Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-05
GOOD SKATING.
Lots Of Young People Enjoying Themselves
Gliding Over the Ice.


Gliding Over the Ice.
The cold weather Of the past few days has put
quite thick sheet of ice on the river and the
ponds around the city. There is good skating.
and the young people Of the city and good
many who are no longer young have not been
slow to embrace the opportunity. Yesterday
afternoon and evening and this morning there
were lots Of merry skaters on every sheet Of
water that offered frozen surface for their
steel runners. There was very good skating TO
be had on the ponds in the Soldiers Home
grounds. on the ponds around the Agricultural
Department and Oh the fish ponds rear the
monument The ice on the river was very fair,
especially above the Long bridge. and around
where the river Is being dredged out back of
the monument there were numerous Young
skaters whirling and gliding along and cutting
ali sorts of fancy figures. On the carp ponds
this morning there were only two young ladies
in the throng of skaters but they did not look
particularly lonesome. for each had an atten-
tive cavalier TO help her over the ice. One Of
them looked very well satisfied with a spruce
young cadet in full uniform for her escort. As
vet there have been no serious accidents of any
sort: Yesterday one young man broke through
the ice, but his feet reached the bottom before
the water got to his waist and he managed 10
scramble out with no more serious conse-
quences than wetting and possible cold.
There is good skating on Little river across
the Free bridge. The ice on the river above
the bridge is four or five inches thick and has
stopped navigation.
OfHcers Elected.
The Columbia Law School Debating Society
Saturday night elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, Mr.. George W. Miller of the senior class;
vice president, Mr.. C. s. Mccoy Of the senior
lass: secretary, Mr.. Vim. II. Storal of the Junior
class; treasurer, Mr.. ID. T. Cross of the Junior
class; chairman of the executive committee,
Mr.. Frank c. Townsend of the senior class.
Calanthe Lodge, No. IL, X. of T.. has elected
the following: A f. Medford, &C.; I. Il. Lips
comb, VIC: W. W. Fugate. p; c. r. Porterfeld,
h. X. and s.; J. W. Galliher, M.F.; G. J. L. Fox
well. NJ. Elk: and George W. MCGOWAN, MA.
Representative to the Grand Lodge, A. F.
Medford, John W. Thompson. G. J. L. Foxwell,
James Holmes and John Adams.
Syracusians Lodge. No. 10. X. of p. has elected
the following: PC, II. w. Higham; &C, Joseph
Reilly; VIC, 4. r. Emmert: p. John W.
HUMPHREYS; NJ. Of E., John Humphrey; NJ. Of f..
d. N. Hoover; - of r. and s., ). ii. Geek; NJ.
A., Thomas Towles; l. c., L. A. Hugh; o. G.,
l.. ID. Nye; reprepresentatives of the Grand
Lodge, Il. c. Glasscock. +. G.. Atkinson. John
Humphry, William Cbedal and W. IL. Hines.
IT, Crescent Benevolent Society has elected
allowing: President, VIM. W. Hall. jr. IRE
-eted); vic epresident, Monroe Conrad; re-
cording secretary. Israel Sommers; financial
secretary, Harry A. Burr; treasurer. George
Iaier (re-elected); trustees Edward Seagle
Charles II. Bauman and Samuel w. Drummer.
Officers of the Indiana Republican Club for
the year 1891 were elected Saturday evening
as follows: Hon. John c. CLANCY, president;
Il. NJ. Nixon. vice presidents Z. Finley Kitson
secretary; Geo. Robertson. financial secretary
and Maj. L. P. Williams, treasurer (re-elected)
A committee on entertainment was appointed,
es follows: Capt. Thos. II. Mckee, John II.
Leonard, F. Tibbetts. Giles Smith, Frank Nor
rison, J. b. Dowd and Z. Steele.
Columbia, No. 10l, LO.S.B-. installed the fol-
lowing officers yesterday: Samuel Einstein,
president; H. Saekerman, vice president; NJ.
Ullman, recording secretary; 81. hEchaelis
financial secretary; n. Bernheimer, treasurer
After the installation the lodge celebrated its
fifth anniversarJ with banquet at the Com
mercial Hotel About forty members were
present
The stockholders Of the Washington Market
Company today elected trustees as follows: NJ
G. Emery, Edward Il. Tinker, Reuben b. Clark,
John Cassels. Hallet Kilbourn, VIM. .Birney
VIM. E. Chandler, Samuel Norment, Nehemiah
G. Ordway, Samuel W. Curriden. Bushrod
Robinson, Preston s. Smith. Frank q. wilkins
A dividend Of 40 cents a share payable January
10 was declared.
The Firemen's Insurance Company today
elected the following directors: Albert A.
Wilson, w. J. Hoffman, Joseph Redfern, T. q.
Davis, W. J. Wilson. r. A. Lutz, Frank Hume.
b. C. McCauley, Dorsey Clagett, C. c. Duncan
son, Samuel E. Wheatley, g. W. Cropley and
]. II. Waters.