Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1881, Page 5

AUCTION SALES. _| cea aaa ie Sa a a a TET = AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. | HOMAS DuW LING, Auctioneer. MALL AN EB FX: User. ak ND KITCHEN FURNITURE, AT AUU- | TION. } will WBIM, AT I ENO". sors | STOCK OF ‘GsOCERIES, BARROOM D an He Um jOUS ¢Ho.D sold on MONDAY MORNING, | c a i ef Mrs. M Hilis Rosslyno, Va, the above stock. “Terns cash ‘mar2}- PROPOSALS. | prorosats FUR ADHESIVE PUSTAIE | STAMPS. Post Orrice DeranTMest, Wactxetox, D. O., March 26, 1831. al sre invited from Steel Plats Kagravers and it» Printers, and will be received cf this Depa: { UNTIL 120°cL0oK xt. ox WED- WWESDAY, 145 27ra pator Avni, 1881, for fur- Dishing ali t ostage Stamps which the Depsrt- Ment msy require for public snd official uss during Speriod of four sears, commencing on the Ist day ef July, 1881, viz 2. Btamp3 for the use of the public. 2. Officis! s ys for the ase of the Executive Derartments. 3. Newspaper and Periodical Stamps. 4. Postsso-dus Stamps. Bisnk forms of bids, with {ull specifications, Will be furnished upon spplication to the Thirl FUTURE DAYS. /HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ¥ NITURBE, TOOLS, &c. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, On TUESDAY MOWNING, Marcu 2977, « AT s Io oeLock, at residence No. 1617 Went Tshall seli the fodowing effects, 2" Walnut Hair Cloth Parlor Suit, Chamber Fu: ture, Mattrases, Fullows and Bolsters, Walnut Exiensiun Living Table, Diving Choirs. Chins and Glass Ware, Psrior b* G Love, Cooking Stove snd Kitehea Beyuiattee, Let Tools, &¢ mar! THOMAS DOWLING, Anct. HOMAS DOWLING, Auoctionser TRUSTER'S BALE AT AUOTION VALUABLE R¥AL FSTATE, ON THE S)UTE BIDE OF BRIDGE STREET, IN GEOG" TOWN, D. G., BETWEEN Fu KICK AND MARE .. IMPROVED BY TWO BRICK HOU. NOMBERED, RESPECTIVELY, 3320 A’ By virtue of a deed of trust, dated the day of Ce'ober, A.D. 1 amorg the land reo ras Columpbis, in liber Girection ef the p Signed Trustee, on Feibs¥, THE #1nst Day oF ArRiL, AD. 1631, at 4:30 O'cLocK P.M, will offer for at pubiie auction, in front of the certain piece or parcel of ground in Georgeiown, in the District o! umbia, and pele Bown gud arscribed as parts of lots jyuia a d 36) ane thirty -seven ($7), i» taping for the same at a t. distant thirty a hes easterly from the in- (37) fest and eiuit (S) t tersec ton of the sonth said strect with Une dividing lota 35 and ronning the essterly along street thirty ») fest: th south one half (i) degree east, one hondrea sud yeu, 10) feet, to the line of ait alley, tweaty (20) fect wide. thence westerly slong gatd alley to inter- sect a line drawn ecuther'y from the point of be- ginning, and parallel with the second line above deveribed, andthence northerly with ssid line re- versed cne hundred and ten (110) feet, to the place of bewinninw: and also the free use forever of the described in the dew from aml. Dyer toEliza M L. Boucher. Toxether with the improvements thereon, consistiag of two commodious brick dwellicz houses, each having Store rocm. ‘Tho said houses, with the ground thereto appertaining, wil be offered for sale sep- arately. _ Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cach, of which one hundred dolisrs on eacli par- celeold must be paid as a deposit at the time of sale, and the residue in two equal installments in Six Snd twelve months from the day of aale, for which deferred payments the purchaser will be required to give his promissory notes bearing date from the said day of sale and payable respectively ineix and twelve months after date, with interest from their date, semi-annually at ths rate of seven ker cent per annum, watil paid, and secured by s deed of tenst, to the satiefaction of the Trustee, on the premises sold ; ot all cash, at the option of the purchaser, Ali conyeyanelny at the purchaser's cost, and if the feras sre not complied with within five days from the doy of aale,the Trustee reserves the right fo rece the property oF any parcel thera {the risk and coat of the purehater in default, 7 Assistaut Postmsster General, Washington, D. 0 THOMAS L. JAMES, mar2t2awdw Postmaster General HOUSEFURNISHINGS. TUDENT'S LAMPS. $4.50 WILL BUY A GENUINE LARGE SIZE BICKEL-PLATED, GERMAN STUDENT LAMP, WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND A GALLON or RYNEAUL'S ROYAL SEOURITY OIL, BEST AN9 SAFEST OIL IN USE. AL other xcods in his line at the loweet possible prices. Call and examiue. mar? MYNEALS, 418 7th st. NEw CHINA STOBE. WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFOBM OUR FRIENDS AND THE PUSLIO THAT WE WILL OPEN MONDAY, MARCH lita, WITH A NEW AND COMPLETE STOOK OF CHINA, CROOK- EBY, GLASSWARE, FINE PLATED WARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, &c. AN INSPECTION OF OUB GOODS AND PRICES IS SOLICITED. WILMSRTH & EDMONSTON, wnarl2 709 Market Space. Roeeees BROS. TBIPLE PLATED ENIVES, $2.00 5 dozen. BOGERS BECS. A. 1 TEA SPOONS 82.00 dozen. ROGERS BROS. A. 1 TABLE SPOONS, 84.00 4 dozen. at SCHAEFER’S, 4020 Seventh Street, mart Apove New YoRE AVENUE. ROCKER Y, CHINA. GLASSWARE, TLERY, FINE PLATED W: GRD HOUSEFORNISHING GOODS. COMPLETE SIOCK. BEST q@vops AT LOW PRICES. M. W. BEVERIDGH, Late Wars & Beverwen, 1009 Penna. MEDICAL, &e. ‘0 OURE NO PAW !—To all aficted with ivate diseases come at once and you shall be Fewanied by a speedy cure without mercury. Dr. BOTRERA, D6 Pst southweot mards-lme 50 REWARD IF DR. BROTHERS fails to cure any case of Female Weakness, [rregularitics and itructions Emitbsenian. INSULT DR ROBERTSON, and Ssturdsy, st his office, 4 west, Rear 436 st., 2 to ted thirty years” experience in 906 B st. southwest. opposite maris-Im* Wedneedsy st. north: privave, parat Refers to the lesdin, physicians of Baltimore. Main office, 195. Eutaw st., - el eee ‘ANHOOD RESTOBED.—A victim of esrly im- causing nervous debility, premature , ete., having tried in vain every Known Gy, hae discovered s simple means of self-care, mijicn he will send free to his fellow -eutferers: 43 Olstham st RY WEALTH !—DR. E. 0. WEST'S oct7-eo& K ‘EALTH ‘NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT: & FEEMATOR CEA, 3 . Mmissious “and all Venereal Diseases, cured by Dr. HENBIB. No calomel used. -aknesses, eto., cured. 456 Vii Jan15-3m* Femaic We 5 iC AND JOB PRINTERS, » Wi C. ~ ea D.C. OOKBINDING—The Lycxrt Brsp nova frat-clase Workmen, and turns out super Work. “It is one of the oldest establishunents fe thy ‘door. fity. 1019 Ps ave, 34 oct! ALEER'S, 6 sore san LIME, CEMENT, Re ting CARPET LINING | nov? GRAVEL ROOFING SUPPLIES. or e | y the Eveai WEORD, Trus: Georgetown, Star. ‘D.0. QRUSTEWS SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE AND LOT ON EIGATH STREKT, BETWEEN P AND Q RTREETS NORTH" WEST, AT AUCTION. By virtue of a deed of trust and duly recorded in liter 814, folio 95, of the records for the District Columbia, and at the writt secured, ¥ will se] at Mancu 29Tp, A, D. . front of the preinises, sil that cartain piece or Perce! of eround situate and Tying in theeity of ashington and known and described a lot aum- Fered twelve (12), in Thomas Youog and Samuel Fowler's eubdiv/sion of eqnare numbered four hundred and twenty-one, (421,) tozether with ail the improvements, ways, easement’, right, priv- exes aid appurtenarces to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining. ‘Terms: Oge-third cash; balance in six, twelve and eighteen months