Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1879, Page 1

—_—_—_—_—_., THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, A? THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th Street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S&S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tre Evestne Stax is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their cee account, at 10 «ents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the «ounter, 2cents each. By mail—postaze prepaid— ects a month ; one year, 6. we Weexty Sran—yublished on Friday-@2 a iz iE, posiaxe prepaid. 10 copies for ¥15; 20 copies } or ¢# All mail enbecriptions must be paid in al verce ino paper sent le » paid for, | tien, 3 Ee he £oening Star. D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 18 WASHINGTON, TWO CENTS. eer than S2” Kates of advertising made known on applica. | SPECIAL NOTICES. ~ UNIV! ~~ Kext os merrew at Mam, CHORCH. 1 —Moruing er’ pen. All 1t* ¥, CHURCH, 1th and ¢ tnorrow, at 11, Dr Lananan. wet: “The Thine venca Men” At Dr. Nownts. Subject > CHURCH OF | Sarita ere of Intempersi ke D. ES Twice nvited e HAMLINE ‘upgress elect from Indiana. Servievs ea Curing the week as foilows. Mond Lise or TH id on MON J THOMPSON. M.D, Presi ©. HL A. KLEINSCHMIDT, M.D, Secy. SERIAL AND SAVEne ASSOCIATION.—The “SERIAL of dues JAMES S. EDWARDS, Presitent. for the choice of Nine Directors £ rr. SAM. CROSS, WASHL erest on deposits at the Fanunui, subject to th i ions. iz dee27. thi o- eS WASHINGT! MARKET COMPANY. [he annual meeting of the Stockholders of the eat ‘ON MARKET COMPANY will be bela at the office of the Company, on Pennsylvania ave- nue, in the city of Washi m, at 12 0 O0N, on the FIRST MONDAY, being the 6th day of Jan- wary, 1579, for the choice of Thirteen Directors tor the ehsuing year, and to act on any other subject ith e er of the corporation. Weeds BENG. D. WHITNEY. Secretary. 80! the Central National Bank of Washinton be beid at the Pank, corner of 7th st_and Le avenue. on MONDAY, January 20, 1579, between the hours of 12 m. and 2 p.m. ‘e>~ 10 THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ¢ “S TRAL NATIONAL BANK OF WASHING. CITY.—The arpual election of nine directors of ity will aisiana ‘The report of the Committee on the transactio of the Bank from its organization to January 1, 18 Will beread at 1 p.m. of the some day. oe ested. ——— S RAMUE! NORMENT, President. 5.8. EDWARDS. = Secretary Board of Directors dec21-s.td 5 Georg-to wary, 1 ce of the company, rn, on WEDNESDAY, the Sth day of Jan: 1879, ‘the polls will be opened at 12 m. and closed at 7 i thefer books will be closed on the Ist of Jan- ary, 1079, and opened on Japuary Bthy I879. Secretary. NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COM- ‘AN orner 15th st. and New York ave: FIRE, BUHGLAR and DAMP PROOF VAULTS, inside of which are SAFES FOR RENT st $5 to 360 per year. BONDS, SILVERWARE, or other SECURITIES, sad ai binds of VALUABLES received on DE POSIT. novideouin HAVING BOUGHT THE PATENTS Br. Colhoun’s Porous Evaporator, we rec mend it as the Lest possible way of moistening the hot dry air from furnaces, latrobe stoves and steam coils. ” It is attached to the er, aid renders the sir moist and summertike. If you wish to avoid eadache, catarrh and sore throat use them. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, Mt | have been good if 817 9TH STREET, NEAR THE AVENUE. Brase Fire Seta, English Tile, Slate Mantels, Par- rates, Furnaces, Rancesand Latrobe Stoves, Sista pe'Tin Footing and Sobbing Work: dec}? gsllon. | a MILLBURN'S PHARMAOY, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. SODA and MINERAL WATERS on draneht ali the Lick, Bedford and eee i i the physicians THEY OAYLUS' CAPSULES, CF ee Fre ee te Paris, New York and 10: 5 Gd ananipas vocentor of wee tans Ghiiseases, Tecentt or of lon . ‘Prepared by CLIN & OO, where. = ri A MEBRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! TMAS PRESENT BUY AN OVEROOAT, A SUIT OF STYLISH CLOTHING, A YOUTH'S SUIT, A BOY'S SUIT, OB A BOY'S OVERCOAT, as NOW IS THE GRAND OPPORTUNITY oF ‘Telegrams to Tho Star. gurated the second time, Mareh | The Union Pacific Railroad. REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS. ‘The report of the government directors of the acific railroad, Messrs. C. F. Adams jr, Daniel Chadwick, Geo. B. Smyth, Ralph P. nd, and Chas. C. Housel, has been re- ceived at the Interior department. tors consider that the finan: mmment and the Un pitely settled by rect n and require ho atteution fre ‘so that as through the newly of railroad sccoun: h session of the facts the company’s finances, its 1e-o1 dsposition made of them, no turth Of these points fs necessa of the dizectors has been confined stristiy to qnestion of the present. ment such information as they have be Wing to the existing ‘The Special Assessment Decisions, TANT POINTS, in the Supreme Court of the Tuited es of Mattin: The remark was continu * Thave never kno’ “THE EVENING STAR. | Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT Fi ch day as this Y.