Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1876, Page 4

EVENING STAR. | WEDNESDAY.........Jaly 26, 1876. | ———————————————— Weather Probabilities To-day. 5 tes and lower lake re- of Wednesday, or Cuter SIGNAL OFFICER, OFFICE Wy SatsOTON, July 26, 1876. For the mid e gion. ‘or the res’ ue | weather, slowly rising temperature, with | westerly tosoutbern winds and stationary | or slowly falling barometer. LOCAL NEWS. Condensed Locals. will be lighted at 8:30 r_ Pass Sarre, enon ater, ‘The programme at the Comique this weex weextensive and weil played. Mr. J. or on bard to-".ay, as usual, wi lew York ‘Sever al hours In advance of the slow ah J. C. Parker sends an #@vance, copy of Lippirett’s for August, , pers Weekly for Ray is 43 with s(sme spirited y Nast. Mr. Dempeter, the keeper of the restaurant, who bas been displaced br Geo. T. Downing, closed bis es*ablishment to- a Mr. Downing will take possession in a few days. ome thief stole the money-box of car 55, Metropotitan line, Uriven by Jesse Owings, ye, the car stopped on $3, ‘street, near jar, venut, last night, for ® passen. io The Dox contained about $14. . ebo Boat Club has been erganized b: young men of South Washingtor, witn off- cers as follows:— W. A. Johnston, president; J. W. Cookey, secretary; fl. Davis, treasurer: gh, coxswain. Last night about 12 o'clock Miss Bolie Summers was on her way kome from the Baltimore depot, and when at the corner of 13 and E streets a black man came up and ® atebed ber traveling bag and made off With it. No arrest yet. Some mischievons person, or thief, a few Bights ago took away from the corner ef i2th and C streets the small velocipede used by ‘Theodore Routhe, a poor crippie, in propei- Lice aeelf around. It should be returned, as \t is a serious loss to him. Captaifi LB. Cutler bas sufficiently recov- ered /-om the injuries he received by the gas explosion at the Capitol, about two months @g0, to be outagain. Heis unable to use bis bands yet, and one of his eyes is quite Seriously affected. It will be remembered that Mr. King, @ carpenter, was Eilied by ‘this explosion. of Realth last night elected Dr. ‘Verdi president, which was a just thing to do; having first given a fal complimen- tary vote to Dr. C ne honor is rather a barren one pecupiarily, however, as the President gets no pay beyond the $500 that @ii the members of the board get. The other officers, secretary, treasurer, register, and attorney, get $500 each in addition to their pay as members. All those interested in the organization of ® national rife club in our city, i in hav- ivg & national rife mateh in Washington the coming fall. to which the foreign teams who will contest in the Centennial match at ‘Creedmeor, in September, as well as all American rifle teams, shall be lovited, are, 7 the advertisement elsewhere, requested meet at the Board of Trade rooms, 819 ‘Market space, this evening at 3 o’cloc&. The steamer Jane Mosely returned from a very pleasant excursion trip to Cobb's Island yesterday. She will leave again on Saturday evening, at § o'clock, on her Jar excursion to the capes, returning on Monday morning at 6 o'clock, stopping at int. Point Lookout, Fortress Mon- roe and Norfolk both ways. These trips af- ford an opportunity to our citizens to enjoy a delightful health excursion without loss of business time. ee Funeral of Rev. Father Young. This morning the faneral of the late Rev. N. R, Young took place from St. Dominic's ebureb, south Washington, and was attend- ed by @ large concourse of people, among them a number of prominent citizens of ‘Washington and the surrounding country; the Hil), Herskill,and Naylor families, of Prince George’s county, Md., among the Bumber. The remains were attired in the priestly vestments of the deceased, and were enclosed in a handsome black walnut cloth- covered casket,on which were the emblems of the cburch, silver bar handles, and silver plate inscribed with the name and age of the deceased. The remains, followed by a large number of relatives and frierda of the de- ceased Father Young, were brought in from Glesboro’ about 9 o'clock a. nm., and deposit- €d_in frontof the altar at St. Dominic's by the following pall-bearers:_Wm. Cleary, Robert Mahoney, Thomas Holden, A. P. Hill, Wm. C. Harvey, P. Grace, and W. P. . J. Cotter (the two latter from Belie- fonte, Ohio, where Father Young was the pastor). Grand high requiem mass was cel- ebrated by Key. Father Fortune, celebrant, With Fatber Sheridan as deacon and Father Ravelli (of Dominic's) ~ub-deaeon, Father Barotti St. Angustine: Re F r as cot preached the sermon—a brief but elegant one, from Matthew xviv, 18 verse, and paid &@ bigh tribute to the memory of the de- ted, and in conclusion reciicd the office the dead. The choir composed of Mrs. Shea, Miss L. Pruess, Mies Burroughs, and Messrs. Keochling, Shea and Mattingly, With Prof. Messback as org: rendered some impressive music. At the conclusion of tbe services the congregation was given @n opportunity to view the face of the de- ceased, and afler the immense crowd had passed in front cf the altar an: taken a last view of their friend and former pastor, the remains were taken to Mt. Olivit Cemetery, where they were