Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1876, Page 1

Tek p.m ie. ee THE EVENING STAR. Telegrams to The Star. PURLISHED DAILY, Sanday: Exeepted, 5 ene dite Penscyivanie Avenue; coPmer 11th Steet | GEN. BABOOCK’S TRIAL. BY The Evening Star Newspeper Company, | THE NEW YORK FIRE. S. i. Ke were » Pres't. | he Feat dfas Coase vee WaEEom Fontt . + | Further Particulars Cents ach = By mayi— Fee Seren tts wuamthe, G8 Ot, ent se BOAO. a eee BEECHER’S COUNCIL. —e Churches Declining to Join, ene ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. ENTRAL BUILDING ASs0 THURSDAY, th iaetant. : cepa wa. W. THE DISTRICT INV! ‘TION. | Ste certificates on account of sail repairs, | your power under the law, to allow and cer- . magahane atid whether the board agrved with the Con | tity claims for work done to repare steels or | HEGREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK. be Answered by the Di missioners that the cost of the work was a | Avenues; and did any claims allowed by you | _ Additional Partiontars. trict Commissioners. rt of the floating and unfunded debt of the | appear upon the face to be for such repairs, | | NEW York, Feb. °.—Additionnl partion- The Committee of the District of Colum- istrict or of the rd of Public Works, ex- | abd was notice given to you of such claim | fire last night show that it wae tainments. No brighter scene can pe im- . m isting at the time of the of theact of | for repairs, as required by law’ State the ered on the first floor ofthe tive: bia in pnrsuance of a lat: opted by | . agined with the beau monde in the foreground : Pp reser Eye rer | June 20, 1874, or whether said board held that | amount allowed and certified for such re. lng No. 10 Crosby street, occu r elty presented yestentay aiter- | $e House of Representatives on the sist Of | the cost of sich repair work were claims ex. | péirs, in whose favor the certiileat ; Whitman & Co. importers of sod through to EVENING STAR: Washington News and Gossip, taal GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. pal revenue, Yesterday was emphatically the most brilliant of the season, both afternoon and | @uestior evening being signalizca by notable enter- OO RE, S HE REY. B. P. HAMMOND, the B. angeti-t, te condo ea of UNION BEVIVAL MEETINGS in city. iog in eT. PAUL S LUTHERAN ONUROH Inter- 766.85. were is- than our fa noon, when the iashionable localities were oe » have proposed the following | isting at the e of said act, or created | sued; np ber of certificates and date ther ng out of contracts made | of, also, number of contract or name of con- interrogatories to the District Commis- | thereafter anc a: ning this week, for Bibie reading. Prayer THE PRISIDENT'S BF exten PTIow will take | thronged with the carriages and gayly by the Board of Public Works, and whether | tractor. Did you take theopinion of the At- thoroughfare it wag “POCADAY UHURU II. idth and G strocts, Mon- | Place on the evening of the 224 of February, | dressed pedestrians hastening trom one to | MOBETS, the answers to be returned under | a/j claims for this work were presented with- | terney General or otber legal advisers aa to dered 4 In theexcltementand day, every Afternoon tl ck. All | from 8 to 10 o'clock. the cther of the alluring reeaptions Mai. | C#tt 8nd In writing, duly verified by aitida- | j> the time preseribed by the tth section of | your power to issue certificates for the te. | Confusion consequent upon the 1iseovery ot these mestings in this c enildren, h Vee —— . Vit, with all convenient s; A. the act referred to, and if not why not. pAiré Of the Streets, avenues and alleys of tae | Me fre, THE TOTAL AMOUNT of board of audit cer- | necs dansante, once one of the most agreeable fet tate die atcaner or pa Streaks ol tne] Cuention 2 aake wirstee the Gosia: | Diicier ar = J 3.05 | features of our sceial life. have been so in- | Roard of Public Worke whieh the C sinking fand commissioners, | frequent this winter that two which were | sioners found to be incomplete at the « youths and #lulte. ONGSEGATIONAL CHURCH, loth and G streets, Wednesda; . Thursday ani Christian workers and the public tm furnish a copy of such A FATAL DELAY mmis- | rs in their itemized statement of appropria- | opinior, if it was given In writing? If not, | Occurred in summoning the fire department te of | Uors male to the second session, {31 Con- | state the substance, and how youderivea | The fames then extended to the adjoining tifettes converted into the Distri bonds by t fas at? p.m. 7 sis : . > . FS Psi ys : rOU it Nos. 4:5 and 43 Broadway, ran- u Saturdsy night. ap 1 > OF $13,742,012.1T. given yesterday were doubly appreciated | the passage of the act of June 2th, 1574, | &Tess, Any sum was asked for the repair of | your power. a and % ‘Dg Ob (oe up to date, (February 9th) is crs. AE ieee case ious Mra | Which they bave recognized as legal obliga: | Con rements during fisc 9. Did you allow and certify any claims | 'ng tt N ‘rosby street. This BUILDING aSSOCIATIC THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAU- | Y b Ware th ‘i = Lions of the ssid board. Give in a tabulated | yesr euded June 30, 1876, and If so how much, | for work done under contracts of the Board six-story double building. po eau S a> Aeoe bone eka laid h « other, and apparently our | form the numverof said contracts; the work | 4'd if theestimates were based ou estimates | of Public Works witch were enlarged or ex & massive iron frout, and was oscapied cus, which ent) society attend lt » ht, > night, was post; i Ul) to-morrow bt | calling was unusu owing to the sickness of Representative | fact that Lamar, the chairman. Jed both. The number | required to be done under said coatraen the by the engineer as to the amount of | tended by the