Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1873, Page 8

EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. MONDAY............. December 1, 1873 LOCAL NEWS. Natronal Theater—Maggie Mitchell in « Fan- shon.” Theater Ci mique—Kate Fisher in “Mazepps; er, the Wild Korse of Tartary.” Lixcoln Hall.—Harriet Beecher Stowe in see lect readings. Mazonic Temple—Ball of the Washington Scengerbund. EB. Church, Penntyleania avenue and 2th atrect—Festival and supper. @rehestrion music at No. 48 Pennsylvania avenue, —__-«—__ Locals. mn From Shillington we have Frank Leslie's «Boys of America” for Janaary. Mcst of the new District officers, whose ap- peintments were mode by Governor Sheppera a few days ago, entered on their daties to-da re made on Saturday ev je of Mr. Walter S. Wi st, in M street, between 6th and jth northwest. Let those who would @harity remember the fair Academy, which begins th ington hall, corner of Pennsylvania aveace and Jd strect east. s Mrs. Simpson while crossing Pennsylvania near 4% street, on Saturday afterncon, was knocked down by rae driven by Wu Baye and slightly injured. O:ticer Lawler arrestea Hi: Col. William MeKee Daon, who was ap- inted school trustee for the Jf district, has B compelled to decline the position, he heing aid a most worthy aid of St. Cecitia’s an officer of the army, and forbidden by law w | hold any otber office. | A marine general court-martial met Marine Barracks Saturday, for the tr privates on various charges. The court com of Major Houston, president; tain Williams, Lieutenants Muse, Keid, aud | Mannix; and Captain Remey, judge advocate. On Saturday afternoon a cart employed in | filing up South Capitol and B street, was | backed over the bank and fell into the ruins or Israel Church, about forty feet below. The cart was smashed up, and the horse, having a Jeg broken by the fall, was shot. fapt James H. Irvin, warden of the Ba't'- } more jai!, and formerly a lieutenant on force in this city, arrived here this morn ing been summoned to give testimony eourt martia!, at Fort Whipple, back of Arling- ton Heights. He is receiying the attention ot the detective corps of this city. ‘The Dashaways celebrated their second aniversary last night and elected the following @fficers for the year: Mr. A. ©. Constantine, wesident; Mr. James T. Powell, vice presi- lent; Mr. Wm. Barth, secretary; Mr. Georg: | Savage, treasurer. Addresses were delivered | by Doctor Walsh, Judge Mills, Mr. Divine, and | ethers, and a recitation given by Master Willie | Constantine. } ——_o—_—_- A Drug Clerk's Fatal Mistake. | SAD DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD. ! r) Yesterlay morning Mr. Henry | Hur! residing at No. 60 4); street southwest, c: Dr. A. N. Willaims to see his infant son, | who wasill. Thedoctor | escription and it was sent tothe drug | store of K. A. Bacon, corner 1\ and F streets. | ‘The drug clerk, Howard Radcliff, prepared the | medicine and handed it to the me~senger woo returned with it to the house when it was administered to the child, which soon went into a stupor and showed signs of approaching death ‘The parents thinking something was wroog sent for the doctor ,and shortly after he arrived the child died. Knowing that the pr: scription was all right the physician conc’uded there was something wrong in compouncing it, and told the parents that the proper thing was to have en inquest. The coroner was therefore summoned, and a jury of inquest impanneled, testimony taken which developed the fact that instead putting up six powders containing half a dr tincture of opium, three grains bad t compounded, giving balfa grain to each pow der, thereby causing the death of the babe. Dr. Williams testitied that he was see the child between 2 and ‘o'clock; found suffering from a bad cold: wrote a preseript (bere he was banded the one, which he at o Tecognized;) at 6 o'clock was called to see the | woman, was very m to call as qu Her ebild again; the messenger, moche ed, and desi as he could, as the child had spasms. plied that be did not think it sick eno’ that, but on bis arrival found it ina deep with ite eves rolled back in its head, the « Balt closed, the eye b: directions, and the pupils much contracte!; wa informed that two powders had been given it called for the powders and examined them. and found that instead of a light gray color they | were brown; took the envelope containing them | to the drug store, looked on the tle and found | the prescription correspond the envelope containing the powders: ca’ Radclitte’s attention to it, and he stated tha had compounded tt. Witness told him be th a mistake h powders and is cep, yetids u he replied that he was; that there were three grains af opinm, instead of half a grain. j K. A. Bacon testified that Radcliffe hwl been | im bis employ for nearly four years, and he was temperate and competent. In all this tin knowledge of a mistake made by bim had eve come to eonfilence in him. After the testimony of Dr. J. F. Hartigan and | Dr. ©. H. A. Kleinschmidt, the jury returned a verdict that the child came to ifs death by rea- gon of an over-dose of opiam, improperly pounded by Howard Kadelitle, in the drug store of R. A. Bacon. corner of 4% and F streets ‘The coroner did not order the arrest of Kad- | cliffe, as he was of the opinion that there wore | Bo grounds of an action tor criminal intent, bi? onls for a civil suit. The young man who cot mitted the error overcome with grief at the rious result of his mistake. Forn’s Orgra Hot @art, for many seasons @ ruling +f Wallack’s New York theatre,a clever co and thorough artist, will present to- itor} a ght £5 the first time in our city his remarkable po. - traiture of the quaint, old origiual, Money- | | penny, a Lawyer witha Heart, in Boucicault’s drama of “A Struggie for Life,” a romenc> of the long strike of & year or two back tn Enz- land. Mr. Stoddart will be supported by ac m- by from Wallack’s, which includes M urke, (a neice of Joseph Gaylord, Mesers. Ringgol. actors of excellent repute. an exquitite morceau trom the French, Gerlined, as is also several other of M dart’s specialt to be produced, with al! t accessories of scenic effect, costuming, and ex- celience in every detail. Mr. Stoddart’s enzage- = is positively limited to this week, toron londay next we are to see the familiar face of our dear old friend “ I Rockwell, Kc , &e, “ Dangerons Jay, is . A District Case ry Covar—Iin the U.S. Sup day, there was taken ap ecutors vs. Fister; appe: Court of the District of Columbia. bill to set aside # jndgment confessed by Fis to Willett, decease:|, on the ground that he h hot been credited with $1,500 which h Willett on the account before co judgment. The decree was tor Fister, case here presents only the question whe: the eviderce below established bis claim credit alleged. Fendall, Durant and Home appellants, Ingle and Webb for appellee. HE U.S. Svrrewe me Court, last § A Missrxc Max.