Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1876, Page 4

EVENING STAR. WEDNESDAY....Jauuary 19, 1976. Pelco eseentmnneern Soares! Feet Basen Weather Probabilities To-day. Orrice oF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFiceRr, WasnINGTO, January 19, 1476. For the micdieand ‘south atlantic states, areas of light rain, .ollowed by clearing, cold ther, northwest to southwest Winds aud LOCAL NEWS. Amusements, &c., To-night. National Theater —John E. Owens in “Our Boys.” Port's Troupe. Theater Comique—“ Pirates of the Potomec.”* = iei.—Martha Wasb ington Tea ‘arty. Opera House —Bryant’s Minstre! —e——. Condensed Locals. ‘The street lamps will be lighted to-night “oi teu ae =. The M. P.’s of the 4th police prectuet are charged with permitting a carele™ waste of water at that station, and Col. Labey has eut of their cooling drinks. The grand jury of the December term of the Criminal Court reconvened this morn- ip d in two hours examined twenty-six Witnesses In jail cases. Timothy Costelio has entered suit against the District government before Justice T. J. Shea for damages a! to have been sus- tained to his carriage by reason of a defec- tye road in the county. = The annual statement of the National Me- tropolitan Fire Insurance company, fled yesterday in the office of the Recorder of Decds, shows: Chartered capital, £100,000; capital paid up, $100,000; indebtedness, none. ibernia Society. No.1. has elected John L. Daily as aid to the chief marshal duriog the present year; Hibernia, No. 2. has elected Michael Fitzgerald to & similiar po:ition, and E¢ward McQuade inas been elected by the members of St. Patrick's order. Mr. T. Browning, the youngest son of Mr. P. W. Browning, was yesterday admit. ted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the Distriet,on motion of Mr. Enoch Totten, and on the report of the examining com: mittee. The semi-annual written examinations of Pupils in the Sd, 4th, 5th, 6th. and sth gram- mar grades of the colorct schools of Wash- nd Georgetown took place yesie: T thesupervision of Superintenden: sisted by the principal in charge of ra! buildings jn which the examius tons were held Jebn Pope Hodnett mate his speech to. day before the J/istrict Comratitee. He w informed that the committee «id not see how they could help him te secure the pay alleged to be due the workingmen he represented. Mr. Hecmett asked if the members bad read his petition, when it was ascertained that the document had not yet been sent to the committee. From MeCo' Janetion News Depot sof The Galary and Go- from D. A. number of The Cuchot article of which is * troversy. so, tempe ie ature of the Pre 8 a ZATION SOCTETY York Presbyterian chureh. After praye 2 secretary, Rev. > report annus! 1 The last bateh of emigran Heensed ministers in the M. E colonized since the war nur total from ihe beginning amouvting + recaptured ex-Af 20 persons who ja. The report TS Of colored are turning their to Africa; that the Jee, arrow-root, Kc. make the colonists ‘self bark Liberia took away recent trip larger quantities of these ets than was ever before exported in any one vessel from the refers to the « 1 and progress of the hostilities be- t the Liberians and the Greboes, in which the | \berians were fina sets forth the measures taken States government to sustain Liberian goverment in its fight with the barbarians Of the interior; states that the establishment Of the republic of Liberia has virtual pressed the slave trade on that coas conelndes with the statement that, aith the work of the soc’ ty has been great, it has by no means beer ended. There are nations ndreds of millions in the interior of Africa who bavenever heard of the work of ¢ivilization, or the benefits of the Christian ough religion work that tue go- ciety ts continued. Addresses were then de- tivered Dy Rey. Mr. Grammer and Rev. br. Budaingt —_.—___ AMUSEMENTS.—National Theater. — « ¢ Boys” was performed again last nig! fewer hitches than on Mouday emrooth running dialogue, au i: following of the ene, is the life of a sprightly play like this. Owens’ acting as the retired butter-man i very erjeyabie. Mise Ada Gilman deserv-s a Word of praise jor ber dashing impersonaticn of “Belinda,” the saucy house maid, a character in direct eontrast with the oue so excellently sus- in tained by her jast week Orphavs.” “Talbot Champncys,” as pre- sented by Mr. Harry Lee last night was an a on his performance of Moaday night. the “Two Ford's Opera Howe.—Wast &@ king for good mins a Bryant's is one of that kind. » Lronpe large and talented, and the specidities, sketches, &c.. presented are mostly original with them. Go sce them, if you want to have 2 good langh. Theater Conse ~The “Pirates of the Poto- mac” is x play of local interest, and ts pre- sented in g sprinkled with songs, dances, sketches, &., wi are nightly received with applause. exe Toon) ohnaces THE NorMat [ePartMeNT oF How- ArD Unxiy TY.—Yesterday the trustees Of the ipst jon for the education of th colored youth, which was founded by Miss Myrtilia Miner, and incorporated Maren 3, Is, held a meeting and elected the follow- ing officers: President. Mra. Nancy M. John- Son; secretary, Mrs. Nellie O'Connor; treas- wrer, Mr. George FE. Baker. The report of the treasurer for the past year was submitted, showing a permanent fuud of $45,000, with an income Gf 3.020. The permanent fand is invested so As to pay interest upon $32,000 at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and upon $11,000 at the rate of 10 making the total Inter€st and income as above stated. This amount has been ex- nded in the payment of the salaries of the Normal Department of Howard University. Cash on hand January 1, 1°76, $416.91. THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION met last evening, and Mr. T. L.. DeLand was elected secretary in place of Mr. DeMattos, resigned. A resolution w&s adopted reciting that 2 considerable pamber of persons falsely representing themselves as residents of Iili- secured the Congressional politi- a! nce of the state to obtain appoin ments now accredited to the state, that all recommendations for appointments thus fraudulently secured shonid be withdrawn, and the Congressional delegation should re- commend only those whose citizenship of Tibnois is assured. BovND TO Stor Ir.