Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1876, Page 8

_EVENING STA DOUBLE SHEET. SATURDAY......January 2° ————— 1876. ee Weather Probabil*ies To-day. oF CHT Stowat Smet WASHINGTON, January 2), 1876. For New Fogiand the middle states and ‘the lower lakeregion threatening weather @nd areas of rain or snow with southerly Winds varying to westerly and northwe :t- erly. followed by rising barometer and de- @idedly cooler weather during the night. LOCAL NEWS. See Card to Ladies, under «Pi Send entiuges . extinguis! Jobn Heuser, eight years oid, while play- al” will be lighted at 5:50 p. at 5:20 a. m. Ingona in front of his father’s house, ny sieareoee, fell and broke both the Eones ot kis right forearm. On Monday the petit jurors of the Criminal Court will be adjox ren over for another ‘week, owing to the General Term being in Bession. The cup presented by the Nassau Boat Club of the city of New York, to the Potomac Boat Club of wn, D. C., is now on exhibition at the estabilshment of M. W. Gait & Bro. The of the Belt railway are con- Sidering the necessity of putting on addi- tional cars, and assoon as authority is given and a track laid in P street, this will doubt- Jess be done. Judge Moore, whose Illness from an attack of apoplexy yesterday was noticed in the Jast issue of THe Stak, is much improved today, and it is expected that he will be abie io be out in a few days. The remains of Mr. John Foy, formerly of ‘this ci ho died on Thursday last in Phil- have been brought to thie city, and the funeral took place this morning from the Fesidence of his brother, No. 103 B street southeast. The Knights of St. George will give their third anpual bal! at St. Joseph's Hall, corner Sth and H streets, Monday evening, January Bist, 1876. which promises to be a affair. They always give satisfaction to gucsts at their festivals. At the meeting of Eureka Chapter, No. 4, F. A.A. M., last night, a magnificent past high eae Jewel was presented to Comp. E. 8. Holmes, the retiring high priest, who bas faithfully served that chapter the past two years. Officer Columbns, about 7% o'clock last evening. was called toextinguish a fire at S09 4th street, (York Pugh's eating saloon,) which was caused by the explosion of a coal oil lamp. The flames were extinguished With but little damage. That was real unkind in the Hon. Fred- erick Douglass, in bis speech at the Woman Suffrage Convention last night, to say he “felt lonely on the platform, seeing no other man there.” while at that very moment Professor Wilcox was sitting on the stage. ‘What does Mr. Douglass take the Professor for. any way? The sociable of the North Presbyterian Chureh, in the parlors of Judge Joues iast evening, was very largely attended. Among the attractive features of the ocrasion was the music, led by Miss Jeanie Pagh, Miss Carrie Kidwell, and Mr. J. C. Carrington; select readings by Mr. A. M. Salmon and Mies Jeac O'Concor, and @ recitation by Mr. Leonard Myers. This morning, Mr.James A. Hoban, re- Siding at S!4 15th street northwest, discoy- ered that during the ni. from thieves, who entrance through the cellar wi kitchen dcor bar! been forced ‘Mat the cook's shawl (a newon It was found rosting $15) had been cut, and that a bag of flour. a quantity of champagne, packazes of coffee, sugar. and ries had been carried Off, with Enives ble ware, but the silver being marked was not earried The value about MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.— EF) “Mignon” was presented last ning before one of the largest audiences assembled at the National theater this season. Miss Ke Jogg was charming in the role of “Mignon,” and held the rapt attentiou of the audience throughout by her excellent singing. Miss Montague sustained the role of ‘-Filena” very creditably, and Mr. Maas did well as “Wilhelm Meister.” Miss Kellogg, Miss Montague, and Mr. Maas were all the re- eipients of handsome floral tributes. Mr. Peakcs, as Nip ence al — way ood, his acting being especially pleasing. Mrs. Se- ain is io ouastning she undertakes, her “Frederico” last evening was very acceptable. To-night this successful engage- ment will close with Myerbeer's grand opera, the “Huguenots.” Next week Maggie Mit bell. in “Fanchon.” Ford glish Opera. ‘3 Opera House. —* Foul Play” will ave its onight. Next y ky Was once very popular, béing full of serious and comical incidents of city! ‘Theater .—A very interesting bill is Promised at this cosy theater next week, nd many new faces w'll appear. Jake Budd | has kept the audiences in good humor the past week, and Mr. Sefton has beeu quite Successful in “The Seven Escapes of Ade- jaide of Dresien,” which will be presented j to-pight for the jast time. Lincoin Hall—Josh Billings, the great al- Manax maker, will give one Quaint productions. As th!s is the farewell dour of the great humorist, a large anilence ‘Will doubtless greet hi ——_-—— THE BOARD OF HFALTH met last evoning and the report of the registrar of vital sta- | tistics was submitted for the week ending | January 22, showing the mortality of the District to ‘have been: Adults—male white, i; female white, 10; male colored, 6; fema colored, 9. Minors—Male white, 5, female ‘white, 9; male coiored,7; female colorcd, 1 total, 68. Deaths certified by the coroner, by the bealth officer, 8; total, 11; still birth: male white, 3; male colored, 1; female col- ored , 6 Deaths in public institu- tions, 6. Marriages—White, 8; colored 11; 19. Births—Male white, 22; female il€, 33; male colored, 12; female colored, Ti; total, 4. Causes: Consumption. §; pneu- mmonia, 15; searlet fever, 1; smail pox, 1. ‘The mortality was 10 more than last week, or at the rate of 221 per 1,000 per annum. Increase of the ulation by births over perannum; rate of mortality of tue white population was 15.826 per 1,000 per annum While the mortality of the colored popu Gon was 38.135 per 1,000 for the same perio: Number of births reported during the week was M4—white, 35; colored. 