Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1876, Page 4

EVENING STAK. FRIDAY. «July 21, 1876. Weather Probabilities To-day. Orriczor Curer Stroman Orrrcaz, WASHINGTON, Jaly 21, 156 For the miidie siates lower temperature And northwest to northeast winds, with genera. ear weather and rising baro- meter. LOCAL NEWS. | Condensed Local The street lamps will be lighted at 7:45 p. ™m , and extinguished at 3 a. m. Sir. J.C. Parker is again on hand with ‘ork and Philadel. of to-day. ' PoE hoswell was arrested this after. noon, on the charge of assault with Inteat to commit a rape on @ little girl about 10 years of age. —_e+__ Board of Hea: PROCEEDINGS AT THE MESTING TO-DAY. A meeting of the Board of Health was held to-day at 11 o'clock. } A number of reports on nuisances, by the heaith officer, were read. The letter of ir. | Bowen compiaining of the “‘nide house” oa | K street, between th and 7th streets, was recelved from the Senate Committee on the District, and it was stated that the health Officer had notified the party to remove the bolsance, and the party had notified bim that he intended to contest the right of the beard. It was also stated that the attorney had been instructed to commence legal pro- ceedings. One of the letters accompanying the papers stated that the death of Mr. Alex- ander Ball was caused by this nuisance, and that it has also caused the serious Illness of Miss Gordon, residing next door. Tue sub- ject was referred. Mr. Langston, from the committee on ord- inances, submitted a report directing the health officer to notify the owner of siangb- ter house on K street, vetween 12th 13th streets southeast, to abate any nuisance there. On the complaint that the Odorless Exca- vating company bad violated thetr contract | the commitiee presented letters of the com- pany and health ollicer explaining the traus- action. The report of the registrar of vital statis- ties for the week ending Jaly i3th, was pro- sented, showing dea more than Week—at the rate of r 1,0% per | annum. Decrease by deaths over births (re- ported) 124, or at the rate of 40.390 per 1,000 per an Decrease of white population by deaths over births was 19.43 per thousan per annum; colored, 60.089 do. Deaths responding week | Or at the rate of 29.575 per 1,000 per anou Of the deaths the past week, there were 115 Whites. 51 colored—55 white minors and % colored minors, (19 whites and 43 colored being under 5 years of age.) Of the causes, Ti were superinduced by beat, 3} from cholera infantum, 16 consumption, 12 apoplexy, 18 congestion of brain (11 direct from heat}, 9 Old age, 2 poisoned, 11 infantile convulsions. ———_.—__— Dry Goons CLERKS’ PROTECTIVE AS30- CIATION.— A meeting was held la: vening @t the board of trade rooms to form au asso- ciation with the above name. Mr. C. W. nnarda was called to the chatr, and he explained the objects as follows:—First. Tne Moral and Intellectual advancement of its membership. nd. Mutual relief in case of sickness or misfortune. Third. To assist the members in obtaining employment. A temporary organization was effected by ihe election of Mr. J. M. Follin as chairman, and Mr. G. Fireeker assecretary. Mr. M. E Smith made a motion, which was adopted, that a committee of five be appointed to pre- pare a brief pian of organization ard report at the next meeting. Messrs. Milton E. Smith, Toomas E. Bureh, A. Finney, J. F. Thorn, and M. Page were appointed as the committee, and the chairman was added as & member. —— THE UNION Re MEETING to-day im the Lincoln Hall chapel was ted by Mr. Henry Chariton, who read from Jonah iii, and commented thereon. Mr. Nye reported from the open air-meeting last ‘night that there was one convert—a very intere: case—a stranger from Philadelphia, ai spoke of the good results of such ny especially as (hey reached pers not attend the churenes. Mr. House related his personal experience and the great lem Btions lately put in bis way. Mr. Asiamby, of West Va., spoke of the Y. A. con- vention wb has just been hel! as being a | very remarkably successful ove, and said the Influence of the association would be felt all over the land. spoke of the Y. Rey. Mr. Kramer also 1. C. A.’s, and re toa Jealousy in the churches, but they should not Imind it but go on. Mr. Columbus Choate made some appropriate remarks. aa ieepaceueeron A VALUARLE RECIPE—At the request of & correspondent the New York Journal of Commerce republishes the famous form Of the so-called “Sun cholera t Whieh many years ago proved so eitic: The following is the prescription: opil, tinet. capsici, tinet. rhei co., meath pip., tinct. campho. Mix equ each. In plain Engiish, it consists of equal parts of tincture of opium red pepper. rhn barb, peppermint aud eamphor, aud the Journal says it is the best remedy extant fo1 sommer complaint, diarrhea, cramps in ta bowels and similar afford: Almost instant relief. e is from three to ten drops for a catid, according to aze, and ten to thitty drops for an adult, according to the severity of the attack. —_* DESTRUCTIVE FIRE THIS Moxxtxc. About 1 o'clock this morning Special O: Seer Hook turued in an alarm from box 125. &@ fire baving been discovered in the rear of he furniture store of Patrick Foley, 157th Street. The fire had gained considerable headway when it was discovered, but the Gre department succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they spread to the adjoin ing property. The stock of 4s was dam- aged both by fire and water. The da:nage is Feported at $5,000 0n the stock, whieh is in- 2S ee | street. The Heated Term. MORE VICTIMS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. B. W. Barnitz, ‘who was boarding at the house of Mr. Roth: well, No. 113 B street southeast, was found dead im bed, it being supposcd he died