Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1877, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY... .....November 12, 1977. Weather indications To-Day. Orrice oF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFI Wasbirgion. No 1 For the ——- aiete oe clear or cloudy weather, ens wit ching to soutneriy, nearly sta onary pres: ure. Amusements. ac., To-night. Brationat Ti eoter.— Hess English Opera Com- pany in “A Summer Nigbt's Dream.” i Le Convict’s Revenge” Street lamps will be lighted and extinguisbed at 440 a.m. A pew fireslarm box was put in t Office department to.day, numbered 9:30 p. m., Post The annual appearance of the shooting stars is billed by the astroncmers for to- ight. The racing at Brightwood to-morrow will be interesting. if the weather holds good See the advertisement. J. P. Piumer bas retired as one of the pro- Fietors of the Riggs house, leaving C. W. Eponord in charge turJay afternoon fire was discovered in the beuse of Mrs. Fisher, No. 317 4 street porthwest. Abo Worth of damage was dere. Willie Finley, employed at the Mepublican Office. bad his {oot badly crushed, Saturday, by its being the wall. Father Dinahan, lately attached to St. Dominic's church, and recently aseig mirsionary duty in the west, has g New York. His suecessor at St. D Sn Father Rooney A certificate 0: on was filed Saterday by the nal Aid So ciety.” baving for its object the relief of dis. tressed Fre Washington. The trustecs are rrus, A. Colin, Chas. Ebel, J. M. Perriard and N. Steffent. Officer Yeatman, of the first precinct, on Batordsy arrested Samvel Bird, colored who was driving # horse unfit for work. Uird was fired £10 by Squire Simon Joseph, for ern- elty (o aninials, and in default was comtait There has heen filed in the Eqnvity Court a ease of Kilbourn and Olmstead agt. Latta to sctile a partrersbip account, and also a suit by Latta agt. Kilbeurn and Olmetead for an Injunction to prevent them from disposing of certain preperty. Mrs. M and Mrs. ©. L. Wright were knocked down Saturday eve at the cor- ner of “tn and E streets northwest, hy a pass- ing borse.aitached to a spring wagon, driv By an onknown map. Both ladies wi ‘Bightly bruised aboot the face and boty. F RECENT OvTRAGE CAsE.—To-day the grand jury bad before them «-veral wit- » Who on Monday night ocked down and violently ontrazed the onof Miss Florence P. Smith, et er fenseless in an alley into which he had drawn her. Miss Smith, an interesting oung lady of I: years, was present, with jeut. Kelly. Officer Feit and several other Witnesses. Miss Smith still bears the marks Of the punishment received at the hanis of the villain, her eyes being discolored and some of the scratches on her fee not yet healed. It is understood that Miss Smith testified positively that the second one a Tested on surpicion (Jones).who was bro to her bedside for identification was the map, and other witnesses testified that when be was brought into her presence she shud- Gered: that sfter the commission of the crime be went to the bouse of a colore’ wo- men and charged his shirt and other cloth- Ing. that there was evidence on his clothing Of bis heing the guilty party. The grand E, will find a presentment to day and an ndictmert will be snre ta follow, and it is to be boped that he will bave a speedy trial. The purishment for the crime of rape in this District is frem ten to thirty years’ impris- Oument with hard labor in the penitentiary ——4 SINGULAR SvUICIDE oF A MAN Frou Nowro.K—He Jumps Into (he / Deck fa amer.—VYestercay morning as the stesmer Lady of the Lake, on her re- turn trip from Nortol hero’ Potnt be gt ped frov Fiver jusi atthe mouth of The steamer lowered io ree rived too late, as before the fi him the water closed over him, and nothing buthis fleating slouch bat was recovered. ‘The steamer was delayed an hour in its frait- Jess search for the baly. The deceased ca: vorfolk, pa ,and engaged a state- 2 trip. Heappearsd to be we d with money, ted the at- tention of his fellow cit by his strange actions. He was a man abont fifty y Old, five feet nine incnes tm height. of d eemplexion, and wore a full a mised with gray. The bat is at ¢ headquarters. JUDGE T. A. SPEN(«, formeriy Assistant Altorner General for the Post Ofies depart- ment, aud for some months past one of vie Specialagents of that department, died on | turday at bis residence, 112 M street, in the ith ‘year ofhbisage. Judge Spence was @ native of the eastern shore of Marylond, and graduated at Yale college in 1829. He | served as a member of Congress from 1843 to 4845 and from 1°50 to iSé:, (in which year he was iegisiated out by the new constitution); reuit judges of Mary- led the position of Assistant At- worney General from 1*72 to May last, when be was succeeded by Judge Freeman, Judge accepling @ special agency. Judge il headed and successful lawyer. person an cent THE 118TH BIRTHDAY OF SCHILLER was Selebrated at the residence of Mr. Justice Miller, of the