29. Rate of in- of the white population by births over deaths, 9.043 per 1.000, while the decrease of the eolored population by deaths over births ‘was 4.22 per 1,000 per annum. Deaths cor- responding week 1815, white, 53; colored, 37; total, 9. . Normal SCHOOL EXAMINATION. quarterly examina’ion of the Norms place yesterday in the Franklin buiid- ing, under direction of the committee on pormal school, the exercises embracing arithmetic, map-drawing, psychology, ooi- Ogy, didactics, drawing, teaching in a boys’ secondar: I, a eens in hg = . general jency 6 puptia does credit to the teacher, Miss Lucilla E. Smith. The examination was conducted b. Mrs. Sarah E. Fuiler, teacher of drawing, Joseph H. Dan: ‘trustees el, of music, and ranches. ‘G STAR. | | $207.40; balance in the trea per 1,000 | aa WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Cl-’.img Proceedings of the National After ovr report of the National Women Ru ge convention closed iterday after- | room Miss Lillie De Sezia Wood, Mrs. Dr. Sturgis. and Mrs. Ellis made brief speeches. Mrs. Sara J. Spencer then read A PROTEST ® which she stated would be read at high noon, | July 4, 1876, at Independence Hall. The pro- teat is addressed ‘o the Political Sover- eigns of the United States in Independence Hall peer li re ee = govern- ment of bein, ts principles, because it refused women the ballon It closes as follows: “Therefore, in | tembled nations of all the worli, we protest | against the government of the United States | 88 an oligarchy of sex, and not a true repub- | lic; and we protest against calling this a cen- | tennial celebration of the independence of the people of the United States.” The read- |ing of the protest was plause. It was then adopt | senting voice ae to a juvenile male tramp in the rear of the hall. Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake then spoke on THE WOMEN OF THE ERVOLUTION. She related many historical incidents of the women of those times. who had sown seeds of liberty and did all in their power to aid the patriots. The women had donetheir share in the glorious struggle, yet they were totally forgotten in the celebration of the centennial year. Miss Phoebe Cozzens next made a few re- marks w the re-olutions adopted in her absence in the morning, and especially in | the case of Mrs. Minor, of her state of Mis- | souri. She read a portion of a lengthy and | eloquent argument delivered by herself in the case. Dr. Caroline B. Winslow then de!ivered an argument,in favor of woman's equality with man. A telegram. dated Garden Grove, Iowa, from Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Gaze was read, saying she would contribute £50 to the expenses of the convention and $100 for the Centennial fond. THE EVENING SESSION. was weilattended, the hall being quite full, & majority present being ladies. Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood read @ paragraph fiom THE STAR in reference to the inter- view between the Utah delegation and the President, and said she saw in this a subtie design to im, a the President, to im- pore upon the pie and to deprive the we- men of Utah of the rightof suffrage. She de- sired, therefore, tooffer another resolution,to added to those adopted in the morning. She then offered a resolution, which was adopted, denouncing the attempt to distran- cbise the women of Utah, and providing for the appointment of a committee of three to memorialize Congress, and otherwise to watch over the rights of the women of Utah in this regard during the next twelve montbs. After the adoption of the above the resolu- tions of the morring were again read by Mrs. Lockwood, and susiained by the full vote of the convention. The president appointed Mrs. B. A. Lock- wood, Mrs. Sare. J. Spencer and Mrs. Ellen A. Sargent as the committee called for in the resolutions in reference to the women of Uteh. Mrs. Matilda Josiyn Gage then delivered an excellent discourse on “Class Legisia- tion.” She was followed by Rev. Olympia. e might remain @ resident of the District for fome time as she understood she was to be | arrested for having dared to hold a conven- tion withont paying & license. The preamble of the Constitution granted free speech and the right of redress, but she was lo be ar- rested for holding & woman’s convention. The amount they wanted, she believed, was $5. She would not pay five cents. “I'shal remain in your District of Columbia jail,” she said, ‘where you can all come and see me, and where I can act with the committee appointed to watch over Congress.” It was that walls have ears, and she thought jail walls would have eyes so she could look clear over tothe Capitol. “I have a wrer, one of my own sex, Squire Belva Lockweod, who Will take the case in hana. FREDERIC who occupied as a long and eloquen quently Interrupted by After sperking for some time he Indicated his in- tention of retiring, bat loud eries of “Go on!” “Goor!” arose, and he continued for half an hour longer. ‘He believed the women were working for a principle which was sure to be triumphant in the end, just the neipie of the abolition of hu- | He recited, with great effect, @ poem descriptive of the aspirations of an imprisoned eagle for liberty. He we3 about to retire when a lady in the audience asked him if it would not be more appropriate to compare the ladies to caged doves rather than csged eagles. Mr. Douglass smiled and said, ‘*Perbaps it would. I am free to coa- fess that the ladies are dove-like in their na- tnre, but I have seen some who have a@ good deal of the eagle in them.” His response was greeted with shouts of laughter. Mrs. Spencer then read the financial re- port, after which Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood Offered a resoluiton, which