Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1881, Page 4

THE EVENIN w DNENDAY AUGUST 3, 1881. LOCAL MENTION. The Weather, Orrice oF tre CHree SIGSAL OrriceR, 1 DA ST, OO a, G STAR. | | , Wornii WaAsHi for the mid variable winds mostly souther! perature and pressure. Speeial Weather Bulletin, nishes the following A burriean ving in a track slightly central between New place over past t fallen in Dakota, M psota and heaviest ruin falls are ad four hundredths inches; ht hundredths inches; Esea- eh . ‘The i nearly stationary temperatures are Eastport, 58 dew. for ‘Thursday states and New England, | ‘s fee cream, EPAIRING, Byrn’s shoe store, 1644 Lith SEWA COMPOUND cures all kidney dis- boots and shoes must be sc Spear Bros., | ‘TH 7th stre | the Ecumenical Council of Methodists, to con- T, , With one accord began to make excuse.” ‘ WORSHIP IN THE WOODS. The Methodist Protestant Camp Meeting. [Special Correspondence of Toe EVENING Sran.] JACKSON GRove, A. A., August 3d, Rev. Dr. Southerland, a deiegate to vene shortly in London, spoke of it being neces- to leave soon, and asked prayers | for himseif and for the success of the council; that it may be the means of unifying the church. During the morning quite a number of country people came in and there were numerous arri- vals from the cities. At 1034 o'clock Rey. H. C. Cushing. late vice-president of the Western Maryland College, preached from MattSXil, 17 to 20; his theme being the nature, agencies and successes of the Gospel. This was followed by the administration of the Lord's Supper, in which Rev. Drs. Murray, Drinkhouse, Cushing and the other ministers took part. THE WOMAN'S FORE! MISSIONARY SOCTETY. In theafternoona meeting inthe interest of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was held, d its claims were presented by Rey. Messrs. Murray and Lewis, and Mrs. Murray rcises were interspersed with singing of missionary hymns. ALL. .BEGAN TO MAKE EXC = it Rev. T. D. Vatient preached from ii.. part of 18th verse, “And they all After reference to the circumstances under which this remark was made by the Saviour, he said that every soul had some time or another felt the «of the spirit, but_many make excuses put off their’ soul's salvation until grow older—until_ they have enjoyed more worldly pleasure. He asked if this action and t ene aS : ‘ | is not a slander against God? Is it not a charge CITY AN D_ DISTRICT. that to serve God is to deprive oneself of the Beles a | enjoyment of happiness;—to assert that. God 7 istrict Government Affairs cannot make one happy? After deseribing the Thomas 13. Budney was yesterday awarded the comfort and joy realized by the presence contract for whit the fourteen school dhe asked would they any longer slander houses in the district. The bids ranged from = The report « Buildings for July show that pei for build- ing 62 honses, rep up 4 awn- ings and constructing 102 fe v uits. | Inspector le has received from Archi- | teet Cl specifications for the two seh nd in the second divisi days. During the month of July there were fourteen patients government insane | tum by direetion of the District Commis- | permits issued by Inspector Ent- | jomas Cooper, erect a sinall dwelling, | en I and K streets southwest; $300. . Cand He A. Wi general repairs to hotel, sylvania avenue; $2,000 tion of Mr. C. F. Peck. Union Telegraph com: to be permitted to | ¢ fire alarm and po- | ioners decline to give | n, the plans for wh will follow in a few | Ast, betw nay ry of the Mutu 20 Broadway, poles of th ph. the Commi skedl. w thirty-four policemen detailed duty elsewhere than the leaves the citizens exposed | lations of thieves, who understand the i This detail is believed to. be entirely | too heavy for the limited police force of this Dis- trict. lice tel the permit There are CONTRACT AWARDED. The contract for ereeting the high school on O, between 6th and 7th streets, was this morn- { awarded by the Commissioners to Messrs. | nt & Humphrey at $76,391. THE UNION DEPOT QUESTION. Mr. Parker, consulting engineer of the Balti- more & Ohio railroad. called at the office of the District Commissioners yesterday, and in con- yersation stated that the representatives of that road would be ready to consult with the Commissioners upon the subject of a union depot in a short time. TAX LIEN CERTIFICATES ued by Mr. W. 0. Roome to-day as : Sd street east. from Mass. avenue to E north; P street north, from Ist to 15th | s west: E street north, from i7th street to 22d street west, from P street north Pa. avenue, from Sth to 1th E street south, from Ist to 6th east: E street south, from Sth to 9th east, and from a | hortations by Rey. Dr. Drinkhouse, Rey. A prayer meeting followed this sermon, in which some of the old famniliarhymnsof fifty years ago were sui it was interspersed with ex JW. The congrezation at the night ‘zest in attendance so far, f those on Sunday, and it very orderly and attentive one. ‘TRAMPS ORDERED TO “MOV! The encampment has been quite tramps this season, but two having made their appearance. These came in last night, but were not allowed to tarry They were tramps ir- respective of color—one white and the other black—and when directed by the police to move on their steps were hastened by the intimation that the house of correction was but four miles away. and others. e was the with the excepti was free from “LOVE FEASTS.” The evidence that the young people are hold- ing many “love feasts,” or, in other words, that much courting is in progress here, is found in the fact that the store is frequently surrounded by young couples who send up the cry scream.” The orders sent to the city for cream averages about 20 gallons per day. Rey. Dr. Southerland lett the camp this morn- ing for Georgetown, taking with him the good wishes of all, and will on