—Charies Emansberger, » German, and brewer by-trade, about 35 yearsof | age, living on K, between 20th and 2ist streets northwest, left home on Friday morning last with the intention of going to Georgetows. (where he bad been employed for a sbort time,) snce which nothing has been seen or heard of him. His family are in great distress on account of he absence, as it is the first time anything of the kind has happened he C tievoted to them. He had heen Emploseiaat Wilson's brewery, ou K street, bat wl age See and has since then been de! r Tue ester oF Tus Late Joy M. Mor- Ris took place aj p. m. residence, Dear town, D.C. There present a nomber of the officers and attaches of the Senate, as well as a delegation of jour- walists. Rev. Dr. Sunderland was the ofticiat- minister, and, after devotional services, delivered uent discourse, in which he ott meena pid ea — eulogized as a scholar, = fal frie and an xemplary Christian. The remains will be forwarded to ‘ticut for interment. ———— Barret Brecuen Stowz, the famous author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” at the solici- tation of some of our most distinguish d citi- zens, will give (two select readings from her works in aid of the National fs incoln Hall to-night and to-morrow it. Tiekets way be procured at Ellis’ Music Store, Peun- sylvania avenue. evening at Wasn- | is | | just been completed, and is prononneed b: | the work of reconstraction, | acknowledged to be o: diverging in onposite | ng in number with | | is notice, and all the physicians had | * yesteraay, at his late | ere were | | THE NEW NATIONAL THEATER. beat the New Buildi: Winter Programme. aa The announcement that the new National ‘Theater has been completely rebuilt, and that | the inaugural entertainment will be given this evening, with Maggie Mitchell, the favorite actress, in the role of “Fanchon,” will be heard with pleasure by Washington theater-goers. The history of the places of amusement which have occupied the site of the present new Na- tional is aneventfulone. The first theater built on this site was erected in 1338; it was destroyed D. fire in 1545. Six years later it was partially rebuilt, and a few months afterwards, in 1851, this building was also burned. A new batiding Was erected in the fall of the eame year, and in of its destruction in this year it was leased by Miss Fanny Morant, and the night of the parn- iuness as Rosalind, in Shakspeare’s comedy of “As You Like It.” AN OLD TIME DESCRIPTION OF A FIRB. The National Intelligencer of February 7th, 1857, thus describes the burning:—*Vesterday Afternoon, at abunt quarter past three o'clock, | Smoke was seen issuing from the eaves of the | National Theater, adjoining the Union office, Which soon increased, and the fire, fed by com- municating with some scenery, quickly filled | the house and resumed its complet destenction. stage, nor anywhere else in that quarter of the | building whence the flames burst forth. A | young man engazed at the scene painter’s work Place was obliged to leap from a window in tie | tear ot the building. As soon as powible the Franklin and Union fire companies -and the Northern Liberties company were on the spot. Fortonately the Union establishment sustained ne serious injury, or not more than about will repair. For so large ant imposing a fixgration, it isa matter of satistaction that ~0 | htile injury was done to the neighboring baild- ing buildings. The mayor, in view of toe men- earh acing condition of the naked wal ve orders tor their demolition, and the hook and ladder companles exerted themselves to the best Of their ability in obeying them. I'n has been for a few week» under the d Miss Fanny Morant, though Messrs. Kunkle & | Co. con «d to be the lessees.” | THE NEW BUILDING. About the beginning: of the war Messrs. Rapley & Spalding erected a new building on the same but onthe 2th of January last ch should be supertor in every res! any of its predecessors. The new stricture has com- petent anthority one of the finest places of amusement in the country. Mr.. Rapley, the proprietor, in energetically pushing forward has of course availed himself of the valnable suggestions of Mr. J. G. Saville, lessee and manager, who has personally supervised the important matters of detad, such as the arrangement of the stage and its accessories, and the new temple in ail its arrangements is second to none in the coun- try. INDERTED TO “‘LoTta.” Mr. Rapley during the panic was considera- ¥ pressed for currency, in common with other | business men, aud the difficuity of proenring it, being so hard on account of the then prevailing light market, he was at one time on the point of delaying further building operation. At this peture Miss Lotta, the well-known sprightty » Came to the rescue with $10,000 In cast ti he advanced, and to her, as well as Mr. Kapley avd Saville, ate the public indebted for the early complet on of the building. THE NEW COMPANY. Mr. Savilie has been successful in securing some of the finest dramatte talent, and has t enabled to present an unusually attractive pro- gramme for the winter. And first it shonld be stated that be has secured as bisstage manager Mr. E. Lamb, an old Washington favorite, and f the tinext comedians in the country. Ferover a year past Mr. Lan has been playing at Booth's, first-class theaters in the unquali Among the attract National this winter are Dion Boaci: hor-actor, Clara Lovisa ok Mare to be oifered Florence, the Vokes family, Mrs. D. the Atmee Op-ra Boutte Company, Mrs. P. Bowers | Edwin Adams, Joe Emmett, and the Fox and ier Pantomime Troup. 1, the new the As wo have before Dei y er is complete in all its de- tails the drop-curtain. w nh tsof crimson cloth. with gold trimmings, is rich and nund- some; the chairs in are of the same paitern as those at upholstered in ename boxes are as elegant w York, and are the private the handsomest tn the jena by those accom- utter and Kakemia, 18 greet admiration by its beauty, aud the ating arrangements are thing that could a. he i a role, who will be supported by Messrs. § dan, Lamb, Lanagan, Mrs. Molinda Jones, uey K Clara Milton, and others. Ap ap- featare will be the reading of an adress, written by L.