be- tween the bours of 1 and 2 0’ Was summoned and notified the coroner, who gave the caure of death to he conges- tion of the brain, superinduced by the heat, and gave @ certificate of burial. Mr. Bar- nitz was much respected. He was engaged as chorister in the cholr of St. Mark's church. The remains will be taken to York, Pa., for interment. Yesterday afternoon Thomas Batler, a carpenter at work in the shopof Mr. J. George Nayior,on Louisiana avenue, near the City Hall, was overcome by the heat and waa taken to his residence, No. 615 N Dr. Evans was called in. Batler was So far gone that for several hours his system failed lo respond to the remedies, but this morning Piscondition bad im| 5 Jobn Wenger, tailor, keeping a store at the corner of 11th and F streeta, and residing At lis New Jersey avenue, was overcome With the heat this morning at his residence, and died in a few hours. i Yesterday, a man named George W. Free- man WA&s overcome by heat whileon his way to Alexandria. He was taken charge of by Officers Barry and Kenner, who called in Dr. McCauley, after which he was put oa the boat and sent to Alexandria, where he belonged. A colored man named Boston, employed at the National hotel, was prostrated by the heat about three o'clock yesterday after- noon, on 9th street, near the Center Market. He was taken to Drew & Gibb’s drug store and treated by Dr. McBiair, after which he Was sent to bis home. Jerre Connell, grocer, residing on the cor- ner of 3d and E streets southwest, was over come by the beat yesterday, near the City Hall. He was carried into Jus e office, where Dr. W. L. Naylor medical assistance, after wolch te was taken home iva carriage. Yesterday afternoon Ii. Allen was over- come by the heaton Pennsylvania avenns. and conveyed to Drew & Gibbs’ drag store, corner of the avenue and 9th street, where he received proper attention. Charies Hagan was overcome by the heat yesterday, at the corner of 7th aad 5 streets borthwest. Officers Morgan and Pfaff con- veyed him to Joy’s blacksmith shop, where he was atteuded by Dr. Ashford. Last evening @ cripple named George Sav- age, colored, was prostraied by the heat on ith street porthwest, above the Boundary. Oficer Reese conveyed him to the 2d pre- cinct station, where Drs. Glenen and Palmer attended him. He was afterwards removed to the Freedmen’s hospital. ee FIRE No.2 THIS MORNING.—The alarm ‘0 this morning, from box 431, was caused by the discovery of fre in a brick heuse on ith, betwee B and C streets southwest, owned by Mr. Wm. Lioyd. The alarm was turoed in by Mr. B. Vernon, but the fire was extinguished by workmea with @ hose atiached to the water-plag of the commissary department on the opposite side of the street before the arrival of the fre department. The fire originated among some clothing in a chamber, and the Gamage was small. 5 —— o-—____ A SAD FAMILY TRAGEDY recently occurr- ed near Pottsville, Pa., at a lime kiln be- longing to John E. Cameron. Recently he started a fre in the kiln and went to work in his hay-fleld. Two of his children, a boy of nine and a girlof five, began playing witn an Old windlass that hung over the Kiln, and the boy proposed to his sister that he should give her @ ride. She assented, and he lowered the windlass with her in the bucket, but the fire had got under way, emitting poisonous gases, and she screamed to come up. Tne boy found himself unable to pull up the bueket and ran for bis mother and grand- mother. Mrs. Cameron saw her child lying on the bottom of the kiln. Sue had fallen ont of the bucket, being overpowered by the gas, Thinking that the child might be restored if taken out at once, Mrs. Cameron drew the bueket up. She placed her little boy in it, and telling him to piace the body of his little Sister In it as quickly as possible, and get back Into it himse!f, she lowered hira into the noxious pit. Tae little fellow succeeded in placing the body in the basket, and cling- ing to the side of it himself, wasdrawn afew feet upward, when he succumbed to the in- fluence of tae gas and fell back unconscious to the bottom. Mrs. Cameron drew the boly of her little girl to the top and hastily re- moved it from the bucket and placed it on the ground. She then gave the crank of the Windlass to the mother-in-law, a lady near- ly 70 years old, aod told her to lower her | quiekly into the pit, to the rescue of her other child. “She then got into the bucket. Her Weight was more than old Mrs. Cameron could control, and the crank slipped from ner hands, and whirling round struck her on | the bead and knocked her senseless to the ground. Her daughter-in-law was buried Viol tly to the bottom of the kiin, and no rendered unconscions before the gas her. The Pottevtlle stage caine alopg and the driver reude-ed all the assist ce he could, but the mother and ber two jen were ves AN York goes to the t Uon when the by cobahi- laves, and validity of a d whenin the state of Jones, formeriy a slave 30 years ago to Ni realestate. 4 ed by the state of New position that the dec ft no re tied to it under the law. Claim, b ever, was set up by Pateey Minor, as his idow, and Anthony Smith, their son. The wicow, several years after the escape from servitude of her putative husband, supposing him dead, took another husband, after tha same fashion as her first. The surrogate awarded the widow her one-third of the per- sonality to which a widow Is entitied in New York, and her dower in the realty. The lead- ing principle of the decision 1s that the claim- wer the sured for $500. The building belongs to Mrs. Paulus Thyson, and is faliy insured. pe ecb A EBoY ACCIDENTALLY & .0T—The Usual Result of Letting Ohikdren Hace Fire Arms — About 6 o'clock this morning Albert Wal- Gamer, 11 years old, living at No. 1535 5th street northwest, was accidentally shot in the head by Clarence Moulton, » years old, inflicting a serious wound. Dr. P.G. Youn; Was cailed in and rendered medica! aid. appears that father’s yard, ime. band ling a musket loaded with ravel, when it was accidentally disebarged, the joad taking effect in young Waldamer's fore. head, making a painful though not a dan- gerocs wound. ee ExcvRstons, PICNICS, &C.