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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
A DOUBLE WEDDING.
Two Virginia Couples Married at the
Court House This Morning.

The first Of the District courts to resume
business after the summer vacation was the
Equity Court, which was convened this morn
ing for the September term by Justice Cox. At
the hour Of o'clock members Of the bar were
preparing for the business of the day. and over
hundred persons were in waiting for o civil
service examination in the Circuit Court room.
when party Of fve-three young men and two
young ladies-appeareda at the clerks Office and
presented an application, not for civil service
examination, but for license to marry. They
were VIM. Powell and Julia Lewis. both of
Charlottesville, Va; Chas. G. Sullivan and Annie
Bell Drummett, both Of Fredericksburg, Va,
and q male friend of the two couples. The
licenses were soon issued. The Equity Court
room, in which the marriage relation is often
dissolved. was opened by MIR. Luxen as an APP
propriate place for the impending ceremony,
and Rev. MIR. Bailey of the civil service COM
mission was called in In short time an audi
ence composed of lawyers, candidates for gov
eminent positions, court officers and other per-
sons was gathered. Rev. Bailey, being some
what pressed for time, directed the parties to
stand up, and he married the couples two at a
clip" They received the hearty congratulations
OF the assembled spectators, and left for a day .
sight seeing, while the larger portion Of the
witnesses proceeded to wrestle with civil service
conundrums. The bride-grooms were each
twenty-one years old and the brides each eight
cen. and both couples took this important step
in their careers without informing their Vir-
ginia relatives and friends, for whom q surprise
is in store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
NOT AS CRUEL AS A DEMON.
An Explanation Of Sarah Bernhardt's
Punishment of Her Pet Dog.

Correspondents of THE EVENING STAR.
PARIS. August 49,
The WEEKLY STAR is always q very welcome
arrival 1t reaches us about pm. and we al
ways sit up to finish the paper tine night Of its
arrival After wading through several Paris
papers daily it is decidedly refreshing to find
one with more real news than all put
together. In the issue Of August 9Th
noticed an article about Sarah Bern
hardt headed Gas Cruel as q Demon"
One should, it is said, give even the devil his
due. So here goes for the explanation Of the
affair, given me by one who knows Sara very
we'll. We have had jolly laugh over the
story, copy of which goes to the Bernhard
this morning. This story represents Sara as
putting her little dog in q stove and burning
HIM to death. The facts are as follows: 1t is
the most common thing in the world for q Paris
lady to punish her little dog by shutting hi m
mp In cold empty stove. The dog very natur-
ally howls at first, and then like little philos-
opher curls up and goes to sleep, his bowls and
whines growing fainter and fainter, like those
OF a spoiled baby as it drops of to sleep in
spite OF itself. The little stoves are rather more
for ornament than for use and are rarely
lighted in a drawing room as the other stoves
through the open doors keep II sufficiently
warm. Sara Is greatly given to practical joking,
and no doubt well knew the impression this
would make upon the American lady when she
caught up her little pet and gave him his Gus
tomary punishment. A. CIV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
Chicken and Bicycle.

An ardent cyclist who hadn't kept his ma
chine in good order concluded yesterday to
polish it mp. In this work he took the wheels
apart, laid the pieces down carefully here and
there, and put the small balls in q saucer to
clean and replace with great care. These balls
are OF steel, exact in size and number, and Of
vast importance in ball-bearing cycles. While
at work a chicken waltzed up to the saucer and
In t~inkling there was ball-bearing rooster
in the yard. The bicyclist did not discover
his loss until he went to replace the balls, when
ne suddenly attributed the disappearance to
the peculiarities OF chicken But which
chicken Of the half dozen thereabouts? It
could not be determined by ordinary OBSERVE
ton, and 30 the heads Of most Of the lot were
wrung, when in the crsw of one of them the
missing machinery was found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
CITY AND DISTRICT
CONDENSED LOCALS,

