Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1878, Page 1

* 4 . .( ' * THE EVENING STAR. | ys 2 ; PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday ; f ‘AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | deposits ; " f Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th street, ; the rest : + | ing or p c Th The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany anuary IS, showed bonds and morte + Ee AEs ne he amount of $290,000, a : Nabilities of $6,000.39, Jind Tar Fircartiers, om thelr own secoun dent and E. R. Pope treas eek, or 4 perimouth, Copies at | ‘ saan REED ice amonth; oneyear ae $ vacamnaae Gan ken Te aboa| ‘THE WEEKLY STAR—pablished on Fri 2 2 was discovered. tn the postage prepaile, 20 copies for $15; jor $20. , "Se All mail sutecriptions must be paid in ad- Vanee: D per sent } ur in various ec e building was - SI-N®. 7.764. WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1878. TWO CENTS. > anger than so paid for, Vu vv Races of advestising made known on applica- . tien. = ey =a : F as == N ORK, Feb. IS. Y ! Vy Society. The District in Congress. FORTY-FIFTA CONGRESS. i it Thi § iver Gace 2 - SPECIAL NOTICES. — THE EVENING STAR. Saturday was signalized by several enter- | BILLS REPORTED FAVORABLY BY THE HOUSE Mowpay, February 18, 8. egTams to 8 tar. Thon .» EMMET CEN Se 7p. :«|«tainments of an enjoyable nature. The recep- COMMITTEE. . = ne mORDAT, wis " 8 ar BS oe Fas fin Washington News and Gossip, | tion atthe White House was one of the most | The Honse committee on the District of Co. | | SENATE.—The usual number of petitions, wee hy Saad ————_—___ crowded, from beginning to end, of an lumbia have agreed to report favorably the | Memorials, &c., relating to the tariff, repeal of EUROPEAN PEACE PROSPECTS -_ z held. there by day. The following bills: the resumption act, the bankrupt law, the 5 v Uivonged, and the other parlors and halls were | |, To provide for the taking of testimony for | Diletage aera and deterred. PF beh capes ms aR he courts of the District of Columbia. Mr. ese T jal froi nt mage 5 all well filled. | The conservatories were open, | “"Tyamend an act entitied an act forthe sup- | National Labor Unton, bearing lib names, THE ELECTION OF POPE. | ir uis* aturday, Where she | and the fragrance of hyacinths was noties port of the government of the District of Co- ee pi shane to- * ° oe 4 acl e entrance f > fis year J 30th, | tally separating chureh an ie. eded in getting off | $0On as one approached the entrance do juubia for the seal year ending June skh, | HU separating ehureh and stat B ovidlag tor Important busines*. . LYNCH, deere CHRISTIAN CHURC! derw. Oss, —K GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS Ti rever Tue PortsMouTH, whi | Washington navy yard su Sugar in NEW YoRK, stuck in the mu e rlors a asi Money, 4 and 6. oF | yesterday, and reached the navy yard wharf | the house. In all the parlors and the Eas ey ale of p 1 lottery tick- | the election of a territorial governor, secre. 482: hort, 484 S. EXPORE ; \ atSo cK last e Z. potted plants were placed on the mantels and ete tte nee le of policy o1 lottery tick. tar ; Aud other ferritorial ofteers. Kelerred. TWO ROYAL MARRIAGES. NEW YORK, us. pra a tie Convention ara celare rere: | AMONG ‘THE CALLENS at thé White ‘House | 2 Mis, Hayes, in hisenstomary felieltonem: Deedee rene tepredation on property inithe | 50 section of ante ee poate ee re or Wwenrs at rhe Ariiugton Hotel, on their arrival in | to.day were the Attoruey General, Gen. Sher- | ner, lessening their formality by his che Bill providing for the recording of deeds, | border. Referred. Also, a bill to organize eniaat ine Siitenen, Cameron, | fewceamd sme Mts Hayes Wat ok meiproriding for the recording of deeds, | Porder., Rererred. Also, a bill to FRAUDS AND FAILURES. | yowehy taoney aid the, Be oe THIS (Monday) EVE | tatives Rice, (Mass,). MeCook, O'Neil aefarland, of Kentucky, stood | yistnet of Conmabke to prosecute eases, anal | ferred, THE EASTERN QUESTION. — tani hiotstriae 4. VAN jecretary. | x ightly, MeKinley, Swann, Field, hear the center of the room. | to take ‘appeals without giving vonds. Mr. Beck, in compliance with resolutionsof | The Meeting of English Workmen. Simon and the Widow NATIONAL CONVENTION peers — prey were vt ae ae? Mise |. Bul providing for the adjustment of claims | the legislature of Rentucky, introduced ares. | “LOStos Fetes tie public meeting of the sence ce COGHEREEITES OF REINS CORN iss Patt, Mi against the District, and for other purposes, olution directing the committee on commerce | workmen of London on the easteris question, CASE UNEXPECTEDLY TURNING UP BE- r Ieee s tieamemin ottue-aemrat cre Scott, who wer To amend an act of Congress of June 2d, | 10 inquire what legislation is uecessary toes: | at which, as before announced Sir Wilteed B OTHE VENEZUELA AWARD INVESTIVA 1:4. EXPORT TREDE } ResenD:— ERE ARE Secret se . taining the com 1874, regulating gas works. tablish a quarantine against the West India | Lawson and Messrs. Gladstone, John Bright ' : . U. 8. EX! TRADE. | vision of the Treasury departm speaks of her visit \ | Bill providing for a permanent form of gov- | Islands and other tropical countries, from | Stansfeld “Mendella aint other tinwray eae ie troubles of the Widow Oliver ls > ward Thornton was among the visitors, a | ernment for the Districtof Columbia. which yellow fever may come. Adopted. bers of ament are to speak, is fixed for Simon Cameron e reached € — | mentioned having letters from Canada which ‘ADVERSE REPORTS. The Chair laid before the Senate acommnni- | the 2ist of February, at -Agticuliural hall, 1 nd. ready under investigation. ee ee | joke of the favorable impr The committee willmake adverse reports on | cation from Hear Admiral John Rogers re lington. te amine - B. Matchett, who for some time past Es a owing : ing to the us a jong Se} ve rec: ene zh s the attorney NPORTERS: CONVENTION, | | Woustxcaes