Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1881, Page 2

Sidewalk Obstructions. CING THE LAW AGAINST MERCHANTS. pinion of Justice Ci District of Columbia azainst George on appeal from the Poliee Court, the hein the illegal oceapation of the street | stand on the sidewalk, has ren- a ry that the law shatl be enforced in all similar There were thirty warra from the Police C Mon the RS The of ti Munre har: city. It is understood t rontinued until all obstrne removed from the side Will affect the Mubermen and do busi nhs fana avenue, Ohio avenue and oth south of Pennsylvania avenue. and thos chants who h: ft stands on F, 1 vets where goods arc P first of these new cases in the Police Court val from the de a_ fine of Star ying the sidewalks ar the buildin nd curbs has so le din this any interferen: the part of the police has been looked upon by business men as an invasion of their rights, and ppt has been ree the w bad feeling ns and officers. In the de “ox, referred to above, + of IS48. which pre betw portion of the public “stre ty, shal! be oceupied by any priv the act of 156 lie reservat this city No open space, pub- . street, or any public ground in 1 be ceeupied by any private per- private purpose whatever, under re than £50 nor less tl for every day or e shall_be so occupies of the city of Washington of 185 clares that “It shail not be lawiul fon or persons to place, placed, or allow to rem: Wares or merchandize, 0 or other obstruc r the footways of any street or avenue further than four feet from the builling line,” &c. Judge Cox construes this to have reference to goods temporarily | placed on the sidewalks, but not to permanent | occupation; also, that in contemplation of law | the street includes the whole space between the building ines, and that the title to the | streets is vested in the United States. Goods | are put upon the street tem tended for removal; that is a_i | tion under the act of 1856. But to erect any | kind of @ structure, a booth, addition to a house, &c., and to occupy a part of the street the whole time, and to be under the exclusive control and in the use of the owner of the ad- joining building, or a stranger holding under is license, is considered an occupation of the street within the prohibition of the act of Con- gress and of the ordinances of Washington. Edward L. Toison, Jn W. Mankin Pooi & Brooks, Henry C. Gray & Co. and J. S. Redmond, merchants doing business on Lo jana avenue and 9th street, were before the Police Court, yesterday, for obstructing the sidewalk, by placing their goods and wares more than four feet from the building line. The case was continued until Friday, and the de- fendants recognized for their appearance. <e. THE UNION DEPOT. Routes of Steam Hoads in the City. any goods, sign, box, barrel, | | { | REPORT OF ENGINEER COMMISSIONER TWINING ‘The following is the full text of the report of | Engineer Twining upon the railroad and union | @epot question, a brief abstract of which appeared | Im yesterday's StaR: | ENatneee Deraktuent, District OF CoLUMBIA, } t to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Co- | Tumbia to recommend a proper site for a union Tuilroad depot in the elty of Washington, and for | Other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and | House of Representatives of the United States ot rica in Congress assembled, That the Com- | of the Distriet of Columbia be, and they ¥, authorized to recommend a suitable Site tor a union railroad depot for all the railroad | companies whose tracks enter or terminate | in sald city, having due regard, as well to the in- | terests of the residents and property owners of the as tothe chartered rights and | preuulary investinents of the railroad comy =n | be affected by the action of Congress in the Premises; but if, in the judgment of the said Com- Misstor it ts better for the interests of all par- ties concerned thtt two depots should be estab- lished, the one on the northern and_ the other on | the southern side of the city of Washington, then | to make selection of the twosites for the respective | epots, and to report their action in the premises, | ‘with proper plats, to Congress during the present | Session; but If that fs not practicable then to re- | on the first Monday of December, 1881, with a | containing such further provisions as they | May deem best calculated to secure the use by | Sad raliroad companies of said union depot tf so selected; or In case of the selection of the two de- | | aforesaid to secure the use of the northern | ‘pot | | y the company or companies whose road Or roads enter the city of Washington nearest to | Said northern depot, and the use of the southern depot by the company or companies whose road or Toads enter the said city nearest to_ said southern | depot, and to compel the vacation of all other de- and the removal of all tracks not necessary for use In reaching the depot or d intended & be established under the provisions of this act: | Provided, That such union depot or the two depots herein referred to, whichever may be selected, | shall be provided by said railroad companies free | fom expense to the United States or the District of Columbia. Approved February 23, 1861.7 ‘The first question to be decided is whether it ts ‘%o the interest of ull parties concerned to concen- | (rate the passenzer and express business of all | She steam railways which enter the city at one ‘pean The existing Mnes are the two branches of the | Baltimore and Ohto and the Baltimore and Pow- | ‘Mase railway. ‘The Washington branch of the Baltimore and | G@kaor iitrowd now enters the city Umits at Boun- | @asy street, between 9th and 100) ' east: crossing Boundary a few feet below grade, | Bins 1,4 soutnwesterty direction across 9th, 7th, 6th, L, K, I, 5th, 4th, 3d and 24 streets several feet ‘above grade of each; follows Del Ware avenue on grade as tar as E street northeast, | and then several fect below grade across I sareet and North Capitol street to the depot on New Jersey avenue. This road has been con-} seracte} without regard to the established grades O8the <ever il streets and avenues which tt occt- Pees or crv ‘This fact which, at the me, was | Promabiy consitered of litte tance, has, Dy | Season of the growth of the city become & serious | Mmiance and the cause of constantly increasing | compi::int. ‘The Metropolitan branch of the same road enters | fe city limits at Boundary street, between Ist and | MB streets Lovey pag= Oho continues down Ist | Sareet on grade to Delaware avenue, where it | Waites with the Washington branch.’ Down to | ‘thks point It 13 open to the ordinary objections to | steam raliroads which occupy the greater part of | @narrow street at grade and cross the Int-rsect- Seg streets also at grade. Balumore and Potomac raflway now enters Se city limits at the Eastern Branch, between L | amb M streets south, crosses 15th, 14th, 13th and | ‘YM streets, and thence in tunnel along the gen- | eat Line of Virginia avenue and K street south, to | We west building line of 6th street, where it | emerges upon the grade of K street ana follows he line of this street, conforming approximately | tithe street grades to Canal street; thence along | Canal street fo Virginia avenue, along Virginia | agenuc to Maryland avenue and along Marytand | asenne to the Long Bridge, conforming to the | street grades, Tats road oecuptes the two great | aeenues Int uthwest Hon of the city at c nding trains and | hts to the great | re y business and travel ofthe Streets. It also crosses the grand park | Whieh extends from the Capitol to the Executive | jon, and prevents its lmprovement. Ab present the southern line of railway h: authority toenter the city. In the establs ofa comlnon central station, this potent factor in roblem shoult not be tgnored, but equ should be granted to it in common with the | roads. Under the provisions of the act, in to which this report is made, the Com- Mteloners have to deal only with the existing Mnes. They may, however, recommend that no discrimination be made in favor of these roads as inst the Interests of other lines witch may de- to enter the city from the south. After a careful examination of the whole subject 1 am strongly of the optnion that tite best. inter- esta of the city and also of the raflroads which are the affected by the pi action, require that &common central station should be established at MWe nearest practicable point to the center of the | Vustness interest of the city; that this station should be reached by lines either above or below ‘We established grades of the several streets and Sopnues which Ht nay become necessary to oc- cupy Or cross, »nd that the passage of the Potomac Fiver southward from the efty shonid be made sible for all upon reesonahle conditions. It ts to ‘be understood, however, that the bullding of this central station should net tn any Wuy Interfere with the loration of such other depats and land. ings as may from time to time be found necessary for the transaction of the business of the roads or for the conventence of \ travelling public. In connection with of @ lovation for T point of passage of penae Fiver must aly be Consddered. It hos ‘Deen proposed at different Umes heretofore to fess above Georgetown or from An:tostan Island W the Observatory polut. 19m of the o that heither of these points is suitable tor the passage Oa joint tne, being remote and involving ditcult BRA EXDeDAIVe connections with existing lines of Fativey. Such a selection would in fact compel SB unncerssory extension of the roads through ‘What 1s now or will become tn the future a thickly settleg and valuable part of the city. It woutl @s0 Involve Uke necessity of ero=ing im pnblie| | st SOR oes is So THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, D. 14, 1881—DOUBLE SHEET. parkings Hver. ‘The po Jeetionable 2 site fora bridge Which must led with a draw for the pas- of the curvature of the lsovery pro ge OT vessels on a at thet point. A st convenient point of «ture is, however, 12 nd should be removed y constructed bridge offer the least nt spans are al ensth. The p one hundred ani f are bullt upon piles center of the stream 15 ot of the drew lines of pile: to the so practical hieb hee During the tres in one Solid mass down to the Lon, he low brivis Dihity pier of Prin sist The river at this p Uy the useless obstruction nt times been placed in ast. sprin south of Pennsylv of a recurrence of such moving the prrseat ob- ng the present bridge by h can be made will apply with | site of the Long long | aging | ne | tant from this ¢ hesrest practieabl im tierwore, involv Reservation 17 e mile und a half by the mich. Its selec Cessi the iy Une of nd Ohio railway. re sous itappears tobe able t som point west of 6th street and south of C street south- West. ‘The intersection of Maryland and Virginia ave- hues oF some spot between that futerse tion and the head of the Long Bridge appears to tultlil most hearly all the contittons Necessary to the conve- nience of the traveling public and to offer no un- nable difienities along the lines of approach rested. Having this point jew for the site of the union depot it is neces- tiway lines are practicable ata not an- onable expense, It is not to be expected that steam raflroads can ail themselves of the adyani within the it terference with the other interests of the city. {t should be found to the interest of the ratiways not to enter the city, but. to establish their depots in the suburbs and outside of the corporate Imits, ho regsouable objection could be made. If by cir {tous routes, not occupying or crossing the public highways, the several Ines could be concentrated at a point suitable for a union station all difticul- fies would be obviated. It_ is assumed, however, that no such possibility exists, and that the lines Inust traverse the thickly settled parts of the city. In the case of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, it is proposed to unite the two branches of this road me point outside the city limits, to be selected by the company, and bring them into the city at Boundary street, on the line of 12th street east, and on the established city grade. Thence the road will follow the line of 12th street southward ‘on the grade of the street to G streew at which point the grade changes so as to enter a tunnel at Ube north building line of Maryland avenue. Fol- Jowing the line of 12th street southward, the tun- nel continues to Lincoln square, and’ passin, beneath this square turns into the’ line of North Carolina avenue, which it follows to the west building line of 2d street east. At this point the city grades fall precipitously to the low grounds, and a short open cut connects the tunnel with an elevated road, which follows the same line of North Carolina avenue to its intersection with Virginia avenue southwest; thence along the line of Virginia and Maryland’ avenues to the head of the Long Bridge. In the case of the Baltimore and Potomac rafl- Froud, If it should be considered necessary to keep the entire line below or above grade, ft will be Di Ty to adopt one of two alternatives: to deflect the line where ft is in tunnel, at street and Virginia avenue southeast, north- ward along the line of 8th street, continuing in funnel to E'street south; thence along E street to the west building line of 34 street east; thence by a short open cut and elevated road on the Ine of street to connect with the line heretofore described for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Second. To leave the lne in its present position, but requiring the track to be elevated from the end of the tunnel at the intersection of 6th and K streets southeast, 30 as to Bass bventy feet above the established grade of New Jersey avenue and joining the line of the Baltimore and Ohio on Vir- nia “avenue, between South Capitol and ist streets. Either of these alternative methods {s expensive, the cost being about $400,000. It ts questionable whether the value of the property interests south of the line ts such as co warrant the passage of an act of Congress compelling the immediate expenditure. Fain disposed to leave this question to be decided. in the future, This road has its depot at 6th street and Penn- sylvania avenue, which 1s reached by branches from the main line on Virginia avenue and Mary- land avenue, down the line of 6th street, running acToss the mall, and cutting off the Capitol from the Executive "Mansion and public buildings. When the privilege of this location was granted to the company the mall east of 6th street Was uniin- proved, and the objection was not so obvious. At | present this Improvement is progressing by annual | appropriations, and the presence of the depot and tacks is a serious al ‘These branch lines are open to the common odjec- | ton of 0 the greater part of a narrow street at gr: hese tracks should be removed and the road should be confined to the line of Vir- Inia and Maryland avenues, as In the case of the altimore and Ohio railroad. The lines of the two railways having been united upon Virginia avenue should be carried by a sub-grade to the head of the Long ridge. A shorter and more direct route might be chosen, Dut would involve the condemnation of private property. Whether the union depot should be allowed to oceupy the public land at the intersection of Mary- land and Virginia avenues, or should be placed upon private lands condemned for the purpose, 1S a question to be decided by € I therefore recommend, in ove Of the resolution of Congress— 1st. Thata Maryland and Virginia avenues southwest be se- Ircted as a site for a union raflroad depot for all the steam railways which enter or terminate in the city of Washington. 