U. S. Supreme Court,on Satar- day night last. The exercises, which were exceedingly inieresting, cousisted of an ad. dress by Simon Wolf. esq.. the president of the Schillerbund; a piano duet by Miss Ha- den avd Mr. Waldec tion in Ger- man by Miss Miller: a vocal solo by Mz. & Beene from “Non Carlos,” in which BMiss Irish, Messrs. Wolf and Middleton par- } Uetpated: and a recitation by Miss Woit, “The Mother's Way.” Following upon ¢ exercises some time was spent by the com- pany tp agreeable social intercourse, and in exami of f Interest in the charraicg parlors of their entertainers. ————— Y.M. C. A —This week is very gonera/iy observed tn this country and in several inr- ign lands as days of prayer z men’s christian associations. The association here iate services ia Lincoln ball daily noonda he rooms of the associat io’ 12-45 today, Rev. Joseph R. stor of Wesley chapel, conduct al , Rev. J. G. Ames Wheeler, the exercises. To-morre of the Church of ihe Ascension, will conduct the meeting. The association has ore W Terms: Class for coristian worker wll bold the first session this eventag _—e—— Drrps Nn FEE have beer, io Bara Bevre Square S16. J. 8. Blankman, trustee, to Barbour « Hamilton, ?—., lot 51 sub. square 27, subject to two deeds of trast, 9 ay 1 as tollow! 1,300, West $2,702. Jobn Sh to Archibald Lee Hotton, $1.0 sub. square? Charies Dev to Robert W. Shufeldt, S11.0¢0, lot 20, sub. sqnare 162. John Wun- Gerlich, trustee, to Christian Ardeiser, ©50, | District of Colum - Square 1.05 * quare 3. pt hails Nome Bet Forty Hovnrs l)rvotton.—The following is the order of the forty hours devotion as rescribed by the Archbishop of Balt'more F the churches in this District during the ensuing yeer. St. Aloysius church. January tb; St. Mary's, February litb; St. Matthew's, Mareb Sit; St. Patrick's, June %th; Trinity chureh, Georgetown, June ifih; St. Augus- | Dominic's, October | « tne’s, August 25th; St. D th; Immaculate Conception, October ith: St. Joseph's, October 0th: St. Stephen's, No- vember Ist. and St. Peter's, November 2ith geal tecten-caotin Law Booxks.—‘me of the finest and most extensive collections of law books ever sold im Washington is now being arranged ‘or gale at the rooms of Thomas bowling. The catalogue, which excels anything that has been offered here for years, begins witn the | L. Stanten papers of the t splendid library of the |ae F Due notice will be given in the ume of sale. ASSAULTED BY BURGLARS. burglars entered the — Stegmeyer, No. tit Capito 130 o'clock yesterday morning, and Mr, Two coloret house of Geo. street, about eyer, i attempting to Investigaie as | to the turmoil made by them in the lower Story, was altacked and unmereifa!!y beaten and left in an insensible condition by them. _ | —on——eed ‘Wants A Divorce.—To-day Messrs. J-R. Collette and #. F. Johnson, attorneys, filed for Mattie F. Koontz a bill for divorce, with fustoty of child. from James H. Koontz. She that they were married Ju ly 6th. 1875, and she charges that for more ihan 6 months he has been guilty of habitual drankenness, during which be has ill-treated her, &c. —_-——— MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to LL. Mi i and ght between the elevator and | er from the | i} was @ five scholar, and a clear- _ ning the works of art and other objects , | THR New Mvsicar TELEPHONE —Fill | improvement of the Harbor ‘ash. | ‘The President and the Pone=s. WISTAR'S BALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM WISTAR'S BALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM i The Secretary of War, in response to the | letter of the District Commissioners of the 26th ult. Ip relative to improvement of the navigation of the Potomac barbors of Washington and viles their attention to an enc! | afer of U. R. engineers John G. Parke. In thal report Major Parke reviews the action Of the board of survey qreated under the act | Of 1592, and quotes from thelr re) fore extensively published), then says:— | “Tbe river and barbor act of March 3, 1573, contained an a) propriation of $50,000, Which, being entirely oe jclent to commence any | permarent plan of improvement, was ap- plied 19 dredging ip the Virginia channel to a depth of 14 feet at low water and removing tock in Georgetown harbor. the main idea in its application being to effect an immediate benefit to commerce, while conforming, as far as practicable, to the plan of imiprove- ment recommended by the commission. No fi tion has been made sin ual report of Octaber 2), Of $2.060.000 for the next fiscal year was submitted, but no appropria- tie was made, ihe report of the chief of engineers for it Was stated that “to carry out the plan cf the beard, it is proposed, for reasons of economy chiefly, to execute the parts of the pian in the order of their importance. First. t 1 is propored to rerrove Easby's point and the perth and wesi side of Analostan Island With the required amount of drdzing | ceroplete this part of the pl For