Friday night start for London. The Southern Methodist Camp Meeting. The attendance at the Wesley Grove camp (M. E. Church South) continues to increase. The ; reachers arriving yesterday were Rey. John | ndstreet, of Martinsburg, W. Va.; Rev. Geo. T. Tyler, of Reltsville circuit; Rev. H. B. High ley. of Trappe station; Rev. Edgar Wilson, of Talbot county, and Rev. A. E. Bradenbaugh, of | Holland street church, Baltimore. The morn- ing prayer meeting was led by Rev. F. Furr, of Severn circuit, and Rey. W. E. Woolf, of Belts ville circuit, conducted the experience meeting. Instead of the usual sermon at 11 a.m. there was a missionary meeting, which was addressed by Revs. W. H. D. Harper, S. K. Cox and Sam- uel Rod: In the afternoen the Women’s | Foreign Missionary society held a general meet- | ing in the tabernacle. Mrs. Julianna Hayes pre- sided, and addresses were made by Miss isabella | Hart, of Baltimore, and Mrs. E. Davidson, of | Washington. The young people's meeting was led by Rey. C. M. Brown, of Reisterstown, and at night an able sermon was preached by Rev. Nelson Heed, of Hamilton, Loudoun county, Va. ei om Lith street east to the Congressional cemetery: A street north, from 3d to th streets east; 8th | street west, from F to Water streets south: C | street south, from South Capitol to 3d streets | east: M street south. from 6th to 8th streets | east: 5th street west, from O to Boundary streets north: Greene street, from Bridge to | Water street, Georgetown: 13th street west, | from N to Q streets north: B street south, from | ‘Qd to 6th streets east and from Lith to 12th streets east; B street north, from Ist to 4th streets east; Ist street east, from I to O streets VITAL STATISTICS. The total mortality in the District of Columbia for the week ending Saturdgy, July 30, 1881,was % (being 14 less than the Week preceding). or | at the rate of 28 per 1,000 per annum. Of the decedents 24 were white males, 24 white females, 2 colored males, 27 colored females, showing &n annual death rate of 20.8 per 1,000 for the White population and 42.5 for the colored. From diarrhoeal diseases there were 24 deaths,phthisis | Pulmonis or consumption, and diseases of the | ervous system I4 each; cne case of tetanus fol- | pistol shot wound of hand. Of the deaths 69 occurred in Washington, 7 in George- | town. 6 in the county, and 15 in the hospitals: | 19 white and 26 colored were under 5 years of | age: 7 white and 3 colored were 60 and over. | There were 70 births reported, as follows: 19 white males, 17 white females, 20 colored males red females, showing an annual birth- | Tate of 15.6 per 1,000 for the white, and 29.5 for | the Population. Marriages reported, 10—white 6, colored 4. = ia —— Not a Greek. To the Entitor of the Evening Star: It is not, I am sure, your desire to intention- ally injure an individual, and much less nation of people to whom the word is largely indebted in the way of the arts, &c. But in your last two issues you certainly do injustice to the Greek nation by classing the “Greek doctor” (recently arrested for writing a threatening letter to At- | torney General MacVeagh) as one of that peo- ple. To my personal knowledge he is not a Greek: but having resided in Greece a number of years he has acquired the language, and by this means is enabled to impose upon the publi Respectfully, &¢.. Justice. Transfers of Real Estate, Deeds in fee have — recorded as follows: &e., Elizabeth Lewis to John T. Campbell, part lots | {2 and 13, sq. 1001; $78.23. ‘T. H. Stephens, trus- tee, to Celestine Eustes. lot 44, sq. 139; $3,500. lot 225, sq. reenvale and John Hitz et al. to G. R. Vernon, lots 47 and 48, sq. 495: 1,725. A.F. Fox. executor, &¢., to Sarah C. Lowry, lot 43. Bq. 45; $600. > Betcner Kxivk2 ixD STONES. —Yesterday afteryoor, in the Police Court, a young white Wm. Kearney was charged with assaulting another white man named Samuel C. who testified that on last Wednesday | night he came home from an excursion and | found this young man in his store, in South Washington. cutting up, and ordered him out, | when he picked up a large butcher's knife and | cut witness across the hand. Kearney took the | stand and testified that Carter cut him first. Judge Bundy fined him $50 or 60 days in jail. | John Schaffer, another young man, was also ebarged with assaulting Mr. Carter, who testi- | fied that after he was cut he went to Dr. Ham- | v Tre Nationa Riries.—At the meeting of the National Rifles last night Messrs. Jas. J. Chap- man, John W. Boteler, Malcolm Seaton, and } Wm. 8. Buchly were elected honorary members. The Rifles, by a unanimous yote, sustained the action of its referee inthe matter of the rifle match at Glymont in Junelast, and declined to again shoot for the prize until the match has been officially deoided by the National Rifle Association. —— THE GALLILEAN FISHERMEN IN CONVENTION. The 25th annual convention of the Gallilean Fishermen was held yesterday in the hall, on F | street, near 3d street southwest. Supreme | Ruler T. I. Hall was in the chair, and delegates were present from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the District, represent- ing a membership of 4,000. The Supreme Ruler read his report, recounting his visits to the various tabernacles of the order and their con- dition, and a short discussion followed. The meeting to-day was opened with singing and | prayer, with Grand Ruler Thos. I. Hall, of Bal- | timore, Md., in the chair. There were 75 dele- | gates from other cities present. The trustees | inade a report on the finances of the order. The juvenile division will be admitted to-morrow, when the election of grand officers will take place. ae ek Rear Estate Sares.