— Internal irst National Bank of New York Loxroy, Jan. 4— cor. ving the validity of the cer- % of the employers in 1 to enforce a retu) € cf Nfty-four hours as the first assembly of the Washingto: ealized it In tra ever, with its numerons Ii t turned on, was a: riment could be when the weathe> Was so frigtd. enough to wear hi 1 relations of the Pacific have been Tur Visrr of the Utes at the interior depart mént this morning was of a ¢ | West of Scott mplimentary argued and de ided. Merest tO property fon Is one of y posted-notices to t have as yet taken no a and the Com misstoner at on the subject, but : eeting for that purpose next wee Arms Thompson will Ss, on Tuesday next leave for Indiana L except the dar the need of opera cloak scase appear in the bill, the ecompanying exhibits. sary to restate them now, the board of public of Columbia, a board eon- of the organic sed to be constructed a se je Of Seventh street, b hington, extend: | ue to the Potomae river, | the streets and sidewalks tobe stones at the gutters to be been commen ington before the board bright-colored 5 t one end of the hail, Inorning ta cons ce ofa notice posted on the door of t h Bank announcing Unfavorable reports 1 ‘afew days as to its Vive the govern- At tie Wrrre Hovsi.—Treasurer Gildan, farshal Pitkin and Mr Louisiana, called on the President to-d.; enators Teller, | Works of the Distric | stituted und er and by Virtus Fy. hen so’ much pain’ hi y the club to ensure a pleasant € that so many should have been preveat- ed by the weather from attending. Porter, who was to have received the me, and Mrs. Ricketts was In which she did ta he eniag {> its recon in the manaze1 Examination ha ve that the policy now purs pany in regard to the materia roperty, While cai by no means liberal, ting expenses to gross earnin: of the company in this rh as the country had a <E TO NEw On.eans.—$ Cameron of Wisconsin, Kirkwood, Garland. constituting the sub-committes fon appointed under the Blaine ri ton, left Washington yesterday direct for } took with them a clerk, two and two steno- vited to fill her ‘The dancing was kept wp vigorously and with are dances as well it sergeant-at-armns, evident enjoyment. as round are on the programme at these assey i ‘annot participate tn the latte: n among the merr ‘There were Tnany di Ricketts wore a rich’ bla Tespect has not been s\ ect or the gove the public ge lines whieh 3 N Onto PevocraT said this morning nion Paeitie with fh other ratlroad that Senator Thurman's Visit to Columbus on the oecasion of the re divided into for the extsten¢ The act declared the board relebration of Andrew Jack- | In conetnsion, the subject of the lands grante. tothe Union Pactite, which by the jon become the subject. o1 Ini on Te A squad of tifty revenie me Burnside have returned trom ar that city, who wo: with lowers, nd say things thi * While wot “knust be on hand tr government s sections on ¢ ter from arepubliean mi i ture, to the efte mber of the Mic: t that the friends of e y Were circniatin: point Senator Christiancy to a fe “ath of viole ef the Michigan has tendered deminion board of trade at_¢ ror, in reference to said le did not feels 3 suke do it. atifully dressed yours | Misses Paulding PERS OF CoNGr ald upon the silk the finest Valenciennes stars were in her hair daughter of the Repre: chusetts,) wore a lovely Freeland, (the step-dai a few of them, now islikes the man rone into effect, w Canadian govert He had paid du tien with the que the duty might be t na lot of goods in ques- | on of having the Cin dias be preseribed | ing and to be e: dministered. ‘Tlie director 1s appolate: by the President and confirmed by the Sent evince a disay when told tha yy them, 2 reasonable propo | ton of the costor the trprovement. not exceed d of such cost, which sum shall be a aud found | e American governmen: is furnished tree tray ib gold, bat in. the | backs. On Monday th could not sue t ard to the winte lowing resolution wa over, and wor winé colored sil itended with her ve Miss Washington, of California, wore e satin combined with « rth white filnge. at were the M ey did do a little resw rain In the safe "i 73 Was preseused qlest for gold. The paylag teller ‘toe in ein and the ba‘ance in gree: with the information that the office was ing 59 percent. incoin. It is git. Ina few day Arms wilkbe supplied with ¢ lators will U ea b= pal arcept the hospltalities of officers wh tor, in performance of his duty may l tired to eriticise and even contewn, The ptining the duties of gov a iy wn, and the wh y that Mr. Adan holders along reet, adjoining that part | of the street where the sewer Was constructed, Where the curbstones and the paving were heir properties are some of those upon © Works made ‘ost Of the tmprove- their bill for an tn- inst the collection of Ue sums as- sessed, and against issuing certiticates of in- debteduess of thelr properties. seeks a decree that the assessment and void, and an injunction upon the Distric or the board of public worl any payment for the work doi contractors against receiving pra In