John A. Greene, the well-known journalist
and ex-president of the New York Press club.
who for time was Washington correspondent
OF the New York Press died at his home at
Bayside. Ii, yesterday. He married Jennie
Z. Clatin. from whom he parted in a short
time.
The new National Capital bank. which opened
for business Yesterday on Capitol Hill. received
Sl56.277 in deposits before the day closed
Robert Jupiter, colOred, while at work yester-
day in a lumber yard in South Washington, had
his right foot crushed. He was found at the
corner of 7th street and Virginia avenue south
west by an officer and taken TO Providence hos
pItal IN the police ambulance.
The plasterers of Washington celebrated labor
day at Marshall Hall. The feature of the day
was the base ball game between the James
Hugheses and the Joseph E. Landons the James
Hugheses winning by the score of 10 to IL in
i've innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
STREETS IN THE NORTHEAST.
Improvements That the Citizens Asso-
citation Will Recommend.

The Citizens association of Northeast WASH
ington last night at the Peabody school build
ing received report from the committee on
streets, giving list Of streets in the northeast
section to be recommended to the District
Commissioners for approval The whole even
ing was spent in discussing the proposed sched-
ule and as finally adopted it was as follows:
To be paved-1st, from G to Chicago street;
I'd, from c to H; 4th street. from Massachusetts
avenue to street; 9Th. from d to f; 7th street.
from Maryland avenue to Boundary street; 9Th
street, from Massachusetts, avenue to II street;
9th, from East Capitol to B; 9th street, from
Maryland avenue to Boundary street; 10TH
from East Capitol to C; F, from Sd to 4th;
D street, from Delaware avenue to 4th street.
To be graded and regulated-G, from 9Th to
7th; L street, from Delaware avenue to It'll
street; Sth, from to X; B. from 14th to 10th;
A. from 18th to 14th; 18th, from C to Boundary;
4th. from F to H; 18th street, from Maryland
avenue to boundary street; 9Th, from E to H.;
18th, from to Boundary; I'd, from h to
Boundary; D street. from 9th street to Tennes-
see avenue.
It was decided to ask that provision be made
in the general schedule for paving Massa-
chusetts avenue from North Capitol to 4th and
from 9Th to Lincoln park and for grading and
regulating Tennessee avenue.
THE BOUNDARY.
Mr.. 8. G. Clarke rather staggered the as soci-
alton by asking to have the grading and regu-
lating Of Boundary from North Capitol to 18th
street included. Mr.. Clarke urged that this
street was the longest in straight line and
naturally one Of the finest in the city. The
portion in the northwest section had been i'm
proved, and he thought it would conduce
greatly to the welfare Of the northeast to
have the eastern part graded and regulated
The members of the association, however, were
generally opposed to the proposition.
Mr.. Clarke thought the association
should ask for more improvements
in that part of the city to be charged against
the general schedule. The street committee
was instructed to present the schedule adopted
to the Commissioners. after arranging the list
in the order of Importance. letter was read
from Mr.. W. q. Dodge declining, on account of
absence from the city, to act as member of
the committee on schools and of the committee
on water and sewers Mr.. W. T. Jones was ap-
pointed in Mr.. Dodge's place on the school
committee and Mr. Z. J. Hill ON the committee
on water and sewers.
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JUPITER'S CIRCULATION.
The Performance Which the Planet 10
Billed for Tonight.

Unless there IL . hitch in the arrangements,
strike among the stellar scene Shutters. or q
miscalculation of figures, the planet Jupiter
will tonight disappear behind the moon and re-
appear on the other side. He has performed
this feat before in company with others of his
Set many and many time, until his move
ments are known and can be foretold to scien-
tifc nicely.
WHERE THE PLANET WILL DISAPPEAR
The spot selected for the planets plunge into
the retirement offered by the moon is the east
ern edge of the lunar disc, which is now in the
shadow. or course the presence Of the earth's
CLOUDS In the atmosphere will not deter Jupiter
In the least from performing the feat. He will
go on with the performance, rain or shine.
Inc performance will begin promptly at
s:4S;a6 after dark. unless something should oc-
cur between now and then to prevent the fol-
lowing OF the schedule. At the instant named
jupiter Will begin to disappear behind what
Will seem to the unaided eye to be a wall Of
nothing, and in another minute will have gone
from sight. Then there will be an intermis-
sion OF about forty-eight minutes, during
which Jupiter will be hobnobbing with his
moons on that side of our moon that is forever
turned from us.
He will come forth again on the bright edge
OF the moon at 1O:3145, and then the perform
ance will close.
TO OBSERVE THE CIRCULATION.
The occultation, which is the earthly name
given to the feat, is Of no especial importance
to the scientific world, although some astrono-
mers may take photographs of the disappearance
and temperance with hope of obtaining
additional data to aid in determining whether
or not the moon has an atmosphere. For this
purpose OF observations in this city the two
equatorial telescopes at the naval observatory
Will be used. The occultation will be quite
visible to the naked eye, and pair of ordinary
opera glasses will enable the observer to dis
tlnguish the moons of Jupiter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
Slight Fires.