was adopted, re- | turning thanks to the press of the city and the Associated Press, for the faithiu! reports of the ae of the convontion. Mrs. Gege sald that the convention would be bg ee until next January, unless she was held here in jail, in which case she | would hold a convention constantly. REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The chairman of the finance committee of | the Woman Suffrage convention, Mrs. Sara J. Spencer, made to the officers of the con- | | vention, to-day, the following report:—Bal- ance in treasury at opening of convention, $5.2; receipts at the door, two eveninzs, | $193.90; contributions, $191.77; collections, | $21.50; total receipts, #41202. The expenses | were:—Hall, #100; Lchagge ny oo arp labor, $7; del ites” @: 5 * expenses, be , $105.02. No jtand busi- peed to say Women don’t ness. ———~——— District Gove Affairs. Chief Engineer Hoxie returned to this city this morning, after an absence in the north for several weeks, and resumed his duties at the Columbian building. There has been it rush at the water registrar's office y for the payment of Water rents, this being the last day of grace previous to the cutting off of water supplies, BUILDING PERMITS. Thomas Lynch, @ two-story and basement brick dwelling, east side New Jersey avenue, between Qand R streets northwest; $1,500. | Jacob Maires, a bakehouse, west side B street, between 6th and 7th streets southeast; #500. G.W. Hynson, a two-story frame dwell- | ing, east side New Jersey avenue, between | Qana R streets northwest: $350. Balawin Brothers, a@ two-story brick building, south side D between Ist and 2d streets northwest; $400. Wm. Greason, a brick restaurant, north side E, between 13th and lith streets north- west; £1,000. Henry Jackson, two-story | brick dwelling, south side H, between 12th | and 13th streets northwest; $1,800. T. B. Bartlett, a brick store north side Pennsylva- | aveuue, between Sd and 4X streets north- | West; $1,100. Nicholas Acker, five two-story | and basement dwellings, north side E, be- tween North Capitol street and New Jersey avenue northwest; $12,500. —~——_ INDICTMENTS AND DISMISSALS RY THE | Granp Jury.—Yesterday the poser f re- tuned true bills of indictment against Fred- erick A. Sawyer for aiding, as a government officer, In the eee ofa claim against the government; Wim. T. Haines, do.; Wm. H. farstow, do.; Frank W. Brooks and Phillip D. Roddy, presenting false claims, and the same parties for conspiracy. (These indict- ments are as to the alleged fraudulent cotton claims of Parkman, Brooks & Co., amount+ ing to $57,@0, passed by the iry officers inthe early part cob ig Samuel! Benjamin, false pretences; David Johnson and James Ridgely, bunglary and lareeny (2 cases); Jas. Base rape; Ellen Wolff alias Ellen Key- nolds, larceny. They also recommended the dismissal of the following cases, and the order was made accordingly: John F. Brooks, kidnapping; Puillip Scott, Joseph Roberts, uD og pawning a wateb; Mary Miller, assault: John assault; John Boyne, larceny; Irving L. Beveridge, forgery (3 cases); Alex. Dubant, assault and battery; Charlies F. Fugit, assault with intent te MAGGIE MITCHELL.—It will be seen that ar tbe N cont Theater on Monga svening ping Fanchou” is the open! Bil. The i asa ‘ton ** accommodation, con’ ce there be such, 4 Roliey of excursion tickets, good for say four ee ae pt ge say $6, while Com | 21Ke that of her intervier Ly grets is in session, or say until July} next, | Barend which Mother Bares x .. he por yee — | lowe with iser.” Thatis just is 5 rap ween these ints, and it wi cos! tience ‘the companies no more torus them full. As | [A's her Gam = you gaunot wee o Pubile butidings | 'y- eaiaieihipmaamats Sad me” net in ene cay, I enggent two ‘We understand that Wm. days in Washington, and hence four (if not | ,.FARM Soup. ive) for the excursion trip, inelading oue to 7 Dove, at eS ne re aren tt 0 and one to return.” | Ohio. forthe sus o.7811,000.. The portion ais- —_ + —__ { PERETTA.— Friday evening, Feb Odd Fellows’ Hall, will be cantata entitied “An lar effects, , transformation scenes, gna beautiful music, are described as very e. SRE Ask your dealer for Vanity Fair, Seeadv, the pike and the rail- ee eee ae e sebusion and out buildings upon it. —[ Rockville Sentinel, Mr. Dove, an ex-alde: man of wenieeee, was recently aj ited Clerk in the of Representatives, it wii.' be remembered. SES ER the Prigo’s JEWELRY Sror.’ celebrated Lake George ai SS at par and epvamelied No. seven g the best imitation of the real #1. 998 is 457 Pennsy! —e—— 4 No MARRIAGE LICENSES were isguc,’ Ye3- terday. ‘To dey one ‘was iasned to Eaw. ‘rd A , of Uniontown, and Jennie fon, of W DC | The certificates as collateral security with > | pat | fu | Begotiable promissory notes or bills of ex. | to prior equities, of which they had no notice. ——_e—_— n | ®ppeared in THE STAR of 22d inst. ee | ing the habits and size of the tiger, will be | beard, certainly Peaches. Fditor Ftar: On tho 10th of last July I bought in this city a few very small peaches of very inferior quality. They were brought from the south, and’ I think they were to be found on the market a day of twoearlier than tat. There were peaches on the mar- ket from the 20th of July right along until | the close of the season, but the supply didn’t come from the country round about, any of it until the last days of July. There — —— py on facts In con- nection with the peach crop the past season. ‘The spring, so far as ers could judge, was very unfavorable for the blossoms. There were late heavy frosts and freezes after the blossoming. Man: | it nounced the buds nearly all killed; two-thirds killed; @ few were of the opinion that there would be at the most buta limit- ed crop. Later, when the es them- selves were sufficiently develo; to show on the trees, it was apparent