Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1875, Page 4

District “RVENING STAR, |. Seo Mr. Chipman has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill providing that the Commissioners of the District be authorized and directed to chan; the names of the streets in the city of Washington as follows, namely :—The streets northwest of the Cap- itol of the United States, in said city, now known as A, B.C, D. FE. F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N. 0, P.Q. B.S, T, 0, ¥ and 'W ktreets shail hereafter known and designated respect- ively as Adams, Benton, Clay, Dallas, Ev- erett, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jeifer- WEDNESDAY... January 20, 1875. Weather Probabilities To-day. rising temperature, northeast to southeast winds, and partly cloudy weather. LOCAL NEWS. Amusements, &¢., To-Night son, Kent, Livingston, Marshall, Nels: Theater—The Dead ane Os, Pieree. Quincy, Egan gol a Batwnal ter —' 4 ‘pshur, Van > “i Bord's Opera House —' Sea of Ice, or The rthwest. And the streets nor’. streets Prager in the moe the Capitol, now alphabetical’ -snéast from shall be given the same ne- a, : he 2 er cent, So" Zaisnloners be directed shud ely a8 conga’, Méumes of the streets in se x S, nam@y:—The streets Somalewe’ Gf Ue Crosses nae knows as A, REE G BOT CL MN, 0, PQ be nnd 1 4 W Streets shall hereafter known and «' signated rexpectively as AL- - Bainbridl 46 Chauncey, Decatur, Eliott, Fa eutt,( recne, Harrison, Jackson, Knox, JAWTENCE | Marion, Nicholson, Ogden, Perry, Quitman Ringgold, Stockton, Taylor,Union, xan B ossetacr and Wayne streets, with the addit jen to each of the word “southwest.” An’, the sireets southeast of the Capitol, now ‘Theater Comique—The Black Hand, or The Lost Will. Coneert by the Camilla Trso company at the Congregational church, corner 1th and G streets. ‘ourth lecture of the Toner conrse by Prof- we Ward, at Marini’s Hall, £ street, be- | tween Sth and 16th streets. + Condensed Locals. Mr. SS. Howison has been re-electod pres- ident of the Potomac Ferry Company. ‘The Criminal Court is nominally in session this week and will resume trialson Monday, February Sth - Camitia Urso and the accomplished artists | ab nanetically designate, shall be given the her troupe is the great attraction this ee weamer with pln at the ¢ ngregational Chareh. «ame new names. respectively, with tt dition to each of the wort « THE DISTRICT REFORM SCTIOO Mr. Chipman has also introduces providing that the Reform Sehool sixait be in charge of a board of five trustees to be ap- pointed by the Pre nt upon the invitation, of the Attorney General, each for the term of three years. but in such a manner that the terms of not move than three of them shall pire within any one or the same year; that # of the trastees shall be elected president of the board and another secretary, whos duties shail be prescribed by the boar bill further provides that any judge a District ers to the school until they arrive at twenty: one years of age. That the trustees si have full power to place any boy, commit- ted as herein described, during his minority, at such employment, and cause him ty be in- straeted in sneh branches of useful knowl- edge, as may be suitable to his years and ca pacit, they may see fit; and they : with the consent of any sueh boy. bind him out as an apprentice during his minority, or for & shorter period, to learn such trade and employement as in their judgment will tend to his future benefit. That for the support of the boys sent to the Reform School, as here- inbefore mentioned the District of Columbia shall pay to the board of trustees tywo dollars foreach bos per week: ati the expense of bows, at the rate_of two dollars shall be paid monthly by the eneral ont of appropriations ‘or def ng expenses of the ¢ the United States upon aceounts r. by the superintendent of said school. ‘That three supervising and consulting trustees shall be appointed, namely. one Senator of the United States, by the presiding officer of the Senate, for the term of four years, and two members of the House of Represeata- tive, by the Speaker thereof, for the term of two years ed Col. Frank Jones, Chief of the Redemptio 4 Division, Treasury Department, fell Un] yp the iee on Monday evening, severely inj’ ging his knee. 2 r. Tiffany pastor of the ™ stronoii- tan Methodist Episcopal Church | iy ont the lee near his residence yesterdy,.’ afternoon, and was severely Injured. Water Registrar Luby * ates that he has been called upon fo shui rdaee totconal chee two hundred premises. “ehere the pipes burst from frost. whi-.9 fay exceeds the num- ber heretofore in the, <p ime for a similar canse. From Jos. Sh :tinet Magazine a0 Ficrper s also, from Monthy. “The ratel uv for Fe’ C. Parker we have Harper ter magazine hax an e' Qustrated article upon our © Washington ——— District Government Affairs. The District © fo move the express wagon from Massachusetts avenue. iMlersection of 7th street. and from Between Massachnset?s and New nues northwest. and locate the same on K street, between ith and sth streets The thirty Xtension of t ¢laims before the District auditi expires to-day. after which no et @ration to Liberia, w society. has been unint ms Will be recognized. The report of the Roard of Andit Will be made to Cougress on the 1th of F ruary. Seen gama ANSNTAL Reronrt oF J Socrety—The 6 i a of the Americ : hele * + . trobe, presi . ne meeting to order, after which Rev. Mr. Steele offered p r. Mr. William Cop pinger. the corresponding sceretary, read tne annual report. which shows the resources for fifty-four ent in 1ST4ow ne for filing omission a week each Attorney STREET RAILROADS, In the House yesterday the bill passed the year. $2 of this sum $19,500.25 has | to incorporate ‘the Potomae Mount been paid, leaving a balance of $6x The } Pleasant Railroad Company, with mend barque Jas rovia. and th putt New York. October Thomas Pope. with a T took ou company xpediti to Mon- from the barque ment incorporating iso a’ street railroad ranning through High street, prge town Tennallytown. The provisions of both hav ‘retofore been printed in THE STAR. THERN MARYLAND RAILROAD. In the Senate to-day Mr. Hamlin intro- duced 2 bill to aid in the construction of the Southern Maryland railroad, and for other purposes, which authorizes the Commi: e the District of Columbia to subse ars. Tl number coloniz e the war t and a@ total from its beginnin clusive of ex ns, whieh recaptured 4 enabled tbe mment of the United States | to the capital stock of the railroad nameat to settle yeria mel % I of 20, Uy unt heretofore authorizet sons fo whom the society has given homes | Scribed to the Piedmont and Pot im Africa.” Adivices f dence of some proz tivity. Liberia has received and take: Of nearly 6,660 recaptured Afri greatly aided the Ame executing its obliga Of the slave trade. that the prod! on I a Liberia give evi- 1 company by an act of the legis! ul inereaset a nby. and provides that an clectio: ople Shall be held to determine the qu i he bill. which was referred to the District Comunittee jentical with the one report- ed in the House yesterday by Mr. Eldredge, trom the Committee on the District of Co- lumbia, and has already been noticed in THE Svar AMERICAN of the ony ican government in » for the suppression ‘The report. recommends ets of Liberia be a creation duty, as PRINTING BL In the Senate to-das Anthony intro- duced & bill to aid the eriean Printing House for the Blind and University for the Blind. which was referred to the District Committee. The bill appropriates $10.000, to be disbursed in mstalments by the Seeretary of the Interior, to be used in ‘providing suit able baildings for the aforesaid institution; and in case any is diverted the purpose for which it is intended, the fary shall have power to seize’ the property of the institution. The bill also provides that the boant of regents shall re- port on the first day of January r ry the Suanct: HOUSE F R THE the especially with a of roars and the loestion Iso, establisia or subsidize a rstips be plying montt View to the openir Of neitle line of mail = pd Liber een this countr Dr. Jokn 0} ELuAn Poirrr’s Dear dent writes from Fall's Chiu article in Tia from the Ale sents the facts \ Va., eh Gazette in the Oar e of place of 6 1 Mrs. Lu 4 Board of Health. ame FROUBLESOME CONTRACTS. from * a . and bas % a veguiar meeting of the relatives living there © was a be- iy. last night—all the member Never in the ath day. wh ne st and Dr. Cox in Mr. observed. and for whieh be chose to live from the commit 2 ortinane rt ted a long report : this viein seat that he ws He was ber ‘causes violent cov miele he his end: Congress burst a b to wh won Vest hb he was subj for He did not freeze toa as was published. He + enty of Woodard provisions that strenuously opposed _any action woul twoor three weaks. - resolution. The ranuing mt least % very little thing of this kind ed prejudice in the minds of by Harvey Ainst this District, Mr. Be backer should be beid to his contract and abide by foat of bread and some sai ns Which awdaccepted. The Be other eire tances. would go to show not be 1 h re- | is of any j eres. e board fact en Kindly and helped a | Will Bowen to fill up these lots. based upo: nothir ihe supposition that the expense could be | assexsext against the property and collected Ter | asa tax. Bowen had accepted the contrac } h a foll knowledge of the terms, and now } it scertained that the Board of * F nt | i, bad no authority to make any such president; PD. | Endorsing the resolution will be secre «. PB. Culver, Henry S. | an acknowledgment that the be as done Davis. RS s, GT. Stewart. A. Grind: Lact amd that they ask < to et, Jot S. P. Moses, GE. Kirk. | ¢ thetr blunder others, Messrs. Victor €. | ithe r min Faweett were nomi- | resolution Was uot interned ess, but simply as 4p Delegate as to the justice sim rther disev the ree Mr. T.V. Noon an moved f mmmittee on m e resolution was at the okt e bership be narged, and a new commit E NIGHT SOIL be appointed. Mr. Noor alse jive be on that commiitee, who knew | the people. ex those who wer domping it on what is known a3 the Dox the late Boa frm, aeross the