21 That the roads interested b2 authorized to construct a joint line of four-tracked road west- ward from the unton depot Long bridge along the line of Maryland avenue, and eastward along the line of Virginia avenue to @ point at or near South Capitol street. That from the poinfof junction with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad the Baltimore and Potomac railroad be authorized to continue the use of its line eastward, as now located, by a sin- gle or double track, subject to such alteration as tay be necessary to effect the satd junction, and nee to the terms | subject to such witerations as Congress may here- afler see fit to direct. 4th. That from its point of junction with the Baltimore and Potomac railroad at or near South Capitol street the Baltimore and Ohio railroad be authorized to construct a line of double-tracked Toad eastward across reservation 17, and along North Carolina avenue to Lincoln square, thence along 12th street northward to Boundary street. 5th. That the general construction of the pro- posed roads shall be as follows: For the Balti. more & Ohio double-track line:—From Boundary street south, conforming to the established grade of 12th street, to G street; thence by open cutting 6 feet more’ or less; thence by tunnel passing Maryland ave nue at reference 425 feet above the datum, to Lincoln square, and by tunnel under that square to North Carolina avenue; thence along North Carolina avenue by open cutting and beam tunnels at the several street Ings, to ‘2d street southeast, which shall be crossed atrer. erence 46.6; thence by open cutting and viaduc assing New Jersey avenue at reference 4, and droppiug the grade of that avenue four feet across Reservation 17, upon the Une of North Carolina avenue extended to the intersection of Virginia avenue. For the joint line:—From the point of junction by viaduct, carrying tour tracks to a point be- tween 3d and 4% streets; thence by open cutting and beam tunnels at the street crossings, passi Aig street at reference 18, to the Unton depot, a thence by similar construction to the head of the Long bridge. 6th. These linesto be built substantially in ac- | cordance with the plans submitted herewith, but subject upon the application of the railroad com- pantes to such modifications as to grades and in the construction of the beam tunnels and the ele- vated Viaduets as may, In the opinion of the Com- missioners of the District, not faterfere with the interests of the public. ‘The following are the first tocated: estimates upon the lines For the Baltimore and Onto raitroad, (construction for two tracks), open cut street northeast, on 12th east, Lincoln Square, and North Caro- lina'avenue from n.b.1. Maryland ave- hue to w.b.L. of 11th street southeast, 3,253 neal feet, at $96.63.............. Sunken road, protected ‘by parapet walls and iron railing, with beam tun- nel crossings at intersecting streets on North Carolina avenue, from w.D.1. of 11th street southeast, to w.b.L of 2d street southeast, 2,98 lineal feet of sunken road, at $131.15. ; 0 Lineal feet crossings, at $198.07. .°) pen cut from w.b.L. of 2d street south east to begin’ Toad, 405 lineal feet, at $61.7 Elevated road (viaduct) on North Ina avenue and E street south to New dersey avenue, 82) Uneal fect, at ‘Total for Baltimore and Ohio indepen- dent line. + $959,878 60 For the Baltimore and Potomac ratl- foad (construction for two tracks) brick tunnel from the Intersection of 8th street and Virginia avenue south- east, under 8th and E streets to w.b.L of 3d street southeast, 3,281.83 lneal feet, at $96.63...... é ‘Open Cut on E street trom’ Wb. on 3d street southeast to beginuing of ete Vated road, 604.41 Tineal feet, at $61.75. Elevated road (viaduct) on E street to ‘New Jersey avenue, 625 lineal feet, at of elevated $317,134 13 37,822 32 50,937 50 Total for Baltimore and Potomac inde- cenen se $405,383 95 toconsider whether the approaches of the | 1 unsightly obstruction. | int at or near the Intersection of | to the head of the j of) x, ! al | | | | between the Exeentive Mansion and the | For the combined roads west of New jon at the ‘observatory hill is ob- Jersey avenue, construction for four tracks—elevated road (viaduct) on KE street south and Virginia avenue to a point between 4% and 6th streets South west, 3.403 lineal feet, at $146.25. $197,688 75 Open cut connecting elevated road with sunken road and beam tunnel at e.d.L of 7th street southwest on Virginia avemte, 1,072 lineal feet, at $75.61... Sunken road, protected by pet walls and tron m tunnei D: treet 81,053 92 pa Tailing, with be: at Intersceting enue and Maryla of nken road, at $ 1 feet s 199,498 40 Ineal feet eros 153,783 77 southwest, SRG. ‘Total for the combt lineal feet, at 78,556 70 pd roads west of New Jersey avenue $1,000,551 54 STMARY. Independent tne Baltimore ind Ohio I w Jersey avenue $959,878.60 Independent tine Baltimor mut to New Jersey avenue........... $05,393 95 Combined line west of New Jersey ave- nue ..... + 1,000,551 54 Grand total. - «$2,365,841 09 The Baltimore and Potomac railroad will have to pay fora right of way in tunnel under private property at 8th and E streets east, depending upon the radins assumed for the eure. If Estreet should be widened, as indicated on plan, the land condemnation will be about. $40,000. If the grades on the viaduct be reduced to 47, at jew Jersey avenue, and 13, at 4% street, the me | eRSth of Viaduct will be reduced by 620 feet, and the cost be reduced by $191.925, but the corres- ponding Increase of open cut (a Tet) adds to the cost of the lattergi5,215. Net reduction $146,710. The general map’ shows another Mne for the viaduct, immediately south and about 110 feet longer, passing through reservation 17. It shows, also, the present line of the Baltimore and Poto- mac’ rail (passing through reservation 17) which might be retained by the latter company, as an ¢ierated read, joining the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Virginia avenue. The following table shows the possible combina- tlon of these several routes and cost: j 4) | 3 | Pale) Bs | epeess3| 2 eno 3 egtege2| F aginst Die ra Se SE £# 2 3 8 ors 2 27 8 nee Ss 8. 