—In the efforts of the Water Registrar to prevent waste of water, be bas fou nd it necessary to cutoil the sup. ply from some Of the police stations aud Echoot houses where the jan!toror persons in charge bave been direlect. It is the inten- tion of Col. Lubey to commence on the pri- vate houses next week in ions of the city where waste oceurs. Col. Lubey means business. bas been a better supply of ‘water on Capitoi H!l! the past two days than ‘Were has been for as many months past. —_——eo—— MURDER BY A N&GRO HiGH WAYMAN.— Bey jamin Fenner, who was murderously assaulted on Monday evening, the 10th {u- =. bis return to Eladonsourg f en New York, by # negro ruffian, for tne pur- -of robbing him, received biows on the Resa from tne murderous assassin fron whieb he died on ng hg wth Instant, at Providence hospital, whiel: place he was removed by bis iricnds. We have heard f no steps taken by the authorities of Bia- | densburg for the arrest of the munéerer. ——_+—_—_. GOVERNMENT AWARD.—The Fairvanks Scale was again successful at Wasiiozton on Tuesday. and secured the pet ze of the Post Office department for anther yesr. Quality, not price, is said to have ssttied the verdict in their favor, aud the repeiied a;- ae the Unies ow st mus| very satisfactory ermav seale makers.—{#vening Post. oe ENCES DIARISM.— About 1 o'clock yester- @ay morning an atiempt was made to dre Louse 122 11th street northwest, the window having been broken and set freto. The fase agony the fames without Jess was about $25. Roman Tings, and etry store. No. 457 Penn. agent for Lage George Ulamonus in gold, - - | S€nt to the relief commission. ‘cd style. The programme is | r cent. per annum, | Bank and Real Estate An Interesting FREEDMEN’S BANK AGAINST THE NA- TIONAL SAVINGS BANK. In the Supreme Court of the District in General Term yesterday the case of the Com- missioners of the men’s Savings aud Trost company against the National Say- ings Bank and others, was anna & Jobnson for the Savings Bank, and Enoch Totten for the commis- sioners. This was @ bill to restrain defen- dants from selling under a fi fa certain lots | | tn Mt. Pleasant, and in the Equity Court an injunction was decree? as prayed. From { the pleadings and exhibits it @ppears that S. P. Brown was the owner of several lots in Mt. Pleasant, and in Maren, 1870. Sg 4 | was rendered against him and A. P. Brown jas the firm of 8. P. Brown Son | for $4,694.95. On June 20th, 180, the firm borrowed from the Freedman’s Savings end , Trust boven wad the sam of £10,000, for which they gave their promissory note payable in twelve months alter its date, with Interest atten per centum per annum, and 8. P. | Brown executed and delivered adeed of trust to Daniel L. Eaton with the usual power of Fale in case ofdefauit in the payment of the note, whieh was duly on the 2th day of June, 1870. Several mouths after- wards the National Savings Bauk, made several loans to the same firm, and to secure them took deeds of trust from said 8. P. | Brown, with 11 lots of ground, | trust deeds ge ag Soyo re | respectively, as follows: Dee: uly | Beckett 00; July 24, 161, —- jeptember 1sT1 | 26, 1871, for Ioan of 3 et 7, itl, a | S000 » $5,000; April 23. 1872, April 24, 1872, $3, the lots t $7,000; Mareh 11, 151 Au ferred by Brown, for the security of the ‘Trust company and the Savings Bauk were | Subdivision lots of the Mt. Pleasant as before ing been made in the payment of the note | for $10,000, the Freedman’s Savings and Trust company procured the lots meationc.t in the bill io be sold under the power tn the trust deed, and beeame the purchaser at the sale, and subsequently sold some of the lots to the defendants who were made parties to this suit by the amended bill. But to save these purchasers harmless from the lien of the —— jadgment, the ‘Trust company gave toeach of such purcha- sersan indempifying bond. The defendauts in the suit maintained by Jolly sucd out a writ of error in the cause, but the judgment was finally affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after the mandate was returned to this court, and about the lth dey of Juiy, 1°74, the National Savings Bank purchased the judgment from Jody and precured it to be assigned to that corpo- ration on the docket; thereupon a writ of Sieve focias was sued out by the Sayings ‘Bank on the judgment and placed in the marshal’s hands. and he proceeded to levy upon the lots of the plaintiff's mentioned in the bill. To restrain the sale threatened by the marshal upon this =z the bill was filed in this canse. The question arising in the ease ts, whether or not this jaigment now owned and held by the National Savings Bank, can be collected out of the property conveyed to the F man’s Savings auc Trvst company, until ail the other property bound by the judgment and owned by Brown date of the sale to the Trust Company, haye been first sold and the procecis to the pay ad by this judgment aid sa oseqnently gaged or sold by Brown at different times to different persons, are chargeabie with the burthen of the ju the inverse of their alienation the parcels las' r t fall valine an shall . had not notice of the it look the deed of trast contend that where Uy sold or transferred in different itierent thmes to different per purchasers or tneumbrancer: tuotice of the former sales or teaus- fers, the paramount lien is to be borne rata- bly ts rehasers or incumbran- relative val And if t es of the ten on the subsequent purcuase: brar.ee: tention to the = benk 13 not rust and Trast company, and they claim inasmuet $ the former deed of trast does not e: ¥ of the property named in the ¢ tgiven to secure the National Savings k, the record of said former trast is not ve no application, where the subject mat- conveyed is