notes to bear interest and to be recurel by deed of trust on the property 8914, or ish st option of purchager. Conveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. A" deposit of 8100 required ax s07n as Knocked off. Terms to be com- plied with in seven dare, otherwiae the Trustee re- serves the right to resell at the risk and cist of the defaulting purchaser after wiving five days* pablic netics of such rerale in some newspaper publieuod in Washinton, D.C. ROBI, H. WARD, Trustes, 980 45 st. northwest. iyen to me Av 5 O'CLOCK P. _mnarli-eokds UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF ENTIRE FIXTUSES, SAFE. MIRKORG. &v., COONTAILS N Coe No Sl0SEVENTH STREE JRTH- WEST. On THURSDAY MORNING, Marcu Slst, at 10 o'cLocK, I will sell sll the fixtures, &e., in the Clothing Store, No. 310 7th street northwest, con- sisting of— Shelving, Counters, Tables, Drawers, Caelie Desk and Rails, lver-mounted Show Oases, Stoves, flectors, Forms, re <8, Lock Ssfe (Miller's ) e Furnace, Canvas Awning, &c., &c. he JAS. 8. EDWAB)S, tutw Aseignee of 8. Katzenstela. - COLDWELL, Auctioacer, J. Ee : No. 545 7th street. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF TH HANDSOME MOD_ BEN FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, KNOWN AS No. 2014 TWELFTH STREET NORPH- PERI, TOSEIHEK WITH TWO FINE 8. y By virtue of a deed of trust, dated August 2. 26th, 1880, and duly recorded in liber No s&s 945, folio 340, one of the land records for the &= District of Columbia, and at the request of tae Darty secured, I will fell at public auction, in front of the premises, on TUESDAY, Arnrt OTH, 1851 at 6 o’ctock, all of Lots lettered -*s” and ‘*s,” of Alfred H ‘Lee's subdivision of origina! lots in kguare numbered two hundred and seveuty-taree (273), towether w:th the improvements. Terms of sale: One. fourth of the purchase money with the expenses of the sale, in cach, and the bal- ance in six, twelve eighteen and’ twenty-four months, with interest at six per cent per ausum. secured by deed of trust on the property sold; or all cash." Conveyancing at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale, and terms to be complied with in seven days, property will be resold at cost aud risk of default- ing purchaser, after five dave advertise marzs-eod&ds JOHN T. ABMY, & SONS, Auctionecra, R 08. 139 and 141 South 4th street. PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALUABLE SEASIDE PROPERTY, ON THE PREMISES, AT CaPE MAY POINT, N.J. THURSDAY, April 7, 1881. To cloee the Sea Grove Association. All restrictions removed. 87 and 66 rooms, ali 8 furnished hotels, 12 equipped for the summer business. Buliard rooms 7 elegantly located cottages, om or near the and bowling alieys. 70 bath houses, with full sapply of robes, towels and fixtures. . ‘One and a-qvarter miles ocean shore, with rights and privileges 38 ranted by state of ereey. Esviiion, with tower 85 feet high, water works, as machine, stables. rowing aud gail boats, &: ote choice bailding lots, ocean fronts and jacent. ti AL will be sd peremptorily to the highest Ader. Excursion t ains will leave Market street ferry at $ o'clock on morning of sale. Cataloxues, with full d-scriptions of properties, on application to J. 8. WHILLDI No.1u6 Chest put street, or at our suction rooms, Nos. 139 and 141 Fonty 4th st., Philadelphia, Pa 1uar24-st,eod. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF DESIRABLE REAL TATE, IMPROVED, ON THE SUUTH OF G STREET SOUTSWEST, BETW SIXTH AND BEVENTH STREETS. Under and by virtue of a deod of trusty Gated the 13th cay of September, ani Culy recorded in Liber 622, folio 392 et ea. cf the land recorda of the District of Colunbia,and at the request, in writing, of the party secured thereby, we will sell, at public auction, in front of ihe premises, on MONDAY, Arai lita 18st, at 5 o'cLocg P.3t., all those pieces of ground in’ the city of Washington, District of Oolumbia, known gslots O, Eand F, in Church, Howell and Riley's subdivieion of lots numbered 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, of syuare 463—said lot O having « frout of 16 fect on G street southwest, and running back be- tween parallel lines 75 feet to a 10-foot. alley: the giber lots having a front of 16 feet with the same ‘epth, with the improvements thereon. Lot C is uuproved by a two-story Brick Louse, No. 628 G THOMAS M. 8 jer ew F[VHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer, TBUBTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PRUPERTY ON THE BIDGE D, OF GEORGELO¥ SUITABLE BUTCHERS UR MARKET GARDNER. By virtue of s certain deed of trust, exe- cuted on the 25th day of led_in Libor land records of the D: the direction of the of Secured thereby, de- e payments of the in- , the nudersizned will offer, at remises, on FRIDAY, part) fault having been mae in debteduene secured, ublic gale, on the 4 OF MABOH, 153, At 4 O'0LOOK P M., the fol- lowing describel premises, to wit-—All tuat part ofa tract of land called ‘White Hi "lying on the Ridve Roa), west of Georgetown, bewiuainy at Sbcundea hickory tree, standing st the bavtaniog of the ist line of the resurvey of Allianoa: then. horth 193 dezrees wost, twelve (12) perches with the 20th line of ssid Allianos reversed; south 85 degrees west, thirty-two porches to a bouudes stone standing on the east ine of the Ridge Road, end beiug st the end of the 18th ling Of said Allianos; thene down said road on the east ne thereof the two following courses and dis- tances: Bouth 15% dexreea, east 33 perches # mth 8 deareee, west 18 perches: thence leaving said road south 87 degrees, east 46 6-10 porches to an int fection with the 2ist line of said Alliance, thence with the esid 21st line reversed to the ba- ginning, containiny 11 seres. 3 roods snd 21 per- ches, more or less, aud being the sae land oon ¥eged toeaid Augnatus D. Sheele by Richard P. Jackson, trustee, by deed recorded in Liner RM H.1, one of the land records for said ‘District. ‘The improvements are a dwelling hous: flaughter house aud otuer building? expec! euitable for a butcher. ‘Terme of sale. $1,600 in eash (of which one hundred dollars must’ be deposited at the time of tue sale), the balance in equal n-talmeuis at one and two years, secur by the notas of the pur- chaser, bearing interest, aad a deed of trust of the property. If the terms ara not complied with ja seven days after sale the Trustee reserv-3 the rizat to reseli the ‘eperty npon one weal uot Taree paid to RA azz J. W85t.. Gouveyanciay at Of the purchaser’ eee dt ee SO aN MILLER, Trasteo QY-THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED ON account of the illness of tie Trastee uatil MON- DAY, Mancn 26TH, «ame hour snd place. m25-2t WW ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OO., Auctioneers, Steve WARE AND ROGERS OUT. ERY, FRESOH CLOOKS, PLATED SHOW CASEX, IRON SAFE, JEWELRY, STORE FIXTURES, &c., AT AUOTION. On TUESDAY, Marcu 29TH, 1851, av 10 O'CLOCK Am, ‘we shall sell the Stock and Fixtures in Stote No. 1209 Pennsylvania ave- hue northwest, consisting of Bix Frenea Clocks, ‘Ten Nickel-plated Alarm Qlocks, Sixtesn Different Style Waluut-frame Clocks, One Rexulator, Two Stiver-plated Show Cases; One Large Uaso, Glass Front, Breakfast and Lisner Oastors, Pickel Jar Toe Pitchers an: is from the well-known Meriden Manu Rogers Cutlery, Jowelry, Eye Glasses, Shelving, Counters, stove, Office Chairs, &e. ; Fire: proof icParland, makers; Awnidg, &e. To be sold without reserve ‘Terme cash. m26-2t WALTER B WILLIAMS & 00., Aucts. ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OO., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ BALE OF TWO-STORY AND BAS MENT BRICK (MODERN IMPROVEMEN LS, No. 1613 8 SIREET NORTHWEST. By yirkue of a deed of trust, dated March lst, 1877, and recorded in Liber No. 850, fo io 7}, one of the |snd records for the Dis- trict of Columbia, and at request of party sscared tuereby, we wi'leell at public auction, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, Avgtc ira, 131, 4T 5 O'CLOOK P.. 3f., the following described real estate situste in ci y of Washiagton, said District, Lot No. 7, in Blske aud Kelly's recorded subdivi- sion of Syuare No. i¥1, with the improvements thereon. re) ee ‘Terts of sale: One fourth cach, of which 875 must be paid at time of tale; bulancé in six, twelve, cighteen an twenty-four juonths, in ejual pay: ments, to be secured by purchaser's notes, bearing Six percent intere+t from day of sa'e, and a dead of trust on property sold, to the satisfaction of the Trustees, or all cash st option of purchaser. Qon- veyancing snd recording at purcusser’s cost. ‘Leis of sale to be complied with in six days, else Irustors reserve right to resell at risk and cost of in default. PFET TF HOLTZMAN, | mar26-ec6t ALBERT F FOX, ‘S UNOANSON BROS., Auctioneers, WACEIVER'S BALB OF UNDERTAKER’S WAGON, COFFINS, &c. By virtue of an order issaed’ by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in Kquity cause 1S, docket 20, I will getl at public suction, 1 TUESDAY MOsNING, Manco 297TH, 1831, ar 11 O'CLOCK, at the auction rooms of Duncagsoa Bros., corner %th and D streets northwest, One Undertaker’s Wavon, wo Cofliug, One Wal. Desk, Curtains, &c., &e M. KING, Kecel ver of the late firm of W. 8. Sigourney- mar2é-3t S BENSINGER, Auctioneer. is —— will sell, in front of the prenisaa, on TUESDAY, Mancu 29H, ar 4P.a, Lot E, in Square 294, lot 30 feet by 50 fect, sitaat on C street, between 12th and 13th streets north- west, improved by a brick stable with & hall over stable; now occupied as a gale stable, under rent to nant. a good te: . erin: 8200 cash; balance in one, two, three, four, five aud six yours, at 6 perc aut interest LiG S_BENSINGER, Anct. NHOMAS DOWLING, Ancuoneer. CHANCERY SALE OF UABLE PR AT MY. PLEASANT, WASHINGTON COUN- By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court ne ‘Trust:es.” of the District of Columbia, passed 1a equity cause No. 6,292, wherein Wilam B. Hows is complainanc aud Juhu Easleston and otuers de- feudants, the undersigued, as trustees, will sel! at utlic auction, in front of the premises, on MON- AY, THE 471 DAY OF APRIL, 1881, at 5 O'oLooS P. M-, ali that piece or parce! of grouud lylug and being'in Mt. Pleatant, in the county of. Washine- on and District of Columbia, and known and de. scribed as follows: Bewinning on the lth etrest road, leading from ths city of Washington, at a pointed stove, and running thence north 3% ae- LOO Ine, tence north 3) desrees thence north 45 west 3 42-10 chains; b 96 dexreos west 5 33-10) chains; thence south 203 dexrees west 80-100 chains; and south 85% degrees east 5 70-100 chains inning, contaiving two acres of lana to- to the bey ether with all the improvements thereon and tue appurtensnces thereto belonging. — erms Of ssle are as follows, to dred dolla: wit: Three hun- cash at the time of sale; one-fourth of cash on the day oc aale, or and the residue in three equal instalments st welve and eighteen months from the day of sale, st the purchaser giving ix promistory noted for the deferred payments, bearing interest from th day of sale until paid; oF the purchaser may, at his election, pay a'l cash Deed to be retained until last payincnt is mado. It the terms of sale be not complied with, the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after ter | days? notice in a city pay ‘AZEN' per. WATSON 3 NEWTON.” | “509 ith street, ( Trustees, R. P. JACKSON, No. 156 Bride st., Georgetown, | mar23-dta ((OMMISSIONERS' BALE. OFFICE oF THE CovMISSIONERS, , Distarcr oF CoLUMBLA, WASutsGion, March 17, 1831. In pursuance of the third and sixth sdctions of ot of Congress, app: bY, 1881, the fol- ng property of tue will’ be offered for at public auction. LORSDAY, THE 81ST ‘ANT, 10 front of the premises, commencing at So'clock p. m., with the Jot first named nerein, and continuing ‘in the following order: IN WAEHINGTON: All of lot three (3), in squara three hundred and cihty-two (382), ‘and _ improvements thereon, kuown as the Central Gnard-House. situated on Louisiana avenue, between 9th and 10th streets northwest, containing 10,594 square feet of ground, more or less. Part of lot three (3), square four handred and ninety (490), situated oh the north eideof O strast, between 434 4,272 square fest of xround, more or less. A certain parcel in equate south of square one hnndved and elhity-one (181), beginning at a point on the north side of N street northwest, forty-eight fect two inches west of the west line of 16th street, running thence long N street westerly cichveen fect; thence northerly sixty-two and fourteca hundredths feet to Massachusetts avenus; thence goutheasterly along said avenue ninetsen and sixty- ty-nine hundredths feet; thence ffty.four and twenty-seven hundredths feet south to the point of beginning on N street. a sale ms: IN GEORGETOWN: Part of lote forty-seven (47 street southwest f ine (49), 1 ey Gon aie Ie rty-1 , in 84 30), E ‘Terms of eale: One-fourth cash: residuo in six, | jugvements theron, bene Had hee Hos twelve, eighteen and twenty-four montns, evi- | Ina No. 6 Eawine House. Provided: That tha mae denced by notes of purchaser, and secured gine Hovse may be used by the District until a property sold; or ail cash, at purchaser's option. | Sew Engine Houke is construgted: but the purcha- $50 deposit on the sale of cach lot will be required | ser shall oe allowed rental therefor at the rato of at the time of sale. | Conveyancing at purchaser's | six per cent on the purchase money for euch use. Coe a Ce Got ones a coe pied a Part of eee hundred and forty-five (245), in resold at risk and cost ef defaulting pul » | “Tine terme of sale. ar after five days’ notice in The Star. ‘WM. A. FENWIOK, Wat WALKE! } Trusteos. marl¥. 