8- 3 pe af : a ee Ss) i.e) 8 Ree ra ies = ee 2 2 Eee 8 8 8 8 nce 3 § Pp » R > s 2 8 & 4 S ¢ & 8 8 If elevated road for the Baltimore and Potomac railroad 1s constructed only from New dersey ave- nue to junction, the cost of the road will be about. $160,000 on low grade and $170,009 on high grade for a perinanent causeway of masonry. Wi tem- porary works be used the cost will be very largely reduces All the estimates are considered very liberal for work of the best and most permanent character. By the substitution of iron bridges for the beam tunnels and of iron elevated railways for the via- ducts, a very great saving in first cost could be effected, In regard to the right of the existing railways EE to occupy their present lines some difficulties may | arise, In the case of the Baltimore & Potomac com- pany the right of repeal and revision was specially reserved by Congress in the acts grant- ing the privileges. No such reservation appears to have been made | in the grants to the Bultinore & Ohto company, | Which may therefore claim that {ts rights are vested, its charter trrepealable and that no con- stitutional power exists to remove {ts tracks, depots and stations. If this claim should prove to be well-founded some trouble may be met in re- moving the existing roads, unless the company should find it to its advantage to abandon its present lines tn consideration of advantages to be gained by the new connections. Or, if Congress Should peremptorily order the removal of the present Lunes, some recourse for damages may be provided for By appeal to the Court of Claims, ‘The act of 24, 1831 (Stat. 4, 476,), grants the original charter. "This act is ‘continued in fore by an act approved February 25,1834. Supple- mentary act March 3d, 1835 (Stat. “4, 77), pre- scribes the route, but ‘prohibits (Sec.'2) the con- struction south of Delaware avenue and H.strest | until the plans are approved by the mayor and council. The same act (sec. 5) prohibits the use of steam “on any part of the sald road within the city of Washington, except in such parts as may be agreed to by the corporate authorities of sald ity.” This act was passed after the corporate authorities had given their consent. and approval of the route by a resolution of February 3, 1835 (Corporation Laws, vol. 4, p. 32). By an act ap- proved April 9, 1835, the mayor and council (Corporation Laws, accepted the route shown on plans Tailroad company, under certain conditions, as to furnishing bridges over the road. authorized the use of steam on any part of the track as far as New Jersey avenue and C street (present depot site),“until otherwise directed by an act or ordinance of the corporation;” reserving, however, the rights to limit the rate of speed. In August, 18%, the corporation passed an act releasing the road from furnishing bridges, etc.,on condition of paying the corporation $3,16675 (cor- poration law 4, 53.) Later the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company extended their tracks from C street and New Jer- lvania avenue and 2d sey avenue to Pennsy! street, and established a depot there. ‘This loca- Uon Was very unsa ‘two the corporation, and it was mutually agreed that the company would move away from Pennsylvania avenue and build a permanent substantial depot on square 682 (present location) on condition that the corpo- ration should give them a more certain tenure of the fight to use steam, which by the corporation act of 1835, above quoted, was merely atthe plea- Surp of the corporation. ‘This was agreed to. A Tepart of the committee of councils, giving a Tull history of this controversy, is found In the Nationa’ Intelligencer of May 2, 1849. ‘On May 30, 1849, the Councits passed an act au- thorizing the mayor to carry this agreement into effect, te. the Baltimore and Ohio Company to erect permanent depot on square 632, and pay to the corporation $7,200 for improvements of Cand D strects, along the depot grounds, in, considera- tion of which the company was granted the privi- lege of using steam for thirty years (4 council laws, p. 9). “This agreement, however, does not appear to have been carried out at that time for a year later (May 31, 1850, 47th council, inittee consisting’of the mayor and - men was appointed to confer with the Baltimore and Obio Hailrosd Company on the ssame_ subject, and to make substantially the same’ conditions. It appears that this was accepted by the company, and the agreement made the nextday, June L 1850. This gave the comp the right to use steam a8 far as New v nse Jersey avenue and C street up In 1866,'the Baltimore and Onio Company Fo | Washingtos Ente Metropolitan branch.’ They obtat er by act of Congress approved July 24 4 the corporation, (64 council, p. 73), Gave Gaon ane ht to come in on ist Street east, (as now located), With the privilege “of using Stam on nes thereon,” Without any limitation as to time, he same act, in section 3, extended the agree ment of Sune 1, 1960, in rexard to steam engines on the Washington Branch, another Le., to June 1, 1910. oa iy rests) Ti appears, therefore, that so far as any actioy of the corporation of Washington can confer sce privilege, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cou Pany has'the right to use steam engines in the city, as follows: On the Washington Branch, until June 1, 1910; on the Metropolitan Branch, no Hint: tation.’ Tn conclusion, I have to say that while the location for the union depot and the routes leading thereto, which have _ recom= mended in this report ure those- which, in my opin- ton, ure best calculated to advance the Interests of the'elty, and to afford the greatest facilities for Ing due regard companies involved, I do not by any means contend that they are the only loca- tons and routes available for the purpose, or that may measureably fulfill the conditions mentioned. It may furthermore be found that the conflicting Interests Of the several roads centering in the city day de such that it will require the inte an lependent transit company Non destred. 2 ion t the concentrat: I respectfully transmit herewith a draft of a Dill bey aap to carry into effect the recommendations ie; also the following maps and plans: ‘One sheet plans of pre routes. ‘One /promle of same. One cross sections. Tam, very 4 ‘Major of Engineers OBA Engineer Cominissioner. FROVISIONS OF THE BILL TO CARRY OUT MAJOR TWINING’S PLAN. ‘The bill “to define the routes of steam roads in the city of Washington and for other purposes,” provides that so much of the act of Congress ap- Proved March 3d, 1935, entitled ‘an act supple- mentary to “an act to authorize the extensive construction and use of a lateral pranch of the Baltimore and Ohio rafiroad into and within the District of Columbia,’ St the talenh cose Eo Ohio railroad upon the line now in use in the city . 4, DP. 21), . io | Be ie aa inure: OBO | Aine ready charged The same act | | peal ot Washington; and so much of the act approved May 21, 1872, entitled ‘an act approved May 21, 1872, entitled an * confirm the action of the board of aldermen and common council of the elty of Washington designating @ depot site for the Baltimore and Potomac. railroad company, and for other purposes,” the said street and to construct a depot at the corner of 6th and B streets, be and the same are y ed. And Onand after the fivst day of July, 1884, it shall not be lawrm for sald companies or either of them, to maintain their tracks or run thelr trains inthe city of Washington, except upon the routes hereinafter designated. ‘The second section providesthat all the tracks of Yhe Baltimore & Ohio railroad company shall enter the city at the northern line of Boundary street, where It Is intersected by 12th street eastand shall thence follow the line of that street east to Lin- coln are, hence through said Lincoln square Carolina avenue, thence along the tine id avenue to its intersection with New Jer- sey avenue, thence across Reservation 17-40 South ipitol street. and thence in acurve to the present line of tracks on Vinzinfa avenue. Sec. 3 provides that all the tracks of the Balti more snd Potomue Rafiroad. Company shell enter the city on the northern shore of ‘the Kastern branch of the Potomac river at a point hetween L and M streets south, and shall thence follow the line of tracks as now laid, provided that_ Congress may at any time direct that the tracks shail be raised so as to conform: to the grades shown on the plan referred to, Sec. 4 provides that from the junction of the | tracks of th itimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Potomac railroad companies on Virginia ave- nue, immediately west of South Capitol street, the tracks of the said compinies shall be laid and used in common and shall follow