District Commissiouers, and | bY & Dumber of firms in the cloth and. cloth= y_ large. owing to the | Amount expended thereon by the Board of | Work nécessary to be done to keep such pave ifso,did you have any agreement or der. ebosiness. The fire bad burned through it was the first reception of both | Public Works; the name of the contractor | ments in repair to the date ramet, also, | steniling with the Commissioners of the Dis- | the Simsy walls dividing the two batuings, ladics after their delightful balls, and far. | @&d the amount expensed by the Commis- | Whether any part of the sums asked for has | trict, or elther of them, that pe prem pe fen prepay bee thermore. the weather was too enchauting | Sioners; also, the total expenditure, and | been expended, and if so. for what repairs, to | allow and certify snch claims before they | Of the wind, and the most determined efart= to be resisted. Mrs. Shephen’s heautifer | whieh of said contracts are now compliers, | Whom paid, &¢. and if these sums hare f men seemed to be without avail. home revived the metaory of her soiree of the | And if Incomplete, how much is estimated to | been expented, why, instead of paying for | presehtation made to you acconting to the | Helnforcements were sent for hy telegeaphy, SIst, 80 crowded were the parlors with an | be sufficient to complete said contracts | §ch repairs in 3.¢ thin the | ud every avaliable hydrant for many blocks allowed by | @round Wes put in use. and fortunately the illustrious company, and sc th or Fopair work. yOu, oF any of them, show On Ubeir face that water Was gool, and each steamer ed by Mrs. Morsell, Mrs. Evans, Miss | fied in the amonut of work to bedone,or | Question 16 asks by what authority Penn- | thes were for work done on strecis, avenues nt. Notwithstanding all this the son, Miss Campbell 2.14 Miss Sargent, | Otherwise any or all of said contracts?’ If | SYivania avenue east was repaired, and calls | or sewers, under contracts of the Hoart bo sign of abatement, bat, 1s, Want was assisted by the Misses Stu. | Yea, state in what this enlargement, exten- | forthe names of the original contractors for | Public Works, which were extended aecle eth ae they spread, threat at nd Miss Brewer in welcoming a Losi of | Sion or modification consisted; whether it , doing the werk, whether the latier have = a ae) ry : ai > Howand street. 4 Ass-eiation, No. 615 7th sireet. ope Office ‘The runual report will be sabi elected for the eesning vear fevs t JOUN E. THOMPSON, Secretary TRE Senate Committee on Pablic Bul is heid a meet agreed to report a bill appropri 5.000 to continue the work of impro pitol g was much larg (5 Piped NOTION. OFrice WaASuNGTON Buick Mactrxe Comrayy, Bo. 1505 Pepn-yis ante avenue t | Were presented for allowance; and was s ings aud Grow bonds. provisions of law. that is to sty, numerous were | €ntered into by the Board of Public Works. Question 15 calls for names of officors who | time prescribed? Did the clat Cancers in the ball-roora. She was as- 2d. Have you extended, enlarged, or modi- | Made measurements is. The appropri ys mpany. b PIFTEEN n the manafacturiac from the -srnings of the company from April to January 1, 1:26. payable at tbe office of the wpany op and after Rebruary 15, febs St LEWIS CLEPHANS. Secretary. tO. 8. M—Svery manber of BLACK HAWK Ro. fects of the Hon. H. H. Starky Conn., was an eulogy in his own ng, which he had intended to deliv the announcement of the death of Senato Ferry was mad. 1 by the Commissioners of t District, { guished gentlemen aud ladies. Tne | W8s confined to work done on the samo | €ver been sned, whether the security on his | ordid you know or have reason toh cers prolonged their pleastire until the | Street, avenue or sewer, or whether it was | OF their bond is solvent or insolvent; and | that ony claims allowed by you we ther any steps have been taken to get | work done ng fetes. Street, avenue or sewer, or whether it was | }OF:ession Of this security. contracts? State, if € atten- made to cover Work to be done on contiga- Question 1 calls for information relative | allowances a: Wayne, und | OUs Streets and avenues, the building of new | 10 such work done by C. E. Evars,of the | tension and « There was | sewers, gravel pits, &c , erading, parking or | Evans’ Concrete company, and what streets rized by the Commissioners of the Dis volumes of fam wayne | Curbing, &c., parts of the District remote and | Le repaired, cost of such repairs; was Evans’ |etrict, the amount of uch allowances pose smoke. Above th: ir sons, | distant from the streets, avenues or sewers, | bond good, and are the Commissioners con- | to whom certified, with dats and g butldines the Hames shot up toa i ded in the contracts re- | Yinced, er | STeat height, i showers of sparks were obligations on the 20th of | Tent, wh carried by the Wing above the surrounding 1 Give the enst of such extensions, | Ment’ good { I ' ngs. The heat was so huitense that : | Rr perty of Evans o HE FIREMEN COULD NOT APPROACH j Evans’ Concrete company a corporation or | person to Whose use issued, r enough to make the streams of water Was it other than C. E. Evans, and is not the | contract. I clive. A large #ix story tenement house 2 y for the other; whether | or cl he cast side of Crosby street. immediately ee of Evan: ning br at taken | offer to the work a yoired ¢ attention | the Evaus company with destr Distriet, and ifso why he wa niLE prop is time Xtended and entar 1 | THE CONFLACRATION WAS AT ITS HEIGHT can, the amount of | the flames had fall poxseaston of three bi ings from rear, and fromm basem: nof the many window: ‘ock belle warned them i! was time to go | made to cover work to be done on the same | WI heme to prepare for the 3 There were two of these ; Ee ae ae