93, 26,30, ap2, 6, 9,11 ICANSON BROS., Auctioneers, DPPRCANSON BEDS ad DSS ‘northwest. STEE'S 8A) F FOUR-STORY BRICK TNHOUSE ON DoirwEeN ELEVENTH AND FRONTING ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, AT AUCTION. a eae By virtue of a deed of trust ring 2 Sot iat of Sais vA D876. and fh in Liber No. folio’ 356, for Golun- Gate 29th dnl; lo. the ct of ie ‘secured thereby, at punlic auction, in nt of the prem- oe sy ESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF AP: epecioteete aan wai Sth 2 starsat og da across | minbered nine (9), in square num- some news- ; plished in W: SD. G.. A der Sf 8208 will be Teaulreat dias oe ‘ale, me _ mara3-d&da Pow Ei ; ! ES! 4 a Be ig 3 3 iy ‘) 3 Ey El 4 8 B : & | ae bi of sale are one-half of the purchase money io cash, and balance in six aud twelve months, with interest at six per c-nt, secured by eed of trust on the property purchased. ‘A depositof one hundred dollars down at time of aal be required upon each piece of property ‘The Commissioners reserve tha right to reject any and all bids if, in their judgment, the pro perty offered does not bring a fair market price. ‘By order of the Commissioners, ml8,f&s.4t WILLIAM TINDALL, Secretary. ee ae TORE HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FRAME BUILDING ON MAG STREET, BETWEEN PROSPEOT AND FIBST STBEETS, GEORGETUWN, virtue of = deed of trust, bearing date seer estas a land veoorde of Was! rs county, in the District dersigned ti on FRIDAY, THE 1sT Day oF APBL O'CLOCK P. M., in front of the lowing-described property, viz: re} , the fol- Bittof lot tweaty for the ssmeon peescese Bee ena eb mas: fe S pabye-EEe* Ese ece” Gre gees 3 eeeueese a eB EE EEEEE # aBneces He 5 i iprees SEa6, oe beege lke y | ‘and 6th streets northwest, containing | THE EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. SATURDAY............March 26, 188k. LETTER FROM NEW YORK. | 4 GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCKNES—THE DEMOCRATS | Study of years, DISCONSOLATE AND DISGUSTED —TAR FIRST ELUNDER—THE POTTER COMMITTRE—THE YORK NOMINATIONS—THE NEW OPERA HOUS! TRE OLD UNION LEAGUR HOUSE—WoNDRRS OF THE MOON—THE HESS TROUP2—PSRSONAL, ETC. [Special Correspondence ef The Ecening Star.) New York, March 25. I was offered the usual card of admission and acigar a few nights since for a pleasant hour in the luxurious quarters of the Manhattan Clud, on 5th avenue. Although the attendance was not large, democratic politics formed as usual the main stay of the conversation and I ‘was not a little surprised at the dazed indiffer- ence with which the proceedinuys at Washington Jast week Were regarded by leading democrats, “No leadership” was the burden ot the talk, not only about the Senate, but about the party generally throughout the country, though tnere were two sides to the question,one party insist- ing that in the Senate there was a want of It, end the other declaring that the trouble was that there was too mitch of fv in the thirty- elght leaders now there’ However, the result, proved to be the same in elther cage, and tne consequences Gf Gen. Mahone’s “ disaffection” were variously discussed and commented on In detail for the present and future of the party. ‘The feeling seemed to be something of a de- spondent one, akin to that of ex.Senator Ne: mith’s obituary on the mule, “ which no long had any pride of ancestry or hope of posterliy, tut plodded along {ts weary way, to be beaten at almost every step. i seemed to be agreed that the continued re- publican triumphs were altogether the reaul: of inexcusable blundertng and folly on the part of the democrats. Politicians are of course the Wiest of men after events; but there was an average verdict as toallof the causes which ; Made “unmerciful disaster follow fast and follow faster,” while the usual crimination and recrimination explained it, The Potter com- mittee ‘investigation was the burden of the Story. That step, it was admitted was the be- ginning of the blunders, was forced on the party by ex-Speaker Randall at the instigation of the New York Sun, which secretly plied his ears as well as those of Mr. Tilden with the wonderful tales of republican rascality in Lou- isana at the time the wisung statesmen of both parties counted the vote of that state. These detatls need not be rementioned except the effort to fasten the alleged Weber letter on S retary Sherman. Both believed that such a letter really existed, that thelr tnformant had seen it, and that tt could be produced before a congressional investigation. By a persistent pressure, and almost in the face of a doubt of its expediency, one was forced on the demo- cratic caucus against the better Judgment, as It afterward appeared, of most of iis leading mem- bers. Mr, Potter, it was also admitted, held out to the last moment his doubt of the evidence ot such a letter, questioned seriously the propriety of an investigation at that lime, and expressed his apprehension as to the result of snch an inquiry at any time. But the tempting bid of coutinued political preferment and promotion eased his convic- Uons, and the committee went to work, with What result 1s too well known. Mr. Potter was deceived and Mr. Tilden was betrayed. ‘Tire “whirligig of time” has brought around the dismissal from sensational journalism of tne man Who concocted the whole investigation in the spirit of profit, if not of a prophet That 4s only one blunder I heard commented on; bat, there were many more that are hardly worth my time and your space. THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS. The nomination of State Senator W. H Robertson to be collector .of the port of New York has astonished everybody, He had never thought of the place, though some of his friends resented his name a few days ago. Every- dy accepts it, however, a3 a most explicit declaration that the administration 1s going to be Independent in its appointments of federal Ofticials in this state as well as elsewhere. This was Indicated first, in a quiet way, by the nomi- nation on Monday last of Mr. Tyler as collector of Buffalo over Mr. Gould, who was Senator Conkling’s choice, and ts now decidedly empha- sized in Mr. Robertson’s selection. As you are aware, Mr. Robertson was one of the leaders in Ubls state against a solid Grant delegation, and was first on the list of signers for the open re- volt of some seventeen of ne New York dele- ALES AL _UDICagu wuicn Jed to tae partial sup. Bort of Mr. Blaine. Who that was there can ever forget the look of scorn and rage which Mr. Conkling gave that minority ag hé strode into the Chicago convention and slowly togi fils Seat while Dennis McCarthy, of Syracuse, was impudently seconding, on behalf of the entire Gelegation, the nomiuation of Washburne a3 Vice President! THE OLD UNION LEAGUE CLUB. ‘The Union League Club having moved to Its new bullding .up town, Mr. Leonard Jerome, the cwner of the old club house. anticipated Serious loss. Several projects to convert 1tinto a hoiel‘or apartment house, crossed his mind, but at last the happy fdea dccurred to him of making It a proprietary club, such a3 are Brooks, White's and Boodle’s in London. Tats will be the first club of tts sort in this country, and will afford the jeanesse dorev opportunities for poker playing and other gamvilng which are forbidden by rule in the ciuhs to which thay already belong. The new organization ts called the Turf Club, is very select, and the entrance fee and yearly subscription are only thirty dol- larseach. Mr. Jerome will probably realize a large yearly profit trom this rental. THE HESS OPERA TROUPE. The Strakosch-Hess Opera Troupe was too large to be profitable, and has been abgorbed by other opera companies, It made the blunder of going to Texas towns and other out of the Way places where the recetpts could not posst- biy meet the eapenses. Marie Roze has joined her Papa-in-law’s troupe at the Academy. Henry Peakes left some time since and joined Abbott, and Carleton has appeared tis week in ‘ Olivette” at the Bijou. Yet tNym Crinkle says this was the finest English opera company ever organized in this country stnce that of Parepa Rosa. Considerable sympathy is felt for ve te THB NEW OPERA HOUSE, Hess, who 1s one of your townsmen at The new opera house is a fixed fact. It will Pleasant. | Costabout a million dollars and a-half. The auditorium will seat three thousand people. ‘There will be one hundred and twelve private boxes and two galleries above the boxes. There will be thirty or forty weli lighted dressin: rooms. A