Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1881, Page 4

he ee LOCAL MENTION. The Weather. Orrice oF TeE CHTEr SIGNAL OFricer, Wasnincton, D.C.. Aug. 1, 1881, 9:30 a.m. For the middie ‘Atlantic states, fair weather, Bortheast veering to southeast winds, stationary or higher temperature, rising followed by sta- onary barometer, Special Weather Bulletin. FAIR WEATHER FOR FRIDAY, ‘The chief signal officer furnishes the following @pecial bulletin to the press: Occasional rain has fallen in Maine, Minnesota and Wisconsin: elsewhere fair weather has prevailed. weather is reported from the lower lake region, middle states and New Bngland, and warm ‘weather from the western and southern states, Acold wave moving eastward has entered Idaho and Montana. The following temperatures were qheerved this morning: Hastport. Gl dew; Bur- Bagton, 6 deg: Montreal, 61 deg. = 56 éeg.; Alpena, Gt deg; Duluth, 68 de n Fran- eieeo, 55 deg. Northerly winds prevail middle states and New England: in the other states they are mostly light southerly. . Fair weather is indicated for Friday in the south At- lantie vi Gulf states, and warmer weather in the middle states and New England. RA! OF THE THERMOMETER. ‘The following are the readings of the ther- Mometer at the al Office during the da: Tam... deg: 1 a.m. a Maximum, $32 dey LN Arrica.—When in arles Marshall, the celebrated tray- Sik CHARLES Marsna: Africa, Sir C y he was sti!l more vis’ Pain Killer. refused to treat with general store in Cape 1 medicine, native him until he sent to the town and procured the « FUSSELL's ice cream. Cnear Reraruxa, Byrn’s shoe store, 1614 14th street. SPLexpip GLAssEs #1, Hempler’s, Pa.ave., near ii st. Howsox’s Ice Cream, 91.5 a gal., qt. tins 35c. CITY s AND DISTRICT. Condensed Locals, | The schooner Wm. Allen, Capt. Martin Streib- man, from Philadelphia for Washington with recked at Wachapreazue Inlet, north les. eastern shore of Virzinia, a few The schooner was 315 tons rezister, £10,000. and uninsured. The cargo | Was valued at $4,000. No lives are reported lost. Reese Crawford, a member of the Geor- | and captain of the Muscogee plumbus, Ga. an organization that extended many courtesies to the W.L.L. corps on | their visit to Atlanta | il, is inthe city and being very handsomely entertained by the mem- bers of the Wi corps. The following patents have been ns in this District: issued to Washington—James | ¥. Graydon. method of heating railroad cars, | Frank J. Lippeit. trunk hasp; W. N. Rowe, but. | ton; Edgar B. Stocking, making satchel-bottom | rzetown—W. T. Duvall, apparatus | rolier mills. Mr. John H. King, agent for the S. PF. P. 0. C. T. A.. arrested Hamilton Wilson, in the Center in the last staze of consumption an liable to drop dead at any moment. Wilson also om aglandered horse. He was n slice Court, but on killing the giandered horse and promising to not work the fick one he was released. This is the fifth glan- @ered horse that Mr. King has had shot in a short spell of time. a The Double Murder. GBRISTINA TAYLOR COMMITTED TO JAIL—A CHILD'S PRESENTIMENT. After the inquest at the second precinct sta- tion yesterday, Coroner Patterson committed the old woman, Christina Taylor to jail, on sus- | 2¢ Beton of murdering the two Fisher children. other two prisoners, Rose Taylor, and James Gof were released. In regard, to the retention @f 1. S. Washington as counkel for Christina | it is stated that thiswas done by an asso- not beeause they approve of lawlessness and crime, but because they desire that justice should be done; that the prisoners be fairly tried. It is stated that should the pri@oners be lield for trial Colonel W. A. Cook, and Colonel Robert Christy will be employed in the defence. WAS IT A PRESENTIMENT? On Saturday morning when picking vege-| les for market, the children found some white flowers and told Mrs. Fisher to give them | to the Virgin Mary, the youngest adding, | “bopinz that she will make me agood boy, and | keep the niggers from killing me.” | FEE OLD WOMAN AboUT TO HOLDS HER STATEMENT. The oid woman, Christina Taylor, is believed | by the police officers generally to have comit- ted the murder, and this belief is strengthened | by her actions ‘and words. It will be remem- bered that on Monday she said to Lieut. John- fon that if she coutd get off she would tell ail | about it: but that she has since declined to say | he js morning she was brousht out of the cell at second precinet station, at her | sugvestion. to tell all about it. When she the office aid, “What is the use of | for it will only make it worse for me? Neither Lieut. Johnson nor any of his officers could induce her to say anything else. NABLE THEORY. | generally of one opinion as to! i A The police ar eriiue, viz: The old woman (who Place) when she ashboard determined to see what she ould take. and was diseoverea by the children, | or one of them, or perhaps had some words with inz into the house, when she | ud fearing that she would be in-| ith the washboard and | killed it, and th fearful of the conse- | put the witness of the deed (the other | ay, and that the dog got after | ved on the | WOMAN A CRANK? an is believed by some not to be d it is evident that ii intellect. Christi 5 ichter, Rose (the latter evidently ethan she has yet told), were to- ail and the boy Gough released. VISION. The old wom .in an interview With a party resic r the station, said: “When I was asleep last night I saw it all in a} vision: a ing a yellow coat and Fellow pants w house, and he took the ‘ked down beth of the clildren and down and left.” ! EDO NOY FAVORTHE THEORY THAT BYE- | WATER. THE INSANE MAN, HAD ANYTHING TO bo with Ir. sted that from the position} sams in improving were found—the | i the Fisher children head of one at the fect of the othe Chri ing an nent in harmony with . that there is a possi- Byewater, the crank arrested argetown-on Monday last, z to dowith it. This with much favor from the ¢ that it has aot | stranger was seen in| nt the neigiborhood when the act was commit- ted, and that it is not possible that any person could pass throuzh that thickly peo- pled nei without being seen by some taken to the Georgetown ained there