§ by W. E. Sheridan this city man of the stock company ckets have been selling < lnrge and distinguished audier cember 1, 1s { the preprietor of the In the course of to certity } Theatre the regula ned by the District gov- ernment for attaining ample security, health and comfort to the public. The arrargements to litate egre es of alarm, fire or acci- t, and to aford proper accommodat! public protection in such cases ht hundred and twenty persons seated in orchestra chairs and parquet walk out thro doors having en ager i y feet, and leading through a short and wide ves- tibule to th Five hundred and twenty i seated on dress circle leave the ho y two < of stairs, of seven feet in wide! and through the above short yes'i pule, which thirty-two width, readily aecommodates beth par and dress circle. The gallery is prov with separate stairs and outside Besides these, there are fire-escapes lead the to | the alleys on ‘the east and west of the theater: they have oneach side an aggregate width of ten fect. Another escape, twelve feet in width, trom the stage direct to the alley in the rear, and there ave still other outlets through the adjoining billiard saloon. A safely-con- structed steam heat'ng apparatus insures com- fort and protection against colds, and due ef forts towards an efficient ventilaiion have also been made. It afturds me p bess with which th submitted to any sugges towards the ends indicated above, ever since the accident of last yea Apotr Oxvs Inspector of Buildings, D.C. pity, Proprietor “National The- asure to testify to the realli- ae care Divor ne a few weeks ugo ¢ from Eleonora Catherine Transue. rges in his bill that they were mai n Bethlehem, Pa he ict, 8 sponded that she Terra Haute, committed sdultery with Elliot at Indiana, in September last. The respondent filed her answer on Saturday, im which she states that plaintiff, although in the public service here, votes at Easton, Pa.; that he bas treated her cruelly and endangered her lite, and that he bas been guilty of repeated acts of adultery with white and colored women this city, which acts she specities. She fur- ther charges that in September she, with the plaintitt’s knowledge, went to visit a married | sister at Mulberry Grove, Indiana, and when plainttit came to accompany her home, as she sup; , he took @ pistol out and charged her with adultery with Elliott, and she denied aud he threatened if she did not it he would kill her; confess pacify him afterwards legation against her is true the platntif? eanno! intain his bill, She further says, that afterwards while she was at her brothers house, in Easton, a man repre- Bimselr @ commissior , asks leave to answer, Mr. W. A. Cook appears lainti, and Messrs. Bradley and Bradiey respondent. Arter THE Horet Tarsyes.—Yesterda: laryoe and Detective McDevitt o as Long Jolin” and "Pretty Bill,” the former, itis ty oe bi the latter has just been from aes and then scart Itis STapeeue ue eee 1867 it was again destroyed by fire. Artthe time | jog was ber first reappearance after 4 severe | From all we ean learn, there was xo fire on the | re liberal. | A Loxe-Cowrerstep Paorgery Surr Fuxar- LY Serreey.—fhie morning in the Cir.att Court, Judge MacArthar, cass of Neale against Neale was tried, and a verdict was ren- dered for plaintiff. This case grew oat of tue original case of Neale against Neale, triet sma years since, and was based on the appeal bond given in that case. It appears thaton the mar~ Tiage of the inte BJ. Neale (souof defendant) to Miss Hamilton, of Md., some years stucs, the bride had several thuasand dollars from her father, andthe fatherof young Neale verbal ave a lot to the couple, with the understand- | ing that the lady's money should be ased ta Duildingthe house. The building was erected, | the parties married, and the elder Neale occu. | pied a portion of the house with the couple.and Guring their absence remained ia it. He then | claimed the pro; the younger | having died, the widow entered sait to r oxsession of the property. In the & decree was passed appotnting Webb trastes to convey the property to ter, and the deiendant appealed to the Suprems Court of the District whon the decree below was | | affirmed. The detendant appealed te the Sa- | | preme Coart of the United States, giving abond | to make good all losses of rents, &o., during the pendency of tie sait, and the judgment beiow was susiained and Neale vacated the premises, This suit was entered to recover the rents of | | the property and, the case having been tried, | a verdict was rendered for plaiautf for $1,300. caidas sealBl_vin | | Rear [an opp stave Direvrory.—To day we had of seemy a sample eal ey hed by Messrs, tz & Prat | under the supervision of W. Forsyth, es: | veyur of the District; and we | nuwbera will be isened th nuptly, two « yrsyth deserves p v of the same, wh its thoroughgoing exactne the forthcour implies a clo pubile recore Of any and all errors wh archives during the many years plat or subdivision t now, before his rev! he has found several namerical and plat books—one amounting to | nearly 5.000 square feet ina single lot, which | originated more than seventeen years azo, b fore his ec ction with the office, and has hitherto escaped no week, and weekly asecative uam' thanks for hi only guara’ ne yk has been iaste:t. ched I 0 Oxmmrvat Court, Ju ing the D was convened by Judge Cartter. 1 | jurors were worn—Mr. James H. Gulick as | foreman. J.W. McKnight and L. R. Holmead | were excnsed from attendance. Judge Cartter | in charging the grand jury said that it was theirduty upon their own motion in matters of their own knowledge and upon testimony to in- quiae into the condition of the community criminally. If they intelligently enter apon their duties crime cannotescape. The security of property and fife, the general morals of the commanity depends upon them, and they know with whut interest the people will look to them. At this season of the year thecity is beset by wrong doers, and it is tor them to look to the moral bealth of the District. The petit jurors were cal failed to answer or obtain: was drawn from the box, | journed until i0 o’cloc! and eight having exenses, that nu nd the court ad- ‘morrow. * Cowrretion or THE DerantweNtaL Te: Graru Lixe.