ar Tie Wire House enjoying a | MS eorporate the Citizens Gas Light Com. | dered printed. ©.» Dational observatory In the house of fonds tenet teed Strath- m7 ape gee tony bd B called to mert tn this city om the nsiant, | delegation of fifteen members of the National S. Andrews, and ber | pany of the District of Columbia, Mr. Anthony called up his resolution that at 10 | eder_and Campbell will move “that in the a going on for two Workingmen’s Assembly, headed by Mr. A. pe To incorporate the Rand Gas Lignt Com. lock to-day the Senate proceed to the con. A reeable one. She was 2ssi a “ mf ™ i: at this morn. nd her sister-in-law, Mrs. An. , Pal 0 ihe District of Colla. ing him to advo- | drews, the wife of the artist. - any parsot tO eatgblish coe won eht-hour law in | “One'of the pleasant assemblages of Satur. | 20Y ‘i 8 i opinionfol this house the terms of the armis. (TUESDAY, ) are requested to assemble at tice between Russia and the Porie are such as to justify Her Majesty's government in tak- ing every precaution to discourage the en Was opent: py the Hon, Jere. Wilson, the for the holders of Les issued by the fraudulent mixed with attempting to levy 1 Thoma: ‘ailed upon the Presid: he purpose of indi enforcement of the e sideration of the bills on the calen that were not objected to, and that any Senato may speak five minutes on any bill taken up. TALLMADGE HALL. P — sande WARS Gta pon : tthe pleasant res of Sat trict of Columbia. Agreed t ; chmenis by which the treaties of 18s 4 ail upon the venerable Simon.when the latte F street, between Ninth and Tenth ie varius at ae as ane yards Peleod E s the Junch give nto Rhode Istand the District of Columbia Gas | | Mr. W iyte then proceeded during the re- are unfortunately threntonea and was chairman of th ate commiltee on Lor @N THE DAY ABOVE NAMED, at 12 o’clock. i i Pala Wile Poteee faneing reception mainder of the morning hour to address the eign relations. of the most 0 ii te the Swiss Genera! Mutual | Senate on the bill to enable India Matchett me \ it seems, was | at Brentwood d upon by the at which hour the Convention will be aturday, Was 01 Mobilisation of the Second British utghter of the Senator elect from : vi Society. citizens of the United States, ta ty Corps. Widow Oliver, and consulted about her dif Stuer laitecune as eatiG pie om enjoyable of which that pleasant old fashioned | BS soci the Sovereign Distribution | zround against the persare at the Gite aart? Sine ote ee eA: | culties with old Cameron. “He then visited th is» BUFFALO LITHIA WATER, — | Ho'! a mee usevening ater our, | homestead has been the scene. Miss Pendle- m District of i ing high authorities in support of his position, | &° some officers here have been | Senator and intimated, as Mr. Wilson al K> SUrraLo Esrnia' WATER | ment of the House to deeide what aetion shall | ton, the of the District of Columb Le port of his position. ally notified that th e fav g i - ery: e 2d army corps | that if he could procure the passage of a res: p uns ten ae | He favored consolidation upon large reserv il be aotitied that ad army tha ly passa » be taken with respect to the silver bill. Ohio, is visiting M ron anes Conpantor Wakiotae tions where the Indians eould be secure from, | SH! Be mobilized at an early daie. lution annulling rsof the Venezuela A fresh supply received and for sale by H = Mis, and Miss Sherlock, of Cincinnati, who | Fo incokporate the "Weshington Eye, Ear, | the intrusion of bad white men. othe Coming Peace Congress. Mixed Comission, whieh Was an easy matter Tue Brazit Mat. Bi.t.—The Senate com. | received so much, and deserved, attention, | and'throat Hospital, "| Mr. Dawes introduced a bill for the relief of | 7/0840. cee AS 1 disp, © | for him to accomplish by virtue of his position W. 8: THOMPSON, | nittee on post olices and post roads gave a | MUriNE their visit here, started for home Sat’ | 4 : “Gas. Referred to committee on | Agence Russe that the ee At the head of the foreign allairs committer, " isi eS and post IS gave a urday ning. si meister GAS. a sse tha e Madam Oliver would trouble o more, ate 309 16rH SteeRe. | hearing to Mr. Waddell, chairman of House | ASS esvate Was given by Mr. and Mrs. ¢ 1A bil Was gered upon by the committee to- : : neeting has been axreed to, Tis is the substance cf Me, Winer a ore > HOT BODA a | committee on post oifiees and post reads, to- | ton Corwine, at their delightful residenc afternoon which nengh eae hls the cleveuth hortly after 12 o'clock the pas- aus Bete form and place ire unsettled. | whieh Maichett denies. The sul o WITH « Mr. Waddell read to the committee the | loth street, near M. turday evening. The 4 B ed MPa sage of the silver bill by the Senate was an- he Times dispateh says: “F ukiorton the | jecteame up yesterd w he has prep: netlowol if Noneress regulating tae unexpectedly whi attendance included most of the pritteipal | Wwetion ofan act of Congress regulating gas: fi 4 fer Main is conspie: d, but on the | ihe sub-comuitiee of the comatt COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE, Rees eet ae x I OF ie |) Works, approved June 23, ISTH, nounced by one of the clerks of the Senate, whole Baden Ba rhe uib-comimitiee of the committee on aT j the bil to establish, mail servi | amatenrs, both .ady and gentlemen, in the | amended swas to read: “That the Washington | Mr. Simpson, ani : piace. for the a Y iays oe MILBURN'S, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, | UN cn ipfect tes Aes Sonn respects MOS enjoyable | Gassight Company shall be authorized, on aud | The reading of Friday’s journal oceupied 25 | MASS, Wr thet ssembling as soon as | Whos belie ition wae te COLD SODA AND MINERAL Weer on ieee ie eee eee orem ee eo eecure ee f | after passage of this act, to charge and receive | minute » being . shaving the | subject in charge. The Senate conn no action en the bill proposed by M this morning. G@ranght during the winter. dect-tr KS