until Tuesday morn- a he was taken to police headquarters rgeant in charge and put aboard a train -that evening. He is represented a small sized man, poorly dressed, y insene, and said he was from Baltimore and in seareh of Pi in in the county who to the depot he told Mr. the driver. that he had seen an old in the country with whom he had cr talk. passage was paid by the au- thorities rather than send him to the insane asylum. ee Pienies, Exeursions, &. rietors of that fine summer resort, ac, have en- . together with | 4pson, to accommodate the | e in that direction. Steamers Jewve to-iorrow and § a zood time and to in suffering, family excursion given by the St. Vincent de re conte ence to Marsh hall Hall-ou the steamer - Corcoran, for the beaeiit of the poor morrow. gar > ——._ ___ Real Estate Transfers, Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows: Fendoer et al. to C. Yost, 17, sq. 447; C. Wheatley et al. to J. Pilling, parts sq. 475;¥ 900. John Dufly and Mary E. to Elias J. Hill. lots 4 and 5, sq. 48; £3,000. . Betts to C_F. Watson and Janies Me- lot 2, ¥q. 724; 2600. Georze Crox te Loekhead, lot_ 15, block suv. Pleasant Plains, &¢.; $1,200. | loch was merely a boarder at his hotse; that she went to the house to re- | Community was more largely or with @ | former days and added objects of curiosity & y sce oF pile | The murder of the actor in Texas he aleo' ascribes should go on the | 7. Tedd & ; severity of THE SKEEN SCANDAL. Serious Charges Against a Treasury Employe— Denials by the Alleged Offender. ‘THE WIFE'S VERSION. Stephen D. Skeen, foreman of the laborers at the Treasury department, is to be officially in- vestigated. The charges against him involve the most outrageous conduct on his part to- wards his family. It is charged that he has treated his wife and family in a most brutal and‘ shameful manner, while living in the same house with them on terms of intimacy with a young woman named Elizabeth McCulloch, who has for some time had charge of the waste paper room under Skeen. Skeen has resided until re- cently at 1924 14th street northwest. His al- leged brutal treatment of his wife and intimacy with the young woman named have been mat- _ of gossip among his neighbors for a long ime. The story as learned from persons acquainted with the family is asfollows: Skeen, it is stated, has for several years treated his wife badly, | though only within the last few months has he been positively brutal. About five months ago, it is charged, he introduced Miss McCulloch | into his house as a boarder, and since then the | Wife has suffered from neglect and inhuman | treatment. A few weeks ago, while she was | confined to her bed, having given birth to a | child only three weeks before, it is alleged he beat her terribly. The baby shortly afterwards | died. Another statement is that a few days | ago, while Skeen was beating his wife, his | eldest son, a boy 15 years old, interfered in her behalf. Turning upon the boy, Skeen beat him | So. terribly that his head was covered | with the marks of the blows. Last Saturday the family broke up. Mrs. Skeen left the house, and took refuge with a neighbor. It is stated | that Skeen drove her from the honse, having administered to her a terrible castigation. Mrs. | Skeen kept her little girl with her, but her other two children. both boys, were taken away by Skeen, who also left the house, taki way the furniture and other goods. Mrs. Skeen’s friends, who relate the version above given, are very in- dignant over the alleged repeated outrages per- petrated upon her. A few days ago the wife of Skeen made com- plaint to thechief clerk of the Treasury depart- ment, that Miss McCulloch had supplanted ber in the affections of her husband, the result being that Skeen violated his marital yows and | failed to provide for her. Further, that Miss McCulloch was an inmate of theirhome, and had been invited their by its head WHAT SKEEN SAYS. On the otherhand, Skeen says that Miss McCul- was quite poor and unable to pay much for board. and with the full consent of his wife Miss MeC. became a boarder. The money paid there- for was given tothe wife. Further, Skeen avers that his wife is hysterical, and that for ten years or more he has been under great domestic dif- | fienity: and he alleges that his wife has made his | home a veritable hell on earth. In Skeen’s favor the Treasury officials sa: is a faithful and painstaking workman. Secretary Upton and Chief Clerk Powers beth endorse him highly. An investigation will be made ou the wife’s complaint. Captain Co- baugh, of the Treasury, denies the published statement that he ever warned Skeen to be more circumspect in his conduct with the female employés. a Death of a Well-known Local Methodist Min- ister. Rey. Jas. G. Henning, a well-known local min- ister of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose illuess from paralysis has been mentioned in THE Star, died about three o'clock yesterday after- noon at his residence on © street, near 4th northwest. Mr. Henning was born in Fairfax county, Va..in May, 1813, and when a youth | about 17 years old, was converted at a camp | meeting in that section. When a young man he went to Middletown, Frederick county, Md., and was engazed in a country store for a few years; then settling in Clarksburg. Md., in 1836 engaged in teaching a county school. In 1851, having been elected clerk of the county court, he removed to Rock- ville, and being re-elected several times he ‘filled this office for twelve years, till 1863. He then came to Washington and ac- cepted a clerkship in the Quartermaster Gene- ral’s office, which he has filled ever since. Mr. Henning was before coming here a local minister of the church, and attaching himself to Mc- Kendree chapel he was always ready to preach when called on. For some years he had a regu- lar appointment at what was known then as Wesley chapel mission, 9th and S_ streets, now known as Grace M. E. church, Rev. J. W. Smith, past He also filled for several years the pulpit of the Twelfth-street (east) church before the conference made it a station, which is now supplied by Rey. Tillot- | y son Mol Henning was taken sick with