and Mr Sia hina ms | (bat of Mr. and Mrs. h having nearly three thousand claims | fencing at both out t bad invited their frien et va | Mesors. Harry and Frank Swaym arly iwe t | brides ed. and the papers | genesor der sueh to th certificates done under ex rgement of contrac THE House Commitiee on War Claims, | ti ther Frothers in arrears are mow moon, G BD. : expecially invited ebarity. re it, meets but ones a wi but on involy and 9 reported and the mentioned ing th uehter, Mr ‘0 davgtters is assuming they can obtain ean make said’ judg- | of contract cr in part from the | of sald act. his security; ts the | amc odo pd inel jadge- | number finates, my and name » State au te, name ether thi Were assisted in cispe hospitality py tl Parson This » incident to weddi denced by for ti ~WEDN the Board Books wiil be open tor #u cases reported on | for by the comm: gements cr modifi ihe imerrimen made. Alse festivities, 25 was ivi- | W ven to the contractor under the Board th which ali | Of Public Works ia al! cases. If given to | t of the occa- | others, state why so given; if given to | ts Board of Put y case 0 cation: of clatmay 41 number o: any claim er the pissage of said | © ul of written contracts made sor | by the Boardof Public Works. and for which the | no evidence tee. cript on for stock. After February 9 @ prem YS cents, and alr Mareb Jé:ha prewicn of will be charer per share for stock, and th be closed A jril 11. ix —— THOMAS HYPE, Pr JOHN JOY EDSON, See. 711 HOME MUTUAL BUILD! d you Allow or ms created a did not | act, ari ned to Eva exnense ATIONS.—The Presiteat ving nominations to the S soadge, collector o! of Mart mt the Py late to-day | present entered into the mms for the | Sion. The residence of J td mirably arranged profusion of flowers was empressement actor under th whether in a fered ton ce Sway Beaufort, notallowed to | at the dat nice these extension ‘S NDC ie seen 3 in decorating the suite of pa a » | than the party who did the w do it, number an FALLING OF THE WA a aeudiace ore sau toe mavoeriaied we tee ram'L- Tillottson, postmaster Newalay Mis- | SePPer table. The mantels | 1 the amount of expenditure f» orto Whose use i the )o'clock the uw ii4 ane ef thin Aanaclaticn, orgusienl Someary 3: 4 bioom, and many of the wi | e Commis: ers for work, labor n among bide name of tractors. 1 mntract ay fell in, first with a load crash, Next regula: meeti “¢ on first Monday in| Marc bowered wit exotles. sueh € nt, and ether it yw and certify any ciaim or | t the ta walls. Very Bhares Saw: a each sh: y's LISHED. —Tae surpassing elegance wv fications over and above ler, if not ed after the pas of Said act | s0ou afier the walls of 415 a . Th s ane mittee will re | S¥ayne, whose native | cost of the w required to be Why; Wants in detail the original eost of of ora nirae y tne | front walls, which wer . fell inte © office of 3 pression in her sping sim pended on the work, covered b: s | Work of both concrete and wood pa no | Broadway ar vered ti peut wit f the beet peice of Su- | manner. was r Teengnize legal oblig’ vaca | Which have been repaired by the € a ve di ron, watea a wee of Public W sioners, paid for ir the ee thrown Call and xe provernent, d costs of seanahered SHROD ROBINSON, Pres ‘ With tue failing of WILLING Us the firemen gatned tbe'r first ad the beat berame less, and the fire- abled to approach closer to the new tbe atiack at close quarters contractor or namic A. Cook Cow SE.—Tois morn Did you allow any claim that was not aicd or unliquidated, irs. Harry wore ts. or moti cock C. rebes of Instrous white ard of Prblie \ rictof G nblaor the Board | The resuit of the configration, so far as Court, when the case of point white asqu valid ot ens at the @ of expend oF thie passage af tbe act PROPERTY lent Association a mir e Soll rich silk wor of dr iSt4, roads and sew at, stale Lhed od up as called. Mr. J.J. Job 495, 45 enut, ORNBY AT LAW. ASSOQUI4- D streets CIRCULATING L CONVERSAT ut violet verb asked that the case be Ube ealer dar, beca fefendanis contrac’ . extendii street are ‘© mplete through v ly destroye! with their valuable contents; Nos. 116, 42, 41 and 456 ae badiy damaged, and tue rear lings on Grand street are par- yed or badly damaged; Lester, to yaniel A. Counc iJ. Shipman. Sth, 10. 131,t9. Board of mM. Rackel ng nt edoess had be acto! Jute 2 D 3 of these streets, & 1y im- | for Improvement have SFEMS to be at been assess i 1 of certificates, « ers and dealers in Zz ttee in the § | s or Work doue to coniplete, con- | names h streets are required, @ lock Valued at $60,000, x PTR | Which appeared on the books of the | the reason why they have not been assessed oped; € Bran- ¥ E om and Labor. tot Publie Works to be stion 20 asks the Commission rs i y lers in cloth manufac the Te was chairman mio bb thority to cause pre at 448 and i Broadway, ore: turing the last session, Rott ne Sik streets, aveunes, and sewers to ¢ their Stock &t $50,000, which was de- sively mmittee never held a'r ‘oyed | relieved rits share of stofthe in ler their direct The insuranceo! Lest» $150,000, aud that of C Woitman in, Brun. erk, who re compensa nd =s per fotn eb [3 tween r | have & Co. ts $409,000. Two more firemen A Thi sion Mr. Patterson, 0: wHat street tion to those mentioned Iast ulgut Boye's 2 an, Aad has for } nents have ber ri contract, whic 1 Violet veivet, with a corsage of violet | pleted by Wee velvet a most becoming foi Uamonds. alling walle. nenipanounes FOREIGN NEWS. Not Much Dilfereace, Loxpor, Times’ Pars speciat { the official text of oth tee Messrs nS; also to contre Aments | Jemes A. Wilson. cuntracto, property-holers assessed nc the District $1 in bonds, cash) vaiue of Iso as : contractors. Madame Baita ct No. 383, Dillard & Mort e tinted lc relieved with biaca