spacious covered carriage way will extend through the bullding, trom 7th venue to Broadway, and, best of ail, the building will be absolutely fire-proof, even to the curtain, which will be mage o! steel slats in the Vene- Uan pattern. The building will be finished in about two years. WONDERS OF THE MOON, One of the attractions in New York just now 18 an Interesting exhibition at Stelnway Hall of @ colossal moon. It is suspended in mid-air over the stage like a monster balloon and ts a wonderful piece of mechanism. Years have been spent in constructing it. Mr. Bissell, a graduate of Yale, who has made astronomy a gives an interesting practical lecture of the late developments of astronout- cal sclence. The results a3 to the moon, he Says, Cannot be questioned. He polated out the positions of vast mountains rivalling in attitude the Himalaya range and the far-reach- ing shadows cast from them, Other points of interest were likewise indicated as volcanic crators and canons, exceeding respectively In their extent and depth those on the earth’s Surface. In conclusion, he ghowed that if the moon is inhabited its’ inhabitants are an en- Urely different set of beings from those peo- pling our globe. His opinion is that it is a Yast, uninhabited waste, for the reason that there is no air there, no water and no vegeta- Uon. Another conciusive reason given in sup- Port of this theory was the wonderful thermal changes, the thertnometer showing during the lunar day, which {s fourteen of our days, 319 degrees Fahrenheit, and caring the night of ae length an equal number of degrees below TO, PERSONAL. Miss Anna Story, so well-know in Washing- | ton, has made another engagement with Law- rence Barrett, and leaves here for Omaha and the far west. Barrett has had great success here during the past two weeks. Hon. Helster Clymer, who is in town, says he intends to make Washington his winter home hereatter. Paymaster Gil. Thornton, who was for a long time stationed 1n Washington, is hee on a pe trom Boston, where he is now 19- cat James Breslin (not the Breslin of Breslin & Cooke of Willard’s) leaves here t2 open the new Southern Hotel in St. Louis. Quite a number of the summer hotel men are in town. Wm. Wilkenson 1s going to manage Ube Congress agaia this summer at Saratoga, kam, of Washington, open the Clarendon there as early as June 1. Gen. Grant has been down to the Branch looking over his summer residence. He 18 pestered with office-seekers, but the only man he has endorsed 1s John Russell Young for min- ister to Mexico, Jno. P. Foley, for many years on the Wash- ington Repubiivan, has become an editorial writer on the New York Herald. Misa Dean McConnell, who was compelled to A strike of the molders employed in all the foundries, stove and machine works ot Pittsburg will Sour om ADE 13%, nom the demand men ue er cent in wages 1s acceded to, : ee eer aT oa Gn PERO Ge ERD OD ONG E LEGG Eo nnn ne PUBLIC PRINTING. Prodigious Progress from Past to Pres- ent--Ohanges of a Qentury. 1759 to LSS1, UNCLE SAM'S GRRAT PRINTING OFFICK—THE “LARGSST IN THE WORLD”—WAERE THR PRINT ING FOR THR NATION IS BXSCUTED—EIGAT ACRES OF SPACE OCCUPIED—AN ARMY OF PROPLE BMPLOYED—TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YBAR EXPENDED—STACKS OF LITERATURE PRODUCED The average American has but an imperfect idea of the gigantic proportions of the govern- mental institutions of his native land, and not until he has visited and inspected the grand central headquarters of the several departments of the government at the capital, can he real- ie the vast magnitude of the several parts which are needed to compiete the whole to su) ply the requirements of a nation of titty mil- Kons of people. No matter how well posted, or bow thoroughly famillar with state or na- Uonal institutions elsewhere, the visitor to Washington after an inspection of our great pub- He buildings and a glance at the interior work- ings of the several departments, invariably ex- hausts the adjectives tn ejacuiations of surprise, and leaves more tian ever impressed with & feeling of pardonatie native pride, that he forms @ constituent part of “the greatest nation on earth.” ‘The Capitol, the Treasury, th President's Mansion, the Army and Navy de partment, the Patent office, the Post oftice. | tue Pension office, the Census office, the Agri- itural department, the Smithsonian insutn- tor, the National Museum and a host of lesser | objects of interest all come in for a fair share of Wandering criticism. But there 13 another in- stitulon in Washington which ts an ALL DWPORTANT ONE, which furnishes a vast amount of the necessary “working material” for all these several de- partments, and which is possessed of attrac- tions for the stranger second to none other—at least, for ali those who can aporeclate the growth, perfection and development of the art preservative, the art of printing. This tnsti- tution ts what ls now known ana noted over the civilized globe as “the largest of its kind {n ex- Istence,” and which excites the wonder and ad- miration of the representatives of foreign na- tons who come here, at the discovery of the fact that the youngest nation has taken fore- most rank, even among all the older ones, in its provision for the most perfect production of Seed Mterature, or printing supplies. the reader may know that reference is had to THE U. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, the {ike of which may not be found anywhere in the Known world. 1t 1s located in the north- eastern section of the city, fot far distant from the Capitol, and although plain and unpreten- uous In architectural appearance, at once stikes the eye of the stranger as a’ structure ioposing in its vast magnitude, sf not in its <xterior” attracttvencas. Toward’ the close of the day (5p. m.) when the ordinary labors of the day are over, the shrill whistle of a steam engine in the works sounds grateful music to the army of skilled artizans aud employ:3 ea- gaged therein, and within a few minutesa host ofmen and women—for both sexes are em- ployed at the works—pour forth from the many entrance doors, and the streets and avenues are fairly allve with a cheerful, buboiing, hur- Tying mass of hu who wend their way to thefr several homes. Count the men as they pass by, and the number soon reaches 300, then 609, anon 1,609, and ere the rear rank has passed over 1,200 then—many of them the most expe- rienced, intelligent and skillful representa- tives of thelr profession in the country, have Hone by. Mingied among them, ail imbued with the same seemingly energetic spirit of push, or, aS Americans are Wont to express {l, go-a-head-a-tiveness:—are noticed ag many ‘as 500 to 600 females of all ages, from the grandame of sixty to the miss in her teens, whose deft fingers have been handling thousands of snow-white shects at the “presses” or other thousands of printed pages in the “folding-rooms” preparatory to ibelr being “gathered” and “bound” into books for the use of the millions in our land. These operatives, reader, represent at least 5,000 cependent ones, at perhaps, a thousand differ- ent homes in Washington, which hores are rendered sunshiny and cheerful by the pro- ceeds of their labor. The men represent every State in the union, and they furnish a rare study of human character and personal pecu- Itsrities; but there is a band of Brotherhood among them which permits no neeiy or aiiiletéd one to suffer the pangs of wantor the Woe of poverty’s biting hardships and priva- Uons, The female operatives are, many of them, widows of the nation’s soldler-heroes, Whose deaths os poke) home of a bread-winner and the widowed mother of helpless children went forth to be both mother and provider for her offspring. ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING Before going intoa description of the great works Which sustain this army of employes it Way not be ainiss to trace thé early wea inelpient growth and present magnitude ot the public printing. _The frst American Congress mot Naw York, March 4, 1is¥, at the old City Rall, and Waslh session’ for '2i0 days. The second 3°: m was held in New York tn 1790, states Were represented. Congress Unucd to meet here up to May 14, 100, cOnd session of the Sixth Congress wa3 heid the Old Capitol buliding tn Washingion, D. ») that year, and from that day to the present never left the Capitol. “Public pri é tcgan in 17s9 In an awkward way, but fory the United States Senate sit with closed doo: aid only the lower house agitated the pria ng Of debates, wc, In 1794 an appropriation bili Was passed which contained # quaint and re. fieshing paragraph, as follows: “For the expenses of fir¢/"00d, stationery and brining rork and all other ‘contingent ex- penses of the two houses of Congress, ‘en (4ou- send aouar This was fought most vehemently as an “outrageous plece of extravagance.” In 1S01 Mr. penne first proposed a ‘public printer,” Dut itfalled to carry. Up to 1819 the *con- tract” system for the’ Printing of Congressional proceedings prevailed, both houses refusing to create a “national” printing office, About this Ume it was decided that each house elect its own printer, and Gales & Seaton recelved the joint appointment for both houses of Congress. bey Continued for several years, but in 1827 @ lot fight was made for the Senate printing be- tween Duft Green, Gales & Seaton, Peter Force and Thomas Ritchie without a choice. At the ext session Duff Green secured the Senateand Gales & Seaton the House, From this time up lo 140 there was always a contest for the work, asit wagnow assuming considerable magni- tuce. THE SEVRRAL PRINTERS were Gales « Seaton, Blair & Rives, Thomas Allen, Ritchie & Harris, The cost of the House printing alone had now reached $200,000, and tbere was universal complaint of extravagance. ‘The whigs wanted rates reduced 20 per cent, aud they were reduced, but uader Gales & Sea- ton were advanced again. Thomas Ritente, of the old Richmond freuirer, was the next printer, but was ousted through the whig in- fivence of Garrett Davis, who again introduced the “contract” system under a jotnt Congress- joual committee. Under tbls renewed system things seem to have grown “from bad to Worse” under Wendell, Van Benthuzea and Boyd Hamilton. who was bursted and ruined asacontractor, The public printing for the six years Up Co 152 reached $3,500,000 as a total, and in that yeara “Superintendent of Pugiic Printing” was created, Who was made strictly accountable for all public prinUng uoze wader government auspices. Jonu ‘. Towers, an o: line Whig, Was the first appointee. He was suc- ceeded by A. G. Seaman, George W. Buwmaa, and in1s59 by John Heart, wo served up to A NOTED QUARTETTE, In 1552 a memorabie contest was had for the Positions of Senate and House printers, in which figured folr prominent personages,. Gen. Robert Armstrong, Horace Greeley, Wm, P. Brownlow aud Henry J. Raymond. The last camed Ulo were defeated, and Armstrong won the race. nm is5é, Cornelius Wendell, who is really the founder of the Goverament Printing Oflice, had a close contest against dokn D, Detrees, the present printer. Wendell Was elected and expended large amounts in bulidings and machinery, hoping to hold it. ‘The new law went {nto force under President Lincoln, and he appointed John D. Defrees superintendent. Andrew Johnson removed him and appointed Cornelius Wendell. In isé7, Congress Chabged the law and made Mr, De- Trees “Congressional Printer.” In is6a, A. M. Clapp succeeded Mr. Defrees. In 1Sié, the Power of appointment was re-conferred on tne President, and Mr. Clapp was continued as “Public Printer,” and coutirmed by the Senate, In isi7, President Hayes appoluued Mr. De- frees again, who still holds the responsible position. . BIGHT ACRES OHPRINTING OFFICE. The U. S. government printing office is justly termed “the largest in the world,” and that it isone of the finest as weil ts attested by the verdict of all representatives of foreiga coun- Uiles, master printers and others who are su: prised at 1(8 fagnitude aud perfection. ‘To give some ldéa of its immensity some briet sta- istics are used. Tne building, or bi have three fronts, one on H street of 303 ons anotber On North Capito sireet of 194 feet inches, Ald @ Ubird On an aliey at the west end oft ihe property Of 147 feet 9 taches. All the Luiidings are Tour stories in heignt, with an average Width of 60 feet. Thus it will be seen that about 50,000 square feet 0: ground is cov- ered, and with four stories, gives a grand total of about 320,000 square feet, or equal wo neany eight acres of floor Co gr ae © employees, mac! Aa iso the press a ary ground floor 13 ‘occupied byt Fess Toms, Paper ware-room, carpent lier rooms, &. On this floor will be fo! constanuy at work no leas than SIXTY-THRER STEAM POWER PRESSES, (browing off sheeta of every size and form at Among these presses are some of the finest tn the world—costing from $10,000 to $25,000 apiece. One of them—a huge “Bullock” press— alone ‘prints about 500,000 volumes a year. There are émployed here 1 foreraan, 1 assistant. 144 pressmen and laborers, and’ (feeders.) In the “dry press adjoining, 3 hands are employed. The second floor of the premises 13 Indeed @ busy Corner, subdivided Into several departments, the most important in the vast works, On the North Capit Street side is the office of the ‘Public Printer, where a clerical force, telephone and telegravh operators, chief and financial clerks are kopt ever busy in directing the vast detalls of the Works under the eye of their experienced and ever watchful chief. Just across the passage are two large apartments, known as “TER YROOF-ROOM3,” in which are always engaged some 25 or more of the most experienced and accomplished practical-printer proof-readers perhaps in the known world. Here are men who arte capable of reading all languages, through whos hands goes the first proof, sips of millions of pages annually, and which, when read by the first readers, the ‘“sflent readers” and the “revisers” will stand any criticism for absolute correct - ness {n point of typography, grammatical con- struction, or punctuation. THE DOCUMENT ROOM. Extending the entire three hundred feet or front on H street is what 1s known as “the Document Room,” or main composing room of the works. At the east end of the rear room in a pearly enclosed private ofice where the “Printers” “Assistant Foreman Davis looks out upon an acre or more of printing “cases” ranged Ou elther side, besides the hundeds of windows in “alleys,” as they are termed, each alley hav- ing four skilled “typos” as tenants thereof, whist in the cepter are “‘stones” and “racks” and “galley stands,” and the thousand and one appurtenances of a large office, About 230 compositors, representing all the states of the VUntop, are here reguiarly engaged, and