Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-23
EVANSVILLE AND VICINITY.
Social and General News-Robbery of
Post Office.

Post Office.
| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
EVANSVILLE, Nd, January %, 1900.
Mr.. Benjamin F. Lacca, a well-known resi-
dent of this village, seventy-one years OF
age, was buried from his late home in this
village Sunday. Rev. B. F. Rattray, pastor
of Hyattsville Baptist Church, OBLIGATED
| The pallbearers were Messrs. Charles Har-
din. ]. H. Ralston, Charles Vrooman, John
P. Heffner, Charles P. Crump and William
Meyer Levin. The interment was made IN
Glenwood cemetery.
dance was given recently under the
auspices of the Rossburg Club Of the Mary
land Agricultural College. The chaperons
were Mr.. R. w. Sylvester, Mrs. Ella Fitz-
hugh, Mrs. George Tise and Mrs. Van
Loan. Among those present We're Misses
Mcfarland. Grason, Rose. Moody, La
Roche, Calvert, Hardesty, Bowling, Helen
and Josephine Dent, Evans, Rogers, Van
Webster, Thomas, Blandford, Mudd, Fitz-
hugh, Smith, Matthews, Spades, Reynolds,
Widman, Owens Mamie and Margaret
Carr, Mabel Drury and Olive summerville,
Shepherd, Sappington, Grason, Jenifer, Par
ran, Ira E. Whitehill and John Grason.
Miss Eva Moran recently entertained a
number of young friends at crokinole at
present were Misses Veda Lee, Margaret
and Mary Carr, Cora and Nellie Moran and
Messrs. E. Craig, Hodges, Carr, Jack Arm
strong, Howard Moran and others.
DR.. Walter H. Wells, formerly of this
county, but for number of years past a
resident of Coffeyville, Kan, was recently
elected president Of the Southern Medical
Academy. He is brother of DR.. Charles
A. Wells of this village.
A meeting of the Hyattsville Junior Pro-
gressive Euchre Club was held recently at
the home of the Misses Carr. Upon the
conclusion Of the games a delightful repast
was served. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. C. F. Carr the Misses Carr, Mrs.
Ashly Carr, the Misses Shallenberger and
Tise, Messrs: James Shallenberger, G. A.
NJ. Wells, William and Hodges Carr, E. A.
fuller, r. E. White, Profs. Harrison and
Bomberger. The prizes were awarded to
Miss Florence Carr, Prof Harrison and c.
F. Carr.
A meeting of the W. c. T. u of this viii
lage was recently held at the home of Mrs
Ida f. Crabster of Brentwood. The Rev
Charles B. Robert of Lancaster, Pa, read a
U. on College Life" At the conclusion of
the address luncheon was served. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Mrs. G. Her
bert Crabster, vice president of Brentwood
Union; Mrs. Trueman Evarts, chairman of
parlor committee.
Mr.. James c. Rogers of this village has
been appointed a delegate to the antitrust
conference which is to be held in Chicago
February II, 13 and IA.
A meeting of the senior class of the Mary
land Agricultural College was held in the
college hall recently, and the following Of
ficers were elected: Major A. S. Grason,
president; Captain r. NJ. Jenlfer, vice pres
ident; Captain w. B. Graft, secretary and
treasurer. Chairmen of committees We're
appointed as follows: Reception commit
tee, Captain E. N. Sappington; refreshment
committee, Lieutenant S. NJ. Peach; invi
tation committee, Lieutenant A. E. Owens;
floor committee, Lieutenant H. ]. Kefau-
yer: arrangement committee, Lieutenant w.
H. Talbot program committee Lieutenant
W. H. Weigand.
The following commencementoft officers were
elected: Valedictoran, Captain E. N. Sap
pington: salutatorian, Lieutenant H. ]. ke-
fauver.
Mrs. Ann E. Young, who has been criti-
cally i'll at her home in this village, is
slightly improved.
Officer A. B. Suit of this county recently
arrested Frank Hutchinson and William
Smith, and took them to Marlboro jail. on
the charge of having robbed the post Office
at Welcome Charles county. An investiga-
ton proved that certain goods in the pos
session of the men at the time of their ar
rest belonged to Mr.. George Price, post
master at Welcome. He identified the
goods and the men admitted their guilt
Judge Merrick of the circuit court of
decree of absolute divorce in the case of
Mrs. Mary ]. Gafford, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Stubner of Bladensburg, from her
husband, George w. Gafford, on the ground
of desertion. The custody of their six-year-
old child was given to the mother. The
couple were married in 1898.