Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1874, Page 4

| THE SAFE BURGLARY. | TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY. | The Arguments. NESDAY..November 15, 1874. THE WEATHER. ‘Wak DarantMent, Office Chief Signal Officer, | TWENTY FOURTH DAY. } Yesterday, in the Criminal Court, Judge Ham- Wasurseton, Nov. 18, 1474, 10.30 a. m. PRowanitities.—For the northwest and a pRZeys, the trial of Hiram C- Whitley, Richard P; | Barrington and Arthar B. Williams, charged lake region, decidedly cold aad parti per ¥ | with conspiracy in connection with the alleged cloudy weather, with northerly or westerly | sate burglary inthe District Attorney's office, winds, and continued high barometer. For the | was continued after our report closed. Afis? lower lake region and the Ohio valley, colder | recess, Mr. Hinkle, for Col. Whitley, continued. and partly cloudy or clearing weather, with | northeast or northwest winds and rising barom- eter. For Tennessee, the south Atlantic and guif states, areas of rain, with north or east ds, a slight fall of temperature and station- | or rising barometer. For New England and | middle states, local rains, followed by clear- ing and colder weather, north or west winds and rising barometer. For the canal region of After recapitulsting the evidence, he referred to particular points of the eame. That relating to the signing of the vouchers for the money paid by Nettleship to Hayes and Zirruth for their parts in the scheme was noticed, and be asked why those vouchers had not been pre- rented in court. Surely, the counsel for the government have pot been debarred from ac- ~ Cees to those vouchers if they r exist, and New York, the temperature will fall balow | they could easily have produced hem here as freezing during Thurstay. The lower Ohto, | importan: evidence. The neglect to do so is & central Mississippi and lower Missouri will rise during the significant and important omission. As to the uring story of Hayes and Zirruth, he had no doubt but that much of their Psy was true, and could 5 ; ore ig be corroborated by others, but he denied that in LOCAL NEWS & single instance where these men had given eC mgd their own version of their conversations with Amusements, &¢., Tonight National Theoier—Joe Emmett, the popular | any of those charged with thie offeuce, they had succeeded in connecting one of them wit — “ ur Gertuan | it in any manner, and these two men were — = Car 'GSEON | enters Hane sed willeiow by their own con Ford's Cper fessions. "The law presumes if a person test! ford’s Opera fies falsely in one point, then the whole of Theater Comiqu bis testimony i and the converse of Sister ir epecia aches #f | this is not trae. and the law does not presume City L. it to be trne—that fs, it a person tolls tle Lincoln Hall—Theolore Thomas’ Orchestra | trath in one instance he tells the truth in every Concert. stance. There is not ascintiila of evi ——— | to consect Whitley with this case with all of Condensed Locals. the swearing of those men. The case com: mences on the stb of April by the testimony of for | there men, and where was Whitiey on that d. If it be shown that Whitley was not in New York on that day, if he was not present at the threshold of the case, if we pull down the pillar in Hayes’ evidence, then the whole steacture comes down with a crash about his head, berv- | ing bisa and his statement in the rnins. Mr. ed asistant pos be 7 | Henkle then recited the evidence introdaced to and Weet Gratton, vice De Lashmoent, pro- | show that Whitley did not arrive in New York moted | until the evening of that day, and claimed that O'Brien, of | the fact was fully proven. Referring to the estertay. ft is | telegram sent by Hayes to Whitley on the 7th the numerous friends of | of April, Mr. Henkle satd it was nothing new ¥ will attend her funeral in | for partiesengaged in crime to send letters and 8. m. to-morrow. | dispatches to persons for the parpose of impli- omg time stationed at | cating them, even if they knew nothing of the the Immaculate Conception female parochial | matter whatever. ‘There was no evidence that school, Mosher street, Baltimore, left thereon | Whitley even replied to that dispatch, and Saturday last for this city, where she has as. | there ls where Providence interfered to protec sumed charge of the Female Academy of the | an innocent and honest man from the plot of immactlate Conception. | villains, At the annual meeting of Latayette Royal | | At twenty minntes past three the Judge asked Arch Chapter, No. 5, last evening, officers were | Mr. Henkle if be should dinish his argument t>- elected to serve the ensuing masonic year, as | day, and after receiving an answer in the noga- follows:—Joreph &. McCoy, M. E. H. Priest, | tive ordered the s.jjournment. Burton R- Koss. M. E. King: Fdgar Stevens, E. | Mr. Henkle then occupied most of his tims in Scribe; F. K. Gnifith, Treasurer; John Edwin | reciting the evidence at grest length and in Mason, Secretary. minute detail. The entries for the type-setting toarnament, 7 stands as follows .—First clare, W. W. MoCol- | conrt, * i am, Jobe, M: Richards, F.C. O'Neill, K. A. | “Nis.’ Henkie resumed his argument, and read lcLean, S. N. Bennerman, anc | the telegram trom Banfield to Whitley to f jecond class, Frank McGill, H.W. Hart | yy sth: - 4 Michael Haves, dated May isth; as al rge W. Scriver, and W. i. Wattcomb. | fi Ww te ed 5 =e gram of Whitley to Banteld that he ‘will tion of the public is called to the | Go ils best to flad-bim.” These had been in- sale of seven lotsof ground on Pennsylvania | to¢uced by the government, and be teat a » including the Market Square reserva- | HOC t hsoot ; svenne, = = «ne | lOseto know whythe government had intro- tion, by B. H. Warren, auctioneer, for payment | anced them, for they showed Whitley’s inno. of pavingtax. The saiein each case will take | cence, Reading from Whitley's lettes to Now. place between 4 and G o'clock this evening in| Compe, he said tt snowed that he (W.) had his front of the property offered. The advertise- | cospicions that Nettieship had been connected ment eleewhere gives the particulars. | With the sate burglary. Did this letter contain —« December. ‘The Carrol Co-operative Bullding Associn- tion meets on to recei riptions George F. Waite, son of the !ate Sam'l Waite, Grugg'ist.7 Louisiana avenue, has been appotn b | sry damaging evidences of guilt? In puren- The Jackson Associstion Sachems in | s=ce of instractions Newcombe Proceeted to Connell. | Toronto to sea Hayes. H. says that he saw re OR NOT TO sUBILATE. enly that part relating to the affidavit, but The can ot a! Jackson | Newcombe denies it. He claimed that New. Deworratic iat ‘ted up | combe was a credible witness; that he had ev- last night at their headquarters at S.cngerb Joyed the confidence of the Secretary of Hall, the n alto that of | ike Attorney General and the Secretary the meeting one week age dent, Mr. | Treasury—even now being in the employ of dohr FE. thee bh Messrs. | the latter. Hayes’ story is @ tissue of fal Charles alle Culver boods, with here and there a crumb of truth. After the reading of the minn He had no donbt but that Newcombe had given gentlemen were proposes! and el the true history of what had passed between . Mi. C. Danaher, them. meral Henckle explained that the combe that Hayes to Lawyer ley “to lawyer: the return of to Hayes’ has mate n. H. then referred ment as to Nettleship paying lee demonstration at the re 0- lombus Alexander; that the question of holding | bim 4 claimed that the defences a de fon of the democrats and conser | ehown t he w was given for the pur- ¥atives on thefiret Tuesday after the meeting | rose of sending a to Washington to be ar of Congress, bad been fully discuse & | rested and vot for the purpose of sending him unanimous decision rendere Mt wou! be | outet the country. He was not adv impolitic to have such a § at present. | innocence of Mr. Nettisship, h kK ‘This announcement apype to strike the | how and by whom Whitley’s or s more ardent members dec and some of them demurred. Mr. Beamer called the attention of ciation to the almost nnanimous w at the former meeting for such a of the democracy, and that so unex Would be sv unfavoradiy, | It was trae that pe of liars and thieves they had icious remarks. In his bi od | believed Netileship innocent, He conid not | believe that the secret service was organized to atarn | perpetrate crime, “to put up jobs,” but for the ction. He | purpose of suppressing crime. Even if it were cited the ent at the last meeting, where | shown that Nettleship was connected with the one member in particular (Ir. Aaron Miller) | case how docs fect Whitley? The only evi- had guaranteed to raise <0) bimselt toward: | derceto implicate Whitley were the telegrams, detfraying the e mse, 8 ido@ered tofurnish al and he proceeded to read them, ciaim- band of music besides. He thocgut there | ing that they had been explained by ote So uw mck 0: iunce. | themselves and by the evidence. That Mr. Wileon explained that it was nota eezram reaiing * tities good; in- ton of coat at all, but one of appropriatencs~ * from Neitieship to Applegate, was re- zr, F. Sebmidt remarsed that it woald hare | ferzd to next. The government had claimed been much better if the committee hai ¢ Dp and oiered their resign: committee could be appoint Jpotives of the aso n there was deep bidsien mea r wart Deen fully explained by Ap- case has bnt one parallel in all ory, viz: the case of Pickwick against Bar- by Dickens. Ey the way, he had read t of Mr. Riddie’s novels, and under-tood that a Mr. KR. 8. Davis g following Nished. He would a- Beacterd, That the resolution a. € this caseand work it up into the last meet ‘ looking tewards a monstration of the de mocrac of December. be d. d the who is no necessity for ro- mance. introduced the case in Dickens’, and reading the case, ead tue “slow coach” was the copartment car ailnt- ed to in the telegram. He predicted that Mr. kiddie would make the speech of Buzfuz be “appointed by th t the city prese the time place of hi concluding this case. Mr. Dickens neve: jubilee. | dreamed that the case would be enacted, and He proceed! m, that the coming an- | no one else; but here it is enacted. Way sheu!d niversary of th got New Orleaas, on tha | Whitley. ity nothing tins 8th of January, wouli be « most fi been brought, Why should sion, and the committee were of Mr. Harrington,an honorable young man, of that it shoa! The demon: whom bis preceptor (Mr. Smithers) tas felt as tion which bad be i could accom. | prond as be, (the epeaker,) who had moved his Plish hitle or reo ge cost a great de sion to the bar here? What had been of money, an January they | proved against