Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-18
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for The EVENING STAR.

Reported for The EVENING STAR.
CONFERENCE ACTIyITIEs.-The presence in
town yesterday of many intelligent gentle
men engaged in religious aud moral-reform
work made the day the busiest in that respect
that the town has seen for many DAYS Besides
the activities at the NJ L. Church South. OPEN
| ing with an early love feast of conference MEM
bers. and closing late in the evening with a
sermon and ordination. the members of the
conference filled the pllpits OF six other
churches-the Baptist. Presbyterian. MctEo-
dist. Episcopal. and Methodist Protestant as
well ar some of the colored churches. They
also had services NJ the jail. where Rev. Il. IL.
Graybill preached under the auspices of the
Christian association committee. The SUNDAY
afternoon meeting of the Christian association
at Trinity VI. i. church was led by President
W. W. Smith. who addressed his remarks par
tlcularly 10 business men. The temperance
movement here also forwarded by menu
bers of the conference. Rev. }. Edgar Wilson
and Others delivering addresses at a temper
ance meeting held in the afternoon at the
Methodist Protestant church.
ODD FELLOWS I-CENTENNIAI.-Arrange-
ments have been made by Potomac Lodge. No.
80. i. o. o. F., to celebrate its fftieth anniver-
sary tonight. IL was chartered by the grand
lodge of the District of Columbia. and organ
lied on the 18th of March. 1889, at the old town
house and school building. which stood on the
site of the present city courthouse. Soon after
ward the lodge built fine hall on Columbus
street. then in the middle of two open squares,
has lately been handsomely improved. At the
meeting tonight number of Washington Odd
Fellows will attend, and addresses will be de-
livered by Past Grand Sire Durham, of Ken
lucky. and Past Grand Master j. I. Given, OF
the District of Columbia.
ST. PATRIcK's DAY had no observance here
yesterday except the religious exercises of ST.
Mary's church. when Rev. ID. OKane delivered
a sermon on ST. Patricks apostolate.
WASHINGTON COMPANIES OBTAIN CHARTERS
At the close of last week Messrs. W. b. Webb,
A. A. Birney, Westel Willoughby A. j. Willard
and John Bowles obtained a charter here 10
manufacture and introduce Bowles' submarine
boat and torpedo-W. A. Hammond. ] W
Denver, L. 5. Parker. and f. p Holcombe OF
Washington, also obtained a charter for a COM
pany to manufacture heating and yentilating
apparatus.
The LATEST REAL ESTATE SALES are the
frame house, with back lot. on the south side
of King street, between Columbus and WASH
ington streets, for 81, 600. Arnaday 4 Co. have
bought McGraws sumac mill, a large three
story brick building, with lot % by 100 feet, on
King and Payne streets, for Sl,l00 John 4.
Cook has bought for $50 a frame house, with
lot Is by SO feet, Fairfax and Gibbons streets.
Il is now regarded a certainty that the
Flowers family, at Hollow Rock, Tenn, an &c
count of whose cremation in their home was
given Friday night, were murdered by moon
sinners.
At Asbury Park. n J., damage to the extent
of $4,000 was done by the storm which pre-
vailed Saturday night.
The village of Hereford. Md, on the York
turnpike. q miles from Baltimore, was visited
by a serious fire Saturday night.
Twelve of Legitime's soldiers who had been
taken prisoners by Hyppolite, were shot In the
public square at Cape Haytien recently.
Willis Green, Anderson Mitchell, and Dan
Jones' colored. were hanged at Arkadelphia,
Ark Friday for the murder of a negro
preacher named Arthur Horton Nav p, 1883
The execution was private
John Cook, the Minneapolis post-ofice rob-
Der, was sentenced TO two years hard labor in
the penitentiary by Judge Blodgett, OF the
United States district court in Chicago.
Cardinal Gibbons is in receipt of a letter OF
thanks from the pope IN response to the letter
from the American hierarchy on the question
Of the temporal power of the papacy.
At Keene, N H., Miss Bessie, daughter of
Milton Blake, has been very sick with every
symptom of arsenical poisoning, caused b.
wearing green flannel dress
The Jersey City grand jurors have ordered
bills drawn against eighteen members Of thu
board of freeholders.