different, although the gran- ior ma THE BOARD OF HEALTH met lastevening. The synopsis of the operations of the healta office was presented, showing: Nuisances re- ted. 460, referred, #i; abated, 672; treated by physicians to the r, 135;' tons of gi bage removed, ‘3; marine products inspected, 13,285 bushels Of oysters; 5,03 bunches of fish: animals impounded, 4. On the recommenda- tion of the health officer, house 203, Bridge street, Georgetown, and the brick and frame | building In alley between E and F and 12th and 13th streets, were declared to be nuisan- | ces, and were ordered to be abated. The | health officer reported that last week the contractor for the removal of offal had vio- | lated the terms of his contract by removing | twelve barrels of garbage ioa farm, he having | sold the offal. The report was referred to the | sanitary police committee. A letter was re- | ceived from A. Vogler, stating that a desti- tute woman, sick and without friends, is | living in his house on K street, between 6th | Aud 7th Streets, whom he asks the board to have removed. The letter was ordered to be A communi- cation was received from Hon. Wm. E. | Smith, of Georgia, recommending the reten- | Hon of Dr. 8. P. Hadley as sanitary inspec- tor; referred to the sanitary police commit- | tee. A proposition was discussed to furnish | the physicians | splints, and it was decided to purchase two sets. to be kept at the office of the board, | subject to theorder of physicians. TESTING THE NEW STEAM FIRE ENGINE. Yesterday afternoon @ large crowd assembled | at Babcock lake, on the Washington Monu- | ment grounds, to witness the trial of steam fire engines. There was some delay in getting the machines into position, and it was near- ly three o'clock before they were ready for work. The steamers took position on’ the side of the lake, as follows:—No. 5 (Amos- keag), weighing 6.400 pounds; No. 4 (Silsby), pounds; and No. ¢ (Clapp & Jones), 5,700 pourds. Nos.5and6got up steam in four | Tajnutes and No. 4 in eight minutes. Water was thrown by fore No. 6. No. minutes, Z | the crowd; but it was soon replaced. No.6 got up & steam Cog yrds No. 5 | 1e pounds, and No. 4118 pounds. The water was forced through 450 feet of hose, and the distance to which !t was thrown by each gine was: No. 6, 20 feet; No. 5, 164 feet and 5 | inches; No. 4, 142 feet and 3 inches; No. 6 beating the second best by 44 feet and 7 | Inches. The test was a very satisfactory one, | and developed the superiority of the new en- gine in force aud steadiness of stream. The manufacturers of the new engine arc Messrs. Clapp & Joues, of Hudson, N. Y. eee ANNUAL REPORTS OF INCORPORATED COMP ANIES.—The annual report of the Me- tropolis Savings Bank filed to day in the of- fice of Recorder of Deeds shows that the paid-up capital is $36,050, and the total ex- ESS ist.ag indebted: ¢ amount due de- positors) is $219,329.06. +*-- aunual re- | port of the Corcoran Fire Insurance com- | pany. so fled shows that the capital stock is *100,000,al) paid in, andjthat there are no ex- isting debts. +*+-That of the A! ican Savings Bank shows that the author- ized capita! is $200,000, and that the total in- dedtedness (being amount due depositors and banks and bankers), is $155,600.95. How a LapyY’s PockET-BooK WAS STOLEN.—Last evening & <r | ou arriving he.e by the Orange train, at 7:40 o'clock, missed ber pocket book: directly leay- ing the Balt and Potomac As she was in the act of leaving the car some man ——, ee hed eating, oa pg Om Wrong side, and going to the opposite side, she was in the act of stepping off, when an- other maa seized her, eatin » God ne gol it that at this time the pocketbook was taken, It contained #15, a small breastpin, and scme Keys. ——_- * THE CENTENNIAL PARTY in ait of the oew cathedral continues at Tallmadge aU to night aud to-morrow. In addition to | eee mentioned eee oe ing take an active nent: | Mee. Eartman. Mrs Vincent, Mrs. Paul. Mra. | Huyek, Mrs. Waggaman, the Misses. Har- rown, ie , France, Aylum, Cox, Maynard and Schm\ (i = Mesdames £ Me! Murray apd others. argued by W. 8. | nent of the judgment. The | cis @ paramount lien upop land which is | to the poor with patent | ~ | subsequently made by consent o} The Freedman’s Sayings Bank. AN AMENDATORY BILL PaSStD BY THE i SENATE. | The bill to amend the act entitled “An act amending the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, and for other proved Jane 10, 1574, passed the ~ it the resignation, death, or disability of any of the commissioners of the Freeiman’s Savings and Trust Company, theirsurvivors or survivor shall be invesied with the pos- session Rud legal title to a!l the property of said company. and the said act of June 20, 1874, and shall have all the rights and per- form all the duties that were conferred upon the three commissioners mentioned la sald act: it if all of said commis- sioners shall resign, die, or become disabled before the final execution of their trast, then the Secretary of the Treasury shail appoint a@ commissioner to perform the duties im- by this act and the act to whieh it is amendatory, who, upon rr @ bond to the amount Of $100,000, = ta®ing the neces- invested with the ights, and same duties that were conferred perform ed an: enjoined upon the three commissioners. ‘That immediately upon the resignation, death, or disability of any of present commissioners, the survivors or Burvivor shall c new and separate bonds, or a bord, of $100,000. The Sec- retary 3 is authorized, if, in. his judgment, not detrimental to the trust in; upon them, to accept the res- ignetion of any of tue commissioners. Said commissioners or commissioner, with the | approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, sball have the right to compromise debis «ine to and liabilities of the company, and to sell on ag the property of said company as, in thelr or his judgment, they or he ma: deem best, and to buy in any property woicl may be offered for sale. Whenever said com- missioners or commissioner shall be pre- ared