Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1880, Page 1

"=THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Corner 1lth Street, by ase Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEORGE W. ADAMS, Pres't, STAR ig served to subscribers in the ‘Tre EVENING STAR ie ser) ubecribers in the en fers, on their own account, at ie es or 44 centa per month. pies at the -eunter, 2 centseach. By mail—postage prepaid— ‘cents'@ month: oue year, #6; six monthe, ‘Entered at the Post Ofte at Washington, D. 0., nd class mail matter. Tae Were Sean publishedyon Friday—22 & 468%, FoRaes nrenaid, Six months, $1; 10 eopiea FES Al mall subecuptons must be paid in ta- r sent longer than 80 pai ; or. Hate of 2. own on application. ten of advertixing made ki WASHINGTON, D. C.,. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. TWO CENT: “SPECIAL NOTICES. _ felock jommunication of 9.19, will be held at 1:30 p. Fal of our MoGrarurny. Al mem- id. Members of Sister wodges are By or he W ey eH ARD Secretary. SA MASONIC prgang menibers of ~— LAPAYET re hereby notified that by ais peaaation nt e cant cat jodie wi q . DAY, Jennary. 7, 1880, at 7 o'clock 3. the Stated Communication of Jan- embers are earnestly requested to ler of the W. M RD J. BL. G, January: decs0-3t COM- 2, it ‘OAD any of Was VASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY. 1 ders of the —Bonds and Stoc! New York Stock Ex- ENT Dt and sold. changes and other cities ECSTOCES CA H. D. a ankers, 1429 F st.. > SPECIAL NOTIC CONGRE + sin its entire dcrerude that p: #, aud tends to destroy eral waters that art known by an acid alior- dec’ A fresh suppl: ¥ of t COD LIVER OIL > a ruer th st. and Pennsy!- ¥ sin ave., at 60 cts. per full pint bottle. oct r FORD WATE: t SEpxG BLUE LICK WATE IETHESDA WATER, DEEP ROOK WAT! ETRED GAYSER SARATOGA WATER: \ fresh upniy of the above natural waters. pt Bele on Gane MILBURN'S PHARMAGY, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. xp REsIpENc 1107 ; D* * 4 vex 120-2" cH STREET NORTHWEST. ? | WISE GARNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wasminetos, D. 0. No. 2 Columbian Law Building, Fifth street, between DandE tv3!-6m a. F. A. VON MOSCHZISHER, T E WELL-KNOWN EUROPEAN PHYSIOIAN AND SPECIALIST, LATE OF PHILA DELPHTA, HAS OPENED AN OF- FICE AT 619 19th st. n. we > SF CIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO DISEASES OF THE EY£, EAR, THROAT, LUNG, CHEST DIS- EASES, CATARRH, ASTHMA. ‘Towhem it may concern: We, the undersigned -itizens of Philadelphia, take ure in certifying tat Dr. F. A. VON MOSCH- 3KER has been a re ident of our city for some + wa, during which he bas acquired a distinguished reputation as a practitioner in diseases of the Eye, ps and Throat. Hehaaalec, during sometime nical Operator in one o} . We recommend him to the d the contidence of SLUR ‘ARBURTON FEATHERS’ FE, Evening Telegraph ; Evening Bulletin. FROM HORATIO SEYMOUR. May 25, 1874. Hoxarto Seymour. ‘TORATION OF HEARING. L* $00 nee in his at 619 19th street. THC SOMERVILLE, onal Brass Works. ¥ SEINGTON, Oct.18,187 essfully on . Brsnor. Gi ider Dr. vor «’s Lapy bearing ILBURN. dee! GPECTACLES, ’ MICROSCOPES OPERA uLAssEs, © "ERMOMETERS, BAROMETER SPY GLASSES, rgues sent on application. EF. W. McALLISTER, (Late of Philadelphis,) OPTIOIAN, sm 56 Lexington st., Baltimore. M4. AWARD & HUTCHINSON S317 Ninth street nw., ‘€ £pecial attention to ODELING axp MODERNIZING DEFEG- TIVE PLUMBING YOUR TIME BUY; To qd.schoo!. shoe st ue ¢ 1914 aud 1916 PEN . upwards. - AVE., J. W. SELBY'S. CURE YOUR VALUABLES: NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, *, Burglar and Damp Proof Vauits from tar. Government Bonds ou daposit . , Also, receives Silverware ju trun ste rate. Board of Was. Stic ireiaryy A-Lesturicvane treasures 2 ; AL. Sturtey: Jobn Casacls, Thos. Evans. SANDS TESTIFY TO THE EX- LENT CURATIVE QUALITIES OF “LECAMPANE AND HOREHOUND £ pleanaut Coweh Medicine in PRRRHRG Baten 25 Cents per THUR TTAN, Pusewacist, ithand I sts. and 2d and D sts. nw Henry a, oct25. . a aes use. | xe past, | | ination of candid: ' Senate, and C } Stephen B. Elkins, John B. murg, Pa., ing the cunpaige. | ening i THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Mus. STEWART and Miss Page today removed from the British legation building (to which they were invited by Sir Edward Thornton the night of the fire ¥ destroyed t mansion) and a No. 2021 Ma avenue. at L ORDERS. put, John T. Sullivan to special auty in the Bureau of Navigation, Jan- uary éth. Cadet. Engineer W. Boggs to special duty at Wilmington, Del., January 6th. HlCor. AnTAUR T. Lee, who died recently at Rochester, N. ¥.. where he was lving with a married daughter, was on the retired list of the army, and for several years prior to 1sv6 was the governor of th \diers’ Home in this city. THE Nrpstc left Portsmouth, Va., yesterday, for Buenos Ayres, to inquire Into the reported outrage upon Mr. Eckert. the U.S. commercial agent at La ‘She will stop at St. Thomas to tak Eckert on board. ‘THE TALLaroosa left here Tuesday on a trip to New York and Boston. THE LATE SENATOR HovstoNn.—Senators Mor- gan (Ala.), Eaton (Conn.), Allison (lowa), and Blair (N. H.), as a committee on behalf of the Senate. left here last night for Alabama to at- tend the funeral of the late Senator Houston of that state, accompanied by a similar committee trom the House of Representatives, consisting of Representatives Ierndon, Shelley and Her- at, of Alabama, Culbertson, of Texas, and Thomas, of Tlinois. The committee were ac- companied by Sergeant-at-Arms Bright, of the Lindsay, of Alabama. Sm Epwarp Trorsron’s RECEPTION to-day was largely attended. There was aboutas mu display of uniforms here as at the President” AL.