Evening star., 1896-03-31
KENSINGTON.

Early Sunday morning it was discovered
that two grocery stores and the post office
had been burglarized during the night. A
cellar window of Corrick e Dulins store, in
the town hall, had been broken open, but
no entrance was made The front window
of the side of the store occupied as post
office was smashed. the cash drawer ri1ed
Of its contents. which consisted of s. IN
stamps and some small change, and letters
were opened, in hope Of finding money. The
thieves then helped themselves to several
boxs of cigars and about twenty pounds of
cheese. The cash register was then tehen
bodily from the store and carried over near
the shoemaker shop of Mr.. C. F. Blonden,
and there broken open. and few cents ex-
tracted. Messrs. Corrick and Dulin having,
according to custom, removed all the cash
before leaving the store at night.
A visit was made at the store of Mr.. W. ].
Hopkins, on Fawcett avenue, by the same
parties. probably. side window was pried
open, an entrance effected, and the till tap
ped, but yielded only eleven or twelve cents.
The burglars extracted some plug tobacco,
sampled some oranges, and then departed.
leaving the front door wide open. Suspicion
rests upon couple of alleged notion ped
dlers, who were hanging about the village
Saturday. An orange which had been bit
ten and thrown aside showed that one of the
burglars was minus front tooth The rail-
road detectives, the city police and the
United States postal authorities were at
once notified, and an investigation is in
progress.
A society, to be known as the III. H.
was organized Saturday afternoon last at
the home of Miss Margie Hart. officers
were elected as follows: President, Miss
Margie Hart; secretary. Miss Flora w.
Smith; treasurer, Miss Faith Stock The
society is for mutual improvement. SUBJ
ject for study and discussion will be as
signed for each meeting. ''Washington
City, Its History, Government. Institu-
tions." etc, were given to the various mem
bers. These will be reported upon at the
next meeting. which will be held Saturday,
April A, at pm, at the home Of Miss Sadie
Kinnear.
The return of Rev. Robert M. Moore as
pastor of Kehsington NJ. f. Church for an
other year, and the occupation of the re-
Gently completed parsonage by himself and
wife, were made the occasion of brilliant
reception Friday evening last. The pastors
popularity brought together large number
outside of his congregation, and taxed the
capacity of the roomy parsonage to its ut
most. DR.. G. w. T. Wright made the ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of the church
Moore Rev. Charles L. Pate of Washing
ton, who was pastor in charge when this
mission was opened at Knowles Station
contrasted the outlook then and now. The
early services were held in the new frame
barn at Oak Knoll, the residence of Mr. W.
H. Wheatley, who afterward donated the
ground and rendered substantial aid in
erecting the present church building. Dur
ing inclement weather the approaches We're
then such that it required physical endur-
ance as we'll as spiritual zeal to attend SER
vices. The attendance had grown so mark
edly that the erection of a new church ed-
flee was contemplated to be in keeping with
the parsonage, at which this housewarming
was in progress. Rev. Jas. T. Marshall of the
Warner Memorial Church voiced the pleas
ure he and his congregation felt at the re-
turn of pastor with whom they had so
cordially co-operated in the past in the up-
building of the Masters kingdom. Cake and
cream were served to the guests, and in
formal congratulations to the pastor and his
wife were the features of the evening.
Among the out-of-town guests were Dr.
Luther B. Wilson, presiding elder, and wife;
Rev. Hedding B. Leeeh, Rev. and Mrs Chas.
L. Pate and Rev. Thomas D. Lewis