tomake @ dividend to the depositors, be United States Treasurer shall, at their or his ory in one Of the‘depositories of the United States, located in’eaca of the cities where the several branches of the Freedman’s Savings and st com- pany were located an amount sufficlent to pay the depositors of suid brauch. ‘The commissioners or commissioner may prescribe such form as they or he may deen right and proper for the depositors to tra: fer their claims; but no assignment of s claims shall be valid unless it is signed by the depositor, or, If dead, by his iegal repre- sentative, and is accompauiei by the pass- book, or other evidence of the company’s in- cebtedness, or the certificate of the eommis- sioners Or commissiover in lieu thersot. Toe commissioners or commissioner shall be au- thorized, at the option of the creditors of the “company, upon the surrender of the pass- Looks, or other evidence of the company's indebtedness, to issue certificates of indebt- ness, Cp ged the order of the respective depositors, or their assigns, which certifi- cates shail state the amount due theclaim- ant, the number of the deposit - count upon which each is based, tme name of the branch from whic the account was reported to them; said certifiea shall take the place, and be of me value and effect as the ‘pass-pooks her evidence of indebtedness thas sur- ; and that sald commissioners or ner shall issue certificates of i nd make payments to those di ly whose pass-books have be properly verified and balanced, unless said ass-books have been lost or destroyed: then, upon satisfactory proof of such struction, aud the amount dne them debtedne positors i @s though they had pass boo! ime not presented to the co: or commissioner for examination and adi 3 | within three an is act. as well as all divi d accounts not called years from the date of the € of U mn om WUE hre claration, shall be barred, and t | @mounts shall inure to the benefit of | the other ¢ ositers of the compan | The commissioners or comiissioner 2 | hereby auth y | of the Secretary of the Treasnry,to emp i ae suitable and proper attorney-a' | to look into and investigate the manner in: ‘h said company has been managed by d others ha b the Judgment of saic sof satd company hay r managed fraudulently hen, upon the advice of the said Y, and with the approval of the See. ary of the ‘Treasury, they or he shall | causé such civil and criminal proceedings to be instituted in 6 courts against the and participating in said raismanagement irandulent and corrupt management as they or he shaji deem right and the ends of justice. They or he shall pay fees and costs of sujts and all other proper ex- penses out of the funds tn their or his hands #& commissioner or commissioners aforesaid. The commissioners or commissioner shail, the !5tn day of each annnal session of Congress, make a written report to Con- gre°s; and, upon the final execution of their trust, they or he shall render an account of their receipts and expenditures to the Secre- tary of the Treasury, and, if found corvect, the bonds or bond of said commissioners or | commissioner shall be surrendered to them. A British Cotton Claim Case. To-day, in the Supreme Court of the Dis- triet of Columbia, the case of T. J. Pheips, assignee in bankruptcy of Augustine RK. McDonald against A. KR. McDonald and W: White, was taken up—Messrs. F. P. Stan ton, J. D. McPherson, and George F. Appie- by for the appellants, and C. N. Ray for the | defendant. | ‘Phe complainant was appointed assignee | in bankruptey of McDonald by the U. 8. Distriet Court for the Southern’ District of Obio in January, 1869, and on the 12th of February he received an assignment of | Mel).’s property. He states that at the time of fling the petition anc of making the as- sigument Mel id bad a just and valid claim against the United States, growing out Of transactions between him and the govern- ment of the Unitea States for injuries done to bis property by the authorities of the United States between the 13th d~y of April, 1861, and the ‘th day of April, 1865, and McDonald being a British subject, and dip- lomatic negotiations having for a long time | been pendin, between the governments of | the United States and Great Britain for the | settlement of the claims of their respective | citizens and subjects, against the two gov- | ernmenis respectively, # treaty was, on the | bth day of May, 1°71, concluded between the government of the United States and Great Britain for settlement of such claims. McDonald filed bis claim against the United States for the destruction by troops of the United States of certain bales of cotton be- ye ing to him, and obtained an award for x 100, in September, 1873. White having been assigned the award, was made a party to the bill. An injunction was prayed for in the bill to prevent the defendants from re- ceiving the money on the award, and a re- straining order issued. After answer, and upor hearing of the motion for injunction, the writ of injunction was granted, and it | was forther ordered that a receiver be ap- | pointed to collect the award. By demurrer, ail parties, the defendants were allowed to receive one- balf the amount to pay expeuses of prosecut- ing the claim, and the residue was ordered to be ‘paid to the receiver, to be by bim held “subject to the claims, liens and rights of the | complainant, to be determined by the fur- | ther decree of this court in this cause,” &c. | The defendants were decreed to execute all | papers ecessary to enable the receiver to | collect one-half of the award, and the re- | eciver collected half of the award. The | demurrer afterwards filed,and being heard by consent. the bill was dismissed, and the fund ordered to be paid over to the defend- ants, and an appeal was taken. vel ean The District in Congress. DESTITUTE COLORED PKOPLE. In the Senate to-day Mr. Morrill, of Ver- mont, presented the petition of the officers and members of “The National Association for the relief of destitute colored women and uiidren” of the District of Columbia, age ing for an appropriation of $10,000 for the support of the institution. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES. A bill has been introduced in the House of Rey resentatives by Mr. Buckner, of Mi: souri, repealing and continuing certain ac! in evans 9 a to sue eee or ah sustained by private property throu, eo improvement of streets aud avenues in the District of Columbia. The bil! also provi for the 8; intment of @ board of three * to to for dsmages, and awards LEAK IN THE HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIR. The committee on a ‘lations: bes before it acommunication the War partment de indors! ® rej of the eng:- scl erg tet Warhaass Suge pag ne it an important leak exists in = aue ues reservoir at ni necessary its repair. ‘izes the Judgment creditor to call Jary io a the value of pot ye wig claimed paces oy teed: value, and if it ie found that the value is above the iy the Fight to je what article or artic’ shall bill was referred to the District 2 uz7-Leading creditors have Skerman & Co. in ei casks on he tae ee iG menis of the Grm's property bave been made © ‘With intent to defraud, : ears from and after the pns- | ing control of the | provides that {a case of | the | | pended, the court bold | Also, A Mechanic's Lien Case. day, the ease of Job Hogan ageiant Win. ay. of John inst mF. D » Was argued ani rubnitiel “Gaoch on account $5.390, and in July he filed a notice to hold a len on the premises. The defendant SS the work bad not been pi ly % bad work he was entitled He alleges that the house square. the wall bulges, the hand rail is loose, &c. In the court below a decree was — — defendant pay a specific sum, and The piauntier contends that the defendant must ir the loss occasioned by the set- tling of the walls; that he was bound to cavate until he reached @ solid foundation; and failing to do this, he must bear the loss, pe that he (plaintiff) made no covenant Which raade him an insurer against settling, nor by which he assumed the risk of latent defects in the soilor an unsafe foundation; that the plans and specifications contain no ‘ision indicating any responsibility for on in the walls, caused by a faulty foundation, nor any stipulation that tho builder should deliver the house in any par- Ucular condition. If the building settled and created a defeet in One of the walls, it was Owing to the bad foundation prepared for the reception of the brick-work, by the defend- ant, and he must suffer the loss. The defendant claims that complainant contracted to furnish all material aud labor necesary to complete @ three-story brick dwelling-house, according to plans and spec- ideations for that purpose, for £4,150. That the specifications, and the instrument to which they are annexed, constitute the con- tract, and if, by reason of latent defects in the soil, the walls of a house settle and crack, tne damage is chargeable to the con- tractor, unless luere is provision to the con- ary. a A SCHOONER LIRTLED.—To-day, Mesars. McConnell and B.H. Webb filed a libel on the schooner Lydia H. Hewlett, Capt. Coch- ran, which arrived here on the 7th jast. with & cargo of lumber from Havre-de Grace, Md. The libellants are two seamen, Lawson and Crutehfield, who allege that they shipped at Havre-de-Grace, and the day following their arrival here the captain lefi the vessel, and they do not know of his whereabouts, and Ubat they are entitled to their wages, premiers Snndbomsisd Morr Victims oF CoAL O1L.—On Mon- day night a coal-oll lamp exploded in the house of Mr. 8. M. Littleton, No. 1114 New Jersey avenue northwest, severely buraing the hands of Mr. Littleton, who tried to save his infant child from harm. The child was badly burned about its bead. THE COURTS. POLICE CourT—Jwlye Snell, To day, James Thomas was stood up for the larceny of a breeching strap, valued at $4, and was strapped when he came to pay $10 fine; so he went to the farm for 30 days. William Tyler raised a violent hand to John C. Bauman, and was toned down to the tuse of Thomas Robinson and William Tay Jor confessed to the larceny of a shovel worth iSeents; S10each. Thomas Dean alias Me- Downey, larceny Of a coat; six months. Henry Crouse, maliciously tearing uw) wooden sidewalk; 35. John Ra nel O'Brien, t¥o nice young man, affray in the highway; $5 each. Hattle Walker, “shuck her fist” at Mary Jones and threat- ered to disembowel her; se dismissed. charged with cursing; 85. Peter O'Day, malicious trespass on the property of Wai. Mitz by tearing down a fence; ju ng that ihe remedy plainant was by civilaction. Edw’ ith. charged with casting rubbish on street road in front of his premises; suspended. John Aloysius, « kman, charged with violation of the hack Frederick Butler, Wesiey Ada xniel Jones, same charge; $3 eac! of com LG i Davenport forteited collateral. Al | &uder L ter, cursin, 3 G THE MINISTER. n. charged with assem proper to atiain | | | | | | | by the Potomac Boat ay of Rev. Alfred Bold a a grand old Bay off If told the P en her b gave her no receipt, and that the tiled ber a nasty lying huzz female witness, FE tion tes tev. te Mary was that Brother Snell we care other. Judge, ‘you are tit kald she wonld “peal. Ma Y With disturbing a gaged in religious wor Was fined $5 for cursing. Jenn pleaded guilty to the same; £3. Fins, was sent down for vagrancy. having pleaded guilty. Eienora Coleman, sani down. Rosaiee Ferguson, same charge, leaded guilty and was sent'dowa. Kienuri homas was fined *5 for cursing. GEORGETOWN. THE PoTOMAC RECEPTION.