Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-24
From n Neiyhboring Town.

WHAT Il GOING on AT FALLS CHDRCH-BCIlD1NG
ENTERPRISES FOR THE COMING sEAsoS-THE REAL
ESTATE NaKKET-KAILRoAD NATTERs-INTEREST-
ING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Correspondence Of The EVENING SrAE.
FAILS CHURCH, VA, March 81, 1858.
IL Is crediby reported that the management OF
the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad have
perfected arrangements with the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad people 80 that they VIII run
their trains Independently, using their Own time
table and selling their tickets, aud that soon
there will W passenger tram each way added to
the present number, and "A new schedule OF fares
and a lower one. Every body hopes 50.
several lots were sold here in one week lately,
and several dwellings have already been conf
menced- Miss Belle Merrineld who bought q lot
on the corner Of Washington ana Forbes streets,
Will erect a fine residence az once Mr. AtheIIs
dwelling i already Enclosed. Mr.. L. d. Darling Is
erecting house for his own occupancy. Miss
Elen Greeue. OF your city, has bought lot on the
CoTtlcT % Cherry and Washington streets, aud mas
commenced ;he erection OF a residence. Mr.. J. W.
Garner has bought recently two lots on Cherry
street, and Mr.. Columbus Z. CEOate has bought
one at the old Falls Church depot. Mr.. John
wells bought, think, four acres OF land OF Mr..
Isaac CrOssnun Tor 900 cash, ard has Just
pIe;rd a barn On the same, and Will at once pro-
c-e,! 20 buIid a house. Mr.. W. ". Kinsley Is pre-
pairing 10 build a nne residence this spring on a
~ OJusht Two or three years aso. Mr.. j. +.
Wilkes. ~ your cts, has rented the house owned
b. Dr. Ll1yO- for the summer. Mr.. Geo. III. Profit,
Of Fl1rl0a has rented for the summer the house or
Mrs Ives Mr.. l. Ballard has moved into the resi-
Gelcs OF PrUf Graham, on SaniIarium Hill Mr.
Rollins, OF HeTndOn. has rented the dwelling
recently purchased by Mrs. Turner. The Rev. Mr..
Porter. OF Herndon, has moved into one OF Mr..
Turner'S houses lie is the new presiding elder Of
this district.
The Rev ;. A. Bali has performed the duties Of
presiding elder CT the VI. +. church for the past
toUr years IN this district, very acceptaby, resid-
Ing here. He goes TO HerndOn the ensuing year.
Tue members OF the church and his friends here
visited hun an evening recently Tor u farewell.
taking with them large supply OF table supplies
Tor supper The evening was enjoyable. PrODa-
bly, no minister has gone away from here who was
universally more highly esteemed than Mr.. Ball
He was pr senJed BY the ladies OF the society with
purse u 50. L.S.A.
NOT 4 VIOLATION OF THE LOTTERY LAWS. - The
charge against the young nan, Max Miller, OF
'iOtatlng %" lottery law In connection with the
safe VI foreign Jonds, was noiie pressed in the
Police Court this morning. Mr. Miller, IL appears,
represents a responsible New YORK firm, and upon
an lhNestlgal1h Oh the case, the dlstrcJ attorney
MS satisfied that there was no lottery connected
with the business
PLEAs or NOT GUmTY.-In the Criminal Court
JutZe Montgomery, the following persons. were
arrignei and pleaded not guilty: NJ j. Dickerson,
grand larceny OI Diamond ring from p. H. KRAFT,
January 10. Boston Green, receiving stolen prop
eTty: Robert Dent, hOusebreaking IN night, Janu-
aTy a and assault with inten; 10 kill OFFICER NAL
10y: John NARROW, rape on Elizabeth Z. Howell.
AMI assault with Intent 20 rape, March <; VI chael
boyle. Indicted for hOuseorealng In the night Cat
inc residence OF Mr.. l. OLTlen, May IL, pleaded
guilty, bi!t subsequently the Judge directed plea
o; Dot guilty 10 BE- entered
SENTENCE PosrPoxED.-Wm Robinson, who a
f~w wvrk~ since on an Indictment for grand lar
c-uy peasirI guilty, was called up for sentence
tli- morning The court, on questioning him
t-CcFttlEei That he had served three terms In the
p.nit-Itldry and a number OF terms in Jail. The
Fourt sald That he did not know but that the dis
t.1ct attorney had b7Jter look further into the
case he accused, by his own admissions, was
one OF that class OF prsOner who should be locked
- Tor the longest period Had he been indicted
and convicted CT second Orense OF grand larceny
he could te imprisoned ten years, and under the
present plea but three years. lie therefore post
pOuCd action