ust Ist. His right side was For a time there were indications of y, but night before last he received attack, and at 3 o'clock yesterday morn- 4 case became hopeless. He died in about twelve hours afterward. His funeral will take place from McKendree Chapel at 3 o'clock, Sun- day afternoon. The deceased was one of the now scarce links | 1 the Methodist preacher of to-day and the primitiv In always drove home the few points he made | with great energy and unction, and looked with | large faith for practical results. Though about 70 years of aze, he was never sick to require a physician until his last illness. He left hishome | at Rockville, Md., during the war. to be more untramelied in the expression of his intense union sentiments. Perhaps no minister in the favorably known. The River at Mount Vernon. WHAT ENGINEER ABERT SAYS ABOUT IT IN HIS REPORT. Previous to the commencement of the improve- | ment of the river at Mount Vernon, which w: briefly described in a synopsis of Col. Abert’s report on the subject in yesterda; “AR, | difficulty had been experienced in navigating | the wide flats between the main channel of the Potomac river and the wharf at Mount Vernon, depth over the flats at low water, the says, was but four feet, and the Mount | Vernon steamer. carrying passengers and mails, | was often unable to reach the wharf. The Poto- mae river is subject to extreme low tides during | | the prevaience of northwest winds in the spring | and fail, and at such times the difficulty was | greatly increased. The approved project for the improvement was the excavation of achannel 150 feet wide and 6 to 7 feet deep at low water between the ship channel of the Potomac and the wharf at Mount Vernon, with turning basin of adequate dimensions at the wharf. “The Regents of the Mount Vernon Associa- tion,” Colonel Abert says, “‘have expended large the estate, restoring the | mansion and furniture to the semblance of its | | interest to this already favorite place of | grimaze to the patriotic, and it seems a proper | recognition of the efforts of the ladies who have | thus preserved it that Congress should by the prompt completion of the channel afford the | needed facilities of access to so historical a spot as the home of Washington.” Tue Peanopy Liprary or GEORGETOWN.—The } | trustees of the Peabody Library have just pur- | chased about 21,000 worth of new books, in ad- | dition to some 3,600 volumes now on the shelves, | and they will be ready for use when the library | opens regularly in September. All these books | are of standard excellence, and the citizens of Georgetown, to whose exclusive use they are devoted by the terms of Mr. Peabody's gift, will, no doubt, avail themselves of the benefit. The library is now opened on Tuesday and Friday eveaings only, from 6 to 9 o'clock p.m., for the ‘exchange of books, for the use of which no | charge is made. |. WASHINGTON CaTTLe MaRKET.—At the Queens- | town Drove Yards, onthe Metropolitan Branch | B. and O. R. R., three miles from the city, Lewis D. Means, proprietor—Tuesday, 145 head of | cattle were offered, and all sold to butchers, at 4a5}¢ cents per pound. 350 sheep and lambs up; of these all were sold. as follows: Sheep, 4a5 cents per pound: lambs, 5a63z cents. Cows and calves ought $25a%45. The state of the market was dull. At Drovers’ Rest the cattle sales Tuesday (re- rted by L. E. Tavenner,) were as follows B eattle up and sold—best, 5c. to 5i<e.. good, 48¢e. to 54e.; medium fair, 4c. to 45z¢. thin steers, oxen and cows, 3}¢c. to 4c. 1.684 sheep and lambs—lambs, 4c. to 6c. ‘The Traveling Passenger Agents, CLOSING PROCEEDINGS AND A TRIP TO MOUNT VERNON. At the afternoon session of the R. R. Travel- ing Passenger Agents Association, at the Metro- Politan Hotel, yestesday, Messrs. N. J. O’Brien, A. E. Lippincott and H. Farnum were appointed a committee reported a series of resolutions thank! the proprietors of the hotel, the press others from whom they had received which were adopted. courtesies, Mr. W. J. Walker, in behalf of Col. A. E. Boone, General Manager of the ive Stage ‘Transportation company, extended an inyitation for berg to callon him, which was accepted, ans evel he handsomely en- te rtained them. ne su This morning tie convention held a short session, at which a apecial resolution of thanks to Mr. John O’Laughlin, of the B. & P. R.R. Co., was es, for his courtesy to the ladies of the party. Mr. E. C. Blackman, of Buffalo, was appointed to deliver the address at the next convention, to be held at Montreal. Messrs. H. Price, of Montreal; J. W. Reynolds, of Buffalo, and A. H. Webster, of Buffalo, were appointed the committee of arrangements for the conyen- tion of 1882. The convention then adjourned sine die. Mr. D. W. Janowitz, of the Pennsylvania ratl- road, who had arranged for the members and their friends to visit Mount Vernon, at once took charge of the party, and street cars having been provided for their conveyauce they were taken to the wharf, and at 10 o'clock embarked on the steamer Corcoran for the tomb of Wash- ington. ——— Touching Tribute to a Wife. The remains of Mrs. Wills, (wife of Rev. Dr. Wills, chaplain U.S.A.,) who died recently during the absence of her husband on the Pacific coast, were finally interred in Glenwood cemetery to- day. At the grave Dr. Wills paid an eloquent tribute to the deceased, which, after speaking of the great beanty of her youth, her sublime de- votion as wife and mother, the pure and disin- terested benevolence of her heart, and his own poignant grief on thé occasion, he concluded with these tender and hopeful words: “My darling angel wife! Thou wast a sufferer for many years, and none was more patient, | trustful and cheerful than thou wast. The min- | istry of sorrow was thy ministry. and how well thou didst fulfill itis known only to God and thine own smitten household. In all suffering thou didst display the spirit of the martyrs of all the aw Above the voice of the tempest of pain and anguish thou didst hear the mnsic of the mighty throng which had come out of great tribulation, and the darkest days of thy history brought out the stars of the promises in the richest golden clusters. Neyer can I forget how sweetly thou didst often speak and sing of that better land where the inhabitant shall not, say ‘I am sick,’ and where God shall wipe away all rs from every eye. “Preciousone! Thouart not dead. but sleepeth. ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in Me shall never die.’ The blessed Gospel thou didst profess to practice has abol- ished decth and shed the light of immortality on the gloom of the grave. But for this glorious hope I wouid be of all men most miserable. farewell, darling Rebecca, till we are joined in holier bonds. “ Beyond the parting and the :sceting, Beyond this pulse’s tever beating, Beyond the rock-waste and the river, Beyond the ever and the never, ve, rest, and home.” “May the night dews fall gently on thy silent resting place. May the flowers that bloom on thy sainted grave be the sacred emblems of thy immortal life, and may the light of the stars form a bright aureole around thy lowly head for- ever. “I know that my Redeemer liveth, andam per- suaded that that Almighty Saviour whom thou didst love, in whom thou didst trust, and with whom thou art still united, will watch over thy sacred dust till the great rising , and then mould it into an immortal form of loveliness and perfection.” es The Chinese Students in America. To the Editor of Tux Evesixe Stan: Referring to your surmise as to the cause or reason for withdrawing the Chinese students, as set forth in your issue of to-day, allow me to suggest that there may be more reasonable rea- sons for their withdrawal than the fear of politi- cal contamination in this country. The first set or group of Chinese students left China for this country in 1870 or 1871, ‘h their protectors. The second party of about 36, with three hizh- class officiais, of whom the present excellent minister to the United States from China was one, left China for the United States in the sum- mer of 1872. Others came after, at what dates I dv not now recollect. The question would seem naturally to arise with any one charged with the education of youth in a foreign couatry, how many years will be necessary foreach pupilfo be absent from his nativecountry? These Chinese zh not old for School purposes, e not generally what we call boys. It was the time that the Chinese government had set aside about $3,000,000 of our money for the education of a certain number of boys in America, andthat probably many of them would in this country about 15 years. There were persons who thought and said (the writer of this note being one of them) that it would be a mistake on the part of the Chinese authorities allow their education, (out of theirown coun- .) te occupy £o mai ars, and that is still the opinion of the present writer. The idea of sending young Chinese to this country to be educated had its birth or origin with Sancofan, who was recognized. and is still held, in China, as the most distinguished and most liberal of her modern statesmen. Unfortunately this eminently distinguished and honored gentle- man died before his plan could be put into prac- tical operation, and his successor and protesé, the present iilustrious chief, (Li-nung-Chang,) Viceroy of two Provinces, and Generalissimo of the Emperor's armies, only awaited. as it was said, the proper time after the decease of his illustrious predecessor to commence the execution of the well considered purpose, of which he was fally informed, and with which he was fullyin accord. The writer has no knowl- edge of the motives of the Chinese authorities in regard to these youths, (or now young men), but he is fain to believe that none inimical to this country or its people have intervened. The writer saw the second lot of boys sent to the United States, and their protectors, in the east, while en route, and again in Philadelphia, at the Centennial exhibition. They not only did credit in every possible way to their own coun- try, but any nation mizht well have felt proud of them. That they will, as instructors in the sciences which they have been tauzht in this country, de much for China, one will not only hope. but believe. A Frienp To Cuina, Suly 9,188 Concealed Weapons, To the Editor of Tne Eventxe Star: Our very exemplary “Citizen,” in his answer to “Ignoramus,” asserts that the attempted as- sassination of the President was due to the habit of carrying concealed weapons, whereas Guiteau did not follow the bop ie as a habit, but bought and carried. the pistol for that express purpose. to the same cause. I hold that had the actor or his two companions been armed they would not have been at the mercy of the villain. “Citizen” further asserts that he has never experienced the need of a weapon. because he is respectable, and don't go out o’ nights. Now, I maintain that I am respectable; but Iam compelled occasionally to be out late. For instance: I am a dealer in one of the markets; my business detains me on Saturdays until midnight; then I have to walk home through deserted streets along which I do not remember to have ever met a policeman. Of courseI carry with me the receipts of the day. Now, were I not pre- pared to defend myself, I should fully expect the fate of a fellow dealer, who, two weeks since, while on the way home, was robbed of both inoney and books. It would appear to me that the best way to dispose of the matter would be for the Distrist Commissioners, upon proof of the necessity for a weapon and of the an bility of the applicant to grant him permission, ian aoe that he give bond in one or two hun- red dollars, the said bond or a portion thereof to be forfeited upon evidence of intoxication while in possession of or carelessness in the use of such weapon. Then make the penalties as heavy as possiblefor those who 3 ist in carry- ing Weapons without such permit; and rest as- sured there will still be many to be punished, for the man who defies the law sufficiently to commit highway robbery or will not hesitate to provide himself with a weapon to aid him in escaping capture. WESTERN MARKET. piciiahas-SaME Busy Times aT THE River Front.—Harbor Master Sutton rey recent arrivals of river 4c. 15 cows and calves, $20 to #45. publics er Saccaabor SeveRE AssavLt BY 4 WoMAN.