—On Saturday Mr. George C | Maynard completed the new departmentat grapb line constructed under direction of Gen. Babcock, and it was placed in working ori to-day he wires have been carr | from G street along 14th, 1 and I7th streets, There are three circnits—circait oe. 1 connect- Ing the Capitol, Government Printing Odics, Interior, Post Office and War department. No. | 2 connects the Tre War and Navy departny torney General's office, War and ‘The operators who bave been placet in partments are: Print: Post Offi Treasury departinent, K. T. J. yartment, Mixa I, O. Cook; d » Thomas Morris | ments for the other departments made public. commissioners, the following property, to wit: A tract of land in county, near Cloud's mill, containing ¢ znd 17 poles, to R. D. Catts, for $13 | tract of land near the Theological Seminary, | containing acres, to R. 1). Gatts, for $11 per acre, anda fra containing § ac of land near the alms couse, *, 2roods and 23 perches, to | ere. The above nged to the estate of the late Samuel C Alexandri ntinel, seetsanw anit = W.L. Bramaatt, late deputy collector it will beseen by card, has established dames Dunean, for $90 per be property at 729 Seventh street northwest, and | | will hereafter deyote his attention to the'pay- | | ment of general special taxes, levie ‘bythe Dis- | | trict Gov, and the Beard of Public Works. | | His long experience as deputy collector, and | his familiarity with the laws, afford him peca- liar tacilitics for paying all taxes at the very lowest rates, and upon the best possible terms. = es So CESSPUL HUNTER Messrs. E. C. Car- »jand Campbell Carrington, of the w firmon Louisiaua aren turned to this cityou Satarday from a t trip at partridge hanting near ¢ n. Caroline county, Va., and browg 115 of these birds and tour rabbits, the their hunt. ‘They beat two of the champion hur ters of that county, scoring about one dozen birds more than thetr contestants, Hourpay Season, iin want of cheap boots and shoes at panic prices, should remera- ber that the assignee of ©. F. Cummins, 939 7th street, has been notified to close out the entire stock by January Ist, 1874. Now is the time to secure bargains tor the holiday season, at less than wholsule prices. P. S.—Atl goods remain. ing over after January Ist, will be sold at public or private sale, by order of the assignee. t ——_e | _Scuppun Deara.—Mra, Robert Sherlock died suddenly on Saturday nigntat her residence, in kson alley, between North Capitol and Ist | and G and H streets. Uoroner Patterson was | | notified, and, after viewing the remains, de- cided that apoplexy, superinduced by excessive use of alcoholic drinks, was the cause of death, and that no inquest was necessary. Mrs, Kerty, the woman who was shot by Agge, the colored boy, on E street, between 12h and 13th streets, about ten days ago, is recav- ering from her injuries, and is now considered by her physicians out of danger. | SE ADVERTISEMENT of black silk overskirt | THE COURLES. Porick Court, Judye Snel!.—To-day, Jamas Adams, assault and battery on Henry Wheeler $3 and costs. Joseph Howard, Kedmond Sm and Nathaniel Bryan, malicious trespass on t property of the United States by breaking the tence around Lincoln square; $10 each and costs. Peter Barker and Wm. Green, assault on Join Jobnson by striking him and cutting his arm | a razor; $29 each and costs. Geo. H. Jack- Assault and battery on Mary L. Hall; s3. + Barker, assauit and battery on Charles Walters; $3 and costs. Fanny Magrader, as- Sault and battery on Lizzie Washington; $3 and cost. Kichard Donnelly; 33 for cursing. E Hiunnells and Richard Jobnson were fined h forlond and boisterous langage. Josaph O'Brien, L. A. Henderson, Kinsey Brewer, West Mickey, John Parry, Thomsas Faulkner and Newton Hancock forfeited collateral f disorderly conduct. Laura Hill, a yagrant, was | rent tothe workhouse. Lewis Ford; $3 for curs- ing. John D. Morris, tast driving; , Nathaniel Sullivan, profanity; $10. Batrick Rodgers, profane and boisterous; $5. Mary Moriarty, same; $5. Thomas Washington, dames Barron, an idle and suspi- person, was sent to the workhouse. Chas. Walter, colored, profanit; Also, charged with ing aslungshot; $50, or 90 days in jail. Charles Humphries, loud and boisterous; =10. Henry Jones, disturbing the quiet ot George- town; m. Green, colored, charged with carrying a slung-shot; $50 or ninety days in jail. George W iiliams was fined $3 for distarbing the quict of Georgetown. Geo. McCalium, an idle 1 = Suspicious person, was sent to the work- | house. PEDESTRIANS HAVE SOME RIGHTT ON TAR PUBLIC BTRERTS. William Hays was charged with fast driving on ae avenue and running over Margaret Simpson, injuring her. Officers Rich- ardson, Lawler and Lieutenant Kelly testified to the fast driving. Mr. James Horn, who saw to the fact that the horse as not than trot. The ud said that it was time that persons who drive fast animals were made acquainted with the law; that they have no pe. cultar a ‘ts over those who have to walk on the le Ju iG in order to ascertain the e | of the heaviest rain s } the rate is in reali EPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC = WORKS. To the President : ‘The Board of Public Works have the honor to submit their annval report, as required by the act of Congress to provide @ government for ‘ne District of Columbia, approved the 2ist day of | February, 1871 In asking attention to the accompanying ree ports, giving in detail the operations of the past year, the Board point with pride and satisfaction | to the vast results atcomplished in the tmprove~ ment of the seat of Government since the date of their appointment. During the period that has intervened two of the three main sewers have been completed, and have stvod the test rms that have ever oc- curred in thislatitude. One hundred and twea- ty-three miles of sewer, varying in size from irty feet to six inches, have been constructed; nearly two hundred d eight miles of side- waiks, and upward of one hundred aud fifty- n miles of improved roadway have been laid; while the grading has amounted to the a4 aggregate of three miition three han- housand cute yards. Valuable a aud tor experience Das been gained in respect to pave- men's, an abject the report of the Chtet Ey nformation of interest valne ‘ober, IST1, more than lesof water- mains have been put down, née miles have beeu lowered and relatd to and suit new grades, Durng the year which has just terminated, ‘inry-nine miles of gas mains have been latd, the number of public lamps incre«sed 10 4 Materials to the amoant of #314 ve Issued (hrough the Saperstendent of Property; 107 uidings Lave been erected under the mespection of the Board; 6,236 trees buve been set out, snd 25,210 prepared for the HeXt Season. ‘The Kastern Market-bouse hay been com- % pleted, at a cost. Including dhe ground, 97.0.0, while the Northern, Northbeaste and Wi o Market bu al