Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1874, Page 4

EVENING STAR: MONDAY. Icy 13, 187% LOCA, NEWS, Condensed Locals. Ex-Me.yor Lenox is lying quite low at the Hamlin house. Lizzie Sherwood and Charley King, lost chil- Gren, were found in the eighth precinct by the poiice Saturday and returned to their homes. C. A. Vedder, 934 Louisiana avenne, adver- tises that he can accommodate a few more par- thes with storage. Dr. Wm. Maister, the well known dentist, and ‘One of our weil known and most respected citi- zens, died last night very suddenly of a conges- a tive chill. At &@ recent conclave of Columbia Command- No. 2, Knights Templar, tt_was decided to tstion of Mr. J. F. Cake to visit jay morning, did not belong to him, as stated. ‘The remains of the much lamdnted James A. merly of thiscity, and who died in , Texas, about two month: , have ar- Fived here, and been interred #4 Mount Olivet cemeter Th ng were electéd directors of th BR. Wallach, N. Acker, and 3 2 ¢ ° 8 : 2 Bowen visited the District fy to exchange courtesies ted Aulitor in place The encouragement uch a nature asto make it of Mr.-Meeds, ree given was not of The folloythg cases hare been set to-morrow/n the Criminal Court: H Coieman,/ charge of robbery; Frederick Brooks, ajeauit; Thomas Alexander, do.; John \do., and Ehzs Jones and Hattie env. y hear Saturday morning an un- effected an entrance wita a brick uJ A. Hance, Ed. Hager. E. H. SenteAne, C. Collins, J. P. Lockman, William Jobnson, John ee William Edwards, Fe William: abn, and H. Throop, satied do mac on m ‘The west Cay of a ¥irginia for war. There {= bard!y « tree that was not more or less injured by the tornado of the 4th instant, their ragged tops projecting skywards, and it does net appear as though any effort had been made to clear away the debris. The groand is covered with falien trees and branches in a state of decay, emitting a sickening odor simi- lar to that ot the jb swamps. ——~—— Is It Chotera? 3 OLD SEA CAPTAIN APTER A PRW ILLNESS—A SINGULAR WILL Capt. Wm. Barth, an old sea captain, Of age, died yesterday at 4 o'clock p. m re-idence of Mr. S. King, H11 ith street northwest. after an illness of @ few hours, of a diseare somewhat resembling Asiatic cholera, but perhaps a severe attack of cholera morbus He came to this city from Missouri abont a year ago, baving previously traveled nearly all over the world. He was a men of intelligence, and when he came bere somewhat addicted to drink- pg, but shortly after his arrival was induced to , and afterwards Howard ‘emperance, Morning Star e Jonadabs, and has since en an active worker inthe tem- Last fall he received an = DEATH OF A I s inspector under William H. ndent of sewers, and held 1 the beart ‘was abol- of June last he remarked nd that life was so uncertain that no i tel! what might take place before he pt his pav from the board, and he thought it fest to meke a will. He then drew Up & paper, which was never legally executed, in which he gives an account of his debts ani the amount due him, and sistes that so far as he knows he bas no relative living, and requests that his body be given to the medical fraternity for dis- section. In case they decline to receive it, he asks that it be enclored in a box perforated with bol a properly loaded to make it eink, and that it then be taken on board a boat and carried ovt to water not less than six fathoms deep, and dre overboard, and under no his body to-be buried in the that the officers of Morning take charge of his funeral, out his request as above. Some of ente that at one time he had busi- ha man bearing the name of nm was a native here aboat re boy, and settied i he was in the butter by market. and s tore of M: jeor ze orgetown ir. Jac he Mr. 2 years ago ant een H and I, when a com grocery, hard- ,and 60 complete is that persons when + paint 2 to obta ¢ elsewhere were always ed to thi b gained it the name Noah's Ark was continued an- about the €ariy part of the war, when Mr. Aller, on % B it 1 bat after n business for th, which occurred Thysou amassed a from his business, and in real estate many sed his widow and ehil- for many years a Church, holding his and while he was o es man, he had tim nd to the call of the needy, Thyaen bi both in and out of excelle i a and left a recerd of feel proud. urday, just before the Police Court, James ck Jim.” who had been 8 for robbing the Ganton, on 7th t him through the gh the window of the jumping to the sk éup4y street th Officer Ree: : feet just as he was get- ach, and alter a struggle puliet vervd with soot. He protested the fren bracelets put The biil did elt sure, from the friendly which :{ was regarded by members honses, that it would pass next session * of the opinion that it would be discussion of the merits of it in both honses in order that a perma- nent foundation fer the home may be secured. ‘The board adjourned to meet at the residence ‘Thomas B. Florence, ou the 15th inst., jock p. m. . aE Acctpent To A WassixeTosray.—The Nor- folk tan of Saturday says:—" Yesterday morning Mr. Charles Hurdle, of Washington city, on visit to Ucean View, cat himself quits 'y tm the left wrist while engaged in cut- wig froma tree. He immediately came city, and after having the wound dressed took passage on the Lady of the Lake for Wash- ington on Friday evening.” home to day and suffering from the h ts a flesh wound, and will doudtiess eee 1a meeting at East rnoon. Mrs. Maapin yton addressed the m: ens signed the temperance kp m was hoa very Walsh, Dr. Grass, ssed the meating, ard sto their pledge. - pean 1 afterwards tarned over to the watch- man at that square. —_ VALUARL® Prortrty ry Souta Wasaine- Tox.