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VENING STAN. | Augast 22, 1876, Orricz oF CuIzy S(GNAL OrFicer, WASHINGTON, Aug™st 22, 1#t6. } Sie states, failing barometer, re, variable winds @od gen- | er. ' 7 RYN LOCAL NEWS. Condensed Lotals. ‘The street lampe will be lighted to-night at 7:15 p. m., and extinguished at 3:30 a. m. The we rey Republicaa Association bax established !tsesmpaign headquarters in Le Drott buliding, room 1i. Mr.T. J. Andrews was thrown from the Tm of ove of the Beit line of street cars at Jen turn ia 5-4 CP em Jast, apd bad Dis right leg oroken by The sound blocks and boards removed trom Pennsylvania avenue are to be kept for re- }@!ripg Wood pavements elsewhere, and the eneound fragments will be give to the poor. Justice J. T. C. Clark, woo has done so much for grape culture in this vicinity, nas @ Low seedilng this year—“Ciark’s Centen- nt His Concorda, this season, ran 10} cunces to the buneh. The S\. Mary's Literary and Dramatic As. sob. of Uals City, Las €lecieu the follow- ng ers for the ensuing year: President, F. Prott, viee president Genther, record- jog secretary. F. Ruppert; secretary, J. Geier, treasurer, H. How z of the Pennsylvania Re- fation Jast evening, 2 the political committee, re ception of 70 000 campaign docu. ich nomber over 63,000 had al- aie plat ghts Tomplar of »- 2.0f this city, rT of Jadies, the en- dst Poila ngton. A lady Cevternial visitor, namennknown, reay bed her pocket book snatened from. and by ® negro while she was passt these The rascal mvie ele! & onid he pata | u robbing in ty. and wea cangaot the thieves anoald p summarily. tssion from the Japanese . ing of S. Nagayo. Chiet he Imperial Board of Health Profea- for of ine Medicst College of Tokio, and 8. Irvanaga, are in this eliy, and yesterday paid a vistc tothe Board of Health of this iistriet. Health OMeer Keene explained to them the District sanitary system. The Police Court dragged out ite slow length yesterfay until after 4 0’¢iock p.m. Heurs @re coasomed in nnneceasary chin by both witnesses and counsel. Police- who sre entitled to be off, but who are 1 as witnesses, have a habit of laying a@Tound asleep on benches, which don’t im- prove the appearance of things. ——— WASHINGTON DRIVING ASSOCIATION — This association, whieh has the control of the Bright wood course, are arranging for the fell meeting, which takes place next mouth. For the approaching ing entries are in- vited for ten classes, and will close at 11 $34 st 26, should be directed to 0. W. Hayes, secretary. The first purse is «Mfered for horses owned in the District and the adjoining counties of Montgomery, P.ince George's, Fairfax and Loudoun pre- vio to August 1, 1576, and bave never beaten 330; purse ©125—S60 to first, €30 to »ccoud, $20 t0 third ana $15 to fourth horse; ‘the race to be trotted September 1. For the 5th o* September there will bea grand tonr- ment, Open for knights from any section of the country. To the snecessful rider tbere- will be ‘awarded a beavy solid gold ‘As the assoctation chama- . ch the winner inst ments given by this associa- 2 tll competitors for three years, Wher !t becomes property. The ensuing cere 6 the queen, maids of ball witl take place n the Masonic hall at For the Sth of September ciaas be trotted, and 1s for horses that ever beaten three minutes. Samo 1 division of meney as In firstclass, J after this ts over there wil! be = rece of 1°0 yards for @ purse of $25 The Reckville Ting on the 15th. the ay have been chaugei to @ Of 3125 will be offered ever beaten 2.5084) to the -ame Bright wood. three wi have b ule an for horses bave never beaten open to all ranaing ad repeat. On the 2th & to 2.39 horses, amd a four year oid eolus. to best two in three. The under the raies of the , Wiat 2 Jast night led_nrrangements for the race to- ow. The hour fixed for the launch of yacht bas been changed to between i2 D mi, the tide being then at its high- The skit race Will Come off at 4:30 aud the tab race at 5.50 p.m. This caange of time bas been made at the instance of mapy clerks ard employes in the government de- riments# who desire to witness the sport: ccommodations have been made for seat- Ing ladies avd gentiemen cn the balcany of the boat house and other elevated ts In —~ ms cn a 1s, sidition the en- .68 nerelofore published, we bave to note _ pas . ei Eastern Branch, C: in a ris, Centernial; EF. . Brown, Wide Awake; David Jenkins, | et Her Go; Thos. Shafer, Siren, and Jos. Suilivan, the Delmate. There med be shell boats present for hireto any m2: destre to use them, and it is not Je that @ shell race may be impro- m™. Talbert, Wm. Evans and Cap- id Davis have been selected as Jucges for the occasion. List OF PATENTS issued to residents of the District of Columbia, Marylaad and Vir- ginia fer the week ending August 224, 1376: District of Cohembia.