Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1881, Page 8

LOCAL MENTION. The Weather. Orrick OF THE Curtrr SiGNat. Orrn Wasnrnetos, D.C. ? december 15, 1881, 9:30 a.m. ¢ For New England and the middle Atlantic or snow, followed by clearing northwesterly winds, stationary or lower temperature, hizher pressui Special Weather Bullctin. FAIR WEATHER TO-MORROW. signal officer of the army furnishes «1, and general rain in twenty-four hours Knoxville, 1.02; 1.58; Washi erly winds pr and in the west Gulf stat te states, and New to 3 in M wave Is ent Fair weather in Tennessee, middle Atlantic land, and has risen from 20° and Dakota, where a warm States. nm Friday for New and Gulf “l England, middle states, south Atlanti = indiew states. > Howmpay Books, stationery, children’s books, al- bums, gold pens, pencil Milan’s, 603 7th st. Dos’r Bry holi Isy presents until you have seen the great variety of paintincs, steel engravings, ehromos; silk, velvet ind pinsh pictnre frames: Dresden porcelain vitvesand fancy goods; work Be iristinas cards, &=. ATso, the frames dings In this sonable rates, W. H.V terns, trom Toff, 916 7th street. (Crista Presets: t new store. Picture frames, pane! pat , He ort ures, Jap ness goods, game pictures, per. Ninas tree trimmings, Xmas ecards xts, w prices. J. Jay Soul t 9h st ommencing Decem= + of toys, chacr: ney furni- fell t Visit lls establishment Christmas week the store Will remain opea until it P.M. Sy 1 enue, lights, shades, ‘&ec., for the I ethers hage ente ai the other heirs @ partition of the In stock Mght and CARRIAGES, Canntsc uit bie for street Or park. Robert H. Grohim, repos.tory and factory, 410— 416 Sth street northwest. Repairing promptly at- tended to. rlotte Russe, FUssatr’s Ice Cre Do: ne: rr ruin your eyesight. Consu!t Hempler, 4% str BOrrLep Goons.—0Old whisk wines. street. bre All guaranteed pure, at Thary rum and , S18 F A Caranoere erty clerk of the p: Instant, has be artcles of households. roperty to be sold by the prop- i deportinent, On the 19th fe embraces 14 Hy found in nis THE WASHINGTON CLUB of We raduates Will hold its frst anquet at Bishop Andrews, an University union and rth Wesii = nt other prominent MacA : n “boys.” ngs, ehromos go to No. 903 majolic papers, 1c, washbasins, For Curistwas.—No amore seceptable present could be na fine | canary and ¢ ow Fooms at priv: SPECIAL ATTEN triple siver-pla W. B. Wiilis streets, at Ss & presents, to itive tn: ons, without unton Siiver Plate Com- Ist port Reserve, by order of T: pany. Pracock FeAaTurns, gilt paper, tinsel. 421 9th street. Secoxp-iaNp OveKcoaTs 2nd ulsters, Nttle worn, euston-ma yer Unan conumon ready le, | s. “SS Mik street, near Pennsylvania ful presents should visit net ames Dungan, 813 7th street, ispliy of camp chairs for ladies, gen Gemen, and misses, his largely Inere: his im:ne: r snow has fallen in the middle | 1 plaques, scrap books, | 41 prices in gas fixtures, | ImporTep SMaLupox Case.—The early train or the Baltimore and Ohio railroad this morning brought to this city a sick colored man from Connellsvilie. Pa., and landed him on the streets. He wandered about for some time,and was directed to Lieut. Greer’s station-house, on Massachusetts avenue, between $th and 10th streets, when it was discovered that his face and hands were all broken out with an eruption of smallpox. He was kept on the street outside the station, and word sent to the health office, where preparations were at once made to have a vehicte call for him. Inthe meantime mounted Policeman Sullivan started him off through the streets on foot, while he rode some distance be- hind him, all the way to the health office. He was kept in the alley in the rear until convey- ance could be procured for the smallpox hospi- tal, He gives his name as Abram Smith, 30 years old, and says he never was vaccinated. Sega Tae Evper Divorce —To-day, in the Equity Court, Judge Wylie ordered a decree of divorce in the case of Ira A. Elder agt. John W. Elder. The phiintiff sets forth that she was married to defendant at Hernesyille, Miss., July 12th, 1868; that they lived together more than three years, and she charged that from one month after the marriage he commenced to treat her coldly; that he absented himself from the house for weeks at a time; that he visited houses of ill fame, and treated her cruelly, &c. She further charged that after . P. Bergevin commenced his suit for a divorce he procured defendant to inveigle Mrs. Bergevin into a house of ill-fame, for the purpose of obtaining testimony against his wife, and defendant, for a sum of money did commit adultery with Mrs. Bergeyin. There Was no appearance by respondent. The testi- mony was taken by J. A. Clarke; Mr. Jordan, for the complainant. A Bru For Divorce was filed by Mr. P. Edwin Dye this afternoon for Annie E. Williams | agt. George Wi | jams. They were married Jan- uary 12th, 1880. by Rev. T. G. Addison, of Trin- ity, and she charzes him with cruel treatment, | injaring her health. &c. — THE STREET OpstRUCTION Cases PosTPONED. Daniel Smith, George B. Clark, Charles A. Schneider, Wm. McLean, Pettit & Dripps, Jno. B. Hammond, Jackson & Co., Sears & Co., and | N.C. Draper. Inmber dealers, foundrymen and merchants, doing business south of the avenue, and between 12th and 15th streets, were in the Police Court in person or represented by attorneys this morning, to answerthe charge of for private purposes. ene Carusi and L. M. psented the defendants. Mr. Hiot asked the court to postpone the heari: the cases that he represented, as he bad an ment in the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. id to the court that he concurred with ability of a postpr ment. The court and Mr. Padgett, who rep sents the District. sented to a postpone- ing of the cases was set for there are a large number of st other business men, tried within a few days. ullivan, of the Pénsion-onti private purposes an offi printe ‘5 E street northw harzed with using al envelope haying on itthe words ‘Department of the business. Any hundred dollar: was and gave bonds to | appear be The Police Court authe Court, where he was to be immediately put on trial. " He did not put in anappearance, and the | deputy marshal bas uot yet succeeded in arn ing him, although he has been di ing for him since. Jvrors Drawn. drawn to fill va Auerbae, Louis es Ivania avenue, for the of the December term of the Crim: nal Court: and W. D. Trunnel, 1520 3£th strec W. TI 9th street and Frank P. Acker, for the petit Jur —___— 133 E stree Cirai. Sxvit—In the ease o . colored, who is in custody of the Police , on the charge of ault and battery with intent to kill Chas. | Brown, more than a week ago, by fracturing his ith a pitcher, on discovering him in his man’s) wife's Toom, e No. 5 nent asked for a continuan sterday until to-day. Mr. Blunt, this ig, told the ready to try the cas tion from t be able to appear, and of a week, which was granted. oe REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE WorKHOvSE.— Johannah RK Jackson. Sophia Lewis, Elias Ross, and Frank and Jas. Taylor, all colored, were given 90 days each in the workhouse by Judge Snell to-day, the females for being public prostitutes, and mates for being suspicious persons and vagrants. Officer King stated to the court that a man was robbed of $€0 in a low den last night, and on raiding the house the prisoners were taken in. Licy Snop Case.— Moses Booth was arrested by Policeman Burrows yesterday for keeping a policy shop in West Washington.and left $50 for his appearance. The case had to be postponed in the Police Court to-day on account of the government witnesses hot being present. Ar 4 regular meeting of the District of Colun bia Froebel Society. at the residence of Mr. Wm. Smith, 1529 M street, last night, Mr. James B. Philp, of the State department, was elected treasurer of the society, vice Capt. Street, re— sizned. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That to wh will | column in our | inentions stinply | - To give a full ‘our ebght For Yor parlor sui 813 7th street northwest. $200, oF as low as $5. Fist Coxcrrt to bo by the W: ington 7 5, ‘ash- Temple, this | nencing at # o'clock. | r Club IS presenting to | ircly new feature he Zither as a wider the able Teate tolph Mew and oth rial cities, nfident 0: its being received In our capital city with as much favor. Admission tity | cents. Meter Co, J. F. a Bilis & € CITY AND DISTRICT. Amusements, &c., To-night. Forn’s Overs Hovse.—Mr. Frank Mordaunt in Old Shipmec Nationan Cymbetiie. Hamiise M. EL rrcu.—Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn in “What a Blind Man Saw in Paris.” Ligut Ixraxtry Hait.—Christmas bazaar and supper. Opp FeLtows’ Hatt the Dashaway Reform Tueater.—Fanny Davenport in Fair by the ladies of sb. > - Condensed Locals. Street iamps will be lighted at 5:10 p.m. and extinguished at 2:50 a.m. The noonday prayer meeting at Foundry ehureh grows in earnestness and interest. Re- quests for prayer are made daily. Rev. RS. Laws, pastor of the Virginia Ave- Bue Baptist church. states that in the case on trial in the Police Court a few days since, no testimony was given by him or the young man who testified, that there was a ball in that edifice: nor was $7.50 = for holding an enter- tainment there; the usual rate being of this society are the thanks to Prof. Edw.C. Townshend for the ‘by tend d generous don: Srv or thi derg t the parlors of the Speneerian Busi- 5 -, oa the evening of December 3,where- hundred dollars was realized, and for delight afforded the farge and by his masterly rendering repertoire he furnished on that occa~ Resolutions of thanks to Professor and Mrs. Spencer, the students of the college, and Mr. Henry Reh, were also adopted. The money (3106 25) was paid over to the Free Kindergar- ten for current expenses. An attractive program followed the business meeting. A fine audience was present, notwith- standing the storm. ————————— Affairs in West Washington. Tae Usval SeMi-anxvaL Divipexp of 4 per cent was declared this morning by the directors of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank. PersoxaL.