Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1876, Page 4

ae aaiaar ie aS | The Repaying of Penusylvanin Ave- Worshiy iu the Woods. j EVENIN GS rAR. | nae. The Jackarnm Woods Camp Mectis-7, | SS OPENING OF BIDS TO-DAY. THE CLOSING SCENE?. TUFSDAY....... -Angast S, 1876. Proposals for paving Pennsylvania ave- JACKSON'S GROVE, August’. | | ane were opened at the office of Mr. Edward | Testes soncsing Macey are went Weather Probabilities Zo-daye | Cisrk, srehitect of the Capitol, at n00n to- Ing was conducted by Rev. Joseph Whitting- day, in tue presence of tue commission, | ton. The weather was very fue, and as is | SFE OF eee ere Tine.’ { | Generals Wright and Gilmore and Mr. Kd- | csualon Monday mornings the aumber or | ADEA Wast on iniddie states, g | Ward Clark, and a large number of bidders. | country people and other attendance was not Secaeraity fraun nave ta | Following !s 8 list of bidders, with the desig. Yery,, large, At 11 o'elook Rev. Dr. W. C. BL on pa very generally | Dation the Kind of pavement and the | Webb, of Alexandria, Va., ‘ned from \ price. Where the price is given from#—— to | Matthew iv., ist: ‘The’ mptation of *——.,, the Srst-pamed sum is for 10-inch and | Chris the Iast-pamed sum (uasuaily) for 13-inch ; At LOCAL NEWS. (deep) pavemen a remarkably powerful discourse. 4, o'clock Rev. Dr. occ = a Washington, oceupied the pulpit, with Amusements, ae, To-night. yard? Hency Veo sisioeee JOR Hardea, | Davis and stare Bele i eS ee Weorquare feel Levee Whigut, concrete, | ° THE FINANCIAL QUESTION Theater Comique—First-class varietion, — | Crete 2." 1005 59° 5. He Binck & Tireuit, and’ Rev. JM. Davis: of deiteiige, 26; ditto, Belgian block. 39; | managed this partof the work, the latter er #263; Cranford «& Hoffman, | going into the con; tion, and while tat- shel at 9:45 p.m | granite block, $4.90; ditto, concrete, $3.25 to | ing in the haif dollars by his dry remarks, s Lies | ah z ; Gantz, Crowley «& Co., granite block, | kept the congregation in gooa humor. In tn jatlon @ ehargeat le roeny, | $2 50° to at; Witiam Hi. Alien, com: | handing up a dollar bill, heremarsed tat it ‘day on giving ball In $300. J erste, $345 to $3.93; Gantz, Grant & | was from the handsomest man on theground Sy ebead of the mail and €X- | Co. ‘eoncrete, #3 to $3.25; B. D. Ayam, | with the exception of himself. ‘‘Pass over ot ica Saud Fhiiatelplla pe | coccrete, $3.08 to #4.2"; MeMapus & McBride, | another, if you wish to make Bro. Sitll’s ? an, ranite block, #210 to $2.65; Grahamite & | face p'earant looking.” Bro. Still remark- € slam of fire :rom box 17 at 10-55 last nidad Asphait Co,, concrete, $5.12 to 84.25; | cd: ‘Bro. Davis has more of a pleasant facs ht wes for the horn: fame rage_in o M. Sh: . Lelgian biock, $1.56 to | than] bave; bis goes clear over his head.” comer th came. water proof | Bro. Davis baving a her somewhat like a Belgian bicex, #3. Emery & Audrews, Bel- | shoemaker's lapstone as to hair, the remark gian block. = Coarles G granite | canscd some merriment. bieck, $4.10; rt ©. Murdock, con- DR. SUNDERLAND'S SEEMON, George P. Abrams, 6 business having been concluded, Rev. Den. 1. Chamberlain, | Dr. Sundeiiand took the text, “We see =v Jesus, who was made a little lower tan the angele for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor,” Hebrews, 11.7, en4 | for abovi forty-five minutes claimed tue | ciosest attention of the-audience. The first portion of the sermon was @ masterly argu- ert a8 to the truth of ecripture, the efficacy j of the bicod of Jesus, and the latter portion, addressed particalerly to the unc daverte | Wes interspersed with tlustra! ents, and in the course of his rei | ed very effectively the words of the soug Inety and Nine,” Bnd as an evidence of | growth ofcbristianity he noted the tact | the deporajngitonal spirit was fast | nt and tbe yrrions secte were bec eunited than ever before. A st followed. In the eveuing i took ihe puipit, and preached | et of “Tne Repsntant Thier,” 2 Bnd 43, and made a fee response to which a numb selves at the alex. W in progress A SLIGHT RAIN STORY | cansed the removal of the } 2aitents to the meeting tents, where the exercises—singtuz, Ne, Wore & black aips prayer, re ion of experience—continued gold studs and . until past five o'clock this morning, piue- moved to Ltente: Austin’s precinci and | teen conversions taking place during the S issued to roaidents of | the coroner notifics pight. There was also a small amily prayer Ma od Later.