—The Comptroller of the Cu reports that the amount of additional cireula- tion issued during the month ot December y ; amount of ba $807,226, i net inerease of $1.7 of additional bank in amount t Gi, showing 3 . Total amount of nat bank cireulation outstanding on December sist was $340,355,012, not Including the elrewlation of itional gold wanks, Which Was #1,126,120, yet Call for the Nz al Republican | Convention. ‘The following call has been issue ae national convention of the republican party will meet at Chicago, on Wednesday, the 24 day of June nex’ o'clock nooa, tor the nom- es 10 be supported for Presi- dent and Vice President at the next eh them in supp are favited to choose tio delegates from congressional district, four at large from each state, two trom each terri the District of Columbia, to + in the conyention. (Signed.) man; Thomas B. Ki Harrington, Jas. P. Root. J = Stone, Martin, Win. ©. Goodloe, P. B.S. Pinch’ Win. P. Frye, C. C, Fulton, John Lewis H. Heath, Join ‘T. Averill, @. c 1 W. Osborn, . Ct Halsey, Wn. C. Coop Scott! age, Joun J.P terson, Win. Rule, J. coburn, John W. Mason.” Elin McCormick, Newton Edmunts, 8. J. Bowen, Thomas Donaldson, Alex. H. Eoautie, McBride, @range Jacobs and James M. Carey.” Chairman Cameron gives notice of tube ap- pointment of Hon. C. J. Filley, of Missouri, Hon. John C. New, of Indiana, and Ton. Powell CL . OF 4 us, LO be members of the sub-com- mittee of the national committee eppointed by at body to take charge of the convention hall, ne resolution authorizing the appaintraent of sub-committee provides that the chairman tary of the national commit%ee shall be member Bistrict € ‘The Commissioners have issued an order Cit | from and after to-day the watch in the Di buildings shail be divided into three ThIs b 1 done for Lie purpose of more p: ‘0 The public records And or ug! ia! U Affairs. H older police The t © farm, Tor all Uke vat is District, and wilt u cine vir 2 ceive daily fresh supplies, whicli will. be tur- nished to our physicians.” The vaccine virus od is from cattte 0 ou tis farm breeds a " ithout qu yuisites Mr. ition of healtirt enabled to pre i The vitas is furnished In four forms: By quill lymph, tubes and crusts. ‘The forta 7 the tve ¥ points, Ww utious scraptt is moistened with e water aod i ter press (2 of the Chicu while running at I time yesterday, str dola, Which threw of three coaches, the sleeper. ‘The latter coach broke coup) elnbankinent the Six passe: Pp insensibie, but all d ously Injured. No others were jured are: Mrs. Prior, wife of the P. Blood, proprivtc Red Wing; Me. Whe: uke 19 S an i pleted the official count of U new constitntion. Il was adopted b jority of 59,145. ‘The debt orduauce was adopie by 10,457 majority Wire Mcp In East« —John Burns stabbed his wife ruesday night, while asleep in ter recovery is doubtinl. arrested. Hi but his injuries are very slight. ....Tn Philadel phia yesterday Win. Meehan was conunitted to jail, charged with causing the death of Emma. Meehan, his wife, by pushing her down stairs. HANGED.—Judge Meyer, at overruled the motions for a Burns Lemnpted to conmit sulclde, DYS TO BE hic aids pu tobe ange eon years ol and were ted or delphia, mm August Se) he murder of John Watmaugh, of Phila- a ast, 0 Alliance, O. pete BY THE Cars.—Wim. Donohue and 16S. Magee were struck train on the nd Reading raiiroad, near Phila- y aight, While retarning from their worl and both were instantly ‘killed. : Houghton, of Chaumont, N aged i¢ Years, While crossing the railroad track near that pl rday with a team, was struck by a locomot His skull fractured and both S horses were killed. Se"The uation socialists convention, tn Pitts- on Tuesday organized a publishing as- eadquarters in Cincinnati, dur- 0c ion, with Kate Mooney, 31 years old, residing in the of 1230 Browh street, Philadelphia, who dandling @ child upon ‘her knee on Sunday sty suddenly dropped over dead from Se, her head yeclining in the child’s rt di h 1 SF"A young colored woman was shot and killed in” Baitimore yesterday by a man, who claims tt way an accident, but the corouer's jury were not conyinced. f2"N. Hirsch £ Co., of Nashville, Tenn., pave nade an assigumept. Liabilities , The om creditors ave in New York and Cinein- | President entered with Mrs. Hayes, followed by } pearls hetw } train fell ba | daughter, who wei NEW YBAR-18S0. | OFFICIAL RECEPTIONS. Brilliant Scene at the White House. No purely social assemblage occurring at the National Capital is attended with so much cere- mony as the New Year reception at the White | House. That order might be preserved it was long ago found necessary to receive different. classes at different hours, but no disrespect is thus implied to any, or preference of one over another. Similar programmes to those which have been published this week in THE STAR have been in force at these New Year tions for many years. The members of the Cabinet, and the ladies presiding over their households, as well as any ladies pw sing to receive with them on New Year usually arrive first and re- main with the Presidential party in the Blue Parlor until after the diplomatic corps and the army and navy have been received. The Secre- tary of State and his family are compelled to hmiry away as early as Ible because the gentlemen and ladies of the diplomatic corps are invited always to take lunch with them im- mediately after they leave the White House. This invitation for lunch at 12 o'clock accom- pamies that sent the diplomatic corps with regard to the President’s reception. The latter is thus worded: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Wast ron, December 27, 18% “The Secretary of State presents his compli- ments to the minister from + and has the honor to inform him that the President will re- celve the members of the diplomatic corps on Thursday next, the ist proximo, at 11 o'clock a.m. ‘The gorgeous weather brought out an even more than usually large attendance at the re- ception. The White House never appeared to greater advantage on one of these occasions, Potted plants were grouped along the corridot where flags were also draped, and in all the par- lors sniilax festooned the chandeliers, and on all the mantels and pier tables beneath the mirrors: were blooming plants. Cut flowers were als used freely In adorning the tables and in the vase resting on the center of the circular diva in the Blue Parlor. The gas was lighted eve he cent und tastefully draped. By half-past ten a number of priviteged ladi and gentlemen, tacmding the different. m ters ot the cabinet Mi sherman, accomp. sons, Of and, and Miss of Cincinnati; Secretary Schw he their guest, Madame Gav 'k; Secretary and Mrs. Ramsay daughter, Mrs. F' ecretary rand the Misses Thompson, Attor- ‘ostmaster eral, M one was glad to see Mr Waite, the wife of the Chiet Justice, who still has to use_ crutches, but who appears to be in better health, Mrs. Se an, Mrs. Kim- mel, Judge Porter, Mr Claflin, Mise'D: venport, ‘Misses Pendleton, the wife of Major Bre: nridge and the Misses Breckenridge, of St. Louis; Miss Rachel Sherman and her guests, Miss Von Shr der, Miss Dammanu and Miss Bowie: Mrs. Sena- tor Morrill, Miss Swann, Mrs. and Miss Batle of Tennessee; Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, ard nun erous other ladies and gentlemen of distinction were also present. Punctually at 11 o'clock the Marine band in the corridor played “Jai! to the Chief,” and the Evarts, Sec nied by Talstea Every the Vice President and the ladies now visitiag the White House, Mrs. MeKell, Miss Matthew and Miss Cook, Miss Mertindaie, ot Indta and Mr. Webb Hayes and Colonel party, and DD 'y took posi. Hayes, sid 3 es, Mrs. McKell, Miss Cook, Miss Mat- thews and Miss Martindale. The grouping was very pietiresque. Mrs. Hayes* tonerte was more than ordinarily becoming, the gold threads with which her white brocaded satin was wrought contrasting well with her dark hair and eyes and brunette coloring. The waist was cut V shape in front and filled in with lac the sieeves were of Duchesse Jace and emir ris on the tinest net.> 1 long and square, and enti ite brocaded satin, on which in tareads of gold. The in white satin of the 11 immed with bias folds of s anged horizontaily witha fringe of 2 Up either side, where the court from the petticoat, were broad bands of embroidery In golé thread: hair Was a silver comb and on ber neck a pendant, neo head of the President set In diamonds. irs. McKell wore a rica black velvet trained skirt and walst. with & petticoat of light bine slik, Miss Cook wore pale pl Matthews onal and Miss Marti court train ery hecotaing white tdllet. wore a frockcoat. The of the Cabinet dress ¢ Reansay and hi umong the most present. ‘The former wore p tlounces of Brusseils 1 diamonds. white bro- Duchesse lace tilled in the 1 and (rimmed the sieeve: Secretary her " dies with he e very handsonely dres and bonnets. an WoO! black vei 3 oan A. Loy cade petticout and Diamond ort erman’s dangt: ompanvine them we Hid if hee! and squar fully combin wore front very red Sik and ui rhe Postmaster V's wife and “1, were accom- Miss Bailey, of evening dress tain white dress gold thread. red promptly at the varts advanch europea na panied by the Misses Bu "Phe latter wore and Miss Bure mmed with € The diplomatic appolnted hour, Secretary E get them. All representin wore superb Court dvesse: 1S. e headed by Th alone represented i minister, Sei extin length of service Mr. Gar absent. Hawait, was atl Dade who r ud von Schioz: \e_representatives of on Vincente Dardon and his American w det Lady Thornton wor tune of wine-colored_ broca Her davghters also were ricaty dressed, and Mr. ’s Washington wife was looking very Dardon, of Guatemala. is_a hand. lady, formerly from Cleveland, Ohio, re an elegant costume of sapphire blue Velvet, with a sliirred front of the same in, Broad. bands of passementeric trim , beaded with cut blue jet, bordered either side of the front, and tassels of the saine rich trhnming further adorned the dress. The waist was a and the taroat and sleeves were finished with Duchesse tace; une trained ski Was very long, and hung gracefully. ais suii, with a white satin hat embroldered in pearls and trimmed with white ostrich plumes, was bighly becoming. Mine. Outrey, also an American of many tractions, were a geus @Warnws Diue silk, Vers Tenenone ly made and trimmed, and a hat to matel : Baroness Blanc, also a New Yorker, though of Cuban parent looked very stylish in her visiting suit ed with fur. husband have returned to spend the winter here, r, Preston, of Haytl, was detained by illness in New York, a8 also was Count Litta, of he Italian legation. The Bel; minister, Mr. Maurice Deliosse, is absent, tae was rej nted by the councillor of legation and charge d'affaires ad. int., Mr: Gearge Neyt. ‘Ais uniform ‘was brilliant. Aristarchi nephew, ti She and her ind his ‘ussian minister, Mr. Nicolas Shishkin, de. Bleissier accompanied. ter husband. The minister's wife was absent. The Italian minister, Baron Blanc, and wife were present. From Sweeden and Norway were Count and Countess ale and Mr. de Beldt. The French minister, Mr. Maxime Outrey, was accompanied by Madame Outrey and the secretaries of the legation. The Mexican minister Sefior Don Manuel M de Zamacona was accom- anied by his agreeable wife, two charming Searncone and his son; also the secretaries of legation. Miss Elena Zamacona made her debut to-day. Mr. Yung Wing, of the Chinese leza- tion, was accompanied his wife, a pleasing New England lady, and Mr., Mrs. and Miss Bartlett. The Chinese secretaries were in their native which added to the novelly of the ‘tacle. Portugal were Viscount di: Nogueiras, Madame his wife, and a son an daughter. From Spain was Sefor Don Felipe Mendez de Bigs and several secretaries, Baron Ernst Mayr and Mr. E. Bladhorn, represented Austria and Hungary. From Chili was Senor Don Francl Solano Asta Buruaga, wife, daughters and son. Mr. de Pestet, of the Neth- erlands, attended, and were many glittering orders on his uniform. Denmark came Mr. J. de Hegermann-Line rone, Whose wife is absent. Columbia and Peru were represented by their legations now in the city. c At 11:15 o’clock the justices of the United States Supreme Court were received. Those calling were Mr. Chief Justice Waite, Justices Clifford, Davis, Bradley, Harlan, Swayne, Field, Strong, and Judge Otto, the Supreme Court re- porter. At 11:30 o’clock Senators and Represen- tatives in Congress, the judges of the Court of Claims, the Commissioners of the Dis- trict_ of Columbia, the ju: of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, ex-members of the Cabinet, and ex-ministers of the United States were received. Among the Senators and Representatives who called were Senators Mor- rill, Beek, Allison, Carpenter, Harris, Kellogg, Logan, Pendleton, and Representatives Conger, Herbert, Turner, Atherton, Bayne, Belford, Bingham, Bouck, Houk, House, Ketcham, Knott, Morrison, Page, Sapp, Neal and others. The U Court of Claims was represented by Chief Justice Drake and Justices Nott, Richard- son, Davis and Hunt; the District of Columbia mmissioners