support of the prayer for such relief the Ps, Ist, that the board was not author- Wed by law to make the improvement along Seventh street; 2, that no law existed at the time when Ue assessments were made pre- scribing the manner tn which should make assessments; 3d, that assessments ng to the frontage of the street were un- autnorized and illegal; and 4th, that tn asvessiient nO part of the cost Lt was charged upon schoc chureh property, exempt but that the whole of the one- Was charged against the ott y. There are other minor complaints of Une asvessment, not, however nei ssail only its reguiari | charges of the bil can have no bearing u | For were it concedad that the Doard of pubile works had no authority tod) the work that wa Was done, an The complait nent to tale the line of Seventh ‘y into effect Of making Halifax a ship- ; that the del- nt tollet of whit most graceful daucers | Among others who att Commodore and Mrs, Beaumont, Mrs. and M Wilson, Gen. Roberts, Mr. Wirt Wi gruder, Lieut. MeCartne: ard Irwin, Count Litta, s, Llent. Turne egates from this eb | bring the sub, | which the boa | sessment of one . and they bri but probably THE QUESTION oF AS € the dominion board of r wheathe ques- | d, and our lezis- in coin if they desire it Lfewis. Buck tem Effendi, Lieut. |. Andenretd, Represen- fr ers, and the agreeable army and vy oflicers. ‘The gentlemen of the ¢ very handsome badges on their dress suits. 'b have issued Invitations to ye s, January sth ‘th and 19th, at vESsoR to Mr. Charles F, Adams, jr., the resigning member of the board of government directors of the U. P. rail- read, has not yet been considered. No appotnt- ment will be made immediately, as the office fs an annual one. and as the regu the appointment of a new board is 1 possible that the vacancy will not be tilled until that time. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Will leave the city to-morrow night for Albany, to be present, by invitation, when the New ‘York Legislature takes posession of its new quarter +e nne Arundel Ad- cord ave declared RMY OFFICER ; —The War department is informed of the death of Lieutenant Thomas S. Wallace, He was stationed at Fort ar Helena, Montana. uu he went ont on Wife's Throat. Jan. 4—At abont one oe The bill also boro", cut his wife’s throat, which he cut his own throat. them atthe time bat Mrs. Tingley’s It appears that at the time ley Unreatered the lives two children, and his wife’s mother went to eive the alarm, but when the oft ‘irs. ‘Tingley was dead and illing lier, at No one was with third infant ‘The Bachelors’ Clu germans on We and 2:d, Februa . The committee are Woodbury Blair, W. Wirt Wilson, Henry Howard, C B., Col. Audenretd, Lieut. K. N. G. Brown, Wm. Coleman Freeman, ¥, W. Poor and George > of ic cember, ibove stated ‘Ting- of his wife ax two became ’s companion returaing th the fort but he ren arch party was sent out th of December he was found was brought into the fort and her murderer s thought he will recover, fe has a twin brother in the lunatic asylum for an attempt at murder. $ thirty years old and her husband Is of a st aughter of Wm. | @ Inusical and other a s personal atiractions have made reat favorite in home cireles, will be at the Church of the Incarnation, to Mr. J. Sackett Benedict, of the t : Mrs. Tiagley w: abed with the from him he r he becuime be Is horse getting awa Lieutenant Wallace served in_ th teer officer in a New Yor MARYLAND POLITIC vertiser and the Annapolis in favor of the Hon. Wm. T. Hamilton as the democratic candidate for the next Governorship ryland. ‘The Advertiser expre nt opinion that “the bone and sin democracy of Anne Arundel” favor ton’s netnination. y favors the nomin: The Weather in Benedict, son of e department. New York City. North river was fail of but all ferry boats were run- rips were irregular and delays ern malls are ir MenALt y in the a adjoining prop- Ex-President Grant on arr hall in Dublin yesterda crowd who had as: ayor, In presenting the tr reterred to the cordlailty tween Americs r America General Grant wou! 'd to heip a people who ninovement. The freed psed in an ancient carved bog oak | - . Grant replied that no cere:nony d given him sueh ng at the city ered by a large embled to see him. edom of the city, avs existing be- . and honed that in | Id do everything be ymipathized with ‘TIVE BOWEN dial to be stated. lonof Hon. Wm, M bs, Which lack the seal of the cf Washington, are taking them to the DI. Commissioners office, where the seal fs a: sigued by the prese Boswell ave not being rei: hen redeemed by . In the redemption of the Bowen bonds e have been two duplicates presented. Ore nS Of $1,400 bond No. e bond having already been were thrown out. There was nothing the five coupons pr nuine. They were perfect e coupons onthe gent ration is that more than one copy of bond was printed. Only one bond was signed, however, and the principal could not, of cours be paid On the duplicate bond. Thi pupons of the duplicate being exactly t ine, and signed only with the printed sign mayor and register, would presented