Long. bridge, not be long befc the terms of the coutract. The n appiying here been referred wney.Josepli Ht Was agreed to ley, € ¢ au opinion i not been bre The opin: has been vic he Journed. | ed or & suit brows €onr yer & Co.. th ctors. “The report fave alopled and the papers referred to the their e having the matter in churge. streets, | plication af Mr. MeCeuey tor 2¥ @ temper “son | barrels of night-soil ‘or fertilizing purposes by Mrs. Doty was y rendered } was approved. ny Mr. and Mrs. York Clark, Miss MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Keng eld yp S : Miss C.J ‘The health officer report for the week envd- peas Be ae nurs ee | ener ng January 16th was read, showing nuais- Tmuste, wh was followed by a song entitled gated, 15> paciomee eee ny ante Reon gated, 1; patients treated by plysicans to the poor. Ist; cost of medicines furnished by draggists to the poor, $50.21; dead animals re- moved, A letler from the registrar of vital statistics Was read, stating that Allen Talbot, sexton of the Young Men's burial ground. had in- lerred several dead bodies in that nel without @ permit from the Board of Health: referred to the attorney. with instructions te prosecute the sexton. A letter was read from J. B. Moore. drug- Eat Sore the published statement that his cod liver oil contained any poison. and asking what action the board taken on the matter: ordered tobe filed, and the opinion of the chemist forwarded to Mr. Moore whan the “Dronkerd's Child field. The poem. Burning of the Henry Clay, Was next in onier. which the charade “Froits of the W ap” was introduced and admirably red in three acts by Messrs. Dobyn. York and A. Clark, Putnam Sutton. Mrs. Dobyn and as Kenfleid, at the conclusion of which Dobyn. Grand W. P. of the Order, delivered au able address. * by Miss Belle Ken- afternoon & white bor named William Har- rington, about = years old. was run over by aborse and bugzy on the 7th street road. driven by an unknown man. and was bafly injured. The man did not stop to see what damage he bad done, but kept ou his way. ——_o—— ANOTHER Boy Rux nest William Har. | ‘The boy was taken to his home by Officer ns ready. Raines and medical aid summoned. As the communication from J. P. Stockbridge Be too numerous) is generally “no blame can | Wag eariet z : attached to the driver” we suggest that it ‘the sufferers by such accidents or their legai guardians wouid bring civil suit for dam- | gon ech ; x igs be inspected, aud ifa Seamer they, Saat TorsCE, Proprietors of the | in vad conditions thar he te rants ate be teams : ‘a probably do something | them; placed on file. 7 “T towards making them more vareta! | iat eee ELECTION OF OFricers—The Association for the reliet of coiot and children yesterci officers for the ensuin , (re-elected. H, vice president A communication from a draggist nained Sehaf birt was read. asking that his stock of JOMN A. BAKER, Of this cit: 23 the Rarer for vost Office department with letter seal one year from February ist. Few sealee mitt be required. as the Messrs. Fairbanks, b: their late contract with the ment, will supply thousands of offices in the Un} States. Mr. Baker sells only Fairbanks’ scales, and will furnish this standant articie te tue department. National j iy; Was vester- ed women Urhishing the Emily L. Sherwood, secretary: ~ Underhiil, Mrs. J. af ‘Blanchant, Mrs J. Sayles Brown, Mrs. PW. ‘Nelson, Mrs. Portus Baxter. Mrs. M. Hopper- ion, Mrs. L. 8. Swan. Mrs. Sayies J. Bowen. and Mrs. Sargent. trustees; Hon. Sayies J Bowen. G. F. McLellan, e=., Chas. King, Dr. Charies B. Purvis and James Wormley. AN IMPORTANT ARREST.—Last ni, tectives McDevitt and Miller arrested fine | o—— of oblige money by fae preven: where a —__e——_ ces. using forged Prov. Hartz will make naiural_fowers | Police headquarters, it De- she was booked it before es at Odd Fellows’ ) #s Mrs. Cromiey, is Hail on Thursday and F¥iday evesiage. see, Se SE Or a hearing. Berved seats at ier’s. a ATTENTION is called to the sal> ReaL EsTate SaLe—Thomas EF. Wag- | sold at "Hartley Fe whar i eae, renege real estate “yg sold to Thomas | morrow, (Thuraday,) at i o'clock, by Thoinas alle part of lot 4, square 755, for $493. i Dowling, auctioneer. . SE SL . s THE THEATERS.—At the National qneater this evening a crowded house | ay be ex- jectes to withess the first per «omance of he Soidene English eo affe com] 4 Newspaper accounts of the» ily: Soldene and her ry ae eee that this alone wontd tn, / 2fe #0 — ance, apart from the ¢ tice a large attend ven is one newto _ #¢t that the opera to be Sirenbach's lates: & Washington audience— fane.”” 2 -» Success, * Madame L’Arch- “The Se- i ~~ « Of Ice,” at Fonl’s Opera House, moe aimted to attract large audiences, as T ylay is a fine one and the east good. F Tho Mall to see It will miss @ fine pre- sentation of a drama which never fails to draw when brought out in as good style as iy isat Ford's. _ “The Black Hand” is the title of the ex- citing drama running at the Theater Comique this week, and it comprises only a small part of & programme well calculated to afford an evening's amusement A MASS MEETING of the citizens of the Ith, ith and 13th districts will be held at Zion Wesley church, D street, between 24 and 3d, this évening. without regard toparty, to give an expression to Conzress as to the form of government most desired by the peo- ple on the government of the District of Co- jumbia. ——— BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.