Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1882, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATDRDAY, Harper's Ferry and Its Sarronundings— Charicstown and Heminiscences of the War, Bpecial Correspondence of Tue Harren’s Prev An interesting place is wild ry as it is 1 SIXO STAR. ¥, July 19, 1882. arper’s Ferry; as in history, and so grau both; one of t magnificent haunts whi Rom a Rom immortalized. It ts Washiozton, and the re grand,” ieading amon ny of th and Maryi f Virginia i ors"—the Po- vith that long pile samme we ta so often. mated dated. What le sad she is go accord. sing within liey in whieh it is a name asse i 3 of the war. Nature dropped | we call Jetferson’ else to put it, n which her conte rapidly of her ek of the tov int the mounta antic boulder ad nowly ns. Itis a y country, acting upon his a: “it from anywher ¥ Maryland! uly ‘to Je: ms to me, and I will not authenticity of the story t the little Vi my guide, wa me: but he gav and assisted me in er: iron pillars plai t to support it a! 1 the roek fairly si me his on «ling down te there by ernme mah nn its place, Here, as at all other al places, the tour- | ist and d has left each his mark eroek. at e accessible name riy in the center is stili to m letters, cut in pe of France: e rock. the name | It is believed to tT when he stopped erry after his fizht names the ‘And over expounds in great le patent medical nostrums! You wiil not | y without | seeing that strange freak of nature—the por- trait oi Washington, as it i —on Maryland It takes a credulous eye and a to discern a provile of the fir small rock aw or think they do, and so the will never give up his quest until lie ha somehow out of the shapel above him a portrait, and called it Washi On a small, smooth Ted roek, at a nee of about 24 feet, I should say, above the water, jebrated curiosity. Once find it and it vat conspicuously, a perfect face of a man at least, if not of Washington particuiarly. look- ing up the Potomac. It is said that Washing- tourist formed Ss mass of rock ton himself recognized the portrait, and stand for hours gazing at it in gloomy medita- tion. It is in a fit place to have foretold him of ers Ferry and Charlestown are one ble in the history of Virginia. Ch: tifal Nttie nated on it mil south of the Ferry. at of oll veilerson cow a broth e without a . the € eat grand thet pington family of George's t ‘arlestown, and in courtesy and ling chara ofthe Washin re “tru ; 2, and his ‘Aprop gray of the W i and Mii Washin: Of theoki W. Teside m © nity. ton Int town is the a yard at Charles +e Beall, a cousin Booth, the -oln promised Booth, thestory | life of the young soldier, his nsels of oti from fulfi anged. The story, | istrue. Beal not “upon my hi a defence of b on his grave: — — LESTER FROM KANSAS. & Toot for Empoeria—Life in a Brisk e Fown—Cy es and their Prohibition ia Kansas. NING Star. , July 19, 1382. ‘ITY | ‘h written about in | rd of in the east, is | ing of Kansan | one of t towns. 2 eastern part of ‘the st jon with Kansas City, ar it is | easily hous rything ne young and y place, two rivers of con- | siderable size, t 1 Cottonwood, the last of wis + to drive one of the mo yur mills in the state. Its | Situation between these two mvers seems | sto grea “ st the cyclones which | visit this part of the country. A TOUGH STORY, | ‘torms, winch are the dread of | known to take all well and level brick r ont of | over a ¢ isting mainly | totally destroyed. tle stretched to in- | but when one has n over fences, cook- | 3 being bic ing stoves whirled through the air for hundreds of yards. » orts of the newspapers from differen: octions of the country, one begins to think thot perhaps there is more truth In “Kan- a he had at frst supposed. And me of the terribly crand skies that jes seen here is calculated to still | rt the skeptical. These remarks do articularly to Emporia, as it has not , and, according | round dri e the grabbing. with initials and | tazes Emporia is well to the front, there being and excellence | of the normal work hard out: ud | lose thei “rs the virtues of | ample A New and Pleasant Resort—Its Waters ‘Special Correspondence of THe EVENING STAR. faces here beam to read the news from home, Would you not like to hear something from us! Tare places for the benefit of health, as well as re- creation. In enjoyment away from the e!ty dur- alr, we tal | other watering p | brought our 1 three-fourths of the way to the Indian Terril- | LETTER FROM THE WHITE SULPHUR. tory. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas line also sie coanects Emporia with a large extent of coun- try, and what with the two new roads, there is probably no better place in the west in which to establish a business. BUSY AND PICTURESQUE SCENES. It is a picture to see the farmers from miles veinto market. On Saturday this is y noticeable. Thenthe principal streets 3 are lined with country wagons the purchasers of their lo: The Coming Garden Party—Dress Hops —The Minuet—The Midsummer Col- ors—Prominent Gnuests—The New Im- Pprovements—The Late Mrs, Lincolu— Personal Mention, Etc. Special Correspondence of Tar Kvestxe Stan. Werire SULPHUR SPRINGS, Greevnnirn Co., W. Va., July 2st, 1882 ‘The first grand girden party to occur here 1s now definitely fixed for August 8th, and prepara- tions are belng made to insure its success. The " | dancing Moor isto be lafd under the large forest trees on the flat terr ce opposite the parlor bal- | cony, wi t will be trimmed with colored bunting for*the occaffon. The spot selected 1s always shady in the afternoon, and the children WIIL have exclusive possession of the daneing floor from 4 to 7, While their elders will dance from 9 to | 12, when the grovnds wil be lighted with elec- | tricity and hundreds of colored lanterns The spectacle 1s sure to be a particularly fine one—the grounds here are so spacious and display such a | variety, with their many terraces and flower-beds and the white cottages encireling the inclosure, | Showing against a background of thickly-wooded ye | mountains, forminy an amphitheater about the Sober | big hotel. 