—Martha was charged in the Police Court to-day with as- saulting with intent to kill another colored threw witness out of | in the and then stam) her to not kif he eke Soeqeee her her she and Near GAITHERSBURG, Mostoomery Co., Mp., August 10, 1881. To-day the camp has been as busy a piace as could be found anywhere. Everything is bustle and stir from the depot to the circle; great wagons loaded with furniture are seen on all sides, and the sound of the hammer is as con- stant as fire-crackers on the 4th of July; men and children are in the way and woman “holds the fort,” so far as arranging the tents are con- cerned. The average man is a perfect nonen- tity the first day or so of camp. and not until everything has been “fixed” do they assume their wonted appearance of “Lords of Crea- tion.” their best endeavors to help, call forth nothing but ridiculgand generally the work done by them is donesover by Mrs. —. Still, good natnre prevails:everywhere, and by the time this letter is read here all vexations of Pspirit will have beenforgotten, and the camp will have begun in earnest. Ienry Wilson.esq., of Georgetown, who for many years has led the singing here, came this afternoon and will re- Wasutnoton Grove Camp, i main during the camp, thus insuring good music. Rey.» Mr. Laney, who has special charge of the great bell, is also here, and to-night is the envy of all the small boys, who wish they could ring it “just once.” To-morrow being the opening day, it is donbtfal if more than. one service will be held, and this an informal one. probably at night; so that at this writing nowrder of exercises can be given. The-indications.are that the camp will be smaller this year than iast, connting by tents; bnt. the large ‘number of persons at the hotel will perhaps offset thestay-at-homes whose tents are usually seen here. NOW THE TENTS |ARE DISTRIBUTED. The total number of tents thus far erected is ‘74, and are distributed as follows: First avenue, second, 5; third, 10; fourth, 16: fifth, 8; sixth, 8; circle, 15, and Broadway, 5. Quite a number of these belong to private parties. All tents ordered through the association are up, and those not ali ly occupied await their occu- pants who are expected on the morning train. There are four boarding tents on the grounds, exclusive of the hotel, and ample arrangements will be made to lode and feed the many hun- | dreds, if not thousands, who usually attend this camp. IMPROVEMENTS MADE THIS YEAR. The grounds present a beautiful and cleanly appearance, and have been much improved this year by whitewashing all the trees from the ground to the lower branches. The tabernacle, as well as the fire stands, have been white- washed, and the committee deserve great credit for the manner in which they have performed their work, and it is to be hoped that-their labors will not cease nntil all of this really beautiful grove presents tle neat appearance of that por- tion immediately in sight of the roads. The | pumps have been repaired and one or two new wells dug, guaranteeing plenty of the best water | ever drawn from the ground. Some trouble has heretofore been experienced on Sundays, when great crowds gathered here, from a scarcity of water. Nothing seems to have been left undone now. THE FAMILIAR FACES of some old-time camp-meeting folks are to be seen, and their comments on the luxury of the present as compared with the ‘used to be” are not favorable to the former. Still it is noticeable that they all fall into new ways (where comfort is concerned) with great alacrity. No effort seems to have been made in the city to secure the attendance of “tenters.” The usual camp-meeting prayer meetings were not helfi, ahd the managers seem to have relied on the experiences of the past to draw this year. Among those who are already here for the camp are the following ministers: Rev. Dr. Lan- , of Baltimore; Rey. W. I. McKenny, of Wesley Chapel; Rev. B. Peyton Brown, presid- Ing elder; Kev. Mr. Laney, and Rey. Page Mil- urn. Wesley Grove Camp. The Wesley Grove camp meeting (M. E. church South) was closed this morning. The final ser- vices were held at eight o'clock. The meeting is regarded as having been very successful. Fif- teen persons have professed conversion and many indifferent Christians have been revived. ‘The sermons yesterday were preached by Revs. I. W. Canter, B. W. Bond and S. K. Cox. The prayer, experience and young people’s meetings were led by Revs. W. A. McDonald, W. E. Woolf and George T. Tyler. Irving Park Camp. The services at theWnion camp meeting at Irving Park, B. and 0. railroad, yesterday, were largely attended. At 11 a.m., Rev. J. A. Holmes preached; at 3 p.m., Rey. J. F. Lane, of Port De- sit; at 8 , Rev.iE. G. Keys. To-day is idren’s day, and the <eamp is given up to the children of the different Sabbath schools from this city, Baltimore and the surrounding country. — The » Courts, Pouce Court—Judge Bundy pro tem. To-day, Wm. Murphy forfeited collateral. Luke Linton, an old soldier, charzed with being | @ habitual drunkard and vagrant: 30 days in the workhouse; appeal noted. Robert Fenton, tres- passing on the Smithsonian park; $5 or 15 days. John Heny, loud and boisterous on 1ith street; fined $5 and sentence suspended. Geo. Bell and Andrew Gr loud and boisterous; $5 or 15 days. John Pierce, loud and boisterous and dis- orderly conduct; #5 or 15 days. Jas. Cannon, cursing and swearing on Pennsylvania avenue; $5 or 15 days. Benjamin Hilton, a young white man, pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol, and was fined $25 or 60 a sin the workhouse. La- vinia Parker, vasrancy and public prostitution; 30 days in the workhouse. Frank and John Wright, two young white men, were charged with forging and uttering certain counterfeit coin. An old white woman, named Frederika Stumph, testified that on last Sunday Frank Wright and anotherman came into her store and called for a quarter’s worth of cigars, and gave her a lead dollar, and she gave them the cigars and 7% cents in change. The evidence was not conclusive, and the case was dismissed. Samuel Sayles, larceny of a martingale from Jos. Wright; ten days in jail. Martha Ward, colored, assault with intent to kill Mary Brown; grand jury bonds three hundred dollars. ‘Jane Robin- son, assault on Minnie Hall; $1 or seven days. Florence O’Donohue, assault on Mary Driscol: $10 or 30 days. Jno. Price, larceny of a bag of onions from Aifred Heitmuller; pleaded guily, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or 30 days. Geo. Parker, larceny of an overcoat trom Jno. O. Cole; continued. Also charged with stealing a coat from Abner Y. Leech; 30 days in jail. Benjamin Hilton, grand larceny; grand jury; bond $1,000. Alexandria Affairs. Reported for THE EVENING STaR. REDEMPTION OF REAL EstaTe.