—At the thirty- ninth meeting of the Eureka Buiiding Asso- ciation 100 shares were redeemed. At the fifty-first meeting of the Merchants and Mechanies Building Association 25 snares were redeemed, ——_—_»—_—_ Another Suggestion about the Form of District Governme: Mr. Eprror:—So much of the Inable Space of the columns of THe STAR has already been devoted to suggestions and ar- guments as to the best form of government for the people of this Distriet that I simply ask room for one or two suggestions. It has always seemed to me from the be- ginning of thls discussion as to how we should be governed, that the people of this District ought to be #ulted in some in their aggregate capacity. S\ American principle of local self-goverament is to be adhered 10, they onght to be; and the question is, how this should be done. Now, my sugse Which this District was divided under the ntable form of government, elect ot their most respectable and responstb citizens us delegates toa convention, which convention shall prepare a bill for the gov- ernment of the District 4 enacted inte a law by Congress. perhaps the constituth Of “To exercise exclusive legislation, in all & whatsoever, over such District.” might be ove this convention. { think se8 a larger majority of our nll that may be preparect b; a com- mittee of Congressmen who know very little, and care less, zens. 'n order toxtrip this conv of our citi- two delegates from each le; slative ver: prin good rei le in and cautious. tion that a simple municipal form of govern- | Denty ment would be the cheapest and best for this | from District. kr S. D. schoone —————— THE COURTS. also, that the for IN GENERAL TERM, with five . Mallam agt. Maliam; appeal of | the Azeli t dismissed. Fitel: agt. Dunn; ar- for pro- od Anna Flood. font V tm Ritter and vagra’ ¥ down same charge; D days. rles Gerhardt, seiling liquor without }i ase; fined $105. James Royd, colored, eeny of a fur muff and other articles f Mrs. Van Reswick, which he sold for a trite; six months in jai}. Aaron Levi, larceny of a coat and pants from colored man named Squire Levi, his father; saa costs, or 10 days in jail. Frank Williams, lw Js; $20 and costs, or 30 days in Charles Dean. Albert Boyd, om Simons. Atter the testimony the judge stated that these coat and hat thieves Would steal the cap off the Goddess of Lib- erty on the U.S. Capitol if they could carry it off, and the defendant conti go to jail for six monihs. Join H. Rollins and) Frank Cronin. charged with stealing a w: prank oak from Ada Rollins; six montls cach jn jail. ASS ULTING AN ACT Thos. Whelan, assauit and battery on Fan- nie Davenport. one of the actresses at the Theater Comique, who testiflet that she is a ried lady and boardin: t « house on Pennsylvania avenue; that last night this man, in company with another, came ant or bell, andon her going to the admitted to the hous © Inforined him that th all were married they were mistaken in the » house. They then lefi,but | 1. nett, Mr. F law soon asierwards returned and rang a5 before. | Judge Tappan to Ler She again went to the door, when. after some iri the deeisic was no d . words, he stry +) ud costs, at the ce, and no L $ Lewi stie, a broomstic of the hoa: ane to tthe door and insisted on Mr. Lewis seeing th the axsault ¢ Theeker got 1 no right te s 0 so he fiu worth shungry: he came trom Philadelphia w fitwal $1, or twenty-fours in jail. assault and bat on Lem who ad that Smi senit on ii HUNG To-Day —Frede ierman who mur: orthern part of Phila- of December, Heidenblut was enga #n assistant in Kuehnle’s ba night of the mu ty between the went up stairs » who wi in bed ash “avored to murder her ‘ds gathered together a few and lett the honse, He rested a couple of days is, 1 after a trial was convicted of in Ss! degr eat efforts w to a pardon from the county Sammel Beighley will also be liu of old tion. ye for the mare vemaker by 0c kes matters very 5 indifferent in regard to his fate. two ago, it Is said, he was fitted ¥ cout, which he tried on ane n returned io the sheriff's office with instractions to have the sleeves lengthened and the garment oth- erwise altered and improved. The sheriff -eltit hardiy worth while to have them chang- ed, under the masta pet ht <n _ A SINGULAR Case ov Conscrencr.