th work $'50 060 will be required.” a im ch | rerort 1:76 attention Was sgain called to the subject. e «4 Ms annual report of this year states: The main sbip channel of the river, between the Virginia draw of the Long Bridge and et Georgetown, bas nm rapiliy filiiag up With sard’and debris brought dewn by freshets. The preservation of @ Dav ga h through this channel is of vital in pertapce to the Cumberland coal trade in which mamero: an ¢s'imate b engineer in charge 0 feet wide and 18 feet red ep at low wa- vis is $42,233. mmeti- gi ¥ front bas becon: inte wi The estimate ard 32 feet ccep is € regate amount aske! for belns £100,900. From this it will ay that the subject of the im- | provement of the harbors of Washington and | Georgetown and their approaches bas been fully presented to Covgre and that est mates forthe execution « | been submitted from tir to Ume. Congress bas not yet adopted the to commencing the perm ph cnt seas Govermment Cases. Ete . in the Crim: inal Court To day. in the Crimipal Court, Juwige Mac- Arthur, the case of Sawyer and Brooks, con- vVicted of conspiracy in passing a fraudulent cleim on the government, was called on a motion for @ new trial. Mr. Carpenter, of counsel for the defendants, said that he coui bot be in court to-day, being engaged in th Supreme Court of the United Sti Th court raid the motion would be hear mme- As stated in the Stak of Satarday (ue del- egation of Ponca Indians were again re- ceived atthe White House Saturday after- nocn to hear the President's answer to their | Statements and requests made Friday. (hereto- | | work, and that they should | | diately after the Briant and Craig, case is | tried. Mr. Cook asked that an early day be set for the trial of Ottman. The Listriet Aitorney said it was impossi- bie to set @ day this term. Mr. Carpenter said he felt bounil to press this case as much as possfble, for it bad besa twice tried and was still open, and it ought to be disposed of as soon as possible. Out- man is completely tied up, the government baving his money. and he has a family on his bands. The court said if they came in on the first day of the bext term a day would te set. ms Cook called attention to the case of W. and others and was acquitted, and there was arother charge—receiving a bribe—hanging over bim, which should be disposed of. The case Was Helle prosejuier The ease of Ralph Thomas, house burning, WRS nolle prosequied. . L. K. Lippineott, W. H. Grant and F. X. Broissieux, indicted for conspiracy to de- fravd the government by mean: claim for lands, was up ob demurrer, which the General Term. —— pany Will give their initial performance ing, when the popniar new opera t A Summer Night's Dream ented in handsome k yle. The cast is | & very strong one, and is as follows: “Queen | Etizsbeth.” Miss Pmelie y ville, Mrs s as tle Olivia Zelda Seg: M ‘Latimer,” Mr. kes; ‘Mine Host,” M "and Thar ay € | . * will be | preduced Ford's Opera Ay evenings of this week Miss Bila Stor wm will appear ip her own dramatization of | Mad Cap Violet.” The play ts said to have | considerable merit, and it {s predicted that | Miss Stockton will meet with craulfying sne- cess She will be assisted by sorne of the | best amateurs in the city. The fact that the stege is under the direction of Thad. K. Satler is an additional assurance of a very | | acceptable performance. | | Theater Comigue.—The sensational drama, | “The Convict’s Revenge,” and a host of at- | tractive varieties, willdraw the customary crowds to the Comique this wee! ————— ee | District Government Affairs. ONE YEAR'S RECEIPTS. | The Collector, Mr. John F. Cook, has sub. | mitted bis annual report to the District Com- missioners, showing the receipts from all | scurees for the year to have been $1,777 ,816.1i8: | transfers of stock—Washington, $34,406.41; | Georgetown, $21,731.56; total transfer of stock | $56.27 97. The estimates of the amount re- | quired for Support of office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, is for salaries, station- ery, Sc, amounting to $13.40. r. A. A. Birney, late assistant attorney for the District, has submitted a statement of collections from ay al Court, showing the collections at #1,539 15; expenses #8%5.93; amount turned over to the treasurer $3,675.22, all of which bas becn audited ard found correct. PLANEETS, thawis, table licen, cloth for men’s and boys’ wear, Jace forcurtains, gen- | Uemen’s, ladies’ and children’s anderwear very cheap, Water proof cloth, cheapest dress da in Washiugton, beautifal double width Woo!) colored dress goods only fifteen cents, Oi Market ; { i black silks yery cheap. | Space.— Addis. ee oor CLOTE d up; bl Carter's, 7 and boys’ wear dress goods, 1%, 15, ets very c! meETES, CAI eap. ‘Towson’s, Pen: sylvania avenue, south side — 1dr‘. —_.