Dent, Morgan and Twining; he Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by Chief Justice Cartter and Associate Justices ‘The officers of the Army and Navy were re- ceived at twel ‘kK. ‘The naval officers y Department, and the ‘ar Department, and marched in a body to the White House. Each wore the full dress uniform of his rank. Gen. Sherman headed the army line, and was follow- ed by Cols. Audenried, McCook and Tourtellotte, of hi nt General Townsend, Ins y, Commissary General aymaster n. Benet, ni : . Wright, Gen. Dunn, Gen. M yer, Gens. Drum, Breck, Van Vliet, Holabird, Haines, Crane, Park, and Colonels Carlin, Benjamin, _ Jones, Hodges, Moore, Gilman, Woodw Billings. Otis, Baxter, Ni Hott, Col. Winthrop, was_repre- sented by Admiral Porter, Rear Adiniral Rodg Whiting, Jet and English, 2 ister General Cutler, Surgeon. eneral Wales, Chief Engineer Shock, N Constructor Pasby, Commodore Febiger, Captains DeKraft and Russell of the aa Commodore Towison, Col. McCaul Marine fi battalli and many others, At 12:30 p.m, the secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, the issioner of Agri- culture, the assistant secretaries of the depart- ments, ‘the Assistant Postmasters General. th Solicitor General, the Assistant Attorn: eral, the Superintendent of the s y and the heads of bureaus of the several depart- ments were received. The Smithsonian Inst!- tute was represented by Prof. Baird, Chief Clerk Rhees and Messrs. Leech and Young; the Agri- cultural department by Commissioner Le Due, Chief Clerk Cowing and others; from the Trea- sury department there were Assistant Secretary Hawley and French, Supervising Architect Hill, Col. O. H. Irish, Director of the inint Burchard, gosepn Nimmo, jr., the statistician, Comptrol- lers Porter and Upton, Commissioner of Cus- toms Johnson, Ri fer Schotield, Treasurer Gitillan, Auditors Reynolds, French, Keirhtly, Beardsley, Ela and McGraw, Controller Kn Gen. Raum and others: the Post OMice dep: inent was represented by Ass 5 General Tyner, Brady Dp dent Blackfan and othe he Interior depart ment by Assistant Secretary Bell, Chief Cler Lockwood, and Commissioners Bently, Witiam- ayt; the Department of Justice Phillips, and Assistant At- s General Smith, Simons, Marble, Free- man, Robinson, Raynor and others. ‘The Associated Survivors of the War of 1 and the Survivors of the War of 1846, the mem- prs of the Oldest Inhabitants Association, and srand A of the Republic, were received 45 O'e10C! f . B. Blake marshalled the Atl elo ns took k the general reception to the citt- which was continued until 2 vallers who paid their pspects to the President and party. Receptions by Members of the Cabi- nei The receptions of the members of the Cabinet did not get under full headway until about halt- past one o'clock this afternoon. The members of the Cabinet had then returned trom the President's reception, and the callers began to pour in, rhe reception at Secretar} one tis atternoon. Mrs. E Evarts dispensed the hospitatit All of the diptoms other callers p y Evarts’ began at ts and the Misses Y of his house. © corps and a large numbe thelr respects at 1597 K ret. At Seeretary Sherman's residence, 1323 K street, there “was generous hospitality and a Most emjoyable reception to the many call Mrs. Sherman, who is a delightful hostess, was well seconded in her welcome to all by Mrs. His iiss Halstead, Miss Parsons anil Miss. ise Of the new member of the Cabinet, of War Ram: I street, was Mrs. Ram- er, Was as- and Mrs, was beauilfully arranged itors. s Thompson's ‘house was almost packed during his hours of reception, A west- ern welcome and an at-home-to-all air per- vaded the place. The parlors were most taste- decorated and the New Year greetings were most pleasingly sounded. The honors of the house were principaily performed by the = 's Thompson, the Misses Simpson and Miss Stein. Postmaster General’Key’s reception was at his parlors in the Ebbitt House. is. Key was assisted by her daughter, the Misses Bureh, of Tennessee, and Miss Maud Bailey. ‘The number of callers was very large. Schurz Kept open house at 1718 H street. The Mi: Schurz were assisted by one or two ladies, one of whom was Madame Gauil- leur. of New York. All of the many callers were made perfectly at home. Attorney General Devens, at $26 14th street, held a bachelors’ reception. He had a host of callers, and being the most accomplished of en- tertainers, made the short stay of his visitors something to be remembered. ‘THE Custom of offering premiums at county fairs has received its death-blow in Iowa. In one of the counties in the western part of the State @ man has sued the county board of agri. culture because he was the only man at the fal who didn’t receive a first premiuin on every- thing he had. THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN showed pub- Uely the other day, while driving in Madrid, their devotion to their church. “They met a riest Who was taking the last sacraments toa ying man, and alighting from their carriage the young on foot ami air lent it tothe neal following the acclamations of the people. ING Was for many years business t auschek, the actress, Last Season she discovered that, through false ac- counts, he had been cheating her out of $9 to $60 a night. ‘The exposure So wrought upon him that he became insane, and is now to be dying in Chicago. As no trace of the misaj propriated money can be found, his frient hat mind was affected when he if Dalen ee eee cantata (eee XaS, uerus Was advised somebody in the So “‘cut it too fat.” ‘The personator of the went to show, and you'll have tobe decent. I’m Ahasuerus just wow, but after the coe mgs ry, cares like to ‘welcome? : - ee 52” A Broadway barber in 10 minutes talked a telephone to death <P. ¥. Meraae S27” The war on the liquor bell in the ere eaaaca a Pee $2" The Pope's new Gh te aobeat ou nai of ? - e the Aurora, January, has ‘The Dispute in Maine. QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. ‘The following are the questions pi by the to the chief justice late last night: 1. governor and council Tepresentatives, if it. shall appear was an election’of such representative, to adinit them to seats, though no return th made and delivered into the oftice of tary of state? 