Williams: woul kershere from | Zrruth and Hayer ter cox the states to ¢ Daring bie | case of their testimony leaving the telegrams remar . Davis wiverted to tha aifaic asone | im, including the ‘goose hangs high,” and they which could be productive of no good at the inust find : © proposed, and t bearers who mak such occ f torch- dt they find a verdict of guilty on the oath of such perjured villiaus as these’? Tt wastneir duty er their oaths to tind a verdict of ‘*not d retorted aarks Dar Mr. Henkle ciosed his argument at 12.5) p. style, reflecting on te sounduess of Mr. Davis’ | m., and the court took « recess till 2 o'clock. boy Sonny THE CONTEMPT CASE AGAINST Mussus, War. bey ty LEY ABD Dawson. penta 3 On reassembling at two o'clock the jurors " were sent out in charge of the bai the wishes udge Humphreys asked W the suspense to pcan hcg Vhitley and Dawson (in regard to the arrest of ao Michac! Hayes) had been returned. eantas bie Mr. Middieton, the clerk.—Yhey ha r + Herkie, for Col. Wh: prepared a return, and few minutes. Judge Fisher read the return of L. $. Daw- son, cle 2 Court, to the rule to an attachment should not issne Mr. Dawson claims that bis ac- Jut will be here |. Was not afraid or work. Col. Swart asked to be relieved from the mittee. mae tlon was strictly in accordance with bis duties. If: Moses moved the of «| Col. Whitley acknowleages that he mads tic sed teecmenen . #0" | affidavit: states that it was understood at e that the warrant was not to b “oe tilafter the case bad been concladed, h the par. | learned that the officers made the arrest when stration at the | Hayes was abont to leave the city. ret dge Humphreys did not think the retarn a obe, but would rot act hastily, and pos poned farther action until to-morrow, to which | hour the court adjourned. ft ee Parsevr DxaTa Prom Bursinc wy Coat Ouw.—Mr. Benjamin S. Prather, a well known butcher, died yesterday afternoon, from ivja- ries received on Monday night by the explosion | of a coal oll lamp aqhis residence, on Q street, sx | Dear ist, northwest. “Mr. P. was about retiring Judge Moore thought this action woult away With the meetipg altogetbe Gen should be so framed pose te Lave a ¢ proper t Bred ror the « January. ip cember, wh adopted, and the comm coutinued. | Bir. Jesse B. Wilson moved that each men- | Der of the association be reqacsted to cout ribace | $10 towards the expense of the demonstration. | ‘This raised considerable op The chair thought sx n fet capita would be very unequal, as many of the mem- | for the night, and, in attempting to extinguish bers could not raise that amouns without great | the light, blew into the chimuey,when the lamp inconvenience. je jed and the burning ofl struck him in the Colonc] Swart said he wel: knew the liberality | face apd spread over his and arms. setting of his friend and bis ab pay; but when | bis clothing on fire, and before it could be ex- he looked over the democra honest and willip their dollars by ranks be saw | tivguished he was burned in a horrible manner. men—poor men—whoecarned | Everything was done which it was ard toll. He knew from bis | do for bim, but withont avail, and after suffers own experience how hard it was to get means | ing about seventeen hours death put an end to | ral days for the expenses of living. His own resort was | bis sufferings, Mr. Prather was a married man, to dig itoutof the ground, and he thought it and leaves & wife and children to mourn their would be exacting too much. By sach an ex. | loss. Mr. Prather had many friends, who will action they would drive bonest men from their sincerely sympathtze with the bereaved (amily. association. He was opposed to any narrow — — «———_ and contracted views in connection with the | Rarpow AN ALLEGED DisrgrvTante Hovss. ¥, and he wanted every one who | About 10 o’clock Iast night, Officers Leach, | Kenner, Edelin, and Sneed , s STANDS IN TES GOSPRL LIORT raided house No. and eat of the bread of life treaty. He | s:7 Wiebed to see the rank and file come into the | partake of the broad of life | while the lamp holds out to wi 5 | keeper of the house, Ji Durn the vilest sinner may retura.”” Let them | y come up on the Sth of January, and if the rich | ep cara ‘would pot pay the bile the poor would. (Ap plause.) Moved to lay the reaviution on | pied. —s Brrraco Lira: was ned on the charge of | house, ard was fined $100 and costs. | Was voted, and bonds were fixed at ‘A SrRincs.—The attention | Carrie, Rachel, of invalids is called to the advertisement ia | as vagrants. J nother column of the waters of these cele. | ¢, were sent brated From the certificates when | “°Ore? pasteke Gieeezes to tpoeel te doubt im Ger. value fact, ant i The Board of Health. EXTRACTS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT, A special meeting of the Board of Health was held yesterday to consider the annual report, THE HEALTH OFFICER'S REHORT Says that a correct record of every nuleance ra- ported and absted bas been made, all of which were personally inspected, numbering 27,776, also of every article of condemned food. The statements show: Animals impounded Sy loads of garbage removed 16,000, dead animals removed 4.410, privy boxes cleaned 42,787, bur- tals at public expense from September 15 to No- Hi vember 15, 1574, 48. The number of inspectors employed 13, official notices to make house sewer connections were is u:d inst 1,7: ns made remises. Number ot sewer connec! by the Board of Health 72, notices to fll lots Daving stagnant water thereon 2 houses con- | demned as unfit for habitation 349, cases re- ferred to the attorney 113. The insp.ctoa of food shows that immense labor in this depart. ment has been performed, aggregating 41,1? 