-_——— son's bew musieal telephone is to be exiib- | ited on next Friday night in the Congrega- | Uonal ebarch, the concert to be telegraphed H | from Philadelphia. we | ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT and plum pud- ding, preserved cherrics and peaches, apple, quince and peach butter in five pound patis. John H. Magruder, fine grocer, 1121 New | York avenue, late of Magruder & Howard. + ——e | aot | THe Oprra —Elegant 2-button evening | kid gloves at €1; 2 butten, $1.25, butt Gn, | $160; can be had at May’s “Paris Kid Depot,” «9 Pennsy!vania avenne.— 4 det. pecan ibremataatntioh os triet devoted exclusively to youths’, boys and children's clothing, is B. Robinson & ‘o., 9 Pennsylvania avenue— Arr?. — $< THE COURTS. Fauity Court—Judye Wy! d and Butch s opkine 4. Me x ‘appears - Shepherd et al own; pro. cont Crrcurr CouRT—Judive Cartter. mg agt Matting}y; act 1 ot } ct for plainti®t— / Pourcr Court—Jwige Snel. Thomas Waketield, colored, lare A shirt, worth $6. from Thom 3, Samuel Tevier ik | & | the tes Mrs Powell and his sister, P: y a bad ch and the conrt fined bisa @10 and costs, thirty days, and give bonds ia @hO to keep the (Ses Gh stand committed for six ths. George t.agautt on John and coats. Isa- was charged with the L United States. Belle has just teen released from jail, and b etn et item her ted and haprovied It for a perth. She was arrested by Opicer Lewis and tho soket found. as Generibed: 1, or thirty days. tn neon. colored, larceny 5! a DIX Of ug night’ & Ring, > ince; xrend jury, 869 bonds “Sone Week | charzed with larceny of « of epactacles and oth eatiens from, yt Nuilty, second Cy frand jary. Wr. ‘charged with de ficing Idand Hall; @10) or thirty days. Michael Mickey ferfeital collateral, Joseph! Botawelly an Vodied vagrant. was sent own for alnety gen = and be 38. Otho ouis Pitcher, loud jeudes, @ vagrant, Was sent down, —— arstow, who was indicted with Sawyer | a false | ‘be Hess English Opera | cases in the Crim- | ruled pro forma and an appeal was | willbe | On Thursday and Fri- | THE ONLY ESTABLISHMENT in the Dis- | 4 van: | court yesterday the three women appr en- | THE PRESIDENT TOLD THEM that they had always done what the govern- Irent told them, and therefore he would do all be could to ‘help them. y were re- moved from their old reservation to guart them from collision with other Indians who Were unfriendly, and he did not think it ad- visable for them to go back. To prevent the appoyance from cattle and pony stealing id demoralization from whisky where they Dew are, be promised them as reuch land as the tract they leftonthe Missouri river, in the Indian Territory. ata greaier distance from the white settlements. He further satd that he would permit them to send out some of ibeir chiefs to make a selection for their people smorg the lands which still belong lo the government in the Indian Territory; that houses should be built as good as thos Jeft on the Missouri; that they should be e ployed in. building them agricultural implementa, for thuse they left behin« nd he would try to have schools for thair children. AND YET THEY ARE Nor HAPPY. White Earle, Frank LeFlesche. Smoke- Toaker and Standing Baffa'o, spoke briedy, again deploring their condition. and desi arother conference to make additional plaints. To prevent a misunderstanding, the Pres. dent repeated his deciston that they could not go back to their old agency, which had been given up to other people. but that they sbould have as good land a# the goverame it bes in the Indian territory. “PINK DOMINOES” AND THEN TO CHURCH Saturday night the Indians wert to see “Pink Dominoes” at the National Theater, and yesterday afiernoon they attendal a Missionary service at the Foondry cbureh. Three of them made speech 0 Were interpreted. All the Poncas have re- ceived Christian tenching. <2 ___ A Prirsr Sves ArcHRISHOP KEN- PRICK. —A Cincinnati Jnquirer special from &t Louis, Mo, November 4, says A si gular suit was filed in one of the city courts lo-day, the plaintiff being Rev Giam Bap- Uste Salvyitell!, an Italian Catholic priest, and the defendant the Right Rev. Archbishop Peter R. Kendrick. About a month ago Father Salvatelli, who was the priest in charge of St. Bonaventura church, in ‘this city, bad & serious difienity with hi: co failon, the latter charging the pastor w the no jess heinous erime than that of rob- bing the ehureh of two valuable pioinres, one of the Crucifixion and one of St. Francis, together with valuable altar ornaments, angels, &¢. Archbishop Kendrick matter in hand, and peremptorily dismissed the priest and restored the prop- erty tothe church. The expelied priest now brings suit to recover the articles named, or their value, alleging tnat they are his own private property, and that he had a right to lake them, and also for eight year-’ salary first at $1.00) per year, and ‘subsequently $1700, the total aggregate amount claimed being placed at $11,200. The case excites con- fiderable interest, especially among Caiho- lics, and it is expected that there will be some racy developments with referance to the management ef Bonaventura churei