—A three-story brick house and lot on 6th street southwest, opposite Jefferson school. boute, is advertised for sale, at auction, at 6:30 o'clock this evening, by Duncanson Bros.; also, two small irames on K street, between 43 and Cub streets soutlweet, at 6 o'clock p.m, t Tax Rows oF “Jack | | ton of bis arm.— Troy Tim ed and cangtt by | | Gay afternoon that is seldom eualiec ‘THE COLORED FEMALE INFANT found Friday — on the doorsteps of Mr. John Suilivan,on Sth street extended, in the county, was taken arers, dacers, very few of them ever agree i doing li ie chan! whom they have by formal resolutions, have always been, as if they apnea baie the mechanical or interests of thi And it is sug- fe mind's eye here for twent; ole fact i oceur to him TZentiomen, with- out being manufacti ‘without being HEF g ttle or nothing to aid or wry lmegen | class of the comm ’ ex i i i g as are to-day, natural blers, And it he th by Lieut. Noonan to the asylum will think for a moment he will recollect that near by, and the matron refused to receive it | many of those gentlemen are getting three and because it was under six Yeats of age. It seems | four hundred per cent. more rent for = from this that a rule has made by this in- | erty than it brought at the time of ich T stitution exclading infants under six years of | speak. They grumbled when taxes were sev- age, which must very materially affect its use- | fulness, as it is for these Tory young waifs that such a bome is most neede:’. Lieut. finally took it to St. Ann’s infant asylam at an expense of Bfty cents to himself, where it was received. Building association, last week, sixty shares of stock were redeemed. At the eixty-sixth meeting of Qolambia Co- operative association one share was advanced on at 110 per cent., and the balance of the money was used in redeeming stock. es tn THE COURTS. . Crrevit Covrt—Juige Wylie. To-day, Lambe et al. agt. Poutton; order to take testimony. Barragt Barbour; orter dis. charging attachment. DeHart et al. act. Dean et al.; report of trustee filed. Firet National Bank agt. F. H. Gassaway et al.; order ap- pointing E. Totten guardian ad fifem. Miller et al. agt. Miller etal; decree finally ratifying trastecs’ sale. Pairo agt. Holmead et a missioner’s report publishe’. Fant act. art; stricken from calendar, time ster taking testimony, and restraining order tssaed. MeCarter agt. MeCarter: placed on calendar ard submitted. Harian and wife agt. Hill ct al.: submitted. McLean agt. Falconer; order nisi confirming trustees’ sale. Stewart agt. Hop- kine; order denying application for withdrawal of cause from jury. Ebert agt. Hopkin: directing issues be sent to Circuit Cour agt. Mertz; order allowing alimony. Neale et al.; order allowing com: amend Dill. Gunton agt. Zantzinger; verdict from Circuit Court. Potice Covrt—Judge Snell. To-day, Maria Simons was charged with cursing by her neighbor, Hester Long, who testi- fied that Maria calied her all the most horrible Tames she ever heard of; at the same time used the name of God invain. Maria told the judge that she kad been a strict member of the Cay- alry Baptist church for *‘fo’ years” and that she never ‘‘cussed” a word. Hester was here arraigned on the same charge, and Mari testi- fied that she had been living in the neighbor- hood of Hester for a long time, and a dirtier and more foul-mouthed woman sbe never heard speak. Hester here interrupted Maria, telling the judge that she never cussed any—she was a member of the church, too. Other witnesses testified to the bad language both used on this occasion, and a fine of $5 each was imposed, which they paid and went away satisfied. Kate ‘Tillman was fined #5 for same offence. Wm. Hoffman, same; $5. Cornelius Sullivan, dis- led for | « turbing the quiet of Georgetown by profane and indecent language; $5. Martha Dean and Sarah C. Simms, vagrants, were sent down for thirty . Mary Strong, assault and 8 ei battery on Mary Austin; $10 and costs. Alex- ander Saunders, co! |. larceny of a clock trom Augusta Cooper worth $9; £10. Josephine Hall, profane; $3. Thomas F. Doyle and Henry wis, affray; $5 each. Richard Turpin, dis- orderly; $5. “Lee Scott, assanit upon and resist- ing Officer Anderson in the discharge of his duty; sent to the grand jury. Albert Smith, assault on George Johnson; #2). Wm. Fry and | Henry Lewis, protarity: 4 each. George T. Raub, charged with maintaining a nuisance, waived an examination, and the case was sent to the grand Eas Anthony Sullivan, threats to Lonisa, his wife; personal bonds to keep the a peace. -202- REMARKARLE TREATMENT OF A SNAKE Bits.