BANUEL @. rouse. NOTARY PUBLIC, OctlT-tf OFFICE—STAR BUILDING. ———————— Mr several AE for iliuminating gas furnished to and paid for ‘The Speaker then announced that the next | complications. rs have asked their | by the xevernment of the United States, or | business in order was the consideration of the | sufice to comp) to-morrow afternoon, | “HSM | District of Columbia, at the rate of two dol- | bill for the relief of Geo. H. Giddings, upon | qyne British | Fleet i rot the series Of germans f lars per one thousand eubie feet. which the yeas and nays had been ordered on | TMC, arttish THE INVESTIGATION oF THE DOORKEEPER. ors’ Club i fused to and pala. for. by othe Friday, and the roll as called and the bill | CoxstaxtiNor | The testimony taken in the investigation of e place Weduesd: , # h 1 if have withdrawn from the Doorkeeper Poik this morning was unimport- | Hall. The favors which were Fee Ee areana oe ee Poot Which ther ecoctat oe eee 2 possible as the sur to identify the handwriti a got Dr. i . Nobles & claims. Afte d upon that point, Mr. Wilson, to the astonishment of everybody in the room, began his cross-exain ination by asking him i not the counsel for Venezuela? Matchett—\ ttee took » Waddell nd when ache 1 Marini’s “ered some YS 90. rpRe CELEBRATED nounced that the next busi- consisting merely uf the } ; time ago, from Paris, are to be the most ele. | Herons thousand ¢ pase in order was the call of states for bills | Which they occupied on Frida Mr. Wil ant consisting merely of the iteration of com | gant imaginable, af the ar “Mr. Dunneil asked that the call be continued | Ute Russian troops are not to cross the governme: plaints of one or two employes who had done no sane een SaaS. Inlted st a 0 fur TP ire demarcation fixed by the armistice. Matehett.—Can’t tell PHILADELPHIA PRINT BUTTER. | ~*'¥ice Without receiving any pay. Will have a card reception alter the sami fave been presenced, sad | “the Speaker decined te entertain there. | The Greek Invasion of Turkey. Morenet No PosTPONEMENT OF THE Parts Exrost beet Ae Tieaeee en party shall be e to a discount upon the | quest on the ground that at 2 o'clock the Di Lox bv. 18—A special dispatch to the | Matehet Mr. Wilson.—-Are y« Matehett.—1 ain't ag le amount of such bill at the rate of twenty-five | trict of Columbia committee would be ei ; cents per one thousand cubic feet, and all | titled to the floor, to the exclusion of all other upon the French ministe The Pérte ce Thursda GEO. M. OYSTER & CO., ‘s 4 I to thal Oliver ¢ e pce 3 laws authorizing higher rates are hereby re- | business. M Ariain | 1 son. —Ves, ‘ statements that. owing to neroft, and Ba ane and | peated: Provided, That when the price of gas. | _ ‘The states were then called, and the follow- t 2 nt one thousand | - Mr; Wilson — Ve | of attairs in p ening entertainnent . Nol WH sive | coals delivered at ihe worksof the Washington | ing among other bills ‘were presented and re. | Men toresist the invasion ; _— | postponement of the MMS Isabella Beeches Hooker has returned | Gaslight Company shall adv. above six | ferred: i eae rer 338-Im_Center, Northern and Eastern Markets, | thee the French nil it he and Mis. Jo ML Hone e ed | dollars per ton, the price of gas to consumers | By Mr. Mulley—To prevent the adulteration 7we Roxane ane ~<ik Aman mGy EME | patches from his go Sealers S White te tre vanced at the rate of ten cents per | of Spi y Mr. Ma Aut the estivities at Berlin. Wy asuuneron HOME REMEDY. Mn the contrary MZOuw the callers at the White House Satur- ove thousand cubic feet for each additional Commissioners of th n't You go te or Simon n, the Chairman the Foreign Rela Conimitee of the Senate, and ¢ to blackmail him and force him to introduc s umbia to ERLIN, Feb. 18—The mar per ton that gas-coais m: dvance in | audit certain el: against the District and incess Charlotte, daughter and for that purpose the Washington | to fund the same. By Mr. Hanton—For the | Prince of Germ: sight Com shail, in the month of May | relief of the W. and 0. railroad company. | Queen Victo ports from Paris of the exp tavorable. and indicate that there | nothing lo prevent the opening on the first « May. The only delay connected with the ex. ges ot the the Crewn on are most ite Assistant Attorney General of the | “olla al tes. Hon. John Goforth nd child iss E DR. LEWIS’ PLASTER. Mr. Wilson (addressing the committee) can show the original paper that Match sented to $ his handwriting. Mr. Hamilton, of Indiana, chairman of the sub-committee, here asked Mr. Wilson whether the advitice shall take place on the Ist By Mr. Whitthorne—To regulate the methods | the Duke of Connau: ensuing. of purchase of naval supplies. Also, bill to AMEN STS E DISTRICT GOVERNMENT | define the duties of commandants of navy AMENDSIENTS:RO'THE DISTRIOE GOVERNMENT | Uiras Also, bill to authorize the sale of small OW in us patch charging “southern demoerats with be- ng the demoeracy” i the opinion held by President Grant that the BI Constitution invested the President of the The District commit e withthe power to count the elec she wants arts stated this mornin vd nothing to indieat sibility of a postponement of but that there was every indi WILLET @ LIBBEY. woud be held ae LUMBER. LUMBER. | . er ator Simon Cameron. aud it is in n, Miss Ella and Master Wil- & Mr Fon 3 jabs ! nn Sy a bill to annul the awards of the Venezuela SEVEN FOR A QUARTE { ‘ste at B re ance a ach year, furnish the of the In- | By Mr. Forney—Bill to revive aud earry inio | Prince of the Duchy of Mixed Co 7" by holding the Wits ve large aud Strmsses Capeine ana | position was that of one month, granted tas Pe one Beas NO aE eae OF ohn W. | tevior with a statement of their coal contracts the aet of Maveh 4 Ist Hy out ine | gad Of the Prinecss a ied Commabaion, by holling the Widow Perous. Sure cure for Cuts, Burns, Bruises and | a oo be On Secouns nh I ne ate A : eee ern or purchases for the ensning if cepting | compact with Alabama and M ssippi, in re- rince Frederick Charles, to A aguas S, suit for breach of promise Bbeumatisin. 