2. Is it competent for the gov- e substitution of other evidence in place of returned copies of such lists as are provided for in article 4, part 1, Section 5, of the constitution to enable them to ernor and council to allow determine what persons appear to representatives to the k of votes returned? men_ of of the same aldermen of a city which does the number of votes cast person voted for are not attested by the town or city within the same section? 6. Have th and council a right to reject returns of election of members of the legiSJature required by the same election from officers of towns which were not made, signed or sealed up in open town meeting? "7. fs the return of two persons pur- porting to be the selectmen of a town valid and sufficient evidence of the vote of the towa when it appears that there were at the time of meet- , at which the election was had, but two Ss, Can a person who ot a citizen of the United States at the time Jectman ofa in selectmen of that town? is be legally elected or constituted a s town? 9 If a ballot has a dist! mark in the judgment of the governor an council, such as would make it illegal under the statute, have they authority to disregard it jn their ascertainment of what persons appear to be elected, whi turns of the 01 was ree it appears 1S O1 yy the the town that and council for decision? ersons appear in the return without them, either in wore the governor and council to treat Sons as having the same number ag another person received for office, and whose name is words set against such other perso: 11. Have the governor and council toned? 12. If the governor tie same town, differing materially tor the same persons, but identical fi respects, both having been duly recel secretary's office, and they have no e' enable them to determine which is thi genuine return, are they required to t Of them as valid, and if so, which? FFICERS. liad an interview with the governor in reference to an_ inquiry MR. HALE'S INDIGNATION. day night ex-Congressman to the manner in whic d, sal the ret racy to seize the government vote In 1Ss0 is either secured te the ed to resort to ar like Goy. Dingle Tessrs. Lynds and members-clect of the legislatur rudely thrust from the doors of th no violence bad been done. The out pe of Bangor, who had gathered in had dispersed at a word from the ms is, he said Irish company from Portland the inauguration next. wee! they how! against violen aforethought, inci ful_ violence by which th and yet hold their plunder before had men shown such moder forbearance under much futher will they dare to go: first. Wednesday in January the to pl ‘These the state at Augusta to witness the tion of the government, which shall r to come. It is a spect: 1 men, women ani Everybody i: everybody ar it Is all changed. caded, the Montgomery guards hold avenues, Armed men ‘stand at the sts in their hands. The citizen is trom the assemblage. Men startle picture, and doubt that it will eve aceabie, is fear that tous. iain in favor ot peace. 1 wa the situation—from the dangers Ww us. I yet hope for and expectit. Li which yet were but an inch from the citizens of the State of Maine. GEN. NT IN THE SOUTH.—G party arrived at Augusta, Ga., last were received by crowds of people at continued toa late hour. will be tendered the part shown over the city, and hearty to the distinguished guest, consideration will be shown him. All To-day a track and cheered lustily. tation of citizens waited on Gen. Gran\ mayor and Chief Justice Wilbur, of Si not wait. At 11 o’¢iock to-day bration. From there they will proc yannah: Cincinnati stein, charging a cri charging Officer Wap] with a number of was attacked and certain fannie houses which were had paid their royalty to the police, a1 knew it. The Gazetie has been. fight against the police management. Stnith was brought into the police court yes er- day Judge Wilson was absent at dinner, but the arrest was made known to ry him b: and he directed by telephone that Mr. recognizance. released on his own JN MALE ATTIRE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.—A ast twenty-five years as who has been a stage person known for mee Charles Parkhurst, an driver and farmer in California di time, died Sunday, near Watsonville, man. Bank OFFICERS CONVICTED.—The officers and directors of the Mechanics and Laborers’ Sav- vernor to the supreme court and sent decide that there is no re- turn from a city on which representatives can be summoned to attend and take their seats In the legislature, is It their duty to order a new election, or is’ {t competent for the house of ure by a plurality 3. Is a return signed by a majority of the selectmen of a tovn or alder- acity valid within the requirements section? # ¥s a return by a3 a member of the legislature, and does not show what persons Were voted for as such members in any one of the several wards of such city, a valid return within the requirements of the same section? 5. Are the returns from towns or cites which ived by the selectmen, subject to objec- tions, iind its legality referred’ to the governor 10, If the names of er of Votes being stated or carried out ag or figures, Is it the duty placed first the return, if they tind dots under the figures or right to decide what kind of evidence receive, and what the mode of proceedin: them shall be, to enabie them to determine the genuineness of the returns required by the arti- ele and section of the Constitution above men- and council have before them two lists of voters returned from other in the number of Votes returned as cast INTERVIEW OF THE GOVERNOR WITH THE MILITARY C y Officers summoned from Bangor concerning the eall- ing out of the militia companies shonid they be needed. The ofticers promised to obey the or- ders of the governor as long as he was in oftice. ‘The governor spoke in strong language in oppo- sition to calling out military companies. At an indignation meeting at Ellsworth Tues- ene Hale, reter- “Tt sa gigantic and appalling ol and ft does not mean to stop until the cleetoral or tainted so that It cannot ve counted.” cerning the rurnors that the republica that, although men yy and Emery state-house, what, he asked, was it proposed (o sainmon the and booty. like circumstanc Maine are wont to assemble in the capitol of children, who tunda, corridors and galleries by free, everybody weleome. ue building is barri- ‘Two weeksago I should have doubted it; now I such is the cup that wilt be presented ! Pwanta pure and peaceable emergence from for that—long for that—pray tor that. eight men who sit as despots have sat pefore In places that seemed safe and rock-rooted, but warn you not to go too far in your experiments, upon the forbearance and moderation of the They were escorted to a hotel by President son, of the Port Royal railroad company, the mayor and councilmen. ‘The informal reception and they will be ‘The reception is cordial | route black and white people’ throng At Charlotte a depu- to prevail on him to stay over. At Colunbia the lina, tendered a banquet, but the party could the party go to Beautort, 8. C., to attend an emancipation cele- MR, RICHARD SMITH, OF THE CINCINNATI Ga- ZETTE, ARRESTED.