—The Sfth bas- Ket ptenic on the steamer Harbinger will leave 6th street wharf on Sunday, 24 inst. 5 at9a. m., going fifty miles down ‘the river, and returning at 9 p. m. The Msry Washington wil! make two trips Sunday to Mount Verson Spring: ouly, leaving 7th-street wharf at 10a. m., return, ing at 3 p. m., and tor the second trip ieaving ati p. m. and returning at 4:30. The Lady of the Lake will make Jar Surday excursion, leaviug her 3 p.m. for @ five hours’ trip oa tae i See adv. ene aoa A_Misstxe Boy.—The son of the Rev. J. R Wheeler, pestor of Wesley (M. EF.) Chapel, residing at (22 H street northwest, missing since Monday iast, havi home that afternoon to take the train for Ale: mer regu- & piece on the side of his head, aud bas dark eyes. He was attired {a @ black summer eioth jacket and pants, White vest, straw bat bound with black, and Congress g: AT THE QUARTERLY Grand Counell, Sons of - Hf. Young; |. Mocaber; Worthy grand inside watehman, W.E. Wur- B 4 soabaiets worthy grand outside watchman, W. B. Norton. A CHILD ATTACKED BY A SAVAGE BULL Doe.—Last pamed Kate 7. oe ie jt New Jersey avenue, }ween Q and Gog. which selzed her right’ leg aud reacts > Whi t leg aud nearly sirtpped the flesh from the bone. (Officer Reese rescued the girl, and conveyel her to ber parents residence, on 6th street, near the Boundary. where she was attended hy Dr. = oMficer afterwards kiliel te SERIOUS, PERHAPS ‘This morning at 4.30 o'clock, by Mr. John York lock, @ horse driven = treet, between inst @ lam) it Mr. York's jaw- rOKeR, one suoulder burs int, running 5, bone was in and medical attention. It is feared fatally tojured. rendered that Yor« is ants ‘were to all intents and purposes the wife and son of the deceased Antnony Jones, and copsequenuly entitled to such om ged as the putative husband and father left, and especially under the act of Virginia of 1855, which provides that wherever ni have lived together as man and wife, and shall bave ceased to live together for any canse before the passage of that act, all the cnil- dren of the woman, recogni. by the man to be his wife, shall be deemed legitimate. A New PicTURE oF NIAGARA.—Exhibi- Uons have been more numerous this season than ever before. Some of them possess unique interest, and chief ne these ope made up of the pictures of the late Mr. Megnot,who was, I believe, a Frenchman by birth, though he passed much of his life in America, where he was married. His widow gathered together in three rooms tn Bond Street bis admirable works. Among them {s &@ large picture of the Horseshoe Fall of Ni- agara, which is certainly the finest render. | ing of that much-painted subject which has et been made. The fall is painted from ‘errapin Tower, With no land visible except the distant Canadian shore beyond the rap- ids. The time is just after sunrise, when the Ught tints the eastern side of every high Wave, throwing its other side in a soft green shadow. Three colors alone are employe in the vast picture, but the degrees and shades of these three are so infinite in number that ube canvas is filled with spirited effects and surprises. M@py artists visit the galleries simply to gaze upon and study this picture, aud some of them declare that no living artist can paint such water and foam. So reat is the fascivation that it is difticult to eave this picture in order to pay proper attention to the others, though many of these are of great importance—notably two representing the Jungfran at morning and Gt evening.— (London Letter. INDIAN NaMeéS.—An Alerauiria Sentinel reporter, in conversation with Gen. Fitz Lee, a few days eS ee the derivation of some of the L pames now high on the roll of fame. The is an old Io- dian Oghter, and bas the of au &rrow through his Jung. Sitting Ball was pared from @ buffal.7 bull which was drivea into camp as the ti me of nis birth, and, belpg wounded, fell «wm his haunches, and remained in that post. Tre some time. Crazy Horse got his name 1 tom @ wild pony in camp at his nativity; 1 ted Cloud, from the &pptarance of the heave: 4 when he first saw the light; Spotted Tati, A Witty Woman's Sua)? Practice — Twenty years ago a Li e a" ARTFULNESS —It has just transpired that Philadelphia has a over have wo; Sane te Beal | | on one side, LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Editor Stor:—S1R: You will confer @ favor on the 4 by publishing these few lines. {ons he Sly forte pan ow nae” rounds of the city e w days sell- ing what he terms the Galiforaian rose named “Jasper,” describing the plant as a suitable one for any soll and aay climate, growing very vigorously and day tn the year. The flowers are described as being of three colors, viz., white, pink and . He claims to have sold three barreis aleady in this city. The purchasers have my sympatby if such is case. Ihave made a faj] examination of theabove named rose, and have found it to be the common swamp briar, thousands of them on can get Sack aide of the river, between the Aqueduct b= and the Long brid; This same ta- v casion late: %, It would be well before buy- ing to ask him why he cuts off the leaves always. They would betray him. HORTICULTURIST. —_—_.