Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-22
Condensed Locals.


Street lamps will be lighted at 600 p.m., and
extingushed at $50 a.
The St. Patricks Temperance Society, of this
city, at It's meeting last night, Francis McNer-
hany presiding, adopted appropriate resolu-
tons to the memory of the late Mr.. Cough.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Charles !. Davies
while ascending the steps of the Ascension
church slipped, and falling, broke his leg. He
was removed to his house on 11th street in the
At a meeting of veterans of the old First
Army Corps at Mr.. j. H. Shines residence,
made for a Visit to south Mountain and Antie-
tam May 18th and 18th.
Richard Steele, a boy fourteen years old. son
OF Thomas ~ steele, living at the corner OF tn
and streets, left his home last Friday, since
which time he has not been seen.
The Clan-Na-Gael last evening decided to cell
citrate the 1OSth anniversary of the birth of
Robert Emmett, on the Attn of March next by a
musical and literary entertainment at Carroll
Petitions in behalf of the passage of the bill to
incorporate the National Light and Fuel COM
paDy are being extensively circulated in WASH
lngton, and WILL when signatures enough are
procured, be presented to Congress.
Nr. John Nogt. Pal Pennsylvania avenue
this morning sent TO police headquarters one
hundred loaves of bread to be distributed to the
bundle of secondhand clothing to the same
office for distribution.
The circulation of the double-sheet STAR on
Saturiay last was .7-49f. being thousands
more than that OF all the daily papers pub
hsheNi in Washington added together
THE EARLY CLOSING Observation-Disclosures
TyPcgra phical Union No. 1OI has passed reso-
buttons declaring the union "in fuIi sympathy
with The Clerks Early Closing association i'm
thelr endeayOr to inspire a sentiment among
the people of our city To assist in the establish.
ment OF reasonable hours for work and the
shortening OF Z, days labor" and THAT we COM
mend ihe clerks for so wise and just cause,
ana VIII do all in our power to- assist them"
HELD on a CHARGE OF HoUsEBREAKISG.-
Inc ease si owen Taylor. the colOred man ar
rested Friday night by Officer sutton on suspi-
clon OF being burglar, was called for trial in
the Police Court this morning. He was charged
with housebreaking in the night time Mr.
Moss appeared tor the prisoner and pleaded not
sHIN. oHtcer sutton testified that about II
CLOCK Friday night he arrested the defendant
who had bundle Of clothing in his Possession
and took him 10 the station house. where he as
-auiIeu witness and said the clothing was his
own. witness said there were several letters in
The coat pocket addressed 10 Dr. Charles f.
BTon>0n 81. 18th street Dr. Bronson testified
mat the clothing taken from the prisoner be-
IohSed 10 him and were stolen from his room
IL was worth $50 Mrs. Jennie Stoddard te,ii.
fed that the articles were stolen from the h1nSa
and she thought the house was entered through
Sie WINDOW The case was sent TO the grand
a CHARGE OF EMBEzzLEMEsr.-Robert F.
z Coggins. a young man, was taken i'm custody
saturday night by Officer Costello OF the sew
enth precinct, and held on a charge of embez-
AlIhS FUNDS OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company. This morning. in the Police Conf
Mr.; Darlington appeared for the young man
anu a e Tor continuance. which was grant
su- BAH was hXec al $500 The officers state
that the defendant mad been regarded as an
nOhest young man, and took the money with
the intention OF returning Ii before the shortage
would be discovered. He acted as night clerk
and Waterman at the Baltimore and ONO rail-
road Office, GIG Pennsylvania avenue and had
large family TO support, his father being blind
and his mother sick. 1t is stated, further that
tae family Is greatly in need.
T. NJ c. A. INTERCHANGEABLE lady
friends OF the \ VI. G. a. will give a unique en-
tertalnInent at the gymnasium hall TINS even
ing Refreshments Will be served by Young
ladies IN Kate Greenaway costumes, and Prof
Everett VIII give exhibition of legerde-
Hain.
Why A BROOKLYN RECTOR RESIGNED
S.eS; = a Ilpbals resigned the rectorship of
81 refer Protestant Episcopal church Brook
Iyh, n. l., on January u last. At that time it
was said that the reason Mr. TibbaIs had re-
signed was because his preaching was not salts
factory 10 his congregation. IL Is now stated
That the sole reason for Mr.. Tibbals' resigning
was that Mrs Tlbbals, becoming Jealous of her
husband, made CHARGES against him To several
OF the veStrymen. She then came 10 this citv
and, II Is said, is still here. Mrs Tibbals nov;
retriscts all she said against her husband and
s say she Is sincerely sorry for taking a friend
ilOo any Oh the secrets of the family life and
mat from her heart she is sure that her hus-
band Is a pure, true man, fitted in every way To
church Mr.. Tibbals said that the bish0n M
derstooo all the facts of the case and SWIM
pathized with him.
STOLEN OvEECoAT.-William Thomson. a
I Ii white man. pleaded guilty in the
IoIlce court to-day to the charge OF stealing An
oycfcoat belonging 10 jeremiah Fins Mr.
IhoHlas stated that Thompson borrowed two
coats rom Eins and failed 10 return Them
and when arrc> ted he had one coat on and had
pawned the other one for whisky The Judge
gave nun thirty days and thirty days addi-
uonal IN default OF restitution.
II. AND o. TO TIE EST-TraveIers IN tho
west, northwest and southwest can consult fhe
agents Of the H. and o. railroad 6l9 and
1901 Pennsylvania avenue, and station cor
Der OF New Jersey avenue and & street
Rates via this line To Chicago are S13 TO
'IoulSVll Sl4.50, To ~. Louis $1,000 To Gin
clnnati Sil, 10 Indianapolis S12 and Detroit
SI2, with corresponding low rates to ali Other
points Fast limited express trains with
through parior and sleeping ears to destination
Zine 10 Chicago, % hours; Cincinnati. I6
hours, anu St Louis, - hours. Indianapo-
lis II hours and Plttsbury 10 hours. Limited
Tor lineage and PittSbuTg, leaves Washington
al S:I3 - m daily; tor Cincinnati, St Louis
am Indianapolis. . pn.dasIy.