—The bey was to-day identified as | meeting in @ small tent, at which one co: that of Mr. Lewis G. Cook, @ mate in tue U. | version took place. The meetings were Navy, and a bighly respected citizen of | varied in character, and at times they were ‘ast Wasbington. Mr. Cook served in the | of the old-fashioned Methodist kind, inciua- Potomac flotilla duriog the late war. The | ing the shouting, while at others tlere was Jury found that bie death was by drowning. | but little noise made. Shortly after daylight on the 7th of August, between the nours of | | numbers of the tenters engaged In prepara- and 6 ocloek, and was accidental. tions to vacate the ground, and there seemed —- -- se to be a feeling of ret that the exercises SUFFFRERS FROM THE HFAT.—Andrew | at last had elosed. The total number of con- Hosersan, @ laborer on the Baltimore and | verte is about thirty. Potomac railroad, wes overcome with he Although the camp was not what was ex- festerday &fternoon while at bis work on | pected, erbo Mis various causes, the less eller Virginia avenue. about which the better, yet It was &@ good provement in pipe ex Joseph O. Mr. Charlea Berret was overcome with heat | meeting and the best of feeling prevailed; Seymour And Samuel G. Davis, of Baitt- | yesterday at the corner of 10th and E streets | and there was a sort of tacit understanding tuird of theix right to | horthwest. He was carried to Mililiken’s | this morning that they would, if living, ster, jr., Of same piace, im- | hotel. where be received medical ald. come up again next year and bring the! brick machines, Geo Smith, Alfred Mills, the colored man who was | friends with them. C. Of Reocadale, assiguor to himself and Henr sunstruck Saturday evening at the corner : Of Ist and K streets northwest, and removed THE CLOUD-BURSTS IN NRryADA.—Ne- to the 7th precinet station, died soon after | vada has again been visited with the mete- being removed to his home. orologic phenomena ofcloud-bursts. Heavy aa maths POIRIER Talns have prevailed all over Nevada, but MARRIAGE LICENSES bave been issue! to | the clond-bursts, as two years ago, seem to Joseph B. Binder and Margaretta Miils; | have been confined to the eastern porticn of | Thomas Birch and Lillie Guest, George W. | the State. Toe recent calamity near Eureka Wheeler, of Pripee George county, Md., and | has been the more destructive, and it is & Lena M. Milbrook; Jonn H. Wangh' and | little singular that the phenomenon should MARKING ARRESTS— | Apple V. Wail; Hermon Sanger and Jeita | have occurred within a few minates of the é {ith @ Stone whe | Fuchs; Pat Curren and Margaret Burne; | same time as that which two years ago, on aoraiug, Of | Noble Smith and Chariotte Barnes; J. F.} the same day of the mo 1» Caused such & ai Spelihanre and L. ©. Moore; Robert 8. Con- « neing rapidly alu is laid, new made with ail Vv. Howell ; S59. (wi North A | tbe extended as c proverment tn improvemert | large destruction of property. Hl | Bell and Ida May York; Hevry Spencer and The investigations which were male after ! Emma Lomax; Jotn F. Wageaman and | tre cloud-burst of 1 4 resuited In the theor: | Alice V. Wiison. | Unt these interior watersponts were cans i —-+-—- | | = 4 by clouds heavily charged with rain in a The Sve new tax | dense state coming into contact with soine to stop om. The tsarc bard at | joy peak. The fact that taey usually oc Tew it wita violence, Work in the prosecution of their duties, and Car ip mountainous regions adds weight & boy ou the head and felling him | bave made rapid progress in the distribu- | this theory. The clond-harst of Sunday, 2 on the spot. He was picked up and taien to | tion of the persoual tax schedules. Respor Eareka, Was not, according to the accor ary shop near by, where hts nead | to these schedules are coming in quite itvely. | telegraphed, of sach power and force as wiat | Ore of the assessors Is detailed every day to | occurring in 157i. But the loss of lifo has er catled d afterwerds he was sent to » Pollee Cocrt, when Se grew so much remain in the office to receive returns from? | teen greater this time, although the Worse that he had to & sent to the Fraed- | to 40’clock, ction of property is less. Two years avo " and douvts are evtertained | = a tof water to DENT.