045 pounds of meat, 2,685,345 ounds of poul ry and game, 2,039,710 bushels of vegecabies, 160,103 bushels fruits, 10,210,009 melons, 117 440 loaves of bread. The condemnations foot up 23.275 pounds of meat, 1,8:0 poultry, 455 | dozen eggs, &c. ‘The value of food comiemned amounts to'$8,677.78, being ¢ in excess of | the previous year. The following is the inspection of marine pro- | ducts :—Shad, 625,657; herring, 6,587,240; taylors, | 89,840; bunches of fish, §67,201: sturgeon. 919; bushels of oysters, 569,372; clama, 1,153,000; | crabs, 207.2%). Condemnations—H49 stiad, 140 | herrings, 158 taylors, 16 sturgeon, $,645 bushels oysters, 0 clams, 20 8°0 crabs. ‘Total nam- | ber of pounds of ‘fish inspected, 10,52 Value ot marine products condemned, | #10,143.£ FISHING SHORES OF THE PoTOMAC. xclusive of the fish’ sent to the Alexandria. Washington and Georgetown markets, the fishermen on the shores of the Potomac ‘have sold to countrymen and shipped to other ports large numbers of shad and herring, as follows: Virginia shore—Caywood’s, 150,000 herring; Wind Mill Point, 225.000 herring; Tump, 95,000 herring; Gum's. 25,000 herring; Arkendate, 125,000 herring: Clifton, 200,000 herring; Free- stone Point, 75,000 herring, 10.000 shad; Stoney Point, £9,000 herring; High Point, 69,00) her- ring, White House, 25,000 herring; Ferry Land- ing, 90,0°0 herring; Jackson City, 25,000 her- ring. ‘The last-named fizhery is where successfully experimentéd in of ebad.] Maryland shore—Maryiand Point fishery, 125 000 herring; Budd's Pomt, 159,000 herring; Stump Neck, 100,000 herrii Chapman’s Point, 75,00 herring; Pamunkey, 15),000 herring; Gut Landing, 150,(00 herring; Greenway, 25,000 her- ring; Brvant’s Point, 125,000 herriug; Moxisy’s, 125,00 herring; Kent, 50,000 herring; Stick Landing, 2,000 herring—a total for both shores Of 10,000 chad and 2,205,000 herring. There have been received ac Alexandria during the year 417.950 shad, 7.896.000 herring, 135 “M8 taylors, 620 sturgeon,” 49,5000 banches of fish—making @ grand total of 1 shad, | 15,296,940 herring, 310,387 taylors, 61,719 bunch: es of ich aud 1,6-0 siurgeon caught at the fish- eries on the Potomac. OTHER STATISTIC. | The report of the pound servico shows: Im- unded—horses, 60; mules, 22; cows, 109; hogs, eke, C4; dogs, 2,200; sheep, 1— deemed, 745; soid, 61; killed, died, 7; returned without fea, 1). medical sanitary inapector reports the operations of bis department, which is princi- pally investigating the causcs of death, makes & report covering ¥i days, the time the bareaa has been in operation, as follows: Males, 51 females, 7; white, 15; colored, 63; adults, 14 children, 2°; infan' total, 11. THiegitimate births—whiie, 1; colored, 37. Burials at public expense, GOOD REALTH OF THR pisTRicT. In concluding, the heaith officer etates that during the past year not a singlo case of small. | th Green Lropagation Pox or other epidemic disease has report- ed, and that (he District throughoat its several | divisions has been to such a degres healthful aa | to be the common subject of remark and satis- | faction among its citizens. In the excrolse of his duties be Las frequently aeked the aasist- ance of the superintendent of poli ce, who has always responded with characteristic court and ticularly desires to ¢ his ap- | the aid and sappu ed froin jeut. Kelly, of the 7th pre tc. { no department of the District govern he clerks required to perform as cona orions di ne Variol i the Board of He nd the grade of neation is in any other. Ti health oficer bave been faithful and efit - in jastice should receive wages more rate with th vic vanitary and orc their repor Srrciat Maetixe ov 7 IRE ees.—The Board of Fire Co helii ® specia! mecting last night, ar Dication was read from the Distr: ners ordering “that th rs of the fire dep to the Com: onor before the nt, the cor of the fire depart- recommendations it wished to ed to Congress by this Commission | Teport; also, to forward an estimate of the unts that will be required from the Ist of December, hof June, 1375, and for the fis gf Jane 30, 155." A communication Was also read, aking tha use oF x buncica feet cf hose for the Washington refrrred to the chief engineer. Also, al F, Callender, commanding § ing to joan the steam fire engine belonging to providing that in case of fire at or he inte f the government first consideration. Tre otter was accepted. ‘The secretary read an elaborately prepared statement, which will be mitted to the Commissioners with the ro- quired report of the departwent. The board then adjourned, Luv? at M. Willian’ a black eashmera shaq! | exchanged by mistake for a black dz Et sie adidas THE CousyTs. Pronate Count—Juty: Olin day the will of the late Carolina Ten- queathing her estate to her sister Louiat whom she names as executrix, was th will of T oners acomim| Commi: an one from the United riment it the arsenal ee Tenury tiled mas Cogan, be- | queath rty to bis wife, who is pamed | as executrix. Also, the willof Peter Kinnahan. queaths to bis wife, in Neu of