—___ THE OUVUURTS. POLICE CouRT—Juage To-day, Waiter Hillary, assault; $5. Ma- linda Johnson, assault on George Johnson, not George of THE STAR office.) Belva A. Lock wood, esq., appeared for the defendant. George said Malinda had been his wife, bat he didn’t own her now.and two or three weeks ago be went tosee her about some money, in Wiliow Tree alley, when she threw six bricks at him, three with effect, and two buckets of water—one slop and tue other grease. On cross-examinatioa, Georga said he didn’t live with her, because she aud George Moton had got pretty thick. He acknowledged that he beat her before the 29th of March, when they separated. Mrs. Lock wood said she had advised them both— first, to live together, (which they would not do,) and then to live apart, and they dida’t seem inclined to do that; fined $5. Mary Wright, vicious di log Ordered! to be shot; Hexry Hill, disorderly; $5. Albert Lucas, concealed weapon (arazor); $50. Henson Davis, trespassing on par! Conrad Mli- ler, indecent exposure; $5. profanity; #10—appeal Lee, disorderly in Georgetown; $5. John Lurch, using street washer after hours; $1. Waiter Jackson, ditto; 31. H. W. Fisher, casting rubbieb tn street . J. Stearn, ditto; $2. D. E. Young, ditto; Berwanger, ditto; $2. A Monitor in Battle. HOW “ WATCH BELOW” APPEARS ON A TURRETED VESSEL. I once heard an old sailor, who fought in a monitor, deseribe the sound of the shots against the vessel's plates. You know wiat it is to be in a@ long railway tunnel—how ninety d dark it is— darker than a@ star- less night, and how yellow and feeble the lights look. Well, it is much the same in a turret ship when the hatchways are closed. Oil lamps swing from the beams, but they give no luster, and each flamé seems like @ little bit of yellow floating in the The non grope about and knock against each other, some bearing ammunition to the elevator conneciing with the turrets, othera carrying coals from the bunkers to the farnaces under- neath the boilers. The engines groan and rattle, and at times the captain’s bell rings a sharp order to slack or increase the speed. Meanwhile, if there has been a lull in the firing, the men move about feeling very much like @ timid boy who is alone in @ country lane after dark—not that they are afraid. The boy looks at every shadow, thinking there Is a robber or a kidnapper be- hind it. The men anxiously await each mo- ment, not Knowing what deadly surprise it may bring forth. And as the battle goes on, it 1s not long before there is a ringing sound that is calculated to fill the bravest, strongest berve with amomentary terror. It is as if the Inner deck and walls were falling in upon them, and for a little while tney are unable to realize what has happenei— uncertain that they are not on their way to the bottom. Every ear is stung witn the od ‘every nerve {is thrillet. of Iron seems to tumbie over ind moan with pain before the vesrel rights herself again and steadies Ler- self for fresh exertions. Then she retarns the compliments pald her with a vengeance, and her bull dogs in the turret bark and spit fire at the enemy until we pity that unfor- — and wish she would retire from the field. The turrets are arranged along the deck. They are about ten feet in diameter, fifteen feet high, and each one is fastened to a mas- sive upright pillar of iron passing through the center and working ina socket on the lower deck. The Pees is connected by a Series of cog-wheels with a steam engine, which causes it to turn the turret In the direction the captain requires. Twosmall port-boles are cut in the plates of the tur-et aod furnished with irou doors. When the guns are fired they are workel on siides to the port-hole,which renainds us of the moath of a dog’s kenvel, and their noses pointed at the enemy. A s*cond after they have ut- tered their bark, they are dragged in aud doors are closed, just in time, perhaps, to avoid two return shots which crack like thunderon tue plates outside. While tne guns are being loated again, the men are hestened by the whistle aod crash of the shot and shell, which strike the iron walls of the turret. Above one of the turrets there is a little frod-clad pilot honse, whence the captain directs the movements of the vessel. It has no window, and the ouly ontloox is through slits, about an inch wide, in the plates, The inuepid man, whose position is the most dangerous of all, Stands there through- ont the thick of the fight, controiling the radger, the engines and the tarrets by a motion of the hand or a tinkle of a beil.— ( Boston Herala. CONCERTS BY TELEGRAPH.—The reajers of the Traveller have been made acquainted with the wonderful inventions of Prof. Bell, by which musical and vocal sounds can be abd have been sent over the electric wires, but few ifany are aware of the wonderful results which are sure to follow these im- nthe nen in telegraphy. A few nights ago rof. Beli was in communication with a tel- egrapbic operator in New York, and co: menced experimenting with one of his in- ventions pertaining to the transmission of musical sounds. He made use of his pho- netic organ and played the tune of “‘Amer- iea,” and asked the operator in New York he heard. J hear the tune of America,” replied New York; “give us another.” Professor Bell then played Aula Lang yre. “What do you hear now?” “T hear the tune of Auid Lang Syne, with bind pat chords, distinctly,” replied New ork. Thus, the astounding discovery has been made that a man can play upon musical in- ‘ew Orleans, or struments In New York aris, and be heard distinctly in If this can be done, why cannot dis- ——s performers execute the most ar- istic and beautiful music in Paris, and an nome assemble in Music Hall, Bostoa, to isten. Professor Bell’s other improvement, viz., the transmission of the human voice, has be- come so far perfected that persons have con- versed over one thousand tiles of wire with perfect eaee, although as yet the vocal founds are not leud enough to be heard by more than one or two persons. But if the homan Votce can now be sent over the wire, and so distinctly that when two or three known parties are telegraphing the voices of each can be recognized, we may soon h pe distinguished men delivering speeche® in ‘Wasbington, New York or London, and an- Giences assernbled in Masic Hall or Faneuil Rall to lsten.