by Father Saivetemi” FIGHT WITH NEW MEXICAN INDIA A special dispatch from Sun Antonio says:— « Information bas been received here that on the Wth of Oetober a party of Mexicans, 87 in. bumter, under command of Don Narcisco Anago, of San Carlos, Mexico, had a batile in Texas, near the Guadaloupe mountains, with a party of Indians who had been depre- dating in Mexico, near Chihuahua, killing six bueks and apron six squaws and sixty eight head of stoek stolen from people living near San Diego, in Mexico. These Indians were from Fort Stanton reservation, in New Mexico, on the American side of the Rio Grande. The Indians killed were pro pm | Yided with reservation blankets and other articles from the United States government. The scalps were taken to Del Norte, in Mex- ico. as was also the stock, which was identi- fied by the owners of the animals.” DEACON PATTERSON'S MANY WIVES.— Deacon Samuel P. Patterson, a colored horter, arrived in Harlem two years ago, and roline Thompson, of 315 “Ea pad ftreet, Was married to him on the 9th of Sep- tember, 1575. On the 10th of April last Rose Read was married to him, the deacon having meantime taken the name of Thompson. A few weeks ago he engaged himself to Mary E. Cook, and the wedding was to have been performed on Thursday in her bome, in 115th street. Patterson this time assumed the rame of Peck. Officer Armstrong laid his hard on Patterson’s shou!der early on Thuss- day evening. and locked him np in the Har- lem police station. In the Harlem poil against him. Sun, ith. MEXICAN PoLiTICcaL INTRIGUSS — from E! Paso report that emiesart Lerdo crossed the RioGrande tn th pursuit of the Indians, and that they deavoring to precipitate @ war between th United States ard Mexico in the hope o° overthrowing the Diaz governmentand avain oblaining power. The Texas troops, 2,000 strong, are ready to cross the boundary and make reprisals for the Mextean raids. ACQUITTAL OF RIOTERS.—At Pittsburg. Pa., Friday, James Boyd. George Boyd and W. H. Smith, charged with riot in stoning epgines on the Pan Handle ra'lroad during the riots of last July, were acquitted. The counsel for the commonwealth was disgusted thoroughly with the verdict, and declared the present Jury, a4 natistactory justice ald é present jury, a8 sal justice cou! not beobiained. of. A change of venue is talked Two MURDEES IN [LLINOIS.—One of the Tost horribie crimes that have happened in the western country for @ long time was p>r- a five miles from the village of Co- jumbia, in Monroe ig rry Beemer and 18 miles from St. Louis, last Wednesday morn- ing,@ young German named Henry Getz ard his wife being foully murdered and their rouse pillaged. ANOTHER HERETIC.. kin, of Obio, has resigned his pastorate as a minister in the Presbyterian church, declar- ing that be bas ceased to believe in all the doctrines of Calvinism, and will not be a He was remandel.—(¥. ‘Rev. Joseph Milli- party W a trial for heresy. ADULTERY AND l'ALSEWOOD.—Rev. B. H. Blackwell, of the Presbyterian church, has been deposed by the presbytery of New \l- bany, Indiana, charged with adultery aud falsehood, CITY ITEMS. WHEN You Sorrenr from sick headache, dizziness, constipation, ete., remember (zr- fer's Little Liver Pil’s Will relieve you. Ove pill isadese. Ebbitt House Drug Store. ee THE VOLUNTARY TESTIMONY of thon- sands establishes beyond ali Goubt a fact of vital importance to the sic!z and debilitated, viz: that Flowetfer’s Sto.nach Bilters are an absolute specific for remittent and intermit- tent fevers, dyspep"iq, constipation, bilious- ress. mer tal d¢\reesion, sleeplessness, chro. nic diarTh<?_ and ali diseases of the stomach, iiver and Lowels. i ——_-e--—__ A “VOLUME IN 81x LINES.—This vory hovr, if you have @ Cough, a Cold, or aay ‘siRicuity In the throat or lungs, send for Hale's Honey of Hor hound and Ter. faithfully, and you are safe. Thecure is cer. tain and swift, np ogee pleasant. Don't disregard these six lines. Pike's Toothache Drops cure Tooihache in one minute. Sold by ali Druggists at 25 cents. 11,12,e06 ———— It 18 A WELL Keown FAct that many grocers Fell Dooley’s Yeast Powder at the fame price they do the cheap, inferior kinds, and,as they psy more for it, make less money; hence they never sell it unless the nrebaser demands and tasists on having It. ey keep it out of sight, and urge custom- ers to take the common kinds because they are more profitable. Good, pure articles bave a value, and cannot be sold as low as those that are adulterated. ee YounG’s PATENT DETERGENT is the finest cleansing materia! ever invented. Sold by druggisis and grocers. [sd THE REASON WHY all housekeepers and others use the Aladdin Security Oil 18 that no accident has ever occurred from its nse, It the best im the world. Al} store! sell Fuerte alae have mo oer The abeve Oll can be had at Geo. Ryneal, Jr.'s, 69 D street northwest. 