—The many friends of Mr, James W. Deeble will be giad to know that he le ex— pected to be out in a few days, after having been confined to his house for some weeks by mala- ria. Shipment for the week day: The Cumberland and Penn— sylvania raiiroad, 49,788.09 tons, an increase of 25,506.09 tons compared with the game period last year. and 6,404.01 tons by the George's Creek and Cumberland railroad. Of the first amount 38,491.04 tons were shipped by the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad; 1,856.06 tons to the State Line, and 9,440.09 tons to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. The George's Creek and Cum- berland railroad shipped 3,019.16 tons to the State Line, and 3,226.04 tons to the Chesapeake Ohio canal, The grand total for the week 92.10 tons. Seven boats, with 818.16 tons, left Cumberland Tuesday. Tuk Grain Trape.—Arrivals—Boat Regular, 3,500 bushels of wheat; boat H. M. Talbott, 2,800 bushels of wheat and 600 bushels of corn; boat Samuel Jarboe, with 3,800 bushels of wheat; boat M. C. W. Boyer, with 4,000 bushels of wheat. Port.—Cleared—Schr. Elwood Burton, Jarvis, for Fall River, with 500 tons of coal; schr. Flying Scud, Meakins, for Baltimore, light; str. E. C. Knight, Chichester, for New York, with assorted cargo. Entered—Sehr. Edith E. Sherwood,Tall, $10; also that the court stated clearly that the entertainment was within the limits of the law, ~ hie would, therefore, ‘lismise the case. night a meeting of the Fraebel Associa- tion was held at 1329 M street northwest. The exercises, consisting of a piano solo, by Miss Mills, recitations by the pupils, vocal solo. read- Ings, essays, &c., were interesting and much of Mr. S. H. Nealey. on 18th, near G street northwest, was pel by a"tnee through a back window, last night: and two Giamond rings, twelve silver spoons, and other articles of value were stolen and carried away, all z to Mrs. Nealey. Mr. D. J. Macarthy, the well-known carpenter and , was quite severely injured. last builder, Right. after leaving the Light Infantry ball for home in company with a lady parser of his hie carriage being run into by another His lip was badly cut with glass from the broken window, Dr. Townshend was @alled upon to dress his wounds. Exrna Srectay Day (Great bargains will be > at Puleis Roywt temorrw. fered. 4 ek from Jacksonville, Fla., with 310,000 feet yellow pine for T. W. Rile: goss. 5 A New Perit or tHe Ratt.—A cident hay the New Yo furn: pen and a mass of flame came rushing out and set the cab on fire. The en- gineer and firemen were driven from their and the former was terribly burned in regain contro! of the engine. Before aa THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL. Proceedings in the Senate. MATTERS OF DISTRICT INTEREST—WOMAN SUFFRAGE —COMMITTEE WORK—HOUSE APPOINTMENTS, ETC. e In the Senate to-day, on motion of Mr. An- thony, an adjournment over until Mo nday was provided for—30 to 19. Petitions were presented by Mr. Sherman and Mr. Ferry fofa regulation of railroad trans- Portation rates, and by Mr. Plumb and Mr. Mitchell for the abolition of taxes on bank de- posits and checks. Mr. Sherman, from the committee on finance, Teported favorably, with amendments, bill to provide for the issue of three per cent bonds. He gave notice he would ask its consideration immediately after the holidays. The bill was placed on the calend ar. bills were introduced and referred to commit- tees as stated: By Mr. Anthony—Fixing rank and pay of certain officers ot the navy; to naval aifairs. By Mr. Hale—Four bills making an ap- portionment of Representatives in Congress among the several states under the tenth cen- sus. He said that as a session of the legislature would be needed in more than one state. in or- der to adjust the apportionment, early Con- | ry gressional action was nece referred to se- y Mr. Cameron the navy; to rs. By Mr. Jones (Fla.)—Bills to carry into effect the recommendations of the board of admirals in the cases of Commanders Henry Glass, James H. Rands and Lieut. Commander Chas. D. Sigsvee, U.S. navy; to naval affairs. By Mr. Coke—To regulate inter-state commerce and to prohibit unjust discriminations by com- mon carri to commerce. By Mr. Beck—To repeal taxes on deposit with banks, banking as- sociations and bankers; to final Miller (Cal.)—To incorporate the Company By Mr. Piumb—To authorize the issue of silver certificates and standard silver dollars on the deposit of silver bullion; to finance; also. to grant the right of way throuch the Fe military reservation to the Rio Railroa affairs. By Mr. Rollins pointment at large of one of the two ¢ issioners of the District of Columbia ; to Dist: Resolutions were submi as follows: By Mr. M committee on itted ai Ph 1 disposed of erson—Referring " dent's re- thorough rehabili- ed. By. Mr. t committee to in- reporting some ich the sale and ad- tickets in the District of shall be niade unlawful and subject to penalties. He spoke of the evil as a affecting the ¢ pedieney law by’ wi x of lotte a copy of the report of Rey. Sheldon Jackson, D, upon the condition of edacation in Adopted. Selloge—Calling on of War for in improveinent at the mine, La. Adopted. structing committee ¢ report what Inerc be alloy Adopted. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the subjects re- ferred to in the President’s message were or- dered to be referred to appropriate committees. The following Senators, on the repi side, upon their own request. were exensed from committee se : ron (Wis.), from Mr. Edmunds, aship of foreign spertation routes 1.), from epidemic |. from f m relations; from District of Col ia and Nic- ims. ‘solution for a womon suffrage commit- e up, but the morning hour expired apon it. Upon the expiration of the morning hour Mr. Garland proceeded to speak upon the presiden- tion. tial sitceession qui After rem: Florida, the xuti rs. Coke and Jones of GARFIELD MEMORIAL The two committees appointe the Gariield memorial sery erday separately, and s int meet- ing. At the meet » committee Senator Sherman pre: at that of the House committee Mr. ley. The House committee directed McKinley to present a plan modeled after that of the Lincoln obsequles, and _ this was presented at the meeting of the joint committee held yesterday afternoon as a substi- tute for a resolution to select one person from M of Massachusetts, The Joint committee not azreeing as to Whether the memorial exer- ises should be conducted by the two houses xclusively, or whether others should be iny to take part, a resolution offered by Mr. Cox, of ‘ew York, was adopted to appoint a committee of three ‘from each heuse to agree upon a form and method of — observing the _obsequies. The House committee chose its chairman, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Kasson as the sub-committee under Mr. Cox’s resolution. The Senate committee will select a similar committee. Some members of the committee favor the selection of an emi orator outside of Congress, Henry Ward Beecher and [i Ingersoll are named. Others favor the selection of two orators from each house, and others advocate the selection of two orators from each house as well as one who is not a member of Congress. SECRETARY SHERMAN’S THREE PER CENT BILL. The Senate committee on finance, this morn- ing, unanimously agreed to recommend the passage of the Skerman three per cent funding bill with amendments reducing the aggregate atnount of the three per cent bonds to be issued iz that the amount d shall not exceed, at any one time, the sum of $25,000,000. Tie committee took this action after hearing Secre- tary Folger, who expressed himself in. oppost- tion to the proposition, preferring to retain the government privilege of calling in the three and a-half per cent bends at any time. SENATE COMMITTEE ON RATLROADS. The Senate committee on railroads to-day had up Senator Maxey’s bill to grant right-of- way for a railroad through the Choctaw nation. It was referred to a sub-committee of three to consult with the Secretary of the Interior and ascertain if the government has consented to the matter and if there is no bar to the passaze of the bill. SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS IN THE DISTRICT. Senator Morrill to-day offered a resolution to instruet the judiciary committee to inquire and report if there is not some law to prohibit the advertising and rale of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia. At the suggestion of Mr. Edmunds, the District committee was inserted instead of the judiciary. The resolution was adopted, with the District committee inserted, HOUSE APPOINTMENTS. Clerk McPherson to-day appointed Everett B, Sanders enrolling clerk of the House vice King, removed. The new appointee hails from Wis. consin. Mr. W. M. Leonard, of Ohio, was also appointed reading clerk to succeed Neil Brown on the 31st instant. ‘0-day appointed d Secretary Bi an The doorkeeper of the Houset William A. Beckton a messenger vice William Patt Jas. J. R. Boyd a messenger vice J. Farrell. Joseph W. Bartlett, of Mass., has been pointed tally clerk of the House, to take effect on the 17th inst., vice E. P. Speer, of Georgia. Francis M. Smith was thisafternoonappointed & messenger under the Doorkeeper. vice Geo. M. Le Fevre; James A. Crystal, a messenger in the Post oftice, and Owen Clark and Joseph C. McCready, pages. THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE QUESTION IN THE SENATE. The resolution ot Senator Hoar to create a Committee on woman’s rights, came up again this morning. Senator Vest opposed it with 801 or. He said he would deny emphati- call the ladies of this country want to be turned into politicians; that if the women were enfranchised the Women would go to the polls, but the ladies would not. He also referred to the large number of Illiterate votere that would be added to the voting ror ke of the country by the oh seschiaenent of colored women of PURE VACCINE VIRUS. Representative ILL, district, is preparing a bill, which he will {introduce in the House, requiring-the surgeon- general of the army to keep on hand at all times ‘8 quantity of pure vaccine virus that the medi- Sbio af all tines to Securethepareaniige Notes. t Nicaragua; to foreign relations. | ‘ort Bliss | ande & El Paso | jet of Columbia. | to! loyes of th 5 uit_—Direet.. | Proceeds of collateral sold, to t init | | Va., Beaufort, 8. C., and Chattanooga, Tenn. | and is indebted to the company for unpaid rent $500. of ‘The Freedmen’s Bank. REPORT OF ITS CONDITION. A report of the condition of the Freedmen’s bank, by Orson Adams, national bank examiner, who conducted an investigation by order of Controller Knox, was to-day submitted to the Senate. It is very voluminous and the written pages would half filla bushel basket. The re- port shows the condition of the bank on the 7th of March, 1881. The loans amounted to 747,087.07, of which — $112,453.10 are ed to be good: $154,126.01 doubttul and $480,528.56 are regarded as worthless. The over-drafts amount to $55,129.06 and are of no value. There is a debit balance of stocks, bonds, &ec., of $69,408.60, of which the following are worthless: Northern Pacific railroad bonds and balance of account after sale of bonds, $311.49; Maryland = mining and manufacturing bends, $57,500; Chesapeake and Ohio railroad ‘bonds, $191.08. The re- mainder of the securities are good personal property at branches of the bank, $29,519.96. It | did represent office furniture, etc.. but all of this property now in possession of the bank consists of the furniture and two safes in the commissioner's office here worth about $1,500. THE REAL ESTATE. This property is situated in the District of Co- lumbia, Jacksonville, Fla., Vicksburg, Missis- sisippi, Memphis, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., Norfolk, The real estate in the southern states is abso- utely unproductive and a charge upon the com- pany for taxes, ete., and should be sold at the earliest practicable day. The improved property in Washington pays a fair rental. The banking house is leased to the government at an annual rental of $20,600, but because of ingufficient ap- propriations the rent is now in arrears to the amount of $31,133.33; judgment has been ob- tained for £17,250 of this arrearage, by the late Commissioner Evan Lyons, who has heretofore leased the Lyons’ mill property at Rock Creek, THE MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS are worthless, with the exception of the Bucher Judgment now in the United States Supreme Court, the Hen mith debt, and Catching & Ingersoll, upon which something may be real- ized. There is an item of $332,954.16 to the debit of profit and loss account. THE AMOUNT OF DIVIDENDS PAID, together with $65,533.90 dividend checks signed and now ready for claimants, makes $1,119.- 713.56, being forty per cent on €2,799,282.65 proved clair The total liabilities are $2,963,- including liabilities to the extent of 386.68 not proven against the company. The balance due First National Bank of New Orleans way be lessened by future dividend an item of € 21, representing he credit of Van- denburg & Abbott Par ent Co. In addition | is amount there are #21,850 In District 3.65 | 8 Second National Bank stock, and | some paving scrip, being held as security for the Vandenburg loans. There is underthe head property “account a credit balance of 10,775.01, which represents the profit realized ales of property. Income from Property at Jackson $5,987 building at Wa 516.38; total, $653.90 The late commissioners are ap- for their manazement of the company. and bank a ipts to May 10, 1879, were $1,480.269.- ‘rom May 10,1879, to March 7, 167,79 ; total, $1,648,066.19, ursements to May 10. 1 1,209, n Since M: accounts have been de! incidental expense: including taxes, the following lary, $24,790 7H 44; attorneys fe total, $32,695.62. UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND CHECKS, amounting to $65,533.90, are on hand. If the bank building can be sold for $250,000, and the other property brings prices anywhere near its value, a further dividend of 20 per cent can probably be realized for the creditors. Referred to finance committee. J. ©. Bancroft Davis Nominated for As- sistant Secretary State. The President sent the following nomin: tothe Senate to-day: J.C. Bai New York, to be Assistant Secretary of and a large number of postmasters. oe SECRETARY FoLGER before the Senate finance committee to-day expressed about the same views in regard to refanding that he did in his annual report. He did not. however, argue acainst a three per cent funding bill. He said that it was practicable, and that he would exe- cute the provisions of any bill which Congress might pass. REFORM IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.—Ap- pointment Clerk Butler has discovered that by the abuse of what is known as the lapse tund of the Treasury department, under the former regime, there would, even at this early staze of the fiseal year, be a deticiency in clerk hire June 30th next of $12,000. _In order to make up the deficiency, a number of regular clerks will have to be suspended for atime. Mr. Butler aiso has a big job on hand in putting a stop to the prac- tice of splitting salaries. A practice has grown up where a clerk is appropriated for at say $1,400 or $1,600 per year, of putting two people on the rolls, generally women, and dividing the salary between then Sere Suit AGAINST A BUILDING ASsOcTATION.—To- day, Mr.