before tie There has also come all its cou- ‘his was bond 103 for $1,000, a man whbo said that hi oftice where the bonds w rhe bond had on it not genuine, though,—ot M: 9:15, and tue southwest matl due at s arrived elo Injuire whether the ation “would be i ‘The Markets. These signed by ‘The bonds are done at the Un nent of a partof its the complainants’ property, or to as | manner in which the assessment was tna! concession would not dispose of Ul : j tablish that the complainants have a tl reducing four hundr @ purchased for thir lars, of which but five thousand is required in cash, and the purehasers to be exempy from contributions and itaport and export for five faction as the pre: He was proud to belong to a country con- taining many Irishmen, S eloquent speaker. for the honor done him. given for Gen. called for and given for America. the first honorary freeman of the cit speech highiy complimentary to Gen. G ‘two hundred guests were p quet given in honor of Gen. ‘ibe Lord Mayor presided. Gen. fora toast to President Ha Ing toa toast to his health, he cordiality of the popular | on accorded him. He belleved and hoped that the trade depression in America would He said Americans strove to be honest and to pay their way as they became prosperous, £0 also would England. was much cheered. ‘The corporation of C ived an intimation of an approachinr visit, fom Gen. Grant. A strong feeling is manifested F giving him a pubile reception b sed hostility to Catholicism, ac similes of 0 Hie could only thank them 3 eI pot and Jaunary, 0571.06; Febru ; , Southern, no receipts and no 1s western mixed, spot Felruary, 43455 d and eaer—sonthern and Pencsylva’ it a32; do. mixed. al—southern, 65858. Hay dail ai Provisions quiet aid email jobbing ade. Lutter | yand firm—choies western packed, 1 Petrolewn firm avd hel Coffee uctive and firm —R hisky firm, 1.095a1.10, al and unchanze: rant, and three n wressional lezislat 4 the defeated ri Congress in the 2d Florida distric ‘The Florida Union sa aled to the sw body will review 2 and interpret not only th of the District, which v inmation of th board of wh! nt at the ban- it last evening. n of the state board @ law Dut 2189 tt court rendered In the drew power to commit to he improvements, aud the . that the asses: Pmade in the manner in which they had power to ratify the act And the ratific: nade, Was equivalent to an origin according to the max! vo trahitur, et mandate priori ¢: Under the Constitution, Congi | power to exercise © | whatsoever over the Distric chides the power of taxation.—(Cohen vs. Congress may lezislate | Within the District, respecting the people and Property therein, aS may the le; | state over any of its subordinate muni { y, therefore, cure trregu! firm proceedings Which w would be Void, becaus | duty of makin Gen. Crant, reply light a duplica commented upon th DORS attached, THRE Fitz JOHN Porter (4s Muto the case of Gen. Fitz \. Y., yesterday, ution and defence were e: r. Maltby began his argument in beuaif of Gea. Porte and will DrobEky exte Liver} ool per steamer ceipte—flonr, 1,010: wheat, 45,809; 00: rye, 20. Shipmente—wheat, 65,000! NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Stocks firm. Money, 4a5. Exchange, long, 48174; short, 45655 Goveraments orm, NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Flour dull. Wheat quiet. son worked tn ths scon be over. adit through | written over. said that his son had ‘bawdy words” over the names and he ver them to cancel the indecent bonds of this clas . District. Court udge Cadwalader p.m.—Consoli—f ormoney 6. U. SENTEN Philadelphia, tenced Thomas k. Flowe: convicted of ember: for the account, and-2.Hialf per cents.. 10; and aecompany eemed before the di covered. Tue principal drawn on tie bond under any ctremnstance: coupons, whieh bond was dis- te YELLOW yellow fever commis: ierday Dr. F. fxquimy.—Before the ion in New Orlean: Loeber said, in the course of his | I believe yellow fever to bo ous to this place, and Ido not think that epidemic of Isis can be traced to any im- | 1 do not believe that quarantine ppearance of an epidernic. » germ theory, and think that oduced froin a’ specific geria, not truction, as far as I can gather perlinents, by chemi of prevention are by a thorowsh s such as is Inopera- tion in New York and Baltimore, where I be- feve the gems to have been indigenous, and where I believe these were eradicated by stren- uous sanitary regi member of ihe boar Yennsylvania Central, trom passengers neoming steamers, to pay 2 tine oF $1.0 to be mprisoned for six months New Jersey Cent ——<$—$—$__~.__ 1 -STORM—The Fierce Breath Cf the Cajun Pass Stops a Train for Fiftoon Hours. day aiternoon the ou!