velvet. Her clamonds are superb. Mme. Mari 7 most tastefully aud becomiugly attired, Idon't know | Wore ornaments composed of pearis of u . State whether you made any s | tract or contracts for improving streets, ay- | F enues, sidewalks, Cr bullding se coniraets were £0 made roperty; In other words, ts thy oners’) assessment aga y- holders based upon the fo g:antof the Centennial } ew With Bet aes t > RIVALLED SODA what has been done teyoud a large a:nount | USt#! size and purity. ; bame of the cou tractor, the character of the | bonds, or upon their market vy. ? -FOURTH CONGRESS. | 8: a ee shod by the otogue G 7 - = pene ; - * r many frienis | improvement and whe ate é * te be | u ocse-te r ai music, which neit) perotioraeauh | Fes _ (ie duestions to be Auswered by the Engiand and Tarkey. dou avawer hay, éxpial magie ouee | No. 1094 ts. Biaine must ha With bis acute viciousne riol mixed into the o Waters of the past woul Board of Audit Wr FSbayY, February 9. In his 5] hb in the house of commons last r Columbia SENATI . Wallace presented peti- Mr. Disraeli tnude Lue following inm- se i 5 000 cof Peno . | portant ancouncement: Before we agreed to , by virtue | ton of citizens of Penusyivanie, in fe | Pols tee Austrinm meen sr nee Otte Bean “woudl mated to Us in aL UDmistakable manner that oe it was the Porte’s desire, however much It e presented memorial of S. H. | Oy oe cngian etticwell, asking to be paid $24.00 for his | OrJ:ci¢s to thenote, that England should mot services as 2 member of the Istumas of ned. larien expedition under Lieut. Strain, U. Snaeenie Fen a toming has trane- ¢ A. Gleason, contractor; also, c .ely. She wore one of the most Charles Stewart, contrac site toulets observed last evening. furnisu copies of the said contracts aud al, ! hers of note observed were extensions of either or both. Please & cretary of Wa fo the committee the “Histories of Chiel Justice and several! of the Ass e | tracts,” prepared at the engineer’? office, as ices of the Supreme Court, accompanied j Stated on page 176, of the Commission dies, a majority of the dipla report, and also those referres to in page 5:1. f the more « nguished S: ‘th. Haye you raade any contracts for the ada number of that ed i produ were JOHNSON & OC., BANKEES, Tic Committee of the Mis of Representatiy bLority contained in a resointion of ouse of Repre adopted oa day of Janua Topeunds tl interroi to’ R. W. Taylor M. Brodhead, composing the boat tof ihe District of Columbia, under tHe WREKLY i asked on Friday— ve . 7,136. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1876. TWO CENTS. e Texas Pacific railroad. Reterred mite explosion s0 powerl! “"45 the i, HS Would CODY 6 to keep matters un. WDesiers fi Government aud Distiict Securities; ‘ed Sr mouths after. It was wicked, bat Bereign Exchange aud Gold. == it unpolitie for kim to pour ovt hls vitri Berner af WA Sivect amd Peamsy vance Avena H. B. OFFLEY & CO. for the effects are certainly still evideot, cS BANKERS, «t the pervousness brought about by ti Cour: Firrreyts axo F Stscats, tmanesty fight bas had much to do with tne presen tatives pa rebase of muatertale for the improvement | provisions of the act of Congress approved ae : et ieee Cumaitaee ant ae pired bere explaining the recent dispatches 8 ‘ 7 ay rimost respected citiz con- | of streets, avenues, alleys, bridges or sewers’ | June 20, 1874, entitled, “an act for the gov - Randolph, nm Com: n Mill- | that five war vessels have been ordered to Orposise Treasery Leparimens, very eral backwardness of this Congre: sigling of champagne, punch, oysters, salads, | If yea, furpish an itewized statement ox at! | ernment of the Distsict of Columbia, and for | t8ry Acairs, reported bill authorizing the | Chinese waters from Bombay. BABK OF DEPOSIT, EXCHANGR, & This is, of Course, very satisfactory to the | ices, cakes, iruits, and mai er delicacies | Suh purchases, with copy of bill show ther purposes,” to be answered, in wri . | delivery of certain condemned cannon to the — eS Desi in GOLD, Government and Mstrict BONDS. bl Tepublicans, — |“ Douglas” in “‘Pi'tsbury | was provided und greatly + from whom purchased, what material pu.- d Taylor and Brodhead; and we Ladies’ Monumental Association of Alle THE TRIAL OF GEN. BABCOCK. Boreign EXCHANGE, fc, ae A jitue meident of the d fe dinner | chased, for wuat purpose used; whether there red and duly sworn to they wiil be r Oe aioe . — Ree ec rit en the at the louse y i iS i © cha » aid Committes o: Mr a: - zroy Stand. Collections made ox all pointe. IT 18 IN EED STRANGE that the merriage the White House on t: ant bas | isany amount of such material to the chairman of said Cc ttes of orrill ( rom Committee on Pal Ivis I been whispered ab. of a United States Senator siould be the | When the foreign 1 Oceasion of so much merriment and levity. | 4! dinner no outsider AS soon as the news reached the Capitol yes- | (leven of these gentieme: ters and two ¢ rried and world. | and, if go, the value thereo! > entertained | whether payment was made ia cash o1 ited, aud as | 945 bonds, and whether at par or at ma: hout wives, | Value. If the answer be nay, please e ws Waffaires | What is meant by the last’ statem of one of the | pages 415, 419, Commissioners’ r the Dist Columbia with all couvenien lic Building and Grounus, reported bill ap- St. Louis, Feb. 9 —Actiog under the ad- ek nha Sieh aa comes: | ee $25,000 for continulug the work bt fice of the court, given Just before adjourn. i. What ts theamountotcertifcates issued | IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS | MEDI last Hight, the government counsel in by your board? Give, in answer to this | during the present fiscal year. He said the | the Babcock trial to-day passed over the query, in a tabu’ d form, the