interred. Besides the priests named above the following were present: Rev. Fathers Walter, of St. Pat- MeNaily, St. 81 1 McCarthy. Immaculate Conception; Jamison. St. Aloy- = Long noes ‘inic’ — og reiand; Crowley, Georgetown College, an: Jenkins, of Gonzaga College. Lee Brothers ‘were the KeTS. eeccosr2 THE CAMPMEETING AT JACKSON'S GRovE—The committee having charge of this campmecting, which is within the Sev- ru cireult, M. E. Chui ‘With a foree of workmen, and are engage! tin ——t the tents, preparing the grounds, &c., and by Friday everything will be in fine order. The camp will not be as as could bave been wished, but with all the ee the pastor and committee have had to contend With, they will have about forty tents, including two large boarding tents, and they hope to have such a meeting 2s to warrant the making of arrangements before the close of this camp for another next year; In fact to make this a permanent camp ground. The committee will continue to erect tents until Ser: and parties may order them up to Saturday by address- ing Prof. P.M Leakir, Odenton, Anoe Arun- county, Md. The ground is immediately on the line of the B. & P. railroad, 26 miles from Washington, and there is an abundant supply of water at hand: one spring, by the estimate of an officer of the rlermaster’s it, giving sufficient water for 100,000 persons. The raliroads have made ample arrangements for the aceommoda- Yon of the campers, and will issue round trip tickets at reduced rates, good from the ith Instant to Augnst 11t ——_+—___ FATAL RESULT OF THE RAILROAD AC- IDENT YsstERDAyY.—Jobn M. Barkhardt, the laborer on the R. & P. R. K. who was stroek yesterday morning while working on the road just east of the navy yard tunnel by @ train of the Virginia Midland railroad, as stated in THE STAR. died from the injaries 8 residence on K street, near 3d south west, out Ope o'clock in the after- noon. Anh inquest was held at noon to-day St the first precinct station by Coroner Pat- terson, and the testimon: and Jobn Kehoe, th: taken, showing that th work and cbildren s i FI i ee a H i E ! ee The Board of Health * .,, eed. PROCEEDINGS AT THE ——_ ase NIGHT--RCONOMY IN * VICE—HOW IT WILL oO Ata meeting Of 0 16 Board of Health last _— Dr- Biles om the sanitary commit. District Com stasioners in Telstiow to the amount allot jeg"tor ms THE POOR FUND, and, tDSt they had informed the committee amour a make no change io the ed. cit . Marbury stated that at that time the De , provisi made ‘Congress for carrying ‘ vision vy cal “athe District government, but since the committee had visited the aers “Congress bad given them aguthority to anti- pos aed the taxes by @ loan, and the probadil- ities are that there would be fands sufficient to justify an inerease for that ie. The : ‘altogether too smail, aud it is not WE SANITARY SER- RK. amount os8i ble todowith it what hamanity dictates. le moved that the conimittee be continued, and that they make another call upon whe Commissioners. So ordered. Health Officer Keene submitted his report for tire week July 224. Premises in between 2d and 34 and B and C streets it, the property of Rosa Kernan, were @8 @ nuisance, and abalement ordered. CUTTING DOWN. Mr. Langston, from Ube special committee tosubmit @ pian of reorganization of the clerical and sanitary service on the basis of the recent gressional appropriation for the board, reported as follows “Tbat there be employed in the health of- fice one clerk for general service, and one to | attend to matters of clerical natare pertain- | Ing to druggists’ accounts aad reports of pbysicians to the poor, with sact farther services &s May seem practicable. Taat the first clerk pamed be paid at the rate of $1,200 per year; the other at the rate of #600 per year, to be paid as heretofore. That sucu records be kept by the health officer as are named in the communication of the healtn officer on the 23d instant. That there beem ployed in the office of the registrar of vital statistics two cierks ata salary of $1,200 per annum each. Tnat there be employed under direction of the heaita officer one medical sanitary inspector, at a salary fixed by law; five cor ig inspectors—two to be assigned to special duty as inspectors of food and merine prc ducte—each of said inspectors to be paid @ salary of $1,200 per aunum; one pound master, at @ salary not to exceed $1.000 per annum, and such laborers and indimen a8 may be necessary, compensa: tion for whose service shall not exceed in the aggregate #600 per annum. That there be employed a Janitor, at @ salary not to ex- ceed per annum, and one messenger boy, at @ salary not to exceed $130 per annum.” ECONOMY DISCUSSED. Mr. Langston stated that he thought there might be a good clerk employed in the health Cffice wno would be able to keep up the books of that office and those in the office of the registrar of vital statistics. If such a per- son could be found an additional salary might be paid him, commensurate wita the additionai duty. Mr. Marbury said it was & physical impos- sibility for the force named to do the work, which is dally increasing, and altnough in favor of adopting the report, he was op; to the idea going out that the same amount of