4 0 be represented. It 1s almost impos- |, | the Ritchie mineral and the Richmond coal, | lation to the five per cent. bonds fer ‘school [ rand Duchy of lof which is false Bola ty all Druggtsts. Ask fora Circular. siine that any troubles in ope, could in he Southerner: the Electoral | the cost of which shall not enter into any eal- | reservatior By Mr. Southard—Resolutions ‘e to be solemnized_ here this eve pase ty —-_— | Fie with the exposition. as all the eountric e | culations in making an average, which state. | of the legislature of Ohio in relation to the mony will be performed at 7 o'clock |} ackimalling is tlabber Tube | there have abou completed theiy prepara Hon. Abram $. Hewitt writes to the New | ment shall be Sworn te before g ju national debt and the silver bill. and directing apel of the old ». The Kit . | dae Poont LUM . Peak Mues teas faken more intere st | York Surin relation tothe Washington dis- | peace by their engineer and™Seci Ohio representatives to vote for the latte! Queen of the Belzians, | (hei we throne ir to th y in the naval se rvic 1 1 to ds in the purchase her ee of the House to-day ioral | adopted the following amendinent to the oe ey al of cee 1 ts ish fhe i he could produce that pay ad Mr. Wilson gramme. The Su sand make declaration of the result. Mr. | to previde a form of government in th I to abolish the office of apoth- | seab- | rey that he could. Stil promptly as hereto trict: “That the Commissioners of the Distr Also, bill to fix the rank | th eases | “The committee adjourned until to-morrow CORNER SIXTH STREET AND N. ¥. AVENUE. it! ss shall appoint. nineteen persons, dents of said Distriet of Columbi whom at least shall be of the color ces in'the navy. By Mr. r the better admi r rely of German | , ties have been devised ona | (Mt ent seale, nda\) morning, to enable him to «de a ‘ile, who Was present committee that Matchett is 1 stration of AbOUT THE SILVEI Was sentto the How | justice in th mmediately alter prayer a constitute the trustees of public schools, who At2ovclock the Speaker re Bismarck to Figure in the Festivi- | the Venezuelan nment 0} teday, and was received by the silv | unexpectedly called upon to mak shail serve without compensation and for such | trict of Columbia committee ties. case.—{ Wash. Cor. N. ¥. Sun. OUR PRICE LIST 18 THE LOWEST | ‘ ; | House. I found that f could not re terms as said Commissioners shall fix. Said | floor, and several bills were = ‘i i Pt tor its ssage. the banking ei he does no! think an name of Mr. Pi in his seai, Iw: sive me the p 1 seeing M trustees s) have the power: to it.asked him to | the duties in relation to the ea ve he b and perform | Passed as mentioned elsewhere, and ian: - see been on the | ment of the public schools which are now ex , District Government Affairs. le to-day to pass it under commute befo whom jEikent, was a wit ercl ed and vested in the bo INL of trustees of gone eel fiumber. of Inmates in, the work suspension 0} erules. He fav ing ness. Curiously enough he could not public schools of the District. and almshouse is 313: employes, Li, aad per, ce RRC OTTOe, TIDE a Tee Meee ite | thetiaNie, Dur He Rel Senet An amendment was also adopted that two | Sons at work without pay. Mes under the ten-minute rule, and calling fora engineers shall be de 5 The chief engineer has given directions for v0) | vote Tuesiay might, He says that if Te has My. | of whom sh taking up a small pipesewer on the north side control of it he will not permit. an bsononanysabject | and the ot of T street northwest, and replacing it with a ments to be offered: that while the bill is not bson was there Pde | have rank twenty-four Ineh pipe sewer. acceptable tothe extreme silvermen, hethinks | Hot remember having seen him. 5 ; aay gn eh i Set FEN it better to pass it than to allow’ it to 1 ~ Now. as to the statement in | ‘The committet' also agreed to refer to the | street lamps'be erected ae follow CING 126, 16 Fewr; per bundred...... 1.50 | amended and sent back to the Senate to be | WOK place at my house on pagent also sree to refer to th debated again for weeks. Is. On that day Thad an interview with | After the Ist offlune, 1878, they are to be unde on A DISGRACEFUL Er N.H.. HF : ‘erofore much respec will uot only take pa ton, wife of the overse: ies, but will also Walk at the he corporation, disap] Wednesday nisters in the ceremonial dance wi night, une -F circumstances leaving no doubt UX. of an elopement. Bean took his wife to acon- cert, and excusing himself, returt home, eked his trunk hastily and left, taking twe thousand dollars of his own aud his wife's money. Mrs. Plumpton aiso drew from the bank ‘a considerable sum, and left a note tel! ing her husband that she sheuld never return, €: the mii flambe LATHS—Best Bangor; per thousand. amend- captain, JOIST STUDS; per hundred feet............. L566 mt rdered that Ss: One on P street, between lth street and Iowa circle: rner of E street and Delay avenue «in To-morrow. heretofore appeared pleasant, and, as bothare 1, wh ther th the direction of the Superintendent. of assess one corner I3thand Ostreetsnorth. | Ave. See ee tee nicnathe Crust cl boca bie pub nt, Who, among other things, , the direction of the superintendent! assess- rr u 13th g streets north- as . | mother. The domestic relations of both have WASHBOAEDS, Dressed & Jointed; CLEAR 1.50 PARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. : is Hie in te ightand duty of tae | ments and taxes of Said District, assessthe | West, and oneat corner of Lath al srests | TRE Election of a New Pope to Be- | moll - : ie President of the Senate to count and deci Sayard prese see : | value of all the real and personal property in | northw i . 18—After a special service in- | highly connected, the affair’ has ‘caused un WIDE 18-INCH BOARDS, Dressed.....