construction. © and costly Wa-bington and Georgetown ut Mand P streets have been fins 1, and on the Linnean Hill road Kock creck has been spanned with as stantial wooden bridge resting on stone abut- ts. Tnevery department of the Board the r improvement has been energetically uted, and earnest efforts male to secure onOemY In expenditure, and a faithful perfur- mance 0: contract stipulations. It appears tom the report of the Treasnrer that from July 1, Lsil, to November, 1873, the total receipts haye been $14,789,692.85. The ex penditures for the same period have been 386 4 leaving a balance of §1,403,237.18. The contracts enteredinto by the Board nam- ber 951, and, deducting the Amount estimated for waler services and chargeable directly to property, aggregate $13,501 162.49. Of this sam there remain to be expended tor the eomple- tion of the work under contract, #1,636,037.54 ‘Lhe indebtedpess of the General Government to the District of Columbia, on account of im- proven ents, as shown in the statement hereto apperded, if as follows: For work in and around Government re serv: tions and public buildings 573,071 For work on avenuer,.. 066.874 36 For main sewerage. "2,540,631 83 In respect to the alleged burdensome nature | of the improvements, the Board sabmit a state- ment, carefully prepared from official records, of the population, taxable property, annual ex penser, delts, and public improvements of « bumber of our principal cities. It appears from this statement Pust. That, locality considered, the cost of improvements in the District has been less than in any American city. hat in the number of miles of first- nts, the District ef Columbii ance of any city within the limits country. i. That the rate of taxation in the Dis- less than in any of our leading ¢: n alone excepted. Wh it is explain » which in th forms in Boston a very + it will be seen that here than in that proportion ¢ city. Fourth. That notwithstanding the heavy ex- pencitures of the past two years, and the fact tbat nearly one-half of the preseut bonded debt Was created by the late corporations of Wash- ington aud Georgetown, the debt per capi the District is iess than in either New York, Loston, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Port land. or Kuebester. It may be stated, in this connection, that the property in the District of Columbia held in fee by the Government is 4s follows : rks and reservations, 31,159.320 square valued, as by the statement of the OT, at.... $25, 944 and avenues, 11 alued at In Georgetown .. Total... Assess ( itis Thue ruade apparent that here the Gover: ment ot the United States ts the owner of real estate equal in amount to one-half of all the real property within the boandaries of the Dis- trict. In view of this tact, it need hardly be suggested that an expenditure, on the part of the General nt, equal to that already Made by the the District, would in- nent necessary to make this tropolis the pride and boast of the nation. While, since the year 1502, the ettizens of the Dirtrict have expended fur the improvement of and avenues and for sewerage $18, 145,- 2, the total appropriations granted by Uon- gress for these purposes reach the comparative- ly snail sum of #4,476,.700.49. Deeming it unne- corsary ty urge the plain duty of the Govern- mentin the premises, the Board, as a singie in- stance of the benelit derived by the United States from the expenditures thus made, men. tion the tact that the land reclaimed for the Government by the filling of the canal and other improvements amounts to 94 square feet, worth, at ithe valuation of adjacent prop- erty. $2,500,000. Imbued with patriotic pride, our citizens will at all times cheerfully bear their just proportien of the expenses necessary for the adornment of the national capital. They ae for no relief from such a barden, eavy though it may be, but simply ask that the nation, mindiul of its own obligations, will perform its part in the laud: effort to make the metropo#s of the American republic the grandest of the cities of the world. Justitied by the favorable sanitary and financial results which have followed the filling of the canal and a portion of the low grounds south of the Execotive Mansion, the Board ur- gently recommend immediate legislation to res Claim the extensive accreations in the Potomac river, between Easby’sewharf and the Lon, bridge, in accordance with the plan presenved during the last Congress by the commission ep- pointed to investigate that subject. The im- portance of this subject cannot be overesti- mated ,as it would give the capital a harborsuit- able for the purposes of commerce, and relieve the cities ot Washington and Georgetown fro, the only cause of complaint respecting the healthfulness of the District. The expense of the undertaking would doubtless be more than remmbursed by the value of the land rectaimed. The recent financial troubles unfortunately prevented any realization from a sale of the sewer certificates authorized by an actof the Legislature, approved -June 26, 1873, which bed been negotiated in the city of New York at rates deemed advantageous to the District. Thus suddenly deprived of this means of re- source, the board were,in many instances, compelled to pay the contractors with these certificates, which, in common with all securi- ties, had been seriously affected in value b the disastrous condition of monetary atlair: ‘The consequent loss has generally been cheer- fuily borne, and the board refer with gratifica- tion to the commendable spirit evinced under such adverse circumstances by the principal contractors. It is earnestly hoped that Con- gress will make tmmediate provision for the payment of ils indebtedness to the District, in order that the necessities of faithful contractors mer ee promptly relieved. ¢ Board renew the recommendation made in their last annual re as to the nomencla- ture of the streets Washington. A mere letter of the alphabet is hardly in keeping with the magnificent proj ns of streets uorivaled ee ee ES ances Considerable vit evi dnr- ing the past twelve months, in the extension of £4 it street railroads. The Met itan Com) has continued its line ipa th east, m P street south, B atreet i il A a made available for The thr promeuiiwn va en. the cordial co-operation rai O. E. sk, Engineer f Pabdlic Buildings and Grounds. energy with wh: closely citize be, and the wise counsel th bas asisted the Board, entitle hi aspecial acknowledgment, b: eS of the people of the tol a During the year the Board have been 'y indedt to Mr. A. B. Mullett, their 0: ginal