nett, Randall and Anthony Bowen buildings.
The names of eighth grade pupils receiving
to-day are as follows;
sehe9l No l. Dislslop R. No W Broyn
Maggie Z. Crusor. Mary L Davis. lydia d1 Dick,
erson. Ella NJ. Freeman, Anna E. Gillem, Lucy
NJ HANDSOME, Pauline E. Hawkins, Caroline
Eliza r. Moten, Landonia c. Page, Anna Simms,
K tv";h. , Skinner Mary e spriggs. Marie A.
Gabriel b. Coakley, Henry q. Irving, Clifton A.
Johnson, Sameul Lacy, John H. p. Young.
School No. 2, Division No Z. j. II. n. Waring,
Corine A. Jones, Florence E. Jones, Mary F. b.
Jones, Sarah E. Miner, Hermoine c. Peters,
Smoot Alice c. Stewart, Bessie Spriggs, Annita
J: Turner, Lucretia Wallace, Carrie A. Walker,
Francis L. Cardozo, jr., solomon Johnson, John
Scaool No. g. Division No. 8, Miss NJ E.
Tucker, teacher.-Mary Allen, Bertha Beckett,
sey, Victoria Jones. Mary kennedy, Margaret
Payne, Mary Robinson, Mary Scott, Emma
e smier, Carn fyler oSe Rina TnorPson.
Catherine Washington, George johnson, Rich
ard Jones, Ralph Steward, William Tignor,
Robert Taylor, Robert Wilkinson.
BASE BALI-Ine BaltlmoreS were defeated
by the Brooklyns at Ridgewood, N. Y, yester-
day, by II score of 8 to z. AT st. Louis the Gin
cinnats were shut out by the home team, the
score being To D. The Agricultural Depart
ment base ball nine defeated the Treasury De-
partment nine at the arsenal grounds Saturday
by a score OF 80 TO IA.
A HOMING PIGEON RACE - Messrs. g. w.
Henry, j: kaspar, F. c. Henry and X. b. Cav
young bird race from Fairfax, Va, ON the goth.
A purse was made up between the competing
owners, . OF which went to winner and the
remaining third TO second The start was made
by the biggagemaster on the train. The first
bird home was an ash-colored hen owned by r.
d. Caverly; the second was blue checker cock
owned by j. kaspar. The remaining birds
came in later. The next race will be from
Warrenton Junction on the 27th inst.
IMPROVED PROPERTY ON CAPITOL HILL.-A
good opportunity for Investment is offered in
story bricks. Sale Tomorrow afternoon at $40.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported forTHE EVENING STAR
A SAFE BURGLARY.-The safe burglars paid
a visit 10 Alexandria Saturday night and oper-
ated on the safe at the coal and wood office of
john X zimmerman, at the corner OF Queen
and Union streets. the office is small frame
building and easily broken into. The safe
then blown open, apparently with giant pow
der, the force of the explosion being sufficient
to break the glass in the windows of the office.
There was only a small sum in the safe, about
81 60, but the damage done by the thieves Is
The PREACHERS VS.. THE GAMBLERs.-The
city council holds its meeting tomorrow even
ing, and the committee on general laws will
report favOrably upon the bill which author
ICES the police to raid any house iii which they
suspect that gambling is being carried on. The
Christian association, by Rev. Messrs. Edwards,
Hippo, Nourse, Smith and Smithson, with sir.
w. ). Greenaway, are urging the passage of the
bill, and Mr.. Geo. A. Mushbach appears for citi-
zens who oppose its passage. The bill WILL ii is
said, be amended SO as to require search war
rant as a preliminary OF the raid.
RELIGIOUS SERvICES.-The services at the
NJ. h. Church South yesterday were specially
interesting. Bishop Wilson and Rev. DR..
Rodgers preached, and the Sunday school
meeting i'll the afternoon was addressed by
Hon. Robert Il. Vance, OF North Carolina. There
were children's services at Trinity church.
NOTES.-The Red Men OF Osceoia tribe, with a
large Number OF AleXandrianS, made an excur-
sion to-day on the steamer Mary Washington to
River View and are enjoy III, tnrinS.i,e there.
Mayor Smoot being s.bsc..i i!ss.den. Eicn-
berg held the mayors court.-IiIe ~ Inland
Railroad company has put an iron truss bridge
over Cameron run.-Ine first interment, that
of Mrs. NJ Pettey, has been made in the New
Bethel cemetery.-Ihe broken arch of the
Tan Horse run at its intersection with Pitt and
GIbbon streets, Is now being rebuils in part
under the direction of the committee ON streets.
Jas. Thornberg, by Mr.. Ed. Burke, his
attorney, has entered suit mere against the
Midland Railroad company, claiming $4,000
damages, because in July last he was thrown
oil OF Il train on which he was fireman, and SO
hurt that it became necessary to cut off his
foot.