-.... 2.50 | BA¥#td presented to the Senate to-day the the electoral votes. ‘This statement 1 commu. id District liable to taxation thereunder, | _ In response to the cireular letter of the Dis- voking head teen nie ee Tesi: | Seca’ exaltcamant’ in toa eile” Setanks Ga ‘ ones “| titton of the National Labor Union, sixued by | nicated on the same afternoon, in confidence, | and shall state the same in separate books to | trict Commissioners to the heads of executive Clave, the cardinals will tonight enter the | knowu of the whereabouts of the fuxitives. | 100 citizens of various states. asking for the | to several gentlemen, with whom [felt it to be. | be. kept systematic manner, and such | departments, of the Ith instant, in relation | CGN Satthe thind tory ot che eae te ee ee eet ET FUOORING, LARGE | total separation of churel: and state. ‘The pe- | iy duty to consult as to the poliey to. be par- } Value for taxation shall be the trae Valuein | tothe unnecessary waste of Potomac. water erations o1 the Conelave will begin to-morrow. | | More Victins oF Dime Nove.s.—George STOCK. Ution was referred to the judi committee, | sued by the democratic members of Congress. | the lawful money of the United States of the | in the government departments, replies have . Mr. Tu d Mr. Randall Gib- sol were present at that conference, but heithe: then, norat any later time, did either of these gentlemen make to me any declara- tion of their views as to the the Presi- ; : ? & Busby, aged 16, was sent son days ago to 2 been received by the Commissioners q More About the Conclave. sew Vork by rg e to thedate of the st day of | Hom. Wm. Me Evarts, Secretary af State, samy 4 LONDON, Bebe IS-—A special dispaten to the ATT lena eeTrHan: its cmuplever may as to stock in trade, which | Hom. Charles Devens, Attorney General, stat. | Pal’ Mail Gazette from Rome says: “All the | 41] Mytile avenue, Brooklyn, with #52) t0 pay erage value of the stock of mer- | ing that proper precantions have been and | ¢ardinals have arrived here to atiend the con. | 2 Dill. a rid ead other articles kept on hand | Will be taken to prevent any waste of water. clave except Cardinals Di Traelto, archbishop essed. The assessed value sh THE REVEN! OF THE P. O. DEPARTMED are vow suffering at the rate of a quarter mii- jars per month by the flood of PAILINGS. DRESSED, 6 PATTERNS, With Berool Work. reading mu be h cheap literatu two of his playmates, Albert and Frau ndise or “ - i Al nips sold by postmasters at small count lent of the Senate to count and decinre t ing the year ending June 30th, 1873, WATER TAX OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. of Benevento ; St. Mace, archbishop of Reunes, 2 Fulton street, are also missin; LUMeER SEED. ces at a discount for use in cities anit | electoral votes. ‘The subject was, tked over | Maid Assessods ‘shally between the Tot’ day ef | _ Water Registrar Cox semeal necro ee ais. | and Apuzzo, ‘archbishop of Capua, who are | 20.07 that thes: have g F towns. The postmaster at St. Louis | ina general wa and Cardinal MeClo: y. by those present, but no one, T remember. announced any deter- ‘ion as to his aetion ast summer, however, in P use of a conversation with M son, he told me that Mr. Lamar . er had expressed the opinion to him at ecting at my house th Ma , DEY LUMBER Under Cover in our Large DRY i J ay to see! venture, Busby ran away some time ago a. p after a long search was found in Harviord, congregation, and Panebianeo, | Conn—{V. i) zreat strike of the London st — | shews that his office is defranded of revenue | so ‘far as nd the 20th day of May, 1878, hold | covered that for six Fears past the Howard not comin to the amount of $180,000 pee ammum in this | min: y- c g, and ce University and all the buildings connected | bishop of New York, who is expected. ofore made by them, | therewitli, used by professors and other at- | Mls Di Pietro, bishop of Porte: De Lu in the | and for the purpose of hearing and determin- | taches, have paid no water tax. The fact was | fect of ue Randall | ing any and all appeals from’ the valuations | Communicated to the District Commissioners, | Stand penititiary F r. | theretofore made by them. Each assessor | and by them to Attorney Riddle, who, afteran | to the Italians ;Car all, at the meetings of the 's as afore- | examination, decided” that this institution f Bologna, and Moretti, % g EA 3 5 se = < 5 g a ® 2 5 5 z WILLET & LIBBEY. - ORNER SIXTH STREET AND N. ¥. AVENUE. Tre REPORTS About SITTING BULL.—With reference to the reported intention of “Sitting @@ No Branch Yerds.-@s Sses' c t : n Ds : favored ty the fo | has practically ended in the de ry ast ier inte the ‘ the constitution ke full and detailed reports of his act | could not be excluded by the collector under | Vemma, are ren a | ers. after a contest alf 3 r rat our Bull” to eross the frontier into the United necting ab my house tha 0 assessor. And during sald period | any jaw he could discover. “Mr. Cox’ notified | Wile Cardinals, Vontifieal Cameriango, and | ¢#after contest of half 4 year's duration, —— States, the British minister has informed the inte and that they rathe ve power to revise assessments | the University managersand sent a Dillfor the | Di Canossagbishop ot Verona, are supported Will always rank among the most mem. APOLLINARIS Departinent of State that he has received from w ihat he was ight. M t de by them, or any of them, by | full amount, whieh it is presumed will be paid. ; i0 rte ‘able of such demonsirations. It broke out ~ vernor General of Canada curred in this y y | either justly increasing or justly diminishing ey cna? 6 re ial | y 7 | towards the close of last summer. the work- NATURAL Col Leod, dated He : LIONS e 0 any particular assessment. ; THREATENED MINERS’ BTRIKE.