-coin Yuina train left Los Angeles on time. g Went On aS usual until ft appre At this point a sand. ‘y violence was encountere: train Was scon obliged tostop. Sunerinte atonce communicated with by iel- egraph anda number of men were dispat frem all quarte without avail. nauthorized, pro- ELECTION OF STATE OFricens py THE MAE ponfirimation does tt laterfere Witt Jinige Cooley, in Vi prities, asserts the follow! ihe thing wanting, or whieh fatic h constitutes the det , issomething the nec Slature mit have dispeused with by prior statute, then’ It is not be he legislature to dispense And if the irregularity . or in the mode or manner of hich the legislature might have made tinmnaterial by prior competent to mak rial by a subsequent law ‘This rule, we think, 1s therefore, presented whether empowered by the istrict to commit to the board of public works public improvements, to make appropriations for thei, and to the manner in which assessments should be made, or whether Congress itself has confirmed the assessments of which the plaiotif’s com- Thereis much in the legislation of the Dis- trict assembly which, if it does not show a di- rect ratification of what was done by the board of public works, at least exhibits an acquies- cence in it and an approval. act of the assembly © promptcure of allcasas | b Day before yes paid, as they were exactly tie same S COUPES On Feguis istature yesterday for the nominees of the cancus were elc dward IH. Go Charles A. White, attorney general, jutant general, THE BOARD ON Cucamonga st: of extraordina secretary of state, tty for which persons in the military ser improvements that can be made fn the it Of troops whieh ha ‘ation and experten to the board s: ard sy ecificat ‘al means. The lellan, of Belfast; ad em ia this cit; ‘The train was dela ours, When we state that ¢ of three or four miles were covere: and to depths ranging from one to thre: feet, the force of the wind may be conjectured oon, OF sirecco, or waatever it may b= called, came whistling through the Cajon Pass | reed from afunnel. The incoming Yuma train was delayed for an hour and a half through the storm. Some seven ye. ago a whirlwind poured out of the Cajon Pass which took substantially the same course asthe wind day before yesterday. The line of plain traversed by it was about three miles wide, bat it fortunately stopped celebrated Cucamonga this width the soil was shaved off as with a knife, being carried resistlessly over the Cuca- led to a heii the station of the atotal sand drift of je storm of the other day must have been a twin brother of that.— Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald, Dee, 21, PROSPRCT OF STEADY WORK FOR COAL MINERS. President Gowen, of the Readin; company, announces to the red some fif- | quent statute. turers to forward iinprovements 10 keeping tn view the eight to be car. by the so'dier, increasing his eMficienc: S Ine time preserving or increasing articles to be used. —The Navy department is in- cable that the C. sailed from Yokahama, San Francisco, | the men on the As’ @uustment have e THE CHARGES AG States District Attorney Bu been in Washington for two days past. He was summoned here by the Attorney General to e: plain charges that he had used his offir rsceute Captain James Captain Eads was ac- Wing misapplied the funds of a Uoenal Kank of St. Louis while he was a director of the Institution. The evidence of Capt. Eads’ .” Dr. Joseph Jones, of health, was examined said yellow fever can be imported, but he could not trace the last epidemic to that source. Believes epidemic can occur in New Orleans wetheut importation, provided causes are favor- igid quarantine, not of the Senator Paddock will Jeave to-day for Washington, perhaps also Gea. The rest of thecommittee will con- x of lessening t etuents charging him with The balunce of the same crime. ments, nine in number, were not moved against. him, and he was remanded. ! called was that of Ci as though it were disc! the durability of nae, est organic law of the D able; is in favor of present lax , ex-director Who 1s also charged With forgery. The case was ready to go to the jury when the court adjourned. ‘Tuere are i5 indictments against him: Unue the tnve She brings home jon Whose terms of ht_at_the edge of the leyard. For much of REVENUE RatseD UNDER THE MOFFETT Liquor ‘The official statements of the operations: of the Moffett Nquor law in Vir the legislature, shows, the tot the time it went Into ‘ew Orleans for igton last night. He was the recipient dinner yesterday by the ich were present all the 4 the various factions of Louisiana re- fans, ind a unanimous agreement was monize existing differences. Ex-Goy. presses surprise at the harmony exist- among Louisiana republicans, A Woman SHOOTER SENTENCED.—Valentine Zurmer, a young man who shot Emma Schilp Unee times—twice in the face and once in the shoulder—as she was coi mplimentary art. Eaps.