—I tn | 1 burst caused such @ torre! i | pour through the streets of Eureka as to ®S | wash away dwellings and stores. The loss of life now 18 appalling. Thirteen China- | men, Wood choppers, aud 9 camp of Italians ; d the he = fright, To? | at work lumbering, are reported to have eriver, Mr. Wm. Cockerell, was pi | been Washed away. gged several s me of the ett! Officer MeGraw. of this Kind whiten vieluity within @ few STREET Car Ac t con, while car > 6 avenue near Iith street, ich boids the doubie tree ng the ra No. r- The anonal — There was acloud-bnrst on Sanday farther ato: Mehuetzen . te east than Eureka. This occurred nine miles a» a! thelr park. ecamme east of Elko. Such a@ torrent of water ci. The texture shooting py we ter Wiillara Beb- tols afternoon be 2-8 ip the ladies’ yy were awarded as 2. Mrs. Xander; 3 5, Mrs. Wal tier. The presence of ths reased the en joyr: v thelr most ering some a8. Fhe Lyrolese warblera Washed down @ mountain side that a large landslide was the result, which was precipi- laied upon a@ freight train, ditching it Another aiso occurred Jast night on ti of the Centrai Pacific, betweeu MU ci Hamboldt, in Humboldt county, Nevada, which has laid the track of the road under water for several miles. It 1s more tha . Mesers, | Probable that we shall hear of additions ones in other portions of Nevada, as we a) tn 1874. —{San cisco Bulletin. of Anerst, sald of Vig oreo Boma ier oF pee D! Rat. a! : 3 utztown correspondent of the Reading eee ere oo Ate A. thiol, a knave, 8 | Eegic writes as follows: Yesterday moralng ee _ Charles Kats, of Kutstown, diet suddenly Sfterwards coutinued until midnight. It BLUMENEURG BAILED.—To-day, tn the | Of heart sense, aged sixty-three years. pas been decided to continue the fest till Fri- | cavge of Elumenburz, charged with embez- ee en een — previous = osing tt to- | zlement, Wesley W. Levy and Wm. P. | bis death, alt Sow ued ene at ae Wood went as sureties on bis boads tn §10,000 erly proprietor Of ihe Poneayivanis HOOF Ma. L. B. ALLYN.—Mr L. B. * —_-+——_ House, then of the Washington House, and Allsp, Grand Master of 1.U.0.F., wnose | THE ASSORTMENT of first class Trunks, | *ince 1465 owner and rietor of the Peun- jiipess was mentioned In Tue STAB of last | Bags, Satchels, Saaw! Straps, &c.,1s always | SYivania Houseat Kutztown. He contrac- | i d at bis residence, C10 M street | eomplete at the muzufactory of James 8. | ted for and built man: bridges in this coup- + yesterday acteineon, about five | Topham, 4257th street northwest, under the | 'T¥. ®s well as other build'gs; was one of Ttu year of hisage. Mr. Al- | big wire sign. the chief leaders in buliding the vew Union native of Connecticut, but came — chureb at this place; and also a stockholder at 23 years ago as acierk in one of Onyx and Goki Necklaces and Waten | Of the Peabody bank and Keyatone agri- the departments, avd remained tp office for | Chain combined, $10; aiso, the best dollar | Cultural and horticultural society, of Kutz- @ long series of years. Lie was a member of | Spoons and Forks and 5) cent Eye-giass in Hagelin A singular occurence is reported. It HE OPEN POLA Him,” ts the t ball te morrow rer and wh: fence A weather. Diacra Whale will ber warm Svrr ror Sias J. E Norr's an soit for Joha A. € Ruppert, for slanc ria 2 ar the Uviformed Patriarcbs, Grand Eveamp- | the city, at Prigg’s Jewelry Store, No. 457 tated that ou Friday he was standing on ment, Beaenn Le 5 ‘and the Grand Lode Pennsylvani: street. the seaffoid of the church, wnen ‘cue of bis of Odd Fellows, and waa one of the hardest ——_ 200 friends remarked to him that he seemed to working members of the order. These or- | A YOuNG LaDy PLAYING THE Pant or | be unwell, whereupon he (Mr. Kutz) re- anizations, end the ether lodges and en- | JOAN OF ARC IN HERZEGOVINA.—Tue Paris | Marked that he “ would not live Earopments'of the jurisdiction, will attend | correspondent of the London Telegraph says: | to see the Foof on the chureh.” His pre- the funeral to-moriow afternoon, meeting | “It appears that Mlle. Mereus, the young | diction proved correct. Mr. Katz was one tomgbt to make the necessary arrange. | lady whe is playing the ‘t of Joan of Arc | Of our prominent men, and wit him the meetin. in the Herzegovina, is of Duteh nationality. | town and vicinity lost another valuabic —— She is about thirty years of age, of diminn- | Cllizen. DRIVISG OvER CHILDREN IN THE tivestature, dark,aud not handsome. She bas virt Oi THE MysTgay or THE Kesey CaIve STREETS BEGUN AGAIN—A Litile Girl Un- juaadered away the greater part of a aghi (er @ Boxes Weoon— About 5 o'clock this’) large fortune in the realization of her roman- ee aio ete ‘lly 7 human skull in the Long Isiand morning, Florence Roan, a coiored girl 7 | tic dreams; nevertheless she is Stull tn pos- Loo! Zeare old, was run over on M streat, uear | session of more than seventy thousand utie’ anata ae pearl a 7th. by & bakers wagon driven by Adam | poundsster!ing. Her irst faucy was to erect Shippan's Donk, brought it up. It was at Rivebardt. in the employ of Mr. May, of | @ Protestant temple at Jerusalem, in front | pret supposed to be that of Isaac Ande,son Veorsetown. Sue was seriously injured. | of the monument enpposed to be our Saviour's Who Was lost overboard from @ yacht, near Dr. J was calle? and rendered | tomb. The dompic. dich cost £14,000, still | thar piace, about eighteen months ago; be ee, and afte: an examina. | exists. Mile. Mercus’ present ambition ts to 1L @ppears more probable thal Andervon’s ton decided that ber ipjaries, though very | command a battery of artillery, acd sie ro. body would, as is usually the case, rise ine Sect wine Of Mecesarily fatal. Ber. | cently gave £1,200 for the purchase of guns, | Pt days and float away with toe tide: sad Seer tae Hoe pieutenant Greer’s pre. | tut the gentieman intrusted with tue money | 12,2838 not likely that, having bson ac | Court tr anewen it ig earns gent | suddenly disappeared, and nothing farther | Pesides it 1s u comparatively short time, it | r of bystanders haitet hienid iat @ | has been heard of him. This extraordinary | we waler @ comparati rauneted af ae nuraber of bystanders haiiet him and told | lady is not admired here, having su portet | seaip and hair. Kelse: 4 body is su os bite to hold up, bul that be paid uo atten- | the Paris Commune, and approved of tho to have beon sank by weights’ ropes wo any ifon to them Arebbisbop’s sseacsination. Bhe spends her | purpose being tied eeowr sin gene mk oe — —— time running iter battle-fleld adventures | Scting of the ropes is baliecee ae vee” a Johan atlas Graaci, | Wherever they are to be encountered, and, if | SUPE Of the. Portion of the body and I Charies Johnson ualiax ain | public rumor be correct, is rather to ba eom- itting them to float. ‘The haad, basse? i ames Serer. ‘ared to Lola Montes than to the Mald of Ing detached in the same way, wonld nat. of Jamee Galia on Pemayh rears vrally be drifted by currents or otherwise renne, near 10th sire nd offered to AN™ APachs ORPHA Lieutenant Heyl, | Moved, until It might have reached the * ght doliars. | of the 23d infantry, is atthe Grand Central. pet ere this one was fouud.—(N. ¥. = he uad but | He bee with bm a young Apache indian, wx Worid, + tolen. Omi- | yearsold, Who has an interesting history, ERSEY Cr z ame and too | He was captured In Arizona about two Korres Surrom Fou a Wontee asp carching them there | ye@resgo. All his family were killed, and Alderman George Erown, of Jersey City, ;, Washington to | the soldiers picked him up naked and car- | 4/d¢rman, Ge early yesterday morning by i as alee a Key. Toney | ricd bim along with them. Ltentenant the noise of the bursting of a door were tekem to the Police Court and com- | Heyl, who was in command, prevented his boarding house,4 G mitted for ab being Bilied by his scouts. and has ever tlairway he was met nen sipce taken @ fatherly intrest in him. Ber- er boarder in th THE VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN Assocta- | Sept Dongherty, of company A, of the same | 9 revolver, exclaimed ‘Tien met last night at Le broit batiding, | regiment, was the original captor of the Im looking for,” and firea and reorgabized by electing the following | child, and took care of him until bis own its mark, and as the - oficers:—Josian Muller, president; E. W. | aeath last ring in & skirmish with some | g, 7 eat McNulty, Gunsclal semen ‘ol. Wm. McNulty, Suan secretary; bas bad the youth in hts charge, aad is now M. Hunter, corresponding secretary; J. O. | tax! bim east to bave him cated Hawley, treasurer, Messrs. C. A. Lamar, E. teow = as ©. Johnson, Josiab Miller, B. W. Hanter and G. B. Anderson, executive committee. A resolution was ad roving the ac- ton of the President fn the case. —_——— EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, &C—The regular Lyceum Bureau excursion takes place to- Morrow. The Mary Washington wil! leave ber wharf at 5:45 p. m., returning at 11:15. ‘The Union Chapel, M. E. obureh, will join tm ‘his excursion, giving @ day and evening ba toGiymont. See adv’t. ‘be Jace Mosely will make her regalar ip Saturtay to Fortress Mooroe, Norfolx and the capes of Virginia. PepEnat c i — a RUMDING ASSOCIATION —At Building Assoc: : sate ned last evening. a month for subscription to stock, Gite whic he has & premicm will be as! oY and he Ui be eazed for at'stocx taken: siso denies having participated tn tse ais- REAL ESTATE SALES.