—A few days since a man died in the alimshouse at Richmond, Va., leaving $300 in money and other property, the money being on deposit in New York, The property is bequeathed to relatives in Eng! and Ireland, but a codi- cil is leit directing his executors, before car- tring into execution the hequests made in the will, to pay to the following insurance companies of Loniac®, England, to wit:—To the Atlas Fire and Lift Assurance Company, £100; to the Phanix Insnr2nee Company, £100; to the Sun Insurance Company, £100, fo reimburse them for mouey recei ven Sv the deceased in Liverpool in the year i819, {9 which he believed he was not strictly enti- tled. The deceased, whose name is not given in the Richmond papers, is said to have been @ man ofculture, and was for some time a contributor te several prominent northern jourmais. He was a very grave and dignified man, &ad perfectly temperate. The will is in his own handwriting, and is expressed in strictly technical language. He was an trisit- — lived in Charleston, 8. C., for some Be adn en : ich Are! anni will upon ie oboe in shown by the eatin in wg recent “Gatolie Di- ished in London, Lord Camove has been stricken from the list Jo art of Catholic peers. Camoys has for a time been one of the most celebrated of i¢ noblemen. Wi Archbishop pablished his letter on the Vatican decrees, lordship dissented from. the epis- aR Rae ahi - nentiy replies by striking his name trom tat Catholic thus virtually its eg o gestion is this: Let Congress pass a joint resolution authorizing the legal voters of the twenty-two legislative districts into Columbia, to be nal stumbling block tion of a partisan complexion, I would have one of the Strict a democrat and the other a republican, aud both should be real estate owners, for the son that it is a well known formation of a government that the owners of the soil are conservative I still adhere to the convic- Jouln, larceny of ‘a cloais worth sy NS A teh ce a apt ger a pS gna iene cc pn lg a tag a aed eae wingioa = atau GEORGETOWN. | ’ GrorGETOWN BUILDING AND Lan Ix- PROVEMENT COMPANY. —An _ adjou of this company from last Friday last evening in Lang’s Hail, and ly attended by some of our most citizens. The meeting was called meetin, was hel was 1a) influen' to order by the vice president, F. L. Moore, = H. W. Barrett, ‘of the association was fully explained by John T. Mitchell; after which = ned esq., secretary. The ob- { wet sue Sud | 3 <i and a large | » The meeting then | ~» eteet ten’ directors for the en- oa ear, which resulted in the election of the for wing: Messrs. Jos. T. Mitchell. F. L. Moore, D. L. Shoemaker, | Thos. Dowling, Thos. Know! Hi. P. Gilbert. H. W. Barrett, Bireh. The meeting then adjourned. amount of stock subscribed since the organi zation of this company bas been 40 share: amounting to £20,000, DraTH OF LIFUT. Essrx- W. Essex, of the Metropoli L. Simms, John A.B. ley, nd Josep Fi jeut. John T. 11 police force, died at his residence here at 6.05 o'clock this morning, aged 45 years. Lieut. Essex was born in this city, where he has always reside? He served as a lieutenant in the Presidents’ Monnted Guards until they disbandel. He was subsequently apy force, When it was first forn served as a private until Fe when he was appointed serg Was made lieutenant, and ren of this precinet until Derembe inted on the police ad, where he eant. when on account of his being in bal heath, he was ordered to report to police headquar- ters for sanitary duty, where he remained until prostrated b: whieh terminated in his four children to moura wife having died Tue lee Currers ar Wonk Ac.—The TT Company the disease. consumption, path. He leaves < Ie S veral mor th Kenebee and P. eabout 40 men eutting ier 01 the Potomae river opposite their houses on Water street. They expect to cut aboat 1.00 ton Which, with what they haye on HU thefr houses up. The fee vad, ng of the river to Its present thickness, Rinches. has given work fo about 45 men, who coul not otherwise, these hard times, have found em- ployment. A COLORED CHILD, about “one was found under a porch on y this morning. vived the free was cared for by the police. ea. Pros] wond but it did, and It will be sent It was ing weather, to the Infant Asylum to-day SKATERS, afternoon on the river in front o} boat-hous park, 2 Sr ording amusement, not only to them. selves, but to hundreds of spectatoy TER CLARE lies dangeroust nonla at the Convent of She is over seventy in large numbers.congregate cae} 1 Potom: and have improvised a skat “in with itation ars of aze, and has heen in the convent since @ child of six years. covered With solid ice as fi land Point. crossing freely from shore to shore this morn- of them being engaged in hanling lumber over upon sleds. ing. some Davis was with 4 eargooflumbe: &. pool Point other four damaged. this eit up as f ice the: thre nso beer the of wh relieved kept Gut Fi s ber appe removed five hundred dollars from M ing to the lattert iptormation con, missing child impart it finally yster boats in tor H. Pearl, t Havens, and Capt ceded by the tug boats Smith Pettitand Mar: Lewis, which broke a traci: through the i started up from open water, and had all a rived at Quantico e% which was cut through ported fastened in the ice and Maryland Point. nith Pettit are now in Quantico, laid fro: ri to the water’selge, whe hose will be connected with it, ana b; h the ive ¢ ar during su itery with Thomas Kinsel in favor of Mr ppolnting trustees to in He spond Wiley giving the name of « ked for one hundred dotlars to pay his expenses to Philadelphia