—United | Union Chub, at whi Of St. Louts, has 8. Sand was several feet over the root 0! old stage com: over twenty feet receipts from ‘operation to be $472,834, being an excess of $210,635 over the assessments of the preceding year, which, after deduct the rebates allowed under the law, leaves a balance of $110,761 in excess of the results of the The auditor of the state says the re- bet shows Cay that a law Is ee ing made a me Wwerful agency zr i res Sa number of moditica- Jack Russell, a young chief actor tn a startin, ‘Squire Calvin Knowles yesterday. Jack had been arrested on a charge of stealing goods from C. S. Gilbert, in whose store he was for- merly employed. Close questioning induced bim to make a Clean breast of the theft, he By a legislative passed May 29, 1573, after the work had been done upon 7th street, an act for the purpose of extending the time f01 ment Of the assessments, the board was al ized to issue, and use in the disci Standing obligations, certificates of coal afid iron Teyenue, and si ners of the from a ball in x CH CLOTHING FOR LITILE GETTING NU MOREL. Hi { Porer than the scare bia COLORS » Tndelibie ss time ant Ps ‘The hottest sua can’t ‘Anion beeween tat oo satan ween that ae SIZES {ae ‘St the crooked. ts And all the shapes thist ( Cheaper than the common trash, rons | Better than the habbertash PRICES 5 ‘phat is suid around ihe tows, By Toin, and Dick, and Jack dat Y HABLE BROTHERS, TatLons aNp CLOTHIERS, ; Resshwess Corner 7th end D sts. nw. eci-tr w. N, y + COD NERY AND ICE CREAM SA- CONFECTIONERY J o) 721 Sixth sires! nw... With increased facilities, te now prepared to furnish | ‘ i | Watdis and Ree*:(ioas at short oce, Se SS THDS FOR SACE—a FAC LHAUBER'S. st nw., (late D. teh.) Larae asaort- guilt was deemed sufficient by the district at- terney to lay his case before the grand jury, estigation, learned thai Capt. Eads are not sus- Jury adjourns it sbi Ps Lo that end. Sehr region that the rate of wages to be Hous aud cutee wats aid by the company in 1870 will be determined | yy the price of coaland governed by a minimum | established by the rate of freight and tolis, ex- | actly as it was in 1578, and that the prospect for | Steady work is better than it ever was before, rh the price of coal and the rate of freight wiil undoubtedly be lower than they were last year, no matter how low either may the rate of wages during the year will never Jess than twenty per cent. below the basis, Individual coal operators will also be enabled to keep steady at work. HE STILL Loves Miss KEPLEY.—A Memphis dispatch says:—“ The Rey. Janes A. Dixon con. tinues to improve, and is considered by his phy- sicians out of danger. senses he seems very anxious to live, and re- the attempt he made to commit suicide. uring his delirium he spoke in the most a‘Tec- Uonate terms of Miss Lizzie Kepley, and often girl; I love her dear- erms of love and a ness for work done under their direction, and ble to the private property benefited * a for ig SS under existing cont leclared that such certificates should be receivable in payment for assessments special Improvements. The second section ef the act directed all certificates thereafter is- sued to be deposited with the commisstoners of of the District, and p! yment of the principnl terest. The third section extended payment, and directed that upon default of roperty against which the as- certificates existed should be ind the fourth section authorized and di- rected the commisstoners of the sinking fand to uurchase the certificates, on request of the ders, and collect them on their account. It s dificult to understand what this lezislative act meant, if it did not the assessments made works, and consequently the authority by which the work was done and the improve- mgress has been even more significant. Passing by the act of March 3d, 18i5, which gave directions for sales 19 collect ‘special improvements, in itself presenting no doubtful implication, the act of Congress of June 19, 1 appears, to have set the matter at rest. That act per- iptorily directed the Commissioners of the for the murder of her hus- | District “to enforce the collection, according to existing laws, of all assessments for special pare under _ aoe of the legis- UgUST 7 benefited Palladelphia, in October last, pleaded guilty yesterday, and was fined $1,000 and sen- tenced to an imprisonment of six years and ten | but that body the charges seains taired, and when the grand | will make a report exonerating him. Afr. Bit: bad no diffienity in convin Geeral that he had not over ef cfiiclal duty to the grand j A Warm RECEPTION FOR RosRERS.— Hams and ‘“ Modoc” Gainey made arrai to rob the store of Watts Bond, at Ind., Thursday night. Their scheme was dis- A number of citizens waited for them in a saloon near by. ‘The burglars visited the iquor, and the citizens opened fire. minutes over thirty shots were fired. Wiiliams was killed and Gatoey fatally wounded Henry Noiton, a citizen, was slightly wcunded in the f-ce, them a fine set of burglars’ tools. ARLEST: FOR ELECTION FRAUDS IN LOUISIANA. Some twenty persons yesterday gave batl in $1,000 each, at New Oriea before the U.S. circuit ¢ La , charged with fr: Fifteen perso by a deputy U done or in p apd the act s was Focxp Deap in his room at Greenville, Ti, yesterday morning, with one hand roasted and a large hole burned in the floor. Appearances indicate the explo- of his lamp, but the fire had gone out _evi- dently for the want of atr, is and relatives at the east. cing the Attorney DR. S. 