—Duncanson Bros., aucts. sold yesterday afternoon, for Wm. F. Messer and Hudson Pettit, trustees, parts of lots 11 and 12, in square 974, having a front on 10th street, be- tween G and I southeast, of 24 feet 6 inches, with a depth of 115 feet 103¢ inches, improved by a small office and stable, to Ryon & Earnshaw, for $37 ———— He Waxtep A Cicaretre.—A little ten year old colored boy, named Wm. Sembly, was locked. up in the cell at the Police Court this morning, on the charge of stealing some jewelry an clothing. After eating some food that been brought him, he called Officer Finley, who has charge ofthe cells, and asked him ifhe hadn't time to go out and get him a cigarette. gee AsstsTantT SecRETARY Upton THE VICTIM OF A BURGLAR.—Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Upton was robbed last night, His rooms on I street, between 14th and 1th streets, were enter- ed after he had gone to ‘sleep. The’ thief took away Mr. Upton’s suit of clothes, which was on | a chair, two boxes of cigars, his watch worth $175, and $75 in money. A balcony runs | along the second floor of the row of houses in | one of which Mr. econ is domiciled. The thief | must have entered by way of the balcony. A Warxixe FouLowep By A Five.—This morning Kate West was arraigned in the Police Court for ap assauit on Anna Dandridge. The latter tesiuied that she had rented a room from ite, who had denied her the right to enter it, and foreibly put her out. The parties having been before the court on a similar charge last week, when Kate was dismissed with some good ad- vice, which she failed to keep. She was fined and the advice was repeated, that she had better allow Anna to get her furniture. A Wire Wuirrer SENT To JatL.—Last night | William Fitzhugh, a colored man, meeting his wife, Ann Fitzhugh, on 7th street southwest, had some words with herand knocked herdown three times. He was arrested by Detective Mc- Devitt and this morning in the Police Court he bebo sentenced to a fine of $10 or thirty days in Jail AN ei AFFRAY ON 4 STREET C4R.—This mornin; | The Canal-Bridge Question. WHAT PRESIDENT WELLS SATs. * One of the Stax reporters, learning that ex- Goy. Wells, the president of the Alexandria Canal, Railroad and Bridge Co., had returned At the experience meeting here yesterday | for a day from Saratoga, called to inquire | | whether he had seen the article in Saturday's | issue on the “ Free Bridge Question,” and what would probably be the next step. He replied that he had seen the article, but beyond what it contained he had no information as to the prob- able action of the Secretary of War. “The lessees,” he said, “not only believed in the necessity of a free bridge, but hoped the same would be constructed on the piers of the aqueduct, as they offer, doubtless, by far the best facilities and location for such a structure. We | long ago signified our willingnessto accept of the terms of the bill passed by the last Congress. | Our title is for 99 years; in addition thereto the | Alexandria Canal company owes us now about $25,000—the amount of a judgment which we recovered in the cireuit court of Alexandria county sometime since—while that company has not a dollar in the world with which to pay it or other judgments which are now being prose y other creditors, who claim at least $20.00 inore.not only against the canalcompany | but against the property, notwithstanding the | guarantee which we hold for quiet possession of the property, free and unincumbered, It seems especially unreasonable on the part of the lessors to object as they do strenuously to the use ofthe piers fora free bridge, when the only interest that company or the city of Alexa- andria can have inthe structure—to wit: the preservation of the canal—has been well se- cured by providing t be sufficiently strong to carry the canal safely. That opposition m ; st. how eventually because we have a just right to demand the pa: | ment of the debt due to us or to have the prop- ertysold for its disehay | Another and possibly a conclusive reason why the public demand and necessity should not be further balked, is the fact that the United States owns in its own right more than a major- ity of the capital stock of the Alexandria Canal company, and whenever the yoice of that ma- jority is heard, thewhole subject will be settled | favorable to the public interest. But in spite of | that opposition there cannot be serious dif- ficulty in securing the use of the most legitimate purpose. ” our reporter asked, “can that be and effectively done? ells.—*‘Let the United States demand its stock, and if the demand is refused let a bill or petition be filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for Virginia tocompel its delivery. When the stock is obtained call a meeting and | accept the provisions of the existing | An- | other effective way is to ask Congressto speedily | Pass a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to | erect a free bridge upon, below or above the | Aqueduct piers as he may deem either location | | | atitle if the same can be had by agreement upon a reasonable specified consideration; failing in that, authorizing proceeding for a I j condemnation of the property to be instituted | in the Supreme Court of the District of Colum- | by the appraisers as the true value of the prop- | erty condemned shall be deposited in the Trea- sury of the United States to the credit of the property, and granting full authority to all claimants to the property or its proceeds to. ap- pear and prosecute their claim of the fund. It seems idle to delay longer when a speedy solution of the question can be thus made that will do absolute justice to all parties preten- sion. eg ee The Ennis Cometary Theory. ELECTRICITY THE GRBAT ELEMENT UNIVERSE. To the Editor of The Star: The views of Prof. Ennis, of Shippensburg, Pa., on cometary matter, especially the tails of comets, as reported in your issue of the Ist