—Forrest last bight was the scene of a brilliant gat ering, the occasion being the reception civen ‘Club to their lac friends. The walls were gracefully festoone | with flags, and at the rear end of the hal! the word ‘‘Potomac” shove ont in gas jots. Dur- ing the dancing the gas lights were dimmeu, and colored lights poured their beams upon the gay assembly. The committee of rec#p- tion was untiring in its efforts, and althonzh its labors were arduons, eve man aeruit- ted himself with great credit. Nothing was omitted which could promote the pleasure of the guests. About 11 o'clock, during the in- termitsion of dancing, Mr. J. H. Gordon, on benalr ot jhe ladies, in a neat bh, Woich was loudly applauded, presen the club With two flags, one being Lue American flag | and the other a streamer with red gronnd and “Potomac” in white letters upon it. Col. Frank Jones returned thanks in behalfof the club in his usual happy style. A boun- liful supper was then served, with nothing lacking either in quality or quantity. The house was filled to overflowing by the fash- iopable world from all parts of the city. GRAIN. Schoover Kitty Ann, with 1,990 bushels of wheat consigned to Hartley « Bro. By rtrd bushels of wheat consigned to T. ”, Wheeler. ALEXANDRIA. GAMBLING CasE.—Samuel Goings, the abscouding witness in the Fishtown gam- bling case last spring, was captured ab his home in Alexandria county, this morning, by Sherif? Wibert, and brought to this city. The case was taken up in the corporation court af once, and Is in progress as we go to hogs The gambling apparatus was brought nto court and was viewed with much iater- est by the bar and jurors. THE LEZ MONUMENT COLLECTION.—To- morrow being the ovis of Gen. R. E. Lee, the collection reques by the board br managers of the Lee Monnment Association will be taken up in most of the schools of uiis oat eae and private. B’nal B’RITH.—A lodge of this Hebrew secret order was organized in this city last night. The officers will be elected at a future meeting. —{ Gazette, 18th. 5 A New DEPARTURE.—The highest com- pliment that has been paid to the pesfarm- ance of “Julius Cesar,” at Booth’s, 1s the fact that the “grave aud reverend” seniors of Yale,are to come here next Saturday night, accompanied by some of the profes- SOrs, 50 as to study the most dramatic epi- sode in Roman history by the pele ot ie fine acting of the “stars,” and of se ol lacular representations that have added so much to the attractions of this last ‘‘Shakes- pearian revival.” This is an astounding event in the history of American colleges, being not only without precedent, but in di- rect violation of the traditional hostility of college fessors—as such—to theatrical = tions. Not that they have been without knowledge of weay Senne bat it has been Coates by them, ifat all, in a quiet and unobtrusive, not to sa; ner. this sort of 1 the Appellate Court, by which it was: th thellower Court aiad tied ta 0.5 ‘With We sesuit named, put up ont of | - ‘ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The Huckster Natsance. Editor Star:— Please allow me in your paper to make complaint against © moxt unoear. | able nuisance, which ts every day growing | worse. I refer to the street hucksters, ven- | ders of potatoes an: other vegetables, who, not satisfied with the privilege of bawling through the streets, have taken to them. selves the liberty and fully inangaratet the clive of ringing every Goor-bell. If there is anything more unpleasant than fora lady to answer the bell from ten to twenty times each day only to find one of these pirates at the door with his hands pockets filled with samples of his merchaa- dise, then I don’t Know what it is. It would be more endurable if they would take no for an answer; but, not content with that, many of them will put their foot inside the door, thus preventing its be! closed until they bave exbausted all their argu- ments in favor of their ciaim to pati 5 These acts, accompanied many times by the most unprovoked and gobearable insolence, and at atimeof day when they feel satis- fied that “the man of the honse” is from e. A few months since the courts decided against the municipal authorities of Baltimore when latter attempted to protect their citizens, and during & session of Congress, when so muci time must be devoted to the manufactare Of political capital for the aoproaching po- litical contest, it is not likely that any measure could be gotten through Congress for the protection of the citizeus of tis city; and that being the case, I appeal to ai! housekeepers, Who agree with me asto toe above named practice being an nubearadie nuisance, to pledse themselves to make no purchases of that class of piratical hucks- ters, As well as to use all their Intinence to Prevent any one from bestowing their pat- ronrge upon them, an! thus prtan en to it, that we may agaip bea b nd un: molested people. A SUFFERER. ‘ The ka h-street Kaiiroad Grievance. 7 Star:—The communication of «F Street” relative to the manner in which the lito street raiiroad is misconducted, is quite amusing, but tne facts of the case are so ex~ asperating 1 wonder anybody can even smile at the race between & car on that line And a moving building, though said build- ing did arrive at the boundary first. Let us bave an improvement in tue matter by all means, and a thousand people will echo my request, when they think of their daily ex- perience trying to get ont 1th street or to come down that great thoroughfare. The Jong sone iog residents of ith street and vicinity want some effort made to promote theircomfort by laying a double track on that branch ani by running cars more fre- quently and With some degree of regularity. Tomissa car now on this road after the shades of evening fali is to wait from twenty minutes to halfan hour for another, aad, meantime, two or three may pass in av op posite direction. Then, too, it ts not agrec- able or conducive to an exalted state of mind to be one of a crowd packed and jammed into one of those “cut-short” cars, and when siowly moving around the first curve meet & car coming down on the same track, compelling us to go back to our start- in. int. When we finally do start we must itehed off three or four times, or our r stops to change horses, or to swap and chait with some lounger on the reet. Hundreds of people walk now who id prefer to ride, but will not risk lif aith walting for haif or three qx a8 n hour at the junction. N STREET. t is understood that the president