—Dr. Ashbel Smith, of Galveston, Te: was recently bitten in three places, just ‘abo the ankle, bya snake. Swelling began in less than five minutes from the biting, and in fif- teep minutes th in had bes come so excrucia- | | my ere cents, as those improvements, Wallach at two separate elections. Being feated twice, they the third time succeeded by defeating his vomination, thereby pavi way for the election of Sayles J. Bo: they were terribiy pat out at the extensive im- provements he entered upon on the outskirts of the city, and, in fact, created so mach feeling against him that his successor, Mr. Emery, was elected almost by acclamation. pointin ing ‘@refiectionon the Commissioners be- fore they are warm in their seats, as well ag upon President Grant, who, in making the ape pointments, did tho very best he could andar the circumstances, in selecting gentlemen to fill those positions who were in fact strangers tous and our attairs, thereby securing us an impartial report as it was possible to get. stead of the Alexandria can: B named William Lucas, about 15 while bathing in Gay street, on Saturday eveni: His body was recovered by Charles Nicholson, andtaken to the residence of his mother on Dembarton street, and the coroner being noti- tied, deemed an inqnest unnecessary. the girl Susan Judge Nicol’s family. ‘She has been lodged in jail at Brentsville. they grumble to-day at two three dollars. In fact, they have never been satisfied, as shown by them when Richard Wallach was elected mayorin 1361, and com- menced = city by putting in sewer- age and paving principal thoroughfares, Burtpine Assoctations.—at the forty-fitth | always keeping within the resources of the ort meeting of the Merchants and Mechanics’ poration. ‘hose same sgentlemen grumbled at od made issue with Mr. To fact, it was this constant grambling that retarded improvements and paved the way for the young and energetic man who took hold of and governed the District for the last three years, who has in turn been ousted by their number only, representing their before Congress. cess theyare coming forward in large numbers to one of interest, And now emboldened at suc- tictate to the non-resitent Commissioners who shail or shail not be appointed to atd them in getting through with the large job that Con- gress has set them to do without having time to do it in, if they neglect to cail in the aid of ex- perts, or men familiar with the work in hand. y organizing as they are now doing and ap- g committees it will have the effect of One who never kad @ job under the Board of Public Works or District Governmen's GEORGETOWN. 'THE FOOT BRIDGE over the canal at the south end of the market-house is being raised to en- able the empty canal boats as they return from Alexardria by way of te Potomac river route to pass readily. his route bas become quite opular with the boatmen, and unless hindered low water they will oe use it in- ROWNED In Rock BK.—A colored boy, 3 of age, at the foot o1 was drowned. k Creel ALEXANDRIA. Rev. Mr. Penick will take pastoral charge of she Baptist church in this city to-morrow. hk, D. Kure quatified as attorney of the United States court during its late session in this city. THB TELEGRAPH Companies doing business in this city are now charging ten cents a mes- sage extra, till the tax of $100 imposed by the city council is made up. nE Gree Pors Jones, of Prince Constable George B. n county, has arrested » Accused Of poisoning Coat Fretout.—There are about twenty five | or thirty sail of coasting vessels inthe George- town channel waiting their turn to load with coal, the freights on which are lower than for a . jong time pat. The freight per ton from ting that he cou! ee anak ee ORNS om Se Gexquieute Boston is $1.49.—Sentinel, 11th. prea dar dgpal orgs roma pa peta Rex. Wx. Dinwinpre, late of Lexington, Ky, delayed treating the wound, in order to ebserve | Das accepted the call extended to him by thi the effects of the poison unmodified by medi ¢ agents. He now took, in a wine-giaas of water, | | a half teaspoonful of saturate tincture of icdine. About fifteen minutes afterward he ro- peated the iodine—abont twenty drops. A shor: | time after, perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes, a third dose of iodine—fifteen drops—in t ty-five or thirty minutes after the third. The of the wounds were several times touched with the tincture of iodine, and the leg, which was now swollen ’ from the ankle to the knee, was painted with loine. The psin was excruciating, but im two or three | hours abated sensibly. Three hours later.about | ‘ 1:30 in the morning, he fell asleep. Ho awoke at suarise with complete stiffness and superti- cial soreness of the limb on touch. now swollen to double its former si worth mentioning. Nor suficring further than com ai leg, and being obliged to have it at al! ti vated. The toot particip and if the leg hang minutes perfectly liv matter lies in the effica for venomo $ believes. No other remery whatever 1, and he is confident that the bite was suflictently poisonous to have caused deat , but with no p 8 he since had any 2 of the mes ele t in the ewelling. own it became in a few The interest of lodineasa SrvevtaR MAayirgestatic Cavexp ny A Bows Sxveaep Arw.—a | named Cumming fell from a carat Whiteh: him. It was thrown into apail, when the poor little fellow screamed with pain. The severed | limb was then placed in a box and buried in the garden. Shortly after he said that som: thing was crawling on the inside of the han. ‘The limb was exhumed, when s large worm was discovered in thetpalm of the hand. A large jar was obtained, and it became neces- | sary to crowd the arm’ in, when the su(terer | fairly went into paroxyams of pain. The limb was placed ina jar partly filled with alcohol limb was found crowded and cramped as dee scribed. The boy knew nothiug of the alsposi- Roddy. She etates that she is thelawfal wife of | | Philip'D. Roddy, and that abont a month since Heroism oF a LiTTLe OALivonsta G We were witness toan act of bravery t her lawyer to have the matter amicably dis- posed of by other means, which she agreed ta, ut wes immediately afterward arrested on the surpassed. A little child of Mrs. Saal, two or three years old, was playing or ranning Sround near the flame that cunveys water to the foundry, when in some manner it chanced The flume was full of water rauning very rapidly. There was no one near but @ Httle daug! t Still she clang to the little one, and toa great | extent kept its head above water, at the risk of i | Congregation of the Second Pre: ministrations at young man by cripple, who liv street, was end: loaded with n the hammer fail, musket caps, into his arm and side, intiicting | sent charges for which she has been indicted, | alee alleged that Roddy was Miss Shotweli’s sitair. n this city, and will commence ACCIDEN esterday Sevening. while a the name of Tim Shomison, a at the upper end of Prince ‘oring to Put a cap ona pistol asket 18 accidentally let discharging the contents, paintnl ‘wounds. for. DisTeRRANCE.