date of each | Present appropriation was now exhausted | Conspiracy in 11 and i2, aud produced certificate, its number, to whom or to whose | Sid sent to the desk to be read a letter from | testimony to show the expense and Tevestment Securities on Commission. meri-tr REMOVAL —WM. #. HOLTZMAN. Ancr- ‘Mey at Law, has removed to No. 1321 F st. } Opposite Bbbit Hon: and will be pone to see his friends and business scquaint- terlay the punsters opene! their batteries. Rabe cae oF Ben. Perley Poore, who really @a: Legal businefs solicted, and money invested. ay . ~ 3 to 1a Boome 8d Offices for rent in'same building. feed | x woot thing occasionally, eternally dis | Ministers not having yet acrivent, laces are | where it Is staicd that the “balance of mai use Issued. If to other person than the | the architect, Mr, Olmstead, asking the ap- | Lious.of the whisky ring from 1=°3 to it G.000KE.35. 4 00. grace! himself by the assertion that “Mr. | Of Course very decidediy in the minority | ri@l required for the contract work” now on | clatmant,on what account it was issued, | Propriation. "Tbe bill was then passed. | Gosek Benen e' — me ‘ Christiancy’s bride had embraced Coristian’- | #4 are in great demand. Tnese dinners | hand (December, 1575,) amounts to #120,- | number of contract or name of contractor, r. Sherman, from the Committee on Fi- | Geveral beock, the testimony belng BANKERS, a9e x ued d stiddenly seeing the ridieulosity of | D&iPé generally continued darin« four hours, | 723.4 and the class to which it belongs, accord: nance, reported back the resolution of Mr. | general in character, tending toshow who Sisien ed. a: : sas > every gentleman who attends is naturall Sth. State whether you have entered into | to the classification of section 6 of the act of | Davis calling for a list of government de- | Were in the conspiracy and the extent. Jos. lobby opp a ging Bg very anxious to secure an agreeable lady ra any contract whereby you have agreed to | June 20, 1s74. ulters, with a substitute for the same. The | M. Fitzroy was put on the stand at the s. Later inthe day be ex- | Partner, and on Tuesday last there was an payment in 3.65 bonds at the market 2. What amount of claims have been dis- | Substitute was adopted. opening of the morning session at ——_ wat “Christian’ty” was a pun on | Bhusual excitement among tic diplomats, e. If yea, state the nature of said co.- | allowed, giving the names of the claimants, | Mr. Authony, from the Committee on Na- | there an bour anda half Fitzroy oncom ao tne Senatorial bridegroom's name. Even | ¥en, on arriving in the cioak room, eact: With whom made, what improvement | the reasons for disallowance, the amount of | Val Affairs, reported bill authorizing Capt. | ty collector of the internal revenne, and {he dign tied soung President pro tempore of | (Cyved the tiny envelope coutaiuitig the | Was Contracted for, what and how much jas | said claims, to which elass belonging. and on | Temple and Lient. Commander Wailing to | Sifter the departure of Conduce Mouroe, im the Senate, Mr. Ferry, could ‘not resist the | Card on which appearet his own nama and | been paid thereon and what is still due, and | what grounds said claims were disallowed. | accept a decoration from the Kiag of the | November ins2, became the active busioves epld-tr | © ied @. YOUNG. weit Cs sah SB he BUILDING. RARKLIN & €O,, te th e a thatof his partner at table, indicating their | !f anything has been paid in 365 bonds. at 3. Did either or both of said boards per- | Hawaiian Islands. Passed. man of the ring. Gendine Brazilian Pebble Spectacies. COERgOS ea een ee tape ne! D'S | sate, bocaune (ore being or tee techn ce i rate of discount were sald bonds taken | sonaliy examine the said claims, or was the | _Mr. Cockrell, from Committee on Claims, +> eague was paired. The last and the B tus PEBBLE SPECTACLES. Worsi of all is got off by the Wa:hington cor, | Vited It was known that some of the gent the contractor. Work of guditing or adjustment performed | reported adversely ou petition of Jos. A. | Deelime to Joim Beecher’s Council, a, B. BEMPUSE. SFPBQr | cespendent of the Baltimore Gazeite, wno | ME! Must escortcach other. Mrs, Fred Gri ih. State what number of contracts of the | by subogdinates or clerks in the office of said | Rock, late chief clerk of the War depart Pkovipesce, KR. 1, Fed. 9.—Toe three PTICIAM, ndlt Boart of Pablic Works watch you re “og: | board? If performed by subordinates or | ment. The adverse report was coacurred in. | Providence Congregational churcaes, whic sizedas existing obligations of Salt be clerks, give their names, and to whom was Mr. Wadietgh introduced a bill to legalize | Were invited to the Beecher advisory ¢9uu- “coveratulates the fair bride in finding so | (5 4'¥8y8 in demand because of her beau Gec$-tristy 453 Penna. ave., corner 4% street. and brilllaney in conversation, so the diplo safe ferry over to a christian sea.” PFIcian, re mats were ali anxious to be fortuate at the passage of the act of June 20th, Isis. | confided each class of cases respectively. | the assignment of pay of officers and others | cil, have ceciined, Pe a Se aE cort of 80 charming alady. Therefi Were made or purported to be made betwe. Were certificates of claims signed in blank | im the military service. Referred totheCom- | CINCINNATI, Feb. 9—The Vine street SELF ADJUSTING BYE-GLASSES, the holy of Will by EPY.