-W. B. Webb, for Sarah Burnett, filed a suit against C. B. Church, W. T. Walker, J. Har- rison Johnson, Oliver T. Thompson and others, trading as the First Co-operative Building As- sociation, to recover €265.65. She states that on May 28th, 1873, she purchased of defendants a certain house and lot, and they undertook to pay all asseasinents over and above $100, which they failed to pay, and she charges that there is due her $160.18; w! 05. Senator Daw! ¥ gram from Troy, N. ¥. Dec. 14, say: Dawes, of Massachusetts, recently sued M.D. & A. W. Hodge, of North Adams, to recover $20 for legal services #lleged to have been rendered. The defendants denied that they had employed the plaintiff, but the justice's court gave judz- ment against them. They have appealed to the superior court. The proceedings have caused munch gossip. ee Range or TueRMoMeter.—The following are the readings of the thermometer at the Signal Office during the day: 7 a. m. deg.; 11. 36 deg.; 2 p. m., 39.5. Ma: minimum, 35 deg. peo BITTERS. BROWN’S IRON BITTERS mended for all dis-| leases requiring al A true Tonic. certain end effiic-| Cure Dyspepsia. Heat Tonto, esr Hs pea, — indigestion, Inter _— nitient Fever, Lona IRON BITTERS, of Appetite, eG IRON BITTERS f Eneray sto. En riches the biooa and| Complete —_|stren; the] For Delicate ae Strengthener. ‘They - Females, ‘a. charm on tho| ie vine all dys os Peinty REA IRON BITTERS, Sold by all Drig-|TRON BITTERS vrite for the A B Sure Appetizer. IBook, Sure Reviver. Sent free. a = Seo that 211 IRON BIVERS are mennfactnred BROWN CHEMIC, CORPFAN His Ou he wrappers ee BEWARE OF @MITATIONS, BROWN CHEMBEGAL COMPANY, _m-eo_ BALTIMORE, MD. ADAME LE M hs Ri Ia prepared to MABE DRESSES in tho LATES®? STYLE, atshort notice, and will faimmish materials for thi mast ELEGANT EVENING DREAS « Dia STREETY COSTUME. Oo A Fenre TS abs Pikezr, BT TOR Me, DAY'S, fc Ex-Senator Thurman was on the floor of the | EF | National Metropolitan Bank Telegrams to The Star. A Railroad Train Bonrded by. High- waymen, Gatveston, Tex., December 15.—A News Fl Paso special says a passenger train on the Southern Pacific Railroad going west from here was this morning boarded by hizhwaymen. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messenger was knocked down, gagged and compelled to surrender the keys of the safe, from which $1,500 were ab- stracted. About six hundred dollars were taken from passengers. er News from Far-off Lands. THE OVERDUE STEAMER BATH CITY, Loxpon, December 15.—Kighty guineas pre- mium was paid yesterday on the overdue steamer Bath City, from Bristol for New York. BRITISH-AMERICAN BANK PROSPECTUS. The prospectus of a British and American bank with a ca sued. SAFETY IN LONDON THEATERS. Loxvox, December 15.—In consequence of the Vienna disaster, the lord chamberlain has re- quested the managers of the London theaters to immediately separate the system of lizhting the auditorium from that of lighting the stage. NVESTIGATING THE VIENNA HORROR. Vienna, December 15.—Herr Jauner, manager of the ill-fated Ring theater, was for several hours yesterday subjected to an examination regarding the calamity. HON. EVELYN ASHLEY ON THE IRIS. QUESTION. Loxpon, December 15 —Hon. Evelyn Ashle secretary to the board of trade, speaking to his parliamentary constituency at’ Vennor, Isle of Wright, last evening, said he hoped the present powers of the government in Ireland would be suflicient, but if, when Parliament assembled, it was found necessary to ask for furt! powers, he believed the great liberal con: uencies would be willing to accord them. A BALLOON AT SEA. Loxpon, December 15.—The Foreign office received a telegram to-day stating that some fish- ermen have seen a balloon floating on the water off Cherbourg, on the French coast, and that the British consul at Cherbourg has sent out vessels in si hoping to recover the balloon to-night. (The balloon in which Mr. Walter Powell was carried to sea from England has been missing since the 10th inst.) —— Assignment for Benefit of Creditors. Newark, N. J.. December 15.—Nugent & Co. assigned all their property to enkingon, their receiver, under the U.S. court, for the benefit of all their creditors, The assicnment is under state law, and its effect is to give the Mechanics baak, which claims priority under the national law, their share with other creditors in case their priority is seorge denied. Fire in the B Sir Jor Ky The Berkeley Springs hotel took fire last nist about 10 o’elock. The fire w: confined to the center of the east wing. The bu axed but little, most of the ¢ Re timated at from $3,000 to #4,000, being de the linens, bedding, &¢. Loss covered by in- surance. - An American Contractor Arrested in Mexico. December 15.—Georze F. arrested an author- Paso del for threatening in some words o was released paying a fine of but 400 n from him when he was arrested was not returned. pea eas Death of a Philadciphia Lawyer. PHILADELI —Thomas J. Bar- ger, a prominent lawyer of this city and ex-city solicitor, died this morning. — ‘whe Sprague Estate Injunction Dis- solved. Provip: mber 15.