— William E. Prail, as- Signor of one half his right to Rufus E. Shapley, of Philadelphia, , im provement in fare boxes. Jacob E. Young, improve- meni in fans. Marylend— Zachariah D. Waters, of Brook- ¥ille, improvement im corn-piantera. John ‘atts, of Baltimore, tmprovement in r jegraph signal boxes. Charles H. erbart, of Manchester, improvement in butlocks. Robert Poole, of Baitimare, as- Signor to Poole & Hunt, of same piace, tm- provement io sbaft couplings. Wm. L. W & © { Baltimore, trade-mark for George W. Rinehart, of Keys- ovement Lo pump Geo HE. af Alexancria, assiznor to Typo Co., of the Dis- vement 1a type £3 held a meet 2 nar goss on iaing. om the committee, report pay rollof the exaployes’ would be by Priday, aud that they would thelr montu’s pay, as per by Saturday of ‘tus week sing Clerk Of the Treasury. Jeb Uh iO the expenses en: Siler their interests, and fe@ were appointed to enilect’ snb- to defray the same Rerolations ~ F assed to Messrs. Randall, nd to ress of the city, for aid ud co-operation. All iv iis against the Sus Employey 0 t them for cinenday to Mr. ean House. @Tne Cororrp PREa TION.—At tb lay weexly me © re ir Wee n Preachers’ Aseocia f the of tae ureh ‘Watts in the chair, ‘and’ Rev. Enerscs were made. By tne panel cresse le the Beok Concern and ment ef the A. M. E. Canreh; Mit bell, of the Orphans’ ief and Indas- ths Home, located at Mobile, Ala.; Revs, Roverteos, Wand, Carroll, tna ubanimourly adopted of Mr. Mitchell, the agent of the Orphars R- ief and Ho oustrial Institute. " Pete ° Opp FrLiows’ Cestennrat Tarr. leg toe commiites having charge uniat exearsion of the 1.0. 0 F iet,on the ocession of the an- ng of the Grant Lodge of the Srates ta Philadelphia on iste of Peplember. completed the arrangements for ibe trip. They armeoged that tye delegation shs)liesveon tae af Late Of the Cer Roman CORAL (th! coral,) in beau! 1 and $2, received at 40] Pennsylvania ayeaue, eaz 5, | the Central Dispensary, situated at the cor- corresponding | mann. Mr. | The Central Dispensary. FNTERVIEW OF PRYSICIANS WITH THE DI TRICT COMMISSIONERS. A delegation of physicians copnected with ner of loth and F streets, consisting of Drs, Waish, Bristow, Barker, Waiter, and Ma- grocer, waited upon the District Comuis- | tioners to day to ask for an opriation ta | dof the dispensary. The Commissioners stated that they are not autoorized to ap- } p> ged apy money for such @ pu an bad ‘been obitged to ly appropriations ap- plied by the Board of Hiealta for medieines and physicians to the poor, which service bad been satisiactorily performed, and that bereafter the sick poor would have todepend vpon the medicines and medical atvendance | furnished at the Washington Asylum. Dr. | Walsh stated that their dispensary was the only one in the District which furnishes | medicines ard medical’ advice free of | charge, and from | the past year, showing | 2,676 patients bad received advice free of | charge, and that 6,463 prescriptions had been stated that ont. withdraw the mont at been establish ago, 4.915 pationts nad beea treated by their pnysicians, ao pre- | Seriptions bad been put up. This had been done at an aggregate cost of $1,902, 31,000 of Which bad been 2, rated from the pablic 'PProp! fonds and ihe balance collected by private subecription. All they desire is asmali ap- propriation to keep up the supply of medi- eines, aud the !sbor anc service would con- tinue to be given free of charge. Aftersome further colioquy in relation to the system is | adopted by i the Cor: | sioner sugges: position tn y | cor 1. { would be jounl institations, DIRECTORY FOR PARENTS AND UUARDTIANS $2 LACTING SCHOOLS POR THEIR CHARGES. THE SraRpabdilshes about this season of the year large number of aivertisem of educasional titations, mast of which are within the District of Columbia, but also many located ip the states. In this connec- Uon it may be proper to remind sach of our petrons &s desire to wd their childrea to private achools that most of the Last!tutions Sdvertising In our columns sre successful schools, coudneted by EE age | teachers, who have made the instruction of youth the business of @iife time. Ocber instituitons advertising will be noticed hereafier as their adverilsements appear. The excellent schools taught by the Misses Perleys, No. 509 4th street, resumes its annual session on the ith proximo. Owing to the bumber of pupila being limited appil- cations shovid be made at once. The Georgetown Collegiate Institute, No. 101 Gay street, resumes its duties on Wed- nesday, September I3th. The prine!pal, Misa eer an ey ti 4 gndly fara! wes nro rs abd give full particalars concerning the scholastic The private school for boys and girls it by Miss Richards, No. 1217 10th a1 will resume its annual session on the 4ih September. Both advanced aod primary classes are taught. Circulars giving full reg ae ean be found at the princtpai ‘stores. ——_s.