8,11,3: —- nea and those who Dave been dosed, pa ctuall cure premature debility, weak- ness, ‘and’ decay. and Journai, Take it | | a@ recompense _ | Leas | ; Ureanrd wasup-et Mr. A GEORGETOWN. SERIOUSLY ee Rich’d A. Macomb, ex- manager Republican Printing office. lies dangerously ill at Rs residence, 168 Washing‘on streei. A Drap Bopy Founp—Yexterday morn- ing, Officer Brown found a dead colored male infant on Road street, near Hi took it to the station-house and the coroner fave @ certificate of burial, having decided ft ®& case of still birth. ; rrived, boat Wheeler « 00 bushels wheat and 1,300 do. wheat to H. M. Talbott. MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE —Offerings on "Change to-day 2.400 bushels wheat, with sales a8 follows: 200 bushels at #1.52\ , 385 do. Al $1.45 4, 210 do. at $1.48, $1.50. ANDRIA. DAMAGES AWARDED —A very interesting suit for damages was decided in the circuit court for the county, Judge Keith presiding, yerterday. The suit was that of Mr. Beaja- min Austin, of Arlington, against the Arl- ington Turmpike Company. It will be re- Tmembered that in April, 1876, while Mr. Austin was returning home from Alexan- dria, in company with @ friend, ou a very dark night, the buggy in which they were seate! ran into a bauk of earth which had ep leit in the center of the road for a loig austin being throwa (ut and having his leg badly }e had recovered sutfivienuy Ti ries, he entered a suit ay c mpany. which was tried bearing the evidence an. counsel. the jury broazht in a ven feverof Mr. Austin, Sxing the dam 00. A motion was entered ette. 11h. DisctarGRrD.— William Morgan, charged with complicity in the shootin: occurred at bis establishment bad a hearing this morning b Ken perard was dismi-set Fuity ComMitren. — Tne ‘arter and Washi the tarnpik rday. Afier argamer ie ‘wo colored gton, charged with into and robbing the gnosmith shop of Kenzie Griffith, were fally eommit- ted yesterday by Mayor Kemper, to be tried mer brea at the January term of the county esurt. In addition to barglary, the estimated valae of the property stolen is $117, the punishment for which will turn their hatr gray in the penitentiary. Bic Gipsy Camp.—a party of gipsys having a tent as large almost as a Cireas, en- camped near Stonnel’s farm, near the W. & 0. Ratiroad, oo Thursday evening They bad twelve Wagons, thirty eight horses, and twenty-four persons, mate and female. The boys on seeing them pitch their tents thought an ther circus had come to town.—{ Press, With. RUNNING AWAY ON THE HOF HIS Werppine.—Jonn Sculley, aged 28, the fora- man Of Schoile’s sulphur factory, in Kent avenue, Brookiyn, two months ago engaged to marry Lizzie Baxter, and tne wedding Was arranged lo take place Oct. 17. Rooms were hired, furniture was bought, and com- le arrangements were made for honsekee: pg. On the Sunday before Oct 17 he dis- ay peared, and his friends informed the po. lice. The wedding day passed, and Miss Baxter wa'ted for him anxiously. When it was hinted to her that her lover bad run away to escape marrying her,she declared that she would rot marry him’in any event. Sculley recently returned to Brooklyn. bat refused to explain his absence. or to let Miss Baxter know of his return. tbat bis place in the factory bad been filled, he left _asecond time, and is yet missing.— LN. ¥. Sun, 9th. —_——eEEEE S7-A paper at Gainesville, Ga., remarks: “All of the twenty-one buildings destroyed by fire in this city are now rebuilt, except nineteen.” ene AMUSEMENT: Trotting to commer WHITNEY & *_ (Bep. & Un ForD's OPERA HOUSE. THCRSDAY AN D FRIDAY EVENING3, NOVEMBER 16 and 16, be presented, for the first time, the play oF MAD CAP VIOLET. 50 cents, It K. Salier, lomors & Chapman’s bookstore, where reserved set a (wicheut exira charg ) until days of perf rma When the Opera Bouse box-citice will be open wld 5: AL THEATER Opening of the Musical Beason, Each Opera en- brely new. Ni story —o WEEK ONLY 2, ‘ bs Tap Saban eee iMEK NIGHTS DR 2 DAY AND TH ES OF NORMANDY. SATURDAY EVENINGS, S DRAGOONS. oe bird floor, 8 cents. Matines Prices—A il reee: ved seats, $1; adinieston, £0 and 75 cents Peatecan now be secured in ad- Vance at Metzerott’s masic store. "THEATER COMIQUE, 11th Street BELOW PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. PERFORMANCE EVERY NIGHT. fe “SWSDAY ata SATURDAY A¥TEESOON #IRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT, Yariety, Drama, Burlesque and Comedy. novi2-ly 626) ON EXHIBITION (G96 Eer. Sey oa E br. FREE ART GALLERY AND STORE, No. 626 E Street. Pe ig ee de Shades. % Pictare Corde olay Hinge, Nails, Aenin the Districts oe Te Trews CasH. 7” Pleaso remember Name and Number. jyl-ly Now 18 THE TIME TO SELL.—Ladtes’, Gente and Children’s cast-off Wearing Apparel, Boots, Shoes, &e., extraordi high cash prices at“ JUSTH 8 Old Stand,” No. G10 D st. n.w, All notes by mail will be promptly attended to. sel3-tr When he found | & Bro.; also, 200 bushels of — oF OF OF OF OF OF WILD WILD CHERRY. CHERRY. WILD CHERRY. WILD CHERRY. WILD CHERRY. WILD CHERRY. A CASE OF CONSUMFTION. Bact Stone HAM, Oxford county, Me., May 12. 