About 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon fire
took place in the oil house at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot, but it was speedily e1tin-
guished by No. engine company before much
damage had been done.
\ few minutes before Z o'clock this morning
a fire took place in the one-story frame house
2Oi5 9TH street. owned By Prof Magill and
occupied by John Creveling as bar room: dam
age about $50. The house is supposed to have
been set on FIRE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
The Festival at the Schuetzen Park.
Stupefied With Laudanum,

Yesterday afternoon Officer Clarke Of the
second precinct found at the corner Of 9Th and
n streets northwest a man named John McGill
in stupor and took him to the station. A
two-ounce vial about one-third filed with
laudanum was found in his pocket DR..
English went to work to resuscitate him, and
in about an hour got him out of his stupor and
he was sent to his home He is about thirty.
FIVE years DID, is blacksmith. and with his
family-a wife and children-res des at 1921
5th street northwest. His family state that he
has taken laudanum frequently of late, and it
Is thought that he accidentally took an over
dose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
Washington Whisky Too Much for Him

A coiored man named Abraham Walton
came here from Kansas City few days ago to
work on the cable road on It'll street Yester-
day he drank some whisky He found the
liquor stronger than he had been in the habit
Of drinking and Policeman Reagan arrested
him. When tried in the Police Court this
morning Walton promised not to drink any
more liquor while he remained In Washington.
and the judge took his personal bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
BAnBErs. BAKERS Gnocrn,s

And itch. and everyspecies Of itching
burning. bleeding. scaly and pimpiy diseases Of The
skin. scalp and blood with loss of hsr instantly
relieved and speedily. permanently and economically
cured BY the CUTICUKA REMEDIES. whom all other
methods and the best physcans tail These are strong
words. but true. q
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CASE B E.s e.Es,, p, = ..,.rs,.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

Green, Roach, Hauptmsn and Moore led the
fielding, and Green. Roach and Hauptman the
batting. The Alerts are Arranging q series Of
games with the Columbia Athletics, which
promises to be very interesting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
A POLICEMAN'S GROwL.
He Says There is Unfair Discrimination
in Granting Leaves of Absence TO Officers

The policemen in some Of the precincts are
complaining of the manner in which leaves of
absence are being granted. One of the officers
who spoke to a STAR reporter about the matter
thought that one officer was entitled to as much
as another, so long as he attended to his duty.
In some precincts, he said, the officers have no
trouble in getting few days of each summer,
while in others the men were lucky if they
could get off long enough to go on a days ex-
cursion- The men, he thought, were all en-
titled to thirty days in year, just as well as
the lieutenants of the force and other employees
OF the District government In his precinct, he
said, it is difficult for an officer to get off. but
the lieutenant never has any trouble in going
OF every now and tn. N.
tie thought that there should be a uniform
rule adopted concerning the granting of leaves
Of absence. He would be satisfied with a single
week each year, if that the length of the
leave to be granted each man annually. but he
certainly was opposed to the present system.
Some men can get ten or fifteen days each year
or two. while others find il almost impossible to
get much more than that number Of minutes
He did not think this added to the efficiency of
the force.
EXCURSION TO BALTIMoRE.-The g. and o. r.
r. Co. will sell excursion tickets TO baltimore
for all trains September to IA. good return
ing until SeDtpmber 81 at ratio ~ 70 tbo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