'Colon- Peyton’s spirit of enterprise 1s aroused, and he is determine the affatr shall be a. stiecess, the more so that notuing of the kind has én attempted before at a southern watering to th liquors, s of the rigidly. it measnre ut upon the sale of aleohe tirely proibited by ader_ enforced f this is that the is not the ‘finest police force in the world” here. the men acting in that ¢: city ha so little practice that their clubs are made leng for convenience in and instead of the farmers going home an uproarious condition they go home as they come. 0K L. LIFE IN EMPORIA. Unlike western towns, Emporia is hap- n the possession of a class of society which oulddy honor to any social eircle in the east. This is because most of the capitalists of the place seeing that it was likely to be a place of | onsiderable importance came here to stay, and i ¢ without any money to make a | here with money to make a home | DRESS TOPS. The hops which occur here every evening (ex- cept Sunday, of course,) become on Wednesdays and Fridays full dress balls, though there ts hand- some dressing enouzh atall times here. It sus- tains this year the reputation of previous s*2sons } in rivailng Saratoga as a very “dressy” watering up the lon. tw mouatain | and » build up a pice which ave promise | Place. The grand fancy dress and masquerade | ar curiosity and patriotism will | of so brizht a futur Althougl. not much given | ball, which ts always a feature of the season at | vu to It. On it Jefferson wrote his Notes | to aquat nperia can boast of one | the White Sulphur, will come off in August and inia; and what hosts of men, noted men | steamer. n boast,” but I do not think | Signor Haz.zer, the teacher of “etiquette, dancing i and deportment,” who ts here for the summer, has it will, is too much on the style of | made al preparations forth!s ball. He teaches i of your city, only With @ | the fancy dances of all nations and has given 8i per in size, and | great and much needed variety to the evening unfortunat so in speed. There isan opera, au nts by Intro z the minuet and waltz house it after the mo: proved Such a ty Is ne ‘dat all dancing 1 it is sometimes ed partles, whether in private houses or at hotels, for lan round Known so little Janausciek, but m: ! . 7, in} years 1 ning ermans,” | quent of the class to which Milton Se Liven here cach senennc Navel Noble tongs. ‘This house is ye itt in August, of course, dom used for amateur pertorman: young men are too much engaged in otl Suits more profitable both to mind and pocket, and the ladies om before they have ome proficient enough in the art of making fellow creatures miserable, to go on the at all other watering places, i cht. THE MINUET. commend to the many young gentle- men in Washington who “lead in the german” when the winter festivities are in progress, that Owing to the fact that there are more | they turn their attention to the minuet, the stately an women here matrimony isa kind Of | dance of one hundred years ago, and Introduce ite | ab game, Tsuppose that a disproportion the | nares into the german, It Is danced here now other way would only change the direction of). 7s evening. and is ae gracenil se the Taste Stel educatio: whieh accompantes {tis alluring. Im several of res the gentieman places one hand on his helds his uri akimbo, which the dancing- clis met a veritable imitation of the old | n this was danced ateourts, Regular | ut very simple ones, are taken, In which the toes are much pointed, and a dignified shiver pervades the person except when, with an alr of caltn repose at certain points, the gentleman bows love to tls partner, while she courtestes with equal dignity io him, The lady in this last act to be | perfect should assume an expression of arch co- | | quetry and use her fan gracefully. Signor Ha- zazer, who is a Spantard by birth, says he can readily teach the young ladies to dance the min- | uet with thelr feet and bodies, but finds it dificult Lo induce them to, as he expresses It, “dance with their faces and hands.” THE MID-SUMMBR COLORS. As I wrote from Long Branch that red was the prevailing hue there, so here it Is green and white. The hotel 1s pale grey and all the cottages are pure white, with green blinds. and so are all the numerous other buildings, while the | lawns and the great variety of forest trees in the enclosure and on the hilis around—cedars, oaks and maples being the principal ones—show shades of vivid green. Then, too, more white dresses are Worn here than any other kind. Red Which Were so munerous at Long Branch, e ulmost unknown here, and red parasols are . | have fairly longed to see some warinth of coloring, and have looked gratefully when I have Seen a red shawl or red ribbons worn on the lawn. There Is not even a flag here, and there has never been ope since the war. ney a watering-place hotel without ‘ton promises to have one this summer, and of course proper festivities will attend the first flag-ralsing witnessed here since the war, During tie war the flags of the ing armies altern itely floatel over this hotel, hich Was captured and reeapture.