-— Real Estate Transfers. The following have recently been filed for record in the office of the Recorder of Deets: B. H. Warner to James T. Du Bots, lots 18, 19, and 20, square 900; 1.048. Dubois to War: Ber, lot 12, square 7 . Mar- L. Beal 3,000. J.C. Lay to Samuel V. yes, part 54, square 202; $_—. W. H. Uox, trustee, to Prescott and Fraser, , Square 471; —— Wm. nee a juare 5 $5,000. 1. G. to Joseph Williams, parts 6 and 7, equare 763; @——. Ellen Hoyne to Thomas Hoyne, interest in lot 15. square 612; $700. George Schierf to Wm. B. Evans, subs TT and 18, square 363; #4,000. EK. F. Pretich to B. L. Jackson et al., jot 5, faare 871 8. R. Evans et al. to W. B Evans, nort! 9, sqnare 296; $—. E. Kingman to Jam: S. Chapman, part sub 25, square 241; . Jobn A. Stewart to ©. B. Church, trustee, subs 5 and 6, equare €5; F. to D, RB. Clarke, exeentor, snb G, square 741, and part 9, square 123; 313.582. W. F. Holtz- man, trustee. to H. Lindsley, sub 133, square one: Fraser and Edson, trustees, to tt and Fraser, trustees, lot 12, square a7 T.B. ti to CT. Davis, part | 12; $1,500. G. W. Stickney, trua- ! T3 Freedmen’s Savings | and Trust Company, north half 27, sqaare | 383; 2005. H. Hf. Tallmadge to Mary H. P. | Burgess, lot G and part F. square 23; $650. | Moore and Davis to W.T. Cnapmiaa et al., | { 1008; 50, square tes, to Commisal trustees Unitec! Sons and Daughters of Lin- coln Star Society, sub. 9, Bq. South of 1,050; $200. F.C. Bauin to W. 8 Anderson, part A; fuuare 4€0; $2002. W.S. Tappan, trustee, to H.W. Sraith, parts 23 and 20, square 193; =1,000. Sarah 4.and Nora Eli Timothy O'Connell, sub. E. Law to Edward 3 oe. Silas L ormley, part 43, square 69; G. W. Stickncy. trustee,'to F. Dou- sub. 154, square 150; $2,160;—sub. Burke, prastee, to Don. | | glass, $1,350.’ S. aud T. M. Ca: perter to . 20, 8 £1,500. J. T. DuBois to 4 lef. lots 18, 19 and 20, syuare 960; $3,000" J. 8 on al., trustees, to E. M. Chania | od, and J. T. trustees, ith of 1,059; $743 97. on, lot Cepp to Jobn 39, square 51; fou to Jani subd. 19 aud 11, #. Fox to H. A. % A. 26, aare 340; B. “Kendait, trastes, Josepb B. THE BUILDING WHICH WAS AT THE CoR- SEE OF F axp 15TH StS —We have been furnished with the following items of inter- est concerning the occn: of the butida- ing at the corner of 15th and F streets north- West, so long known as the office of the Pay- master General of the Army, which w?¢ torn down on the Ist of Apel last, and upoa the site of which Mr. W. W. Corcoran is now erecting a fine tes buildings. the iter General to its pen location, in Reed building, 1214 street northwest—a perlod of nearly 47 years. It was erected for Mr. Corcoran in 1313 9, end waa first Occupied May 1, 1849, by the First Auditor of the Treasury; next by Hon. Hor, by wilel:departnscct It was beta el jor, by w! ent it was unt the completion of the Patent Office building; it then the office of the Attorney General, (Mr. Cres then sery- ing in cay ity;) and on the first day of January, 1562, was occupied by the Pay- meee Cues, oenet &b. F. Larned.) wi iment ret ed possession until the 22d of March last. The Grst ¢ground) floor was occupied, at various intervals between i219 anc 1s61, irst, by Messrs. Chubb and Schenck, baakers: then by & Mr. Greenleaf, aoe agent; and last by Mr. E. M. Stanton, then coumis- sioner of Mexiean eleim pose aw A Bie TRAIN POR THE CENTENNIAL.— Last evening, at 6% o'clock, a special train left the Baitimore and Potomac depot for Philadelphia, in charge of Capt. Miller. Tne train was made up of ten cars, each com fortably filled by members of the order of Kuighia of Pythias anc their frieads, num- bering abont 500. Esputa’s band accompa. nie@ the party, belng specially engaged by the uniformed battalion, which fordisd at the ball on D street, batween Gt and on the march to the depo: Touch attention. Accompany ini ud Chancellor Li. oe klip 5o% wouns.