at. this Lume over 300 hands are in employ in thts singie room. ‘There are 202 double stands; 2.3%) pairs of cases; more than 200,000 pounds’ of type, besides about 150 fonts of type for title pages: 350 large chases; 6 proof Presses; 11 Washington Dress, 24x38, and 14 cabinets, with a capacity for 500 cases. The most dificult precise and intricate work in the art of printing, in every known language, is produced hera, such as sctentnc work raphical and geological reports, bureau reports for all the government departments. An average of about 1,009,000 emis of type are set dally 1n this room, equal to 300,000,000 monthly, OF 560,000,000 ems a year, which if paid for by the piece would casi $150,000 a year, Dut under the present aystel ihe bulk of work is done—by the best artizans in the states—at 40 cents per hour. Among the Compositors are three young ladies, who rank among the best typos on the force. THE BINDERY, On the third floor of the building, fronting on both H and North Capitol streets, is the vast bindery of the institution.where the skilled mechanic would be in his glory tn the exami- nation of some of the most Ingentous, intricate and expensive machinery ever made for book- making, About 40,000 square feet of space is required to accommodate this branch of the works. In 1560 only 46 persons were employed in thisdepartument. The number now reaches 15. ‘There are 163 separate machines in use, among which are 20 ruling and 9 cutting ma- chines, 36 standing presses, 5 board cutters, 15 wire sewing machines, 11-paging and number. ing machines, 5 stamping machines, 3 perfora- tors, 53 plows and presses, &c. Attached to this are several sub-departments, each of Which gives employment to a large force. Tae “Folding Room” 1s especially interesting, owing to its vastness. Up to is7l the space occupied was 60 by 200 fect. A year later 6) by 113 feet was added, and agatn In 1879 60 by 60 Teet more was added. From time to time the force of employs in thisdepartment have deen Increased, until there are from 304 U9 830 OF e_ — ally skilled and Gexterous No brief description doés any justice to this branch of the work; 1 must be seen and examined to be appt Intelligibly. the folding, pasting, gathering, collating, & all distinct operations—are €xecuted. packed away in 500 sheet bundles until a volume is Cagredens and then turned over to the binders. ist the documents, &c., required 12,000,000 insets of Mlustrations, mapsand diagrams, Some of the jobs are simply Immense, For instanc>, 1 females the rate of from ae { an Agrieuitural Wt contatns 11,441,009 sheets; an average d-folder—who folds 3,000 sheets a day, would be 3,300 days in folding this single work it working alone. Formerly Uns work ftself would keep half the force em ployed. Now it 1s principally done by m chinery, In 1s70 the ‘Congressional work reached 4,605,250 copies of documents. For the | Second session ast Congres’ there were 11,704,555 Copies folded, with “reserve docu- ments” added, oageregating 681,000, In single day 201,000 ‘pages of matter nas ba landied in th's department. = THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, ‘The debates of Congress have for many years required a large amount of labor. Up to the present century all this was done by n papers alone, and thelr garbled accounts created many a disturbance. In 1500, however, the old National Intelligencer beeam sort of iclal organ” and published correct reports. v: within ths bat Speaker Sedgewick claimed that the Me had no right to Know aught of Congres sional matters pending debates, and the re- porter was ordered first to ube gallery, and nally “out of the hall.” ‘The full reports con ed to appear, however, just as usual fa the gencer. Varicus efforts were made, but without success up to 1524, when a contract svas made for the printing of’ the debates from to 1s24. Gales & Seaton published 27 addi. (ional volumes in book form, bringing the work down to is.i, when the Congressional Glove was begun, and in this shape—large quarto size—the offictal record has been preserved down to 1873, in 105 volumes. In the year 1873 Uie Public Printer was iter charge of the Work, and then began The Gungressional Record. Since that time the debates of the 43d, 44th, 45th and 46th Congresses have been printed under government control, reaching nearly 50,000 pages of tine print. The “Kecord” room ig 55x52 feet, and gives employment during Congressional sessions to from 6) to 100 men. ‘There each day’s debates are printed at night, and delivered toelther house op the next morn- ing. ‘The vast amount of work thus done in a few hours would seem almost impossible, as there are frequently 40 to 75 pages of a single day’s proceedings. During the 46th Congress 40,200 volumes Were printed. In 1S75 Congress purchased all the old records, bound volumes, plates, <¢., of the Congressional Globe, and now owns all the old debates down to date, OTHER DEPARTMENTS. In addition te those departments named there are several other extensive branches of the vast works to describe, which would occupy too much space for newspaper columns. “The Specification Room,” where all the blank forms for the Patent Office are printed, gives employ to about 50 men. The “Job Room” {3 53x50 feet, bas 415 fonts of type, 751 cases, 1,200 chases, and requires a large force of hands. Here are printed ali the blanks, such as bonds, contracts, Schedules; Post Office, custom house, Pension oftice, 1aulwsy Service ‘and other blanks, Toe “Stereotypiug and Electrotyping” department is another large concern within Itself, and in addition to ail Wiese there are branches’ at the ‘Treasury, Interior and other depart- ments Of the government where smaller detail werk ts done. CAPACITY OF THE WORKS. The capacity of the office tor work is simply wonderful to contemplate. From the last re- port the following extracts were made of work done in one year, to June 30, 1830: Blanks, envelopes, &c., (ex-depart- menis)........... me -122,7) Blanks, envelopes, «c., (Congress)... §, Pamphiets, (No. of copies) (ex-depart- ments... peeheeeen 5 (ex-depart= 18) Miscellaneous binging (Cong + — blocks (ex-depart- ents...... Be ranceeesene ese : Memorandum blocks (Congress) RECAPITULATIO: Blanks (exec, and Con; J} Pamphlets (exec. and Ci Blank books (exec. and Congress) Miscellaneous bindings exec, and ‘Congress.......... ee 39,138 Memorandum biocks (exec, and Co! gress) 329,000 149,110,854 This shows an increase of 25,454,896 blanks lank books over the report of 1879, cooks, forms, receipts, &c., the enormous pro- may be at once intelligi recl- otad, and at times stocks ot documenta. papers, &c., looking large enough “to supply Ger Wedge ot eauet eee mass a ay awaiting delivery. ‘was very large, and the increased cost tn all the materials, made tt very expensive. Ina single ear the expenditures for paper wore over 1, 285,000. printipg for the War di ment in 1560 Was less $21,000; In 1361.10 wae $57,085.11; In 1862, $279,611.97; I 1868 $255,790.41; tn ist, $21,245 77; and tn 1585, the last of the war, it fell to $116,648. In the de- ruments, the increase was not so great, Dut u 8 single year, 1565, the oMve disbursed $2.227,099.52 for printing for the government, Since the war, with fifteen years Of growth of Our country the aggregate ex as vory baturally iicreased unt {t now averages adous £2,000,000 per annum. NOTES OF INTEREST. One of the largest jobs ever