—| Boston Traveler. REMAINS OF A MASTODON.—The Pike (Fyne eounty) Gazette has an account of the recent discovery of mastodon remains ju that vicinity. It say: unmistakably those of a dition to man, of bones in a 8: “The boues are mastodon. In ad- smaller bones, and portions ecayed condition, there have near! been recovered, or » @ shoulder biade, and numerous sections of also what Is ga skull. One of the tusks measured, when re- moved, about ten feet in length and twenty- two inches in cireumference at the stump. In Crea 1 it up Ubree on this was GEORGETOWN. INCREASED ScHOoL FACILITIES—Old ied bere for school purposes, Is, as bas boon eled bere purposes, stated, the oldest chureh in the District. It was built towards the eud of the last century to accommodate the faithful that flocked to the ee College 1. It soon proved to be too small, aga ‘the new church was built, ihe old one was used for the Sunday school. But even as such it is ‘nough to receive the 600 children that regularly attend the school. It is now to adapt the building for use of the schools, aud in carrying out this pur- je, to repiace the interior galleries by a pend ex! ing > fall a of the ing.” The roof, le, the windows and doors are to be renewed, ‘but the main structure remains unaltered. Great care will be taken to have proper ventilation, a good supply of water, and pet pee tpat may contribute to the health and comfort of the children. The eS Father DeWolf, ind his assistant, Father Maitruguor, are carrying out this pian, and should be hel: by the public, as the Trinity schools are filled with children of the poor, many of whom, but for these scools, would grow up in ignorance, Suppen DgaTH.—Mrs. Mary Lucas, the wife of Mr. George Lucas, died very sud- cenly last eveniug, about 7 o'clock, from bemorrhage. She was in her usual health, sitting on the pavement in front of her resi- Genceat¢o’clock. She has been in failing health, however, for some months. INSANE.—On Monday night Mrs. Law- rence Schreener, the wife of a shoemaker liv- ing on Frederick street, near 7th, was at- tacked with alarming symptoms of insanity and so violent were her actions that it be. came necessary to ropes in restraining her attempts at self destruction and the in- jury of her attendants. Medical certificates were issued for her removal to the asylum, and she was taken there on Wednesday evening. CoAL TRADE.—Consolidation Coal Com- pany, receipts 8,905 toas; shipments 9,201 tons. Maryland Coal Company, receipts 2,565 tons; shipments 3,001 tons. New Cen- tral Coal Company, receipts 2,510 tons; ship- ments 2.340 tons. Borden Mining Company, receipts 1,340 Lons; shipments 1.340 tous. @ ALEXANDRIA. In JaIL.—James Garner, colored, has (as we learn from the Independent) been lodged in the jail at Port Tobaceo, charged on oath ofMr. Joseph Penn with attempting to enter his (Penn’s) bedroom with the intention, Mr. Penn thinks, ofmurdering him, Garner hav- ing had a grudge against him on account of the non-payment of some wages. This is the ciroumstance that gave rise to the reported outrage upon a lady named Payne. BONDSMEN WITHDRAWN.—Meesrs. Jas, T. Crump and’ Richard Burke, bondsmen of the superintendent of police, Wm B. Brown, bave notified him of their determination to withdraw their names from his bond. They will notify the chairman of the finance com- mittee to that effect this evening. For RICHMOND.—Deputy Sergeant Arm- Strong, assisted by Jatlor Cilne and Mr. F. E. Corbett, started for Richmond this morn- ing on the Virginia Mi¢!and road with three prisoners: Howard Jones, malicious shoot- ing, 2 years; Corbett Tolson, malicious eut- Ung, 8 years; Ann Mason alias Triplett, house burning, 1 year.—[ Sentinel, 20th. Car BURNED —A freight car belonging to the B. & O. R. R., but attached to the south- ward bound train on the Virginia Midland road, on Tuesday last caught fire near Chat- ham, between Lynchburg and Danville, and Was, together with its contents, 80°14 5.000 — of freight, entirely consumed. The re is supposed to have originated from sparks from the engin » 20th, ————--+e —___ The Virtues of Tobacco. [¥rom the Pall Mall Gazette.) An Irishman who bad a termagant wife quieted an out-break of ill-humor by pre- senting the lady with a short pipe, of which je Cost was one half-penny, and as he did 80 he remarked, with Quakerlike simplicity, bat peace was a good thing at any price. There is much peace in tobacco. A legend even relates that it was introduced wo Eu- Tope by @ man whose professional business Was peace-secking. It was or was not—for doctors differ—a certain M de Nicot, French ambassador at the court of Portugal, who ‘ought tobacco under the notice o: Cathe- ne de Medicis in the year 1500 or there- abouts. In Fiance, tobacco was therefore called nicotiane, or the “‘queen’s weed;” in cause, says tradition, Francis Drake carried away tbe first samples from Tobago. It was the wild man brother the caim delights of smoke. The tobacco in the world for cigars is pert: that found at Cuba, and the dest tobasco in Cuba is grown at Vueltode Abajo. The best snuff comes from Macouba, a viliage at Mar- Unique, where the Empress Josephine was born. The best Turkish tobacco is that raised In Macedonia. Tombeki, which 16 ex- clusively smoked in narghilehs, comes from Persia. When good, it looks like new shoe leather used for soles. Tombek! should be washed at least three times before smoklug. It is difficult