work heretofore performed with a much — appropriation, could now be performed with the appropriation just passed. It would look as if the board had been spending thirty thousand dollars annvally which they could bave done without. It is not possible that the same results can be shown by the board St the close of the coming year a3 had here- tofore been shown. legislators are foreigners to us and have no sympathy with the people of this District. All the board can do is to keep up the business of the office so far as they are able, and such papers as come in must be filed each week and laidaway to the end of the year, when they could report the condition of thixgs and let the responsi- bility reBt where it belonged. There are at resent 10,000 overflowing privies in this istrict which cannot be attended to in con- —— of their crippled financial condi- jon. Dr. Verdi t6ok the same view of the case. ECONOMY AND THE DEATH RaTE. Dr. Bliss stated that the death-rate of the District would tell the results of restricted Sepreneianione more effectually thau any- Uning else could do. Dr. Cox was glad to hear the remarks just made, which he thought were entirely Proper. The difficulty was that there did not seem to be @ proper appreciation as to our wants and needs by our legislators. He contrasted the state of sanitary matters in this coun.ry with that of different countries in Europe, showing the difference between the appropriations and the corresponding results. It was deplorable that this District, which up to the present time had stood so weil as to its sanitary condition and remark- ably low death rate, should at this season of the year be so crippled financially. The re. sults will undoubtedly show this to ba a grave error. It was very proper that the members of the board should speak out and let the people of the District aud the country bow where bmph oe epee d ‘Will rest. Mr. Langston complimentary notice of the Washington Board of Health from a northern paper, as showing the manner in which the country at large regarded our sanitary system,and added that the com- mittee had done all they couid, and could make no otber report than the one he had submitted, taking in view the law of Con- gress. Mr. Marbury said the amount appropriated jast year for the expenses of the Board of Healib was barely sufficient, with the strict: est economy, to last through the year, and that the results of their labors at the end of the year would show the results. ‘The report was adopted. REOKGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. Dr. Verdi moved that the action taken by the board at a former meeting not to elect officers until after the adjournment of Con- gress be reconsidered, and that they proceed to the election of officers for the ensuing year; adopted. The board then proceeded to the election of a president, when Dr. C. C. Cox was de- clared to be elected; the vote standin D acknowl as Serra pes nate vi i Heved in the tie doctrine of rotation in to step asid the Dr. Bliss offered a Tesovation of thanks to Dr. C. C. Cox for the uniform, courteous and impartial manner in which he at meetings of the board. Adopted. Another ‘was taken, which resulted in the election of Dr. Verdi vy a vote of 4 for Verdi and 1 for Bliss. Dr. Verdi acknowledged the high honor paid him in appropriate terms. Dr. Cox was elected secretary, he recetv- S sv and Mr. Langston Mr. Mar- ary Leach. Mr. Marbury was re-elected treasurer, he Tecelving 3 voles to Mr. Langston’s 2. Dr. Bliss and Mr. Langston were nom!- pated for registrar of vital statistics, an Dr. Blits was re-elected to the office by a vote of 4 to 1. Mr. Langston was then unanimously re- elected attorney for the board, but flatly re- sed to serve, on the ground that the ar- rapgement made in caucus was that the sec- retary should act as attorney. Dr. Cox stated that he couid not act, as law was not his proession, and Mr. ston Was declared to be jesally elected. Mr. Langston remarked that unless he Ss mind, he certainly would not act ax attorney. At unis junction the board adjourned. — es THe NEWARK BURGLAR. — Yesterday afternoon, in reply to the telegram sent to Newark, New Jersey, announcing the fact of the confession of the man John Hetlrigie, alias Brooklyn, upon wi person a lot of valuable jewelry was found when arrested bere by Detectives McDevitt and Mc! Detective E. L. Smith, of the Newark, New Buchanan, -» the had ce headquarters the Detective Smith juchanan’s is sit- ie i ; H The District im Congress, THE LAW IN RELATION TO DOWER. In the Senate yesterday. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on the Judi 'y, reported with amendments H. R. 2,013, the law In relation to dower in the District & Columbia.” The bill as am: by the nate provi all the equitable estate in real owned and held by the husband within the District of Columbia, at any time daring the marriage, to which the wife has made no relinguishment of her right, shall be set apart to said wife as her dower right in such property. id dower may be igned 8; elfically by metes snd }, OF as third part of = a ee value [= Dts, issues and profits of the lands ments on interest therelo, in which the cower-right exists. PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE. Mr. Wright, from the same committee: reported, with amendments, H. R. 3,163, re~ lating to partition of real estate in the Dis- trict of Columbia. The bill provides that in all cases of partition in the District of Co- lumbia, the court, in decreeing the partition of apy is and tenements, or aay right or interest therein, legal or equitable, may, if it satisfactorily appears that said isuds and tenements, or any estate or interest therein, cannot be divided without loss or injury to the parties interested, decree a sale thereof, and a division of the money arising from parties, according to ts. th of these bills passed the House Jane THE GEORGETOWN WATER TAX. The bill introdaced by Mr. Buckaer in th louse yesterday repeals so mach of section 18 of the tax law recently passed as applies to the city of Georgetown. That clause as it Dow stands reads as follows: ‘That all laws and ordinances now tn force in the city of Washington relating to the payment ant collection of water taxes, water rents, and taxation for water mains be, aud they are hereby, extended to and made operative over all parts of the District of Columbia where water taken from the United States aque- duct is used, and said taxes and rents shall be payabie and collectable therein in the same manner and at the same rate as in the city of Washington for the year beginning January, 1, 1876, and for each subsequent year.” >——- The Charges saci Judge Hamph.- ries. HIS LETTER TO THE INVESTIGATING CoM- MITTRE. Judge Humphries, of the District Supreme Court, bas written as follows to the Con- gressional committee investigating tne charges preferred against him by Mr. R. D. Mussey, an attorney of this city: “I have been on the bench here for five years and over. I came here ip 1570 under an appoint. ment which I dia not seek, butit was ten- dered and [ accepted, and I don’t expect to go back in any way, Sree or form upon those who ited it. I = no poll- came upon the ch; I have shown ho partiality. but have endeavored fairly and honestly to administer justice to ali who came before me. The committee have now te opportunity of bringing before itin tangible form those matters which have been heretofore mere squibs put into the bewspapers from time to time. All that I ean ask now from the committee will be that when the time is fixed for the hearing of the eb they will uire them to be More definite and specific. There is,as far asIam aware, only one intimation in the charges that would ap) to affect the character of a judge, and that is an intima. tion, without any specific charge, that I sat in @ case—at least one—in which I was pe- cuniarily interested; and this I ascertained from the introduction of the — by some one signing himself Mussey, who pretended to be, aud is, I suppose, a member of the bar of this District—a maa who has been receiv- ed, so farasI Knew, and treated with every consideration in every case by the couri. But I think it is due to the peopie that there should be upon that item & specification of the case or cases in which I sat and in which i was interested. This is due also to myself, for really if I have any pecuniary interest in @ny such cases it is entirely unknown to me.” The chairman of the committee, Hon. Wm. W. Warren, bas informed Judge Humphries that the committee will probaoly hold ases- sion on Saturday to inquire i nto the merits of the case. peace aries REAL Estate SaLEs.—Mesers. Duncan- son Bros , auctioneers, sold yesterday afver- noon, for Judson T, Call and Michael Crane, executors, part of square 923, fronting s1x- teen feet on 8th, between I and K streets southeast, im proved by a restaurant known as the Union house, to L. Van Doren, for $1,400. Also, the adjoining house to W. H. Carrico for $1,450. pcre eae MaBRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Charlies H. Blue and Ida M R erson Hogan and Juli Gardner and Ella Grimes: Rees B Emm: son and Rebecca L. Ford; Will Alien and Mary Parker. —ee-—__ THE COLORED MEN'’s ConreRENcE. — South Carolina papers give meagre accounts 0! the result of the conference of colored man callea by R. B. Elliott. The Charleston News ints a telegram from Columbia, dated 2ist inst., Which says :—“Twenty-three counties are said to be represented. The whites ara excluded. It is known that an address has been prepared for publication, which Is said to be calm and moderate in tone. It appeais toall parties to preserve peace and order, and warns the whites that violence begets violence, and that such disturbances seri- ously affect business and the welfare of the state. It concludes by calling on the gover- Bor, the aes Pecan and the peo. ple of the Uni States to see that the offenders at Hamburg are prosecuted and SS My informant states that no dis- ssion of politics was allowed.” ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF SLANDER. Tony ba egy song the husband of E Pappenbeim, the agen A in this ci! Murphy on a warran' slander brought agains . It —. from the papers last spring all parties to the suit connected with Grau's Pa; ep el and that in Chicago, the Sherman House, Eugenie nosch of stealing some ving it to his wife. In Germa: were im Of; lay 19 last, at accu 3. which was immediately furnished. ies, 25th. be A ae nenee sean ig tore our yes! jay mo! by jamesy J. ard, adrogeist at Tenafly, N. J. wus awanoned by the fumes of something burning, and on going cown stairs to the store found that jt ’s aged mother fell into a swoon; which terminated in her decth from an affect Son of the heart. Mr. Ballard is so bad injured that bis recovery 1s extremely doub’ ful. The terrible occurrence created intense excitement in the village.—[N. ¥. Times,251n anh nec EE SUFFERING at Fort LIncoun.—A letter received by General Crittenden f: Lincoln states that the sorrow and suffering caused Lyoy BA widows and orphans at that post by death of officers and soldiers under Custer is indescribab! helpless women and twice that number of ire months scan be given at Fort Lincots Denn, ey or > latter days are CoMPLAINING ABOUT Heavy CRrors.— is complaining of ce- Boose ai Beery Sor pens and. mar- et; and as to the is so great that to improve | ides that one third tn value of | LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Editor Star:-—Last summer a pipe- ewer was pot down on 2d sireet noriher ,7 ye. tween E and H streets, and in Dv cember sidewalks were laid, of course af 2° being surveyed in both Instances, Two the 8 being relaid. T would ye walks are ‘what sort of engineering yor 1 may add that the ¢ ontractor—all of the ests of citizens gene” ally has made G strec: Dor theast, at the & jenty orga nude G street vebicies, by leavi pga J 24, 1876, NortTHEastT. Reiter Star A lor Star: Tomy , this morning, on my &fr,val inthe city from Phitadetphis, | I saw ®.4 extract in your the Alexa".dria Gazette stating that inquiries bad been made by some of subscribers to the corner-stone of the Mount Zion Baptist ehureh at rr as to the whereabouts of the sum of £96 collected on that occasion, neg ne ever was asked, bor such answer given, thought or heard of. it is, a8 they used it for the purpose for which it was given—paying the expenses of the occasion. The co:aer-stone was robbed, to my surprise, anc I stated after it had been robbed, not before, that they (the thieves) did it because they were foolish enough to believe the $91 (not $96) of corner-stone money Was in there. R. 8. Laws, ees THE COURTS. Equity Court—Judge Wylie. To-day, Miller agt. Bell; decree ratifying auditor's report. Robinson agt. Wall; refer ence to auditor. Miller agt, Miller; order firming trustee’s sale. Hare agt. Fletcher. decree to perfect ti Jobnson agt. Brown et al; decree forsale. Hiliman agt. Stick- ney; decree sojoniog ale, Angerman at. Etchier; decree for injunction. In re Wil- lett; decree ratifying sale. Hickman agt. Mahlon; order for defendant to deliver pos session. Booley agt. Booley; decree of di- vorce. PROBATE CouRT—Juige Olin. ‘Yesterday, the will of John Wagner was filed; order of publication. Will of Cui Bruce,do; do. Willof Sebro Bateman. partially proven. Henry Kuhn wi point- ed guardian to Louisa and Sophia Ros! hauser. The willof W.G. Costin was filed and partially proven. In re will of Mary Apn Harvey; executor filed remuneration. In reestate of Wm. B. Shedd; letters of ad- ministration with will annexed were issned to the widow. The last will of Emma Tacker was fully proven. Letters of administration oa the estate of Anve L. Franks to Mrs. Jane Franks, who was also appointed guardian. The will of Wm. Burrows was filed and fully of Julia M. Lorick; caveat filed and issues orders’ to Circuit Court for trial. Ira, ‘Wm. Bogan’s est ite; exceptions to account ofadministrator filed, and the case referred to special auditor, J. J. Johnson. The will of Catherine C. Brown was — and admitted to probate. Moses + Robdinson was appointed guardian to James Brown. G.S. Parker was appointed guardian of mi- nor chi'dren of Elizabeth A. Luasford. Ad- Journed to Tuesday next. POLICE CouRT—Judge Mills, pro tem To-day, James Thomas, drunk and disor- derly; $5. Frank King was charged with profane and indecent language. Mr. King is an old policeman and court bailiff, and tne testimony did not develop much cause for bis arrest and the case was dismissed. Jo- seph Dougherty, street profanity; #10. Conant and D. T. Perker were fined $5 each for an affray. Mary A. Waters was sent down as @ vagrant and prestitute. Anna Sheahan, enticing yeaa yma #10. Dennis Neal; street profanity; $10. RUBBISH. E. Morrison, placing rubbish in the street; $2. Wm. T. Herron, same charge; forfeited collatera]. C. A. Buckey,samecharge. M John Marbury, of the frm of Buckey « Ma bury, stated that this information was not correct, that it should have been against the firm. Mr. Thompson, the witness for the es: testified that he saw about a aif bushel of dirt swept from the store cor- rerof High and Bridge street, and among the rubbish was @ small piece of paper on which was printed the words ‘Virginia and Midland Railroad.” Mr. Marbury stated that he was a member of the Board of Health, which had the sanitary condition of the streets under its jurisdiction, and he ques- tioned both the authority of Thompson to act as @ spy and the application of the law. He denie’ that there was a half bushel of rnbbish as testified, and said there was no more dirt than