FORECAST TILL EIGHT An. wKpNEspAY
For the District of Columbia, Maryland Del
aware aud Virginia, rain; warmer; easterly to
southerly winds.
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FIFTEEN Per CENT. REFLECTION during this
week at John Rudden's Credit and Cash
stores. $50 and 932 9TH street NV, on all
tapestry, body Brussels and ingram carpets;
also on antique and oak bedroom suites. parlor
sets Of all kinds. sideboards, stoves. heaters
and ranges and everything in the housekeep-
Ing line. You can make your own terms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

1t is stated that Archbishop Riordan Of Sam
Francisco is in failing health, aud it is reported
that he has called q conference Of bishops in
the archdiocese to convene in that city at an
early dar( to select three names to be recon-
mended to the pope from which TO select :
COO tutor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
Our Soldier Bows Home Again.

The well-worn measures Of Home Amin
sounded on the air yesterday evening shortly
before O'Clock when the Washington Light
Infantry and the Corcoran Cadets marched out
OF the Pennsylvania depot and tramped up the
avenue. There were noisy words OF welcome
from thousands of friends on the sidewalks and
every few yards there were clouds of briliantly-
illuminated smoke. The escort consisted OF the
stay-ai-homes" Of the Infantry. commanded
D! capt Ourand; Corcoran Cadets who pre-
Ierred Washington TO Atlantic CITY; National
REMEDIES, Capt. c. 5. Domer; Merchant Rifles
Capt Cosunett. and the Peabody Cadets. Lieut
McGowen- The National Fencibles were pre-
Seuea oy Their eornet corps. At the Hotel
Randall the Infantry partook of a collation. nra.
pared for them bv MIR. Leis.rino who NJ.
their host. and they enjoyed themselves i'm
menseIy. Col. Moore, Major Dalton. and Mr.
Leisering made brief speeches and then the
boys went home. The Corcoran Cadets were
meluaeo 10 me invitation to the feast, but there
was Misunderstanding somewhere and thew
went right on to their arnory
EXCURSION TO COMFY ISLAND AND NEw Yonx-
A special train Of day coaches and Pullman
parlor cars will leave Baltimore and Ohio
station Saturday the 18th instant. a, 7.sp -
for this great resort arriving in Jersey Citv
l30 M, where immediate connection will he
made by boats Of the iron steamboat company
for Coney Island Those desiring to do so can
spend the afternoon and night In New York and
take boats tor Coney Island ON sunday.
The tickets will be valid for return on ali
trains, including the vestibuled limited express
trains Of Saturday and Sunday. Last boat
leaves Coney Island sunday, 10 p. m, and leaves
New YORK II midnight. Sleeping cars attached
to this train Round trip s7.-Adot
THOSE SEEKING BAaoAINs should not fail to
attend the assignee's sale of jewelry, watches,
DC, OF !. p. Libbey, $40 9Th street northwest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