to understand the source of the leasure derived from tobaci If it came rom the sense of smell, we might engaze Servants to smoke for us and preserve the whiteness of our teeth as well as the !noffen- Siveness of our hair and clothes. If itde- pended on taste, we should get more joy out ofa quid than out ofacigar. It cannot be long to the touch, because chocolate pastilles and some needie cases feel like cigars in hen’. The sight seems tohave nopart in onr delectation, beeause tobaceo 1s almost de- prived of 1ts perfame by daricness; yet if its savor depended wholly on light, suggests a sage who has lost ali mental coherence in smoky thoughts, topacco would give more pleasure in the sunshine than in the shadow, and no true smoker has ever piped assent to such a statement. Van Helmont, traveling in desert places, vers that tobacco protected him for long periods against hunger or fatigue, and he de- clares that he could make immense journeys on foot with no other sustenance. Doctor Stephenson, an American physician, ob- served that tobacco may be almost counted on a8 @ specific tn certain forms of inflamma- tory erysipelas. He covers the inflamed sur- face with wet tobacco leaves, and Keeps them. there till nausea supervenes. A member of the college of medicine at Stockholm avers that the dried leaves of the potato plant would answer the same purpose, and that far better smoking ingredients may be made from them than from the coarser kinds of to- bacco in common use. Much of the tobacco sold at Hambug and Bremen is mixed with tato leaves. The tobacco which comes ‘aryland is the only sort which can be smoked in short pipes without danger to the mucous Membrane of the mouth. It mingles imperceptibly with the porate leaf, and the adulteration can hardly be detected. A learned man declares that we are grievously in error who talk of “‘meerschaum” pipes; We should say “Kummer” pipes, and com_ memorate perpetually our obligations to the discoverer of a compound which has nothing to do with the sea uor with its foam. An- selm, who has written a profound work oa pipes, instruets mankind that they should be of ube simplest forms, s0 as to be easily cleaned, and that there should never ba any Wood, metal, caoutchouc, or horn connected with them, Kummer pipes may be disercet- ly cleansed by poe streams Of beiling coffee through them. Itis a Wise course to bake clay pipes ina hot oven—afler the din- ner has been taken out of it. Pipes have had names, like swords—nam®s boro oi love or glory; and one is known to history as Anas- tasta, one as “Paradise.” Tue first belonged to & poet, the other to Omar Pasha, who had &name to conjure with among the Tarks. Tobacco Is believed to have destroyed the artof conversation, heey regen it has only improved it. Smokin 8 HOt render talk impossible or even difficult; but it condenses it and makes it sententious. Tobacco com- long-winded discourse iuto an epi- { is at the bottom of the difference tween the Welshman’s prayer and that of {eg tS ‘at, sir,” he remark th and would let his pipe’out in more Ways than one, while that of the more an- client and acute Briton would keep alight. The smoker wants no other furniture than tinder. If he begins to burden , he ceases to man cupboard. Directly the firse ash falls off it, the flavor is impaired, and acrid, and uw! : site we H Hi England it got its more enduring titie be- | Who taught his civilized | (Warrres ror Tar Sran THERP’S A LONE COOL NOUK. There's a lon’ cool nook where the shade is deep, And the ws <8 of a river softly ren ye shor Te o.i’roas muskrats creep hen the day is done. or rends. t j | | | Rocking, rocking, at r id asleep In that lone cool nook where the shade is deep. i When the day is hot you can lie at Tu the boat and dream till the sunt While the lulling sounds that the ‘Are whispered by wares and the long reed And a vine with trumpet-blossome of red Ts lightly flung on the branches Bice Of a leaning tree. In «uch a bed, | Forgetting the world, you may ‘idly lie, Rocking, rocking. at rest and asleep In that lone cool nook where the shade is deep. And at night, when the sky is full of stars, When shadowy birds fit down the shors And the water-snake glides to tbe sandy bars, You may touch the waves with a nolseless var Till you float far out on the shining stream Where winds fr the corn. jond freshly blow, And there you may gently drift and dre With star- above you and stars below— | Drifting, drifting, may dream and rest | (On the peaceful river's cool sweet breast. 1 Jonn Henky Bonsn. | A VERY NICE LEGAL QUESTION promises to develop itself, connected with the death of | Mr. House, thedivorce lawyer. He was shot by bis wife, who is under arrest for the deed, | but who produces a will in which his entire | estate ts bequeathed to her, and applies for letters of administration. If this is allowed | she will have ber bi herself in court, an atonce enter into possession and take life | comfortably. What the effect will be on | otber wives similarly circeumstaaced re- mains to be seen, A FATHER SHoT BY His Son. baque, Ia., Wednesday afternoon &@ young man named Samuel Lawton shot his father. | They had just drank a glass of soda water | together, aid had come out on tue street, when young Lawton drew a revolver and fired a shot, striking his father, who fell to the ground. The young man stooped over the prostrate Body and fired two more shots into it, and then ranofl. Mayor Bush gota | horse and run down the marderer, and ar- | rested him. I[t is said the young man ts in- | sane. A_ G@ymMwast’s Divoace.