—Abont noon to-day, as polica ficer Arnold was walking near the Fairfax Teet depot, he heard a worgan's cries of mar- ler and soon thereafter aw a man rash oat of he gate of a house in that neighborhood. He reized the man, who resisted and had Dr. J. B. Johnson yas © be knocked down, but two more con he ame house to’his a few neigh assistance of the o' sista assing FA cers, when the to the three were arrested and escorted to the stationhonse. . belonging to the erew of the ton, and gave their names , William Campbell, and 11¢ STORY went the press over a year ago abont the 00 in bonds from Miss Fanny A. vhery of € Shotwell by a ‘traveling acquaintance hetween New York and Chi 0. On arriving at Chicago on Wednesday and the train passed over his | Miss Shotwell reported it on the route her arm, severing it. The tad, with great presence | traveling companion became so mach Interasted of mind, layed still until the train had passed. | in her alfairs as to wish to sce the contents of and thusescaped further Injury. When theilad | her tren’ and that at the conclusion of the wastaken home, his arm was brought afcer | journey she found her bonds had been stolen. Her compaulon disappeared, and nothing more was heard of the affair for some time. both of the parties to the transaction turned up in a new light. vs New York, residing in Jersey City, charges the celebrated heroine of the railroad bond rob- bery, Fanny A Shotwell, claims him i March last, an opera-giass valued at $15, and One or re now of Phitip D. Rod: alias Carlotta PF. arlotta F. Roddy, which she ‘ve her legal name, with stealing from Jersey City, on or about the Ith of and ther replaced in the ground. The little | @ number of British sovereigns, valaed fellow complained that hisarm and fingers wera | at =35, which she conveyed to New York. ina terribly cramped position, and that the | (n this charge the accused has been hold for | little finger and next one were growing to- | the action of the grand jury, who recently | gether. The jar was then taken up, when ths | foun dictment against her for grand lar- i for p s9 been ‘ound against Miss Shotwe!l,on complaint of he preferred a charge against him before Jus- ice Flammer. ‘The justice, she adds, advised It is raveling companion on the trip to Chicago, on which she lost ber honds—if she did lose them— 4 x | f ter of Edwart Keegan, who ine | and that he subseqnently married her. Mr. stantly jumped into the flume, caught the child | Roddy, on his part, dentes all knowledge of the aud screamed fur help. The water was ranning | bond robbery, at also denies that be was ever } So rapidly thatit took her off her feet instantly. | married to Mis otwell. So it ts quite a mixed ing drowned herself, until assistance arrived rescued them from their peri! little girl seemed perfectly oblivions of acl? in ber efforts to save the child, and unless assist ance had been speedily rendered would have beceme a martyr to her noble hervism.— 2? Dorado Republican. ~ a IN THY CasriaNn.—The Caspian said to be extremely rich in various s the number of some kinds hing According to a recent statement, !n gu- sing!s district 15,000 sturgeon are sometime@taken in a day, and when the fiching is interrupted for twenty-four hours the waters become almost choked by the abundance of fish, which are so numerous as to press each other out upon the shore. The total yield of the Caspian Sea for one year in fish and fish products, has been estimated at 13,000,000 pounds (about 149,450,000 pounds avoirdupois), worth about $12,000,000. A peculiar phenomenon, observed especially among the sturgeon, is that of a kind of winter sleep. At the approach of cold weather, they seek the deep portions of the river, and remain there in a state of torpor, during which they “TERMINUS.” THE END IS NIG. COME NOW OR GE TOO LATE. STILL FORCING. STILL RUSHING. STILL DRIVING. STILL PUSHING. secrete a viscid matter, which forms a coatin NO CESSATION. NO LET UP. caer fanart pees wens = orhing efheie, stomachs always being fouud | EVER} THING MUST, ¢ : _Kuetp ay Lioursrro—At Poaghkeepsie, EV #RYTHENG SHALL, day ight, Matthew Varrand, whoverie: i | EVERYTHING WILL BE SOLD. Pine street, while looking out of an do as instantly killed by lightning. His whiskers and the hair on his’ were burned COME NOW. COME BUY. to a crisp, one leg of his pantaloons rippad down as cut, and one shoe was burst open. —_—_—_________ STA dispatch from St. Petersburg denies | that the Youre Duke Nicholas, who state his mother’s diamonds, has been senteuced to ban- isbment, but says his case 1s still pending before the emperor. S7The recent child-steating in Philadalphi bas attracted much attention, and the polica department bas tesued a circular describing the two men who stole the child and the wagon into which the child Ross was enticed. @7-A gentleman in St. Louis, just trom Fort sin sayethe Indian chiefs, Santanta, and Big Tree ana Wolf, are in colinsion against the whites, and serious trouble may be ex- pected. rs; ‘ing ot corruption, ularly in Ohio, the Tolsto Binde says: "Wherever ug ost Smipation has been made, the facts haveshown heavy robberies of the in democratic count Such hasbeen the case in Fairdeid, Butler, Hancock, Henry, Wayne and $13.00 FULL SUITS. $25.00 FULL SU!TS..........FOR ONLY @25.00 FULL SUITS........ $30.00 FULL B8UITS..........FO! FOR ONLY 8 9.00 5.00 FULL 8UITS.........FOR ONLY o 0) 10 2.00 FULL SUITS......... FOR ONLY @15,00 8. FOR ONLY 0, ONLY g22.00 COME. COME. COME. Buy! Buy?! HABLE BROTHERS, MERCHANT TAILORS & FINE CLOTHIERS, i¢tr «= Corner 7th and D Streets N. We ‘mer Fet prices openrd \@"; BY THOMAS DOWLING YEMAEEE SPURTE RU kPAS MEE Wyre he eae known Di a7 74, at 6 Scere seers ‘TO BETIRE FROM BUSINMSS. GENEBAL GomEg.our SALE FOR SI\TE Da¥s. July 13 1574, we shall sell, without eetire stock of” Feserve, our xD Lake Sbor hich Mi CARPETS tened eieedy, Until the Set teed tie market | Will be sold with the lots om which the Fiitively, recardics of COST. to ciose hasiness, Was firm, but on call it heavy, and prices 3 third cash, balsnce in 6 and 12 he STOCK of gocds we offer is still large and well fell Since noce there hae been aa improxe- | montht, the purchaver giving assorted. ment of .@% Temper of the market is ‘still | terest, All convey aucing LS, tearish. “Government bonds firm. Of southera | chaser. THO! Alize lot of WINTEW ‘GOODS. «ach as BLAN- state bonds Tennessecs and Miswonria wero steady. | J311-td KETS. COUNTERPANES, SHAW USard tl eA\Y South Carolina sixes, new, non-fandable, sold at 5. OME AGAIN) HOME AGAINTT DRESS GOODS, will be closed out at seorificing ‘The Market. With eslarged premiscor mprowed'imachinery, | The opportunity now open to the public is not of BatriMoRe, July 13.—Virginia sixes, od,30; Vir- | the beet talent to be had in the country, in fast @aily occurrer ce. a mentee sivis'e, consolidat-d. 814: d0. peelers. West Vir- | every facility for doing the best work at low prices, fate nl for it 14's, 0; North Carciina sixes, old, 1b;do.,ne#, | we would respectfully tzform our friends and the | Cents from any part of the city. .. 8p cial, § bid to day. pubi'c that pre-emizent as may have been our repu- THE ARCADE, TimeRE, Jaly 13 do. Ohio and 1. @1 83. Gorn firm f 98@94: yellow south ard nominal—new, 77; old, southern, S0G@*5: western mixed @%. Bye gniet and steady 1 W@1.10.' Hay r gud scarce, 22 0 to 96 00. Provisions very strong. Pork unchanged. Bulk ineats unchange!—shoul £9. 82; Crear rib sides, 1)"; 2114; eugar-cured hams, . Lard unchanged. Western butter quiet and steacy, 22@23. Or ffoe du'l and unchanged Whisks quiet, but firm, 1,00,“ Snger strong and ac- ve, 10% Hiw Yorn, Jnty 13—Stocks datl and weak, Sones ,2. Gold, Ws xchange, long, 48%; short, 4 os ernments ‘nll New Yorn, July 13.—Fiour steady, Wheat le Detter” Corn ie, hotter. N, July 18, 12:30 p. m —The rate for mone: ck exchsnge an govern - Bonds of 1865, cL, 108 Erie, § FRANKFORT, Jnly 18 —Borde of 1352. 97%. Loxpon, July 33.3 p m.—Parts dispatches auote rentes at 61 fravos *)centimes. The amount of bul- lion gone ‘nto the Bank of England un balance to- day is £15 008. eastern portion of ths lower joke region, light rains will prevail, foliowel by partly clondy weather, southeast. or sonthwort winds, a slight rise of temperature and rising ba- rometer, except on the New England coast. For the southern portion of the middie states, clear or fair weather during the day, with scmth or west winds, rising temperatur, and stationary or falliag barometer, For the sonth’ Atlantic states, rein neat clear or fair weather in tha interior, cat winds, low temperatnre, and hich ba- roweter. For the gulf mates, Tenneaseo, aud tie Obio veitey, clear or fair weather during ‘the day, with southeast or southwest winds, rising temper: ature snd slight changes in the barometer. Far the upper lake region, the wastern portion of the lower lake region and the northwowt partly cloudy weath. er, light rains in the ae i vs d the neithern portiens cf Michigan and Wiscon. south or weet winds, ristng temperature, and nod: cided change In the barometer. LOCAL RECORD. The thermometer in the business office of Tre STAR ranged to-day sa follows:—8 a, m.,76; 10 a.0., 78; 12 m., 80; 2 p. m., $2. . CIPY ITEMS. WHEN you Go TO BUY KNOWLES’ AMERI- aN Insect Destroy! who is tormented by Bu, Roaches, Ants or other noxious insect vermin, don’t if you want a considerable quantity; buy it in driblets, but save money by purchasing a large packaze at once. The saving consists in thus obtaining a triple amount of Powder, which only doubles in price with each increase in size of the pack- age. The Patent Powder Gun, which is sold with the packages, is the handiest little instru- ment imaginable. Depot, ©. N. Crittenton. No.7 Sixth Avenue. Sold by all Druggists and Grocers. e035, ———— Nor Yar ALL Drawx.