that the crop, without further accident, would exceed the most liberai judgment that nad been pro- nounced anent it. Under these circumstances I felt quite sure that wesbould have a demonstration that would awaken the peach growers as the: had not hitherto been awakened. I though that limited as the crop promised to be, that ited for the the opportunity was cureullo to so damage it, as to render it wholly upmarketable. I think I published such an or last spring. But what was the result? I have seen no season in the last decade when the work of this pest was so slight. The fact was, that the peculiarity of the season or some enemy a) red and cut them off, just when their destractive power might have demonstrated itself to a most discouraging degree. There was another noticeable fact in connection with the crop of the last season. On the 20th of July we had a slight drizzling rain. The —T then was suffering from almost a drough' The crizzling rain of that day proved to be tbe precursor and the admonition of the opening of the flood gates of the skies, and prone after it, it began to rain In earnest and the very og rainy season continued until sometime In Sep- tember. The effect of the wet on the peach crop was as remarkable as was the season itself, to this region. I have never seen so flavoriess a peach crop. The fruit was watery, withoat sweetness. peach season extended to the 20th of Octover, and possibly for a few days after Uthat date there might have been found a few peaches on the market. I ceased to visit the mnarket for peaches after the 20th. It seems to me that the region about this oy might afford @ peach season of full ninety days du- ration—say from the 20thof July to the 20th of October. It will be seen, therefore, that to do this it must be lengthened at the bezin- nin, There are varieties of sufficient earli- ners, if what is claimed for them by those who brought them out be true, to enable our growers to give us the ninety-day season. They sre the Alexander, Amsden, Beatrice, Early Rivers, Louise, ete. Possibly, the sea- son might be extended a few days beyond the 20th. Gentlemen peach growers, pray do make our peach season as long as Provi- dence will permit. L. 8. A. BALLARO PAVEMENT COMPANY VS. MAN- DEL AL.— A Controversy as to «Auditor's Certificates.”—Yexterday, in the Supreme Court of the District in General Term, the case of the Ballard Pavement Company agt. Mandel and others was argued by Stanton and Worthington for complainants, and Messrs. Cook, Payne and Norris for defend- ant. The bill in this case sets up that the four auditor's certificates, the rignt to the pro- ceeds of which is in controversy, and t claims which they evidence,belonged to co: plainants in January, 1874; that they pledged the defendant, Mandel, or his brokers; that | before the notes secured by this collateral | fell due, Mandel sold the certificates and ab- fconded; and that they came into the hands | of the defendants respectively, who have pendente lite converted them ‘into bonds payable to bearer or into money. It is | claimed by defendants that when plaintiffs left the certificates with Mandel or his bro- | kers, endorsed in blank, and the latter ha them on the market, although wrong- , that those who f3 urchased them with- took them free of all equities b land the complainants. ‘The complainants say: If the Board of Pub- lie Works had assume to issue these certifi- cates in negotiable form, payable to bearer, they had no power to do so, and the holder | e of such certificates would not take the | al title, and would take them subject to | equities. "The auditor's certificates in ques- | tion are not promises to pay. They are mere- ly statements, in writing, of the amount sup- posed to be due to the contractor named fh | them from the Board of Pablie Works, and | are signed by the auditor or book-keeper of | that board. But there are many cases in | which the assignees of instruments, much | more commonly known and in more general use than the auditor's certificates in que3- | ton, and bearing a greater resemblance to ebange, have been held to take them subject | A BIG TIGER-SKIN. article which found the following paragraph: “Jerdon, in his Mammals of fodta, says ‘the average size of a full-grown male tiger 1s from nine torine and a balf feet in length; occasion- | ally tigers are killed 10 feet in length, and <= a few inches over; but the stories of 1 or 12 feet in length, which are so often | aire confirmation.’” | This quotation from Jerdon is made by Dr. Fahyver in bis book on the royal tiger (ti- gris regalis), and stands fully endorsed by ! the learned author. But that “the stories of ] Ji and 12 feet in length which are so often beard” may not lon lack confirmation, | ‘we record the fact that Mr. A H. Evans, esq., of this city, is now the fortunate owner | Of @ tiger skin which measures trom tip to | Lp just twelve feet and stx inches, and across the shoulders full seven feet and a haif. This Tobe is no doubt the largest and most beau- tifal one of the kind on this continent, and, | in view of the authorities quoted, perhaps the largest in the world. ——_o___—__ WE WOULD REMIND the subscribers of THE STAR that they can greatly aid the Toute agents in making their collections by baving the amount due them always ready when they call. The agents are required to pay cash weekly to THE STAR office for the pers they supply to subscribers, and as hey aren.sn of small means, they are ob- liged to collect == every week or every month, In order to meet their engagements. A little thoughtfulness on the part of sub- —— in this matter will help the agents greatly. ——_——— THE EAR AND CATARRH.