dower, dur- ing her wico rsonal dren, uld she marry tely to the children a3 a should the latter die | without taeue be directs that all his property b sold by Andrew J. Joyce aul James Strapp, aa | frostees, who sha'l divide the proceeds as fol- lows: One-half to James Koosevelt Bayley archb'shop of Baitimore, for the use, benefit, | and improvement of St. Matthew's charch, in this city, and the other half in equal shares to 's Infant Asvium anf St. Jjoseph’s Male phan Aaylu’ y. He bequeath to each of his “iin cash, the f: two prom’ notes not matured ‘at the of the death of the tetator, and appoints his wife executrix | In the two first casos orders of publication } Were granted, and the latter was inlly proven | and admitted to probate. | Letters of administration were iasned D. MacMurray on the estate vi Ephrai Murray. Porice Cournt—Juilge § To-dar, Mary Keenan, a prost grant; workhouse for 90 days. i \ and Richard Dantap forfeited collateral aflray. hard Donne Denn:s Cartér, Wm. mith, | afirsy; $5 each. Charies W. Willis and Mich Dougherty forfeited collateral for the same ot fence. Jeese Davenport forfeited collateral for | indecent expos J. J. Flaherty, charged with keeping cpen his bar ou Sunday; $2). | William Slattery fort ral. Levet Hedgeman, loud and Pink Hail | forfeited collateral. Walton Cobb, disturbing | poseibie to | zanized in and sbout Ohi t a ball at Herfurth’s Hall tast night, by sloshing about and cursing; #5. Lewis Carr, throwing stones; reform school. John Shea, selling liquor without license; #105. John Warten, larceny of harness; 20 and costs, 01 days in jail. Chas. W.Smtth, larceny ot a suit of clothes worth $29; six morths in jail. George Washington, larceny of a silver watch worth 310; $20 and costs, or 3) days in jail, ——————— EmiGRATING TO COLoRADO.—The Denver | (Col.) says: ‘Peter Shirts, leader of a colony or- ago, to settle in ‘Western Colorado, has been in Denver tor seve- pat. He is completing preparations to start, with a pioneer corps of twenty-four men, for the land of promise, and expects two get off or or Leal 3 big 2 as = idaho ings, Berthou a julphur Springs, ie rbidie Park, Gore Pass, Bear Riyer, ap ‘White River Agency, to a point near the janc- tion of Grand and Green BEES ne | Mee GEORGETOWN. Narrow Escare op a Lapy prom FaTat | SHooTixe.— Yesterday some unknown persou ficed a pistol on Frederick street, the ball from tee are through the window of the resi- dence of W. Albert King, embedding itsetf fn the wall. Had Mrs. King been standing st tha time she could not have escaped being strack. ‘The careless handilng of fire arms is not an un- frequent occurrence in our city, and should be stopped before some one is seriously injared. Gram TRapg.—Arrived—Boat Whoeler and Barron, from Edward's Ferry, with 2,100 bushels ot wheat and 1.100 bushels of corn for Hartley & Bro., and 500 bushelscf wheat for H. M. Tal- bott; schooner Mary Ann, from Alexandria, with 1,600 bushels of wheat for Hartley & Bro. We note sales yesterday of 3,400 bushels wheat ‘at 129; 1.600 bushels at 125, and 75 barrels of ear corn at 83. Market firm. ALEXANDRIA. Tae GEAn Gamx.—An unknown colorad man Went into the second-hand clothing store of Mr Kingeley,on King street, near enry, last Ry and arked the proprietor to change him & five-dollar note, which he placed upon the counter, Mr. Kingsiey, who was behind the Counter, took a pocket-book out of his pocket containing about twenty dollars, and laying it down on the counter, opeved it aud commenced to make the change, but while he was counting out the requisite amount the thief with one hand Usyeoe the book and all its contents, and with the other snatched up his own five-dollar note, and, though seized by the astonished shop-keeper, succeeded, after a scnffia, during which be dropped his own note, in breaking loose and makin, his escape with Mr. Kingsley’s pocket: book in Lis possession. neu? Raitway.—a meeting of the com- mittee appointed at the late citizen's meeting to solicit subscriptions toa fand being raised for ihe parpose of putting the street railway in operation again met yesterday afternoon at the office of Mr. Geo. Wise. The amount subscribed Was s3certained to be a little upwards of £2,100. A sub-committee was appointed to confer with Mr. ‘Thornton, the proposed lessee of the road, and tind out whether or not he would closs his contract to lease and runghe road for $1,590 a year. provided $2 490 were raised by the com- mittee.— Gazette, last evening. Srkore my Texas —Upon the first occ toat I had to make any payment in Taxa was for a night’s entertainment at the house of a farmer—tI asked how much I owed. “Six bits,” he replied, and I innocently handed him adollar greenback. “Han’t you got any ail- ver?” said he. ‘ Silver,” said I,‘ what are you thinking of? Wehaven’t come back to Fpecie payments vet, have we?” Iwasa long way from home, and did not know what might have happened; a hard money revolution or something of the sort was possible. Well,” said he, * here in Texas we never did take no per money, even after the war, but them plaguy railroads has kind o’ bronght them in upon us. Hows’ever, if you ‘aint got no silver, I'll een take your bill, and give you change. So saying, he fumbled an old buckskin purses filed with quarters at one end, and with half. dimes at the other, and handed me three nal dimes, having deducted one dime for the prem- ium. This rather annoyed me, because there is a difference between the premiums of gold and silver, and I could have easily supplied myself with silver at Shreveport. But I never dreamed of coming toa place in the United States where legal-tender was not legal-tender. “How much,” I inquired of the old man, “have you got in that old puree?” “Reckon I’ve got ovar +100 in quarters, and mebbe a few dollars in half-dimes.”’ ‘Don’t you find it rather heavy?” “Not half heavy enough,” said he with a gri: 1 wish as my ptiss was twice as heavy as “tis, fower times as heavy,” he bawled after me Na N: Fe b as I rode awa Certificates of the Board ef Andit for sums less than @30 cannot be convoried tuto the new bonds, bat they will be converted into cash bighest market rates by NEEDUAM, the Jewieh Tad ¥TERNOON, at 09.™m. Fpeak npen the “Great Day of ‘Aton Yin coin Hall. Both these addresses sre illnstratet hy large diagrams, charte, &c., and will be intensely interestin vi «and Syme BABBaTII NEW YC8K STATE JNED CIDER, 106 barrel low by rd to airive, and forsaie SAL &, PALMER, #7 GLLENE STLEET, GEOBOETOWN, D. O. 1,600 ceos FRENCH PEAS, extrs fine. MY OWN IMPOBTATION, N. W. BURCHEUL, 1332 F HALLES MEYES Begs leave to state that he has opened the BESTAUBANT at the SCHUEIZEN PARK, and at sli hovre he is prepared to serve. St the shortest notice Dinners or Bup- ._ Open day and night. novi4-Im | Notice or shang + Tt sod OF PABTNSS& The co-parinersbip heretofora exist'ng betwarn JORN CCALLAMAN © WibLIAM £. SPAL was mntally diszolved on the Ist day of November, Ei he Inte partners are authorized to for all debte due the late firm RS Sy pot the co-partncrabip will settled by Wm. EB. Spalding. PRONOUN 0. OALDAHLAN, WM. EB. SPALDING. November 1, 1874. povlt |(SIGHTS TEMPLAR REGALIA. _ Thore intending to make SILGRIMAGKE 10 NEW ORLEANS conn be sapped with their x ERGALIA oe Edd Bh Bagi da very article 1araptoud to be Fevlelior. rovis- OO SWILLETT & RUOYE: “EREBOND, 4 CONF ECTIONER AND CATERBi4, Se. $20 TENTH STBEET, Between KE and £ streets, Washington, D. 0. sepl7-3m: [*@PERIAL HOTEL CAFE. ADJOINING NATIONAL THEAT Ladies avd gentlemen wil! bo served with ali tas DELICACES OF THE SBASON atthe above Cafe, which fs Srat-ciass in all its ap- pofatment Will be opened to the public THURSDAY, No- vember 12th, 1874, bovid-Im J.8 PEIROS. BZOIDEDLY GOOD— ELECAMPANE and HOREHOUND GOUGH DROPS for Coughs Colds. &c.. &c. Hulf-ponnd packages, 25 couts; at NATTANS', » corner 2d and D streets northwest, octts-lm* M Ne BUFFALO LITHIA WATER FO SALE. It ta claimed for these waters with perfect conf- dence, that in certain forms of discago they have no equal among the medicinal waters of America. ‘Hs- pecially is this claim made for them in the diseases uliar to women, in affections of the Bidacys, Pladgor, and appendages’ and fu derangements of igeative organs, Boxes, conteining six ga'ions in gtass, delivered the Scotteburg Depot of the Richmond and Dan- vi sirond, a TPacont arbors of five gatlons, paid Yn advance. ‘THOM. sep?3-w6m* Mecklenburg pong GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., Organs and Melodeons. ‘The Oldest, Perea, ond owt Porfe:t Manafac- 54,000 Now in use, BUFFALO, N.Y. CITY ITEMS. .1 RAVE MADE the prices of overcoats to suit tL views of purchasers. ae Georgetown Advertisements ABTED—Fvery o: Know Watch Olccks,and Jewelry tau be BEP aL SO the cherpest apd best manter, st CBA ‘Au ins: Of pricesand qualities wilt be | FErppy's aso pee . of advantage to thore desiring to buy, but incars | © ales eae, Coes Our stock of LADIES’ MISSES" AND Caren. Bo obligation to de so | PUKS FUE BEN'S FURS are now compere, embvracine aittre New goods opening every week at wonder- | x RS. Styles Rod varieties adopted for thts semeoa's fully low prices. Overcoats = jor bows from $5 to = . SEAL SAOQQUBS ant SETTS, $20. GEo. CG. Huxnexa, No. 410 7th street. aa ohr Tweens) BS OF LADIES’ | SEAL CAPS end HATS FOR LADIES, To Have elegant light Biscuits, Rolls, Buck- | M/NK SABLE SBTS, ACK aod BROWN LYWX wheat Oakes, Frait Dumplings, &c., you shoald SEALS as ures gore fa wore ad ye Sond end Boas use Dooley’s Yeast Powder. Ask your grocer ‘ ie N3 . for Ladies ant Bisse, for it. -” ang every other kind worn And the Dark and Desicatie MINK MOP, 8 mee mea ag nt; Fs SEYMOUR, ond COLLARS. 3 gee oblate : she TBAVELINAGY BABGAINS IM Dae” | _Bed-tm WILLET? & KUOFr. BETTER THAN Gorne SovTm.—“Go South! GOODE st .ew store of BENJAMIN MILLER, 103 Bridge strent. Ladice? Dress Gouds tn the newest styles Resatt- fal oes for Children. Cloths meres very cheap. Go South !” is the parrot ory of the friends of the consumptive. It is well meant, bat silly. Few of those who are enffering trom lang and LADIAS’ FURS throat complaints can go South, or would be | "y ick of Carpets and Oficloths, Rabie BUSTS aun benefitted it they did go." Hale's Himeyor Hore, | Peeeeyrcek cf Corpete and Olictotbe, |, Seiceed Gyrus od See th AG. hound and Tar is worth more than millions of cubic feet of southern air asa remedy for every species of pulmonary complaint. It will eure any cough, any cold, any bronchial comptaint, on effectually arrest the tendency to consump- mn. Pike's Tooth- Ache Drops—Cure fin one minute pmcdiinbs o ; RY THoMas DowLi k TLUSTERS BALBOF VALUABLE IMP! MOPRUPSLTY Ts GRORSETOWS, Doe By virtee of a decreo of the Sapreme Coart of