was usual for apy house- keeper to sweep from in front of their door. The ordinance was read and the court de- cided that this case came under its provi- sions, and a fine of $2 was imposed. ALL SORTS. E. K. Lundy forfeited. David Trunnel), Swearing in Georgetown; $5. Marry Miner forfeited. Bartley Thornton do. M. E. Crump, making a street excavation without a mit; Harry Minor, loud; $5. James Johnson, obstructing the entrance to the police court; $5. Isaac Brooks and Robert Naylor, congregating on the steps of the Metropolitan Church and obstructing tne entrance to the same; $5 each. Lizzie Bet- ters, assault on Louisa Doude; $5. Henry Barber, larceny of a pair of pants {rom Abra- bam Herman, pleaded guilty, and was fined YS in jail. Jobn Batchler, arsault on Speucer Lee, a sickly looking col- ored man; continued. A CHARGE OF PRAUD. Alexander J. Hughes was charged with falsely representing that there was due him from ihe trustees and building committee of the Mount Zion M. E. Chureh, Georgetown, certain moneys, thereby obtaining @ certain promissory note ($27) from Frank P. Mor- ‘an, with intent to cheat and defraud him. 'r. Morgan testified that he gave the note, and received in return two orders on the building committee, which they would not honor. Hughes is contractor for bulldi: Since then he (witness) been sued on the note. The note was exe- cuted in Mr. Hughes’ Gh A the bullding committee (Mr. Pi that there was no money due ‘that he had no authority to give any orders on the committee. For defence, a witness testified that the proposition to draw the note came from Mr. Mi himself, , and that the note and tae orders were then and there drawn up and Afler arguments of counsel and a reviewal of the testimony by the court, the case was sent to the grand jury, bonds being fixed at $500. Oi member of ) testified ughes, and Don JUAN IN THE SIGNAL SERVICE. The Philadelphia Times of the 2ist instant printed the teapot 8 ‘The coroner's physi- clan yesterday morning, at No. 617 south 24 street, made post-mortem examination Ze. the ao 4 ofa womah named ay Blackwell, who died there on Wednes. ho j morving, &8 was supposed from crim: ral practices,she havingon Sunday given premature birth toadead infant. The ex. aminal » however, developed nothing leading to & belief that the deceased came to ber death from other than natural causes. She was a native of Deerfield, Cumberland —, New Jerney, but for several years pet. as made her home in Wilmington, ware. Coming to Philadelphia in Octo- ber last, she, at a boarding house kept by her aunt, made the acquaintance of J. C. Fran. lin, employed in the United States si; service at this station, and on the Ist of quitted her aunt’s to live with him as ordered to Fort Whip- Wi gton, on the ist of July, her at the house where she died THE FIBE in the Western Union telegraph building, in Philadelphia, at an early hour on Tuesday morn! a in Dg, The trustees of that church well know where | proven and admitted to probate. Io re, wiil | SF GEORGETOWN. OLD Tarstry (CaTmoLic) Cavrom BOW & to re wreck; only the outside are star~iog. The build! fifty-th + feet west aod toaliov oom for jay Schools, and the second story Will be @ large hall—the largest In George- town—which will be used for the Sanday school. The cost of the whole work and far- niture for the schools will be about $10,000, | which is to be raised by subscription among the members of Spe cuagregation and friends of the church and DEaTH OF A STRANGER.—Thos. O'M: of New York city,a young man about 2 Fig Oh od some months left his home plate printing. A few weeks taken sick at his boarding house {a town with pnuemonis, and was sent to the Providence Hospital, where he died Monday night. His body was cared for by his friends in the Printers’ Union, and embalmed F. Birch’s, and will be sent home to-day. BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—At the regular | Monthly meeting of the Ninth Building As- sociation, (35th month,) 15 shares were sold | at aD average of 156 per share. se ALEXANDRIA. THE GiyMortT Mv RERS.— Although strepuous efforts continue to be made by ine police of Washingion, Alexandria and the *urroupdl g country, it seems to be im; sibie to ca; ture the perpetrators of the late bruts! murder at Glymont. Yesterday two men were arrested at Marshall Hail and the steamer Harry Lodor stopped there this Morning to let ber crew identify them, but they proved not to be the right parties. A | man was also arrested at the Columbus street court house to day, aad carried before the Mayor, but be also was discharged, not answering the description. A colored man answering the description of one of the mar- derers of Jobn W. Evereit, of Pomoukey, Charles county, was seen in Annapoils on Friday last. “He left tne city by way of Severn ferry, whilst parties who had noticed bim were searcbiug up adescription of the personal appearance of the murderer.—(Ga- 2etle, 25th. THE TRIAL of young Hollingsworth for | | borse stealing (two indictments) resulted in the county court, Judge Sangster presiding, yesterday, in a verdictof not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. Holliagsworth's Tamily reside in Loudoun. Fatat Resv.t.