the line here stated, to wit, from the point of ju mentioned along the line of said Vi to Seventh street west, thence along the street on 1th of reservation at the intersection of Vir- nd Maryland ayenues to Ninth street west, nce along the line of Maryland avenue to thé Long bridge. Sec. 5 provides that ‘on the Ines thus specified the tracks shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications presented to Congress, by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia with thelr report of December 5, 1881. Provided, That the Commissioners shall "have authority, upon application of the company or companies in” terested, to modify the detafls of satd plans during, the progress of the werk, when In their judgment it becomes necessary to ‘do so; put such moiitica- tions shall not be to the prejudice of the public interests In regard to the proper protection of the highways passed under, over, or through, by the lines of tracks before described. Sec. 6 provides for a union depot for passengers | and express freight. and for no other pi es, shall be erected Jointly by the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Potomac railroad com- panies, at such point as they may select, hot on the property of the United States, in the immediate vicinity of the joint line described. ‘The said companies may, in addition, erect a union freight depot in the immediate vicinity of their | | Joint line, or each company may erect an inde- Pendent freight depot or engine house at, any point of their Hoe or lines west’ of South Capitol street and south of Maryland avenue, each, company to construct the necessary switches and turnouts to connect satd depots or engine houses with their main tracks, &c. THE ALTERNATE ROUTE PROPOSED. By the communication from the Commissioners to Congress, published in yesterday’s Stan, tt will be seen that the majority of the board favor a more southern line for the railroads through the city. The tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac road nowemenge from the tunnel on K street south, and that street, in connection with Water street, offers, the Commissioners say, a feasible, direct, and economical route to the north end ot the Long bridge, where a common. and convenient passenger station could be located, and ample and Sititable sites for freight depots abound in the im- mediate vicinity, and in convenient proximity to the wharves of the city. Should this line be preferred by Congress, the two roads would unite at the intersection of the dames Creek canal and K street south, by a de- flection of the proposed Iine of the Balttinore and Ohio road from New Jersey avenue by way of Canal street. = ‘The Burning of the Richmond Theater. To the Editor of Tux EvENmma Stan. The terrible calamity of the burning of the theater at Vienna brings to my mind a similar event in this country—the burning of the theater in Richmond, and I refer to it now as a matter of personal recollection after the lapse of more than seventy years. At the time re- ferred to [ was but nin rs old, and on re- turning home from St. Patrick’s church, on F street, went through the passage way of the old Treasury building, then the usual thoroughfare. On entering the building I found asseinbied around a stove a number of messengers and others who were talking in a very excited man- ner—the subject of their conversation being the dreadful calamity of ,the burning of the Rich- mond_ theater, intellizence of which had just come to hand. Aes of the excitement, I hastened home to iaform my mother, who had many friends residing at Richmond, several of whom we afterwards learned were burned. Of the number, I now recollect a distinguished young officer of the navy, Lieut. Frederick Gib- bon, who sacrificed. his life in the attempt to save the life of Miss Conyers, to whom he was engaged to be marrie They both had reached a point almost ot safety when an accident pre- cipitated him into the’ street, leaving her in the burning building. He returned to her rescue, but both perished in the flames. Their bodies were found clasped in each others arms. Grorcx D. Ramsay. Storing Electricity. From the Pall Mall Gazette. Prof. Sylvanus Thompson, of Bristol, lectured on the above subjectdast night at the Society of Arts. Prof. Adam# presided, and the room, which was crowded, waa lighted during the lec- ture by two groups of suspended Edison lamps connected with 40 Faure cells brought to the Prof. Thompson, after explaining the scientific principles upon which the storage of electric energy was based and j the various accumulators which had been in- vented, gave some anticipations of the pos- sible use of the discovery, First, in regard to lighting, secondary batteries would serve for portable supplies of electricity, for accumulated supplies, and for equal- izers of electric currents. The value of accumulation was evident in the case of a thea- ter which might by accident be plunged in darkness if dependent on external sources. A possible application was the fring of torpedoes and blasts in mines. Another was the perfec- tion of the telephone in increasing the power of the transmitter by employing a multiple micro- phone. A hundred microphones united would produce loud and distinct speech. By far the most important of all the possibilities opened out by the storage battery was the utilization of wind and water power. Differing from Sir W. Thompson in his address to the British Association, he believed there were cases where no great expense would be incurred in utilizing tidal areas as basins. The Avon at Bristol required but a few yards of embank- ment to be turned into'such an area. A tenth part of the tidal energy inthe gorge of the Avon would light Bristol. A tenth part of the tidal energy in the channel of the Severn would light every city and turn every loom, spindle and axle in Great Britain. Electrical railways and electrical tramways. Professor Thompson said, were now existing facts, and ‘many months will not _elapse—or it will be an eternal disgrace to the first cityin the world—before the fetid and poisonous atmosphere of the Me- tropolitan railway is replaced by a pleasant and salubrious air, rich in fragrant ozone; and the like revolution will not be long delayed in many quarters where reform is far leas imperative. In all these changes the accumulator will have its [oo to play.” In reply to a question Professor ‘hompson expressed the opinion that the cost of the electric lights in the room was less than the cost of gas would be fora mansion which had to provide its own apparatus for the mak- ing of gas. ————_—_+e-______ ‘The Humorist and the French Maid. From Mark Twain's Montreal Speech. I speak French with timidity, and not flow- ingly—except when excited. I had hoped that mereFrench construction—with English words— would answer, but this is not the ease. 1 tried it at a gentleman’s -house in Quebec, but. it would not work. fhe maid-servant asked: “What would Monsi I said, ‘Monsieur So-and-So, is he wit if?” She did not understand. I said: it that he is still not returned of his housé! of indlise?” Slie did’ not understand. that either. I said:—“He will desolate himself cwhen he learns that his friend American was arrived and he not with himselfto shake him atthe hand.” She did not even understand that; iI don't know why, but she didn't, and she Tost her temper besides. Somebody in the rear called out, “Qui est done la?” or words to thatr effect. She said: “C'est un fou,” and shut the'door on me. See CuicaGo TRIBUSE Faerie: whose father wae vet among the First “a Young Man Wealthy, and whe moved . married to a girl. Ceremony was concladed, and just