—The time for the redemption of real estate sold for taxes in 1879 expires on the 15th inst. A considerable number of lots have been redeemed. The finance committee meets quite often te consider various propositions for the settlement of taxes revious to 1879, and many settlements have effected. The corporation will make out deeds and take tax certificates for all property not redeemed. ScuooL Boarv.—The school board held a called’ meeting as the Peabody building last night, but, as no quorum attended, it adjourned and willmeet again either to-night or to-mor- row night. New Cuivert.—Messrs. Padgett & Bro. will go to work next week upon the new culvert, near the intersection of Pitt and Gibbon streets. ‘There are two wooden bridges crossing the stream at that point now, and a brick arch eulvert, to be 172 fect long at acost of $708, will be substi- tuted for it. Thecrossing is a most important one, as it leads to the bridge pump, the princi- pal source of drinking water supply in that neighborhood, and also the colored publicschool building. Mr. If. Taylor will complete the cleaning out of the stream before the close of the month, Coat Trapg.—The schooner Charles Bailis, of Bristol, R.I., arrived here this morning, and is taking’on the first vessel-load of coal shipped here by the American Goal Company since the George's Creek connection was made. Deatu.—Mr, John Hammond, a grocer, of the second ward, (late Jobmson & Hammond,) died this morning. He bybeais§ at d man, son of Pilot Hammond, well know to river men. He had been sick only since last Saturday. Reporter's Notss.—There was not a case at the station house this«imo. -Ex-Mayor Kemper, who has been'siek, is out attending to business....The entire open lot from the Luth- eran church, on Cameron. street, to St. John’s Academy, on Columbusistreet, will be built before the close of the Wuildiig season, ing the — beak in fen Dew ouses approve the bill increasiitg the police saaries. edding on Cameron street last even- bride handed aD.—A Tepe tie ‘aadon: dack gaide, who assaniv | Mes Thali, has died from the wouuthtie receved wien shot by Con- stable Cole. Be of | Rock Creek, so mooted, recently ceived ahaa tees od ve. bull of Tecidences tn: the we part ‘Washington, of the iting the natural is : as often as one crosses the creek, an ly to strangers, who pass over it for the first time. The ques- tion is often asked, where is there another city of importance in the country where such an obstacle to its growth would not long sincehave vanished? The subject is not only of interest to Georgetown, but to Washington, as much land would be reclaimed and made valuable by the suggested improvement upon the eastern as well as upon the western side of the creek and over it. It is said that the subject is being dis- cussed at the District government building. The citizens of Georgetown sincerely hope the report is correct, and that the discussion will lead to prompt action by Congress. What | is wanted is some one to take the lead and urge the measure as a proper and necessary one. The people of Georgetown will contribute as a popular subscription—not as a loan, but as acift tothe undertaking—a fair amount; and | Sol Washington would do the same; at least such is the talk. The cost would not be great after the value of the reclaimed land is deducted. The one government over both communities; the counting the population of Georgetown in the census of Washington, as it should be counted, andthe changes of names and numbering of streets, have not yet made Georgetown, Wash- ington, as the thinking and enterprising portion of this community wished, but the arching and tunneling of the creek and extension of streets all the way through will give the finishing touch tothe work so weli bezun. The question of placing the free bridge at or near G street, or indeed at any point east of the aqueduct bridge, is also agitating Georgetown. Such action it is not for a@ moment believed will -be taken, and if any probability of it is apparent, Georzetown will protest en masse. The idea is denounced as “monstrous, unjust and iniquitous.” There should certainly be a committee of citizens to look after the interests of this community at the next session of Congre: THE GRaIn MARKE’ 800 bushel wheat sold yesterday at prices ranging from $1.25 to $1.28. Tue Coat TRape.—The shipments from the Cumberland coal rezion for the week ending Saturday, August 6, were 50,517 tons, and for the year to that date 1,189,129 tons, a decrease of 35,058 tons as compared with the corres- ponding period of 1880. The shipments to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were, for the week, 24,964 tons; for the year, 783.679 tons, a decrease of 166 tons as compared with 1880. The sbip- ments to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal were, for the week, 16,874 tons; for the year, 253,315 tons, 2 decrease of 49,758 tons as compared vith last year. The shipments to the Penngylvania ilroad were. for the week, 8,631 tons; for the ‘ar, 151,715 tons, an increase of 14,447 tons er last-'year. 28 boats left Tuesday, with 2,984.01 tons of coal for this port. — Death from Hydrophobia, FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF A WOUND INFLICTED FOUR MONTHS AGO. James Cavanach, thirteen years of age. son of a hackman residing at No. 205 West 29th street. ‘was cautioned by his mother one night in April, of this year, not to go on the street again. He disobeyed that instruction and got away. Just prior to this act of disobedience some boys in the neighborhood had been