| ees Libert Tiendsh!p, No. 8; Deca sare, Nov Na No 13; Excelss Reliance, No. 1s Harm: down deligbtfal and “<aullerasing ——»—___ Warts 4 Divorce— Bled «bil for, fiver ot ceersres tae are, ede ‘Sissy ere eeep morrow such a6 attend a wip. Worship im the Woods. Washington Grove Camp Mecting. Camp Near GaltHERsBCRG, MonTGO- mery Cousty, Mp, Angust 2, 18/6—Oa Sunday night there was quits a sndden coange in the weather. Heretofore the nights have been warm and pleasant, bat this was very cold, and it was laughabis to see tha folks turning ont aterday morning ‘Wrapped Pe the gentlemen tn rover coats and ladies In their shawl ind all shivering as if we were in the middie of Jan- vary. Some few built fires in front of their tents. The change io the atmospiere was only equaled by the cba’ from bastie ard excitement of the Sal to the quiet of @ Monday mcraing, when tue teaters were the only persons on the ground. people came an the morning train, Sttendance from the country si'm as that from the city. vals were ibe Rev. Dr. J. A. Dasuiel, fea by his wife; Miss Da- ing, Miss Jennie King, Mrs. Clokey, and the presidiag At &% a.m. the Rev. Mr. Laney led the rayer and experience m @t the stand. ‘his meeting was but slimly attended, owing no éoubt to the many friends who yesterday visited those tenting on the ground, eating them out of house and home, and so compel- ing them to go to town to lay in a fresh ply. But tough the attendance was small, the spirit of Sunday was visibiy fait in the meetiug, and a good feeling prevaliad. At 10% @ m. the Rey, Samce: Snannon preached from the textin 2 Kings,2:4. Tois was @ fine discourse, and might be termed a continued sermon. At the conclusion of the scourse, the presiding elder introduced the Rev. “Father” McCormick, of the Methodist Protesiant church. This venerabie gentle- mono is about 85 years of age. He addressed the sudience for a few minutes wita — the — remarks by way of co! rison of former days of the church with the present He gave an account of the death and burial of Bishop Asbbury in 1815. Mr. McO. ts tae only one living of sixteen pall bearers of the deceased bishop at the sepulchre beueath the pulpit of Entaw street M. E. church. in Bal- Umore. He spoke of the connecting link between the fathers and the sons of the pre- sent and the t. Ai the conclusion of his remarks the hymn “Shall we gather at the river” was snng by the choir and congrega- on amid ag yore ey aeaaidad uae ie rang ing Mfepareu of co! ai the stand, when thé Rev. J. VUulontown, preached to a ngrega- tion, the result of which was that two pre- sented themselves at the altar for prayer, and before tae close of the meeting both pro- feseet to have found the “ pearl of great price.” At2 p,m. there was a Ladies’ masting held in the tent of the M. E. Chureh South. This was led by Mise Gregory, assisted by Mrs. Rawlings Snd several other jadies. The teat was well filled, and great good was done. Atiss P.M. the gong sounded for services At the stand. This meeting was in the Rev. E. D. Owen, of Ryland Ch: ‘was one in which the ce of Spirit was manifested stropj the foot of le meeting took the character of & prayer meet- ing; after which Bro. Owen dellvered one of the most solemn aad affecting exnortations that has ever been delivered on a camp ground, so that when the tovitation was given many flocked to the altar, and several “delieved on the Lord Jesus Christ and pope os of whom Moses and the Prophets w oid ON THE WAY Home. Mrs. Morgan and her daughter Lizzie lett for home last . yesterday morning. day several others Strike their tents, and by to-morrow moruing ‘all will be in @ state of confusion and activ- ity preparatory for the march homeward. eased @ desire to remain lay, ou which day @ jubilee will be held on the grounds, and arrapge- ments are pow under way to procure an ex- tension of Lime an tlie tickets. M. ——_.—___. MARBRIACE Li! ES bave been issued to Henry Saur and Lizzie Schoeneberger; Cor- nelins Dent and Mary Moore; Geo. E. Decker and Luey Ann Harper; Michael Bresnahan and Jobanna Sweeny; John Columbus Jar- toe and Georgtanna C. Edlin; Presley Ash and Lydia Harvey; George M. Howard and Mary McLaughlin; Jonn T. Laskey and Katie L. Mothershead; Thomas Honesty and Mariana Herbert. ——_e—_—_ BASS FISHERMEN.—Round trip tickets to Harper's Ferry, B, & O. R. R., good for ee | days, $275. ——__—_- +ee-_____. A WIFE Vorss To HANG WER EVUSEAND. It was stated in yesterday’s issue that the negro who committed the rape on the }!ttle white girl near Jefferson, 8. C., had been caught near the Anson connty lise and taken to Sovth Carolina. We learn to-day that when ibe party who had him in charge arrived in Jefferson, a party of three or four hundred, ineinding both colored aud whites, collected, and the question of hanging bim on the spot where the rape was committed discussed. It was floally decided to Settle the matter by a vote. A line was drawn, and ali were in fayor of hangtag Were requested to stand on one Fide of it. Every person in the crowd, including the Wile of the negro, came over except ona. When informed of his fate he confessed the rime, telling the same story as that given by the ete Br. Without having hear: fe pod le thst we can hear there was no uadue in. fluence brought to bear upon ihe erowd to excite their feelings of revenge, but that thelr action thronghout was that of man determined that crime in its vilest form should reeetve ite reward, and = order to Leip) community.