—Thomas Dowling, Uuibution of stocks or Of the road to in C. B. Courch’s suvdtvision of square ist bony was feoeotly barned at eTem, Whose fronting fifteen feet on F street, between cin ‘of green wood the and 7th siieets sonthwest, oS. C Baker, te he’ aang Bon, 82,925. bad’ cast-tron ‘coffin made, and di- is i ef i i! ee | i $5. Moll $5. David Martin. = Middletoa again; disorderly in @ pubiie rofane and 1 ith forfeited col Price, Ephraim Gramina and Jim Scott, dis- orderly in the marxet; $10 each or 60 days |: lackey, disorderly {i msrket bouse; $5. loafers si card players, were ail sent down to try their hands in the chain Officer Reese ar- her shrill voice to street cursing yesterda: Au officer heard Ler music on Delaware av- ted ber. also respectable citizens. Cause: on the brain; toned down to the tune of $3, Ku ger, throwing stones in the street; $3. John Connolly, cursing; $5. Jas. Pinkney, same; @. Jobn Bird, larceny newspaper fromadoor. The judge said WAs a common nuisance, an’ days in jeil. Harrison Ratherford, threats to Charles P. Cotton; $10) bonds to keep the George Williams, with sey- | ‘ir of shoes worth enue and arres ral gave him 30 OF jail. Para ue, lazcony ota pa in J Job: Or two months’ in jail. and Jobn Flynn, trespass; W.E. Carter and James Caifrey forfeited coliateral. Joba Wiliams, assaal! on Officer Miicbell; $36 and Wood, assautt; =: Michael Suiliv: 29 days. Randall Hen- reeny; 30 days. or ¢O days. Frauk Passini, as. Eliza Colston, threats 6 or 39 days. Jobn Washingto a, a ee ae ALEXANDRIA. At) 2MPTED ROBBE&Y.—An attempt was made iast night to rob the office of the Ani rican Coal compauy, at of Ore “ixe street —— Cs GRT AND Escarrp —Mr. Jobn King, | who lives near Qian day, two negro men Who answered respect the description of these suspecte. of the murder of young Everett at Giymoat. The men were Iciged in the thira swry of the hotel at Potomac city, a guard stationed around the building, notice sent across Jot, mpl parties to come over and Were last seen by one of the guards making their way Gown te relied track towards Fredericksb a that they were So far off that he thought it useless to gt the alarm or fre at them. Those who saw | the negre-s are confident that they are the murderers. It was this arrest which gave rise to the report published .a this morning's Washington papers of an arrest of two ne- groes near Giymont. 4 ACCIDENT AT THB SHIP YARD.—Shortly after work commenced at the ship yard this Morping a plece of timber fell from the upper part of the frame of the new schoover in pro~ cess of construction there, and struck Mr. E. H. Pay, the master ship builder, !ntiicting a severe wound some Uiree inches long on his forehead and badly bruising his rigut | shoulder. Bap PRACTICE.—Considerable compleint is made of the practice of excorsion boats from Washington passing close to our wharves at fuli spec very heavy swell, which dashes boats and Vesreis against the wharves and # breaks their fastenings. Yeet two long boats ng side by st Sweot's dock were so violen day evening ein J. H. D. James Pleasant, ioud and boisterons Jame? Pieara’ 20°; 259. M. Diggins alias n for vagraney er of 2 flerce #n have IM milled D as @ vagrant iddletor Foster war rec bonds net to beat bis wi Charles Smith, larceny of & piece of rope; #10, or 30 days. 5B Mary Brown—threatenel to mak ne let her (Susan’s) dog 00 bonds to keep the Pp Fapny Sampson, tare’ Gf calico from Luttrell & Wine; 816, or 30 days in jail. Wm. Brown, larceny of a piece | of lumber worth fifty cents; $5, | George Rawley, larceny of a het; $5. A DIAMOND RING IN THE GEASS. James Saunders, a sharp lookin! man, was arrested last night by 0! lumbus, of the second precinct, charged with stealing @ diainond ring valuca at $210 from & colored sport named Jobnny Wallace. The oflicer arrested Lim at the corner of 4 street and Pennsylvania avenue, and in taking bim to the station-house he managed loose and slung it into the grass In the City Hall lot. The movement Was observed by the officer, wuo, after pnt- | Ung bim under lock and key, found the rin; Martha Foster. meat of her heeause out ov the street | to any desigagted point either tn his work the ring returned and in the grass; graod 6 was also charged with as- 10 and costs. Ap- atsi00. Patrick saulton Jobn D. Wallace;s 1 taken and bonds fixed bbington, assanit on Oscar Besser; $10 and costs, or two months in jail. Li assault on Annie Kenda! ew ts Keadall, ife; 35. 8 from @ passing steam Asis beca. tar horses are reps RAPH Coupany company, Whose 1) Manassas, Win a@ othe aya! laad ea ht . Harrisonburz; points, pany of V Virginia telegraph comapany will hereafter ron Jn connection with the Atlantic and Pacific company. argl PoRrPoIsE.—The porpoise heretofore men- | toned as having mate its appearance of the | city, bas been seen several times in the last | few days, and numerous unsuccessfal at- | 2 had the broke tempts made to capture it. Ons ma fish in bis net op Saturday, bat Ubrough and got awe: A COLORED PuHe: gro man now in the city who possesses tne yemarkabie and inexplicable power of vol- untarily changing the position of bis aoe 1O- men or breast, and whose muscles are so hard that he can bend @ heavy iron bar by | striking 1t against those of his left arm.