—Dr. Hartley will continue to receive calls at his parlors, 936 EF street northwest, between the hours of 9 and 2, and from 4 to 6 o'clock evenings. — THE COURTS. PoLice CouRtT—Judge Snell. trian George Gaines, larceny of three smoothing irons; committed for a hearing. John T. Washington, assault and battery with intent to kill John Williams; commit- Anna Foulk, larceny of jartin; six months in jail. Betsey Lee, petit larcy; $1 and costs. John B. Miller was chi with assault and bat- tery on James W. Carnes, who testified that he was assaulted by Miller, a street car con- ductor, who refused to receive his transfer, not being on a continuous route, and ejec bim. | Mr. Hurtt, superintendent of the road, testified that the conductor acted in strict conformity to the instructions of the com- iy 48 to the issue and receivirg of trans- «8. It was testified by a witness thatthe conductor used no more violence than was necessary in ejecting Barnes; case dismissed. CHARGE OF TRYING TO BUY A WITNESS OFF. Bepjemin Neff was cl with corruptly influencing and impeding one Annie Fox, @ Witness duly summon in | puta small * Was released because of the terrible destitu- | ton of his family of nine persons, the court giving bim some advice as to keeping his money, keeping sober, &c. Frank Linds- y AI loud and boisterous; $10. Ellen Greaves, rish Ellen,” plead guilty to being loud; Feward Ryan, vagrant, was sent down. = Jackson, cursing; $5. Frank Blair, opening a sewer without permit. it ie plead that he had applied fora it and Was reioed. The court held that the remedy was by mandamus, and while the require- ment of adeposit of $50 may be illegal, he was compelled to carryout the law, and he imposed a fine of $20. “An sppeal was James H. Mudd, assaulton Wm. Douglas, & very small white boy, by striking him on the eye and knoeking him down; fined #10 or 30 days in jail. os LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The Bible im the Public Schools. Mr. Editor:—One would suppose from read- _—— papers of the day thac the “Bible-in- oe phn was the Soy, of josopher’s stone, or squarin; ‘cir cle, or perpetual ‘motion, and such fike, int possibilities. Now, i{‘all the world and his wife” will excuse me for ine 80, I believe the trouble lies not in the gen but in the crankiness and bigotry of the to the difference. Where there is a will there is @ way; @nd vice versa, where there is no will, ‘and particularly good will, of course a way is impossibie. ow it that I, for one, want to see the Bible, or the essential of it, suitable for children, in the schools; but I don’t want the controversial cannot Catholics, bad almost said infidels—if well-disposed #nd desirous rather for peace than strife— meet together and select from the Bible such & mass of sound moral instruction as no other writings can furnish, and no man or Woman well afford to be in the dark about. I throw out this hint for our own people of ‘Washington. Let them show how this (rou- blesome and misehi¢vous problem can be solved, and set the world the first example. Yours, &e., PEACE ON EARTH. Suggestion as to Gates. Fa. Siar—Sir: While the building reguia- Uons are being revised, I beg tomake a sug- estion as to gates; which is, that no gate located alongside of the sidewalk should be permitted without se//- closing hinges. The object is to prevent their standingopen and obstructing the walk. Quite serious ac- cidents ifom this cause have arisen by per- sons runping against them in the dark. I know Of two instances in which damage to the clothing of citizens, to several times the cost of @ gate, occurred from this cause. Self-closing hinges are common, and_ cost but a trifle (if any) more than others. Those opening both ways are most convenient, as persons do not have to step back to let the gate swing around, but simply push it be- fore them, whichever way they go. Iron fences especially should have self-closing hinges, as they are heavier and more likely to inflict injury. CITIZEN. ——— THE HOUSEHOLD. SEASONAKIE HINTS FOR USE AND ORNA- ME! Lyonnease Potatoes.—The nicest way to pre- pare Lyonnaisefpotatoes (and indeed the only Way) is to put a little butter in a frying-pan with asmall onion cut up very fine, let the onion get nicely browned, then take some cold boiled potatoes, cut them into pieces, put them in the pan, season well with pep- per and salt, let them get thoroughly hot and silghtly brown. When ready to serve sprinkle over them some parsley chopped fine. Ther are nice for breakfast, and with adish of quail prepared in the following manner will send a husband off In a very pleasant frame of mind, though you must be careful and not ask for any er, before he goes or that perfectly comfortable feeling and serenity of countenance will vanish, and he will declare that “stewed quail is very in- digestible.” However, here's the receipt. Take s!x quail, nicely picked and cleaned. piece of butter rolled in tlour and a little pepper and salt inside of each bird, and put them in a stew-pan, with @ littie water; cover them closely, so that none | Of the steam escapes; let them’ stew gentiy for an hour or so, then take maker rich brown gravy of the liquid they were stewed in, and send them to table with bits of toast placed round theai-h. A Furniture Polish—Put half an ounce of hellac, the same quantity of gum-lac, and @ quarter of an ounce of giim-sandarac into & pint of spirits of wine, ail in a stone bottle, near the fire, shaking it very often. As soon As the gums are dissolved it is ready for use. Then take a roller of woolen rags—soft old broadcloth will do nicely—put a little of the olith on it, aleo a few drops of linseed-oil. tub the surface to be polished with this, go- ing round and round, over @ small space at atime, until it begins to be quite smooth. Then finish by a second rubbing with spirits of wine and more of the polish. Furniture thus treated will have a@ brilliant luster, equal to new. Dish Washing Without Soap.