members, and first engineer, who, since bis retirement, has acted as consulting en- gineer. A number of the ralical chi: effected in grades and sewerage originated him, and his important services can not be tee higbiy. estimate both in the plan and ovecn- ion ¢ system of improvements undertaken by the Boars. in conclusion, the Board deem it not in- appropriate respectfully to invite the attention of Congress to the following extract from their last annual report; in which the relations of the es government to the District of Colum- ia, as carefully complied from official sources, are clearly and forcibly defired: “1. That, including streets, nues, reserva- tons, and lots, the Government acquired a tithe in fee simple to about four-fifths of the entire area of the city of Washington, without any i cost whatever to the people of the United States, “<2, ‘That the original purpose in laying out the capital of the nation on a plan whose mag- nificent proportions could not fail to impover- ish the most opulent city, was to improve and keep in order the streets, avenues and public grounds, at the expense of the public treasury. “3. That, if the lots donated to and sold by the Government, to provide funds for the erec- tion of public buildings and other purposes of national concern, were now in possession of the Di-triet government, they would afford ample means for every local improvement desired, and at the same time provide a fand sufficient to maintain the streets and avenues perma- nently in repair. “4. That the obligation of the General Gov- ernment to contribute a large portion of the expense of the needed improvements of the streets, and more especially of the avenues of Washington, and of the thoroughfares consti- tuting the principal means of acceas to the District, has been constantly recognized since its adoption as the seat ef the Federal Govern- ment. “5. That while the contributions made for these purposes by the General Government have never borne a just proportion to those of the local governments, during the past twelve = ratio has been smaller than ever be- fore. . That the population of the District, com- posed to a large extent of officers and employees of the Government, and others whose occapa- tion is dependent, directly or incidentally. upon the Government, ought not to be required un- aided to provide for the adornment of a city in which the entire nation has almost an equal in- terest. “Tn patriotism and in readiness to make any sacrifice which may be demanded by the inter- ests of the nation the people of the District just. ly claim that they are second to none of their fellow citizens of the States, Animated by na- pgencat mp in the efforts they are now making to render the city of Washington attractive in its avenues, streets, parks, and adornments, they teel confident that in their endeavors to attain thisend they will have the cordial co- operation of the people, and of their represi tatives in the Congress of the United States. ALEXANDER R. SuzParRp‘ James A. MaGRUDER, Apotr Civss, Henry A. WILLARD, Joun B. Brake, Board of Public Works of the District of Go- Jumbia. Wasuincton, D. C., November 1, 1875. CITY ITEMS, CHILDREN’s Sers, ¢1, Children’s Sets, $2, Shildren’s Sets, $3, Children’s Bracelets, £2, Children’s Bracelets, $4, Received for holiday presents at Prigg’s jew- elry store, No. 457 Pennsylvania avenue, be tween 4’ and 6th atre Croraim HING—CLOTHING ! Our immense stock of goods in the piece, and the same made up tor immediate wear, e braces all the most desirable styles and fabrics manufactured, in qualities and colors adapted to the requirements of all. Our prices are as low as the lowest. Don’t torget the name and number, Koman & GC th street, opposite Post Uftice. —~¢ THE WoRtD over there is probably nowhere else snch a massing of tine frescoing asin “The Windsor,” Fitth avenue, New York. Notwith- standing’ the elegance of’ the hotel and the rich- ness of its appointments, the proprietors have ee their tariff to come within the means of all desiring first-class accommodations. purine hse Pnysrciaxs recommend Dr. Bull's Cough Syrap when allether medicines fail, asa cer tain cure for Bronchitis, Sore Throat and Coughs or Colds of loog standing. For sale by all druggists. 2 ————— THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON Scort, of Durham, Canada East, says that he suffered from Dyspepsia more than twenty-five years, but that three weeks’ use of the Peruvian Syrup (an Iron Tonic) has benefitted him so wonderfully that he can h persuade himself of the reality, and people who know him are astonished at the change. 6 peneiieietee Hite Ladies’ Furs for #8 andj=10. Stine: %, 12357 Pa. av. ——e Firtu AVENUE has no ouilding more elegant in its fittings than its immense new hotel, “The Windsor.” The names of Hawk & Wetherbee, area guarantee of its excellent superintendence, not only for New York, but for travellers fi ail sections ef the intry. ~ ° SEALSKIN SACKS for iadies, $100, $150, 3 STINEMETZ, 1237 Pa. elo WILLoox & Grnp’s Swing MACHINE. The Goop Sets of 3 celebrated Bazaar Patterns. at Chas. Baum’s hoopskirt and corset fi ', (th street, Intelligeacer building. 10,28 {[Beaver, WoLr awn Burrato Ronzs. 3 STINEMET?, 1237 Pa. a pe a ee ot For RELIEF FRoM Corns, Bunions, Club and Ingrowing Nails, Vascular Exe ices, Chil- blains, or other local complaints of thé fect, visit Dr. White’s establishment, No. 535 15th street, Fee pene the Treasury. Office hours from 3 a. in. totp.m ee eee Ming SABLE Servs, $30. Stinzmetz's New Store, 1237 Pa. av. catia raod THE MAN OF ENTERPRISE creates; the weak imitator tries to copy him. Does any sensible man yf tare the legions of “‘Buchus,” so- called, that infest the ig stores, th real merit of Dr. Helmbold’s Genuine Extract’? Any sufferer from kidney complaint, dropsy. diabetes. or other urinary diseases, in male or female, will detect the difference at once by the result. Helmbold’s cures; the others fail. ‘The genuine bears Dr, Helmbold’s signature. For sale by all druggists, e085 ‘To GrT rp of the Cilills immediately, take Dooley’s Ague Powders. They cure perma- eo nently, —_o-——— * of securities, jewels, silver ware or o' ables. Rents trom ten to sixty dollars per an- num, according te size. No business man can afford to do wil itthem. Take ‘rom the Chicago and Boston fires. —_—_——— Ponp’s ExTRact cures rheumatism, burns, Piles, ulcers, toothache, sore throet, sprains, scalds, soreness, colte, Bansal a Wace ine, known to'be a cure for these diseases. m,th,s,tr JOHN PORTMAN’S SECRET, — | truth ther, She