| several times, eral R. B. Hayes and his command occupied stone tne. So he makes one of the list of Presidents who have visited the | Whee Suiphur, although be did not come here duriag his term of office. Grant was here during his verin. and 0 were alt the other Presidents, except Lincoln, Johnson, Hayes und GarllekL | FUTURE GUESTS. It fs stil hoped that President Arthur ts coming, Generals Grant and Hancock, who I hear a Invitations, will also be here before seasons over. Oscar Wilde 1s also mentioned Willi De at its het T would al adyan- besides the Fm, mal. These 4 high school the state nor- ools are increasing In numbers ery year. Many of the students homes are at a distance ile school_hours in order not to is only one ex- ermination that of every one in tern cout BS. eak so NANDOAR ALUM. this go-: THE SHE and Other Attractions. SHENANDOAH ALUM Sptvas, July 2, 1882, We are always happy to greet Tue Star,—and Ah! wei Shenandoah Alum Springs is one of the hot summer months, drinking the mineral and breathing cool, refresaing mountain | anew lease on Ife. With visitors here quinine is cast aside. There has not been a sit se of malaria, Lam told, but has been cured by | s ere of a month or more. ve grounds are laid off in be parkling brook rolling th It is a gooi a ndl goes, eff apply! a clin vdiment of Uh the place w. rt, and uzht qu is it lock Shenandoah igine tbis the heade ne.” Why Spare nothing t Stale as a probable guest. The company has greatly nented since last I wrote, and Washington le are frequent visitors. Some who have en- } gageme | portion of their tl sper r. and J W. n the year ri were here last week on thelr way to the Red uapany vre last winter. nd. Were 30 deilrhted that they | Very reason »bie, in ¢ arison with tainly return here. Th: A ney Sp! uch & large hovel and su: mnties distant, 1s 4 sockal center to furniture of the bed rooms like and { that at the best northern balls, e s etter than mie of Ut and at Perhaps, I might say te “very, few places so desirable anu so easy of access from marble top w ali quarters of the country. SOJOURNER. tands, ant bedsteads ¢ nding quality at’ so rust wag the most appreciate tie sp.cious ollice, travele dintny room for build! Ali these are fully equal to thd most fashionrble and best equipped suammer ho- tels. Near the reception room are two large new Toons to be used first In afew days.as a restsu- Tint for ladies, or for genilemen’ accompanying are fitted up ia very handsome tric Hghts used nere seem to be autents and give greatsatistactlon, ee Witt THE 29 ARTILLERY. Life in Camp at Gaithersburg—Who are There —A Picasant Summer He- sort. mpro ception room, and Special Correspondence of Tur EVANING Srar. Garrmensnune, Mp., July 29, 1882. ‘The morning of the 19th of July broke brightly, ee ate ee ACO, and I concluded to avail myself of the Invitat: The news of the death of Mra. Abraham Lincoln extended by the gallant colonel to visit the camp | Tecslls to me a conversation I had last spring with of the 21U. S. artillery. her son’s wife, Mrs. Robert Lincoln, wuo spoke In ‘The §:40 train of the Metropolitan branch put us | #0St aifectionate terms of her, and sald how often off at Gaithersburg ata few minutes before ten; | She had urged her mother-in-law to make her hort walk along a road s®irted by woo.!s,| Ome with her. She said that hermother-tn-law’s . 7 Yashin.. | love for herself had never changed. Even after Treat pe thres ahd atts: | airs. Abraham Lin-otn becate estrange. her own misconceptions, from her sou loved bis wife, who went to see her | and did so every year when the elder lady, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln picked out Lin, the daughter of the fowa Sena- son, not knowing that he had met the ton, Which 1s 5 ground, ‘oods, Ui dark green oaks han aye hota | youag lady at’a hop at the Natlonal hotel, and Still wet in whit aan 2S | trom that Ume had begun to show her marked at- | in the saniight. Here one could pause to look | tentloa, The only time Mrs. Lincoin senior has : tiature's cordial, and gaze on the | Vislted Washington since she moved from there, {ter her husband’s assassination, was when het son Was married, in the autumn of 1867 or 1868, (I think the latter date 1s the correct one) when she attended the wedding, and showed great satisfac- Uon in the result of ‘her effort at match-making for her son, Her chotee for him has received the cordial approval of others also. It 1s sald, on good authority, that President Lincoln, who was 2lso much aitracted by Senator Harian’s daughter’ when she accompanted the party on their trip to Richmond, Just after the capture of that city in April, 1885, then first thought of making Mr. Har- lan Secretary of the Interior, and had before his murder made up his mind to do so, : PERSONAL Ex-Governor Matthews, of West Virginia, and his family occupy one of the colonnade cot tages, one of a brick row from which magnificent views are obtained. They have fitted it up in ele- gant style, and brought pictures and bric-a-brac from their former home in Wheeling. They now spend their winters in Balt ‘but are here several months every years non’ Ex-Senator Stevenson and his wife and daughter are now here, and also Gen. Ki A, Pryor, Mme, a la Rochefoucould, of France; Wm. Conkling, Lon- don, Eagiand; and H. H. Dodge, of Washington, Rev. » Talmage, the celebrated Brooklyn preacher, sometimes goes into the ball room to see ‘ture, then on the blue sky, which | ly asthe soft deep eye of tue’ violet, | * breath Of heaven, | t Col. Langdon’s tent we found that writing, surrounded by his maps and Papers; he