Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-13
ANACOSTIA.

ST.. ANDREWS BRoTHERHooD.-Gray's hall
was filled last evening with a large party of
young people, who came to witness the second
grand concert of st. Andrews brotherhood.
| The committee were Messrs. Cawood, Fisher
and Frisbie. Messrs BARLEY, Ogle and Nc
Lean composed the orchestra. Mr.. Frisbie
made an address stating that a branch of St.
Andrews brotherhood had been established in
Anocostia and that its object was to get the
young men to visit the rooms instead of loaf
ing on the corners. The rooms are under the
supervision Of Emmanuel Chapter. Of the
brotherhood and are open to young men Mon
days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Thursday evenings are for the young ladies
and Friday evenings for the children, when
the rector. Mr.. Davenport. has charge A
large number of persons from the city were
present last evening. MIR. ]. l.. McCreery, the
author and reader, read several of his compo-
sitions. The following program was well rem
dered and heartily applauded: Overture, Or
chestra; song, Mr.. Williams; piano solo, Miss
Edmonds; reading, Mr.. McCreery; piano Duet,
Miss and Mrs. Morelle; song. Mr.. Jno. Colley;
recitation, Miss Hattie Wood; quartet. Misses
Marsh and Messrs. Cawood and Smithson;
selection, orchestra; solo, Mr. Edmonds; read
ing, Mr.. McCreery; piano solo. Miss McCreery;
recitation, Miss Wood; solo, Mr.. Williams
Home, Sweet Home, Mrs. Dora Morelle About
$50 was realized.
WEDDING BELLs.-Last evening the Metho-
dist church on Jackson and Pierce streets was
filled to Overlooking with persons from St.
Elizabeth, Prince Georges county, and Ana
costa, who came to witness the marriage of
Mr.. George Baxter to Miss Mary Lanigan both
of st. Elizabeth's hospital Mr.. Jno Close, the
well-known musician, presided at the organ.
The Rev. MIR. Charles 0. Cook performed the
marriage ceremony. The bride is well known
in Anacostia and lived with her parents on Fill
more street. near Pleasant street, until she
went to st. Elizabeth, where she met Mr.. Bax-
ter. After the marriage ceremony supper was
served at the residence of the brides parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Chas Kenner. The ushers at the
church were Messrs. Charles Kenner and Geo.
Stamp.
Mr.. Alfred Soper, one of the engineers at
st. Elizabeth hospital, who is well known in
Anacostia, was married yesterday afternoon to
Miss Maggie Glenn at St. Peters church, Rev.
Father 0'Brien officiating. Mr.. Pat Maloney
filled the position of groomsman and Miss
Annie Ford was bridesmaid
householder Robert King, formerly of the
fourth precinct has been assigned to do night
duty in Anacostia in the place of Officer L. B.
Anderson. who is now doing day duty.-Ana-
costa Tent, No. 1885, 1. o. r., held an interest
ing meeting in their hall last evening. at which
remarks were made by Messrs. Shoemaker.
Goddard, Baker, MahOney, and others
Salem Tent, 154. l. o. R., met in Masonic hall,
on jackson and Pierce streets, last evening.
Addresses were made by w. W. Corden and
others.
Miss Virginia S. Mears was married to Laban
S. Powell, Of Cape Charles City. Md, in the
H. E. church at Accomac Courthouse, Va,
last Friday. The bride is only eighteen years
old, but weighs $50 pounds.
The master builders convention is in session
in Philadelphia.
The seventy-fve or one hundred tramps in
the Warren county, n. j., Jail have been put to
work breaking stone in the public gravel pit
They will be chained together and made to
work several hours.
Charley Stern, an Indian territory renegade,
has been killed in Oklahoma.
Jno. Keller, aged seventy-five years, residing
near Ava, Ohio, was assaulted and robbed by
his son-in-law Anthony Dobbns, and about
$500 in money taken. The old man, it is
thought, will die.
The West Virginia senate yesterday passed
the house resolution requesting Congress to
pension all Union soldiers who were confined in
southern prisons during the late war.
The marriage of Mr.. G. c. Shower. president
of the Metropolitan savings bank of Baltimore,
and Miss Cora Payne, OF Warrenton, Va, oc-
CURED at st. Johns Catholic church in the
latter place yesterday.
A. b. Guigon, c.. Irving Darlington, Walter
+. Blackson. and Edward Tate were examined
in Richmond. Va, yesterday before United
States Commissioners Peasants upon charge
of intimidating voters at the November cleo
ton and were sent to the grand jury.