—The Su- preme Court this morning dissolved the injun Uon restraining the sale of the a The Markets. NGTON STOCK EXCHAN Governments. United States 6s extended Bic 104 1 yea re’ funding 6s, Fire Insurance and Gaslight Compani aehing.on CityGutlicht Company, Washinton City Gaslight Co. rerij Arlington Insurance Cou Corcoran Insurance Cor Columbia Insursnee C yanhoe Mining Co. stock. National Bank Republic. Furmers and Mechanics’ Bani B. Vi 63 deferred, . coneols, 7574: do. eecond 404; do. due coupons, “84; “do. new ten-forties, 445 MORE, December 15.—Cotton a. aE easier— shade Flonr steady and quiet. Wheat, south- Girmer—southerh ted, Visal-38: do, | No. 1 Maryland, 1.44%¢al, pot and December, 1 rary, 1.4241 1. Com, southern stcadyand ac western ected (sonthern white, 68: do. yellow, Gla 6 rn mixed, spot and December, 67368: Jan- u ; Febredry, 71a71%. Oats dull—southern, 4 53 Rene 3 ste Liver nool 729 barrels; a i corm, 6,914 bushels; osta none; ry Shipiuentts— wheat, 10,500 "bushela:” corn. #-as bushels, “Sules—wheat, 607,620 bushel; corn, 186,275 bushels, NEW YORK, December 15.—Stocks generally without important change. Money, 6. Exchany Jong, 47944; ort, 483%4. State bonds in lizht demand. Gov- eruments bisher, except for extended 6a and 48 coupon, ‘otton dull. NEW YORK, December 15.—Flour dull and heavy. Wheut opened about 4 cent lower; afterwards become and recovered. Cor dultand about ' cent lower. Pork duil and weak, 17.25418 25. weak, 11.1755. Spirits turpentine, 64. ‘Rosin, 2204235." Freighis Pes m.—U. 8. bon NDON, December 15, 32:30 ¥ nda, Ais, 117%. Atantic and Great Westemn first mort- eee trustees’ certificates, 5054; do. seconda, 164. ih, Ash Md ek dt Sa vania Central, 65. Reading, 3544. FOrrpay GOODS! HOLIDAY GOODS! All-Linen Colored Boner Handkerchicte, 5 cents. Ladies’ an nts fal erchiefr. Ladies! and Gents’ Hemmed-Stitehed Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ and Gents' Initial Handkerchiefs. Ladies’ sud Gents' Colored Bordered Gents’ Kid Gloves, fur lined. Gents’ Driving Gloves. Geni Silk Glove, Hed Ladies! Kid Gloves, fur lined. Plano Govers: al Colors. Breck Silke abd Satine. lushes. |- Wool Cashmeres, Noveliies in Drews Trimmings, Rich Plaids and Stripes. Bilk and Alpaca Umbrellas. ble Linens, Wine Cloths, Banking: Towel oN ylies. lannel ani Ked ‘willed, Navy Blue and Gray Flannels. dies’ Cloth, aoub'e width, olive, blue, myrtle. Tatton Glosbine and Ulster Glodss. rns and Cloaks, m for Men and ‘Wear, 25¢., 30c., S7c., 50c, ‘Phash 1.50 yard. aot ae Shecting Cottons, Count ete. Bisnkets, oe Ean ene RECEIVING NEW GOODS DAILY aT TOWSON'S, 686 TENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, South Side, near Market. CARPETINGS!! ies 75 cts., 80 cts., 90 cts. CARPETINGS! pital of £1,000,000 has been Is- | Wall Street To-Day. New York, December 15.—The Posfs finan. cial article (1:40 p.m. edition) says: At the Stock Exchange United States bonds are strony at unchanged prices. The floating stocks of bonds in the market is small, and foreign bankers say that it is hard to buy round lots of any issue in the foreign markets, Southeru state bonds are active and strong for Ten- nessee, at T5aty. Railroad bends are strong, at an advance of kal. — The | stock market continues extremely dull. In the | first hour and @ half the tendency was down- wards; since then it has been the reverse. The het result of all the fluctuations is a fractional decline, except in some ot the specialties, which are moved up aad down with very little regard for anything, except the wishes ot the | holders, The sub-treasury was this mo ng debtor in the lange sum of $2,518,010.31, which is less than half ef the money to’ come out of the Treasury on account of yesterday's bond redemptions. The ruling rate for call loans on stocks is 6 per cent, and on United States bonds 4a4%y per cent. Prime mercantile Paper is 6a7 per cent. The market for foreign exchange Is yery dull, but is fully steady. The posted rates on the leading drawers of sterli are unchanged. ‘The actual rates are 480a4% arid 454a48434. with cable transfers 4845485, and prime commercial bills 487: wt DE MEYER’S WEI DE MEYER'S Bo WEI DE MEYER'S WEI DE MEYER'S CATARRG OURE. CATARRH CURE. CATARRH CURE. The antidotal theory, now admitted to be theonly treatment which will eradicate Catarrhal Poison. Rev. Cuas. H. 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BL DEWEY & CO., 182 Picton si | New York, fer £1.00. nit, than PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS TROPIC FRUIT LAXATIVE, PREPARED FROM TROPICAL FRUITS AND A DELICIOUS LOZENGE, WIICH SERVES THE PURPOSE OF PILLS AND DISAGREEADLE PURGATIVE MEDICINES. TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE is the best preparation in the world for coustip Biliousness, Headache, j Piles and all kindred complaints. It acts gently, effec- tively, and is delicous to tuke. Cleansing the system thoroughly, it imparts vigor to mind and body, and dis- pels Melancholy, Hypochondria, ete. ONE TRIAL CONVINCES, PACKED IN BRONZED TIN BOXES ONLY. ial PRICE 25 AND 60 CENTS. SOLD BY ALL PRUGGISTS. yotUREs TRIUMPH, FRAZIER’'S ROOT BITTERS. Ifyou are weak, or languid, use Frazier's Bi Your fed ie flatiby and your com Frazier’s Bitters. 