— 1h. —_____ SCALLOPED Harr at TOG. Saratoga the scalio; he ‘ guced, and that sty! Frereh twist, which : era Counsel argued that under the common law dog stealin; was not & crime or an indictable offense, and that Do statute exists In Tennessee dog-stealing @ panishable offense, such a3 larceny. Judge Adams held that the steal. ing of adog was not a larceny or an indicte- 1€ offense, and that the demurrer of the de- fendant to the indictment on this ek qT Ite dog a pot property, We the dog tas oan: — og property, 6 dog con- 33 i jita 8 Hi -Bolle prosegui in the case of the colored man , * - THE COURTS. Poxice CovgT—Juige Mulls pro tem. To-day. Isaac Johnson. assauit and bat- tery on Charies Offutt; $10. Alfred Tuomas, cepy of @ lamp; $10 or thirty dass. Tetv Solivan, acsault on Officer Harper; 33. Amanda Timbers, charged with threatening to shiver Charity Eglin’s timbers. Charity bron; & large paving stone into court, w he told the Jaige Amanda Timbers “shack in the face;” $100 to. keep the peace. FOOLING AROUND A SERVANT GIRL. Richard Crown, @ssauit aad battery, with intent to kill, John Huysman, who testified that Crown came fooling around his servant girl and he put him ont of the house, where- upon Crown fred @ pistol at bim, tho ball Sirlging @ tree box ai his side. Crown told the court that he was jerked out ina very rade mapper and dashed to the pavement; thet his purpose was not to kill, but to scare Hoy sroan: grand jary—committed in default Of $60 bonds. WHISKY NO EXCUSE. 5 Adem Lomax, smashing a door in dwell- ing of C. C. Jonmson. After testimony of Ube prosecution had established the charge, counsel for defendant (Mr. Raffin), ia a learned argument (in which he tried to read & decision of the Chief Justice), held that Lomax was not accountasie for his acts while be was drunk. This line of argument didn’t tell worth @ cent with Judge Mills, who fined Adam $10—five above the ord.- nary amount. A HEAD ON HIM. Timothy Ragan and Jeremiah Fiaterty, assault on Jack Davis, This is a part of the riot whieh took piace at Mrs. Kemp's gin inill ou 3d street sonthwest last week, wien 80 many broken heads was the result. Davis ig one of the unfortunate ones who got the worst of it. His head was considerably scarred and was covered wits bandages. Tue testimony was that Ragan and Flaherty P3 vis down, beat and stamped on bim to the ground, and left him for dead. For defence four witnesses were heard, show- ing the testimony to be vi conflicting. Flaherty was fined $10 and costs, and Rigan $25 and costs or jail, Mr. Birney entered a Andrew Johnson, charged with bigamy, on account of jurisdiction, the ofence having been committed in Pennsylvania. Barney Johnson, assault on his wife, Jane Joua- nS 35. on; 35. How a New York log, Erriug Wife was Treated. One day last week tbe Herald contained the ors “ Personal :” To Mrs. W. A. B.—Your departure is for- given, and you will flod a sufficient sum in bank to _ for your wants. W. A. B. These lines probably fell upon the eyes they were intended for, and tne bist of an erring Woman was thereby coanged. Tne Circumstances are Known at some of the clubs, and may be briefly stated thus: Tne Woman is tae wife of a down-town mar- chant. They have been boarding on west 234 street, in sight of the Fifth Avenue Hotel; end during thé absence of the Lusband the Woman has been receiving frequent clat- destine visits from a man who pretends to bea physician. How far the Intimacy knowledge, Wile for creating @ seandal a: bors. He told her that if she received a visit again from her male srieud, unless he was present, he should certainly know it by tel- egraph, as be should employ detectives to watch her. Tde woman resented this im- putation with spirit, and the next day packed her trunk and started for the inic- Tior of the ttate. She sent herhusband word that she bad left him forever and never de- sired to see him In some way party whose visits caused all the trou- ie learned her whereabouts two days after, and prepared to follow her. On the sama train which carrted oim into the village where the erring woman was hiding herself, the Herald containing this personal arrived. The woman saw It before she saw her de- celver, and was so affected by its simple ten. | dernees that her whole plan of life was altered. The next afternoon she returned here to her boarding-house, took her old | lace withouta word. The husband found | her on his return home in tiie evening as usual, and pever asked a word of explana- tion or uttered a sigh of reproach. hap- jer woman in ber ew iifeis nowhere to be fo" They have never exchanged ® word on the subject of her disappearance, but she | confided the story to a dear female friend, and what one woman knows tie world knows, aud So it ts with ti's story. The in- itiels are those of real names.