received us in that courteous manner which indi the high-bred American gentle man. A short time after our arrival the General of the my Teached camp, and at 12 o'clock had a salute of seventeen guns. "There are here now twenty- "3, two hundred and fitty- men (part from Fort McHenry and the others from Washington barracks), five ieavy battertes and one light battery and two hundred and thirty-nine tents of all kinds. There are nine ladies in camp, namely, Mrs. General Ayers, Mrs. Hopkins (‘ormerly wife of Captain Gordon, U- S. N.,) Mrs Colonel’ Pennington, Mrs. Major Graves, Mrs. Lieutenant Harrison, Mrs. Lieutenant fapson, Mrs. Lieutenant Schenk, Mrs. Lieutenant Smith and Mrs. Dr. Reed. The encampment will probably last until the ist of October, when the command will be distributed between Washington and Fort McHei ‘The officers and thelr famt- les board at the Washington Grove hotel and at Summit Point hotel; the latter ts within half a mile of the camp. Atmo@y the guests at the latter hotel ts General Panl, who lost his eyes at Gettysburg, and with im are the accomplished Mrs Paul and her two vel: nen, is not likely | lovely daughters. There are also at the hotel Mrs, | the young folks, including his two daughters and stated In that way, being protected | Lemley, daughter of General Palmer ame atte at See Oe Wee Saas Seno, en0y dy its = {uation between the two rivers above | Lieutcrlant Lemley, of the 32 artillery, at present | theinselves. | His wife spends a part of eacil even- Mentioned military Instructor'at a South American college; | !¥g there with her children. The whole family Fee bites Osea also, her sister, Miss Palmer, and Miss Fairfax, | SPeak enthustastically of this place which they TREE PLANTING ON THE PLAINS. daughter of Hahuliton Fairfax. of Fauquiercounte, | have never visited before. ‘They made an excur- Tt has been said that trees would not grow | Va;Mrs Adams, wife of Liettenant Adams;of | Slon_on Wednesday to the “Old Sweet Springs” 2 : é Mis Sati ve sane and returned here next day, as they intend mak- weil in 3 prairie country. but this statement is | S® tes enetncers, ard her mother and | ine his their headquarters while making visits to ; sister,and Mr. and Mra McGuire, of Detroit, | 106. _ ug contrast pet other places of Interest in Virginia. Dr. ‘Talmadge ere gre n i \s i s. | Where a | prairie => fal tree of Emp. there are beautl- | In fact, the whole | planted with tree y Years it will be one arden spots in this part Not only does it possess great w developed into a beautiful “ready it is the richest place of its | Kansas. It has three banks, doing a | vhich compares very favorably with | by the banks of Kansas City and | nd far surpassing that done by many Other places of less importance than these two, yet larver in size than itselt. RAILWAY FAC! The A. T. & S. F. and M., K. & T. railroads ran through Emporia on their main lines, and there | are two other roads to be built having their termini at Emporia. The Atchison and Topeka Fead, seeinx the great advantages of the place, as ‘established ‘a yard here with @ round’ aity, but size’ in business ad has promised to preach in the ball room next Sun- day morning, ani people are coming from far and near to hear him. Tread with great in Tae Stak of the death of Senator Wimunds daughter, who was a very lovely character and highiy accomplished. Her fallipg health has from the frst been regarded by her familly as almost certain to result fataliy, but her friends seemed to hope her youth would con- quer in the struggle. ‘Miss GRUNDY. What Two Boys Want to Know. To the Editor of Tar Evenrxa Stan. Me and Johnny Burns want to say that tt ain’t a fair shake that all this vacation we can’t take a swim. Saturday we was most caught as we was to risk when we got to we see Srolorean a little River to the station for indesent. The officers fn command of the 24 United States artillery are: General Romeyn B. Ayers, colonel 24 artillery, brevet majorgeneral, U.S. A.; Colonel Loomis L. Langdon, major 21 ‘artillery, brevet Meutenant colonel, U. 8. Lieutenant’ George Mitchell, adjutant; Lebree Smith, regimental quartermaster; ‘plain Walter A. Reed, assistant surged, U.S. A., post surgeon; sergeant major, P.M. Salles; chief musician, Richard Donavan’ Light battery A, 2d artillery, Captain A.C. M. Peuntington, commanding bat loutenants A. D. Schenk, E. E Curtis, E. with bat- tery. Battery I, Cay Fr Mamilton, com- manding battery; leutenant William A. Simp- son. Battery M, tain J. Gales Remsey, com- manding ‘atte jeutenant E. M. Cobb, Lieu. tenant G. F. FL n. BatteryC, Brevet Major William P. Graves, com: battery; Lieuten- ant E Eistnan, "Lieutenant Henry 3 Gieee Battery D, 24 artiliery, Lieutenant R G. Howell; commanding battery; "Lieutenant C. Scantling’ lice oficer of ‘cat james E Wilson. somauing batter s Lieatenant Nites tery. Battery a John MeGile Yury, commanding. batlery are General Sherman with Lieutenant Colonel we the officers ananat con, his morning reviewed the hildren and nurses In the’ new | at the | OAKLAND AND DEER PARK. Summer in The ‘The Impreve- ments of Tet ¥éars—The New Hotels —Mr. Blaine’: Bailroad—The Gover- nor’s Guards—The Climate—Mr. Cor- coran, Etc. Special Corresponitence of Tux Evexta Stan. 4 Oaxtann, July 21. The sign on the little. brown station at Oakland tells the whote + “Oakland, altitude 2,700 feet. To Washtagton?205 miles; Wheeling, 128 miles.” ‘This elevation above tie sea, which was accurately ascertained a fey years since by the measurement of the coast sutNey, 13 the highest railroad point (barring the little railway on Mount Washington) east