teasing a spotted carriage dog that belonged to the engine com- pany in 11th street and avenue B. When the dog got clear away from his tormentors the first boy he encountered was James. He sprang upon him and bit the bas¢ of his index finger, making rather a severe wound that penetrated to the palm of the hand. It bled freely, and the boy was taken to Dr. Macdona’s drug store, in the neighborhood, and the wound was cauterized. A fewdays afterwards he was able to attend school, and the incident was gradually forgotton by his parents and his playmates. About two weeks ago his father and mother ob- served a marked change in the manner of their son. Naturally bright and cheerful he lost his vivacity and became very melancholy. All efforts to arouse him to his usual condition were of no avail. Early on Monday morning last his father observed indications of the approach of spasms, and instantly recalled the bite of the dog in April. He decided to take him to the New York Hospital, in 16th street, but before he could do so he had three violent spasmodic at- tacks. At the hospital the boy was placed under the care of Dr. Tuttle, the house physician, who says that the boy manifested unmistakable signs of suffering from hydrophobia. When received as a patient he was quite conscious, and continued to be rational throughout hissickness. The only remedy for hydrophobia—namely, a South American Indi: vegetable poison, known as cure. istered to him hypo- dermically. The medical books give two cases of cure by this medicine; but it was ineffectua’ inthis case, for the boy died on Tuesday after- noon. Dr. Tuttle said that it was not surprising that hydrophobia remained so long latent in the system without developing itseif; cases were reported in the books where patients had died from the effects of hydrophobia after twenty or thirty years had elap: ince the bite. The doctor said that he had frequent conversations with the boy and found him exceedingly bright and intelligent. The father stated that in Sep- tember last his son was kicked on the side of the skull by # horse, and that a small tumor succeeded the wound, and he thought that his son never properly recovered from that, and that it left a nervousness of the system that was not calculated to withstand the bite of the dog. WN. ¥. Herald, to-dry. SNE scone Kleinschmidt, a German naturalist, has been steve! by the natives of the Island of New Britain. A bridegroom slapped his bride's face two hours after marriage, as they were about to take a train at Whiteside, Ill, for a honeymoon tour. She stood still in surprise, but only for a mo- ment. Then she seized his cane, belabored him well, and went back home with ber parents. no YOUR HOUSES THOROUGHLY DURING SUCH WINTERS AS THE PAST ONE WAS BY USING BOYNTON’S GAS-TIGHT _ DURABLE FURNACES. ‘Thoasands have hed constant and revere use during the past 22 years, and are in good condition to-day, without repairs qrexpense. Cheapest to buy and use. Haye more power, greater durability, and are fitted with more modern improvements for saving fuel and labor than any furnace made. Producing large volume of pure warm air perfectly free from gases. Im- mensely popular and universally successful. Send for circulars. RICHARDSON, BOYNTON: & CO., ‘MANUFACTURERS, 294 WATER 8T., NEW YORK. Sold by CHAS. G. BALL, Jy12-eo8m_ WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘ALL SuxMER Goons MARKED DOWN. 20 per cent. to ensure quick sales, Gent's $1.50 Canyaca Shoes now $1, for the Sea Shore. es Be pers, 00 contss “Gente thin oe 20 cent Undershirts and up: ih unease i ippers and N. P. ‘Ties, all 1914 axp 1916 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. sy16 S J. W. SELBY. Lvs JOHNSON & CO., BANKERS, CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND 10TH. E Gi STOCKS, GEN FOREIGN DA Ee, BONDS, HEN ANY SEWING MACHINE AGENT LEA util you comehere and sce what you can buy preciae.y aT "_McKENNEY, 47 9th street. Ame WEBSTER, Mia Loursiana Aves 3 oe Practice before the Probate Come Bring, Boom 0. law a specialty. ay 26-1m Er ky oe ies! PICNICS, EXCURS! &e. (08, EXCURSIONE, ¢ ma. JR°® LOWER Cepas Porat. Extract ot Beet ard onic Tnviwcrater lerwely _ have foundit one of the moe reliable of mutricnt | grey romeiers of thle fine eummer recrt eve et tonios now in use or to be found in pharmacy.” mae "s Cocoaine. The: ‘of Burnett's Flavoring Extracts consists In their perfect purity and strength. “It Never Fails Me where Indicated, and its purity and perfect combination renders it invaluable” eaye the ‘Author and suthor Scient D. en pag ot are quieted, di; mn Pista Beef Tonic, ee ee SS WAS SHY SAN, NS WED! Boat jeaven ath tears Fat a Bb conte. Wickets Tr | ghee Crutches Brae Store Anacortia, of the Lexie. to leave her wharf, foot of 6th street, at €:50 a. m., im company with the JOHN W. THOMPSON, ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, ‘THE Lits, 12th awp 14rH meTs., al0at ACOSTIA LODGE, NO. 21, F. AND A. M., AN ACO ie Bicamer J. We, MPS. P. ™. No. 316 8th street northwest, or JEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR que Balmy Sleep, os MARY WASHINGTON. FoRi digestion. rich blood, clastic step and cheer. | OQOOQUAN FALLS & MOURT VEENOX SPRINGS, fulness in Hop Bitters, BRE B,OQGOGUAN FALLEN gue BURN AY WOR: Terrible Loss of Life. et —_ . Sa Millions of rats, mile cats, Ded) bugs, romchs, Erte Sond ot oy lose their lives by collision with “! on Kats.” | “For MOUNT VEERON SPRINGS ever) SATUR- | Sold by Druggists. lic. boxes, th | pay. teamer leaves wharf rat No Costiveness, Diarrheea or any Bowel cOmplaint where Hop Bitters are used. derney Dairy Wi ” Fresh Alderney butter churnedevery morning, and delivered in 34g Ib, “Ward” prints, 3c. per Ib. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk and sweet Ber qi Cream, Pint, HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES CHEAPER THAN EVER. GAINS in HAMBURGS, at 12kc. PER YARD, to which we invite the attention of the public. Taking advantage of the forced sale of these goods at auction by | New York importer, we are enabled to offer at the | above price splendid qualities and styles, which we | ehould usually have to pay much more than that price | for at wholesale, and we propoee to give our customers | the whole benetit. BOSTON HOUSE, WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 210 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 921 es BITTERS. i BROWN’S IRON BITTERS IRON BITTERS.