for the purpe of having a conference with Mr. Ross. latter, being guided by the polic The Potomac still continaes down as M y persons were Opposite th Captain Wesley lsoout with his ice boat—a fram > upon skates aud equipped with a sail—and was sailing about beautifully. Captain Joo of the tug boat Smith Pettit, arrive t Quantico last night, and reports the sabel, from Baltimore for this port as ly ngat that pla ew York stes er F.C. Knight, the Union Bell, J. ” bout, pre- pt the Union Be mad sunk off Liyer- the crew barely escaping. The boats were also more or less The E. C. Knight then started for and last night had gotten ap as far The schooner V a. alter Jones ashore at The tugs Mary Lewis and a y through the ice th sloop Susan Brow: and Point, but finding solid went back down the river. The master FE ed schooner. are lying in > Suir Yarp.—The new railw ranor Vandusen, wood md two or three other ves anjemoy Reach. hain head for the ay has been completed at the son and Collins, and will br A steana-pipe has r of the at he be m n be melted and the wa of their present obs on. seding cold spells s2ee- THE Fieny D nWool the refere r. Thomas W. Fie eld on the ground of 1, and tertay. Jud, papers. among them the Ws letters from the editor to his 1d's and reserved his decision. The deel of trustees Kinsethe 1. an nit at her rity under Lo perpetuate forever ield says that he Mr. Kinsella’s lawyers to se if this lasting stigma is not sronOUn gaseonade If they y appeal it he ou o .y—in Ph ch Was re- ceived Mor Thers stat- that a had udeavored to secii Ross by writ- he (Wiley) had ng the whereabouts and would be willing amount stated. Cor as carried on for some time, Sannon.” He the The authorities, gave the man no money BLACK TEA AT 50 CENTS PER BEOWNING & MIDDLETON, 610 Pennsylvania avenue Magazines: + Its present pure meri “There ers” x A model periodical.” —Phila. Press. It ts certainly the best of American press, Buffalo, N. ¥. pularity is the result o; ~ Conumercial. Pittsburgh Puce mot a dull page between its cov- ines. 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Bartwonn, January — West Virzi North Carolina sixes, old, 3 bid to-day Battimors, January 2 —Cotton strong, buoyant and higher; ‘offerings light—low midiings, 1%. Flour unchanged. dull. Wheat dull—amber we-t rn, 1.1oal.25; No. lred western, 122; No.2 do. Ls, 1.12; Pennesleania red. 1 al M 128; do. amaber, L27al9; do., whi Gorn quiet for southern—white sou! ellow southern, 7990: mixed weste active aud lower, S) on spot, $1 Febraary. Oats firmer—eonthern,’ 66a67: western white, 6iaiZ; do mixed, 66. Rye firm—16la1. Hay unchanged Provisions dull. Pork steady—shoulders and ch Tid sides offering Loose. 74910, withont bayers; cked, 73a7%. Walieg uncbangs1 jam= unchanged. Lani unchanged. Western bat ter uncha: Petrotenm dull. Gaé's. eo an | changed. Whisky dail and nominal; io round lots selling: Jobbing, Sai6!,. Sugar firm aad in gowl demand, 10g New Yor, January 2) —Stocks dull. Money, 25 Gold, 125. change long, 47; short, 49',. Gov er e. Jannary 2.—Flour dnl Wheat aly. Corn dull and unchanged lannary 2), 12:39 p. m.—Bonls—35 IGA; new S's, WAY Erie preferesi, 1.100} 25. P.m.—Advices from Paris 0 centimes, BD p. m—Tho rate of dic three months” bill ix 33 per cent .. which is 13-16 below the Bank of Englar rate. The amount of bnllion withdrawa from th bank on balance to-day is £10,000. ore of suid company, until FRERCARY }.m.. for the erection and completion vordance which can be see att : ional Bank naary 18th, from ler of the Board B. F. BIGELOW {Chron Repab.tritie) M. CG. A. SERMONS FOR THE MASSES. p.m, dail Secretary Revs. Dra. OW. Treraxy, Raxxry, Mivens nd Dashist will preach tu Lin on successive SABBATH AFTERNOONS, o'clock, commencing JANUARY 4th, 1875, - OW. Treva sy jan2tr HOY AND COLD SODA, at MILBURN’S PHARMACY, 1429 Pennsylvania Avenue, novd tr MINERAL WATER ON DRAUGHT lear TO CLAIMANTS.—Ciaims of all will be AXD, jo Hall classes against the late District Government » received and prosecuted before the Audit. VHITAK & COOKE 23-tJan2 715 isth street nerthwest. SCHENCK'S MANDRARE PILUS—Theso pills are composed exclusively of vegetable ients.and although they entirely supersede { mereary, do not leave any of its inj effects. They act directly upon the liver aud valuable remedy in all cases of derangeme ing from a disordered state of that organ, ot ingredi the use plaint, Bilions Disorders, Indigesthes «Head ache, Typhoid Fevers, &c. €e., ail enccumb to the free ase of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills. For sale by UDruggists and Dealers. mar? tr SAMUEL G. YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, OcuT te OFFice—STAR BUILDING So. aco, BANK No. 1429 F Receive Deposits, Buy 1 and United Bi &c. Secari of the District of Co lum bia dealt in Our Drafts cas we Exchange on England and Europe. ed at pars = sepa ly K TCAN SA GERMAN AM . The fifth semi-annnal dividend ot interest Bill.be payable to depositors on and after January rate 2), 1575. at th nf 5 per cent lett on di on wre calendar months during the half year enling January 1, 1575. Luter- est not called for will be added to the principal aud draw interest from January 1. 