— Gazette, ith. CHILDREN HourtT.—The 4-year old child of Mrs. M. A. Steves, station agent W. & O. railroad, East Falls Church, fell through a trestle work bridge Saturday, receiving in- ternal injuries, but will probably recover. Thesame day another of her children was = burt by the kick of a cow.—[Sentinel, OE Grapes as Food. A Race for Life. TERRY'S CAMP—MUR- DER BY THE SAVAGE SIOUX. A Bismarck special of Monday says that the steamer Carroll arrived that morning from Gen. Terry’s camp, having on board Gen. Forsyth and twenty sick and wounded ‘he Carrol! on her way ap, when ne mouth of Powder river, found in- jabs op both sides of the river, and for two hours and & half they kept up a ranuing fre | uyon the soat, only wounding, howevyer,one scidier slightly. The steamer Far West, af- ter jeaving Bufor! for Terry’s camp, found ner lOad Woo heavy, and discharged oO, principally grain, about Ou her return for the balance | of the cargo the Indians were fouad to have ¢estroyed most of the grain, and atthispoint | the Indians attacked the Far West ol. Moore, with three coi of soldiers. The Indians stxxt on both oank: he river, avd, with oaths, dared Col. With bis troops, to leav A few sheils were fred from a twelve- Jer, which scattered the in they disappeared from theso: lot of the Far West, with two when landed and went out to re- | found that the Indians were peut them off from the boat. arned thelr horses’ heads and stacted le for the boat. as to lntercept them, became & race for dear life. 8 one of the scoute began to fall bdett aud was seon shot. LATEST FROM GE 4 bau. Dave 8s fast as poss! Seven Rioux | The scout started on foot, bat It was no use, The same Sioux Who bad killed bt« him god put a bullet through nis lungs. Cempbeli end the other scout tarred back man, bul as taey did so horse soon reached to help (ue wound: x a) 4 fired. ard the Sioux fell with his seal, Kaife in bis hand. Dave and the Ree sca@ipea the Sioux and startet wounded man for the Far West. During this time Col. Moore, although with tres com- anies, seni nO one to the relief of these Fimally, Grant Marsh, captain called for fifteen volan- fleen soldiers immediately offered their services, but Col. Moore ordered them However, eight of rary lo orders, went with Capt. Marsh aud brought in Campbell and the two Moore threatened court-martial these eight men then and Steamboatmen do not hesitate to pronounce Col. Moore’s conauct coward Gen. Terry bas falien bac! Boos the Big Horn, and is mouth of th not to leave Oiher scouts. the extreme. miles from bis ca: The surroanding country has been fired by indiavs, and prairie fres extend! can be seen = Apps A (rica aoigely - cult to get grazi Orses. Lo reached 4 Gen. Ter: Angust 2, barefooted and almost destitute clothirg. Crook was but 75 miles from Gea. Terry’s command, and was Tne Indians, howeve: m, driving in bis scou' that his advance was abont six miles a day. commands are repor! reartened. The water is very low in the Yellowstone, and falling every day. poet Iona stn? A, A SINGULAR SHOOTING CASE.—About I e’clock yesterday morning Young Cooles, a t | Rigbt cierk in the Unived States hotel, at the ree! i + in| cl very much dis- i M™=- wesntee corner of Falton and Pear! talging With his brother, William | young map named Robert M. Welch, t office of the hotel, took @ single-barreted pis- tol (rom a drawer, and jokingly mating the Us balf-cocked and won’t go off,” Ppiaced the muzzle of the pistol at his right ple and puiled the trigger, when the pi ischarged, the ball entering his brain and causing death in a few minutes. Coroner Woltman held an inquest The brotber of the dé Mr. Welch both testified that they knew no | reason why suicide sbould have been at- tempted, and that they believed the shoot- ing Was purely accidental, and the jary so found. After the inquest the body wag re- Teoved to Choles’ residence, 203 west 60th st. (N.Y. Thnes, 7th, ! SHE WAS AN ANGEL BLONDE, anil she tripped through the market anti! she reach- in his | ed a stall where a handsome butcher stood. “Have you @ beart?”’ she said, biushin “Have | a heart, Miss?” teher. “Do you think Watch you day after day and see you—snd not a Ab, maiden, I @m all heart, and you ask one? “Yes,” she si; ed. “this is pote is rH bat it ain’t Zemin (From the Boston Journal of Chemistry } We bave on former occasious reieried to the vine of frults as articles of dlet, both ta | health #nd in sickness. Grapes may deser- vedly claim @ high rank amoog the fraits 10 this respeet. They contain a coasiderable amount of hydrocarbonacecus matter, to- gether with potassinm salts—a combination which does not tend to irritate, bat, on the | | contrary, to soothe the stom: is consequently usei with advantage even | ch, and whien in dyspepsia. According to Dr. Bartsen, of Cannes. in France, woo has recently ¢: tributed an art'cle oa the subject toa foreiga medical journal, the organic acids iu the grape, especially tartaric acid, deserves more consideration thau they bave gsuerally recelved. Their nutritive jue has, he Winks, been much un E toal they are changed carbonic @ j the biood, and possibly careful research may show thet they are couvertble Into facts. Dr. Hartsen thinks that toey sbould be ranked with tne carbo-bydrates a3 food Thi ve been found @ valuable diet in fever, anu thesaccess of the “grape cures” in the Tyrol a4 other parts of Europe ap- pears to show that they are px ficial tn owber diseases. No doubt tae good result of & 1@sidence at this estaisnment | &rein @ measure to ve ascribed to the cli- {mate and the gen ral hygienic discipline adopted, The advantages does not wholly consist in the fact thatso many pounds of grapes are caien daily but partiy in the fact tua: other less bealitiful tbtngs are not eaten and pure Sir and exercise are also impor- tant elements fa the curative treatment. Bat after giving alldue weight to these al- lied influences we must allow uo small frac- Yon of the beneficial result to tue grapes. We rejoice, therefore, at tae increased cull. vation of the vine iu this country, and nope to see 1l go on exteniiug wherever soil and climate permit. Let every manu who can do it plaula centenuiai grape vine, or | ®ecore of vines, beside the “centennial tree” | Whieb the papers have been advising him to | Setout. He can eat the fruit of the former sooner than he can sli under the shade of the Jatter, And his children will biess his mem- | | ory for both, BUTTER AND EGGS, Fresh receipts deiiy by expross on commission. wv. E, DETROW. Homoved to 20% 9.b street, opposite Uenter Mar- ket. sug?-3:* BN OITY LAND AN® BUILDING ASSO- OLATH OF ROAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. J. A. BTEVESSON & UU.. Sole 4, fice— Olona cr BUL @ LOTS @5 ONLY. 100,000 ACRES IN Fabms. - South, West and Southwest, HE UNDERSIGNED, betng residents of Wean- ington for a number ‘ot years having entered into Oo- hip under the firm name of BaTES bess pertaining 10 -BRAL BOTATE LIFE sud FIRE INSURANCE. BW bat angs-ly Office, 708" street northwest. N ME TOSascw DaEss wiKixo, 907 PENNS pacnin AVENUE, y Over DBEESSES, SUITS, OOSTU made in superior style at short not! Ladies can have Dresses Cut and Basted, and a Perfict it | guaranteed. ane im | EMBROIDERIES! EMBROIDERIES! EMPBROIDERIES! Anentire now stock received 4 You can ssve yourself the troubte of searching ail over town for your Embroidertes by going direc'ly to Beadovarters ang buyii aesortment of OAMB EBL@isGs ond INSERTILN: CONNOLLY's, THE OHEZAPEST STORE IN THE CITY. aug? tr 608 %b street, opp. Patent Office. the | Psorvri08 or COPABTHERSHIP, Waserxot0%, D.C., 1276. The frm of a BAKE OO tatite Oey Heeieed Pymotual consent, Br. B. i Tensteis ‘with ae ®. RATZSNSTELS. gihsPer aati aera eA, sive rere re ee Dry MANTELS, GRATES, FURNACES, aND LATROBE STOVES. 7a S? comes nurse tenes is nseatttarrme, Remo south of Hew York, from Sane aee Seen ees Se ee Soe from @15 to earth! LJ i the most depressing diseases afflicting ba thereby creating 3 | aetimes | ersiood that the | OMENON.— There ts ® ne- | please. | of his sntyect| WEDNESDAY EVENING, Aneo 3, So'clock sharp. Admission, & cepts: gentlen «: itively beae- | CITY ITEMS. One More Unfortunate, bas been en: ied by dyspepsia, over whose ly horizon & bea: loom has gatherc | the untold and Watelinble agooies. of this cruel complaint. Dyspepsi no country is —_—— from its visitations, po family free from its attacks. There is a balm in Gilead; it comes in the shape of the Perwvien For years it bas been scat- tering its abroad. There is, proba- bly, no disease which experience has so amp- | ly proved to be remediable by the Perwrian aR most inveterate forros of this disease bave been completely cured by this medicine, as ample tes. iv of many of our first citizens prove. Scmmnantion wots Corus Remeved Wi So the patient can walk with ease imme diately. Bunions, Club and [averted Natis, Vascular Excrescences. etc., saccessfa treated at Dr. White's establishment, 1416 Pevmsylvania avenue, ite Willant's Hotel. Fee, 81 per visit. jours, = &. m. €p.m. Established in From a Weil WASHINGT: yt Several years ago w! as ister to seamen, traveling by lan water, andfconsequently exposed, I «7 much at times from had digestion and accompanying sym; h mendatior of & Tam bap; pay € per cen o at denee GI success b treausent. ©: Dr. C. W. Ei OMILS PILLS wsly to ere Bealacne, Dyspep- Uc Headache, Neuraigia, Nervogsoess aud Sleepiessness, and will cure auy cause. Prica, Scents. Sold vy ali Druggiste tu Wastin ton, Georgetown and Alexandr 8 Scouring and Dyeing. A. Fisoner enlary is establiahtnent Yy Temoving to his new building, 9 G street northwest, three doors west of 9th street, very near his former place. By promptly adopting the latest improvements, whetner of American or European invention, be is enabled todo any work in @ manuer not to a by those not possessing these t- ctitties. 