of the Rocky mountains, and tts accessibility by aride of but seven hours places it almost at the doors of the cities of Washington and Balti- more. Not only for this reason but for others the Alloghany range tn western Maryland Is destined to become a great se: mm of summer resorts. Ten years ago they were almost unknown, except the Uttle straggling town of Oakiand, which had for a “hotel” a little primitiy: eating station bullt of planks. Deer Park, just the other side, was only ken of as the summor residence of Senator . @. Davis, of West Virginia. It contained but one or two otier houses. Now both places have large summer hotels, beautiful cottages, and grounds, and latvas, and Ianiseapes in endless Variety.” I doubt if there is a more beautiful out- look Inthe world than that which meets the eye from the porticoes of the Deer Park hotel, sltu- ated on the summit plateau of Big Savage Moun- tain. ‘The eye never wearies of the emerald glades and the darker shadows that cover the mountain Tidge which overlooks them. ‘The grounds about the hotel have been worked down Uil the lawns look like the bright green of the English turf, and the maroon-colored walks of tan bark, bordered ‘with flowers and gountain, make a pretty picture of contrast. ‘The new hotels are bulit in the Queen Anne style, are finished in hard wood and inely furnished. “The rooms are so arranged that they can be used in suites for any sized family, are lighted with gas and furnished with electri¢ bells, and otherwisa have all the modern improve- ments. ‘The three buildings are connected by light and graceful passageways, covered over- head and so arranged as to be closed on the sides in inclement weather. In the western part of the grounds is the handsome cottage—not unlike in style those at Eiberon—of John W. Garrett, presi- dent of the B. & 0. R. R. At the other end there are several cottages in an ok grove, and still be- yond 1s Senator Davis’ residence.’ They are all connected with the hotel by electric bells, thus affording every convenience, with quiet. MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK. ‘This {s a new summer resort, something on the Chatauqua lake or Asbury park plan of a religions order, situated midway in a beautiful grove of oaks between Oakland and Deer Park. It has one hotel and thirty-one cottages, and by next season will have accommodations for several hundred persons. It is proposed to have a large gathering therein August, Anorgantzod company hassteatn saw mills and factories near the town, by which the wealth of lumber of this mountain region can be converted Into cottages with surprising ra- pidity. It is mainly a Baltimore and West Vir- ginla ‘enterprise, An artifictal lake haa ‘already en made to give appropriateness to the name. It is already the attraction of a beautiful drive from the Oailand and Deer Park hotels, AT OAKLAND. ‘The hotel here has been very much enlarged and improved since last summer, so that it can accom- modate five hundred persona. It has been com- pletely refurnished, has improved gas, with water on every floor, and all the conveniences of a mod- ern city house. Its new piazza ts 348 feet long, and with the delicious cool breeze that sweeps over itinto the parlors and’ corridors ot the hotel, 18 greatly enjoyed by the guesta. Ms and eve- ing groups gather to listen to the music or lazily Wear the hours away in an effort to resist the drowsy effect of the mountain atr. The children Tomp up and down, and at times make such a racket that some doughty old bachelor 1s willing to go to the billiard room to drink Tom Hood's toast “to the Memory of the good King Herod.” There isa delightful road’ through the glades and groves to Deer Park, some four miles away. Every afternoon there are as stylish teams on the | Toad as you will see at Long Branch or Cape May. | Mr. Elkins, Senator Davis’ son-in-law, has just | brought a fine turn-out from New York.’ Mr. Cor- coran has several. Mr. Rickardson, of W: | ton, has his fine trotter, “Potluck,” here. ladies, too, drive their own carriiges, or dish down the park roads on horseback. Miss Kendall, of Washington, drives ‘a very handsome T-cart, and Miss Adains of Wheeling, a rapid pacer. Ii | addition to the private carriages Mr. Wash. Nailor, of Washington, has his fine establishment er ‘The guests of the two hotels enterchange visits, often spending the day, as the company makes no extra charge for meals served to visiting guests from either hotel. Mr. . S$, Wood, of Baltimore, 4s the manager at Oakland and Deer Park, and a Geservediy popular host he has proved nimseit to be. Mr. C. Boyd Barrett, of Washington, presides over Deer Park with becoming grace and dignity. THE BLAINE AND DAVIS RAILROAD, as it fs called, indicates that the material devel- opment of this region 13 keeping pace with its other improvements. A syndicate composed of ex-Senators Chaffee and Blaine, Senator H. G. Davis and others, are building a railroad trom Piedmont, at the foot of the mountain, up the valley of the north Potomac to the summit or the hills. ‘They have purchased large tracts of coal fields and are already transporting one thousand tons of coal per day to market, ‘The road 1s about half completed, though most of the grades are estublls Its already paying handsomely on its Investment and promises from the present out- look to bea regular bonanza, It traverses the wild region of the Blackwater, where black bears, wolves, and wildcats abound.’ A surveying party capturéd a blick bear the other day and put him ina pen. The next morning his bearship broke | down Lis prison walls, drove’ the surveyors out of | their tent and returned to the woods. THE TEMPRRATURE. The average degree of the temperature here in the day time 1s 70°. As soon as the sun sets It falls, rapidly down to 50° or 55°. The heavy dews run | Off the roofs in the morning like rain. Itis quite often very warm in the sun, but {n the shade it 1s So cool that flies can not live and mosqultoes are unknown. When you have a cool spell “down below” It 1s ceneraily quite cold here, cold enough 1 fact for fires morning and evening. MR, CORCORAN. Mr. Corcoran ts at the Deer Park hotel and not atthe residence of Senator Davis, as publisned. He 1s improving in health, When he first came up here he coutd not walk astep, but now he goes anywhere. He rides out cvery afternoon and sometimes in the morning. On the first of Au- gust he will return to Washington for a day or | two of rest to break the journey he contemplates to the White Sulphur Springs. Mr. Corcoran enters quite freely into conversation and is rich in recollections of his days in Washington over sixty- five golden years ago. His memory 1s simply wonderful. ‘THE GOVERNOR'S GUARD. You remember, of course, the guard of honor which escorted the late President Garfleld at his inauguration, known as the Governor’s Guard of Columbus, Ohio. ‘They have been all of the week in camp in a picturesque Uttle grove near the Deer Park hotel. Their evening parades, drills and marches, resonant with the music of their fine band, has made it quite Itvely at both week. A ball has been given at each hotel in their honor, and the young ladies have haa at least on two occasions plenty of beaux. They rem:in In camp for several days yet, and antici- pate a visit from Governor Foster, of Ohio, and the governors of West Virginia and Maryland. ‘This would be a charming place for the National Rifles or Co. A to go into camp fora week. The railroad company would hold out inducements and the Baltimoreans here would welcome them Toyally, for they aw: em the gold im: the GA. R. celebgation? . PERSONAL. MENTION. Among the Washingtonians at the hotels and cottages at Oakland and Deer Park are the follow- ing: Gen. Sherman and family; Gen. G. W. Clark and family; John E. Kendall and Mrs, Kendall and Miss Lillie Kendall, F. A. Richardson; M. W. Galt and family; Rev, Mr, Eliott, of the Ascension church; Mr. and Mra. Chas. A. Shafer; Dr. RK. and Mrs. Goldsborougiy and, Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle; Mrs. J. E. Sickles and Miss Miranda Fraser; James ie Young and family; Dr. Marmion and famtly: Major J. D. Stevenson, U.S. A.; Mrs. Watkins and daughter; Mrs. EC. Babbock; "Mrs. G. W. Adams and family; Geo. Q Henning; ‘Admiral Ingraham, and Count Henry Von Buest, the German minister, Buddecke, and Mr. P. W. chancellor of the lega- tion. MISSING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.— Gustave Didier, of New York, aged 16, has been missing from his home finder peculiar circum- stances He had procured work at $2.50 per week in a factory, and was denounced as a “scab” and stoned and maltreated by his companions for cut- ting under the they demanded. He and others were discharged and paid off Thursday morning, when he started for bis home, and {has not been’ seen since, Srrixe Nores.—Or Germans who lately came to Waterbury, Vt., from Europe to work at ‘the woolen mills at Wi nsoski,nineteen struck yes- for an increase of $2 per month. Were allowed to leave, he pores: line of Ai- bany boats have dischargea the deck hands and firemen of the steamer Drew, Who demand an in- crease from $25 to $30 permonth. in suit against Bisho] Dany, to restrain ‘the latter from previ him trom as of the ebureh ‘The boy 5 him and seut another priest to take aceount of his refusal to say mass fora dead parighioner with whom he had some difficulty during her last sickness. Father Stanton not only refused to say mass but declined So os church, anda forcibie entrance was. a a a WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGY. 2d Edition. Tales Tegrams toh Str District af Columbia Bonds. Permanent improvement 6¢, 1891, coin... ent im; rovement 78, 1891, cur. -. Market stock 7s, 1892, cur... 1901, ‘cure! Water stock 7=, 1903, eu Bel EBSuEE BRSESsR 2 Erency — Fifty years funding’ 3-655, 192 rrr LATEST NEWS FROM EGYPT. Teed reams na ea roe aN wenty Sears oe Thirty years’ funding 61902, coun. 12 Sir Garnet Wolseley to Go to Egypt. Fire Insurance and Gaslight Companies Sir Garnet Wolseley, with his staff, will embark rope oer one Semen si toa o. $e for Egypt early next wéek. He will have the rank Geoneetown terre 35 rr of general while in Ecypt. atl Metropolitan Insurance 65. . “o — National Union T — 2 ‘The Position of Russia. ‘Anlington Insurance, Company 135196 Lonpon, July 22—A Berlin dispatch tothe Times a Jusurance Company a Says: “Russia appears from the language of the lumbia Insurance Company. Railroad Stocks. Washington and Georgetown Stock. Weshingtou ana Georgetown Bonds. Metropolitan Columbia North Cs; accredited organ of the government to demand that England, before acting on the assumption that the Porte has virtually declared to send troops to Exypt, shall come to an agreement with the other powers.” ‘The Massacre Reports Exaggerated. : Free Liat. Lowvon, July 22.—The co! mdent of the Times 4 "5 at Alexandria writes that he Is convinced that the | Board of Fublic Works, green S's. 9 888 report of the number of persons massacred at the | Washington Market ¢ mies time of the bombardment were grossly exag- | Washi 109 gerated. Inland = ASkirmish with Arabi’s:Cavalry. Teanhoe, Mining Co. stock 215 Lospox, July 2.