nad tort hum. He closed the door heavily: and goi AN INTERESTING STORY. brary, beked hime im The > verso all the weit of his strong nature, be more than ancth*r | fened a eenenee. It contained ber weds @ ng Ting and a letter b,* Bewere you trad this”—so the letter ran Sball have placed myself berond the power of If there tt renee Sal Param tae Mek tern’s Bulidings, Lincoln's Inn, was deficien , ‘At was sentiment. repentance. Blame your coward act for it—no. me. How I loved my cousin, eren when I married you, and sacrificed ol tather’s sake, you koow 1 have | crushed that love im my heart. and leit nothing there but duty, matters not now. You cao w think me guilty when I was innocent before Heaven. He bad written to me many t | had only read the first; the bast I med. The one on which you f arge Was intercepted betore it al never even spoken to bitn sit arband. I never would have de the indigaity i again, blame marking out his path bending barrier of duty, | infirmity of poor he | ! Such failings were foreign to his na- had no sympathy with them. all outward seeming be was a man for whom ve, pity, charity—ail the softer aud teuderer | emotions that. like bright flowers beaatifying the rugged path of life—had no existence. — It was considered an exquisite piece of droll ery on the part of the junior clerk in Mr. Port man’s office, who was alxo by unanimous coo. sent of hie fellowselected “arch wag,” or “head joker” of the establishment, for that young gentleman to whisper behind his hand, as he passed to his emplover’s private room with the morning letters, -‘Here’s some more bill: Goux—scented.” Also about the epoch of St Vals ntine be would convalse his brother clerks by flowery descriptions of a georgeou~ combina tion ————. lace and flowers that he had seen in Mr. Portman’s room, coupled with verses re- John Ports ,at one fell blow, t less Comma of Self, OF it woukt bave maddened | man; his name Had he been a lees power of w As it was, be re gether with rome the other trifting relies, 1 t the cabinet, and locked up thes heart for ten long From that mom sterm, silent mi all these years any » markably amatory and idiotic. bess tor Lis lost #ife grew up in his bear ‘The humor ot these jests lay, of course, in the | "C4: T showed it tn bie sally (fe; for all the evs apparent impossibility and incongruity of cou. doe bis outward gave, she might newer wl eRe WAS Hotking necting Mr. John Portman seriously with the * come. “tender passion.” He was 40 hard, and stern, and coki, that the bare idea wonld have pro voked a smile from the gravest lips. Yet tu. time had been, and not ‘so years sinee, either, when John Portman had lored and tended on a woman. Deep in the innermost recesses of his private cabinet there war a secret drawer, the spring which was stiff and rusty from long dis held a copy of a marriage certificate, a Ie w let ters tied with a tiny blue ribbon, a’ minifitare portrait of a fair voung face, with dark y eves, set in gold brown hair, and which,even in | the smile it wore, had a baughty, willful look and a tiny wedding ring. | the innermost recesses of John Port- | rt lay the secret of which the cabinet held the silent records. Whether its memories Were as still within his bosom, none but him self could tell; but hix grave, calm face no more betrayed itself than did the impassibie, insensi- well-fed respootatulity g the pavement as ile While shiver nk slong or ble mood. | #, having no part inthe busy life ‘Ten years before John Portman had been, in | them, the withering, sapioss o his grave, quiet way,a happy man. He had | Patent stem—civiliration falien in love with the original of the miniature | ,,AMong the josiling, eager crowd Mr. .lobn which lay fading in his secret drawer, and af- | Portman made herrwant of the scene around their hands and py They unght as welt to the granite pillar « | where the soltcitor baited fk | at bis wateb by the lich Ashe put bis w re fitted by bi r ter some little opposition, his suit with Gray had prospered. ‘The opposition came not from Mr. Gray, but from the young lady herself. “There was some foolish boy and girl atfec- tion,” the father explained to John Portman, “which had existed between Edith and a protit gate cousin of hers; but it was of no conse- | tt quence, it should be put astop to. Henry Lor- raine disappeared from the neighborhood; and shortly afterward Edith Gray a cold, con strained assent to John Port At that time he was thirty bum. up the edith a out well formed, and even handsome, but for a | stiffness in his motion and a cold immobility or | td not done for meny a ye feature, which never seemed to unbend or warm | back as if a beavy blow hid struc into grace and geniality. | recovering direct ked after . He was a rich may, too; but how far that cir- | Ctiling im the darkucss, and followed rapidly ba cumstances had led Mr. Gray to persuade or | it track on Oaahial on even coerce Edith into an acceptance of him, | He soon neared her, for although sho walked John Portman did not care to inquire. | quickly, her step teitered 1 aut every In the end they were married, and the man, | otherwise so cold and impassive, seemed to change in the society of his beautiful young Low and then she patrce side, asif to take oun Portma not made @ terri pe Mand to po wife. hi | pe . He loved her with the quiet, deep again. ; that belongs only to such na’ n 2 | ,, What a whirl ot conttic lavished on her ‘all that his thou ebts made his al ¢ cure or his love could invent that slent figere, bis f , Edith returned his strong devotio Fnow! Could it be t or rather, she received its evidence bat pas- sively. But he would have contented even with that scant recompense, and | uncomplaining!y, but fora change which came | upon his young Wite about a year after the mar- riage. j Her manncr towards him up tothis time could | best be described asa sort of passive endurance. She obeyed him, and yielded to him; not sub- | missively—that ‘word’ would not convey the right méaning—but as if she were too proud or contemptuous to oppose herseli to him in aay- | thing. Suddenly she changed. Mr. Portman mw ticed with wonder that her moud would alte the most inconsistent way. wonld be silent, an ingly lighted up e One of these house ing for the door st wed noisclessly int he rickety stairc >» He paused on the lan | intent into the ¢ tered. She bad m could bear ber short striking of am: in At times Edith even sullen; then she woul pass at once, without any intermediate stage, Was no ¢ But how chan, The to a forced liveliness and gaiety yet more be wildering to