—Have your water quite hot, and add a very little inilk toit. This softens the water,gives the dishes @ fine gloss and preserves the hands, it re- Moves the grease, even that from beef, and yetno grease is ever found floating on the water as when soap is used. The stone ves- sels should be set on the stove with a little water in them, when the victuals are taken from them; thus they are hot when one is ready to wash ther, and the grease is easily removed. Tinware keeps bright longer them out and | cleansed in this way than by using soap or by scouring. The habit so many of us have acquired of scouring tins wasteful policy, the present styleof tinware will not bear it: The Best W Boil Eggs.—The oe to the common way of boiling eggs is this: The white under three minutes’ rapid cook- ing, becomes tough &nd indigestible, while the yeik is left soft. When properly cooked, eggs are done evenly oie like any food. This result may be attained by putting the eggs into a dish with @ cover, as a tin pail, and then ring upon them boiling water, two quarts or more to @ dozen eggs, cover and set them away from the stove for minutes. The heat of the water cooks the eggs slowly and evenly and sufficiently and to a jelly-like consistency, leaving the center or yelk harder than the white, and the egg tastes as much richer and nicer as @ fresh eg, ig nicer than a stale ie and no person wil) want to eat them boiled after having tried this method. Phot 's.—Dissolve an ounce or two of bichromate of potash in water, mak- +3) the solution as strong as possible, turu itintoa shallow dish and soak sheets of white paper init. They will be abright yel- low color, and must atonce be put in a dark place anddried. On a thin board lay a littie cushion of paper, then a piece of the prepared paper, place the leaf on this and a@ piece of glass over the whole, and clamp to- gether with clothes-pins. Carry it into the sunshine, ina few minutes all the yel- low paper, except that protected by the leaf, will turn brown. Take out the picture and Wash it repeatedly in pure water to dissolve ajl the unaltered salt, and when dry the pro- cess iscomplete. Littlesprays of ferns make pretty pictures for space places in the aloum; some leaves show veins perfectly, and a great many combinations can be made by cutting} letters and placing them ina little wreath of “ipo photoes ing dried batter- files, ete.—[ The Housek. a Qoffee should be browned at least twice a week, and kept in air-tight canisters, and ind ground just immediately before using. Pick the green coffee ully over; shake it in a colander to free it from dust, and rub it in a cloth. While roasting stir it constantly; the moment the berry crackles and becomes crisp enough to pulverize, it is sufficiently roasted. Stir in @ small piece of butter the sizeof walnut, and put the coffee steaming bot into an air-tight canister. For making, put your ground coffee into a bow! with just sufficient cold water to moisten it; bear in an egg, shell and all; mix it weli through the coffee. Rinse your coffee-boiler' out with boiling water; put in the coffee, and pour over it the required amount of boiling water. Let it boil fifteen minutes. When it ins to boil stir it frequently, and never leave it until the grounds sink. Poura little from the spout, in order to remove the grounds that may have boiled into it, and r it back into the pot. It is very much better if served without decanting it. Allow one table- 1 of ground coffee for each per- son, and one for the pot, and add three pints ofboiling ‘water to sevenispoonfuls of coffee.” {New York démes. ‘With the horse it | He reached W GEORGETOWN. A BUGGY SMASHED AND A MAN Herr. Last night, about 7 o'clock, the horse at- toa belonging to Mr. Frank Barker, took fright while standing at the residence of Mr. B., corner of Jefferson and Bridge streets, and started rapidly for Wash- ington. Having gone about a square, the horse ran upon the pavement and overturned the buggy, thereby throwing ont its occu- it, a colored man named Alfred Marcey. le was immediately carried to Dr. Brace’s drug store. where his injuries, which were of & slight character, recelvci medical aid. was Washington “or bast.” ashington, and “busted” the bogey. Aman attempting to stop him at street was thrown down and narrowly escaped serious injury. He was finally poten a to 4 stand al the corner of 19th and I streets. GRaIN TRaDR— Arrived, 5 bushels of Wheat, at the station-house, by a stoppage in transiiu. Two colored men Were arrested on suspicion this moraing, having in their possession three of in. The fue that it was sent them from the coun- » but the officers think they are mistaken; that it was taken from some mill of the town. They await further devel the station-house. By rail, 120 corn, consigned to H. M. Talbott. DEATH UNDER SvsPicious Crrcum- STANCES. Twins about four weeks oli, chil- dren of & colored woman who lives on ‘Beall street, near Monroe street, one last night, and the ather Thursday without any previous illness. The ciream- stance is thought suspicious, and the coroner will hold an Anquest to-day. UNK.—. iredging machine, the propert of Mr. R. P. Gilbert, recently sprang sienk, and fs now lying at the of the rive at the foot of Har‘ley ALEXANDRIA. FATAL ACCiDENT.—While the laborers ‘Were engaged in unloading some piles trom @car at the railroai pier, foot of Wilkes street, about eleven o'clock, this morning, a piece Of wood which was being used as a kid, on which to roll the logs off, was struck violently on one end, causing itto fly over and hit a young man named Samuel Nash, who was standing on the car. The stick struck him in the breast, and he imme- diately jumped from the car to the ground, where he feii and expired in a few moments. He was employed as assistant to his father, Mr. Robert Nash. who is engineer on the tng convoy, of the east Alexandria transfer. The deceased was an unmarried man, about twenty-three years of age, and was well known in this city. having been employe! on some of the river boats. He was a brother of Mr. James Nash, who ts engineer on the steamer city of Washington. His remains will be taken to Washington, where he for- merly resided. HURT BY A FALLING ScaFForLp.