—Mr. Richard Smith. of the jaze(te, was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out by Chief of Police Wappen- ig rainal libel. The matter which gave rise to the arrest was the publica- tion in the Gazette of Tuesday of interviews ‘nstein with complicity lers. Artey Duffy, who aten by gamblers in Vine street Tuesday, asserted in an interview that it became Known that the deceased was ropounded When the that there ereol Was the secre- be elected not give for each clerk valid e governor inguishing official re- such vote any num- ainst of those per- of votes the same in ne pee the legal they will before from each In all other ‘ived at the vidence to e true and reat efther yesterday urns were Maine, democrats Con- ‘ans intend- had been raged peo- thousands, yor. For ‘eside over jen, while Lic ie Never ration and How inaugur hold power acle which is This it and its door with eliminated | at such a Tt be seen. nt it kept. h beset | us hope But ye voleano, I Grant and night, and the depot. reception and every along the | the it and tried outh Caro. eed to Si not raided nd that he a bitter en Mr. telephone, . Smith be that Cal.;when & Wo- | claimed that the stabbing was. were found Sen- be ad- ing knife and then cut: The Maryland Scandal. LETTERS FROM COL. AYDELOTT THAT HAVE SHAKEN HIS FRIEND'S FAITH IN HIS INNOCENCE. Several letters written by ex-Senator Aydeiott | to Wm. S. C. Polk, of Pocomoke city, Md., whose wife he is charged with having atteny to as- sault, have been made public. letters, which are three in number, were written in an- swer to excited epistles from the injured hus- band demanding redress for the alleged insults offered his wife. In the first letter the ex-Sena- tor says: “I have no lan; to a a convey my feeiings in mal youa It dady whol esteem to be of the peed un- blemished worth, and who I have my worthy friend, has misund word or actof mine, I am more than atmy misfortune.” A violent reply to this drew forth another let- ter from Col. Aydelott, ¥ in a rambling, al- most erent his innocence, and adds that, ff his misunder- st wy Mrs. Polk, it tune, for Which “he a of his ~~ best aa) 3s ty of his Vette Gontionea say niet impulse was to hand your letter to my wife for her perusal, but further reflection leads me to hope the matter may never be heard of except between you and myself, as a gossip ing world would morbidly magnify a harmless note into a mountain. My friend, T am mow 63 years of age, and, with all my faults in life, such a crime as you intimate shocks me. But I trust Thave said enough. I know you area reasonable man and have known me these many years and cannot think I would thus act. Then, In conclu- sion, let me pledge my sacred honor to what I have writteny mu to restore me to your contidence.”* z Mr, Polk, in reply to the ex-Sen- ator in violent terms,deelaring that he had in his (Poik’s) session a letter from Col. Aydelott to Mrs. Polk which was grossly Insulting, adding: “T will show you the letter, and if you are inno- cent you shall have the benefit of ii. If guilty, I will hold you accountable.” ‘To this Col. Aydelott replied that he had pledged his honor that he was innocent of any guilty in- tentfons. and implored Mr. Polk, as a friend and husband, to let the matter drop. “There is noth- ing In itthat ought to give you or me further trouble. Yet there is enough to give a gossiping World fuel that may greatly injure innocent par- tes, and cause uppleasant relations, both in your fireside and mine, which time cannot heal in haste, and all for nothing.” Since the contents of ‘the letters have been made public, the faith of many of Col. Aydelott’s friends in his innocence has been greatly shaken. True to bis promise not to live with his family until his innocence is proven, Col. Aydelott has lett Pokomoke eity until “his trial shall begin. INSURANCE OFFICERS INDICTED.—The Hudson county (N jury, now in session, has indicted John Halliard, the ex-president, and James J. Veid, the ex-secretary of the State Fire Insurance Company of Jersey City, which suspended about the middle ot February last. The indictment charges that Messrs. Halliard and Reid conspired to defraud the Jersey Clty Insurance Company by obtaining money under false pretences, in issuing, in December, 1877, a certificate representing 100 shares of the State Fire Insurance Company’s stock, on which they rocured a loan of $3,000 from the Jersey City insurance Company. ‘After the suspension of the State Fire Insurance Company the certifi- cate described was produced, attached to a note for $3,000, made by Mr. Halliard to the Jersey City Insurance Company, for the payment. of which the certificate was alleged to have been pledged. ‘The Jersey City Insurance Compa y asserted that it had aclaim for $7,000 against the State Fire Insurance Company, a portion of which was represented by the note for $3,000, ‘The officers of the State Fire Instrance Company have declined to recognize this alleged Indebted- ness as a liability of their company.—{.. ¥. Sin, 31st, AN Uprising ty Rvssta.