inst., struck me as being the most sensible that have yet been offered by astronomical wise men. His idea that electrieity is the substance which forms the tail of the comet is reasonable, and the evidence in various wa; lative, and, in my mind, convincing. * It is very true, as he says, that “‘if these tails were com- posed of any substance the laws of motion are constantly violated by them,” and that “the thinnest vapor would conceal the stars from view,” and again, “it is a fact that the smallest stars can be seen through the tail of a comet.” During the winter of 1860 I was living in Maine, and after the perihelion of the wonderful comet of that year (the nights being cold and the atmosphere very clear), I saw distinctly, and for several nights in succession, scintillations of light, in the form of waves, pass very rapidly from’the corona of the comet to the extremity of its tail. The scintillations or w: were 60 rapid and continuous that my curiosity was ex- cited and I called the attention of my father to the fact, and he, too, distinctly saw this jous phenomenon. That this was no atmospherical OF THE termine. The action was precisely similar to that of the aurora borealis, and, although a boy, as it were, I came then to the conclusion that this action was electricity, no matter what might be the matter composing the tail. The aurora borealis of our northern or south- ern skies is evidently produced by rapid evapora- tion or the contact of counter elements—i. e., heat and cold, dense and raritied air, or fogs and frost. Any rapid changes in earthy elements will bring out (not produce, for I believe electricity to be an inherent power in cosmical matter) such phenomena. Why, then, in the rapid motion of these possi- bly vaporous bodies, can there not be rapid de- velopment of evaporation and consequent bril- lant, intense, extensive and expansive displays of electricity 2 Supposing that the comet develops heat, and the space through which it passes is intensely cold, would not the rapidity of the motion and the contact of two such opposites naturally pro- duce just such a result as we see in these come- ay displays? Suppose the comet is material and space vacuous? that would produce elec- tricity. The matter thrown off would disturb the laws of vacuity or inertia and again pro- | duce electricity, and until this matter had distributed itself we should witness the dis- turbance in the form of electrical displays. Prof. Ennis has sufficiently demonstrated, I think, that the positive electricity of the sun re- pels that of other bodies, and thus deflects or drives it to “the rear,” as it were, of them. On this point I will not add any remark: I think the time is soon coming when the the- ory that electricity pervades all matter, all cos- mical substances, that, in fact, it is the primal generator, or first cause, and that its influence is superior in the laws of creation, motion, de- velopment and existence, will be accepted. That vegetable, animal and human E¢2, jitality, strength and thousht, cvén is developed out of it and dependent upon It for existence, I do not doubt. { believe that, subtle as it is, it is the one great element of the uniyerse—the power, magnitude and universality of which we are but Just beginning to discover. Space forbids my entering into a discussion of this latter theory in this letter. Very respectfully, un urs, . J. BROOKINGS. ———.V7].__ 2 Mrs. Parnell Speaks, ADDRESSES MADE AT THE LAND LEAGUE PICNIC— THE INFERNAL MACHINE PLAN DISAPPROVE! There was a very large attendance at the Irish National Land League plenic at Beyer’s park last evening. The branch land leagues and other Irish societies marched to the park about half-past six o'clock. About half-past eight o'clock the assembly was called to ‘order by Major M, E. Urell. Dr. Antisell, the first speaker, in the course of his remarks said he, met’sto get his hand attended to, and from | in the Police Court Richard Lee and Richard H. | fF One, was not in favor of resorting to such there to the station-house to make the complaint against Kearney, and when on the way home this young man struck him on the back of his head with a stone and knocked him down, and he was senseless until the next day. Schaffer Was also fined $50 or %) days in jail. thet anctasd Base Batt.—The Baltimore Sun this morning | The Baltimore Base Ball Club again de- scorer, Other games yesterday were as fol adelphia, Worcester 7, Athletics 3; Chicago, Buifalos 2, Chicagos 11. pected ined RAID ON AN ALLEGED Bap Hovsr,. Police Court yesteraay afternoon a: white woman named FI itt Hr i | Brown were arraigned for an affray on a street car on 7th, between I and K streets, last night, | having been arrested by Officer Madigan. The | evidence was somewhat conflicting, but it ap- | peared that Lee trod on Brown's foot and the | latter made a remark about the “impudence of coon,” which was followed up by angry words and blows, Lee asserting that some one in the crowd struck him with a billy. The court (Judge Bundy) said that this was a disgraceful affair ‘@ | and he would impose a fine of $10 or 30 days on each. — Business ALONG THE River FRont.