P @e: District of Columbia, parsed oo the 9.h day i ot March, &. D_ i574, in a certain cause therein a novistr pyes* HAIR DkUciis, téipg, whercin Regivald Fevdall, assigase of uebUrE, was complainant, and Win. D Cassin et Cores, Bunions, &0, — ¥ bs For reltet from Corns, Bunions, Otab and to- | Maat Re gistordantt. RD ist th endeigret, | DUFFALO HAIK REC growin, s Ste., vielt Dr. White’s estabtish- | as trasters, wi. sell, On the respective preaien, oo SHELL COMBS, 1 ment, No. 535 15th street, opposite the U. S. | WEDNESDAY, November 15. S74, at the hear of ui BUFFALO. BLOND? »t ‘Treasury. i., the following desoribed rs SeUMGRS ant ——-e Di lutable, NG TOWL SS TRY THR ELastio Trvss, 235 Pennsy! aon malay sand vr ‘ av BVP avenue, dition toenid | The OROW® , TER SINGER SEWING MACHINE snies of1272 were $219,660. 24 streeta, and | warranted pes foot Hatr Bre ee ara W. a THOMSON To8 FY M&S. 880M RUPPEKEs r All that other part of ——* and Hawkins’ addition, bou inDIEg At a font 1 the weet | istant 35 feet or ¢ ‘fab weet corner of High and Iss 4 inwatd Bantty #8 follows:—B © of High stront, + south fr m th me STAMPING AND & OIDERY PEeror, thence sonth with High <ircot 28 fr!, more orless | 614 ¢ ‘ atd running back west of the sumesnnn 2 - i4 Ora Sraser, € ™! Parext Orrice, line of ssid let No. 16, improved with a fu story Brick Store and Dwelitxe GUR STOCK Is LARG®, ton brick © xen NO BRANOH & lof J Bes the north wi t AND MUST BE REDUCED, eet enid ae of ; to A. McCORMICK eB shes, then eat with sonth tine of 24 street 31 Toot 4 inches. 2d an bounded 44 follows: B sginping at 905 Pennsylvania avenue. (mp stairs.) B of the above line of 26 feet 5 inches Fetect Woncher, rns then south estas, | ELEGANT BONNETS amp SOUBD HATS wentioned line'of 98 fest 3 inches, j FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, BIKDS, Brooks’ north line.then cast 4 foot to th st line 43 feet 3 Inche i VELVETS D SIL&S, # my pos ° _Whie bwill te aad at © rates, ov? -tr Save 35 Track el sold to LE a And Save 35 Per Cent. for (oht parte & BALL FSLNGEs Interest from ay « bor de or nutes and @ reserved I IN ALi SHA : ach ate and full pay: at ent of the put ms pet aed will be given | 0 urehmecrs. § 100 te dst time of a's OR B10 | cneach parcel acid. AM conveyancing ar cot ot | OB 13 | purchaser, Terms to be complind with within five | OK 314 sfrcm day of wale. otherwise the trastoes 1 FOR $16 | Sorve the rir 1 perty so'd at the rik OB B39 | and cost of the deta al:lug purchaser oF purchasers. | ax sare, { Trastece, | REOPEN! _nov6eokds OWLING, An | | Beck again at the «id yPORGETOWN SAVINGS BANK,¥. 6, | [TIT Frmod white. Cee gulen star pebli peters Ou toes Su ACTUAL REDUCTIONS. (to recelve depestiay anti" wa ive depowt.a) nntil 6 Geurral Benking B ON HAND, AND FOR SALE, ; wade on ite a The crestest variety of 5 wT 912 OVEROOATS. si tera neti LADIES UNDEROAESENTS oud Gouseeeny giz Cv ERCOAT. | every style, at «really tow a a‘ aS OVERCOATS. ‘ tone Prog DRESSES for indies, the Ingest $33 OVERODA TS ., | -MILLINERy, , VONNETS, FLOWERS, €30 OVEROUATS * | FEATHERS, & AN = STARLISNMANT. ~ ~ With enlarged premises, tmproved machinery | :, the bese tah to Be fo the ewantry, tu isct | oct23-Am det ite Bpace ( tlaliy, inform our © : Abies WOUL Do we L TO OSL Aap oaheree Rape on 4 exni WILLI 1 x of fatica tn the = | CLOaKS exc Diesses. ‘8° v IS EXOSLSIOR bores SuATED ICT MAS EXOELSION PSE CELEBus TED Je. GOOLS Mes EC Goat's Cons’ | “cet Sut : from 7a; m. anti sans re HAIN BBAIDS MADR TO mt T 8 ta, Gil he atthe ot | aris, at a1 now oh to in th Oct ?-3ea WILLIAN'S. = jody Come snd seous. ‘PRE LauGesT AND FINGST ASaOBT- W. H. wHRATL PLES UBDEBG : ySir 49 Jefferion weect Go, | ib wot { LADIES’ USDERGARMENTS coc BEOYS’? CLOTHIWVG — WILLIAN'S. FAMILY SUPPLIES simcdintromes, Bors BOOS ON al 4T BEAL AT SAME LARGE REDUCTIONS. BOCKSTORE. 1 api bis Works, *Auver'’s History of ai cott'« History and Pr; Harabook of Art Tec Diction eoghte about Art, sud Their Pret Chee: Just rec novi? 3t SSORTED FUENOU FRUITS hrvetalinc! and Gece CHEMRIBS, APRIOOTS norié-3t COME | | | | | | Dw 5 7 CY BTATIONER ABLE BROTHERS, STYLISH NOTE PAPER, Savelopes and Cards to Mat several entirely new shades and Shapes, at the F4s8Hi0N LEADERS iN SUPEBIOR STATIONERY 911 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. SOLOMUNS & CHAPMAN MERCHANT TAILORS € FINS CLOTHIEZS, ore, en) HESN LIBERTY MAGKET WEDNE=DaYe, Fain, DAY NIGH 18,¢ of Goisr nov9 tr Corner 7th and BD Streets %.W, Cc*+ee LATEST IMPROVED DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES, FOB 920, VEAL, BUTTON. And LAME He be: Tobe fonnd in the eonstry, 335 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, next to the Agents Lanrence's“*Paro Linen” Papers,&o, | ¥" 0 to be bad,ane all he ashe & Lowlé Gt ontinents! Hotel _novie-6m - = “ } inaito mf bie feel i ware, the! we: HAVEA ane OF SUBS04I8 Bovid-lm B.F ROBT. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN DOLLAR STO 2.000 seicccrpm eines OEM Lirbon PULPLE GRAPES, 2 conte Havens OBANGES, Canton PBESELV ES, 200 PINE APPLE CBEESE, Norton's, 35c0 3 To the various POPULAR AND SOIENTIFS MAGAZINES, and Cosire to increase it, oud ccwmens those desiring any good Magatiue or Li lastrated paper to paves UBSCRIBE NOW. pt delivery 4 We guarantee pi ver pecnd. Also, Gen L : Ty rk IMMENSE ASSORTNENT! eck of Besutifoily Bose cance CHEESE and BUTTER, |? "7 BEW FALL AND WINTER GOODs | for presentation. Thess are Dow dl Hf you value Comestic pea y our frevh-ronsted ola governmen ters for inapeciion JaVa Our grand. Wehave PRICES LOWER THAN EVER! | } ‘ photographs at very tc y | _Doxt-tr__ Fine 2D N EVE of wonderfully execute m ne = ae eae BB | for Card Plote Rucrarton cud | STALLS Nes. 617 and wis, er NOW 18 THE TIME TO BUY! Visiting, Wedding ant A wanes 2S Oa thejlatest sty e have 1 | _ Iwill sell at whotesate the best MOTION at I Btationery. | Per pound: LAMBs 12 Alex, bave on WARREN CHOATS & © band every marke: day, 'si retail, the bon: & Hero area few of the bargains offered :—Bozs’ VSKNON KOM, BEEF, LAMB, MUTTON aud VEAL. . sui Girls’ Meriuo Munbroidcred Oops and Hoot 1 Pea: > | the loweet market prices om cn and Merine French Hoods, Hand Kult Zephyr Oaps an } _BorS Im M. LINKING. Sid Hoods, Haud Kutt Bacines, $1, Silk sod Suita z00 ' ma F 4, Very fine, $18) snd $2; Infants’ Mo | ELPHONZO YOUNGS & CO. $2; Obildrens’, Misses Beoeived at Aedes, i, 81; Ladies’ tine Merius EHILLINGTON 8 BOOKSTORE, SRE SELLING j, Gents’ heavy Merino Shirts, 8c. and . é - ae Heavy and Five tu regular Hoes, Corner 4% strectand Pennsylvania avenur GARS, Men's super stout British Socks, Ten Old Maids, by the author of Widow Gola- emith’s Daughier. A Back of Gold, by tie author of by the author of Ma! Sirce pair for $1 — 28 and 335s0.7 Catan White Ohinese Sil Hasdks etaEpas Chiefs only $1: Ball de. do., Slo. fery chanp; La- dies’ and Gents’ Bemstitched and Hemmed Linen Handkerchiets from lic. up to Wo.; Mons” fae OBK BRANDE,) 2100 41 oo £1 oo RW mph the Jew. of Bker. lated, len. by Mrs. Oliphant. tarifies ) m0 White Shirts only $1; Large size fine Linen Dinacr by Mrs. Holmes, author of Lena Rivers. | Demasan tery igi: ios Napkins, §2 per dozen; Parke cuit Napktos, pores, o Young Auetica iu lialy aad Aus eas Sxifa loug Hose,29.t0 B00+n pairs Ladien acs White Pe OR Si TEAS. extra lovg Hose, 8 to A 2 jant Story, *LAaley Roe EAS Sabian, Bi rery fandscme iit. ard’ Wool Em- Justin McCarthy's Brilliant Story, ‘Linley Roch . Lmrerial Teas are the roldered Slipper Patterns only @1; very superior | Onestss Ice, Pure as Suow, by Mra. MC. Doapar: on OF TaOwe! Kid Gloves fcr men and indies, latest styles: ail | Chesto ss ce, Pare aa Suow ty Rt Se ee od iw large snppty, colors, &1 and §1 $0; Ladies’ Dogskin Gauntlo Cloth of Gold and Otter Poems, by Thomas Bayley very bigh A; six fine Ivory Handle Table aad Dessert yk 78 Gon- uives only 1.20; stx solid stee! full Sliver Pla-od 3 . by Theodore Davies. Dessert or Tatle Kutves, $2 per set; six Tatie- | £ovag to Win. by or Penenl fal 3 jckare Book ti priate? tn spooks or Forks, warrasted plated on White Metal, | Se% Eouny Piciure Book Byte Gis Teaspoons, warranted plated on White Ip popular with the yor _.30 conte etal $1; three and five-bottle Castors, @1; fine | mecquerede Blocks, Rzprossion Py joverminent Java, romstel... & scouts ditto, $2; best Butcer Koives. buc ; Napkin Rings, bat Blocks, fail of fan sud frolic aad m Old Government Jave. raw, exira $8 Conte Dest place, o.; solid silver aittos Si: fisa Hair and Sent te coker Old Gov't dave, roasted, cntes tt Glothes Brushes, 2c.,807. and §1; Rubber Drowine | Blank Bocks, Poss Books, Di Muraci 1. BE cents, Ponstod. 33 onpte Combs. 26c.. Sic, and £1; Oval French plate Mit- | ers, Note: Letier aot Coe’ Papers, P Leeuye BS cents, roasted 33 ovate rors, $1; Bill Books and Wallots, 2c 3 Fio- | Grerything in the Etatiousry Has whs Mio, row, BB aod Bd cents, rosea WY aad Se coe tare Frames in large variety 350. up to @2; Brack- | tetail.at © SHILLINGTON’S BOOKSTORE —— ‘ables, + , r Sec; tine Rezors and Pocket Knives. NEW 800Ks af BALLANTE NR’, Welch Bost Family, per sack. 90 Werk Baskets from 250. up to $1 Washstands, Golden Bill Family. por suck 200 Lunch Baskets, 35 and 0c ; Buawl Straps, 425 Seventh Street, 4. H: Werr's Best Family, per sack 310 and S0c pesmony’d 8 Bt Lowen: tatox ey ip ay Prairie Bird Family ut lowest rates, penil by Eev. B. P Rowe Holden With the Ords; by the author of Bhilob. a Ghoics Mxtra, per sack...... a 7s it 18 impossible to enumerate and describe the | The Frozen Deep; by Wilkie Collins, Xtra, per Sack aoe a amie articles. Come gee for yoursaif, acct of the Beas by Ww. M. Davis, How isthe time, buy your supply of Piour, be floors of my inrge Lily and the Cross; by De Mille. ts eure to B€vance very tovn. lishment pack: goods 4 bs he Wide ee. pe eeeE aemecgimmeeswer | sOESEAM LCR ssn oan wn. Bistory 3 and 8. * | Wheat, ai 2 B. SILVERBERG, | Aert 5 fntory of treiand, vols, ni . eclbae best, direst from their mfil METBOPOLITAN DOLLAR STOR, octzi-tr 31% Tr St... NEAR Pewxsrivania Av. LONDON UMBRELLAS, LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN'S, all sizes and colors, of our own DIBEOT IMPORTATION, M. W. GALT, BRO, & CU., ootld-tr Jowolers, Dire Ce ere Sen the V7 3H fea Zonet ie oecrig ates ‘this office until 19 the erec the peciications which can Be se SOHILLEE © rim fs SUHOL ESA cee Rater DRUGGISTS, to Dr, Dax'l B. Clarke & 0 nolt-colm 479 Penn, ave., bet. 4% und 6th sis, peg ee ELSG452 staVER-PLa zD FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. ry rd Avenue, 2 SHOT-GUES, 4& LARGE VARIETY OF SELLING VERY LOW, AT ne Benes SOrAee CALIFORMIA PEARS: -yoRNIA PRARS. OBANGI8. es we. Beata She plans and specifications oan be seen at this ties, owanans.