1573. Messrs. Sern W Fow er & Soms. Gentlemen. tm favor of CBERBY. © col © nridering confirmed Consumptive. when I bai WILD CBERRY nd wy cough co winter with increasing severity. three or four times a d \—I feel it my doty to write a few wor’s | Dr. WISTAR'S BaLsaM uF WILD Tu theearly part of last winter Ito k d,and shor:ly afterword « distressing @* added to it. My friends did everythiog id for me, but witbeut avail. ‘The best could be procured did not relieve tinued with meal! through the 1 «pit btood » and my friends, rh: my case hope o Up as & Twas in thie condition rd of DR. WISTABS BALSAM OF I began its nse, and before I had taken half @ bottle of it my cougn and all my other troubl jes left me, and Twas cured, I feel so truty irdebted to this great remedy for what it has done for me that I send you this volun’ mony, hoping who are saff the beet remedy for lung ev gas I was, to make use of it, It ts inte that 1 ever heard of, and 1 am constantly recommending it to wy friends. Yours with respect. Mrs. MELISSA } - BALL. WISTAR'S BALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM WISTAR'S BALSAM WISTAR'’S BALSAM F WISTAR’S RALSAM WISTAR’S BALSAM novl-th OF OF OF or OF OF WILD WILD WILD WILD WILD WILD mn CHERRY. CHERRY. CHERRY. CHERRY. CHERRY. ; CHERRY. Oe ES A PROFESSIONAL. M. PIERCE WELL, A‘torney mi ved ing 5605 D & Baaicy, Cc, Nv Roorr 1S ar 0.29-1y* or D*: gE his (thee tulted every Pennsylvania avenue, U and be hin + ffioe to ine street, Boom No. 1, TTON, Architect and Engineer. bd FD. Baie Deposic Coe Buik rid het and New York ave LING, Kar Sergeon ip charge of Maryland Bimary. Baltimore, has resum ¢ ure in Washington, and ‘can be eon- Wednesday from 12 to $ o'clock, at No. Oot solm KB. E. PARSONS, Dentist, bea removed his 4 besstiptoee One te street, Eppor: eLt Uffice. Teeth extracted ‘Tus daye free of charts for the poor. 8s sn RB. J. B. JOBNSO:! ry testi- | ig it may be thr means of iudnetng others | B. DUKE. DEN: 2 mae ees wane nae TIST, eegt 423 7th street south- oottt-ly wCHUTTER & BAREMAS, FBESCO, DE ORNAa SP: Jangl-ly STS, COBATIVE, and every Gescri NTAL and BLAIS PAINTING. 9tb street sorth west. KOIMEN ROOM. 910 E street northwest WASHINGTOS. D. 0. GEORGETOWN ADVERTS. c= MOTT, EXCELSIOR! DYET ULEANSINVG: DYEING, CLEANSING, LADIBS AND GENTLEMEN'S GABMENTS. W. H. WHEATLEY, 49 Jefferson street, Georgetown, D.C. Established, 1831, and never excell d befure cr slacn to whieh the peo- 1o of the District and thousands of others of the tater and Territories will testify. Send ts your orders, novS-tr “VAN LYONS & CO. Er ee crackers sak Datars sa CORN, if uf MEAL, ‘and RYE FLOU! Hato all kinds of MCLE 0} ‘55 Water street, Georgstown, D. 0. “i EAS! EW CROP OOLONG, 5O. rar LB. Warrsnted equal to any on the cet for the| money. « DEALERS IN FINE’ TEAS nad GOFF RES, SION of Bridge st., Georgetown, D. 0. H ATS. FALL STYLES EOW READY. Amortment large and complete. Gentlemen’s SILK HATS $3.50, @4, $5 and $6. |, 91.80, .50 to 8 80. Warenugsesnen FFAL octi3 Im® all kinds at Reduced SoHoOH BooKs or at greatly Prices; also, Blank Books ang 8 silane yy, seps-ly 244 Bridge street, a. Pulte ab FiseORE Cg yr YOUNG’) DETERGENT, SSSR oie _ PIANOS AND ORGANS. J F. ELLIS & co., 2 es ENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE STIEF: Unsurpassed intone, finish, and dura-, low for or terme PE hy 'F PIANOS. most MATO) Agent, oct36-tr ECKER BROTHERS PIANOS.—* Pianos known,” and the BURDETT Onda ws SUA Nesr Pennsylvania sy snae. ALLET DAVIS & CO’S PIANOS. Ht “Cabinet Grand Uj A choice sale tion ”? 4 SPECIALTY. for, WELW sean eaeee WwW, KNABE & HOWNED PIANO8.— These CO’8 WORLD-RS cele-, bavé been before EADY FOR BUSINESS. PALACE WAREROOMS. atl spa cars Sere N HOTELS. W HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. ©. RIGGS HOUSE, Plammer & Spefford, Firm stapes fu Ng serene Leek See CLOTHING. WHEN “THAT OLD SUIT” WaAS NEW, It cost twice as much as we comid for well y one now, #9 that there Me be good reason for longer using “THAT OLD SUIT.” 910 opto will enable you to dress het tr, and preseot @ far more goutee sed pe appearance than you do in “THAT OLD SUIT.” Economy, judiciously practiced, amounts slmport to religion in these bara times, Dut it ts economy to lovk asebabby as you de tu “THAT OLD SUIT.” We areoffering our vast stock of Clothing so low that any man who does not ebly cloune himself and give tosome p or maa “THAT OLD SUIT,” Ts urjast to himee! out very chsritat te bis beart for of choking and te guilty ti argles tm orcbwo thy ance “ THAT OLD surr” is no mark of respectability, as some fool mairtair, but your coutian lends the public to tofor that 5 ro «ther Thon, 1 from po Lian sif-reapect, donate te “THAT OLY stir,’ AND BUY A NEW ONF FROM HABLE BROTHERS, MEN AND BOYS’ CLOTHIERS Ready-Made Department. OVERCOATS, BLUE OVERCOATS, fast colors, For @10, $25, and @¥». FALL OVERCOATS for $10 and 915 HEAVY BROWN OVERCOATS for @) FINE