—A dispatch from Alexandria | Query Geen name 00 dated at 4:35 this afternoon says: To-day 250 rifles | Alexandria, Va., funded bonds. 199 under an aid~de-camp of General Alison pushed | [AN] Warranis, War of 1812, per acre... 1-28 Deyond Milaha, six miles hence, to blow up the | Soldiers Additionain, per acre 00 Tallway. They met some of Arabi Pachas’ cavalry | Valentine Scrip, per acre. 20 and several shots wereexchanged. The Egyptians | Sioux Half- Scrip, per acre. w 1s fled after losing two dead and several wounded. eo ree The rifles, having finished thelr work, withdrew. District Governmont Affairs. British ‘troops now occupy Abeukir, and will occupy Ramieh to-morrow. Arabi Pacha has levied a war tax upon land to the nominal amount of £500,000, The Khedive has received ad- vices that Arabl Pacha is well supplied with provisions and ammunition, but that nis forces are not increasing.” THE RAID ON THE DOGS TO BEGIN MONDAY. Poundmaster Einstein has his force all organized, With additional wagons and horses, to commence the raid on dogs next Monday morning, the exten- ston of time granted by the Commissioners for payment of the tax on dogs having expired. Thus ar there have been only $97 tag licenses taken out, against several thousand last year and former years at the season corresponding. THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS. The Commissioners have not yet taken up the matter of school sites for the three new school Dulldings to be erected the coming year, but will probably consider and determine the sites at their meeting on Monday next, at which Mr. Edward Clark, architect of the Capitol; Butlding Inspector Entwisle, and the building ’ committee of the School board will be invited to be present. The Commissioners are anxious to commence and for- ward these building to completion, the time lim!- ted by law being so brief for the execution of the contracts that there Is really danger that the aj Propriation may lapse before the funds can be oe Is It Dangerous? To the Editor of THe Evexrvo Stan. ‘The eastern branch of the Potomac, just above Benning’s bridge, although restricted to sand scows and pleasure boats, is. a public highway ;and at all hours of the day or evening one can see row- ee Russian Refugees Sent Back. PmLaperrnta, July 22—The steamship Lond Gough, which salied for Liverpool to-day, took out 60 Russian refugees, who are sent back to England because the local committee here cannot provide for them. About 150 are still here in charge of the refugee association. ‘The president of that body forwarded a letter to the London committee explaining the causes leading to the return of the refugees. aes ‘The Tariff Commission. THE SESSION AT LONG BRANCH TO-DAY. Long BraNcu, July 22—The tariff commission this morning spént ap hour in execu. tive session. The free-trade club of New York was notified that its representatives would have a hearing next Tuesday or Wednesday. Mr. French, Assistant Secretary of the Treasui was notified'that the commission would like to avail itself of his knowledge of revenue and tariff matters, and that he would be heard us soon as convenient to him. A sub-committee was appointed to draw up an- other statement to the pub¥e asking information in regard to tariff matters. There will be a public lon this afternoon. boats, out-riggers and other small craft upon its —<—$<$<>__. waters, The Massachuset ey Republicam Con-| The point of attraction for pleasure boats is a vention. place called Licking banks, about a mile and a half above the bridge. It is the nearest bathing Pisce to the bridge; has a spring of good. water close by, and 1s als a good fishing ground. ‘The targets of the rifle range, located on the east side of the branch, are so placed near the water's e that the balls missing them must strike either in the water or against the opposite bank Gust below Licking banks), or else pass over the Danks and into the woods and fields beyond. Having had occasion to go up the stream re- cently, | was made aware of the danger incurred by thdse passing up or down, while the firing 1s olng on, Sex number of boats, in close proximity, and con- taining about fifteen persons, were in Tange, and although there was considerable \- looing on their .part for the firing to stop, when they neared the range, no notice was apparently taken of ft, as the firing continued at regular In- tervals, Upon inquiry, I afterwards learned from a. rest- dent near the bridge that. the firing Is considered ‘very dangerous by those who frequent the waters, and that, asa matter of fact, several sand-scow men had’ been accidentally shot while passing. How true this ts 1 do not know; as Ido not recol- lect reading any account of such accidents in the Papers, Dut sand-scow men have rights It is an Undisputed fact, however,that a man was severely Wounded while passing the targets ina row boat about two years ago, on the 30th of May, an ac- count of which accident was published'in Tas STAx at the tme. ‘While not desiring to interfere with the sport or exercise In marksmanship of the gentlemen so en- gaged, I would like to ask through Tne Stan for the beneft of all who travel up or down this stream for business or pleasure, what measures, besides accurate aim, are adopted by the marksmen to prevent accidents, which, should they happen, Inight be most dire tn consquences. a practice of this kind, not alone care, but extraordinary care should be exercised. In the summer season the grass_near the banks 1s so high that small boats can only. be seen ap- roaching danger, by a lookout stationed on the Bree ane PRO Boxo. Boston, July 22.