—All the prizesin the last gift concert of the Public Library, it would seem, are not yet drawn, for within the past week two coupons were presented and paid at the main Louisville offica, each for over £1,000. Where could the holders of these coupons have been since March 3ist? Asleep, perhaps, like Kip Van Winkle. Governor Bramlette would, no doubt, like all who have drawn giftsin the last concert to apply for the money and leave the office free for the next and last grand gitt concert. The 3ist of July isthe graud day for the last grand drawing, and already the rush has commenced, and the management has its hands full in stplying the demand for tickets, and no wonder, as this fifth is certainly the last concert that can possibly be given, and with $2,500,000 for distribution in cash ‘to ticket- holders, every sane person in the United States, and out of it, will try to be a ticket-holdur. forth Dooley’s Yeast Powder, ASK your grocer for the best Baking Powder for prepa Rolls, Bread, Griddle Cakes, W: pot, 69 New street, New Yor medics £10 To £1000 Invested in two hundred per cent. a mouth. © pa ticulars. Tumbridge & Co., Bankers, 2 Wail street, New York. ila; Tnx Cereneat aud Cincinnati Lion Lager ov W. Driver's, corner Peunsylvaaia i 44g street. Yous Prisew F ry, & Dr. White, chira dist, will bys dance at his rooms until Saturdy avening, duly 151! alter which he will be absent until Monday morning, August 3d. Thousands of persons wh+ yieit Dr. White’s estal ment (No. street, opposita the Treasury ‘lepartm Washington, D.C.,) find that timely attent to those important members, the feet, econo mises time, and conduces to’ health, com Aud cheerfulness, and probally to leng of sife. Dr, White removes Corn: : £0 the patient can walk with eae. He sucee=+ fully treeta Bunions, Vascular Excrescences, Club and Ingrowing Nails, and other ailmeuts ofthe feet. Oftice hours from 8 a. m. to 6. Fee, $1 per visit. Established in Was'tit D. G. 1861, —— + —__ Weer’s Dornes 1 WALL Steuer.—Explains stock operations on small capita! without risk. Copy sent free. TUMBRIDGE 209 16,24 2 Wall street, New York. WiLoox & Gisy’s sewine MACHING. The celebrated Basaar Patterns. Agoncy at Baum’s hoopskirt and corset factory, Intelligencer building. Wing ov THE Woops, indorsed and pre- scribed by the leading physicians as a laxative and digestive remedy, 18 steadily gaiuing ia popular favor; for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Gon- atipation, and Headache is unequalled. 4,2),e026 ee THERMOMETERS and Hsrometers are repaired and made to order by Hempler near 4% street. —o—__ TAB COMMUNITY At large appreciate the nes fulness of Singer’e Sewing Machine. KID GLOVE DEPOT! KID GLOVES FOR LADIES! KID GLOVES FOR GENTS! KID GLOVES FOR MISSES 1-BOTTON CULTON S-BUTION SENUINe JOUVIN'S! @BNULN & ALEXANDER’! ar CHAS. BAUMS EID GLOVE DEPC 408 SEVENTH STREET. GLOVES! FRENCH CORSETS! < BRMAN CORSETS! 4LL &TYLES OF CORSETS On band and made to order at CHAS. BAUM'S Hoop Skirt and Corset Factory jentl-tr 408 SEVENTH STREST MMIOUAND Valle. Prosrisicr: be New Yoru avenue and lath strost, and'stomes ¥ and Dooley, Capitol Hill, ana by ths pro: 1312 O street ort hwest. US ATUBS—A 1 assortment, at re ea ea iy ti lachines, ‘eo Berens Wire Gioth for docs wit ow tation in the pat; In Dyelt Sacqnt NOzc8 3 at 1O DI can. edith them fore pee ety Sony S™urme DEPOT, OUR MOTTO I3 EXCELSIOR d Cleaning Ladies Dresses, Shaw's, wities, Ribbons, Ses hers Gente Coats dt ‘W. i WHEATLEY, is! 49 Jefferson strect, Georgetown, D. U. [pecouvrion OF PABTNESSHIP. _isStr ‘The firm of HERR & WELOH fs this day dis- soived by masual consent, either partner sigaiag in ee JaS.'8. WELCH, Georgetown, Inty 1, 1574, iydewin Y THOMAS DUWLING, Auctioucer, TBUSTEER’S SALE OF A DESIRABLE TWO STORY AND BASEMENT ESIOR HOUSE ON Bick STRAET, GROMGETOWN, D. Oy AT “ f adeed of trast, bearing “ate on A Dd of the part tee, will o ler tor rale, jises, at pobdlic snetion, on TUESDAY, the 2st day of July, A.D 974, at 6 o'clook p.m. parts of lute nambered a! ae of Boatty and Hawkies’ 8 of lots side of said Bigh strst, and fifty two and elever-twel'ths (282 11-22) feet from the intersection of High stre-t with Ist street, and ronning theacs westwardiy and parallel with the center live of the alley between the house on this grouad and the hoass ne: eiving on the south one hundred and twell ert to the weat tins of ot niaety four (94) addition; thence with the west line of said lot nins- ty-four south twenty-one and theee twelfths (213-12) feet; thence eastwardly and parallel with the said dirst'line of this parcel +f ground os hundred and twenty (120) feet to High street; thence by and with the building line of High street to the said paint efbertonivg. The house b Fooms, and ts well asta said located for ‘and 6 rents well Terme: Twelve hundred dollars cash. balance in six, twelve,and eightecn mouths, with interes? at six per cent., secured by deed of trast on the proper ty. A deposit of $160 will be required when the js struck off. If terms of sale are wo: com Property - piled with in seven days after sale. the trustee re- serves the right to resell the preperty at th» risk and cost of the defeulting purchaser. Conveyan- is it of parc! ne G, W. COOPER Trastoo. jyl-d&ds THOS. DOWLING. Anct. SPECIAL NoTicg. s fed Beaty-made OLOTHING and Gent's GOODS. My entire stock tobe sold ‘Ato cost. Galland get first choice, as they must ali be sold by September to change busi- ness BIC D FULLALOVE, 47 Higa street RevccTiIon IN PBIORS —T» enadle us to close out onr entire stock of DRY GOODS before moving into our “~w tore, we will, from thie date, SELL EVERY THigG AT REDUCED Onr stock is largé, and barraio« msy be expected, BENJAMIN MILL jeS-tr 101 Bridge street, Georgetown. JEORGETOWN S4VINGS BANK, D.C, G #1 HIGH STREET. Bank hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p.m, (to receive deposits) antil 6 p.m: Lntercet oa deposits. General Benking Business done, aud Gol- Irctions made oa all accessible peints. ‘Discount days, Mondays. H. POLKINHOBN, Prev’: J. DICKSON, Oasbior. rectors. .Potkinhorn, Thos.Dowiimg, J.P, Mitchel Fer Bierer BE cene Frew, Biley A.Shinn, E.D Hartley, Thos, Kaowlos, ‘ps6 N 1G 8 0b 8° ELEGANT ICE OREAM AND OYSTEa PABLOKG, angi-1y 9 High street, Georgetown, D. LADIES’ GOODS. a JUST RECEIVED, er) W FLATS, at 9175. LEGHOEN SAILOR HATS, at 8157. LEGHOSN DOLLY DYMPLES, at 3 LEGHOEN CA80ADES, LEGHOBN TBIUMPIS—larze ai FLOWERS AT HALF PRICE. MES. M.J. HUNT, Nos. 621 wnd 621 D strect. E CLOSING OUT AT N 2.