—[{#. ¥. Cor. Chicayo Trtby Tur NOBLE RED MAN—He Stilt Lives.— } A correspondent of tne Chicago Tribune re- rts the followlog conversation with Gen, os. M. Brisbin: Are tere any noble Indians, General, Such as we read abont tn the books?” B.—“Yes, plenty of them, and greater chiefs bow living on the piains than ever were Powbatan, Logan, Red Jacket, or Teeumseb. I think Sitting Bull, as @ warrior, is a greater Indian than has ever appeared in America. The late campaigus on the Yellowstone show that he is equal If not superior to the best Geverals in managing battle. A few So Sgo Le was @ blanket Indian, without nfiaence or wealth, aud by his own energy Le has raised himself to the head of the most pow fal indian tribe on the plains, and is @ acknowledged leader of all the hostiles. Red Clond wiil compare favorab! Fy, chief that bas ever lived,and Spotted Tall is not far bebind him in ability. i remember Washakie, chief of the Sio- shones, who, if be had been born white tu- si of red, would have been @ leader of the people in any state—a governor or a Sena- tor. In this chief savage stal Siiver Rush rm Nevapa.—When the doors of the Sub-Treasury were opened in ae ity with eattmaneasd meee, ty ‘cro’ bad besieged the buildin; ee Gp et Riba) by, numeroes adaitions counter, 2 x“ for an hour and y idewalk failed to obtain their silver. Some of them were rounders impecunions bummers, who had been hired for # email amount to obtain the first grab at the Treasury, and their employers had | ape el given them orders to be filled ips Mission, as ine orders were stric! nothing but carreuey, and vo attention was bn to the written orders. The night bivouac In front of the Treasury was attended by some amusing incidents. At a late hour, when the weary watehers had bi 1or~ SOME DAYS AGo & colored waiter Used in the Tribune for 7s aE bi ; la 5 <3 @7-A reilroad, for its condnetors 8 year, them see lcigenaa i eamaton wguney, with toe oe to then found pes dwindle almost to nothing on its trainee” 87-The directors of the short GEORGETOWN. AccIDENTS.—Yestu. 25 sews Miah es McQuade, @ sesideat of Se 6a sis, ds) Was ceri y i jared 064: the head aud face by fallingom 24 bore near tas Ay duct bridge. He wae wear to So... Maes rocery store; aad bis wotnes Gomes Sy Dr. wie » 9**Darh oe of the Knights Of St Bernard at Analostea Isiand last Dight the platform aroand the well at !bat place gave way and precipitated about twenty-five wea adistance of fally twolre feet. Nearly all received braises or slight cuts, but bo one was otherwise injured. GRaIn TRADE—The offerings 02 "change this morning amounted to 8790 ais Of wheat, with sales of 395 do. @t $1 10,70 do. at #1.13, 492 do. @t $1.15, 3,100 do. at 1.15 . 235 t 21.17, 515 do. at $1.18, and 230 do. at x1.20. arrt were: . with 1.000 hoshels of wheat and 19 do.rys for H. M. Taisott; 100 do. wheat, 250 do coro, 1.999 do. mil!feed, and 150 barrels of floar for Hartley & Bro. and 700 busheis of wheat for T. 0. Wheeler. Boat Wheeler & Barron, with 399 bushels wheat amd 700 do. corn for H. M. Tal- Dott; 1,600 do. wheat, 69 do. corn, and 13 bales of hay for Hartiey & Bro., and 500 bnsbels corn for T. C. Wheler. Boat William Ry¢er, With 3,700 bushels wheat for Hartley & Bro., and schooner Waiter Jones, with 1,100 do. wheat for J. G. & J. M. Waters. Tne following sales were made yesterday after change: bushels of wheat at 1.2) and 550 do. at $1.18) 250 bushels of wheat this moruing before ‘change at $107 BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—A {tue meeting of the Seventh Building Assoctation last nivht thirteen shares were withdrawn at $1.95, the maximum rate. SUSPICIovs SOLICITUDE.— Someboly is very tndustriously at work seadiug ont in- formation about tbe failure of the silk erop ia Italy, China and Jap Foar separate ctrevlars to that effect have been received at Laie office, two of them being on manifold paper, in the same haudwriting, and al! of them anony mous.. These specimens of litera- tore are very emphatic tn waruing all read- ers tbat, in consequence of the aileged fail. ure of the crop, silk goods are certain to go up in price, and that ladies must purrs ap thetr purchases, &c.,&c. All this may be So, but there are several circumstances about the matter calculate to excite suspi- cion. It is ratber surprising that the stlk- worms shouid stop spinning simultancos: in count so widely distant ff each other as italy, Ching and Japan; and then the suddenness and assidalty wich whtch the cirenlars are distributed look—jast a littie ——— some one In the trade has ea jarge stock of silk goois for me an im- mediate market is wan’ nt. Ledger. 