—The ar- rivals at the river front since our last report are as follows: Schooner Ramsay, Nail, wi a L. Biscoe; sch. Ada Lee, Weston, wood for sam: schr. Cooper, Calaway, coal, for Clarke & Given; schr. 8. Fisher, Ountrim, coal for Geo. L. Sher- iff; sehr. Salisbury, Moore, coal for John Miller; sehr. Mary A. Trayner, Austin, stone for J. Mil- ler; sehr R. R. No. 34, Ensley, coal for Sher- iff; schr. Robinhood, Smith, coal for J. Miller; Wheeler, 90,000 sehr. A. measures as infernal machines, and since it has been stated that the land league indorses this means of destruction they should be emphatic in their denial of it. Mrs. Delia Stewart Parnell, a lady apparently about fifty years of age, of large frame, was then | introduced. She ae with ease and distinct- | ness. England of late, | tering herself that she was through with the | land league; but this year, instead of only giving Ireland a half-hour hearing per session, the whole attention of Parliament has been engrossed by the Irish question. She had read that day that her son had had a difficulty with Gladstone. She believed it was about the budget to pay soldiers and policemen now in Ireland. e English ical, and they are le are nothing if not Peek fey it would be cheaper to inning to believe that give Ireland to the Irish than to centinue the struggle. England is at the present the slave of Ni ) Teaislation can be enacted unless that the land league was the Noah’s ark in which Pie and finaly enter tne harbor esdom. ane ini enter the or mM. tee Mrs. i concluded Miss Ellen Bob ac- lish land gene, ate ee ee on eg their hotel. Y | worshi st favorable, and for that purpose to acquire | | bla, and providing that the amount ascertained | y8 is dedugible,eamu- | disturbance, the wavy motion alone would de- | The trustees of the Metropolitan church hare designated one of the members of that church, Mr. Charles E. Walker. as. a suitable person, in conjunction with Mr. Entwisle, to make an in- | spection of the church spire, which has eareened over to one side, and pass upon its savety. The | | inspection will be:made this week. 3 | | The stock for the new Northern market, cor- | ner of 7th and O streets, has nearly all been dis- | posed of. Street lamy | extinguish Monday ni | Wesley chapel, corner 5th and F streets. | __ In consequenceof a strike among the hodcar- | Tiers. the bricklayers on the new wing of the | City Hall were yesterday compelled to quit work. | The cause of the: strike is an objection to the | ceeDlos sient of non-union men by the contrac- | tor. Last night Col. D.S. Curtiss delivered an ad- will be lighted at 10 p.m. and at 3:45 a.m. la | | ing at the E-street Baptist church. The congregation:of the Union Bethel church | | have demolished their old church building pre- | | paratory to the building of their new house of | . Which will be commenced ina few days | | on the old site—M, between 15th and 16th streets | northwest. | _ Two boys, named James Doremus and Carroll Lawtrip, on Monday rescued a companion named | Win. Benton from” drowning in the Eastern | | Branch. He was seized with cramps while bathing, and the two his assistance and afterwards accompanied him to his home, 234 Ist street southeast. | A ditch on 5th, between K and L | Southeast, appears ‘to be a recept: up or a drain made, when it can be dischar John Norris and Jolin Kaiser were arre by Lieut. Arnold’s officers last evening picion of being engaged in. the recent robbe of stores and attempts at burglary. They are held for a hearing, piecigte as The Courts Po1ice Covrt—Judge Bundy, pro tem. Yesterday, after our report closed, Ji pleaded guilty to steal d gu SJ C.C | with the grand lar | household goods, jewelry a | Th ‘y and money jomas; grand jury: bonds $300. Hen ault on Cecelia Payne: $5 or 15 days. Thos. | threats to Sarah Luckey: bonds or 60 day | To-day, Wm. Kirby forfeited collateral, Laura | Turner, cu wearing in West Washing. | ton: Mamie Kelly, vagrancy; | bonds or 90 days. aha or 7 Frank Whitney, do. | Moriarty, an old white woman, with making an indecent exposu on the street, and sentenced to 30 day | work-house." Daniel Pudy, an old white man, | was charged with being a y tenced to 20 days in the wor! s charge of her pe to animals, in keeping | near G streets, without the proper attention and food. The court remarked that the charge of | cruelty to animals not made out, but he | would say on his own. resp ility that i case of cruelty to human beings to have to | witness the d: animal. The | case was di -y Fleming, larceny of | a half bushel of coal from John: ros | days in jail. Roy Jenkins, a you i was charged by Henry Coleman with destroying | private property, by cutting his awning ropes and painting over his sign. The testimony showed that these men are both in the second: hand furniture business near the corner of 10th street and Pennsylvania ayenue, and there is a | 1 of animosity between them. ‘The conflicting, and the case was dis- missed. “Coleman's sign read, “I am not. re- | sponsible for goods left on the eorner. H. Cole- | man.” And the words “for goods” were oblit- | erated, so as to make it read, “I am not responsibl H. Coleman.” Hattie Norris, | threats; ugh, assault on Ann Fitzhugh; $10 or 30 days in jai West, assault on Anna Davidge; fined ard Lee and Richard H. Brown, affra; days each. oe West Washington nee Georgetown. A CuiLp's DeatH FROM A Dosk oF BRANDY. Mary M. Carter, flve years old, died last Mon. day, at the home of her parent between Market and Frederick st brief illn used by an overdose of brandy, administered by another child. Dr. Appleby was called in, but too late to save her li Tue C. Faerory is well unde Tomatoesare now being “put up,” and they presents a very stirring appearance, there being | about 100 females, mostly y. rls, employed | | there. It isexpected that from 500 to will be employed, if the enterprize is a success. A Boat Racw between Me John Potter. John Heard, H. Lipscomb and E. Rhodes, too! place in two oared shells yesterday a from the Aqueduct bridge to the Potomac boat,| house. Messrs. Potter and Heard were winners | by about 10 lengths. A TURY OLD To-pay.