—Litule Frank Helmuth, son of Stepben Helmuth, of Washingtoa, whose sad accident was reported yester.lay, died early this morning. His body was taken to Washington to day.—[Sentinel, 2511, Sports of the Tarf. THE RACES AT SARATOGA. The second race at Saratoga yesterday (the first was reported in our last issue) was for the Travers stakes for three-year olds, 1x miles. Sultana, Ambush, Fredericktowa and Barricade started. The race was won by | Sultana, who was the favorite, Barricade second, Fredericktown third. Time, 3.15%. The third race was a sweepstake for all ra . 1x miles. Tom Ochiltree, Parole and Mat- tie A. started. race was won by Parole adozen lengths before Tom Ocalitree, Mat. tie A. third. Time, 2.124. Ochiltree was thie favorite. The fourth race was fora purse of $500, @ selling race forall » 1 miles, Picolo, Osage, Grey Nan and Paladia start- ed. Picolo sold tne favorite, and won, Pala- | din second, Osage third, Grey Nun left at the post. Time, 2.43%. | GETTYSBURG RACES. At Gettysburg, Pa.. the races yesterday were well contested. ‘Phe three-minute racs was won by Rushville Maid. Sunbeam took the first and second heats. Time, 2.45, 239%, | 245, 2444, 2484. The 2.35 race was won by | Hunter. “Sorrel Tom took the drst heat, and | Mary Jane the second, Time, 241%, 2.33, 2.40, 238, 239. AT CLEVELAND, | the races yesterday were well attended. The | 2.26 race was won by Membrino Kate; best Ume, 2.23%. The second race, for horses of the 2.24 class, was won by Little Fei in | three straight heats; time, 2214, 2235.221y. | The running race, mile heats, was won by | Ah yg (formerly Bazar); time, 1434; 4AM. STRANGE ADVENTURE OF TH&EE Bors. Three lads,named Heury Jacobs,aged elevea | years; Max Wolf, aged ten years,aod Nathan | Price, aged pine years, were found yester- day wandering in the street by a policeman, and taken before Justice Wheeler, at the Tombs police court, where they related the following strange story: Several days ago, when they were in Cleveland, Ohio, their home, they were met by a boy named Levy, who, under the pretense of taking them to Witness @ base bail match outside of the city | limits ata place known as the “Flats,” in- duced them to go on board a train with him, apd furnished tickets for thelr {| After completing a very long journey, the: alighted—not in the vicinity of Cleveland, but in New York city, where their comrade deserted them, leaving them in the metropo- lis without any friends or means of support. Upon hearing the story Justice Wheeler committed the lads to the Juvenile Asylum. They bave parents residing in Cleveland, who will be notified of the case as soon as their addresses can be oblaived. Tne lads were unable yesterday to give any reason ) F i lus J. } > 7,20:im for the most unaccountable action of their supposed friend Levy.—[N. ¥. Times, 25h, How To CURE THE CHILLS.—The follow- ing receipt for curing fever and ague, and the reason for its admisistration in tnat form is given by the Journal of Health: To care fever and ague take twelve grains of qul- nine at one dose about an hour before the chills is expected. Just ope week from that hour take another twelve grainsof quinine, The disease will seldom return. This is the dose for an adult. Children ghould take smaller doses according to age. "Tae reason that decided doses of quinine cure fever and ague seems to be that the disease receives a shock which breaks it. Small doses of qu pine only hold itin check during the time ie medicine is being taken; as sOon as it is suspended the di onuy, returns. Hence the popular notion that the quinine only ‘‘feeds” the disease. The fault is not with the medicine, but in the manner of ad- ministering it. While we do not believe in encouraging the employment of medicine, we are bound to say that quinine, periodical- ly administered, bas proved the only “dead- 1” for fever ague in our practice. A West Pornt GUARD'S FATAL MIS TAKE.— About two weeks ago a hack driver, named Wm. ', took @ party from = land Falls to West Point late at night. On bis return the at West Polot chal. len red ‘‘a friend,” tering the hip and ing where it lodged. Pay — been locked up, claims that the shoot was unintentional. The ball was remove: last week.since which time Porter suak rapidly and died yesterday morning. A coroner's jury bas been empaneled, and there is much indignation among the citi- zens. Porter's real name was Washingtoao Pulnan, and his parents are wealthy resi- dents in England. He had trouble with his brother and would not return home. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS IN VIR- GINIa.—The conservative conventions in ‘Vifginia for the nomination of candidates Will take place in the following ‘rst district at Rappahan ots August 16; sixth, Lynchburg. eighth, Alexandria, don, August 23. A BURGLAR CAPTURED.—G. B. Graham, —, Geo. PL pope tl cracksman, e bul oftne First ‘Natiocal beak of Wellsboro” Tioga and —, a in . Was arrested a! Mononga- hela eg last evening. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. county, Pa., Philadel Having 8 large stock of OBILDBSE’B EMBEOIDERED PIQUE DBESSES Sines cares acer ye HAIR BRAIDS, - stupate s,sptzin erresent one ver bat SDLRIMASE tas gy, CITY ITEMS. POPULAR IMPROVED SODA with grann- lated ice. KOLB'S, corner 7th and E sireets. In many cases of debility and convales- cence from disease, where » Rg cated, wine, brandy, porter, &c., Tecommended, but these are of ver: pA the least. Ali tuous preparations of iron, and the al- coholic drinks, of which any one can satisfy himself by investigating the subject, an op- portunity is now ‘ted in the Perwan , forthe trial of an article in general practice, which has the very strongest re- commendations from me tical and scientific meu of the highest character—a preparation which so happily combines the protoxide of iron with the other constituent parts that the effects incident to the use of trou salts are enlirely obviated. For ail cases in which iron or avy tonic ts needed this preparation is confidently be- lieved to be far superior to any otner. It seems to purify the very fountain of bealth —e——— THERE IS NOTHING MYSTERIOUS abort the disappearance from the sktn of erapt burns, scalds, bruises, uleera and sores through the in uence of Plenn’s Sulphur Soan, Sulpbur is a potent purifier aud healer of tre skin, and is most beneficially utilized tn this form. Depot, CRITTENTON’S, No.7, 6th ave~ nae. To RENEW YOUR YOUTH ase Hill's Insian- taneous Hair Dye. being Indispensable to heaith and comfort, thousands of the intelligeat pubiic viett White's establishment, 1116 Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Willard’s Hotel, for relief from corns, bunions, bad nalls, vascular ex- crescences, &c. Fee, ©1 per visit. ————— CATARRE, discharges from the head and all other chronic diseases cured, Doctor Hartley demandg no fee until the best ev! denee Gf snecess been realized from his treatment. Ofice X90 street n. w. 1 75 Bem A. Fischer enlarged bis establishment by Temoving w his new buliding, 906 G street northwest, three doors west of 9th street, Ladies dresses cleaned and dyed without being taken apart. Crape Veils refinished nice and cheap. Travelers leaving the city can have work done on the very shortest notice. ewe than ever before, tosult the mes. EXCURSIONS, PIO NICS, &c. SYBOPULITaN M. B. CHURCH. EXOURSION DOWN THE POTOMAC. ing at6p m. return down the river sixty mil a. will q Tickets for either or bo'h trips: Adn'ts. 60 cents; children, 25 cents; can be bad at the Book stores, The elegant new steamer MATTANO is enesged for both trips. jy L_L*SEUM BUBEAU EXCURSIONS, — CONCERT ON THE WATER, ON THE MARKY WASHINGTON, JULY 26, DAY AND EVENING TRIP, Ip connection with St Paul lish Lutberan Churen. The Choir of & Obarch, together witk-some of the, best vocal! 1 the District. (oom: of forty voices,) will sing 8 churce aive a Concer: on the evexirg 15:8 trh Tie boat leaves 7th street wherf at 9a.m an cent -m..retursing at 1] pm. Tickets, lolly Tree Lunch Boom, Parker's B Ot the boat. Sompay EXco: m “ MARY wascincros msde oni SPRINGS, ‘where no ing drinks will be sold on = 7th-street wharf at wu VEBNON toxicati; vands or boats hwo trips grounds Persons wishing to spend @ pleasant day in the country, where good water and shade abounds, ean do to. Sa 1708 Sospar EXCURSION ON TER LADY OF THE LAKE. hours’ trip on ly at8p m. Fare, $0 cents; children half price. Tth and 9th street cars go directly te the wharf. EXcessions TO THE CAPES. AMUSEM ee COMIaU: s 2, Ture S 'OM1IQ' =, Eleventh tres", OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. Ferternepee EVE 28 Matinee for Le ond VE ssrcnpar avon WRDNIOAT _ FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESP SOT, Variety. Drams, Burlesque and Comedy. uovi3-ly OLp No.) On Exhibition ee No. 456 and Sate 439 71H St. 7ra Sr. AT ARERITE * No. 432 th street, beween D and B streets, eight doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall. Name and Namber jyl-ly —_—_—_— GEORGETOWN ADVER’M’TS. Geis BED 'roBs000 BYORE lense Qeeamled by Benjemin F. Grimes, and Known as orp, Kew Dow prepared to 4 Doth whotesal ee: pD*®* GOODS AT BRDUC ‘To enable us to close out our stock of SUMMEB GOODS ‘we are offering them at greatly reduced prices. ; 8 Tn We Ha re i ie : . i HE : Lt —BOaBD ON 0 tally and S nad ay 3-6 Long JRERKEL Rivas Hore = niwean Sova x, ¥. va, ror -» fad te: ow dey Teer or the Tremont ite RAPP Proprietors. POUNT LOOKOUT, situnted 110 mile pater athe cont urnce ot tae ‘¥ and Potomac river, i the'mort pleaaant Son imer ast peake ix 25 and ti wide at Point L: u betng located witt in afew yards of the ceive the full benent f the Ooean Breeze The table will be weil supplied FiSM, O¥STHRS, and UBAUS frovh from the water every day. [i . RIGGS HOUSE, PLUMEER @ SPOFFORD, Proprietors) FIFTEENTE AND G STREETS, | _mrl-ly Wasniveron, D. 0. HOTEL AUBRY, WALNUT STBEET, From Thirty-Third te Thirty-Fourth. j PHILADELPHIA, Ps. ON THE BUROPEAN PLAN STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS BEST HOTEL IN THE CITY, JAMES T. STOVER, Prorainroa, -eoly $100 ZAESFERAYS $1,700 eres ee ap%-tr Bankers and fait a Sern S11 Yrs 6T. NOBTHWEST. r es. JOBE 0. HOGA, 713 Marsa PeMiLaveELraia BIHIBITION, Csossz @® BLACKWELL'S p= PICKLES in Mais Vinegar, R'™ 4 UCES tor Fish, M. pert MEATS and GESCINE MUSTARD, eH, S°Presion MALT VINEGAR, Jims, FEEL Es, MABMALADES ———a——— "Basse. © C= tone parame,