—Our Sore, evere first-claes and well‘established, ;1oing \ rede, for rent. Y GveDs af A Sac D* TO RBVUCKE STOCK HAMBURG EDGINGS—ONE-THIRD OFF! ‘The following goods closing out at EXACTLY HALF PRIOR, aco and Embrottered Hantkerchiofs; ‘qurs, Ourtaia Laces, fine e Collars and Kid Gloves, Perfumery.) iy lots of Magings, and all Fancy Parasols at f Des Algo, at 20 por cent, Summer Shawls, aud fi about $1.23. BOGAN YLt&, 2Str 1018 and 1029 7h street nor: i. NOTHEB LOT A OF BARGAINS at TEE CHEAP DRY GOODS STOKB, CARTER’S. 707 MARKET SPACE. 1,090 YARDS OF THE FINEST QUALITY early rid GREBADINES, tp al cotore, y 18% ce ute, b0'doven very fue HEMMED BANDKEB- CBIFFB, only 6 cents. 100 dozen all LINEN TOWELS, onty 6 cents. 1,000 yards very best CAMBBIO CALIOO, tn beantiful patterns, only 8 cents. dom Cea id STOCKINGS, only 12°; cents. LK SUN UMSBELLAS and FABASULs very heap. “STRAW MATTING and FLOOR OIL-CLOTR awfol ches; ING OUT THE ENTIRE STOUK BB OF COST. 707 MARKET SPA NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE ai—San Umbretlas hs and Casimercs we GEMENT 1s74 - , LANDINGS, mt sland, Leonard. » Piney Point and Marshall's, ‘The swift and favorite Irom Steamer PILOT BOY, ar eet erse Oe ey MOBENING, street Wharf, SATURDAY ings en Potomac ‘Sx TUESDAY, Ten at 7 o'clock tor Giymont, the wbove tall Leaving Pc early same evening. for round trip. £2.50. 0 Wi. H. BYLRS, Acent, Gth-atret Wharf, Jeis-if F BOM PHILADELPOIA FROM BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE Mark frowht via“Cirdes fron Line,” and ship by on Providence Ksilroad, Boa eave t.sen New Express Lin’ ‘ef full information apply to— G. F. nYDR, aptly $9 Water stroet, Georcetown, DO, PVALUINGTON, NORFOLK, NEW YORK BUSTON, AND PROVIDENOR i SDY OF THE LAKE Tips kK with M. and M. Line for Boston end by thi f July, the la nce; With the Old’ Dominion 8 CY Gc peuy, for New York. F. YOUNG "Oars of Lage of tis Lakes No tnmbng. Ba ar vi Ps _Btore for reut, ie26 tr sy20 Reom No off regard: ANCHOR LINE. ide and MISS McOORMICK, 906 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, (Up Stairs.) Tam fn constant receipt of the newest designs in MILLINESY Goods, CHIP AND STEAW BONNETS AND H4rs, IMPORTED BONNETS, LACES, & 0. FRENCH FLOWEBS, p25-tr AT. JADAME ESTREN’E, 61 Imb strect, to reduce our enormous stock of Human Hair, Braids, and Carls. Very handsome Braids of a aew ud npwards; bewut! from o cents upward is. Ledies fo want will save money and time. ween andexamiue, We guarantes wom = to 5 av7-3a COAL AND WOOD. COAL! We invite the attention of consumers tooar stock of COAL, smbrecing a'l the choive qualities, to which we are miahir ions daily, which we oiler at lowest market rates ji n2AK20d PINE WUOD, sawed and split or in ie at OAK wud PINE KINDLIN EV cose fo bundles or Db: BeOTH ER. J the curd. STEVENSON % Office, 1218 Penveylvanta Avenae, Je2Str_ Mill and Depot, Seveuth-street Wharf. YOALII COAL Cc : WOOD!! wWwooD! JOHNSON BROTHERS, WHOLESALE AND BETAIL DEALERS, Ordered: TEN THOUSAND TONS BES: QUALITY ANTARSOLTEK CUAL, some of which is constantly arriving, both by vessel aud railroad, which we are 3 cheap, for cash. Also, No. llote of Baker's Pine and Oak Wood, Facilitios an: surpaseed by any firm in the District. 2240 powads BIWAyS gUerAntesd to the ton, Depot at onr wharves foot of 12th street, Offices: 1202 F street, and 2112 9th stroet Borthwest. aptl-soiy ATEEE'S Waar, Foot oF kixru Steer. OOAL and WOOD constantly on hand an de livered promptly to all parts of the City, 8 on rates, GOODWIN Y. ATLE: of SCANTLING for sale cheap, Bevora i best ROOFING FELT on hand. aps-tr a. MDW. CLABK, ‘T. B.CROSS72 . £EDW. CLAEK & €0,, DEALERS LUMBER, WOOD AND COAL, VOOBE, 8438, a mcs, lOULD: as, Central Omice, 696 Louisiana avenue, Wharf, Dopet'and Planing ALlll, fo08 of ¢th treet Yard—léth and B streets northwest, —_ jy li-ly INSURANCE COMPANIES. T= RQUITARTR ETT SSORARCE may2i-tr o17 SEVENTH STREET ebll-tr Patent Office PASSAGE RATES REDUCED. NEW YORK AND GLAasGOWw, FAVORITE ROUTE FOR TOURISTS Passenger Accommodations Unsurpassed, STEAMER BVEKY WEUNES Ni SaTuavay. ret eee From Piers 20 4x0 Zl Noss River, §. ¥ A=5AGB—Pavasi.e IN OCARENCT LASGOW, LIVERPOO. DERRY, GUESBNSTOWN OR Osbin $69 te $90, according to Aco att oos Cabin retarn Tickets issued at reduced rates. INTERMEDIATE $48. STI RAGE #15 Drafts issued for any amount Owest rates. For Tickets or farther informa: ly to— Miss ANNIE K-HCMPREEYS, 430 loth street, near Pennsylvania av ie. Orto bg Sy Eanes Ww bear Treascry Department, Wathiagion. ay8-m,w 3m goa aon CUNABD LINE. NOTICE. With the view of diminishing lision, the Bteamers of this course for all seasons of ihe y. ‘On the outward passage from York or Borton, crossing Meri OF nothing to the perth of 43. Qu the homeward passage, 180 at 42 lat., or notht the chances of ol. @ take @ specitiod fenstown