—A man named Stephen Clariton, who belongs in Washington, was badiy burt at the ship yard this morning, by the falling of a stage, on which he was working, alongside the steamer Keyport. In his fall he was struck by @ portion of the staging and re concussion of the brain. besides badly eating his shoulder. Dr. Johnson ren the necessary surgical attendance, after which he was removed to his home in Wash- ington. ROBERT SMITH, who killed Warren Greenway, on Tuesday. has been released on bail, and is with his relatives in this city. THE condition of Chip. Phompson took a change for the worse, last evening, and he was delirions most of the night. WEDDING.- A large number of persons as- sembied at the Union Presbyterian church last evening to witness the marrage of S. S. Howison, esq., president of the Potomac Ferry company. and Miss Louisa Clauzh- ton. ” A reception was afterwards held at The residence of Mr. Howison, on Duke street.— Gazette, 28th. — -20-- A PLEA FOR ASHES.—The hearth stone bangs fire in many families because of an exaggerated notion of dirt that accompanies an open fire. If with much argument, per- suasion, and entreaty, the old fire board 1s ix taken away for once, and a fire lig! some enthusiastic antiquarian, no soo it gone out, that mordid neatness %1 every brand and ash, as if these were the signs of some shocking disorder. Now, if you please, ashes are not dirty—they are clean— So clean, indeed, as to be useful in cleansing other things. Fire is an emblem of purity, and ashes, with sack cloth, of purification. A fire place scoured out wiih soap suds eves day never seems like a place for fire at all. To thoroughly enjoy an open fire we shall need to reiax ‘somewhat our prejudice against a liberal pile of ashes in the fire piace. A bed of ashes protects the hearth and the chimney back from injury by too fervent heat, and preserves embers and coal from a wasteful draft. Your back log, to Spend frugally, needs to be embedded in ashes. Itis not every one whe has green rock maple to burn with its wealth of snowy ashes brimming over upon the hearth. But whoever bas seen a fire of it will give up the notion of dirt as connected with ashes. Sweep the hearth clean, and as often as you like, up to the ashes—but let those lie, deep nd wide as the natural base of the fire. — Hartford Courant. T EAS! TEAS! OF ALL GRADES AND AT ALL PRICES. SPRING LEAF TEA. AT FIFTY CENTS A POUND, at Seems to give great satisfaction. jan26-6t N.W. BSUBCHEBLL baal GREAT Poe inv re which have been used. One 7-octave Matbuscheck.......... 3175 0 One 7-octa’ nabe & Oc. 200 0O Mi 200 6) 100 00 gv 00 Do 2 ousy @. METZEROTT 4 CO., Pennsylvania avenue, bet. 9th and 10th sts. Btei: Stites DBESS 8) 'S,frem @7.60 per haif Se or $2 per dozen, Sole Aj ale wi will Shirt in E ca. For «less quantity than & bait dosen | sole agenta in the District for the sale of 'W, W BURDET of FINB WATCHES, DIAMONDS, and JEWSLEY, are respectelhy in before going elsewhere 8. GOLDSTEIN & Co., LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS, Janb-tr H. B. corner lth and D strects. PGR BA LE-BIRDS. 0 fine lot, warranted as good Bingers. AGES ‘and Mocking Burd FUOD at No: 187 south B street, between eetl cokers? neem Hill, G. M, GOETZ. - a 2 THE SUPREME COURT OF I TRICT OF COLUMBIA. -o™ DIS Holding a Speciat Term, January 25th. 1876. ei a - fle E i is t CITY ITEMS. | Usm Dr. Mann's Corn and Bunion Remedy. A_ FINE ASSORTMENT of black goots, | ready made, now In stock, incluting fin worsted Coats and Vests from $22 to <5 fine custom made cloth Frocks for $50. Wor b $40); fine cloth Vests of my own manu ‘sc- ture from 4 to $¢; double-breasted cloth Frock Coats from $18 up; doeskin Paata- leons of approved qualities from $15 down, fine cashmere Vests. swallow-tail Cogis, &e, Price, marked in plain figures Go. C. HENNING, 410 Tth street. rang Daily Walks ow E. Conduce to health and com =, — thous- Qndsof the intelligent pub'ic patronize |r. ‘White's establishment, 141: Pen sylvania, opposite Willard’s holel. for relief trom » Bunions, Chilblains. Inve-tat Natis, ee Escrescences, &¢. Established 1861. ee $1. IRON in the blood. Liebig's Liquid Brtract & Beef, tn pint bott’@s, enriches the Bioo, Sids digestion, cures Dyspepsia, Nervons- ness, Debility. Chills, Fever, Ague, and Fe male Complaint —E——— Five HUNDRED THOUSAND BOTTLES of Hale’s Honey of Horehomd ani Tar have been sold during the past winter, and at least haif that number of alarming cases of Cough, ~ toGeeesn and Bronchitis have been cu y. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. ~ - i For AN IRRITATED THROAT, Coven on COLD, “Brown's Bronchial Troches” are offered with the est Confidence in their efficacy. They maintain the good reputation they bave justly acquired. eo —e—___. CHARLES HEIDSIECK Sillery. Extry Dry, and Grand Vin Medailie Champagne. For sale by Hall & Hume. 123,608: nn THE NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK, cornero New York avenne and 18th street, cent. annum on deposits for totand sis ON POR BS — A VALUABLE DiscoveRry.—Dr. C. W. Ben- Son, a Practicing Physician, at 106 Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md., (who has paid muci: tention to nervous disease.) has discoveret | that Extract of Celery and Chamomile com- | bined, in a certain ion, invariably | | cures headache, either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous or sick headache, neuralgia and nervousness. This isa triumph in medical chemistry, and sufferers all over the country are ordering by mali. He prepares it in pilis at 50 cents per box, postage free, and sold by all Draggists. The Doctor is largely known and highly respected in Baltimore. These pills are Sent postage free to any address, and sold by all wholesale and retail! Drag- gists in Washington, Georgetown and Alex- andria. 