—Mr. Michael lan, who is one hundred years old. to-da mentioned in Tae Star heretofore, is cel ing the event to-day at his home on Vall ‘treet surrounded by his four daughters, one of whom resides in New York, the others living here, Mrs. Hannibal Addison being his only mar- | | Cal- | yaa | ‘ight titeves stole the carpets from } ress before the Arbitration League at the meet- } PROF. STONE DESC! the | nuel Prof. Ormond Stone, of the Cincinnati Ob- | for gentlemen's wear is constantly being servatory, has written a letter in reference to | figure. observatory by’ clou | logal time, when Mr. W bright and red. The n there was a dark line separati The Alleged Cometic Rupture. IBES WHAT HE SAW AT THE ATI OBSERVATORY. CITY ITEMS. My Blee Flannel stock _PICNICS, EXCURSIONS, &e. ‘0! POR THE CAPES! cINe! Hi replen- ished, so that I am still able to fit almost any FORTRESS MONROE AND NORPOLE. A VIEW OF THE OCEAN. oged § “I have bee: e Gentlemen in the habit of having their woods plese epiit, =~ 1 bare pees snteromec,— be | sein mcakare ancotien Siterient antes pom — = The GRORGE EA! says, “in reading Mr. Roek’s account of his ob- | Feeytqte mean ama often sure streed what! SATURDAY, August Olinger, fa 1 servation of the great comet on the 6th of Jui Gro, ©. He | ine arrives at Weshington Mi tam. On that evening the comet was hidden at this a 410 Seventh street. until about ten o'clock | mn went into the dome —_-_ ‘Tickets round trip, $3.00. Music by the Mf Regularity, lutegrity and Punctuality Beget Bend. ‘Confidence. SHAR | to observe its position with the eleven-inch re- 3 : drawings of the |G fractor. He soon returned, however, aad called Sawing pen tage y take place i- | BOOKBINDERS' MUTUAE RELIEF ASSOCIATION ae ee to the reruakable $1 ape of | Yariabiy on the se Tues of eve ry mith he nucleus. went to the dome an m | at New Orleans, La. anc price o! that time until three o'clock we alternately ex- | foave 4 dollars, has become so generally amined the comet, making: sketches and mea- | and confidence so well established in its Integr or | poste, B. sares. The fan had its usual appearance, | Of management. that ft is hard to Danphin, ae Dee but when first observed a bright red | Now Orleans, ba. inthe hope ofrecelving S00, |W. F. CLAR ‘ spot projected from the nucleus into the | > es | 2-6. PEM seer: SO dark region on the side of the nucleus Aten Werte Heke ey | saison tatcat eed ot eee eels opposite the fan. This jet was tetally different ee Tey nd beauty. Tt | Bast leaves 6th treet wharf at 7-30 otcock in appearance from those usually seen. It was ce tirungth aad srowth, ‘Dandrum | Tickets 80 conte, children between 8 aid Trea at first straight, and in brightness rived eee ee inn eee ateliloas Hair Dressing. | 2 — a the nucleus itself: in fact, at the first glance it | Ys per ¢ rich and rare. RAND EXCURSION TO NORPOLK AND THE seemed to form one with the nucieas, On a | {Perfume rich and rare. G CAPES. WEDRESDAY. AUGUST mei closer inspection, however, T saw that it had a | .. £yle Balsamam., iaave at 7 pu, return i 6.8.in. ay, Tbe cut transparent appearance, but still inte: | (Mrs. Allen's)—A lovely Soak ean Sie Sones Feet toe ee ren —— pag hy 2) removes dundruil, allays all it tes a health FREUN: nee showed th H.B. Polkinhorn, near Store, Georgntown, ‘ateres Adar ‘eh hair and prom growth with a City PO. and at Crop: Soe eunall it from th wii i : ric tiful gloss, and is delightfully fragrant, items ete ‘alla for cen leus. Mr. Wilson dy called my at- | Price seventy-five cents, in large glass stoppered tention to this dark I went to the | bottles, was dome. Is first named went to | cided | to | its streets | to double. cle for all) on sus- | band | dis: | like The | too Ie the stated that his name was was born and and at the time ity | @ horse in an unsheltered lot of ground ow 13th | a portion grew faintei at the new structure shall | S°'ts of alirt and refuse matter. It needs filling | 3 in the morni Mr. Wilson at the t itl | The | tive hours The case of Matthews Taylor al and continued . JF? COMPLIMERTARY MOONLIGHT EXCUR- ring the first few SION OF THE ange took pli The jets — | Forty Years’ Experience of an Old Nurse. | ENIGHTS OF ST. MATTHEW, separate and ‘form. a nucl r) Mrs. ¥ v's Soothing Syrup is the prescrip. | TO MARSHALL MALL, : a et femak' physiciins and " own, so that fora time the comet repped wane tamgh rary THURSDAY EVENTING, 4 Gradual wz success by | Boat will leave her wharf, foot of 7th street, at 7 otel"ke until when | Tuvitations can be had from menbers at althoush plainly visible, Schild from pain cone and ising tonic ty caidealt ees aed ed. | no brighter than’ the fan-shaped append: cel, griping in the & in waiting. 2 at the opposite side of the nucleus. giving hea : - Price 25 cen’ PEAND VacaTio ‘ x ppeared, cloud in the zion opposite the fan, tive functio JCEAN 4 ere can be no question that a great outburst | Mia avenue, . | POUR DATS, 00 cua SQUE Pare ae. Kk phice in the comet on that evening, nor “Alderney Deir: | meaisen neute aud board at Gotan Mew Hol ree, a portion of the nucleus be detached. | Ade butter phenomenon was watched yery carefully 1 STS 70 FRIDAX, aveusr a2. and I think I could hardly bem We, cotern toxin aoe tiie ME: en in What I saw A TRUE ichmond Dispatch of yesterda lars and informati: ply to et Ear nd na A Second National Bank Building, 509 7th et. HE NEW STEAM Will leave foot « trust to the um: and recorded in 4 ey., one of t and for the Distri led in the police court yesterd: abset ith Captain Pleas ict, Sunday night, the 0 teen (15) feet ‘on Boundary depth of the lot, togeth the 4 wave "ST § at - at look, thereon, consisting of a two-story frame rovenents dwelling. DAY ENE ” on TUBSDA) | dren ried daughter. Me has three sons, all living in Texas. Mr. Callan came to this country from Ireland in 1844, and has resided here since that time. He retains all his faculties unimpaired, except that of sight, whtch only failed him November, and no | | st he is almost totally blind. He expects, however, fo be at his place in the College grounds in September. Tye GRAIN MARKET.