87 Twenty feet deep for one humired and forty feet In width is the last report from the South west Pass as we resuit of seven hun- dred soundings by Captain Eada’ engineers. The width must be two hundred feet before government pay begin: CITY ITEMS. How's the Day and Now's the Hoar! Positively no Postponement ! SEND FOR TICKETS AT ONCE. As heretofore announced the drawing of the Kentucky Cash Distributtan ged will take place on Thursday, the 3ist of Au- gust, without fatl. The Managers desire it to be distinctly understood by all that there will, most positively and uneqatvocally, be no eg ten of the distribution, as hag been heretofore with other drawings. Proposing, ag they do. to have a series of gan ger , they do not wish or intend establish the postpone- ment. Therefo: ose desiring to buy tick- ets bad better forward the money for the same immediately. If they wait for _— disap- popement. they will most surely be pated. If they procrastinate in ihey will be too late for a chance at grand prizes of $100,000, 250,000, $25,009, and go ob through & list of 11,156 prizes, all fo be distributed in glittering golden cash so soon €8 the drawing is concluded, at Frankfort, on the evening of Angust3!, 1876. There’s a tide in the affairs of men—and women, too— which, taken at the flood, leats on to for- tune! Now’s your time! Whole tickets, $12; bslves, $0; qvarters, #3; 9 tickets, $19 Ziy tickets, & 464 tickete, @500. Ad- Gress ex-Gov. Thos. P. Porter, Frankfort Ky., or G. W. Barrow & ©»., Ganera! East! ern Agents, 710 Browiway, N'Y. pnb don Tl NoRTH SEARSMONT, ME., Sept. 9, 1879. Dear Sir: Itgives me very great pleasure to inform you of the benefit resetyed from the use of wien Syrup in my own fw ng A My wife, for the past ten years, has been fa feeble bealth—very much debilitated gene- rally. Last spring she concluded to try a bottle of Peruvian Syrup, and was so well pleased with the result continued Ils nse Quill three or four bottles bad bean used, aud she is now in better heaith thau at’ any me for ten years, and bas increased io weight from 110 pounds to 125%. I haye em- Ployed physicians, and used @ great variety of patent medicines, to the extent of bun- Greds of dollars, and I know sho has received more benentirua: tke Perwian Syrup taan @li the rest together. My sales on the Syrup are very large and constantly increasing, aud | do uot besitaie to recommend aud even warrant it togive satisfaction, If you desire, you are at lib- erty to use this communicaiion as you see fit, &s it gives me pleasure to recommend sq good an article to suffering humanity, Yours, truly, THIEL PRAsE, per o. aA Benton" CELERY AND Quam: ILE are geincastserer esta oe tic Heaxtache, Kenraizia, Nerv SWeenia. Bohl by all Druseiste io Was: i ime sa I» J. H. Squier & Co, Bz. 1416 Pennsylvania Avene, 6 interest y rT ay, per cent. interest on deposits payable “interest paid January ‘and July or as Ted, 5,21,00 —_.—_—_. Ceras Remeved Without Paim the patient mor tee ——— Vascular Excrescenoos, to, y fyeated at_Dr. White's entablishment, 1416 Bowl. i e1 init, "Hours, fa. 6p.m. Establiniea In Washiagise i 10% POPULAR IMPROVED Sopa wi! a= roe KOLB’s, Corner 7th and akrecu, Fo SALE AT HALF PRIOR. Gre- and water-tight . POUND CEMENT BATHE eect ee oe of ton wort ana cas, ‘wnequalled. for eloonty chi sand , ea ope Enter the geteway ins black feace, cp pump, on Vailey atre“t, wn ‘angi 6t* OaPT. OXANDLER. UNSURPASSED. CING(NNATI LION LAGER. POR SALE BY DEALERS THROUGH- OUT THE DISTRICT, AND BY THE AGENT. ' SAMUEL ©. PALMER, DSPOT, 67 GBSENS STREET, Georgetown, D. 9. TRUNKS! in VALISES, we oid | j peear ro OX THR “MABRY WaSHINGTOS ‘Two trips, lew aide m aids i : ZEN PALE, WEUNESDAY: | ‘Admisston— Gentlemen. 