Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-15

Yesterday mail brought letters To The drill
committee from the LUt.i>i..i., I;Ifies, Oi New
Orleans, and Battery a, of DunvIie. Ills; as to
entering the hationsl drill he. III May next Tue
FORMER Claims to be the best drilled Infantry Or
ganIzatOn now in Louisiana, anu the Illinois
artIiieristS rank high ior drlIi and equipment !.
The latter corps comes promptly lao ,.e-e1 IN
hilttte idea oi having the aftiIIe.s dill rs
batteries, with horses, .Ls.e..d oI s.iniay Inc
niaEusiI Oh the piece, as ne:eto.orS. 10 dale
thirteen states have been heard from
Voluntarily.
RACES YEsTERDAY.-The trotting races at
tne brightwood Track Yesterday were won by
kupert> g - Creole In 2:I41a, ::44t2 and
-:i41., over Lady molly, Jennie ana .cl..pes,
ANA b. C.B.CUfiius br. =. Duc over Harry moo (
he winners AT Gfs'NeseHd were Cleaner. Ku-
eInnatI, l. l>i.,nd. D.Thns..l, Pa oneedy, High
uisnt anu Emma JOnns"n.
GoKED By BULL--Iesterday Mr.. JOHN
SitieT. Residing as sligo, Md. and VI no WAS
en- ioyed uIon the iarin of L. =. Noycs in
il!sil NIc.nity, was attacked by saN"av buiI
that hal broken Iii nom neI-nb.'TiiIs farm
and Was 80 terrlDiy gored ana tossed tie
died almost INSTANTLY. Mr. SIIa.er Old
citizen of Montgomery county and was very
much esIeeIIIeu-
HERRMANN AT THE INSANE AsYLUM.-Prof.
ana hT,. hermann. accompanied 10y arty
"a new>Pap-T meu anu Ihcir wives, visited tue
l.i>ane asylum yesterday .&IleTnoOn aIi,i gave d
hail nour entertainment rof the s,InuscuIcut
oil the inmates. ~ lIIe WIZARD pc. IJr.iied
der alter wonder, Win shining e.t-e ,ie ASTON
l>uuIent grew finally IL mis-
through tiIe mai tiIat lac the devil n.Il>eI
After the pubic entertainments over Pru
HERMANN saNe a private rXntDItiun CT his
powers 10 a. party oil tne a>y Iun authorities
al the newspaper representatives. One I,aiI
ti.sit he accom- pI>n Wtls >.UpPII-s tine beating
MS pulse al ii signal rom tine uily,,ciau NJ 40
neId his n,nd counting Ie I'tIiS;,,iunS. Tnis
Was repeated SeveTaI Times. .A..OilIcr .lstoi.is
Ing feat was u.Ie Oh pure. >lreuyu IN wt,i,.t, ne
tOO-. "A IuIi PACK %! cards and tore IueIn i,l
at one effort aud ineA tore Ike halves in
quarters.
The PROPOSED ENPusITIOS.-Mr. Anderson
secretary Oi TIE bohIU "a pfOinO.Ou OF The pro-
Posed exposition, yesterday received letters
nom the mayor Oi ii. Pau the president OF the
Baltimore board oI trade, the secretary OF the
LeANea"Orin boaru of trade. the poslInaste o.
Tie kentucky state grange, tnc secretary vi tire
SOutd CaroiInd state grange, The president Of
the Commercial exchange oil 1T. Charles, No.,
the mayor Oi AscAis,ll,, nan. the secretary @,
the bOrd OF INDUSTRY q. HIeadNiile Pa. and the
secretary vi the board oi trade q: Newburg, y.
J.. accepting appointments a. inenioers eX-
CIIeio oi the board oI promotion. and express
ing themselves desITous oil Going " nat they
Sssn to ana the project
ATTEMPTED MCRDER.-Yestcrday afternoon
James arden Was cut in the lace with Il Dem
od anu streets, and a. he ran toward john
sons drug store. 81 ana L streets, FOX "A
piston anu attempted to sloo,, cut the wea pon
snapped Fox nIaae his escape.
\ WASHINGTON HORSE WINS AT LYNCH
BCEG--l esterday was tiie gala day of Lync.I-
burg centennial is.ir. Governor Fuzau.n I4e,
VINO was expected Ia denver au sIaress, Iaiied
To put IN an appearance Inc feature oi the DAY
was competitive driii. Participated in 10y the
DanSlie Virginia grays, the Ly ncDburs blues
and the Lyncnburg nOme guards. The prize of
800 was awarded the LynchOurx home
guards. The Irotting race, z:3O CLASS, for a
purse OF 500, Was won by Maggie N, owned by
James NOTION, OF this city, wIth tienry " ard
Beecber second and Minor third. The second
race, running. haii-miie heats, purse el5O was
won By Miss Grace. owned oy Garth vi Albe.
marie, Easter running seco.Id, aiId Katie Cor
don third The third race, 1Io mie uasn for a
purse of $3.50, was "Vn by koiine, with Brook
nil second.
REDUCED RATES To VIRGINIA SrA9s. FAIR
FOR The Virginia e. .a.r, viii IL vii. be held
roundtrip tickets viii d. ,.,Id ,r..,, " .i,inyt.
ana Alexandria from the 18th To- the 2:5d fD ST.
inclusive, good 10 returu until the 24tn, at IL
oi S4.oo sor the round trip, which ine1uues aU
mission To the fair grounds. Coasuit schedule
OF trains permitting Passengers 10 leave Wash
Ington IN tue morning and return In the eve
ninx.-Adct-
Books AT ACCTIoN.-Mr Bowling has ar.
ranged Tor examination "A cons. nmc Mt of IN -
eeiianeous books from Bristol, England, EN-
braelng standard and illustrated WORKS. tue sale
OF hlcn will Commence Monday evening mex,
at $50 O'clock see the advertisement Tor de.
tails.
SPECIAL TRAIN To THE PIMLICo RAcEs.-Fol
Inc accommodation OF Washington visitor.
desiring to attend The races at Piiniico Md
To be held October 10. 20, II and ~, the pas
senger department OF the Pennsy wanna rail-
road has arranged for special train To- leave tie
9Th street station al 1l:3U race days
running direct TO the track at PIN leo
landing passengers at the grand stand, return
lug lmfne diateIy after The Faces. the pr,,s ram
Tor the laii meeting OF the Maryland JocAe,
club is very attractive one. Rountt-trIp tick
els Will be sold from w ashington at the rate O
SZ.-AdC
EXTENSIVE SALE OF FCRNITCRE.-Mr. Dow
ling Will sell tomorrow morning, al his auct ton
rouins, commencing at 10 clucs. Immense
cotlection OF household furniture. some OF Il
very line, together with about seventy. II \,
secondhand carpets. Tie most of them in eAce.
lei,i coidtIOD. Also, seNersl, pianos sintru..fs
makers. For particulars the ADVERTISE
meat