—8,800 bushels wheat sold yesterday at prices ranging from 122 to 12814, Tue Coa Trape.—Thirty-three boats left Cumberland with 3,750.18 tons of coal Monday, as follows: — For Georgetown—Consolidation Company, 1,498.00 tons; Borden Company, 561.09 tons; New Central Company, 446.10 tons; Blaen Avon Company, 336.13 tons; Maryland Compan; | 233.10 tons. Individual, 117.00 tons. For Alex- andria—American Company, 557.11 tons. THE OED ETONS HIBERNIAN SOCIETY meet, to-night. Se oe Alexandria Affairs, Reported for the EVENING STAR, REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. — The republican ity and county convention assembled at soon to-day at the colored Odd Fellow=’ iuall, on Co- lumbus street, esa Wolfe and Gibbon streets, to select delegates to the republican state convention. The first portion of the ses- sion was occupied with preliminaries and the examination of credentials. An election of dele- gates is not expected until a late hour this after- noon or to-night. Some of the politicians anticipate a triumph of the anti-readjuster or coalition wing. They say that asthe county is solid against coalition, and the city delegates divided, a sufficient number of city delegates will unite with the straight-outs in the conven- tion and elect straight-out delegates to the con- yention. But nothing is certain in a pglitical convention except plenty of talk. TAXES ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER.—The new county levy mentioned yesterday calls up the difference in taxation between the lands of the farmers of Washington county and those of their neighbors in Alexandria county, across the river. The District farmers pay 150 cents on the hundred for dwellings and curtilage and 100 cents on agricultural ‘dands, while this year the farmers of Arlington: district, whose fields are ploughed within camnon shot of the capital, will Pay 100 cents general county levy, 5 centscounty school levy, 45 cents District school leyy and 10 cents District road levy, and besides that each adult male is requirettto work two days upon the roads or pay 75 cents per day commutation. Add to this the state'tax of 50 cents on the hun- at Arlington is $2.10 on the hundred, whileithe District tax on agri- cultural land, whichmakes up four-fifths of the taxation outside the: District cities, is only 100 cents. This includes) roads, schools and the es police, witich passes over the entire y- THs Potomac FoRrNaces.—Work upon the “tron boom” has been'in progress now for over aweek. The old furnaces have been torn down, and the erection of three new furnaces of the vapor heati These tl smelting of ores will begin. There is on hand a considerable amount of scrap iron bought from Mr. Agnew already on hand. Rerorrer’s NoT#s.—The Norwegian bark Disin, , which since note of clearing was ished in THe Star has been detained here, this morning in tow of Capt. Graham's tug for Cala, Prac, but othe seine noe for Calais, as to be too shallow for the draft of the at the ment of the Gr a pan: | | Terms ‘of wale: One-fourth cach, balance at ix, | »,Stale rooms can be a Bea ee ee aid that on Friday or Satur- | Qreveand.clchtern months, with interest at ix ir | Sit-water bathing im the Chemayreake for ladies ana O y | cent and secared by a deed of trust on the property Sut Sra? o his arrest he was stand- | sold. Conveyancing it cost of purchaser. wemnrer | ta. SRS — ad the Virginia end of the EOS ai HE STEAM YACHT. “ENDEAVOR NT aor approached m SON Se WOtiname | Teumtoce. | Ne tons, ik rads to be chartered by the day said that his name was Matthews Taylor, | 3. 7. COLDWETE aati ER sa | pd pk Oe I HS and that he had ran away from Richi ond on ac- = | fers accomuuodation fiat can be had for parties, Ape count of a crime he had committed. After tell- SUMME SORTS. | plication can tbe made ton" ; ing him the nature of the crime and the name of SUM MER RESO! | eke One © eS ee it was {the woman, the man moved off and he saw no ——— — ore of him, The prisoner iso ex 5 PEt To Lowen cepaR Port, . story about being in the penitentiary | that when quite a small boy he was helping a ‘The finest Resort on the Potomae. man to d the Ground. gaa to ® | bridge, when a colored man on horseback rode Gaithersteee eet a a ve | into the flock, trampling several ofthe sheep under = Ccabiiiag. Pititng, Boating, Slt-water Bathing. foot; that hi zed hold of the horse's bridle and. (New Bathing Suite and Shoes.) asked the man what he wasdoing. Them: CEA! him if he (Price) could not see what he was | «The fine apa fact Steamer J. W. THOMPSON, new y doing. An altercation then ensued between irectiy on the Occan. pees _ soit ad sage mas cae Cay d % ag ae ¥4 nd firing, the ball taking effect in the w of Boating: cunning, fishing on bay 100 yards from | panyts Wharf. foot of Gth et 4:30 a.m. 5). arriv= his (Price's) | Rotel, fe: Sauer day: $10 aud $12.00 per week, Ciren- | [bear Lowbk CEDAR EOIN at 1 + ea visible.) Pr een areas oq JOHN, TRACY, Proprictr, | “gat, pil nceds Washington st 10pm. 0” tured the ling the 8. C. BECKWITH, Chief Clerk. Wi8-tma_ | Prot. Weber's Uaiform Thee aid Sieie eed. are he was tried in Washinst« sentenced to = | eawayed for te reason on the Boat aud at the Pout. years in the Albany penitentia The | WICK’S HOTEL, LEONARDTOWN, MD., IS | First-class accommodations. Delichtful time. Powl- _in the Albany p E ‘ow open for the reception of zuets. Bo | fvely uo improper person allowed on. the Bont or said that his mother per tuonth, $9 per week and $1.50 per da minds. Officers will be stationed at both places to Fe i that he had an | particulars address K.P | fure admittance to such. wishing to make are i 4 kK ietor, Leonardtown, Md. dy9-skwtseyy) | Tangements for excursions Lower Cedar Point hington. When asked | s —.