of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad com- pany is now perfecting arrangements to a: ford the resivents out ith street and there atonis increased facilities, and that he ex- pects his new programme (to be carried out rtiy) Will ren 3 ound for just comp! nagement of the branch road. the same counection it m: tioned that & new prozramme fi nsit, day aod night, on the A ve- F iso be carried ont shortly, greatly inereasing the vel on the n Mie oft ee ee hy Bo hers & Co. a Calais, Mai with 0.100 of Indet: &>There are tn Illinois onling to a late report of the board of education, titty- | jour colleges for males, six for fema net thirty-five acacemies and seminaries B7-A colored (i ying in the saborhs of Cinci hool trustees of | es becanse they er into @ public Proposed banquet to Gambetta at has been prohibfted by General 1, acting commander, by virtue of the power conferred upon him’ by the state of siege, which has never been dissolved. x nter & Co’s woollen mill, at North osick, New York, was burnct yesterday, g & loss Of $175,000. The Troy and Bos” ton railroad bridge, near te mill, was also burned. | &7The British conncti of law amendme: t ance that th have forwariet inquiries toeach of the United States with respect to the operation of laws admitting the testimony of accused persons. CITY ITEMS. Us Dr. Mann's Corn aad Bunion Remedy. LONGFELLOW AND HARRY BASSETT.—Ed- wards & Hutchison’s Stimulating Liniment is the best tuning for injuries in Horses. 4; pon theiecEnt tecsinnro THE WORLD DOES NOT CONTAIN A MEDI- CINE that will cure a distress! and da. gerous Cough or Co}das rapidly and certain’ as Hale's Honeirof Horehount and Tar. Jike’s Toothache Drops cure in one minute, eee Mrs. F. MorrEt, Bangor, Me., July 2, 1873, writes: X months ago my friends thought me incurable, sufiering from Weak- ness, Disordered Stomach and Fever. doctors gave me no benetit. I to try Liebig’s Liquid Extract of Invigorator; after using three began to improve, and to-day feel perfectly well.” Saratoga Springs in Winter, Reasons for going to Drs. Strong’s Reme- dia! Institute in winter, with cireular de- scribing its Turkish, Russian, Sulphur, Hy- dropathic and Electro-Thermal ths, the Vacuum Treatment, Galvanic and F’ i f and Tonic botties nic Electricity, &c., will be on application. Nervous, Lung, Female and Chronic dis- eases a specia. 12,24,m,W, 1,3: a The Buffalo Lithia Waters, The extraordinary curative powers of these Waters in the Pecwicr Diseases of Women; in Affectioms of the Organs; in Dyspepsia and in Gouty and matic Ajfections is vouched for by some of the best medica talent of the country. They are for sale b: Kidwell & Son, 1531 I street; Charles Stott Co., 480 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C5 Fickling & Weich. 77 High street, Georgetown, D. C.; and E. 8. Leabeater & Bro., 587 Fairfax strect, Alexandria, Va. a7 Pamphlets can be had of the houses, HOMAS T. Coopr, Proprietor, 1)4,méw,6: Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. Gist aaa CHARLES HEIDSIFCE Sillery. Extry Dry, and Grand Vin Medailie Champagne. For sale by Hall & Hume. 12,3,e03; a Tur NATIONAL SAVINGS SANK, cornerof New York avenue 15th street, 5 Sadn emcnateios bases month. Dan. jaturdays, tosanas , 18,1468 CoRNs, &¢.—Dr. White's establishment now occupies thé very eligible dwelling, 1416 Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Willard’s, where he continues the successful treatment of cerns, bnnions, chilblains, club and in- Yerted nails, vascular excrescences, &c. Es- eae in Washington, D. C., in 1861. First-Class rin. A. Fischer enlarged his new bu: of 9th Li removing to doors west ISSOLUTION OF OOPABTNERSHIP, The Therion ay ey ad betwesn under abe firm name of RDDISON: real estate areuteris this ay diesel by mutual consent. 3 V.N. HUYCK WaskincTon, January 88 nis aDpigod. Piast Fae ta 4 an SAPD EC as IRON 5 RREMOVAL! REMOVAL! nave ssoved We remslader af'may sosck og re CABPBTS, OIL CLOTHS, UPHOLSTEBING GOODS, &c., &c., on floor of my Farnitnure Warerooms, ‘Feceive old ‘where I will Ee ay patrons with an the entire Sew stock Twi eal at Brices, offering very great bargains in FINS ASH. B. WILLIAMS, rag Mo. 319 Teh street northwest. AMUSEMENTS. and ihareete: WEDNCADAL nod THCRSDAT EVENTS¢ ‘ 5 Caurca, anis % Jaroary 19a and aon ‘The Celebrated Comedian, MRE. JOHN E. OWEN, OUR BOYs, pn atta stage Mountings aad carcfally selected “ OUB BOYS” MATINES SATURDAY Jannaty H—KELLUGG'S ENGLISH OPERA x. jaa ComPrai Fo "S OPERA HOUSE. EVERY EV NG@ EXCEPT THUSSDAY. The World renowoed Bryant’s Minstrels, From Bryant's Opera House, New York. STAR ARTISTS. THE OLDEST AND MOST COMPLETE COMPASY LN TER WosLD. Brilliant Orcbestra and Brass Daud, toa im anober a a Japnary 2th, the remantic drama, written by | Dion Bovcicautt and Char eadeventitied jani7-tf [Rep.} FOUL PLAY N4tTionat THEATER. THE OPERA SEASON Kellogg Grand English Opera. MONDAY EVENIN Balte's Postini THE TALISMAN-K. Tuesday—FRA DI ninesd January 24, 3 Opera, . et iby © Kvenipe— BOGL rand i LU mence on Thuredey aor 3), at Metzerott's m ie store | Rep) ti E ER © ¥ Nay 32 OPEN THE YEAR ROUND Performance EVERY NIGHT. Matinee for Le ies aad Children EVERY W. SDa¥ and UsppaYr AFTERNOONS ee rai FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY KES? ECT. _ Variety, Drama, Barieajue and Comedy. novtt-iy Be Taccur in 7 CHAS. KE. DOBSON. Avenue, | +. _BOOKS AND STATIONERY. New PUBLICATIONS, Gate» Motiees De ce, son ete . aad ie Sin ees Alexander's Hor Dearest jays Victorand v — <F, 176. ‘AN ADDITIONAL JOB Myddieiow's Moner, | ete. " Owen Geyone «Great Work A hore WARREN CHOATE 4 ©... R ksetlers and Stationers, La Bow .cor Pa ave and both «t an N&W BOOKS. Verne Her Dearest Fos, by Mre. Ale Wooing oT... - The Wocing o’ T Sere de Sactete Norébe® Corton Beat ~ Owen Gwynne Great Work... bed, by the autbor of Old My d OWE nee MOHUN BROS, 1015 Penns; Ivania ave cor ith st jacls tr A valuable Pocket ( ac, W: ee ‘ostage Btamp Drtiea, Popolatt and Terrivories, Biank Space for every di Joar and Cash Account for each month ret Kinds ib Various sty ies of binding PHYSICIANS’ VISITING LIST FOR 1576 HAGERSTOWN and cthor ALMANAUS Whole wale and Retail, at SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, corner 49 street and EDUCATIONAL. Ul x LG ue BU LICOTE CITY, MB att netitelion t# conducted by the Ubrtstian The stndent, on earing © eatisfact ry examina dect9-tr ‘The King olet of the World thom, May revetye in ettner the Classical, My methed te new ple, enabling the p' the Scleptific, or Commercial Courre. to a8 {h a short coutee of lessons | 4 and Tattier * Jig, avd Song and Dance taught | Grocuativg Fer. - s Ofice—1OUS Peunss!vanisavenas. janizé* | dec tds 2n “BHO BETTELIN, President IM SSi0, FURNISHED Fou avi Occasions KC UA 2EBGARTEN—Stricety 10 gceortamee with s2 Tustruction given. | Froobel’s principles MISS FMIGHT. 