—The London Staui- ards Vienna dispatch says the Russian uihilists are circulating among the peasants a story that the Czar bas Issued a decree ordering the landed Prop etors to divide thelr estates among the peasaats. The peasants on the estate of Count Schouvaloff, in the Sergieveskoi district, seeing that the Cott was not taking any steps for the division of the poperty gathered at the castle seized it, expelled all the servants and sacked it Two companies of soldiers, who were ordered t) disperse the rioters. were received with shower of missiles. The affair has assumed 2 threaten ing aspect. ‘The peasants of several neighb: Ing communities have joined the rioters, all whom are excellently armed. HANLAN DONE WITH Corr’ tion in Brantford, Canada, Ward Hanlan, the oarsman, he could to have a race y couid not get him out. England in the spring to vow Elliott which he would go to Australia and then retire trom rowing. EY.—Ata recep- Monday night, id he had duu th Courtney, bu Tle intended io ‘go to Tiravy Fant or G. . DON. —2 cablegrarm to the New Y raid from Lon- don says: In consequen cable dispatch received by the London Times from its Ameri- ’u correspondent, Who visited Mr. Edison at Menlo Park, and im consequence of an editorial published in tb ‘lon their 5 Ty lay, following ice last week. SDON. a drop of £15 from their pri BROTHER ERF! El ARRESTED.—At Sherbrooke, Canada, August and George Noel. brothers, Nave been arrested for passing and having inggheir possession countertelt & notes of the Nftional State Bank of Troy, N. Y. August Noel is a hotei-keeper and a prominent politician. LIFE SENTE! ‘OMMUTED.—Thos. Ryan, who stabbed and fatally wounded Michael Mor ina drunken brawl in New York in May. has been releasd trom state prison. It was ecidental, bit he was sentenced for life. Throligh the tntiu- ence of friends and good conduct his sentence was commuted to three years and three months, which time has now expired. DEATH BROUGHT ON BY FRIGHT.—Mis. Zelda Rosen, who was seventy-three years old and had suffered from heart disease for twenty years, lived with her son on the second floor of the tenement-house ig the rear of No. 53 Orch ard street. Her son went outon Monday evi ning, leaving her alone in the rooms. About o'clock she ‘went to the housekeeper’s room, locking the door of her own roon and after remaining away a few minutes went back. When she reached the door she found that the lock had been broken. Before she had time to do anything two men rushed past her out of the room and went down stairs. Their sudden ap- pearance caused the old woman such a shock that she had only strength to reach a lounge in the room and then fell upon it unconscious. She died ina few minutes. Coroner Woltman held an inquest and the jury found that the cause of death was shock from hoe Captain Allaire, of the Eldridge-street_ police, was notified, and he had four men arrested on suspicion, but as no one could identify them they were released. Nothing had been Stolen from’ the room.—[V. ¥. World, 31st. AW OLD MAN’s ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE SHoot1NG His Wire.—A Tiffin, Ohio, dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer says: “This evenit George Clevedince, aged 70 years, return home. and in a fit of jealousy drew a revolver and fired at his wife but missed her. She seized the revolver and a second shot went through the window. She turned her back, when he fired again, the ball entering her back and pene- trating the intestines where it lodged. She ran from the house to the neighbors, he calling after her that she would not run far. He then went to the garden and fired the two remaining shots into his own left side without apparent effect. He reloaded the revolver and put another bullet in his left side, below the nipple, and still another into the right, none of them, however, striking the heart. ‘The neighbors, attracted by the shots, found him lying o«* his back, ap- parently dead, but he was restored to conscious- hess. It is doubtful whether either of them will recover.” $2" contortionist was performing in a New Haven variety show when the police made a raid. He leaped over an officer and from a win- dow twenty-five feet from the ground, finally escaping. ‘1 Mayer, street commissioner-elect been Telegrams to The Star Hobbed His Employers of ©: Boston, Jan. 1.—J. N. Harriman, cashier at’ Chandler & Co.’s dry. (Ser store, Wintec street, is unger arrest for p! vg: oes hisemployers. He confesses to the ot $2,000, most Of which has been recovered. ——— Oil Earni: TITUSVILLE, Pa,, Jan, 1.—The Titusville He aid monthly ofl ‘report to be published thts morning gives the number of wells completed in December in the Bradford fleld as 12, produc- ing 3.765 barrels; completed in the lower coun- | try, S wells producing 382 barrels. 000. ant diction of new wells for the month, 4,147 barrels against 4,243 barrels in November from 2 J wells, ‘Total rigs up and building for Dacem- ' ber. are 69S against 490 in November. Tie totat | Welle drilling are 4:8 in December agatnst 391 in | November. “The dey holes in Pecember ave 14 | against 22 in November. ————— ing Sing Self-Snstaining | si rN +. Jan, 1.—Total earnings tor December, $15,261.69; expenditures, $15,299.28; j Profits, $9,052.46, Fire. Bostox, Jan. 1.—The Sentinel block, at Ayer junction, burned terday. The upper | Was occupied by Wm. M. Sazgent, proprietor o the Ayer Sentinel, and the lower stores by Abe! | Prescott, dealer in flour and coal. Total loss as | $5,000; partially Insured. Striking Hatters. READING, PA., Jan. 1.—At a meeting of the Hatters’ Unton held last night in this clty, tt was decided that the men employed at the fol- Tactories should go on strike this morn- : Hendal & he Mokn “ emselves satisfied with their wages. There are sixteen hat factories in Reading and the surrounding villages, employing about 2,000 hands. “The Pirates of Penzance.” New York, Jan. 1.—The Fifth Avenue The- ater was crowded last night, to witness the first presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s new ope) The Pirates of Penzance.” The play ts profiounced a decided success, The music ts ‘sh, bright and merry; and the plot and dia- togue highly humorous and ste It will not probably prove as popular as “Pina- though destined to have a good ran. ‘The People of Canada Perfectly Sat- isfied. MONTREAL, Jan. 1.