- | apply on the boat, at the aftice of Mt. saines Hotel, oF if body in Alexandria he | D OF DELAWARE ave- | W'S! oom, 125 Pennayiranie avenue: care : eral persons, | "J. An unobstruct bee hc ccommadairl of vite cnc wil be given and which » fe pn oe 3 3 ip; children under 12 yearp lived. knew severa es = - | half price. Jy 26-20 i Si 5 LI, —————$___—_—_—_. — the police force of that city, giving the name of | (JONGRESS HATE. Oy aap, | = = Capt. Smith, of whom he gave First-class in all its gnpointuients. Season! eee, eA EAMES DYER. lescription. _T: | of 1881 will open June i B. R. SELBY, | sams raightforward story, and those who heard it | Prepricter; THOS. Fad sno _ | FOR NORPOUE, RORTSMOUTH. FORTRESS MON- ced to admit that if not strictly true it Most PLEASANT Hor ‘OF, BINEX POINT inly quite plausible. It has been the | J WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. Steamer GRORGE “LEARY on ARS ana ‘This house is situated a half mile fron’ the, sponse, SDARS m Fabyan house, and its location is unsurp: ng | THURSDAYS ot 6:20. m. and 6A\ sedated only hotel from which a full view of Mt. Washington | px cURSION he murder, and that por- | and ite rally’ cane obitaied from ite bac ft eam TO TRE CASE EVERY SUNDAE | tion of his narrative in relation to the interview | Mit, The houre has been greutly enlarged and entirely he had with Taylor confirms that opinion. In | {rc belle in every roora: bath steam heat, bil- all probability the genuine Matthews Taylor is | lard and pool tables, post and telegraph fine still lurking around Washington. ioe ler fot epg ela ee ne md +0 -____ by the week at reduced’ rates. “for further A Boy Atraci 4 Cat.—A telegram from > r. MAN, proprietor, or Troy, t 1 —John Wyman, a little | s523-c03w OV SOOM NERPSETN Soe seer. Second ci roti tip to Pik y on Congress street, locked a large cat ; COTTAGE, © AY, N. J., IS NOW son 2 in a room to-day, and then began to tease it. Naeem ead ‘Gos comes biations FOR RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND ALL The cat finding escape impossible, attacked the | are tret-class in every reepect. Send for cit-O) FOINTS SOUTH. boy, and held on to him with such tenacity oe calars, Mre. M.F. BEARD. jel4-eo2m The new and splendid, steamer EXCELSIOR, can. Joseph McDermott, a neighbor, was compelled | -yEDAR_GROVE.—This pleasant farm necting with K.P. and BI. R. ‘at Quantico, twos ‘0 almost sever its head before it would relin- open for summer boarders. Within two; gaily Seen As ealrteaetcanee pm a quisi its hold. The boy’s arms and legs were | wiles of S.V.R.R.| Five miles to B. & O.R.R. Fare to Richmond, wulimt 6 badly eee parhcuie ane sian woe Fare to Richmond, round trip, good for i0 days... 7 00 jel7-cow2m Clarke County, Berryville, Va. EES = SEXCUWSIONS “BRIGHT! ” ‘o Richmon: ia la or to Norfa Richmond, T pias ATLANTIC CITY. | and return to | Washingtou. James River by daylight, 4 deligttul trip. ALL Steamer Excelsior, twice daily (9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p, ee te | m.)%0 Rickinond ia Tchmond, Fredericlabury aad s. > | Potomac Railroad from Quantico, WEEN you co ydigtand Cold Sea Water Baths and ll modern con Scar une Laue TUESDAYS, THURSDA = . SI 8. u X connectine Tackeeed syikom ii i eat lI) | | Norfolk wigh the James River steainers each ASTFORD HALL, | Roun ckete.. rN RU N Oxrorn, Mp., —— i Te Se Oe eer Isnow 0} DAILY EXCURSIONS TO QUANTICO, pen for the reception of guests. particulars, ixcelsior, 9:30 and 3:30 p.m. Ou SUNDAYS at — SAMUEL Nontils, be taper “"3p-m. only = — | ig oy sw “4 SHLAND HOUSE, FED'S SONS, 1216 F street nortuwest; Cook's Toure, Fe | eC se Pape he Riakioee ee aaah “GINGER” or “JAMAICA GINGER, ‘Thorough reuovate,reruraene asia Qh Panera Hot: i i eikaara, wet to Cp First-class in all departments. Cuisine a spe- GEORGE MATTINGLY, cialty. Western and Southern yang on Me : * D. J. MATTESON & Co., WELCH, Agent. ‘You Seldom Get the Genuine Ginger. $y6-266 Pro rieiors. NEw ARRANGEMENTS FOR, THE STEAMER MARY WASHINGTOR. OCCOQUAN FALLS & MOUNT VERNON SPRINGS, ‘TGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VA., has been, IP Pate WitnahdeeWaahsnon Ca isn the reception of ienoets under (Or, . en is connected with the Norfc ‘Alwase Ack For jent. It is ith folk distant from the Springs Special waive nade with Tome i vn fam ihies.” For ramphiets giving full descriptions, address | ibe Steauner Mary Waal every SUNDAL, MOR, FRED'K BROWN’S, ee ae WHITE, Manacer. pat, WEDNESDAY and FINDAY, leaving 7th strest ee Dr. J. W. NASH, Resident Physician. a ie 1 ~ pnd lee ate TILLER HOUSE.—Most detigh =e VEN ‘ON feta rte saTUR, State; y beautiful: cars pass DAY. art at a-ny,, Fetri FRED. BROWNS, | Ser isGauong Te seatal Rett) Hare i0, conn “Thy feat el be chartered ot For information apply to ‘The steamer Mary Washington will also make Excur. pot free. ¥, Hanoy on a a sions every SATURDAY, leaving hor wharf at 6:20 p. € BELLE VUE, CAPE MAY, N.J. m. ; returning at 11:30 p.m. Dancing down, Viicxeta view from win down Opposite Con-, and back on all trips except Sundays. Tickets, 25 F. BROWNS Gace ee ee nT Tabi —_S. R, METTAUR'S JAN'S W. 8S. SPRINGS, GINGE R, J ” onan ‘Depor P.O. font D ‘VIRGINIA. HEADACHE PILLS Pamphlets at the Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Star Cars most wonderfully ins very short oth SICK And will ‘the y you get One ert E. C. JORDAN. Fayed Le nhac #H cog oy relieve Ain HE POPULAR WATERING PLACE, * GENUINE ARTICLE, T mccain ca CAPE MAY, Eppa of le. three-ceut postage § Made in Philadelphia, minnie inad yea WEST JERSEY RAILROAD a Which will give retiet in * In Two Hovns rao Pamapetrat, CRAMPS, COLIO aD J. B. WOOD, General Passenger Agent. FRANK THOMSON, General Manager. Je6-2m HELBURNE City, 100 nine ,, THIREKIED, pastor M. pat Th, heel ies serie es i ee 1 given Pls FESS HADLEY, AO TO eS A X eo 70 ie toner aaa =F ee RX EXON SPRINGS AND BATHS, Va. Deve u roucen les