before the Hs crindlsbed about to start on their weddi PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERESTS, A Vete on the Color Question. APTER A: LIVELY DISCUSSION BY THR TRUSTEES THREE VOTE FOR AND THIRTEEN AGAINST MIXED SCHOOLS—THE QUESTION LIKELY TO GET INTO COURT—THE HOLIDAY QUESTION, ETC. The board of public school trustees met last evening, Mr. Matthews presiding and Mr. C. B. Theem secretary. A communication was received from the Commissioners inclosing complaint of | James Lee that the roof of his house in Sthool ‘street had been damaged by mischtevous bo | referred to fourth district sub board. Also, one inclosing appeal of the Garfela M morial Hospital Association; referred to the superintendents 0 lay before the fe Alo one from the superintendent of | Cleveland, asking that the subject of t ; Monument Fund be taid before teach Dols | pis. Mr, Lovejoy moved that the secretary be tre | quested to reply, expressing sympathy with the (moverent, and ‘suggesting thet as they are en- ‘gaged In helping a local memorial they cannot ald pecuniarily. Notice Wes given that the semiannual ex- amination of teachers would take place Satur day. TEACHERSHIPS. Applications from the following persons for cherships were presented: Nannie H. Grifin, e Pike, Iva A. Woodward, Emma F. Dun- lop, Van Buren Hillyard, Mary McC. Sinclair, George F. M. Waters, and George Harris. The resignation of Chas. A. Coldwell, seventh grade, first division, was received and accepted. ‘The’ second division reported assiznments and dF. 8. Harrison, first grade. The reported the following: Florence Freyhold, trom fourth to first grade, Vice Miss 8. : all promoted from fist to fourth grade. ‘The superintendents abstract of reports for November was submitted, showing the num- ber of pupils enrolled, 24, achers employed, + ca8es of tardiness, 2,595; cases of corporal punishment, 83; disinissed, 18. RULES. The committee on rules reported adversely on an amendment relative to suspending the rules; | adoptea, THE HOLIDAY QUESTION. Mr. Brown moved that the rule relating to the Christinas holidays, be construed to include Tues- day, January 3d. ‘Mr. Middieton as! the list of holidi Mr. Lovejoy. ing New bankers?” Mr. Middleton.—*We don’t need it, and this y we have gone to Congress for authority to kee Monday.” He moved that th on Tuesday, January 8d; carried—yeas 9, nays 7. THE COLOK QUESTION. The reports of the committer on rules on the | communication of J. M. Gregory, complaining of the action of tie teacher and the subboard of the seventh division in exeluding his child from the Gill_butiding, (th and Pomeroy streets) were taken up. ‘The majority report was tnade at the | October meeting, and it was to the effect that the | law contemplated separate schools, and therefore the exclusion of Mr. Grezory's child was proper. ‘The minority report made by Mr. Smith at the las* | Meeting provided that the child should go in the school. Mr. Smith briefly opened the discussion in favor of his report. Mr. Wilkinson followed on the same side, saying that" the enforcement of this rule was a relic of barbarism. This was a govern- ment based on the equality of all mankind and now no man could be debarred of his privileges by reason of his color. The board should not pander to prejudice—to the inhuman prejudice—ot caste. Now, why should not Prof. Gregory's child go to this School? The Irish, the Germans, the Italians g0 to these schools. "Why should ‘tke colored Children be singled out? The constitutional amendments wiped out all distinction on ac- count of color. It was too late to say that the 14th amendment did not apply. Mr. Wilkinson read from recent decisions on the color question in anumber of states. He said that this quesiion was bound to come, and it did come. npsv'l- vania there waSa Special act on the subject. Thi was an important matter, and though he knew the if they wished him to read ; it is perfectly fearful. ‘We always require the day follow- rear to digest. How is it among the ear fill them full of the law and the gospel, and then take them to the courts He then read the laws in relation to the schools in the District, and clalined | that the law relating to separate Schools was | passed before the 14th amendment was adopted. He ad @ bill introduced in the legislature of the District, Which he sald was defeuted by the vote ofa colored member (Mr. John H. Brooks), who proved recreant to the interests of his rave. Read- ing other decisions, he said that the colored men ‘were not required ‘to appeal to thelr color; the amendments had wiped out the word white, and they now stood asmen, He would give notice that if they do not obtain their rights under the amendments they would go tothe courts. They only asked to be put onthe same plane as other races. tis stated that the present rule is sanc- tioned by Congress, but_he held the amendments were as binding on'Congress as on the states, and before they could pass alaw they must have the power. Itis not enough that the colored people should have the best schools, but they must have the right to go into any shoot. Mr. Wormley sald that he would vote for the minority report. ‘Mr. Curtis remarked that while he agreed with much that had been sald he would vote for the majority report. It was now for this board to say thal the law providing for separate schools Was U- constitutional—that was a question for the courts. ‘There was a question, however, which had not been discussed as to the result.’ The whtte and colored schools were, all to-day in a highly satis- factory condition, and if this minority report was adopted would sufficient follow it to warrant ‘the action? If the colored.schools were inefficient there would be some occasion for action, but they ‘were equal to the whe schools and he’could not find it in hts heart to bring a calamity on either branch of the schools. Mr. Brown s.4d he considered the question was settled by the rules. They had, herctofore, had | the best of feeling in the board, and the schools { could not be improved much. Tne colored people, he thought, were making a mistake by thrusting this question on the board. They would be vir- tually destroying the schools. In answer to Mr. Wilkinson as to the law, Mr. Brown said that the 14th amendment applied to the puwers of states, and pot to Congress. ur. Dodge cndorsed the remarks of Mr. Curt and remarked that to press this question woul damage the cause of education in the south as well as here. There was a disposition to aid in edu- cating the people of the south, and the colorea race Would reap most Of the benetits, but there is danger in pressing such a question. The colored Tace here have equal advant: with the ‘whites—the same style of school houses, the same grades of schools, and an efficient corps of instructors There is no more dis- erimination shown than 1s shown by every head of a famfly when he directs that one part of the family should sleep in one apartment and another in anor! . Mr. Brooks said this was a most important ques- ton, and, sketching the colored sehools, ret to their establishment nineteen years ago, their growth had been rapid beyond the expecta- tions ‘of the most sanguine friends of the race. Now there is paid annually to the teach- ers. This sum went out among the colored people. He referred to the statement a8 to his action in the legislature, and remarked that what he did was for the best Interests of the race. He had informed Mr. Gregory that if he desired to test the question he Would aid him. Tt was policy now for them as a@race not to force this question. the waite having a mujortey tn toe boar, might e whites, ha a ma: yin ig| | Put