—A special | GREAT STORM CALIFORNIA. | men demanding Wd. an hc istead of Sd wmNEnAL Wark: ating that the Last reports from tquestion had then | — [section 8, strike out the word “domiciled” teh fo te Baltiniors @¢ from Mount | _ Loss of Life by Floods. | The employers brought men by hundreds trom i , give him noreason to believe that tele cousctutional | and insert infieu thereof the werds “tempora- bet ee rae cca Pa Comet pe a meeens © San Francisco, Cat.. Feb. 17. Cty | Scotland, the continent, America even, while THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATE! the state of allairs in that neighborhood hai Yi miners who struck several weeks ago wasleld | jeay pr d during the last | the central committee shipped thems back ne : . | changed. except. that sixty lodges of Sioux ‘That said assessors, while engaged in ; here yesterday afternoon. It was announced | twenty-four hours, extending throughout the | paid them full wages to ‘quit work. ix hea. Highly Eifervescent. | paved tne line and jomed Sitting Bull's nw Ye A six ing the assessment as required in the first | {hat fifty cents a ton would be demanded. A | state.” A dispatch from. Jackson, Amador “i | je adds tha e ground forthe . - i Pa MILNER FOTHERGILL, NDON, ve: ie Apolliuaris; A Délictous Bey= me snipe . sin 4 ‘acc e eeting of allthe miners inthe Lona- ity, Says: “Bya ri if West 23d street, New York, a | Section of this act, shall also take an aceurate | ™ Meeting of Loni county, says: “ By a rise o! | Portion of which was used as the Eighth regi. | census of the inllabitants of said District of | couing district would be held on Monday next. | aif of the Chinese quarte re doubth ropa ga Den ment armory, was burned last night, together | Columbia, and return the same tothe Commis- | ]UW:s also intimated that they would march | away. Eight Chinamen interested: tn tie weaied by persons | with a Presbyterian chureh on one side and | sioners of said District. For this purpose. the | it a body to the mines where the men are | known to be drowned. Py Post In the Neighborke panMeNt La | the Scotch Covenanters’ chureh onthe other, | Commissioners of said District shall’prepars | Working for forty cents, and compel them to | HEQWR 10 be « aper reports that the Indians are rv dired and fifty men were kept on strik t into the United States, and that such jackson creek, | 34"). a week, with nts a Week i is been swept | wife or child. As the employers of 1, o pd twowomen are | had been unable to hold out and had conceded ‘onsiderable minor | {ve ce, the local managers had a_| Constants the advance, the local managers had a large absolutely Pure: su OGDEN L 4 Cust varl- | fund to draw upon, and t pertor t 2 There were six stores in the armory building, | the proper books, so arranged as to show. un- | StoP Work. thus cdusiug a suspension of opera- | ons quarters. upper Sacramento river is | drawn, the method of its expenditure and th and wh ponies camerioe ait for daily Riser | — and the various floors were occupied by dilfec, | der proper heads, the name, sex, birth-place, | tious throughout the district. There are about | very high, and a 000 ts feared. | Y # A G by waa TOP 2 4,000 miners employed in all, and a general result, all form an interesting chapter in the Des fea : tein sro: | : . ae rey | ERI tenants. The building was constructed by | race, age and occupation of such inhabitants, ike . * econoinies of strikes. free from all the objections urged against Cro- AN ELEGANT OVAL CAMEO Brooci. ordered | Sanies 'H. Ingersoll during. the almy days of | and such other information as they shall pre: | Stike must tege greatdistress. ane com The Ignoble Army of Embezzlers. eee DEPETER HOOD. Prp-toexT on tue iene. Oy ore Hayes a enone her allver wed- the Teed ring, and is said to have cost four | scribe. = lortyeents sid's epea eee eS ian at pRENTON Feb. Ih There was a great or as. Tne RECENT DUEL IN MaTAMOROS.—M. de ie AL Se TY, Ere. -S jor te Vichy ng, has been received by her from New Yor hundred thousa urs. r ing | PROPOSED NEW JUDICIARY FOR THE DISTRICT. 4 ly y be Mercer county court house 0) y on & “ ~ ae Vaiss t ye RTC pense yn fi fn DIAG fot soe i as Dele RHCeS ne ae Ie ane enceatg | F “This afternoon, Ate. Gunther, of Arkansas, | Willing to aecept these terms, if not interfered | to hear the trial of the case of the state vs. | }@ Vena, who killed Maxan in the duel in Mat ess . | The brooch is set i i . With four ver rink was being fitted up in it,aud the work: | | 4 4 * m Fy 7 Ss On oth, s i Cassisr ro 7ime | Ane Glamondscone al cached Cline cea eag, | Inen Were Busy MAE RC TET Meare | snmeeuaetrtnonn Me Gunther, of Arkansas, | With by tie mare tabeect ieee Jacob R. Freese, Harry C.Freese and Louis K, | 40s on the oth, has been arrested in that e Spt o 4 ity. The Mexican laws against the code are 4 ach Si P e i a] » five origi 7 ' fembezzling the money | © rere o npeia. ** Exhitarating: Good none at each side of it. A medatiion | [lou of the floor. (It is thought the fire origin. | the better administration of justice in the Dis- | _4 pigease THaT PtzziEs JERSEY Stock | Freese on the charge of om! 4 more severe than ours, and as Pena is in very for Sickness. Dy “pean Lossof Appetite," | of the President is cut-upon the cameo, ated in the carelessness of the workmen. ‘The | trict of Columbia, ‘which Setter adivitte | RAISERS—For some months past there has | of Ropontors in the state earings ‘hank ‘eve | bad repute with the Mexican authorities of MAGNAMALAL FRC SOC ST Set el ne = eee janitor had barely time to escape with his abelifion of tie: present trict judiciary | }een uneasiness among the farmers and stock body by surprise Ur connie thelr plea of Account of his prominence Ju all revolutionary Wholesome and Refreshing than Soda or seltzer the city, went! sight eosin ue SecGen one —~ BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE. raisers in the vicinity of Hopewell, N. J., over fe troubles, iS Suppor o har d on the President aed aie wore oes Forne ebay ae ead RiSInRSraN at | THe ft ittee this‘afternoon was th 2 Pr sand ta : Fortune's bay