1,18,t,th,8,3: | ———— NoTHING New UNDER THE ScN.—But | Stimulating Liniment cures Neuralgia. & | First-Class scourin, cing. A. Fischer enlarged If ectabiiasnaest by removing to his new building, 996 G street, Soors west of 9th street, Just @ few # from his former place on 9th street, where he ig ready to do any work in his line in his su- | seed manner. Kid Gloves and Shoes, pe Veils cleaned at a very shori notice. Ladies’ and whole garment. Gent's C! dyetin specialty. GEORGETOWN ADVER’W’Ts. & FEAST OF THE PEASANTS, by the lad of CHRIST CBUBCH PAMISH, GEORGETOWN, L. GEORGETOWN, FORREST BA won and evening of Dresses cleaned without taken apart spots removed without cleaning the othes ware t and 12i-tr ool | srr {RSS ANN AGES SA AMUSEMENTS. N4tion. L THEATER. FRIDAY EVENING, Janvary 9s, ENGLISH OPERA By universal reqmest. teetead of the Opera ort Charing eS Bancusced, Ambrose Thomas’ for - wun. —_ VeARA LOUISE BELLOGG ie the title 7 Nig UENOTS— eae haices Matiose Saturday— LUCIA Di 3 ‘i, MAGGIE MITCHELL. janttr (pPEB4 LIBRETTOs, | BUY TOUR LIBRE A LIS & 00. jana D RAYE Do CENTS . Liscers MALL. JOSH BILLINGS, THE GREAT ALMANAX MARBR, WILL orve “e HUMOBOUS READING, Liwooty HALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1676, At $ 0 clock This Butertatnment, entirely new, will consist of Beedings from bis own most arranged D UR. commenci LAY od “ist inetant, and sietine Coen from Tcamond to Ouiveston ST OHANCE TO H ‘BE PRINCE OF Humonists, = this being his Farewell Toor Box Sheet at Metrerot:'s. on and after January 27. Tickets 20 and 7S ccuts, Bo extrs for reserved seat and 6 F° D'S OPERA HOUSE. DAY EVENING, January 94, 8nd entil further not! thrilling Dramatic Romance. written by Dion cieault and Chartes Beade, entithed FOUL PLAY. Mr. LOUIS ALDRICH as ROBERT PENFOLD, As played by bim in Boston 200 nights The ae Englich Artiste, Miss KATE NEW- TON, es BELEN BOLLESTON, And ® Foll Dramatic Oompany _FOUL PLAY MATINER SATURDAY T= KELLOG ry ma Performance EVERY NIGHT. Matt for La- Ghee nod Cnidren EVERY WEDNESDAY ana SAT UBDAY AFTERNOONS. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESP RCT. Variety, Draroe, Burivecne and Comedy. novil-ly Chotee O11 Also, largest Shades, Pictures, Fram ings. Nails. &c., in the District. ee * AY, THURSDAY. and FRIDAY, the 3 3S 2, Sd, and 4th of Webruary. 1876. ame | LLS, PARTIES, &. Eston | ROR Are ane Ree ato AND STATE ASS ° SHOULDER SEAM SHIRTS, made of W, Tallmadge Hail, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Feo. fa Musliu and fice Linen. Rvery shirt wa 2. ands lot to 36 inches. The pu ad or button hote _jan27-t Bridge street, Georg: town, STIL N PLEASE OUR FRIENDS Ss KUSH I8 OVER, friends for their Indulgence when su: from ail section’ as to fill orders as Proapptiy as that the work when finishe re ent tion, we solicit s continuance of your from oue'ts an © good work at fair fo eight dars. | Work seat for or deiiver ed tn any part of the District; received and retarned to and from any part of the county by mail or express. WM. HB WHEsTLEYS Steam Dyeing and Sco Becabilaumcnty _Estabiished 31. “TO Sand tr EO TOWN SAVINGS BANK, D, ¢ GRORGETO MA dfSrERET AN BD. © Doak ponre, ® a.m. to § p ‘aturdays geo receive deposits) antil interest paid on porite. General Banking Business done, and col- Saye Monters "POUKINHO MH. Presidces, See o a. i’ |. W. BakRett, ae. rectors. HL. Polkinhorn, | Thos Dot 3.7. Bicester: |B renter T. Mitchell, Biley ‘a=. . Hartley, EL£c4mMPank AND HOREHOUND COUGH DROPS! THE BEST, THE MOST CONVENIENT, and THE SUREST CURE FOR COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, INFLUENZA, and all THBOAT and LUNG COMPLAINTS, They afford Immediate Relief. Hatr-rounp Boxks FoR 25 Cts. Within the reach of all, ARTHUR NATTANS, Druggist, Jan%tr 2d and D streets northweat. i Sener and Dstroete northowent_ CAPITOL HILL | GER LIVERY AND HIRING STABLES, Ne. 317 Third street s. e FINE CARRIAGES FOR WEDDINGS, CALLS, RECEPTIONS, &e. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO BOARD: HORSES. - Orders left st Congressional Hotel, t Stable, day or night, iil receive prompt attention, Jant-1y A. B. DENNIS 4 00. A¥ MANUFACTURERS® xy PRICES. Sa Ladies’ and Gent's TEA VELING TRUNKS, with McMurray's Patent Trunk Stay attached, LADIES’ TRAVELING SATCHELS. SHAWL STRAPS and POCKET BOOKS. DOUBLE and SINGLE FARNESS. LAP KOBES and HORSE BLABKETS, SADDLES, BRIDLES and WHIPS. Covered rreaks cred and Kepaired, and made to order BR. McMURRAY, _janil-tr 806 Market Space, EPARTMENT OF THE INTERION, Orrics oF Inia Arrains, Janusry 26, 1876, Gattie on: the Hoot for iseuye to. Lndiaus ia the In: and Comanche Agency, 1,400,000 For the Kio: For Agency, 500,000 pounds, gross HORSES AND CATTLE. OnE Henares INGREDIENTS ALL VEGETABLE. Sample 100 Feeds for $2.00, ‘Depot in Washington, 609 Louisiana avenue, © P. LAURENSON @ 00. PARTIES ABOUT TO BUILD CAN SAVE MONEY BY OONTSAOCTING WITH UB, in HOUSE AND ORNAMENTAL PLUMB- ING, SEWERAGE, GAS-PIPING, &t a RooyinG, TIN HOT-AlB PIPES to be PIANOS, &c. | DECKER BROS, G@BASD, SQUARR, anv UPBIGET PIANOS ABE MATOHLESS. @. KUMN, SOLB AGENT, 407 TENTH STBEET NORTE WEST, Above Peunsylvania Avenue. Pees ire i SC ee ee a wr ameaee Ha ee Tonct, ad derutity, Gn any "Soren PROFESSIONAL. Lo Fis FSineen, Hie. 609 fh Bucet ne “appenice Wanted Beacon (June de Paiz— Buren Proms ABY Paksuns, MD. 1523 L. WOLF, ct-Gm = Removed to 1916 F street S' TITERS a, *SOnNAMEMTAL and PLAIN Fulsibe sre RE sem 7 Ey bx 48. PRAT? usscenue estes Soles ot Cuca Srersceing teeth. MEDICAL, &c. LEON, the oldesi estatiisned clan, Cae be consulted at every T