'T. BRO! epped the bounds presenting Capt. Eads’ case COMMANDER R. S, Pyrpray, U. S. N., is de- The doctor had nu- The robbers had with duly connected with the ed frown sp ecia® ral school ship, at New Yor payment the sessments ant Suot By His Brornger.—Stephen A. and Geo. M. Stinner, brothers, Puliman ear detectives, jaet Ina Boston sulcon yesterday to settle som + bustress. A quarrel ensued, and Stephen drew @ revolver and shot his brother through the n fe drew a revolver and chased Ste- the billiard room, wih but without effect, and was ‘The Treasury de- partisent this afternoon issued the seventy “venth ca!l for the © bonds, consels 6: a for the redemption of the iss : 5,080.009 coupon and to appear for trial he recent election. arrested in Natehitoches Marshal, charged by C Hornsby with driving him from the pari uring the late campaign, have arrived in New Since regaining his ption of $19,000,000, being the second cal ize the validity of the board of pubiic fied another shot, said, ‘She ts a dear, ly,’ and many such’ This episcde will doubtless cause him to leave jphis as soon as he has entirely recovered, since both the Avalanche and 4 issues of the 29th ult., gave in fal with Miss Kepiey, republishing her letters, and otherwise devotins prostrated divin In THE TRIAL OF Mrs Cops, at_ Norwich, P woman named Mrs. y Was taken to the hospital, in New York yesterday. suifering from kicks and biow 3 xiven’ Ler, it is supposed, by her husband, James. Sbe cannot iecover. The husband re- sisted arrest, and mate an attack on two po With a club and then with a he Was ultimately disarmed and ments were made. ‘The action of Cor Five Years’ usr IMyRIsONMENT.—There is considerable stir in Pittsburg over the re- lease of Jolin Moore from the Dixmont asylum he insane, after he had been conflaed there lie was committed as an fe person to be at large, at the request of anted him out of the way. se relatives was his son, Harry Moore, the well-known sporting map, h Morris, the oarsman. Two years superintendent of the institutt wrote to the clerk of the court that he never discovered any signs of insanity in the iran, and to-day, two years later, the doctor made affidavit ih court, and Moore was reiteved entirely from the charge of insanity, and it was admitted that he never was insane, the assessments for ig much of thelr space to the r over five years. Principal and accrued i after April 4th, 1 Ui cease on that da relatives who f®-At ten o'clock last night Madame Ander- ted her 1736ti quarter mile. ant & Co., New York merchants in Ue China trade, have made an assiznment—as- i; HabMities, $645,000, Se-Near Chatham, Mass., yesterday, an un- hopner came ashore, and the crew precarious situation. No one could ryeuch her On account of prevailing gale and ice. patch from Santa testified that the symptoms of his last illness were those of arsenic or ite time that the symptoms Were of e time thal were soning. They were. however, all symptoms of | were ma: the Com: , and he had no doubt that | sioners to revise such assessments within thirty ry aused of the act, and correct cLarjes were erroneous ve assembly year, with permis. yond sea, is granted Jecelyn, 2tst infantry. The leave of absence granted Captata W. Bo Kennedy, 10th cavalry, fcm Lezaquariers department of Texas, is ex tended live months, Cebb’s death was cai gays from the the paramour of Mrs, Cobb, made a the same, so far as orexcessive. The meanirg of this act is not to be mistaken. 1 was pracuically a confirmation Of what the board of public works had done. Tt AS not to be conceded that Congress onlered the collection cf assessments which It regaled as Megal, and the permission given to the Com- misstoners to correct erroms and excesses im them by giving drawback certificates, to be receivable in payment of assessments, leaves no doubt that the authortty of the board to. make th u . was Intended to be rec It ts not denied that the act din view (hese assessments now assalled By the complainants, and no such denial could hone We are of opinion, there- tor sments have been rat fled by © were errors in th nner r mount of The changes, or correction of the errors. ool properties Should not a, and co iy the nts” prop. * commis- sloneis W TPOW¢ rivet The WTO r sete > wrong. HW miay be that the burden laid upon the prope erty oft nts 8 Ghee assessicents { Toad or strect ments very « . are opp: Jative power*may autln ive bet tobe made ing frontage, : 01 Vale « property tion, 1s. n open ques m. we may notice at or the deeds By wey ty ee 1s of Mipcom was, conveyed to the United States require the tede tral Coverprecnt to pay for grading aud tm. proving th answer to thls HAs suf fictent to " court bete or are We cannot assume the fact upon whic argument rests, of the Supreme Court of the Dis- Net of Columbia ts aflirmed, Justice Strong also delivered the opinion ta the Shoemaker case as follows: abstanthilly ruled by Mattingly the Dt of Cokumbla, heretofore The BI, asin that wasfor an Injunction svainst the colieetion ‘of a special Mt snd for the surrender aad ea: ertiticate of indely for such Nassessnent. The property wate Uh assessment was laid ts in the