is reported by a dispateh from rict committee this noon was the one 4 vely i . # Mrz, flavesaflernoon reception, About | Halifax to have bem made because they were | LOamend the act forthe support of the gov: | as been alentively Studied Dy allthe leading | Whereahouts of J. Vance Fowsee mavor ot | fe Matamoros f Win. Kelly, of Brownsviie banquet was given at the Riggs | fishing on Sunday, which is contrary to ernment of the District in relation to the unanimity of opinion being reached. By one | Chambersburg, who left mysteriously a week Texas. Mr. Maxan was a Catholic, but the the club to the Massachusetts dele. | The people of the neighborhood, instead of Wwersand acts of assessors in the District. ple ago: and who is alleged to be a defaulter to an |’ rites of the church were denied. hi is the i i ry 4 it is termed hollow horn, another pleuro- 7 Zs as is n Congress. Later in the evening the | ferring the matter tothe authorities, cut the | The bill was passed. ; ‘ ; Odd Fellows’ lodge and also to the borough t 4 c ‘ong iz ia Gane and seihes to pene ee Ree ws Mr. Hur pi reported the bill authorizing the |, PR€umonia, while others think itis the Texas rule in cases of the kind, but the citizens of if i ling non vult contendere. Vata S ; fa mysterious disease among | Rot guilty and plea with hit. Dr. Wolff, who accompanied the he first ‘bill reported to the House by the | {he appearance of : They entered into a recognition to appear next 4 " Pp 'y the cattle in the neighborhood. The malady || youday. --"-The latest intelligence of the party, is also arsosted. _ Sie is are J . REULING. Baltimore. ++ More spark- jing and refreshing than any other mineral waler, followed by excelient results in Dyspep- FRED’ K DE BARY & CO., 41 & 43 Warren st., New York, | Sole Agents for United States and elu “lub proceeded to the residence of Governor peu : i over which he is mayor, is that he is in Phila- me rm . Claflin, ef Massachusetts, 1824 [street | the Americans District Commissioners to prosecute eases and | Loiti, and soutiwesteeEN. Fe Seme s e EE | deiphia with some friends and that he isin an | Brownsville and worth by eae thoes ae ¢ northwest. to attend it reception given in their ieate =—i take appeals bebe yt bonds. Passed. SeREEREEEE aREnnnEareneT a F insane condition. of business and following him to his last rest- honor. This reception was in every way su ANKER’S Esc api Dunean, mana fe also reported the. REPRESENTATIVE FRYE, of Maine, has writ- I see ing place. p I: ‘ | greatly enjoyed by all present, { the defunct Pioneer Bank of San Fran- | testimony in the District | ten a letter to the Lewiston (Me. Journal | The Steamer Hibernian Disabled. | 08 P/acr. The funeral was the largest ever echt: — — | Among the guests were General Sherman, uit to abscond yesterday in a | videsthat notaries public in the District shall | explaining his vote against the recent anti. | _Halirax, Feb. 18.—The government steamer = aa LL WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT TO | Secretary Sherman, Secretary Evarts, General | er bound to Central America, but the | tke depositions and do all other acts in rela- subsidy resolution. He says that he is opposed | Newfield, from France, arrived here at2a.m. | ScanpaL ABOUT 4 PREACHER.—Last Friday A, know the best One Dollar | Devens,” Postmaster General Key, General | vessel Was overtaken by the officers, who pre. | tion to taking testimony to be used in the | to aiding the Texas Pacific railroad, but is in | to-day. She reports that Tuesday last she feli George B. Prescott, mayor of Marshall, Ill, > LASS ES accurate! suited tw Butier, General Ban B'S ¢ i nator and Mrs. Dawes, General Start . Hon. Mrs. K Mrs. Davis, daughter of Starr King, M Senator and ted Duncan from getting on board from a | Courts of the District, the same as examiners | fay ding the time for building the ’ | steam tug, though they «id Hot sueceed in eap- | in chancery of said District may now lawfully | Nohern Pacite road, ve he thinks that it is turing him. take or do. Passed, possible to benefit our trade with South Ameri- in with the steamer Hibernian, from Liver- | swore out a warrant for ihe arresi of Rey. A. 1, in a disabled condition, having broken | H. Ketcham, pastor of the Second Baptist her shaft on the 8th instant. The Hiveraisa chureh. for seducing Prescott’s wite. ‘The al. (NOKE DOWN TO FOUR CENTS. rs. ee, = y steamship lin dently. | Was then under sail, making for Queenstown. | fair is alread ning to greatly excite the : 1 rope: Representat PoIsoNeD CanpY.—In Boston, in the su- DRIED DEAD At FRA TER MEETING a ars say substdlaing Heamsiip Hees pra series The mails were transferred to the Newfeld, community, Kno ook with the usual c RTY BUSHELS DELIVERED FOR $2.90 was, Representative and Mrs. | preme court, Friday, a criminal prosecution, | pf age tell eee ae eee een years | Fracpvient BANKING is growing tobe as | withsome of the passelgers. The other curiosity toward future developments in : z ane Aud Mis. White. Chicago | at the instance. of the board of heaith, was | {h peerrem dud it a prayer, meeting that was | uyprofitable as some other forms of stealing. | sengers remailied’ on board the Hiterates, trial. The parties concerned are among the GAS-LIGHT OFFICE, T The visitors been tendered a | commenced against L. Herbert Chase, confee Per ie Geen ee a ‘Saturday | A Missouri banker las been tried, convicted | The Newfield took more than she could POP: | most prominent in the state, and move in the a eo aE | of Boston. ie cl x vith using chro- . . o 4 yrand SA peregenee aia yaa — 7 ee mate of lead, knowing it to be injurious tc Gor R = anda bank secretary in Patterson have been | favorable run to Queenstown. ae New York ex to have a big fight eee Ee i _| Beioa as erreeruisearne | Euretsusee te rAmaiecs ait oe "a Sel Conn oes birds . | bas re hed fr a ” ae he employ of the New Jersey Central Rai od niin » us M A b. h |, Conn., offers unty for z THE 1G EST. TOBACCO. | Lianeas .. Distri x $s - Br CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.