—In Chica- | the diminuitive letires de cachet w ibe Ist of February and the 20th of Jane, 1si4, | by either or both of said auditors, and if yea, | Mittee on Military A{iairs. church bas declined the invitation to tne Patented, warranted for one year not to break: = ne 15 'y of \ a jam F. Ward was «tis- | and Mr. Videla Dorna, charye dr sof the | And bow many of said contracts purported | to what extent was this done by either or Mr. Windom introduced a bill respecting | Plymouth church advisory council. a ee ae eae Vacant house. Tt war portlets Geert nck | Argentine Republic, proved to be the chosen | to be made between the ist and the 20.1 of | both of said auditors? “Was aut cosmacace | the reservation of bec ncon iands within ——_>-——_ aia Cane eeieceae te Ge ania on and entirely’ nude, Dut withoas coer ka cy | Obs there was quite asensasion. June, iit. Did said Commissioners. or | issued without an examination of the claim | the publicdomain. Public Lands. Children Drowned. your nose if yon sweat. Uome and see them, aad | violence. ‘The iotitn lac aa ta foce 3 of The distinguished artist Mr. Healey as- | either of them, make an examination of said | on which it was founded by each of the mem- ., WASHINGTON MONUMENT. PRovIDENCE, K 1., Feb. 9.—In Apponang, convince yourself of this besutiful Invention. ‘Ward. was formerly works i opneeen pov Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryan in contracts with the view of determining | bers of said board of audit? If yea, state how Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution instract- | last evening, two children of Thos. Smit, f 3 ivi 2 ISAAC ALEXANDER, day, and accor: enl-2m}-tp 1999 Ps. av., Optician and Jeweler. J lealigren and Min led Mrs. | whether the law governing the execution of | many of said certifleates were so issued, and | 1Dg the Committee on Public Balldings and aged respectiviey 4 and 11 years, were ede Overbeek to Jastice | said contracts by the Board of Public Works | state in this connection the manner of doing | Grounds to inquire into the expediency of | drowned by breaking through the ice in al- Ifaelther of said | the business of auditing and certifying said | making speedy provision for the completion | tempting to cross @ mill pond. A young in Wall street, New York, but in the panic of Black Friday he lost his entire fortune of 000, After that he lived in penury in | ¥?3BE's suiree had been complied witb’ 81.00 +0 Commissioners made said examination. to | claims. of the Washington monument in the city of | man nated Barry, who ati Frese HABLE BROTHERS? : itis believed that he committed Crooked Whisky. whom Was referred the basiness of ascertaln- | 4. When did any certificates issue to either | Washington, and to report by bill or other- | ofthe children, Was also dtownen ee NEW ORLEANS INDICTMENTS ing whether these conteacss wars valid ovil- | of said oars or soe the — of either ot — Gets Gites onan me —_—o—— s — Bis Nolonel Wd. Benen ‘Toorn, of | g4uons or not. Did you take tae opinion of | them? Ifso, state what amount were so i right ¢ up the to pay the The Markets. PRICE LIST. oes feu it Santi oe tgE ie eee ieee ie a euel Ala: Thor, OF | Ele eet cuer ae the Disiier ee eee oie | ect nh e eee eae eee class? | First Nationa fvee-for-ali skating mateh, for thechampion- | the firm a ship of America anda purse made up by | John He the parties entering, will occur at the Expo grand jury In New Orleans for receiv sition skating park, in Chicago, commer packages of distilled spirits as whole: ing on Monday, the lith instant, and eon- | iiquor dealers, aud knowingly. wilfully tron havebees isampany. and | contracts recognized by you, ordid he give | Do you know, or have you any reason tabs, | the United S bis opinton as to their validity or invalidity | lieve, that avy of the subordinates employed | rebel raiders in Inet. Passed. i de. new, #: do. apecial tax, 21% , | inthe lump: If yea, furnish the cammitee | in said board of audit were interested direct- | Mr. Boutwell introduced bill to repeal the | today." Suger yuiet, Wall | With @ copy. Did you refuse to recognize | ly or indirectly in apy of the claims pre- | Pre-exemption laws and to provide forthe | _ BALTIMORs, Feb. button quict and eas” — tinuing ix days. The competitor who | lawfully and’ fraudulently aegleeting or | E¥ Coulract purporilng to be made by the | sented for allowance? itso, state your ufur- | Fale of the timber lands in the Urited States, | Mdling, ti. Flour steady and urchanged. Wi = skates the greatest distance 1s ty tre decleent costaning toma ney Heglect te OF | Board of Public Works &s binding and vatid? | mation and belief on the subject, and give | and gave notice that he should move it as a the winner of the race. William B. Curtis, | whieh the law requires tien to kesp, ‘Tooe | 1 Yea siate the number of said contriet, | tue names of suctt clerks or subortinaces, | Substitute for Senate bill No. 2. of 18 South Clark street, willact as referca, | were five counts sealnet Harienon, euete | date, name of contractor, aud the subject of | Have either of both of you beld or owned any | Sr. Kelly ealled up the bill granting eizht : : and all applications for entry may be ad. | bail was fred at Sis 00), een ee nore | said contract. of said certificates or the bonds issned there | years’ additional time to the Northern Pa- | yellow, t0s59, western mixed, 6) spot. 6lig, Marc dressed to him Against Behan and ‘Thorn, their bail maine | _ lth; Did not @ number of the taxpayers | on since the said certificates were issued If | cifle Raliroad to construct and complete its | Cals Tuetosombers gad te pai iat een District Attorney, i | Of said District call upon the said Comruis. | fo, state the amount so held, and whetuer | road. After discussion, the bill was laid | Wvite, sai western nixed: Guid. liye dull ama Lank of St. Albans, Vt., for Paryiwore. Feb. ¥—Virgiuia ai cos, olt, & ates notes taken from it by | solidsted, 6°; West Virgints's, * Bur re rsoD, evits $35 BEDUCED To $25. SUITS $25 KEDUCED TO €15. SUITS © «© “ REDUCED TO $16 rE fixed at $15 . District Attorney, J. “- pominal Hay dali—Maryland and Pen DEATH OF A MOUS Inu cTER.