1875. JOHN HITZ, President perannum on ail C_ E. PRENTISS, Cashier. de eAtID Lee er: - . WHITE PINE COL best ty) hundred feet. WHITE PINE 5-8 SIDING, (best quality per hundred feet WHITE PINE 5-88 SELECTS, (drossed.) S4 per bun t. + keep a full stock of all kinds ¢ (the LOWEST MAKKET RATE WILLET & LIBBEY, er Gth st. and New York ave opposit LA J Sayles Brown, Faq. tl be held at the offic Register in. Ban City Hall on Saturday. the 30th d J 1575. at 12 o'clock, m., tor the parposes name 2th -ection of the bankrupt act. Atthe and pla bool rt nk yald-21 500 CHESTS OOLONG '. REDMAN Assicne LONG O9OL0. OGLO OOLO! G. G, CORNWELL & SONS, E GROCERS, 1418 Penn ave. opp Willant’s Hote! COLORED SHIRTLYGS. jands-tr Fisk, Clark & Flagg, - 690 Broadway, New York, Are now ready with their mew SPRING STYLES OF FANCY SHIRT- INGS for 1875, SAMPLES will be furnished to the TRADE on application. sm B Gloves. Six N & junds adewt C. west & SONS Aladdin Security O11. Warranted 150 Degrees Fire Test. The Best Household Oil in the World. INDORSED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES Read the following Certificates from Presidents of Fire Insurance Companies Howarn Fire Pysceaxcy CoMPaNy oF Batti MORE, Baltimore, December Messrs Sons: Geatlenes—Having used the various 1s sold in this city for [Muminating purposes, 1 take pleasure in recommending your "Aladdin Se- urit) as the safest and best ever used ia our house- hold.” Yours traly, [Signedj~ "ANDREW REESE, President. Orrick MARytaxp Fink [xeuraxcr Compasy ov Barriwoux, Baltimore, November 19, 3874.— Messrs. C. West § Sous: Gentlemen—Z have used Coal Oi) in my family for nearly fifteen years, and during that period have tested a number of different = is being ea re oy Oe tall ave iven your in Constar tare tate ti, and by ‘sii trial by its constant se since you have made J far Superior to uy other,” As regards Habeey cele them all. °° Yours truly rayit: | Fay IT NOR PE i WHOLESALE DEPOT. a7 BS janlé-Im___Nos. 113 and 115W. Lombard st. ENGRAVING. H. NICHOLS, Desicaer and Engraver, No. 932 west, jal5-Im” always om hand. oa? Barth. McLEAN. pS FOR SALE. CITY ITEMS, THE WARWICK COLLAR is mae like the Elmwood, with all the edges folded, so they ‘Will not turn out. nee Doorry's Yeast Powder ts convenient, 6 pomical, and alwas reliable. No wa food prepared with it, as it is always < best quality. ——— HELP oR WE PeRisH—This is what + glected teeth would say if they could Strate with their owners; and mark this. t teeth cannot perish or become black or yellow ifthe Sozoponr is used datly. €03 ——— IF AMAX WANTS A BOTTLE OF WHISKY let him buy it and take it home like a man and not sneak home witha bottle of “iit- ters.” or mel pretens that it is a dicine. Ifhe wants @ tonic that is som: better than @ temporary stimulant, ta bottle of PERUVIAN SYRUP. {an Tron Tonic.) that will vitalize the whol blood and give durable strength to the sys- ten. €03 —e——_ INQUIRE BEFORE you D: Your druggist what Ha Horrnovxp axp Tan ts doing in cases of severe congh ani cold within his own person al knowledge, before you try it yours If quire of bim ithe has ever kno Of its class as popularas t able vegetable preparati the facts he will state to say that there In- at pare and countr for di Pike's Toornt-Acur minute co en THE HUGE, drastic, gripin ke pills, constrneted of crude, cours: and bulky grediests, fast being supersetest by Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Peliets.or Sagar Coated, ¢ nd Herhal Juice, Anti-Bilious a at Catharticos Mot rve Phy ern Chemic nables Dr to extract from ihe juic of the me the roots and herbs their active meHelnal prit ciples, which, when worked into litte Pellets and Granules, sean an mustant seed, renders e powerful oy larg 2 nore palatab! “ Dr. q constr Writes :— snr Pellets remedy fi jons for wh! seribe them thing I hay mild and certain in effect bowels in an excellent con to me they must take the pice cathartic pilix and mel 5 Lyon & Macomber, all ot ats people A will sp ve eos Ww CRARL -y or Extra Dry Campagne, Exeelled by non sale 6: - WLICACTES.—Just ree: per Adams Express: Fresh Shad, Salmon, Smelts, Sranish Mackerel Lobsters, Di Terrapin and vass-back Duel in abun: of the I nd finest brands of Oys that can be produced. ————— “The wise for health on a: thousands patroni Hacer & Tome. sdepend.”” White's site U.S. Treasuy Bunions, Inverte ete. 650. 412-s,wit GEORGETOWN ADV ER'MTS », RMIONE LODGE. P net ni L CRSDAY Tie m Castle Hall. on for the purpo= the funeral ¢ By order of €.¢ and0-2t* ‘ TE Rerting he THURSDAY EY © clock Assocint rPuoms s DOWLIN 174 Bb t ENT ELEGANT HOTSEHOLD FURNITURE. ROSE WOOD PIANG. &. AT AUCTION On THURSDAY. January 21 Fm: wk. at No. 67 Fayette the Concen Iwill an exer ment of H Parnimr bame in pert “i P Land € r Parlor Loungr. Marble top Tatil tras k ry and Bookcase ahiery dother T: Three: pi Nott 2 forme “opartnerst athe STOV aud MANUFACTL 1 No. 95 Bridge street ‘ 7 name and ats te M ERT & K . ethey will t pleased to see all their old friends and erally. CHAS. MEMMELT & JOUN K nary 14, 35 perenrast Proc To owr Friends anit the accommuds n we have ad: the follow thew. vi7 every business day from »9 p.m. 2. Thi at residence prepaid or C be delive the District mt 2 distaney tumed by mail or exp Preminm Steam Dye 49 Jefferson street, Slip Carpets, Drage: . nie gant tr JEORGETOWN SAVINGS BANK, D. ¢ G 31 HIGH STREET. Bank hours. 