out all the colored teachers. Mr. Smith regretted the course of Mr. and said the same ob; ion had been made as to the effects of the civil rights bill, but experience had proved the fallacy of such objection, Mr. Wormley sald he did not believe that 100 colored children would go into the white schools. Mr. Matthews read the laws on the subject, and said the committee based their action on the laws as revised in 1874, and he referred to the present fine condition of the schools. He cited in support of the position of the committee an opinion of Judge Clifford in 1877. THE MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED. ‘The question was called and the minority re- port waslost. Yeas, Messrs. Wormley, Smith, and Wilkinson; nays 13. The majority report was adopted, yeas 13, nays 3. pel Wrangdillen. From the Louisville Courier Journal. Down in the desolate depths of the dike, Under the ooze and the siime, u the graygrole and the cheest Pluck the leaves of laureate wreath, N affects him tn the least. in the dead of the night, e Shadows about He sinks to the di And he shuffles t ad studies be resumed | noticed @ good-sized whisky flask protrading board would vote down the report, he {intended to | COLOKADO RATTLERS, Interesti: Advice to Setilers in the ie ASiiver States From the Youth's Companion. The kind found on the Colorado plains is mot- ted and of a grayish tint—so nearly the color of the cactus and the grass (which never takes on a vivid green) that a person might pass very Rear one and aot see it, did it not sound its warning rattle. | ‘The sound of the rattle reminds me of the angry buzzing of a bee imprisoned in a holly- hoyk flower, only it is not so continnons. It is not safe in this region to go intoa garden and put one’s hand carelessly among the plants {to gather peas or beans, or to pull potato vines, TROUSAND-DOLLAN SETAWLS, Why So Few of the Real, Costly Wraps of Phibet Gont-Mair are Worm. | From the Providenor Journal, | Few of the real Indian shawls are called for. | One of the larger houses selix not more than & | dozen such shawls in a year, and these are the | daeaper ones; that is, the shawls the prices of which are under a thousaud dollars. One good | Peason is that the wearer of a real Indian shawl | does not get the credit of it. So few are worn, | and 80 many imitate so well, the real Indian in | Mot recosnized. It is said that in the mann- facture of Indian shawis not the slightest im- provement bas been made since Napoleon intro- {dnoed them into Europe by sending one to for under just such plants his suakeship delights Joseph ne. The 1 the shaw! is obtained \to take a nap on sultry days, j trom the inner hair of the ‘Thibet goat. Iti |) The rey | pnd a ceneral watehfulness is always in order. ; The harvester mast Keep a sharp lookout for | this deadly enemy. When stacks of wheat are | Ferroved it is no uncommon thing to find snakes | under (hem, or to hear the sharp, defiant rattle asa bunch of grain is tossed on the load. The | feelings of the man upen the rack on whi unwelcome visitor has been landed can be im- | mined. if an enemy comes too near, the rattlesnake | will sound his rattle and hurry for the nearest | prairie dog’s hole, untess it is actually molested; j then it will fight. | In Aucust the bite of this snake is said to be more poisonons than at any other time of the | year. Then they are blinded by the shedding of | been sold. their skins, and'as they cannot see, they strike at every sound they hear. This makes them un- | usually dangerous, | I have seen the head of a rattlesnake complete- ly severed fromits body, repeatedly jumping an inch from the ground, the same time thrust- ing its fangs from its widely open mouth. By many persons it is thought that these serp- ents dislike water and ure not found in low — They are more numerous on high, dry jand, but they are found on river bottoms. For Some reason the meadow rattlesnakes are much more pugnacious than the others. —— eee Strictly Temperate, Except— On the sleeper of an L., F. and W. train re- | cently, a traveller noticed an old, white bearded |gentleman trying to get into a linen duster. ance and in helping him with his garment | from one of the inside pockets of the coat. Being of a waggish nature, he appropriated the bottle, outa flask, rai “Will you take a drink?” The old man did not recognize the bottle and, drawing himself up, remarked, ratner severely: ‘0, sir; 1 never drink.” | wont hurt you,” insisted the wag, “It's the best. “Yonng man,” said the old gentleman, intend- ed_for all in the car to hear, “if you persist. in foenine, whisky you will be a ruined man at forty. a boy my mother died, and the last thing she did swear to me liquor’ "— Here the old man clapped his hand on his side | pocket, found it empty, and recognizing the bot- | tle in the hands of the other, he continued: | _ “Except. my dear boy, an occasional snifter | while travelling.” And reaching for the flask pressed it to hislips, amid a howl of lauzhter which shook the whole car.—Fairplay (Col.) Flume. Victoria at Windsor. From the London Truth. With regard to the “relic-rooms” T understand | that not only at Balmoral, but also at Osborne | and at Windsor Castle, the suites which were oc- altered in any way since his death. Everything up during the absence of the Court, but, as the | Queen comes toeach palace, they are opened, | and lighted up every evening during her stay. At Windsor her Majesty usually passes a part of | each evening in the Prince Consort's sitting— | oom, his suite adjoining her own, which open from the grand corridor. Frogmore has been practically rendered unavailable asa residence, | in consequence of the Queen having closed up the rooms which were used habitually by the Duchess of Kent. This house was always an in- conveniently small one, and the shutting up of the best rooms makes it impossible to accommo- date a family and establishment there, which, however, is not regretted by the royal family, as it is. a very dull place and exceedingly damp. The Queen passes every morning at Frogmore while residing at Windsor. In summer her Majesty has tents put up on the lawn, breakfasts in one and writes her letters and transacts busi- ness in the other, driving back to the castle to |lunch, Two grooms are constantly kept em- ployed conveying the boxes of papers from Sir | iat Ponsonby at the castle to the Queen in er tent. — = Beal Estate Tribulation. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Mrs. Borridity took it into her head that she | Wanted some real estate, all other property having been rapidly getting away from Mr. Bor- ridit A lady friend, desirous that Mrs. Bor- ridity should become her neighbor, enthusiasti- cally infurmed her that the house next door was for sale. Then Mrs. Borridity hastened home and told Mr. Borridity, who hates real estat and he got mad. Then she went to look at the house, and the tenant got mad. Discovering some defect in the house, she herself got mad. Going to a builder, he offered to repair it at a reasonable figure, but she objected and the builder got mad. Then she went to the owner of the house, told what she and the builder had said. and he got mad. Then she proceeded to her lady friend and told her that she didn’t think she could buy the house, and the lady friend got mad. Just here Sunday in- tervened, or another colony of innocent persons might have got mad. Mr. Borridity has made a memorandam to the effect that the only real estate that ever brings peace to aman is the little patch allotted him in the cemetery. — A BABE IN THE Woops, How a Little Girl Passed Two Days and a Night Among the Panthers, From