District of Colum- Dla, thouch outside the bour © city of. Washington. But the legtsiative ated by the late for the pudlic work AUChority ¢ roads of 11 s they had and aver the city, They hod, throuzhout the pt POWET 10 Lake assess ments fc nt of which (he bil « The Geert trict Is rev linpor cets an yet 0 be the ¥ cistons refers to the mm in the eed made by 1 vestion 4s fully 1 Columbus Atex andr issued for the rec Ivanta avenue, bevv n streets. We quote paragraphs ten a1 the bill prepared b, Christy and Pram | T. Brownluy, attorneys tn the case h. That by the act State of Maryland, of Dé ued + sneerning lumbia and the city of Wa tr vided 1 sl, Should be so. tles ABy right the right rwise than trausfersed by ited States; how constitu veyed to cer > the city of st nin trustees for the use United States forever, so much lands as was Whereaft id OU as public stre es in said city, scratal- ts sift to the Un d States, i public forever: that the said lots of ground of complainant that has assessed, as aforesaid, wer gtantors ‘of complainant by METS appointed by act Te: free and discharged from all obligations with respect to the government of the Uilied States touching the “improvements of the streets or aventies upon which they abi ating such obligations as were expressed rates and regulations established by the President of the United Stites and by the commissioners of the Beton, On the 17th day of October, ly Of George Wasiilngion, then f the United States; that it was ex- ved in sald rules ‘and rezulations, Sand reculations were the terms r and upon which all eon- pressly di That said ru ad condiio 1Ces Were subsequently to be made aceard- to the de of the land. within Leity, and the conditions tn said decds of trust, being that the reconvey: h por- r to be de to such original proprietors trom the ted States, sl id be On and subject to such ori nS as Should be thowrht rea- stele the ty i States lating Lhe minner of forthe tine be the Improveme tris Therect, for common touching t vate pri sch streets or avent y prior to Uhe duly, ~ nue bet we aforesaid, had been opened and pave sttuilated with and made a stem upon which the vari of sald city have been ¢ proved; 1 ot Of Cong? act to prov navn 4) avenue, The purpose of reuder- ing said ave amodious for the use of the public - and not for the local : abuitlay on sald nt and avenne, “h day of Toe hitales and as- nz property were compelled to pay the entire « much of said povement as was laid tn te property, to Within two feet of Washington and Georgetown Rat + that the said lots ‘ound oF a Of then of much ‘0 the 1 the im he other proven ots of Thy Lavenue be- that the cost of the has been 4d against: the y routing on sald avente without re. gard to The value of said dots, but in proportion to the number of feet of such lols respectively fronting on r and that t wre the wud with- Gut authority ot TEMPERANCE tions in Uke wor ations for facts. Asa rule they Statistics. It w din the fh Science Congre: deaths from : pi s” in England and Wales was ; r. ‘The Regis- ter General, owever, Whose Vital Stalisties are sed on recorded facts. puts down the nutaber at 1,120, less than one per cent. of what the en- thusiasts assert. Itis noteworthy in this con- eral eminent physiologists, after caretul investigations and experiments, have come to the conclusion that alcohol in’ small quantities is a food; in lange quantities is a = son. In other words, while. Science is strongest bulwalk of Temperance, it 1s no friend of enforced Total Abstinence.—{ Baltimore Gaz- ette. DRAMATIC SUICIDE IN A "SQUIRE'S GFR. egTO, Of Avon, Was*che tragedy in the office om | cause he was engaged to be married to a Griegsville. After the confession he sat down by the front window and commenced writing in a careless manner with a lead penctl on a set of paper, while waiting for the arrival of Mr Newman. After writing his name “Jack Rus- sell” three times, and then writing under the praying that the matter might be hushed wpb in name “$1, he suddenly jumped up out of his chair, pul ed a sinall six-Shooter out of his ocket,put It to his own head and fired. The bul- let entered his brain Just above the right temple, and lodged there. He was never conscious from that time.—{ Rochester Express, Dec, 31, THE HausToRMS THEY THAVE IN MoNTANA.— On reac! Powder river we found that there had been a terrific hall storm which had almost entirely stripped t smailer branc! Sometimes the hat! stones in this region are most destructive. In the Summer of 77, while the Crow Indians were en- camped on the Yellowstone, near the mouth or the Big Horn river, a hail storm killed some four Lundied of their ponies, and about two hundred more were drowned in the river. Hav- ing —— frightened in the storm. they nto ‘he trees of their leaves and ren ‘he river, and were carried down by the swift current. The hallstones In this storm were described to me as being as large as goose i with e, iE aca gee ak ing the skin of the lodges as'if it were paper.—{ Ft, Keigh, Montana, correspondence, A TowN IN THE PATH OF 4 TORNADO.—A dis-