—The | k. Bec: 31 | Sloners and protest against your recognition | youl old them now. over. m7] ic neyivanie, suits €20 REDUCED To e1e famous tro‘ting horse, James Howell. Jr. eral Brady. sapervinen Bae Weare en of many or all of these contracts recoguized 5. Was th ea recently sold t ellto agentieman at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. searching out cases of violation of the reye- - re Provisions easier—pot quotably lower. @ any remeasurement of the | The Centennial bill, being the unfinished k, 212602150. Lar iter—west— Supervisor-ai-Large Hows | agent, and others. are busily enzaged in | DY You, because they were illegal and unau- | work done under the Board of Public Works | business. was then taken up, read at je np <4 ir oat on -% ‘th, | ern extras scarce and firm, thorized, for the reason that they exceeded | before the claims of said work were audited | @nd Mr. Morrill (Mi & “i other ) delivered an able ar- | chang-d. Petroleum easter—oruie, »: e8ulTs ’ BEDUCED TO @12. for $15 6 0, died suddenly Monday morning. | ruc laws, the limit prescribed: that is to say, $4,000,000, | and certified; or, did the Board accept as | gument in its favor. Mdy. Coffee dail but weady—Bio : He made a record of 2.24 in 1si4, but did not Ne UNTHE CROOKED IN BROOKLYN. and because the said Board of Public’ Works | true and correct the said measurements made] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —Mr. sath ont ye Le ae EUITS $16 BEDUCED TO gio. | *ppear upon the turflast year. He was Revenue officials yesterday seized an iliiett | W&S prohibited in the orgavic act from mak- | by the engineer of the District; or did yuu in- = a sired by Rysdyk’s Hambietonian, out of @ | whisky distillery in Brooklyn. When the | 12g Contracts tobind the District to the pay. | siitute avy inquiry as to the accuracy and | Banning (Ohio) asked leave to offer a resolu- mare by Harry Clay, and was about eleven | raid was made no person Was fottnd on the | Ment of any sum of money except in pursu- | correctness of said measurements? I{such | tion calling upon the Secretary of War for a years of age. His lossis greatly tobe de- | premises, ance of appropriations made by law, and not | measurements were accepted and made the | statement of the numberof horses and mules plored. Unul such appropriation shall have been | basis of award, what reason have you for not | uscd in the United States army in and all A CHILD BEATEN TO DEATH.—Tne trial | made? After receiving this it or @t | remeasuring the said work and for takin; partin laces change. rate A MURDERER Kiutep—Last Sunday | of Mrs. Mary Vreeland and her husband, | any time did you oblais the opt of any | the measurements of the englacsr ce cemee | cee cd eit a ee Wty AAR pe Morning the body of adead man was foand | Henry R. Vreeland, for assault on Ralrh | cisinterested ‘and well-informed lawyer as against the District and the United States? ing and remounting a company of cavalry. gd ta vs. . ee, 1. Suits 215 BEDUCED TO e-. OVEBCOATS $13 REDUCED TO ¢ s. on the east side of Peach creek, Texas. There | Vree! and, aged five years, was begua in the | 10 the validity of these contracts? If yea, a 6, State u; what neiple you arrived . x ‘- i hen os — br pong a Ll ee Hie oN: Paps ‘oe hey ware mo aioe mtigppnncins was es psbegetcrral at our awaed | upon Eno meee bo Se gg take’ ali the clorke te = gn _ 5 a eek for the Uy : and io Wi pert; reason special iprove- lepartmen Pout! ISCUSSION INNING OVEBOOATS 816 EEDUCED To gio. | Who was under indictment for killing Col- | but being acquitted were then held for ae? | Ing, furnish & copy? ‘Are you not defeniting | ments? Did roa ee the wand male by roe ihe tnformenion sara Jer axpEsping i Browne: ene Ineo ganar time since. MeCas- | sault. The prosecutor, in opening the ease, | in the courts of the District against suits | the late of Public Works; or did Mr. Banning said if this was thecaseithad | ville, Tenn., Samuel Boyd, United OVERCOATS $15 BEDUCED TO g12. ay Re found grazing not far from the | said that there were three indictments | brought on some of these contracts, on the make your award on personal examination better be known, and a better system | States marshal, was shot last » | body. An inquest was held, but no facts | against Mrs. Vreeland and two against brr | ground that they were made in the absence | of the premises upon the report of experts | adopted, so that information could be ob- | Saturday evening by H. one of the . = elicited as to the perpetrators of the | husband. The boy was Mrs. Vreeland's step- | Of ay app! lation, and has not the de- | approved by said board; or on the testimony | tained. editors of the juarrel whica OVERCOATS @20 BEDUCED TO gig, | “eed. pe a eens seats Sop, and on the murder trial the neighbors | fence ‘so far successful? Is the attorney witnesses? State in a tabulated form the | The House then proceeded, in the morn grew out of a which be- Not IMPEACHED.—A dispatch from | ‘stifled that Mrs. Vreeland had frequently | Whois defending these suits the same per- | pames of all claimants for damages on ac- | ing hour to the consideration of bills in jest. accused or OVERCOATS $22 BEDUCED TO 916 Wohveling states th A. Bennett, auditor | reatened to put an end to his life. . | Son who advised you to recognize these and | count or the from committees. 