5 25 cents Tickets caa be bad Clod or at the gate. LYcsum BUREAU EXCURSIONS, N THE MARY WASHINGTON. Invigorating | | ° Del tte! tripe to walt {the lower ac OF WEDRESDAT we feturps st 11:15. at ‘Will unite tn the next Tickets ened for a ~ apes August 21 will be om the % Friends of Bamii urch are reyuentad ‘base tickets of mem bers. engl SUNDAY EACCRSIONS | Leaving 7th-street wharf at 10 s,m, m.; fare 40 conte. Seooud trip, m., returning ot 8:30; fare ud ret can ‘retarn on bs Befroshe: sats, !: G08 country milk, can be had on the | rsous wishing to spend @ ploassut day I thie conntry, where good water and susie *ou is, ean doo. | SUNDAY BxcumeEe j LADY OF THS LAKS. ' Hereafter apd until forthor notice, the bedy «| ¢ the Late will make regolar Bxccretona, weaving | her wharf, foot of 6th atrest, at 3p. m fve ours’ trip on the Potomac, arriving home promet ly_at? pom. Fare, 6@ cents; cbiidreu half price, Tih aba Sch street care go directly to the whart SS 70 THE Cares ER COMIQU Below Penasyivante OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. Performance EVERY GERI. Matines for ates BYE SATURDAY AFTERBDUOR, FIBST-CLASS LY SVERY KAS? ECT. Variety, Drams, Burlescne and Comedy. sora ty = WEDNESDAT ené 4 Oty No.) On Exhibition (NEw No. aH 87. 8 at rte Br. “MARKRITER’S . No. 43% 7th street, betecen D and B streets, echt doors above Odd Fellows’ Hail, Chotee Oil tinge. Eng Obromos, fe. Also, ) Wind Py RA eels. |, Hatis, &e.,in the eT RR + BJ Please remember Name and Bamber. jy1 ly Stan EEEEEREEREEE EE GEORGETOWN ADVERTS. Sree ABD MELB. | | PAEMIOM STEAM DYEING AND BOOUEINY | At wl. A. WHEATigY'’sS j OLD AND RELIABLE BSTAELISHMEN® | Lactes apd Gentlemen can bave their Spring Boe Scmmer Wearing Appare! Cleaned or Colored 1 the best manner; ‘Winter Clothing, Car GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. B DRESS HATS. B | Dreb Besyer and Fear! Cassimere Dress HATS 720— PEARL DERBY sud SORT FELTS ‘Teilied Suk UM#ERLUAS. paragon irame, B, BM. ST: iH. scgStr PERSONS 13 WANT OF EATS Dot fati to end examine Mogens he See Tent, wate we ere welling at ita 0 to 3 per cent. discount PARASOLS 25 per cont. disconn: \t, a ivi9-tr 1619 PENSEYL Le Ek PRESS SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER. A perfect fitting and the FIRSST DEEDS SHIKT FOR 82.96. Betisfaction always guarantecd. td LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS, x (BAB, et prices os end URDEBW * JAMES THOMPSON'S SHIET FACTOR: Jeld-ly__ 804 F street vp. w., LeProft Butiitos Hit ty _004 F streets, w., LeDrott Batidtos. KEEPS PATENT PARTLY-MA Host acy HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS. CHIRA gs a OUSEFURRL rs AT LOW PRICES. GEO, WATTS & aie Tateee above 2 Se maar $0 29. a . LOWEST CASH PBIUES. WEBS &@ KHEVERIDGE, 100: TE SO tor Cirle and + street northwest, BOR DAT. Beene vs noe ond Primary Ulanene recetved the principal book stores . ew FREN A Beats a 18 Boag, *)8retOW RD, om c timore cownty, Me FSIS, MATH ABD OLaw Sunderlar ¢'s Ohare’, 4), C #. and Tn som ROTISH AND FRENCH © i 1 224 Sars land » j Gaphet Hill. Bites 0. t dow ee “ Loties reumed MONDa¥. Sept "TEE Fastin Gton ra TOR BOSINESe Mee LEIN6’ SUBOOL FOR UALS AaL will reopen eptember. ich, corn Of Sd sn B streotss -u boast, BiH. wage te ANON POSEDING SCHOOL Fos Gia pear Book *, Md. The ibiré ™ of thi Bhool wil commence be ib 1876. Apply for circulars t " BBOOK 8. Principat BYO _ AdGrene, Rockvilie. Md igs ENE DOA M'Studeturi von oa ING AND Dat es 32 Ringer ten for Obtldren. wil) reoper et @. oabor 6. che BHUN (a Dative Bre: wil! reside tly, Thorough tecraction LEEMALLE FEMALE IeeTitore, ‘The 20th Anntal Sesion begins aith Berri ween ‘With Afteen teach: Bond for catalogue. ®exi | Line of Baitemer tm operation for forty sheet cafal, utetion, Ae tral, an th, Baws 2 Ea FRENGR LECT 8bBU0 York 5 CRIVED JUST RECEIVEL FROM FEW YORK Gver M DRESSES, SC1is. mE Toade in sn perios «tye et short n bave Dressoe Cut aud Basted, and teed $2 RECEIVING DAILY BROWS, BLUE ABD BLACK YELVETS BEViEw ABD CAVALIE£s Jats, ¥ Wing COCK 'S PLUMES AND F, 3 COLOBED GBOS GRAIN RIBBRONS—Ho 6, fe., Bo. 7, We.: Be Bo. 2, SEADB end TRAV ELIE uate aod BOR WETS reduced to B50. 6 SUMMER MILLINERY @U0D* Belcw Gost. irs. 4. J, 08 sad 683 D stroe’ GREAT BEDUCTION oJ LADIES BEADY “ADE SUITS, OVER ETS ABD BA8y! fs. ana LADIES UA. EuW cag, UN yee - 715 715 PABASOLS and SUN UMBEELLAS ot ba price, FLOWERS, HATS, ELBBON, and #ILLISTE'D GOODS less thas cost JUST BECEIVED— & large assortment of HAMBUBO £DUES and BOBU LACES selling st a roduced pr + CORSETS end Kil GLOVES ine g- SUMAN BAL very low at S BELLE 4, 71s MARKET &F MISS E. A MeCORMICK, g $22 91a BTBEET, (ST. CLOUD BUILDING) Dally receiving all the latest Nove! uc: ta OXBLP AND STR*+W BONNETS, Hare. 1 css, Fiaw kus, ac Ladies of Washington and vicini'; ttea call sud examine * = —s VeERMILEA'S LADIES’ SHO} MADE TO ORDES ar G10 GcA Farcet, Opposite Pasent A iso. st oO Be ere sll a By oosdilebment, fe puarentees 10 ——4 factured in the United States, "7 "ork manu mar2é-tr 348. H. VER MILYA: FAMILY SUPPLIES. ° Site ta veer. Use ies, ebewmssnes FRESH MBATS OF ALL KINDS. All orders comectentions! y filled fd eattemnerion Se ore Thay aoe nt perce ested H4Ms, &c.