There is to be reunion Of abolitionists in
Boston on the anniversary of the issuing of the
emancip patton proclamation. 1t was determlned
to hold the meeting on september Is IN Ire
mout temple. One thousand invitations will
be sent to anti-slavery people throughout the
country.
Jim" Dyer. one of the most notorious des-
peradoes in Indian territory. was shot and NOR
tally wounded by John Mcaenry Sunday
The oyster season opened in Baltimore yes
terday, and before noon several vessels arrived
with small cargoes at the retail wharves in East
Baltimore. The bivalves are large and of fine
quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
WIDOWS ENTER COMMENTS.
The Choice of Two Women Who Have
Been Prominent In Social Life.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
In the last two weeks the attention Of the
public has been attracted to the number Of
ladies of this city who have announced their
intention Of forsaking the world by entering
the convent doors thrown wide to receive them.
1t is somewhat strange that among these there
are two widows past middle age, who have
spent their lives in the midst of the CAV world,
who are now within the coister walls. One
will take the black veil at the end Of her pro-
baton and the other has entered to live among
the gentle nuns and discover whether her vo-
cation lies in that direction.
Mrs. T. G. Mitchell one Of the above-men-
toned ladies, is the widow of Mr.. Ned Mitchell
of this city, and has one child, Miss Mary
Mitchell, who was educated in the Sacred
Heart convent at Nashville, and who became
so enamored Of the life of a religeuse that three
years ago she joined their order and is now
known as Nine. Mitchell. Last October Miss
Mitchell took the black veil. Mrs. Mitchell
was Miss Cromwell of Baltimore, and has two
sisters. Mrs. Gen. Barney snd Mrs. Halliburton.
She does not come empty handed to the home
OF her choice, as she has a comfortable estate
left by her husband, which will all probably be
donated to the Sacred Heart. While in the
world she led SO sanity and beautiful life
that she was called SAINT Theresa" by those
most intimate with her, and her sudden deter
mination to leave them was q painful blow to
those who loved her best. Mrs. Mitchell is a
hne-looking woman, over fifty years of age,
with hair as white as snow. and a lovely, placid
countenance. The pathos of the situation lies
in the fact that at any time her beloved daugh-
ter may be separated from her by an order to
join some branch house. Often when the
superioress general of the order is visiting a
convent Of the order, she is standing at the
door at her departure bidding goodbye to
those about her, she will turn to one of the
nuns and say: Mother, take of your apron
and come with me-" The servant Of the church
obediently complies. enters the carriage. and
probably never sees her old home again.
Another widow, Mrs. Julia Rogers, widow Of
the late DR.. Patrick Rogers, one Of the pioneer
physicians of st. Louis, has just gone into the
Visitation convent for the purpose OF trying
the life there. and il satisfied with her expert
ence of conventual life she will enter as a pos
tulant. She, too, has passed over fifty years in
the world, and lost her husband about three
months ago. Neither Mrs. Mitchell nor Mrs.
Rogers. as widows, can take the white veil, but
at the end Of their probation will be at once in
vested with the habit of the order. The order
of the visitation seems one particularly suited
for widows, it was founded by widow.
Madam Frances de Chautal-the mother of
eight children-under the direction OF ST.
Francis de Sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

The ATTENTION of parties desiring nice new
comfortable houses is invited to those just be-
ing completed on 22d street and New Hamp-
shire avenue, adjoining Washington circle, in
charge Of b. II. Warner Il Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

Nor1cE.-Norfolk oysters, New York Blue
Points, Shrewsbury Neck clans, large CLAIMS,
soft crabs, hard crabs families and hotels sup
piled: wholesale and retail n. WHITE Il Co.,
81 ST ID w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

EUY Your Coal, Coke and Wood from JOHN
con BEoTHERs, the leading hrm in the Dis
trIct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

THE SWEETEST House IN Town. Sugar House,
78l 7th. j. McILyEES. Mgr.
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RAzoRs and dog collars, Az Pa ave- and 9ss F.

ALL ARE INVITED to inspect their improved
methods of doing work. The rush still con-
tinues at the EMPIRE CARPET CLEANING WORKS,
GS1-635 Mass ave. n W. Telephone 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

TILES FOR BATH Rooms, tiles for vestibules
tiles for open fire places, choice in color anG
design. HAYWARD q HUTCHINSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
We PorSr Wire PRrpK

10 the Good name At home" won by Hoods ssrssps.
tla In Lowell. Msss., where IL prepsred therp /,
more OF Hoods ssrsaparills sold than Of all other
mensnea Whole neiThborhoods are taking 10 ., the
same time AMI it has given the of satsfaction
Snee It's Introduction ten years ago hi. could not
De the medicine did not possess merit II you suffer
ron impure blood or debility try Hoods sAr-.ps-
TIA ana You VII realize it, peculiar curative power
mao SALT rheum on my left three y-ar.. suffer.
s terribly took Hoods sarsaparills ana the sal,
rneuin has entirely disappeared" H. n MILLS, II
French ct. Lowell. Mass
HOODS sARsAPARIILA.
Soio oy All druxsists s1; six for s5. Prepared only
=" " hooD Z co. Apothecar1es. Lowell. Msss
100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03

SUGAR WITHOUT TEA or Baking Powder. ST.
GAR House, 731 It'll. J. McILvEEN, Mgr.