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. Prices lower ever before, to suit the times. AMUSEMENTS. ee L*rTcs AT LINOOLN HALL BY AN OLD £10 EXPLOBSB — Bing ain of, Sell give full descr pst the Great M o the Deep, the Polar Whale, their food, babite. they feed thetr young ones. sud msay other Sepertainiog thereto, the Great Sperm W hal: pbelr Tool end young: Diecrams of the Polar au Sperm Whale wil! be shown. Tho Lecteror hes given many lectores on this subject, aad has a Ways given perfect satisfaction. Bs «ill sinase, nd iuetroct all. He ts thors: thiy marcer sud lady, tO cents. Proving by the 4 ly Writt the whsie ¢1d «wallow J SCHUETZEMNFEST CONTINUED MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNES. | DAY, FHURSDAY Ase PRivay AUGUST Trp, ru, 9ta, LOTR any Lite and 6t THueaten COMIQUE, Eleven Bsiow Penasyicamia Awenvs OP&N THB YEAR BOUND, rtormen: EBY SIGHT. Mstines for fee pnt Obidece EVEUY WiDAneoAy ma Children “i SSyCapay arTeksoc = FIBST-CLASS LN AVERY ABP 6U7 Variety. Drama, Buriewns sed omeds pork ty ee nn een aman. SOT te O:p No.) On Exhibition (NEw No. and Sale 439 b Hirer, 9TH 8rt. AT ARHRITER'’S, No. 439 72h sereet, bettroon Dont Bevrests, es! doors above Odd Fellows’ Hail Sino faves rot Poser Hetgings, Window so: intost stock a, Shades, Pictures, Frames, Picture Uords and Tas. sels, iugn, Balls, &e., in ibe District. s EF Ploase remember Name and Wamber jv) ly PhD EXCURSIONS, PIO NICS, &e. Gab et ee For thebeneht of the Onarobe tebe held at BSYBE'S S#VENTH STEEET PAuK % ; Children under 12 yoars, ts. wE.—The Festival will open at 9 p.m. antiooe. “GgrThe above Festival ts postponed wutii TOES DAY, Angust S. same time aud place suas SoMDaY Exccasions oF THE MABRY WASHINGTOR nly to a 7Ta St. Will hereafter be made © VRENON SPRINGS, where no toxicating drinks will be scid on grounds or ‘Two trips:—Leaving 7th-street wharf at 10 8. m., 3p. m.; fare 20 cents. Second trip, m, returuing at 5:3 fare uo cents. Those going on the first trip cao retarn on the second trip tree of cherge. Be! ABty mik,csn be ounds. Persons Wishing to spend a country, where good water and shed can do so YORUM BUBEAU EXCULSIUNS, ON THE MABRY WASHISGTON. ! trips to the invigorating Potomac ever? EBD. t nvabing. o0 Teh strect wharf Tee erdet Usion Chapel MB. Church will join tn the next regular Kxccrston of ths Berean. Augast of thie church are requested to purchase tickats Ite members. Sonar EXOUMSION Lavy oF 7 Sr hg ae hr nate ar, ay | GEORGETOWN ADYER'WTS; ook eat ¥ ye OMPSON. D*®* Coons ar REDUCED F ‘To enable us to close out our stock of ScUmMEEB GOODS [@8UR BSTASLISHMENY; Ladies and Gen'imcer can have t Bummer Weartog Apparel Ciesned the very bes mao else, Winter Corti o T E BSVaninn = | tht and Kiadres e day BESKELEY ce Ok Se. CACK MAY.N Is the mom mc Hotel at the Ow BO Bone, this ct Parrenetoal, poeer~siug all the advantages 0 jathtng without (uc augers of uudert>w, tothe Atlantic const m The Chsapeake Point Lookont; and th ime » a tow yards of the ad CRABS tr | Wearclugion a. we. SPE At TF: Chiidren under 12 James B BILE ONMOUTH HOUSE This Hey Pf wawuilocut Seacile Hotel wil be is cupurpased dorat Tresb-water lake je within DA 1 udtug in fieb and mnie will be to ert-adages the tbs Hixny Moise. « 1 wort W ioe. haat Se babla Eepanot aA Se livery ib attendance for use ot guests )LVEB SPRINGS —Tits Beard Popular Kowors ls Bo for nurses, snd iti Waktston’s Isiand,on tue main land for Biver Springs wtil take the ates, 2 mar 2 P.O., 8t_ Mary's 00% M bed ALBEEAELD FERALS iNSTITUTS, penne a wee boamoREs — the 25th of September SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING! AT REDUCED PRICES. FEW OF THOSE P8156 Case lett to close ont for Sib at a. $PZ% Penusyivanta avenue WHITE MABSEILLE2 A TS sold regard ER 918 CASS. Penusyivants a: nue. Jase PANTS s $40 ane SE 8% BLAC* CLOTH DRES: oi * LAID 0288. 6 A oBreT ivsnds svenue | pore rin eel BU.2 04 LINEN AND ced [Foe bene yet are to be VABIATY OF CASS. PANTS, ak sicee, for @5 and @4. Oars cures pt and 82 4. STRAC! & DOCSTERS OUTHS' FINE 81 PS sett Y Oo TRE FINS 816 SULTS sobing now for gu, ASS. 914 SUITS to be aie oobsy!vanis avemuec. Bas, BgHoon SUITS, $4 end #2, at A.