30: Apply t> PROF. JOMN WAGNER, East Capitol st. Metropol er oet-Cars pam _Jabl: Siw? 209 Ist street, went B ntr door, Applications alter 2 otek at 320 vane Orp No. i a | j ert. Dora) tu.th.s2m* 486 and Saic | J INDERGabrEN w77H S1.§ ArT ; | epee No. 4397 rE he : % —— Ps a eee taeks Sesh ny | ne » . Odd Felig Hall Teachers, Musset SUBIB POLLOCK and 0. B Chotce Oi) Paintings, Rngravtcgs, Ghromos, ko, | BUBEB. snd Mis SARAH POLLOOk Aleo, largest stock uf Payer Hangings: Winiow | & or Poel at 1200 © ictures, Frames, Picture Cords end Tus. | # pet Lith wortuw ost Bove 3m Rings. Natla, & , im the District | 1 PAL institlits, wc remember Name and Namber. 372-17 BEV. ¥.U. Kniont, pb Ee ie - ‘Pick. SOHN LOWEY. Am. The Sixth Anonal Session 4 | for boys wils< emesie = | [ORs OPERA HOUSE ; oy oped i] LECTURE, | BY | I0HN O'CONNOR POWER, 1 MEMPER OF TER BRITON PanLtaxen | " IUBSUAY EVEN January 26, 1578 Sarr. ©. Wor porttoclare an AtSo x afforded by tits Academy, ser C Subiect THE CONDITION oF Bookstores. or atdrens Fe SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND INDUST pe Re aa as BP STEUGTION FoR CHILL RE - . cord BT iv sadition to the Kinderrartes the pecutier — edvantager of which are so well knew a, reper ale GI SRM TS. craanry fer thorangh education, : KEAT BARGAINS UN COTTONS AND | tor Por pabsicninns adivom ae ot G EA ERS AN CON Mt See pertiontors ob ‘te 8 Wamrorte¢4 MEDICAL, &c. Ws bo ve sure comerd aroma When our Megicated and spun PLASTES Heavy Sheeting Corton: will immediately reiieve and cure Diphiberia,Joids, wets,” : he, Pocumouts, Pleariey, Nearaigia, bbeaua ' BENJAMIN Croup, Sore Throat, Scarlet Fever, Corns __jantS-tr 10 Brides urna." Brrtvna,and all Cane of Lmflarnunation STILL DYEING TO PLEASE OUR FRIENDS. 5 ‘Tih a. Ss’ THE BUSH IS OVER. Jo: Lewis's . ides Ladies’ Puy Rirders'as prompiy.as soeigeea’ Baler sianeg | Has, Bewctas Se We thatt Sy oboes Cannes that the work whon Snished gave entire satisfac ast + tion, we solicit @ continuance of your romage, it promise good work at fair prices in frou ouets | \ight dave. we sent for or deliver sis nay part Saar: 90 cf the District; reosived and returned t) and frou : sey parts come br altaranete oe | YR, BUC 70 Bteam Dveing and Scouring Establichment, een metre n 3 49 Jefferson street, gotown, D 4. more sepl?-4n Established 1831 aené- yar == GEORGETOWN SAVANGSBANK, D.C M Perlenoet end a PO Physician a0@ 1 HIGH 8TH Midwite of 2) yesre’ . atiende ladies at their Bank hours, 9 sm. te 4 p.m.. aud on Saturdays on comtertabls geteas remus. corer moos (fo revelve depostta) Gatil 6 gm. Interest paid on , 85d the beat medical attendance at the Doctor depovits. General Banking ees done, and ool: ate residence ci lecticns ‘made on Bn ‘Discoui Ine care of Madame Gays, Mondays. H/ POLK. BN, President. | treatment ant ‘care. - |. W. Bareerr, = corver of Sout Dover su. ¥ - BH. Polkinhorn,| Thos Dowling, | J.T. mitchen, | —*6B27-2y - Henry Dickson, i B. L. Oropley, | Prod jones, SO QATISFACTIONS %, FEE 5 Bier 4. Shinn. |H.D.Hartiey, | Thomas Kuowls | $2 euitations five et Dr. DAME® 'B, 1 Fa a et ro - Lost Mea’ HOTELS. alt dinerders on. by ivdisoretious of @- UNION SQUARE HOTEL, Address Payson & co. uss ‘bepl3-m.w fay S296, Now York io ESAREt NEW YORK, {43 Damssox, | 9 = =... axp Lotu Sr. § “f Phoraixtors. | TR Row: FROM BALTIMORE At this Establishment are to be found all an Beccsrahin wih mrect w he excellencies knows to modern hotels of the Veet 7) My ae 4-7 fe the most desirable Inthe city, Discuss of ive Urinary » Gonorrhors, Gieet, being ina bealthfail and charming pelebborhood pa Ed and within easy distance of the chicf public Inet: norrnen cared it $ to 8 days. tutions, the leading business bouses, and the prin- ia in all ite Picky cared. and the cheate: tire eyetem. 4 ‘he rooms are spacious, very light, claborately | out the use bn furnished, apd thoroughly ventilated, and the on by excesser and fu canetg toms et are varied, extensive apd charming: "ews | gemory -ané tmeanity, general. debility, errant Th has no superior anywhere out | Weakness, imy of Paris, y juxury is here supptied at mode- Tate Cost, and the attendants are uniformly courte- ous aud effictent. wal The elevater is available at all hours, day and night. Visitors to New ‘York will nowhere moct better accommodation or more reasouable terms _anis-sm WESTMINSTER HOTEL, z ON TRE EURUPEAN PLAN, =a orner Irving Pince and i6th street, New York CARRIAGE BOBE3 ~~ - ‘One Block from Union Square and Broadway, ‘The most central, and yet quietest location tn the aa city. Convenient to the grent stores, theaters and HORSE COVERS. Churches. Kievator, and ai! modera fmp-ovements. groves 20 all parte of the city by atroctcarsand | The targest and best ecsorted BTOCK to the city, “Sordimw&tly ©. B. FEREIM, Proprietor, | S&® vet) small advance on cast, of the peacheal —— HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY ow DEVLIN & CO., JAMES 8S. TOPHAM, ' 425 Trm Srneer N. w. BABNESS ana Promptiy repatred For the Holidays. w. WY. CLOTHIERS WM. MASSEY & 00s xx - CINCINNATI = CATAWBA WASHINGTON OFFICE, CIDER, &; FOB SALE, WHOLESALE AND BETAIL, BE .. SAWL C. PALSER, 1106 F STREE . de Wtr Depot 57 Greene #.. Goo'town, D. 0. Fes 276. .