—Justice Dyk- man, in New York, has granted @ decree of absolute divorce to George W. Warden from a@rah B. Warden. They were married in | Pollade!phia in 1569. George was agymnuast, | and Bar: ten J and dauce artisie. They lived in Philadelphia until 1474, whea Georg went to New York. He was afterward aston- ished to see his wife performing on the stage of Harry Hill’ lety theater. A HUGE BLACK SNA tly crawled into the bed-chamber of jetty Lakin, in Jefferson district, Frederick cou aod | Startled the young lady considerably for a | moment, after which she regained her pres- | ence of mind and shot the intruderdeat. It | measured four feet in length.—| Frederick | | (Md) Union, | 7 Among the Boston ladies who have | bought the Old South Charen butiding are | Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, Mrs. Azassiz, Mrs. James Freeman Clarke, Mrs. Frank- | lin Dexter, Mra. Wra. G. Presecottand Mrs. | Mary Lowell Putnam. The pric3 paid is | $3 500, | m#-Some sanguine persons in Montreal | ave organized & society known as the ‘North American Union,” whose object is Bald to be ‘the confederation of this conti- | nent of North America in one grand cons !- | tutional whole from the Atlantic to tne | | Pacific, and from the Arctic circle to the | Isthmus of Panama.” AMUSEMENTS. COMIQUE, EI BRAY Tew Pomioania deveas OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. hb Stree’ dies and Ohildton RVERY WEDNESDAN’ tod 4 an ren SATURDAY ASTEZBNOOR. FIRST-CLASS IN BVERY RESPECT. Variety, Drama, Burlesque and Comedy. nova3-ly | OLp No. 4 | a6 s On Exhibition and Saiec | 7rH Sr. AT i} MARKRITER’ | No.43B 20h street, terme B vars abore Odd Beil Ckoice Uil Painti ‘a ving. Uhromos, &c. Also, largest stock per Hangings, W | Bhades, Pictures, Frames, Picture Uords | sele. Rings, Bi: 8. &c., in the District, BF Please remember Name and Number yliy it Lewis’, 920 71h street, between I aad | —.—_—— | being indispensable to health and com! | it with | EXCURSIONS, | which due notice will be given CITY ITEMS. TRUNKS — Persons ing to leave the etty for the summer will flod a splendid as. sortment of Trunks, Bags and Valixes, of motern styles and popular = a POPULAR IMPROVED SODA with granz. | Imted ice. KOLB'S, corner 7ia and E streets. 720i —-- — Corps &c —fasy Feet fort, thousands of the Intelligent public visit Dr. | White's establishment, 1415 Penmsylvania avenue, opposite Willard’s Hotel, for relief from corns, bunions, bad nalle, vascular ex- &e. Fee, $1 per visit. CATARRE, discharges from the heat and Sil other chronic diseases enred. Doctor Hartley demande no fee until the best evi- denee of success bas been realized from his treatment. Office 809 9th street n. w. 7,5,1: —— From Rosweli Kinney, M. D., of Mannsvitie, WN. ¥:—“Ido not hesitate to say that Peru vian Syrup has claims to confidence equal if not superior to thore of uy meticine that has ever come to my khowleige. I bave used great success for Dyspepsia aud Epi- lepsy.”” a THERE IS NOTHING MYSTERIOUS about the disappearance from the skin of eruptions burns, scalde, braises, ulosrs and through the influence of Glenn's Sulphur Sulpbur is @ potent puriGer and healer of skin, and is most benefictaily utilized in th form. Depot, CRITTENTON’S, No.7, 6th ave- bue. TO RENEW YOUR YOUTH use Hull's Instn. taneous Hair 7 0, Wf ——— 1 Pirst-class and Dyeing. A. Fischer catargen bie establishment by Temoving tohis new building, 906 G street borthwest, three doors west of 9th street, very near his former place. By promptiy adopting the latest improvements, whether of American or European invention, he is enabled to do any work in @ manner Bot to = ualed by those not possessing these fa- cilities. Ladies dresses cleaned and dyed without being taken apart. Crape Velis refluished nice aad cheap Travelers leaving tue city can have work done on the very shortest notice. Prices lower than ever before, to suit the times. PIO NI the Lower Potomac and the Chess) Phitadelphis The w: J Johnson's Wharf, 28th, ‘1 p.m. including od retarn within ten day Board, 98 30 }. PERBY, Captain, AE 578 SPLECT BASKET PIONIOON TUS STEAMER HABEINGRE will 6th whart en DAY, July 23d, at 9 a. m., Biles down the river. Will land leave street Fo qupec Oreck. ond at the Indian Burying Ground, @ Shell Bocks, &c.. returning » 3720-3t M. B. GREGG, Uapt Sorpay EXCURSIONS OF THE MARY WASHINGTON hereafter be niede culy to MT. RNON SPRINGS, where ‘no tn: «xf toxicating drioks will be sold om tne teaic ands "Two trips: Leaving 7th-atreet wharf at 10 returning et 3 p. m., fare 40 cents. leaving at 4 p.m, returning at §:3 cents. Those going on the Grst tri the second trip free of charge. — g00@ country miuk,caa grounds Perscns wishing to spend a pleasant where good water and shad: -freabments, f- be hed on the day ia the je mb: jy 15-8 Lose" BUBEAU EXOUnSIONS, ON THE MABY WASHINGTU: Delightfal tripe to the invigorating cS it air cf the lower Potomec every WEDNESDAY EVENING. ‘The boat eaves 7th «treet wharf m oud Holly boat BN. B.—Day trips will be given from tims to time in connection with churches aud Sunday scheo!: Hot a Sosa" excuse ON oO LADY OF THE LAKE, Hereafter and until ferther notice. th the Lake will make regular Excursions, her wharf, foot of 6th strest, at 3 p. m., fora five beurs’ trip on the Potomac, arriving home prompt- ly stp m. Fare, 60 cents; children half price. eT ‘#h street cara go directly te the wharf. year | TRUNKS! | Sib, TRUNES! TRUNKS! aia TRUNKS! AT MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES, BR. McMUBRAY, (Formerly of the firm of Jas. 8. Topham & Oo.,) Now l.cated at bis new stand, S05 Market Space, next door to HALL & HUMBE’S. 7 Repairing a specialty. jemt-te PB 4sDELPHiA BXHIBITION, Czessz @® BLACKWELL'S pss PICKLES in Malt Vinegar, j R' H SAUCES for Fish, Meat & Game | peTTzD MEATS and FiaH, GpESUINE MUSTARD, | SUPERIOR MALT VINEGAR, | Jams, JELLIES, MABMALADES i end other CAC TASES PaUinace —- and Cong Ug by sll ada. SSrery genuine article is “ROSSE & BLACKWELL, — yueen. BOHO SQUARI ON Biase © TS tong popene, ‘0 CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. BOPOSALS are invited BUILDING FoR THE Mi ABOB SCHOOL, situated 1 ity. Va. about six mites distant from wood de of Ohes» peake and Ohio railroad THE BUILDING ts to havea front of about 233 feet, with side wings about 150 feet ‘ong, be three storles high, inclading basement, and to have « Maneard roof. to be supplied with water an. and heated by steam or hot w:ter PLANB and SPKOIFIOATIONS can be seen, | blanks obtatned, and fartber information given at | the offices of Jaége Jo#n L.CocaRan,in Chit | lottesvilic, Va.,and A. Lrsgocx, Architect, Bisb- mond, Va. BIDS will be received at etther — of bpd or a whole w: | . In t F case the proj Tadeo by filling ont the Tarnished wv ided for that pu Kk com- 1s must be eepecially at 4 o'clock p.m, whan he oMice of Judge Joha L, JOBN b. COCHRAN, insirman of Buildiog Oommittne. CHARLOTTESVILLE, V. USTER’R SALE OF _A TWO-STORY FRAME “DW REULNG, Ro. 472 H STREET SOUTH- Foe CHARTER, fast Steamers JANE MOSELEY snd ‘The THOMPSON may be Chartered oe ae? xcursiors at reaso! je rates. Ap- LADIES’ GOops. ply at Company's Office, foot of 6b AT COsT. CHIP end STBAW. Bars. FLOWERS and F OASHM t CASEMERBS TIES. BEAL LACE END Tiks, CBEPE DE CHIN® TIES, c DE OHINE Javors, REPE DUCHESS LACE BOTS, SILK w Ts, i x Fell s. T FITTING CORSETS, & ALMES. HOMPSON'S GLOVE Jy18-tr_ 1109 F Street, between tth and I?h. AY cost, ag We have still on hand a lares stork 4 8) | assortment of F. PSO. 3) rs. J.P. P. ofCHIP, LEGHORNS and STRAW D tens ADE HATS, FLOWERS and FATHER: offer aT, and in many cases, BELOW cost, to make room for Fall Stock. EID G s wnt ——™ St reduced prices for the next 7 All kinds of MILLINERY and LACE WORK done at the shortest notice aud in the best styles. Mra. M. J. HUNT, jyis-tr 621 and 623 D street northwest. T° THE LADIES! MME. L. P. JEANNERET will remain two ‘weeks longer, and |: uy at nee PAPA PORTE: — 4 Dilucees. worth ilo he gis; aes Gone in tue shortest notice, Sooi 300 Fe x jaimsook and Peace aes eee borbe oa LYS, 608 9th st.. opposite Patent Office. jez7-tr EV. Sob tetYeppen Put Odin Ot” 715 GREAT REDUCTION 715 In LADIES BEADY-MgZDE SUITS, OVER BEIETS ANP B45QUES, Aod LADIES UNDERWEAR PABASOLS and SUN UMERELLAS at hsif price. FLOWERS, HATS, RIBBON, ana MILLIN&ES GOODS less than cost. JUST BECEIVED— A large assortment of HAMBURG EDGES and ECBU LACES selling at s reduced price. CORSETS and KID GLOVES in a great varicty, HUMAN HAIB very low at HELLER's, jel?-tr 71s MARKET SPAOR. FLOWEBS, from " a, aint om ad we ai oe a - Sealer “Gon sth ete, opposite ‘Ome. Riva ‘gan LACK BAOQQURS, 85, reduced mes eee MISS KE. A. MeCORMICK, STEEBT, (8ST. CLOUD Daily recetving all the latest Novelties tn On A> FA, REET BATE. acme REx | sitested. Tal | Bey and Potomac rive | water every day Access fi | Eegiat tn tee sagt EA pORRUEA fo tae br baths, use of new GEORGETOWN ADVERTS, D**¥ Goons a¥ §epvceD rarcns ‘To enadle us to close oot our stock of SUMEEB GOODS greatly redoc’* prices ci" aice'ard Boys WBA, call Sees ‘ BENJAMIN MILLER. STEAM DYSING ABD <WM MH. WHEATLErs OLD AND PELIABLE BSTAB Lit apa SUMMER RESORTS. oterate. Rs. BROWN, King 60-4 Lone Branch, HOBUTH PACH, DELAWARE. ‘This attractive Soside mort, opp: sean be reaches fou Washington A tO W HLasineten, re Rall del le big, Bo, ‘Thrme ei feat clase im Sond for circolars. Rouud-t:i w Baltimore. BERKELEY 3 aly rcs | AN UOURTY Te now nader imp: vcd au-pinee Fine barhing ard pure mouetein air srebere f ond, only four &. * ride from Warn tngton « sw on + des rere Fon eel fermarson a. W. KIRKWOOD 392-2m 4 Borkoley Sp Se GROVE CAPE MAY POINT, 8.5 Thit MARVELOUS KE®ORT of one a-eand Cente r ostoMoe. TTAGES, A. WHILLD'N. Presid J. 0. SIDBEY , Secretary, va. ‘Terms, @90 to @45 per mont! Cireulars at H Pennr; ys Ly iN Kei PpEscoxs et rh. 4. ChIDKRARD'B,477 ivanis svenuc, or address a 5.3m ry And ascertain wlicther taey can be ay 13 kp A ROFIC Howse, A a JAPE MAY. Z 3. D R § city, Prop: tetore. a ST. MARY 5 COUNTY, @ Bouse, thi pes SURF BATEING AND OCEAN BREE: HOTEL ASD COTTAGE PLAN UT, sttnated 110mit ss from Wash- HUevee of the Cees pee k« is well knowa a= the most pleasant Bummer Besort on th Cheeapeshe or Potomac. For health ar bar no equal, possessing all the ad Bathing with ut the dauger of upd: Senko Bileationcert. ae ye Obsaprake ix aD ‘ot ure miles Wide at Point Lookout; aud the Hotel aut Cottages being located wittin « few yards of the beach, re- ceive the full benefit of the Ooean Brec.c The table will Tl supplied. end UBA5S fresh fom the POUNT LOOK ington, at the Fisk, O¥ST rom ington per steamers Laty of the Lake, Jane Moseicy, Wash ot baal y Washi 5 Umore.sud Express. Saitimore, swamers Mary Wasnidgton and Express. ; BOABD. sr. va per day. gre nae par weee, 45 WW. af weeks. " seems 108 fn 8 AU TERMS TO FAMiLi«s, Children Guder 12 ) cars and servants Laif price Address JAMES EB MIUGBUBN, Proprietor, yll-im Pow Lookout. 8t. Mary's Co, Ma, Ts NEW BAYA- AT BOT SPR = Pee? BATH COUNTY, VIBGIRIA, (Raptely »pproaching completio: , ave @ Capecliy of TWELY: TSDR every twelve hours, Poul and dress dwg room foreach batber tis the best arres nd moet comfortrble batbing establienment in United States. The waters vary ic \mperatare, end rauce as high a 1\0 degrees ‘Thotr great cure- tive powers in Casce of rheumation. got, Cheeases merons other dissaces are feeted by thowance wLo have been curea oF benefited by using them. “The Daixxixo WattRe de lron. alum, Sulphur, and Magucsia. Hotel y a (Tes SCORN CELE FERAL INSTITUTE, pew’ faret- SUM JUST OPENED. GAUZE UNDERWEAR AT VERY LOW FIGUEES LADIES’ ALL KINDS FBOM 60c. UPWARDD, @ISSEY GAUZE UNDERWIAB FEOM 25 CENTS UPWAEDS. GENS GAUZE UNDERWEAR FROM 60 CENTS UPWARDS.