BROWN OVEBCOATS For $15, $15, $20, aud 925. BEAVY BLUE OVERCOATS for $14 and 92. HEAVY BLACK OVEROOATS from 910 t> 925. FUR BEAVER an¢ ELYSIAN OVEROUVATS Srom to 93. SCRTOUTS, LON’ CLOAKS, TALMAS from $10 to @25. BLUE LIVERY OVERCOATS, fast colors. For $22.50 and $30. BROWN LIVERY OVEBOUATS, now to wor HEAVY ULSTERS, from §3t 92. PLAID ULSTERS fer $15. BLAOK ULSTEES for $10. OALF BAIR and VICUNA ULSTERS VICUNA LIVERY OVERCOATS, #35, and $15 CLOSING OUT LOTS oF MEN'S OVERCOATS and TALMAS for 55, BOYS’ OVEECOATS fur gt. SF ONE PRICE ONLY GEO. C. HENNING, No. 410 Seventh rtreet. Plain Facts, TO BE CONVINCED, CALL AND Sit FOR YOURSELF. My counters a: with the BEWEST, CHOICEST, aud MOBT STYLISH FALL and WINTER GABMENRTS for MEN'S and BOYS WEAR Sreaeeasbavsuatucswcoauees! tbat can be found fu thecity, ant embraces all the Jeadipg styles and fab- Business Suite, Bariness Buits, Bosiness 8: Business Suits, Business Suite, Business Buits, ries that will be Burinecs Suits, Business Suits, worn this season. My prices are always THE LOWEST, and no other house ta this city Can undereel! o @ FOUR partial Price tof the many good A. STRAUS, oo Protectors given in, Penasylvanis avenue. botween 19 B nov9 tr J. GEORGE'S . AND MILITARY iT OITIZENS at PH es BOOT AND No. 2118 Pa. wee “ae give cach prrcheses & box Ot PATENT Leavin PaksERVER an Waterproof Mack. given to all orders by mail, NEW YORK REFINED CIDER. ‘One ear of euperior quality SEW YORK REFINED CiDER, ee barrel, Reg or gal by SaW’L C, PALMER, <20-te _87 Greene stop Georgetown... (CORE DOWN TO FOUR CENTS. HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS N ow STOVE STORE. - Gho, E. GARTRELL. & Oo. 815 Seventh street northwest. COOKING AND BR: RANGES AND FIR! of all Binds promptly don xb prices, bat w nthe city umber Tih atreet, be! F URNILURE, LAOR CURTAINS, | LAMBREOUINS { OCORNIOES, ae, A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT JUST { RECKIVED SY | HARMON, BOSWELT &@ Co. 313 Biohth street, mar Penna. avenue DON'T FAIL 10 BXA FIR STOCE AND PRICES 8 BUYING | They witi rot be anderson They take pleasnr ts ners Trey ther work B Y THE SOCIAL! BUY THE SOCIAL! THE SOCTAL FIRT-PLA E REATER of Comtort. darebilitr, Beavty of design 6 capacity for heating, bas no eyoal tn the, ¥ ne the! meth & “POCTAL ante: d, Sole Agents for the @T GFORGE £Ls ATED OVEN COOKING and HEATING BAN REISSNER & JONAS, nonStr__ F797 Se-enth street northwest. JP EeoRaTED ENGLISH AND FRENCH } DINNER, TRA ond TOILET s ily reeriving New Goods. In M. W. BEVERIDER, No. 2009 Pennsyloania avenue, tr Between ith and Lith street= NOTICE TO HOUSEKEEPERS. rted Direct GREAT FALL Sales o FURNITURE. j LINCOLN & HASKELL, 205 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Walnut Chamber Suits... $35 to 8500 Walnut Parlor Suits... $33 to $600 Cottage Suits... = $16 upwards ssortment of RUFF , EXTER ~ Send DINING CHAIHS. TENSION A TTAN ¥ y . RATTAN and KUSTIO FURNITURE tor Porches By Bereuion tp FOLDING CHAIRS PRES PARLOR AND Uf neD- STEADS, with NAT: t'wite MATTRESS 87 Agents for HAZARDS BBN OWNED CRIBS, | THE BALTIMORE SPRING BED. 3.00 | The best aesortment of LOT m the city. | _B97No trouble 0 show ec octz im | Grand TABLE: ver, IS77. Washington, Oct GRAND OPENING | OF A NEW | CHINA, GLASSWARE, ana HOUSEFURN A FINE Lor uF T¢BLE CUTLERY, BISD CAGES, PLATED WARE of the beat makes, ew cert; us cf ORUNA and GLASSWARE. - My entirely SHING STORE, ck of the above articles, ateiy for cust seach 1 will writ ad factory to sil who will, bows Beepectfnlly. —— iH. HOLLANDER, 418 Seventh strect, Mid Foilow '» Ball oct8-tr H OUSEF URNISHING GOobs. i INA, CROCKER! —. fate wa. ro SOT ENE. "Gee waits | | FURE SIDE JEWEL HEaTeER, j SILVER PALACE £: ie — | wi and | BANQUET Petrie BOT ©! Ande full line of House Furnishing Goots, ot vor ‘HE 6TaG’s BEAD, BANG: AGENCY HOFF a 1 ee MARBLE1ZED SLATE MANTELS!! Plain and Exquisite Patterns, Fine Finished . | est Prices. (Scud tor catalogue ) : =a Cc BL SO and 42 Ligit stree:, FIBE PLAG | athe New thine Palece, Beltane lander. Finest uem rumen beauty; lowest prices; | teed. “Bold by all lenath 04 BIB Partsrees any MANUFACTOR jit 41 Light street, Baitamere, d. FURNACES OsST OB WROUGHT IROS—SUITABLE FOR j COAL OR WOOD The most SUCCESSFUL FURNACES | ABE POWERFCL HRATERS—cive oNt- j VEBSAL SATISFACTION. ort On Awarts ciwen at the Tnternatoma, ay te Paste ™. Boynton & Co. | facturers, New York. | “let. Simptictty of t acd ured: superior esting power and sconumy of foes | evrr sold, lphia, Pebrwary 12, Wi, pam ee combust n of con.” meetin CARPETS. wat LSU T Ee aE SALE ant sSiPEs ROAR a “8 inepeetion Axmiusier, Moguet, Waive Body Brean, end ‘Mapkins, HOOE. BRO. @ Co., epi iy 1528 F Bt., near Bubi:t (jos HEATING APPARaATUB. ‘We are the Manafacterers of GOLD'S WAEM-AIR FURNAOKEB, SF-Onll and se the thing ttecit.and take e ge SUXSVECIERS and CAS-GIXTURES ap deck] -tr 10. > S¥COND-HayD FURNITURS, ey and the highest cash prices prices for cash. Patent Or. | B a