9 » 4p.m., and Satara: (te ne m. Interest paid on dep ing Business d i Cob ieetions made ssible poitte. Discoust days, Mondays, H. POLKINHOEN. President H.W. BARRETT, Cas Director Hi. Potkinhorn, Thos. Dr wi 3. T. Mit Meury Dickson. KL. Cropley, Bred. W Riley A. Shinn, LD. Hartley, Thos: coly IMMENSE REDUCTION, Preparatory te Taking Steck FOR THE NENT FIFTEE WF DAYS 1 OFFE: TH OLLOWING CIAL BARGAINS 4 DRESS SUITS. 1d at $30. id at $25. ‘Those Suits sold at $20... wat sis Selling wow at $19 BUSINESS SUITS. feiss Selling now at $15 Selling now at $12 Selling u tsio Selling now at gs VOUTH's suits. Those Suits sold at $20. Selling now at $15 Those Suits sold at 3. Selling now at $12 ‘Those Suits sold at #12. Selling now al $10 ‘Those Suits sold at 61 Selling now at $5 OVERCOATS. A REDUCTION FROM $5 TO #109 on 4 HEAVY OvEROGsIS. a AsT am determined to reduce Stock. pnrchasers ‘Will find it to theix advantage to give me a call A. STRAUS, 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENEE, BETWEEN 1OtH AND i 11TH Streets, jeuls-tr Three doors from Lith street. om) BEA OR} No. 439 ™M Bo. 439 7m agent wad we Joust recelveds & ameticine som Mach 15th street, oppo- id painful Corns, Tron better nd will adlere to office will be open portal cant specifriag will be waited on t. Sl. All work = | HOLIDAY Goons. pee MERRY CHRISTMAS ano HAPPY NEW YEAR ee MASSEY 'S PHILADELPHIA ALy CINCINNATI LAGER BEER PURE APPLE CIDER aND SWEET CATAWBA Wine From sAM'L Greene street, Georgetown, DC NB Orders for abuse In Dottive. ees op barrels. promptly Siued.” No charge for uclivery deel? tr ELPHONzZ0 Youncs & co, MAKE THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PRICES FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONLY CANDY, (ONE TON EN STOCK Made by Siauson & Co., New York Choice Cream Mixtures Four pounds for 9? Broken Candy ,( Freeh Six pounds tor &4 BANANAS, FIGS AND ORANGES NUTS. MIXED Sing Soft Sheil Ai pounds for $1 SHELLBARKS. FORTY BUSHELS ENDINE NEW Youn oTATE KORY NUTS RAISINS. DEHESAS, LONDON LAYERS, VALENCIAS MATS AND SULTANAS Layers in erter bores Moen. Fancy Brands, qu leone em Good Raisins. 1b cents, or 7 Ibe £ a GENUINE GOSHEN RUTTER. ONE TON CHOIR. IN HALF FIRKING. RE CEIVED DECEMBER 17,1534 ONS. CITRON AND FRENCH PRONE ZANTER CURRANTS. 10 CENTS, OB 11 )UNDS FOR 91 STABLER'S BARTLETT PEARS. SWEE CURN, GREE EAS AND APPLE SAUCE, (CANNED FDAM CHEES GOOPS AT #125 PINEAPPLE CH EST GOUDS at $1.75 ELPHONZO YOUNGS & C0... Grocers, Masome Tre 9TH Stecer, oppose U.S Parent Om ELPHONZ0 YouNGs, JF. JOHNSON ‘ Fyeuwax Goons, ODOR CASES— Scrunto Wood, fr ‘33 LET Be —In Bacharat, ( ad Der trom 80c. to § ILEY SETS—In Bacharat, Cat vation. from © Mauy very ele ing Ink Wells ‘T Han lass and Hs: = in LT RRONZE. batch Rates and Cornea Ast 2) Receivers Thermometers ~ al es 1 i mi, Hand and | Sh ners, Tourists’ Cups aud Bvitios. Ail wi P hingly low 703 rth at sical Tove. tn et than cher & Music tore, 72: street northwest, half s bar Beore, 723 | west, Lalf synare ab Be eral fine PIANG for rent Give it NING & MID 6 vers of quod TEA and COFFEE wilt be plenand that hey can buy theereeeey ee VCLUb’ TES at Stauds Nos. 14 These po cost Th rtations. A are retailed at a stuall advauce on Whiiessie price T RECM, 14% nud 149 Center Market, cero Open every da: For pur rednecl prices cL anbr pet dozen, CATaWha ls Gincer & a8 $2.4, RHINE WINE : uadpy a BANKERS. Pt X45. SHERMAN & Co, BANKERS, Nos, 9 and 11 Nassaw CIRCULAR NOTE r TRA ERS reet, New York, TRANSFERS STA. HAVANA, McB. TIMONY & Co., BANKERS di £. 509 7th street redaud France an Gold. Stocks and Govermment Bonde Stock Indicators and Telograpls for use of feblé ty Carriages taken ee Call og etsewhere D SCHMIDT & ¢ S19 Teh etreet tween Cand I : street, Baltiny STOVE Amare: Ts hem at 717 7th Street, DEALER 1¥ SLATE MANTELS. LATROBES, FUR NACES, RANGES. GRATES, eae FENDEKS, And COOKING S in general. A complete Base Burner for only 810 A fall trimmed COOK STOVE for su. sep? tm AS. R. HARROVER, fe JAF, BMARROVER, Manu tacrurcr of Stoves Housefurnishing Goods. Roofing and Spout. ing a specialty. No. 1436 14th street north. West, near Rhode Island avenue. sepl0-ly UPBEME COURT OF TH STBIC’ s' ce eek ‘K DISTRICT OW In the matter of MoxitzZ AVGE: Bankrup: You are bereby 1 the creditore of one MOKITZ AUGENSTEIN that 2d meeting of bis creditors will be hold E; Weshingion vb ona = Ww TEIN, of office of J. Sayles . Register Peet cn the aay of Sosa Sy Ht ae Seokeon atts nd = the ath oc: ‘aabiugton. Dc. ti Waswinare WILLTA, ‘aeniguce ARRIAGES, GOR —_— JOSEPH BECKHAUs, CARRIAGE BUILDER, 1204 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Abovs Gimand AvENvE. a ESTABLISHED 1853 —_—. "TS2,OP8 DIPRRIAL THA AT T5OENTS pe A