8 koklux ¥ * | of West Virginia, was yesterday acquitted | A™#88 A. McWhitmey testified yesterday | Kindred contracts as valid = obligations | amount of the award by The House then, the morning honr having | saying that Boyd had been loyal of articles of im: “hment preferred against | ‘24t when he made the post mortem exami- | Of the Board of Public Wor! Public Works; the amount reported by expired, went into Committee of the Whole | leader, to which Boyd \, * ¥e a OVEKCOSTS $23 BEDUCED TO gis. by the legisiature during the past ses- | 2@tlon of the body it was covered with cou- QUESTIONS AS TO REPAIR WORK. perts of your Own appoii on the consular and di; atic appropriation | d—d lier!” Clark asked him to retract, on. The vote on the third article came bpp pee ed preys oo were dont Gr keane « Bi Popes oa eget irae bill; Mr. Hoskins in the chair. Boyd put his band behind him @s thongh to OVELCOATS 933 REDUCED TO $23. | \\ thin oneofhaving the required two-thirds, | De” Cicwnese oe pres . There was | vet pended aly, | claims wed, 3 draw & pistol, and advanced on — who si = a e,he said that na | 174, in repalch vements laid b; 9 | claim: and the reasoos tax- landing guilty 15. not emity 9. roduee the condition ‘the bo paul | Board of Public Werke; the name cr tiene | een - A Lost Son Fous» —A telegram from the | found it. The trial is to be cox chief of police of Chertesion, S. C., informs | ™. ¥. Sun, sh, ance. | oa which repairs were made, the cost of such | repairs, by whom repaired, name of the 7 : Ft i il fs ou \ pplrwedarrete pteap Pregl sooner @s required by the sth section we oid tn Shae tall toennee Mr. Frenets B. Gowdy. of Scitico, Conn., orginal contractor, amount id him; | of ‘act of June 20, i874? Di you allow any and beld in $8,000 bai! to answer. HABLE BROS. tbat his thirteen year Od son, Ernest, who | THE Crty oF Mexico av TEE CuNres- | whether any of these repair ‘contracts were Sialces cut en pevmesbel of the ith class after men bave tauoilles, and were proviously ‘on was enticed from home last fall, was | NIAL.— One of the most curious tuings atthe | open to bidders; whether any Offers todo the | the: ration of the time prescribed by said good terr.s. * ™ . supposed to bave been murdered, is in | €Xposition will be an architectural plan of | work for less than the ‘ice paid by Com- act, wiz ninety days after the first > Merchant Tailors and Fine Clothiers, | Charicston. Tne boy is held in Charleston | the city of Mexico, Its dimensions ate tirce | wissionerss if, these ceabeaste we: paid in| tion of said notice? Did you allow any AN ACCIDENT occurred in the freelove for instruction from his home. ——— er ee “pcp and | 3 6 bonds or did pipet aire such pay- —— of the ge Sa. not conventon at Boston. A man rose = = hirty-one q Ly a! ue char- | ment; Were any con: for repair work | sen! to you Within thirt; tuere was &@ Woman febs tr Cor! 7th and D streets. 5 HANGING PLayen ( In New YORK.— | actesistics of the city, and wil be peopied by | paid any enm fn cash andif so tne sumsso/ cays after the 2ist of December, 1874? Dis bea no place Pr sleep,” on the UTTRELL & WINE, ndge Barrett, of the supreme court, at New | sixty thousand leaden figures, in ay paid and to what contractors. you allow any claims of the Ist and 2d ‘wWormac bopped up and ‘oat one tame at Se York, who bg peeor SE hg Dolan to be | propriate costumes, some for the opera, Dall, uestion i2 asks whether Commissioners | classes or claims for refunding sewer taxes al) pleased lo be spoken of in that 1930 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, hanged forthe murler of Jas. H. Noe, has | and social party, and others vending’ fratt | took opinion of counsel as to their powers | that were not presented until since July ist, exked mar her y granted the prisoner @ writ of error, taking | and ice cream, carrying baskets, and roll- | under act of June 20, 18i4,to order repair | 1875? Iffyour answer to either one ‘or all of cents, and phy sof tne andience. Are offering |. ROONOMY suet. his case on exceptions to the court of ap- | ing barrels. Inthe streets wili be one thous- | work to be done and to be paid in 3.65 bondg, | these interrogatories be “yea” give a tapu- man to have the made of Wanisutts Cotton and 2100 Linen, warranted ase ee aE and nine hundred coaches, a: ¢ynal number | requires name of said counsel and his writ-| lated statement of such allowances, showing Auctenee to do the Toese reformers to ft. The hae only te work ‘the button FAILED FoR A MILLIoN.—Dale Brothers, ; Qf Other vehicles, and a lot of artillery pieces) | ten opinion, or if not in writing substance of | date of presentation of claim, its No. didn't seem tobe entirely bappy at any of Boles, c dealers In woollen goods, of New York and | S0M€ of the most noted citizens of Mexico | bis or their opinion, and if the work was of certifteate, No. of contract, name of ibetr Sessions. Boston, have failed with’ liabilities exceed- | 27 &t the head of the undertaking. . done under the Commissioner's construction | aint, or name of person to whom issued i 1 ing one million, though their assets are nom- of the powers conferred upon them by Con- | other than claimant, amount allowed and AN EDITOR Waxrs £25,00-—H. N. P. inally more than double that amount, THE Mixnesota House has defeatet a | gress tostate under which clause or section | on what claim allowed. State also by what Lewis, editor of the Western Rural, at ee —<—————— MIL appropriating $25,000 for @ centennial | of the act referred to. peerty ee evel ae not presented Lay brought eutt for tresspase S7-Miss Emma Dunning, a sister of Mrs. | splay. The Senate has passed a bill urging | Question 13 asks if the Commissioners con- | within the time preserived by la, Gplles Geesenend omen an ae ‘ Wm. Horace Lingard, bas married a Colo- | Congress to secure © treaty by which tue | suited the board of andit before beginning 8. Did you consult orconfer with the Board of Whom he Was recently Gov Gned 1» Jado millionaire, My, Edmund Trafford. | Black Hills can be opened Wo setulement, such Work as to whether the board would is- | of Commissioners, or either of them, as to