—On Tuesday Any i lOBILE, ALA., Feb. 18.—The large oil ware- ‘tow! bein omer EAneaetels: au SC ae am last the home of a colored man in Wicomico | Lever thuikontion wy reed to | A CONFEDERATE COLONEL, PROVIDED For. | houses of Chess, Corley & Co., and Voss, Tay- iecite ansareaistuy cee ws Awarded highest prize at Centennial Exposition | has recovered in his indisposition, 3 ~ | eounty, Md., was burned during his absence, f Locomoti William Carrere, of Virginia, who is said to | lor & Co., were destroyed by fire at 3 o'cloc! for fre chewing upeatities and cxeailance and | athis office to-day at the Columbia building. | Sa"with it his two childeet: cae ae yeareuti | Of Locomotive Engineers. be an ex-contedérate colonel,’ was sentenced this mornin The losses include about 6,000 2 Gon eo en a a. Louis is illustrated ting er of sweetening and faooring. = ~ . . . Ella,t itt A SOLLE PROSEQUI has been eniered in the | yesterday by Judge Gildersleeve, in the cou gallons of oi! in bulk, and 1,500 cases of 2 1S “our Sine stnfp ; THe é NITED STATES AT THE EUROPEAN | tee tne ea of Fr oraaae dmuEnter Pg mi government against exrevenue | Sf general. sessions, to, a gear lute penitens | Sale belonging to Chess, Corley & Co. : large assembly for two hours, and kil PEACE CO: a sRE-8.—This government has not vas burned death on Tuesday , her | #ent John T. Hogue, the only member of the | tiary. He was accused of having forged ware- | turpentine bel mging to Voss, Taylor & Co., | each other. ta received an invitation to send a represen. cioining having caught fire ‘whit ‘baraey Caulaky ting at st Luts against whom pro: | house receipts in his, possession, and of ob- together with tWo Horses, two, wagons, oné | | Ad-A. bill prohibiting the, teaching of lane U gre: e} a i e yart ce€ Lgs was ‘nding. vi ars faining me false fot OES . ive inks. yu a m. “4 tallve to the Congr ere at grace Paden so delle.) rane 10 OS 9 with accepting a Uribe and making a faisece: | ‘Prowse acts Goodman's cotton warehouse was discovered | fas been Introduced in the California legisla ety of ac ping such an invitation, when A Doctor ARRESTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. | Port. - te to be on fire, from sparks ; fourteen bales took | ture. ji i i; E, ; i ‘i - Sega THE JURY System in St. Louis seems to be | 4; id two bales tirel: sumed. bill has been introduced in the Ohio j. will be the subjeet of cabinet diseus- | Dr. E, E. Spencer, of Cambridge, Mass., was fa re, and two were ent ly consumed. wa n, and Will be treated with all the import. | arrested Saturday upon an indictment charg. | ,THE, RETURNING BOARD TRIAIS—A dis. is f u r open to reform if we may credit the assertion | ‘The total loss is estimated at from $25,000 to | le re providing for the abolition of nee it deserves. It has always been the policy | ing manslaughter in causing the death of Mrs, | Patch from New Orleans says it is considered Of the Glube-Democrat of that eity with reter- $30,000. schools anda ins In introducing this Champagne, we are confident that its superior merits will iusure ita permanent With the lovers of the delicious wines of | $20.00 currency. Pe a En OiaE, ___ 507 Market I r i x struction in languages in of this government to keep out of European | Catharine McLean, he having taken charge son, convicied of (oreo ot eee rae Tike were ee ane jurors who could To Be Court Martialed. , hay complications, but some of our, most promi- | and then deserted her ina eritieal condition | Serore the enccuien of wis sentence TS | athe erek ree eo ees and yet | Nawvont, W.1., Feb. 18—Col. Oliver Shep- | ,49-Children's parties have nent men are now of the opinien that ina | Pending childbirth, supreme court of the state refusesto interfere. | they were sworn to give a verdict Ih aacoe erd, U-S-A-of this city, will be court martialed i er, in New Yor! Prent . great crisis like that pending in Europe, foae In this event the prosecution of Wells, K dance with the testimony, which w; it urday for alle; ot cee URE caectiae ts yeteagacs Taos: | ue ae ue" trtehsant or Muctanas | papain tata the Rrouch Chamber of | And Gacanave wilt be abandoned, “fudge | Engin’ ana ere were wintaeelass 1 | maw, Vole cn Sasaiday tp aotags wife in | Bweive qalaren, caught whooping, . pollster Beers chitiaiom tboumatieor swollen jintsr'gs! | Wich, us precedents, may at no distant day | a life senator to All the vacancy caused by the | fo anew trial for Andersons nn OUAY 8S SramnEp Charles Little, leven years ol Tut ‘Representative Baker, of Office: Pennsylvania avenue, Ladi affect our own position, this shoul i u ee an inmate ‘eounty, said ‘speech and children sttented as usual Caltor tod tata, ‘aa | depart from its usual custom and accept such | legitimists have nominated M. Caffrayon La- KILLED By A HORSE.—W. Scott Downey, | on jay of last week stabbed with apooker? Railroad Strike in Canada. that some of his © BEST HA(H WORK AND PERFOM- *' invitation, if offered. The whole matter | tour torun against the republicampandidate. | son of J. Madison Downe: » €sq., of Loudon | knife another inmate named William Ree. Port Hore, Ont., Feb. 18—The employes | wanted to go to ERIES is at the FRENCH ESTABLISH- | C0 be trusted im the hands of Secretary . EIR: _, | county, Vi ‘on Tuesday lagi’ was ieiened aged about twenty-one years. The k the whole line of the Miolano railway must address the BE, G16 Own street, Opposite U. & Or | Evarts, whose decision will undoubtedly be | | WEIL Done, Senator Lamar. But just wait | by a horse, died seven hours after the | entered Jeft side in the region of the heart. work to-day, and refuse to resume wn- tat was octge-te | for the best interests of our country. till you get home —LY. ¥. Commercial. fatal blow was inflicted, Reedy lies in a critical til all arrearages of wages are settled. retorted Mr.