to New of bu at 43 lat,, the Moridian of a. osstn o the nort THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN KUYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK HARBOR. Wrox New Yorn. mM New Yo Osiabria..., Wed iia Wels J Aud every folivw UbDAY tram New ¥ — ers marked thus * do net carry stecrage pas- ore. Hares oF Pastacu, 30, 200. kes to Po accom: 4 - is, $18, kold. addittunal. Re tickots on favor abicterms, Steerago si lowest rates, Biecrage tickers from Liverpool and Queenstown, old, according to iit ghd all ports of Bur po, at lowest races. © Throngh bills of Inding given fot Belfast, Glaseow, aver, Ante ther ports on the Vontinent, and for raves ports, For freieht and cabin pase- ty ot the Company's No. 4 Bowling roadway, Green; for stecrage No. Lin Trinity Building, orto OTIS BIGELOW, Bavker, 605 7th street, opposite Patent Office. jen@-ly CHAS. G. FRANOKLYN, Agent, M EBOHANT'S is = OF STRAMSHIPS WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. JOHN GIBEON will make reguiat week ray between NEW YOR! DEta HINGTO follows:—Leay: ep ty 1Re, STEEL FOUNTAINS, 3 HANBURY 8MI!H'S MINERAL WATERS AGENTS. P'ticr cus offer OMT SoT\ cee to Our friends and the public in PROSECUTION OF CLAIWS BEFO! TAR CO ok UF AUDIT ee eatablicbed by the Lair act of Comgrens. BY ADVABOCED & BLACK FOR x11 Im 519 Tth street porthwem. j™Pestanr NOTION BEGABDI XG TAXES DISTBH Skounrries. undersiguid prepared to ;archage, or reeeive regen spike new Donte, alt CLA LMS againet the District, ed ine a i ra @ COMM I= On the uithd Brate nerand Jeckde what is a proper, vouch cof which dus Ouchet or public pofice wil! be given f their c * EWER TAN Under the new government tae Bower dard all those who by Ting them tothe unders! Tax ill be paid their bills net shall Rave a pay ecounnts. General paid; Tex Liens bo» aud W. A SLATER, Stock Broker, 1425 Peunsytvauta ave. iy2im_ Becwern Willerd'v and Treasary Dep, wT ak & Improvement Tex. sod, SEWER TAXES ond ait other © Sgoipat the Distsict aud the late B Works prosecuted ard recover shou! D a et mene CBAS. A MOULTON, yi-ls No 62 ‘0 THE CREDITORS oF OF COLUMBIA, The order-igned effere his gery ices feliow -ci: the District of O.1 desireto themselves of thom, a+ a of claims before the A ited for by the act of ¢ fing the late form of government in Cishns for the refundieg of the Bow Well as (hose of every patare aod char the District gov t, will receive bis prempt attention, HARD Waccacn, em 0. 496 Lor ve (bans 46a Net TUR DISTKICT OF OO- I will prosecnte and collect, on reasonable terms, tafmos ageipet the District for moneys paid on count «f Sewer Tex, for private pro 7 eamnges iomte property. work done, &e. Rewer and Auditor's Cortificstes couverted into * Generel 2 QT Ad at the lowest ‘Ber improvement Taxes : ™ W sourt CHEW. 835 sb strest. ia SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT Takes SHOULD BS SETTLED WITHOUT OBLAY The act of Congress providing a new form of gov- grument does vot reliove property owners from the 1 improvement tex. bonds reosiva— ie tp perme of improvement taxes are being abeorbed for tavestment, and the sire to eave a discount upon their bills should call at once upon roce ee KSON & PATTERSON, STOCK BRUKEKS, REAL BSTATB aND INSOKANCE aG ENTS < Ofices—604 isch street, opp. U. 8. BO> Oy erect, NERAL WERAG persona who have paid Sewerng: titled to have the amount refunded. is made under the late act of Congress meat of oll euak claims. card heats ‘Toperty idere oO erest:d shonk their clans tu oct charge lamediately, We are Preparing the propes forme of application, aud can suocessfully proseente all claima presented, DICKSON k& PATTERSON, STOCK BROKERS. REAL ESTATE AND a [NSURANCE 4G ENTS. ices: 605 15h street, opposite 2O® a5: street. “ - 22-Ln BOOKS, STATIONERY, &e. NEW Bvoks at WARREN CHOATE & €0's, Relation tc the Antignt- Geiate, F.B. 5. E., wh ‘Wet and the Pacite ne. ate Isles. By By Mise Mutoen. By J Lothrop Motey. and Pox, the o under By W. 8. Bas. Copontve © A Woman's Vacation. By Eile W. ¥ Books, Fine Stationery, Papsterios ining assortments of beautiful papers and oper. > WARREN CHOATE & co., NEW BOOK ANU STATIONERY S70RB, VEBNON kOW, Corner loth street ant Pe jell-tr hourt Papeteria, o wo packs of ox soing two Ae Saper, ae- ANTYN@ 485 Try Starer. All the New Rooke foreummer renting. jed-4F CHARD B. MOHUN & o., BOOKSELLERS AND STATION 25s, 1015 Pexxcriv. ta AVENCE, NEW BOOKS. i echoes Lae 7.8 no, $7, My Mother gra be by Author of Jone Watitax, i Harper's Tcvelcrs Gane ts Bees we for Ina, 1'vol , 87; $ vole. $9. NEW Boo. BECKIVED ASD FOR SALB AT SHILLINGTON'S BOOKSTORE, Corner 4% Street and Pennsy!rania Are. Ebtp Aly. A Yarn tm Thirty-ate Cai Pety or Pastimes and Peusltion Br ior ts: Life of Edwin Forrest,with Beminiacencos “nd Per- Becollecttors, My James <t Beirees bs Eiica Dep my. ob Fok oun ane: By ee of Eeri's Dene, LL ZINES ASD F. 108 BOO! os Manoa ” = PLAYING CARDS, BLASK BOOKS, P, BOOKS, AND EVEkY re TIOMERY LINE, fren? 2 THR BTA. iLLINGTON MISCELLANEOUS, “y OUND TOP ; ~ HYDRAULIC CEMENT,» The undersigned wre now prepare t > farnteh the above celebrated CEMENT to dea contre: tore at low rates 3. G.83.M. WATERS 3696-20 No 85 High street, Go rgetown. [EW SPRING STYLE CARRIAGES —Over NO of the latest New York styles of Park snd Pony Phetens, Topand Top Buggies, Sast Jump-seat Carringes. tn exchange. P. D. SCH MID’ tween e at ce o- and Low Door apd | Fama LIME! LimEW WOOD-BUBNT LIM 90 cents per barrel, THOMAS FABEY, B street, bet. loth and ap38.6m