—Mr. MeMaster, M. P. P., who has arrived home states that the Herat reporter, although reporting portions of what he stated correctly, has -so intermingled his views with other matters at places misstated them, that the report of the interview gives a very erroneous impression. In an interview to- day he said, first and distinctly, “1 told the reporter that I was not an annexationist; that the annexation feeling did not to any appre- Ciadle extent prevail In Canada; that no annexa- Uon demonstration or meeting had been held in Montreal, and that the eS of Canada were at present perfectly satisfied with their political condition. january THE SoctAL Cv y 1, 1 > have a cup of coffee, Mr. Smith.” 0, thanks, Treally could not; I've had fifty-one cups sinee T commenced calling, and I'm almost paralyzed now.” [Harper's Weekly. Living Wirnovr Eatine.—Dr. Wm, A. Ham- mond, of New York, has been challenged to sub- mit his theories about the length of time a human being can live without physica! nourish- ment to a public test. The challenge has been made saver a Minnesota paper by a Dr, H. S. ‘Tanner, of Minneapolis who offers himself as the stwbject of the test. Dr. Tanner claims to be able to live in comfort without food for at least 30 days, and that he bas twice publicly sub- mitted to a test, each time maintaining life, consciousness, health, and the ability to take physical exercise, although totally abstaining from food for the extraordinary pericd of 42 days. He asserts that Dr. Hammond is all wrong in his published opinions about the power of the human system to endure long fasts. Dr. Hammond, however; says he never claimed under any circumstances that it was tmposstble for a human being to live without food for 30 days, There are over a dozen well-authentl- cated cases of persons living 40 days and over without food. Men have been confined in coal mines and lived at least 30 days without food. Men have lived without food more than 30 days while buried in avalanches. Insane persons have lived without food for even longer terms. So have hysterical women. Dr. Hammond says if Dr. Tanner's proposition includes abstinence trom water he is inclined to deny the possibility of its being-successfully carried out, and that he Nes geo accept Dr. Tanner’s proposition for the test. THE GRAND CANON CaSE DECIDED.—A tele- gram from Denver, Colorado, December 31, says: “The circuit court to-day announced a decision in open court on the contest between the Denve | and Rio Grande railroad company and the Atch ison and Topeka railroad company, over the oc | Cupation of the Grand Canon of Arkansas. This | case has created deep feeling here, and has at- | acted much public attention. The court de- cides that the lease and contemporaneous papers executed at Boston in October, 1878. have no , Felation to, and do not affect, this contro- | versy, and therefore, the mandates of the United States Supreme Court, made last April, adjudging the Denver and Rio Grande com- | pany to have prior right to use and build its road im the canon, must be enforced. The ° | court decides that, the Atehison company mast deliver to the Denver and Rio Grane con | the entire line, with railroad on { from the | mouth of the canon to the South’ Arkansas river—56 uilies—on being paid the aciual cost of construction, a commissioner to report | such cost. Then, if the Atchison company | wishes to build, it must build on the other side | of the river in narrow places, cr by parallel line adjacent. The formal decrees are yet to be pre- pared as to the line trom the south Arkansas river to Leadville, sixty miles. The present | graded line is awarded to the Atchison com- pany. The topography of that country admits of the easy construction of other lines, The | Denver company has filed its petition to pay or deposit money to cover the cost at once, and have fmediate possession given it, so that it invy go On and finish its line to Leadville.” His SisTER.—At Chicago, about 5 ay evening, John Edward Ryan. shot and probably fatally wounded his Hitle sister May, only § years of age, at the home of their parents, 4th street.” It is not yet fully determined whether the shooting was done accidentally or with murderous intent. ‘The mother, Mrs. Ryan, and the boy claim that the former was the cause, while some of the neighbors say that the boy shot his sister in a quarrel about a piece of bread and butter. pou e Seem to take the latter view of the case, hs ie | arrested John and charged hin with assault with intent to kHL M nattempt to effect a fusion of the republicans and greenbickers the sth Congressional district, at Sedalia, yes- terday, fell through. The republicans nomina- ted ex-Gov. McClurg, and the greenbac! W. C. Aldridge, as candidates for the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Lay. The demo- cratle Congressional convention at Booneville nominated John F. Phillips, law partner of Sen- ator West, for the same position. PEGRAM, THE NEGRO PEDESTRIAN, who can out fourth in the recent foot race at the Madison Square Garden. is described by the Boston Her- aid as a pious Baptist of that elty. He aseribes his success to prayer. “I prayed for strength,” he says. “I thought of that verse in the fortieth chapter of Isaiah and the last verse, which says: “But they that wait aes the Lord shall renew their strength; they mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not be faint.’ That’s the words that kept ringing in my ears all the time. It I hadn't been a good man I would not have got where I did.” MR. WALTER, M. P., recently advised the cies clergy as a to learn how to read their own sermons to study them before- hand until they were entirely familiar with hem. The Spectator remarks that if the clergy would only read Mr. Diekens’ life and and observe what a world of himself Possess reading aloud his he threw himself how reteta hae Bis ee however a aenen —they Taps understal what the extent of their task = A Scnoor. Girt, at Bellefontaine, Ohio, offend ed her boy lover, and he refused tospeak to her She da note to asking fort him but he refused. She wrote to him: ‘hat she would kill herself if he aa no up, and he replied that erons vy drink rete is by a only made her sick. A deadlier effect. 82 Michael of Buffalo, N. Y., bas arrested for illegal t2r"There is notruth in the report that Gover- nor Robinson, of New cork, hes either par- doned or commuted the sent of Joe Co- §®-On Christmas Day an infant son of Jas. R. Gt hot water and was scalded so severely that he died the next day. Own. a pocket-kaife, but not adeep —