1f you live in @ 1 Frazier's Bitters. It worn down with the care ef chil- se Bitters. If you have got the biw Bitters. If you have kept late hours end to the laws of health, 2130-eokw til: Pour exes have grown «lim, make you fecl young again. FE Sold by all drueviets everywhere at the low price of $i conier Peunsslvania avenue and 12ih ‘Washing: ton, D.C., Retail Azent. Jus OLMAN LIVER PAD OFFICE, SOUTHEAST corner 9th and E strects, Washington, D.C. Can- ‘ultation free. Full treaties mn sent free cn application. J.C. RING’ Manager. pil-3m R. SIBLEY'S COMPOUND CALISAYA Wine Bitters contams ten ingredients, nine of vere- fern inte facie componition ie of tne guoat waverion teat ir composition ‘most superior qual- ity, and ie the form in which it-is found in the blood. 7 Bitters will cure dysrepsia, nervous debi neuralgi, rheumatism, aci and maatial fevers and al disease liver, blood and nerves; also, all fema’ Pricé, $1. 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BENSON'S SKIN CURE Is warranted to cure ECZEMA, TETTERS, HUMORS, INFLAMMATION, MILK CRUST, ALL ROUGH SCALY ERUP- TIONS, DISEASES OF HAIR AND SCALP, Sid rinooth< remover tin aed Poeion at the eS Pwo goes Ee eT A eet class haveit. Price, $1 per pack- age. m6 PILES! PILES! 31 KO ONE NEED and NEW PUBLICATIONS. —— Sip T" INDEPENDENT, CHRISTMAS NUMBER. @ PAGES. OUT TO-DAY, coNTarsvTons: JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, y EN S GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. WILLIAM 3. TAYLOR, D.D. U. 8. SENATOR DAWES. THEODORE L. CUYLER, D.D. THURLOW WEED. HUGH McCULLOCH. LOUISA M. ALOOTT. SARAH ORNE JEWETT, MARY CLEMMER ROSE TERKY COOKE. LE COPIES, 10 CENTS; $3.00 PER ANNUMy TWO YEARS, $5; FIVE YEARS, $10. For sale by leading Newsdealers in this city and throughout the country, or at Publication office. it No. 251 BROADW CITY ITEMS. ‘Time Was When People Had to Suffer with cold; now a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough & cures them. — * Boys’ welry. 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Pinkham, : pes > Compound tn all phiets, ‘The Sanitary Engineer, esting W every one. 10 cents Ui, tay Bay no Holiday Present Without seeing Dr. Scott's utiful Electric Hat® and Flesh Brushes. The 1 bonetit the well, and iarveliously cure Headact euralgia,Dand> Fulling Hair, Balduess, Rheumatism, ete, e refunded If nOU as represented. At drug at 608 fancy stores. teware Diewding, itehing, s1 For any case of biin es that Delilag’s Pi or protruding Pt Jails to cure.” Prepared by 4. ttt Arch street, Philadelphi | Ot his signature. Sold Terrible Lows of Life. Millions of rats, mice, cats, bed-bugs, reach ‘* Jose their lives by collision with * Rough on Rats, Sold by Druggists. 15e, boxes, ny re. * is just one remedy that ity of doubt. If ite aption, Dyspepsia, is your hope. le nia avenue. Ree You ar sick; well, ther will cure you ti Liver or Kidne mamptive. Let those who languish under the fatal seve al ton, of our climate through any pulmonary compli or even those who are in decided Consum! ho means despair. There is a safe and sure remedy at hand, and exsily Uried Wer's Come Otl and Lime,” without tug davor'of the oil nwed by the Phosphate a ling property which renders the ious, Remarkable testimonialg he shown. Sold by A. B.Willory, ad all druggists, S eff eney ¢ Chemist, Boston, “Alderney Dairy Wi ” Fresh Alderney Butter, churned every mornh and delivered in i<-10, “Ward” prints, 80. Der Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk and’ sweet mili, Se. per qt Cream, iSc. plat. se __ ATTORNEYS. ROSS PERRY, ATTORN ki 342 D __ Opposite City Hail. ENRY WISE GARNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, nim No. 2 Columbian Law Buil Tr iccnnsen dient y a a Has removed his office to Building, Louisiana avenue, c LECTURES ‘THE BLIND MAN ELOQUENT. REV. DR. W. H. MILBURN ‘Will acliver his Popular Lecture on “WHAT A BLIND MAN SAW IN PARIS,” IN HAMLINE M. E. CHURCH, Corner 9th and P streets northwest, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1881, Commencing at 8 o'clock. 14-20? ___ FAIRS, FESTIVALS, &e. A CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND SUPPER, er the Auspices of the LADIES OF TRINITY P. E. CHURCH, Nil bp eid im fhe Washington Li Lufantry & Globe Building, Pennsylvania avenue, between Aigetreety, beginning on THUKSDA, 16th Set at clock p. m., and continuing through . Lanch Briduy'tecm 12 f9'2- bret HE LADIES OF THY DASHAWAY REFORM. T CLUB PHURMD AE ding, Stheé., bet. Dand Wasnikeron, D.C. -at-Law, coms 6 and 8, Gunton Lay bear jy2-6m will hold a FATR for the Benefitof the Fellows’ west, OD Hall, 7th _ street, FRIDAY aud SATURDAY of tiie ‘A lopee nun.ber of articles are to be, voted for, ancug- ang a Silver Tea Set, a Letter Carrier's U1 an O.M. Gold Pin, a “Crayon Portrait of Miz. s Chatelaine Watch and several other: JLaanch will be werved each day from 12 to p.m, GPoRGE W. KING, ROUTE AGENT IN GEORGETOWN YOR THE EVENING STAK NEWSPAPER. Subscribers who have conplaints against the or persons who desire to we the Entering of the ‘same, ‘at Fiektuges “ Ha Or32d_ street, aud ice, cag ds GEORGETOWN ADV’TS. = : Le <a the Western ‘or 8lat street. opposite. D* METTAUR'S HEADACHE PILLS Rev. Tnowss GAMBLE, pastor M. ‘E. Church, Hager