|Are hixhly_recom-/TRON-BITTERS amended for all dis- Care Dyspepsia. of | TRON BITTERS, lof Appetite” Lack IRON BITTERS For Delicate Females. Ire mneving all dye" eye spears RY THEM. TRON BITTERS, |soid by all Drug- rite for the A BC Sure Appetizer. |Book. iSent free. See that all TRON BITTERS are manufactured y | BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, and have crossed ites on the wrapper. | TRON BITTERS | A Sure Reviver. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, _m9-e0 BALTIMORE, MD. PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS TROPIC FRUIT LAXATIVE, PREPARED FROM TROPICAL FRUITS AND PLANTS. A DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING FRUIT | WHICH SERVES THE PURPOSE OF PILLS AND | DISAGREEABLE PURGATIVE MEDICINES. TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE is the best preparation | in the world for constipation, Biliousness, Headache, | Piles and all kindred complaints. It acts gently, effec- tively, and is delicions to take. Cleansing the eystem thoroughly, it imparts vigor to mind and body, and dis- | pels Melancholy, Hypochondria, ete. ON TRIAL CONVINCES. PACKED IN BRONZED TIN BOXES ONLY. PRICE 25 AND 60 CENTS. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. NAtcee's TRIUMPH, FRAZIER’S ROOT BITTERS. 3 Xf you are weal, or languid, use Frasier’s Bitters. If Zour flesh is flabby and your complexion Frazier Bitters. If you vein a ial dren, use Frazier’s Bitters. If you have got the bl use Frazier’ re 830-cokw Frazier’s Bitters. A KK FOR AMERICAN GINGER ALE. PALMER'S RETAIL PRICE $1 PER DOZEN. Twenty cents per dozen allowed for empty bottles if returned. ee | esas Fare, 10 cents, | Feasonable rates. Soa ieee Ss _all-3m ____—«&. 8. RANDALL. SELECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON Exct On the Palace Steamer Excriss%, To QUANTICO. ‘Two hours for Bathing, Fishing, Sailine. &e., Bath Houses, Bathing Sule and Te oon. SUNDAY, AUGUST 147TH At 3 o'clock m., from 7th street whar: returning Teach Washi 9p. m. es . Tisha Woes attend ttre ct sotem, BEFORE STOCK-TAKING. a ion ‘We have placed on our counters SPLENDID BAR- | return g'dock Monday. M Round Trip $2.25. a IcNICc. ie P Finst Awxvat, Presto GRAND LODGE OF DISTRICT OF Cr! MBIA, THURSDAY AUGUST lirr At Vaw Ness GanpEn, 7 Admirsion, 5c. ; Children under 10 yee, HUTCHINS, Chairman; W. HICKS, Sge. H° POR THE CAPES! FORTRESS MONROE AND NOLF "UK. A VIEW OF THE OCEAN. The steamer GEORGE LEARY will lea: . from Tth- street wharf SATURDAY, Augast 13, osck p.m. returning, arrives at Washington Monda) —.orning 6 o'clock. ‘s ta, round trip, $3. Music hy the Mose Band. A POPULAR RESORT— QUANTICO. + BATH HOUSES, BATHING SUITS, 7 FISHING, CKABBIN at'sic Se. HL. alo-at* ‘The magnificent Steamer, the Excerston, jret in every respect, licensed to. y 1,500 peodts. 1 Cexcept Sunday) at 9:30 a. m. aud 3:50 5. tu. street wharf. Refreshments of all kinds on t. ity prices. " No Tickets sold to improper « A 50c. ; Children, 25 cents. Reser ER THE POOR. ; 4 GRAND FAMILY EXCURSION” by the 4 Br. VINCENT Dr PAUL CONFERENB TO MARSHALL HALL, On steamer W.W. for the benefit of tae Poor, ON AUGUST 12, 1861. leaves foot of Hi Pom yen ‘and Tth a gh at Leave bi Key Barf Tee: turning p at 11 o'clock pan. 50 cents; children 25 Conta. YORETOWN, FORTRESS MONROE AND NORFOLK - BY THE CHRISTIAN UNION, OF EAST WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881, NE MOSELEY. On the steamer J - Leave Othe street wi at7 o'clock p.m., returning home lowing morning. Gool music secured for the ‘occasion. ‘and meals ou the boat by a first-class caterer. Tickets $1.50. State roome: tickets can be secured at C. 1 GpR*2D ANNUAL EXCURSION OF THE GERMANIA M. YMONT. SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 her wharf, foot, returning at 9 o'clock | ‘will be vocal and instrumental concerts. Nei nor expense have been spared to make it the most yee Prize sho, ting and ant excursion of the season. . Boat will stop at dria golme ai a Ghee Soros ee Seer ‘bers or at the boat. FOR, RAMES STEAMER MARY WASHING- ‘TON will make to Giymiont xeurmiou T Pepe teret Ree hn, cenpees 6 0% a. wiving five he ‘at Gl lout. Mi and uz on boat and grounds. Tickers, round tiny 20 cents. _ ss -6w E. 8. RANDALL, Manager. GELECT FAMILY EXCURSION ro PINEY POINT, POINT LOOKOUT, AND 20 MILES DOWN THE BA\ BY THE EAST WASHINGTON UNION, MONDAY, AUGUST 15. Steamer JANE MOSELEY will leave her wharf, foot ftreet, et 8 p.m. Crabbing, ‘and 25th street west, Gare will be in waiting on retar - POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY" VER TISEMENTS: eae FOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRESS Mi HOE, TINEY PO) NT AND Port NON Steamer GEORGE LEAKY on TUESDA' THURSDAYS at 5:90 p.m. and SATURDAYS: ap. a EXCURSION TO THE CAPES EVER’ Di FROM NORFOLK : or REDUCTION OF RATES BEGINNING SATURDAY, 00 BEGIN 30TH, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICI ‘ort Monroe and Norfolk. FOR RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND ALL BOINTS SOUTH. _ m. and 3:30 For sale by Dealers, and by the Manufacturer, SAWL C. PALMER, 1212 To 1224 29TH Steere, WEST WASHINGTON, f2-Texrrnostc CoxNzcrion. T[HE MARK DOWN PRICES ar SINGLETON & HOEKE’S, ‘Will only continue until AUGUST 15. All- Wool Extra Super Ingrain, taal yard. ‘Brusels from, -25 to $1. Eatve lol of Ingrain Hemnants at 50c. per yard. SINGLETON & HOEKE'S, No. 801 MARKET SPACE. At ay18 a Pe ALKE PEN M’F'G 0O., Srostwar. New York, ic Le. COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. FINEST AND \‘T FLAVO! grecE FOR 80 MADE DISHES AND LIEBIG ears EXTRACT OF MEAT. ee a twice daily (9.30 a.m. $323.20, ‘Steamer )to Richmond ¥ from ‘Railroad Quantico. and SATURDAYS co Nevtolt, cota Miche ver and Norfolk with the James: Round trip tickets.. DAILY EXCURSIONS ANTI ‘via Excelsior, 9:308.m, and: D0 pas. On SUNDAYS at UsT J! ae Ee ios BOOK OF WASHINGTON: | eres set on