him; and at rare . would be tender, almost loving in her bear and John Portman often thougtt in afe With bitter regret, that if the wistful pleading look in ber bea and encouraged her confidence, what misery might have been spared them both! i bat thought, like many another, came to ard it—turmd and ant, fell upon ber kr him too late. Edith’s coutidence remained un- ched, as if t om ten her. it aot spoken, and the catastrophe was drawing | it the door-way looking at tt . nearer. his heart stirring with new age One day, by accident, Mr. Portman discovered that ‘there existed a correspondence between his wife and her old lover, Henry Lorraine, He did not k®ow that it had origi- nated with her cousin, and existed solely om his at lead to him te After a little wt voice, but still & Lister side; Mr. Portman did not stay to inquire. ave most mad with jealousy, but even th 4 ing his cold, calm exterior, he sougut She came to him dressed for some i 4 dinner party or a ball—he had forg; ¥ But throngh alt these after years he remem a bered her asshe looked then—so radiantly bea 4 tifu) that it maddened bim hink of GP le, 4 treachery. He made his ac hin su She clasped on oly harsh, cruel words that her proad spirit reb te; aud thes é led at once indignantiy, and she wonld cond + wour me > scend to no refutation or explanation; she on laughed bitterly in bis face,and with such an expression of scorn in her Frilliant eyes, that the gaze seemed to search his very soul. tle re- peated the accusation in such words tirat tndig- nation got the better of contempt, aud she toid him that he lied! He lost command of himself then, and st bas been 8 cousol spared myself an nocent w solemn apy her with his open hand upon her bosom. Edith | mew, the wickedness = w did not finch or utter a sound, but stuod look- | beart, terrified me, and I woul ing fixedly at him tor a moment, her lovely face | © ®8k your forgiveness. ext but for my pt nd a lie to you—as Heaven ju Tleft Engiar The figure would bare to’ hands aguin pallid and rigid as marble, the mark of its hand onher bosom changed to a deep angry red. Then she turned from him and was gone. He did not follow her, or stop her, his own rash act bad almost terrified him; and he would have given worlds to have recalled it. His an- ger thus tarned back in its course, made him | | “* oe ot, ae - reflect, too, whether he had not been too hasty | "Ot ogg eae fp Dw c in his accusation. The evidence he held—an | What! suffered thin : intercepted letter from Henry Lorraine—did | I cee struggle x. 1 hot criminate Edith. Itwas only a passionate | Changed my name whew { lett : declaration of his unalterable love for his coa- | italy obtained au engagement : sin, and an entreaty for an interview: nothing ~ a bet 6 oa Spe 4 to show that she had forgotten ber duty so tar | het be ge one ~ gpd “be gono Pomme 4 as to have written to him--nothing to show that | come tn pap on, Bons fe © fore she was guilty beyond the fact that she had | 0 ®y froma dange a ihe From that time the 1 | tell hea 1pon long time bat the earnestly would ercd. [was forced t the life 1 loathe there was no t Can you forgive me— Her wasted figure dr left her lips, an him; he was kneel withhe!d from her husband, the knowledge that her cousin had dared to write to her in such 4 manner. Mr. Portman gave himself half an hour to retlect and decide upon some course of | action, and then went softly to his wife's dress- | =“. here was no repiy to his summons at the door—no sound of any one stirring within. Hi entered; she was not there, nor in her be!- room. je rang the bell for his wife’s mai. She told him that her mistress had dressed and = out nearly haif an hour before; she did not now where hér mistress had gone. Jobn Portman dismissed the girl, himself to thinking. There was a str: heavy foreboding of evil at his heart that would Not dying, Mary! Lo andl speek <p not iét him rest or hope. He waited until the Heaven knows I have p 1 gh on feeling of suspense became too great to bear. | more than you! Live for my sake, Mary, an i He wrote a ‘note, and making out a list pa -4 years to come atoue for the wretck places to which he thought Edith might ha’ past! a renee kone, despatched a messenger with Instruction: | _ The look upon dig fa change 0 to go to each of the houses named in the list coming death he al ch illowe ; antl he found his mistress, then to wait and at. | Weary od upon bie plain © tend her back. anal 4 ¢ (rom ‘The time went slowly and wearily by. One— | him. eas = two—three—four, ond neler bie essenger * Itis better as it is,"she seid again, in a nor Edith came. His suspense, his growing | Voice so low that he “You can forgive me now, the old reproach woul! cling to me, a! stronger in your heart again, ter as it is,’7 The stern cold man quite broken down now, could not reply for the heavy sobe that shook him; he could only answer by drawing her vet closer to turned her face to him, smile upon it that he so well remembered, and said, ‘hiss me.” Even as he did so, she gaye ® low, fain? h, and was dead. grew so insupportable that he and hastily putting on his over- coat and bat—why he ly knew—when the messenger returned—alone. He had been to all the houses on the list, he told Mr. Portman; that his mistress was at none of them. She had been ©: at two of the eS dinner, at the other to a Pant. lady who was to have been Eith’s choperone Was ut the dinner party, told him that she had received from Mrs. Portman early in 1 grow It is tar, far bet~ the evening, a uote saying she was indis, a in the co churchyard where aha and could Sot ccme. ‘hie was, in brief, the re- hon Aden fie en whens late chad, sult of the meesenger’sinquiries. ‘ she was held at rest. A marble cross at John Portman took no sleep that night; dur- | {he was held at pang geld that long dreary his heavy foot: stSy"woke tt daflechocg infis chamber. The | sied the relics that the ol pallid, Sut stilt watehful.. He had gone deena to . room when the Manare for Pear Trees. earl; ~ The tree is a gross feeder, and must have slow | good, rich sll or an annual i of manure wi q is'nck miclent, The trait and wood ot the pletars Teme owptatan” Ee s Mibersl Srcancg ot wood alone or with manure, is of great were not defined enough ad , and if seme bone dust or super- ‘Then his attention added, all the mea then at an ‘envelop . all kinds on oar Portman them by the soap Toad address ashes to the diately surtace of the house” around within a few feet of The frees. Pruning of stuuted or he could @notber time.— aranees out, of the peace, about to your