the Uvalde (Tex.) Hesperian. On Wednesday morning the little three year old girl of Mr. Sam. Johnson, living on the Sab- binal, wandered off in search of flowers. Its absence attracted attention before it had been gone an hour and the family began to look for it, but not finding it on the place roused their neighbors to assist in the search. Cali- fornia Brown, who had stopped over night on the place, Ben White, Henry Shane, several Mexicans and the distressed parents hunted all that day and night, and atabout 1 o'clock on the next day the dim track of the child’s shoe was discovered by the practiced eye of Mr. Brown. The party buoyant with hope, followed the trail with great difficuity until night, when fires ere built up in the hope of aitracting its On Friday morning the search was resumed and fresh tracks found, which were can, the Test of the party having divided and | keeping up the search in different directions. About ten o'clock the little one was Giscovered on a high hill by a hole of water, three and a- half miles from home, with its clothing torn into shreds by the thorns and prickly pear through which it had worked its way. On est security in a railroad train? The Railroad Journal gives the following as an answer: It in id the bri m went ap fo his m er-indaw and Manton A Friend nO Was ‘by, and standing was amazed at this Extraordinary A asked the bridegroom for an explanation of his Con- duct. He replied: ‘Have you never read those beautiful lines by Tennyson: The bitter ere the sweet, The thorns before the rose, Ere spring- time comes with balmy breeze The blast of The ¢ said he had not the application. ~ tile creeps into cellars, under boards, | h the | The youngand spry traveller rushed to hig assist- got the coat on the stranger, and then pulling It is the curse of the land. When I was | | was to call me to her bedside and say: ‘John, | that you will never touch a drop of | | cupied by the Prince Consort have never been | remains as he left it. The rooms are kept iocked | in rice water to add strength, and spun women. hh loom produces about tive shawls in a year. Victoria wrings tribute out ef these poverty-stricken weavers in a certain number of shawls yearly | It is said that native Indian shawls have been imported to repair shawls and change centers to : The shawls are made in pieces ther so deftly that the seam cannot cept by an expert. In the aggre- e creat many Indian shawls are imported, but are sold chiefly in the lange cities, where they are kept in stock, and the pnrehaser ina | Smaller city will go there to buy them, in onder | to select from a number. Generally the demand has been active this year and a great many have How Mr. Gold was Murdcrea. Lefroy made five different confessions as to | the manner in which he murdered Mr. Gold on | the Brighton railway, but there is reason to be- lieve, says the Pall Mall Gaztte, that the follow- ing account is the true one. He denies altogether that he entered the compartment in which he killed Mr. Gold at the London Bridge Station. He states that he took a seat in a car- riage in which there was another passenger | sitting by himself, and he was strongly tempted | to murder him, but he refrained from carrying t his intention. Onthe arrival of the train at don he left this compartment and got into | the’ one in which Mr. Gold had taken a place. He‘ had a short conversation with his vietim, | when Mr. Gold reposed himself in his seat as if to dose. While stretching himself out he took a handkerchief from his pocket | and accidentally pulled out his purse, which fell | on the floor of the carriage. Mr. Gold did not hear the purse fall. and, placing the covering over his face, prepared for sleep. It instantly occurred to Lefroy to take out his own pocket handkerchief, throw it over the purse, and ¥ under pretence of Picking up the handkerchief, it. | to st The noise which he made in doing so aroused M Gold, who instantly started up, , “You scoundrel, do you want to and hit straight out at Lefroy, who was hurled from one side of the carriage to the other. One effect of the blow was to open Le- | frey’s coat, and while he was getting up Mr. id saw the butt end of the pistol projecting inside breast coat pocket. Directly red that Lefroy was armed he shout~ You villain, is it murder as well as | robbery that you mean?”—or words much to | that effect. Rushing at Lefroy he snatched the | pistol out ot his coat pocket and fired at him twiee. Neither shot struck Lefroy, who man- aged to close with his assailant ‘and regain the weapon. He immediately fired two shots at Mr. Gold. He believes the first of these strack the carriage near the bell-pull and the second inflicted the wound in Mr. Gold's neck. Thea commenced the desperate stragule for life which was séen by the witness at Horley. It is | declared by Lefroy that directly after he had ) Shot Mr. Gold that gentieman did not fall to the ground insensible, but he had strength enough to seize the pistol and deal his murderer a blow | or two on the head, causing the wounds which | Were afterward dressed by the Brighton sur- | xeon. While the struggle was going on the two men had rolied up to the door of the car- riage. h such vigor did the old man fight for his life, that he pressed Lefroy against the door with one hand at his throat, while he ed out a pocket knife with the other, and en opened the biade with his teeth. | This effort, however, and the loss of blood from his | wound had exhausted him, and Lefroy sue- ceeded in taking the knife away and then cut- ting and hacking his neck and face. Lefroy afterward pitched the unfortunate man on te the rails; where his body was found. so - ‘The Kind of a Stery They Tell in ° “Maine. From the Augusta (Me.) Journal, Dec. 8, One day nine years ago Mrs. Lord, of North Monmouth, then a girl out at service, lost @ breastpin. The pin was of but little value, being made from a silver quarter, having her initials in monogram on the face. A few days since, im conversation with her husband—they were re- cently married—she incidentally mentioned the loss of the pin. Later in the day, while travel- ing along the street near the bridge, Mr. Lord noticed some Legs ga pgp eenns je outside the travel of the street. He stooped, picked it up, examined it, and, behold, it was his wife's silver breastpin, lost by her when a girl nine ; Years before! There ii had lain, in sight of ‘every passer-by, nine years, waiting for the singed made husband of the owner to find it at last. “TH¥SE rubber garments are such a blessing!” remarked a fat man, as he brought into a street cara perfect deluge of water. The lady at his right, who mopped one side of his coat with her | costly dress, agreed with him perfectly; the man at his left who canght about a pint of the & pings in his , could searcely conceal his miration; while the young miss to whom the fat man gallantly offered his seat a few minutes later went into perfect ecstacies as she sat dowa in a pool of water left on the car seat.—Cieve- land Sun. (THeRE Is BUT 2sNE GENUINE ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER IN THE MARKET, And that ts RED'K BROWN'S PHILADELPHIA. All others are Tinitations or made to ell ou the reputa- followed by Mr. Brown, Mr. Shane and a Mexi- | tion of the Original, and may do harm, while FREDE RICK BROWN'S PHILADELPHIA, will always boo blessing im SPRING, STOMACH DISORDERS, For SLEEPLESSNESS, Por ‘ SUDDEN CHILLA, WIEN DRENCHED DURING THE SQUINOE, WHEN COLD IX WINTER, WHEN DISTREBSED IN SUMNER, Bos s bowie <f your Drugrst or your Grocer fee 50 Coats, Gnaist om having the GENUINE given you= FREDERICK BhOWN'S PHILADELPHIA,) sad pom or ee eee