undertaken at the works ts now In hand. ‘This is “rhe Rebel- Mon Record.” It ts estimated by Col. Scott, who has the Work In charge, that these reponds Will make 96 large OCtAYO Volumes of S00 pages: each, or 16,5 pages. Ten thousand copies of each volume are to be printed for Congress. It Wiil require 45,000 reams Of paper and will re- quire 230,400,000 ems of type Lo produce it, Some wonderfully hasty and rapidiy executed jobs of work have Deen done here. Notable among them are “U. S. Revised Statuies,” comprising 1,035 pages, printed and bound fn three days. As these were ‘statutory laws,” they had to be literally perf’ and without carer, and Were so in the incredibly short space named. A Senate decument of 440 pages was Printed and delivered in 86 hours. = In isi] @ slugle orger was given to a New York type foundry for 69.00 pounds of type, Which Was subsequently increased to 75,00) pounds, being coubiicss Ube largest order ever SiYen OF fliled In the world’s Listory. During the late war the employes acted as soldiers for the protection of the Goverament Printing OMtce, taking certain hours dally tor Grill, aud doing regular night duty for an allot ted period “on guard.” In is61 the Wages for skilied workmen were $14 per week; int ; in December, 63, $18; in June, ‘64, $21; and'Iu November, ‘64,’ g24 week. ‘Under the present law tle rates were reduced to 40 cents per hour for composition, and all operatives were reduced in similar pro’ portions. The men earn from $500 to $1,200 a year; Lhe women all the way from $159 Uo ¢i59 year. THE OFFICIALS IN CHARGE. The following Is the oMictal staf of the Gov- ernment Printing Mice at this tme: Hon. Jobn D. Defrees, Public Printer, A. H.S. Davis, Foreman of Printing. C. M. Robinson, Proof Reviser. dobn Furlong, Foreman Proot Room. BR. W. Kerr, Assistant to Foreman of Printing. THE pata. Much more might be said of this interesting Institution, Dut lMmited space forbids tt. Tne above, and a host of other, interes! ing facts and figures, descriptions and incidents, i fall de- tall, may be obtained ere lony in a book now in preparation from the pen of it. W. Kerr, es: or the official staff of the fice, fa which an ¢: tended history of public printing, and a copt- ously tlustrated detatiea description of the works, wit its beautiful and costly machinery, all sketched, will be given. or much of u above data we are indebted to the author, wo kindly ‘itted a glance at the advance shee! of the forthcoming book, which will be entiuied “Public Printing: Kecord of a Century, from 1759 to 1581.” IU will doubUless have @ large circulation and become a siandard brary volume, 88 It ts full of live interest. The Dust Clouds of Old Washingto: MARCH NDS ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENVEIN JQR OD OLD DAYS" BEPORE THE Wan (The following «raphic de iption of a Washing ton dust-storm in the days of Lang Syne, was writ- ten years ago, by Dr. George Ii. Wallis, a famong old-time correspondent of the V. was read by him at t <seasant entertain the McPher+n House Thursday nicht. It will re- tall vividly to old citizens the condition of thins here before the streets were paved } When his nor'western blast from old Boreas is borne, Sonorous and shrill, over valley and luitl, With the sound The clouds from our skies And the siop on the A Invisibly drying, but drying # ‘The mud before ean BOONE, an hour, ~ reakfast is dust before noon. From the porch of the Capitol then looking down, You would say **A creat fire is raging in town. ‘The Avenue is lost in the dust clouds that run Down the line, rolling up and eclipsing the sun,— Clouds high as Olympus. Bise, Thompson, apa sing For Washington city the coming of Spring.” As the pillars of cand, Stupendous and grand, ‘That move like dark towers, in terror and haste, O'er the tove 4 Aaunlate Afric 20 Overt ann ate Arical Waste, hese denke of pulverized erauite aud clay, Go whistling and curling, And roaring and soaring, Ard lowerinz, and towering and scouring away. Dlegnes of Bxypt! Oh! M and Aaron, you murt Knock under to Washington's placue of the dust. What whirlwinds of dust! Headsup! and mouth shut. And, now, faciug the cust, Let us try this old Avenue’s cyclones of dust. ‘These dry goods and groceries, dried apples and ay, Are all of one color, a These dark These w I- Just from Arabia Opticians come forth! Greea x Buy we must, for the dust of this And the fair! Here they are: (ur Washinton girls can with any compare. All sizes, allazes, all styles. Mere they come, ed, aud All powder'd with dust, and some mut some Are snorting, and sneezing, Some coughing and wheezing, Se ng, Some laughing, coldinz, some chaflii ui, — ‘They are strangling with dust, but how can they be Parga e Your opinion is mine. Our ladies can’t shine y er t of dust; for, no matter how fine, ares of dust, and not creataros di All hail to the chief, Who will cive us relief From this dust, and will bring down our rulers to srief. Oh! Dlind fhem with dust! Blow, Boreas, blow! Come down with a gust, that will choke them with dust, Choke them into their duty. They're hambusa, youknow. A Nantucket whaler, A Jolly old sailor, — A jolly old. Sea dog, tough, rucved and ruaty, Stumbling over a Senator here, rather dusty, Stepp'd aside, and broke to our Solon'’s sur- ris dust blind—heave sxhead—mind your eyes I'm blind with the dust; I'm out on a bust. Qolumbia! Columbia! toxlory arise” Look Out for Her! Editor Star:—There 1s a woman operating in the suburbs of the city, soliciting donations ostensibiy for the purpose of “Bullding a church for Garfield.” She ts of medium height, dark, with black eyes, and carries a basket of cheap fancy articles on her arm. Ong WHO Was Taken Ix. NeEwrorT News.—Property 1s sald to be changing hands at a lange increase at Newport jews, Va., the prospective castern an leep- water terminus of the Cheaa) ke and Onlo railroad. Lands that a month ago were held at $10 Lo $12 per acre are now held at $59 or $69, Quite @ town has been laid out. DIED. ae BACCHUS, On March 25, 1681, at his Inte reat gence Bo. olor eurbes, street” nortuwest, Me obERT Baccite, axed 1 eral il tage place from Fourth Baptist Church Monday. 28th instant. Relatives aud frienus are invited to attend : BROBNIHAN. On Friday, March: 25th, 1961, at 3:30 o'clock p. M . KATE BROsNIHAN, & native of Gonuty Kerry, Trdland, ia the forty Mest year of ane. | will take place from the residence of aruclius O'Keefe, corner of Eigbtosuth aad U eis, Soutseast, then from Be: Peisr's Church st 8 ocik -m.. Sunday, March 27° Her remains will be at Mt. Olivet cemetery. 3 CAMPAU. On , 02. Friday, March 25, 188), at the pidence of ieee, Mra. James Tea Retret nortuwest, in this erty, in the’ sev Dty-tiret year of her age, Miss Paitim Caxrac, or Betroit. — Her remains will be taken to Detroit for inter- ment. TON. March 25, 1881, anpitenS sont child of Some . and Barsh yton, 8. east, Bunda wae St 1525 30 otcock Bm junday, si Belin and'teiends are lnwiod wo ston * DAVENPORT. (At his residence, 1427 Twentieth street northwest, Baturd: ‘Marc ASSL at 7: ame Gass E. Dsvyerro! er te War Depart- ment Further notice Monday morning. ° ———— Naan re 2a sera pags Lung Botte ad et Font, money back. Bold & Puoe as cette. BLULT & CROMWELL, Wins sale. jan12-3m UNDERTAKERS. firet-cless. ——————————————— SPINDLER, » UNDERTAKER, sents 1233 Tth street northwest. Jon . waicnr, UNDERTAKER, aoe 1837 10th ctrect a.w,