—At the meeting of the republi- can state central committee to-day it was voted to hold the state convention at Worcester, September 20th. George F. Hoar will preside, and George D. Robinson will be the chairman of the committee on resolutions, a ‘Wall Street To-day. New York, July 22—The Post's financial article Says: At the Stock Exchange U.S. bonds aro ¥ higher for the 4s, 34 higher for the 4393, ¥ lower for the extended és, and % for the extended 5a. State bonds are strong tor North Carolinas, and otherwise steady. Rafiroad bonds of a speculative character show a reaction of 4al34 per cent from the recent advance. ‘The generaf stock market has been less active than on any day this week, although several specialties have _ been active and buoyant. The chief of these 1s Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, which on large purchases advanced to 138% from 1345;, but a8 We write 1s selling at 136%. The other coal stocks have been strong, Delaware and Hud- son advancing to 116% froin 1153; Jersey Central to 88x from 823, and Reading to 63% from 617. Among the special features Manitoba advanced from 134 to 137, Houston and Texas from 83 to 90, Richmond and "Danville from 106 to 168, Alton and ‘Terre Hante to 25 from 38x, and Bloomington and Western to 46%. The’ gene- ral list Was strong until about noon, when there was a break in Michigan Central, 97 from 99, which depressed the general list ga%. Michigan Central 1s now selling at $8. ‘The dealing in Lake Shore have been of only moderate amount. ‘The southwestern stocks have been very dull, whitch ts also true of the northwestern stocks, with the e: ception of Northern Pacific, which Nas been moi- erately active and rather feverish. The money market is extremely easy at 2a3 per cent for call loans, 8 to.5 per cent for time loans, and 4253 per cent for prime mercantile paper, few names pass- ing below 434 per cent. ‘The market for foreign exchange fs Very duil. eee The tron Moulder» Convention. New York, July 22—The tron mouiders’ con- vention, which has been in session for the pzst two weeks in Brooklyn, has Just adjourned sine die. Considerable routine “business has been transacted, but was not made known. ‘The different branches of the association are sald to be ina prosperous condition, and have a good capital DEEDS IN Fer have been recorded as follows F. T. Browning et al., trustees, to Michael Leddy, lot 1, sq. 206; $7,025. “J. A. Smith, trustee, to Mich= ael B. Harlow, W. 3 16, 288; $4,900. "J. J. EB nto F. A. Lockwood, 43, Sq. 495; $2,500. G. Schweetzer to John 'Fahrnkoff, sub "32, sq. 509; $1,600. C.C. Duncanson to I. A.’Talbott, subs 22, 23 und %, sq. 636; $9,291.45. L A. Talbott toc. © Duneansoa, trustee, ‘same property; $—. Pat- rick Allen to Annie’ A. Cole, pt. 22, sq. 158; $8,250. Morgan R. Wise t same, pt. 21, sq. 158; $9,000, sub- ject to $8,000 on trust. ——>___ MARRIAGE Licenses have been tssued to Thos. Henry Barnes and Matilda Dyson; Geo. F. Ellis and Emma ‘Triplett; W. H. Clarke, of Owensboro’, Ky., and Magaret Hawes. Ansy ORDERa—The leave of absence granted —— The Markets, BALTIMORE, July 22.—Virginia 62, consois, 60) lo. past due coupons, : bid to-day. BALTIMORE, July 22.—Cotton quiet—midiiing, 123,. Flour uhehanged. Wheat, southern western opened hicher and active, reacte: easy—southern red, 1.20a1.22; do. No. 2 western winter ed, spot (1.21 aathern “white, 1, yal A 91; western mixed, spot A a 85%4086',; October, 87 asked. tter demand—southern, 65868; B7a88s, 10, uuixed. 62069: Pennsyl- | Capt. Emil Adam, 5th cavalry, 1s extended two “uuchanged. “Batter hte weetera | Months; leave of Capt. John M. Hamilton, 5th creamery, 2327. Exes duil, 16. | cavalry, is further extended two months; leave Say ae Tr eer eof foes, ordi” | for six "months on surgeon's certitleate of disa- nary to far, Sia. Sucar quiet— #2 bility 18 granted Capt. Frederick W. Elbrey, ined firm, 1?al8, “Whisky steady, 1.17. Freuhts <8 be, ° ToLiverpoo! per steamer nnebateed: Receipts four, | aSsistant surgeon, U. 8. army. 786 barrels; whest, 90,056 bushels; corn, 704 bushel oats, 5,94: 231 bushels." Shipments A Persistent Murderer. Those « Soibunhele” °°] 4 srRaxGR AND SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN KENT NEW YORK, Jul Stocks firm. Money, 23. UNTY, MD. Exchange—lone, 483% 48845." State" bonds eaty is Mrs. Emma Turner, the wife of William Turner, who keeps a store near Morris’ station, on the Queen Anne’s and Kent raliroad, Kent county, Md., was murdered Thursday evening by Joseph H. Morris, a man Mying in the neighborhood, under circumstances that indicated the most de- Uberate and persistent preparation for the crime on the part of the murderer. Two years ago inactive. Governments Cotton quiet. NEW YORK, UNA 22.—Flour dull and declining. Wheat heavy, unsettled and 1, ce its lower. Corn heavy and “silty conts lower 5 22, 12:20 p,__m.—Consols—for m for tie account, 99%. Atlantic and Great Western first mortgaye trustees" certiticates. 48; do. seconds, 1734. Erie seconds, 9939. Illinois Penns; Central, 634. Reading, 314. C:aisols, for both, 99 11-16 ork fi (0022.00. ‘aud. Great’ tem first mortgage’ trustees’ | Morris started some stories derogatory to SGuiatio and Western ade © “4M | the reputation of Mra Turner, for which District Contracts Invalid. DECISION OF CONTROLLER LAWRENCE. Juage Lawrence, first controller of the Trea- sury, has decided that the contracts for certain | articles to be furnished for the ensutng fiscal year, made by the District Commissioners in the latter part of June, before the term of Commissioner Dent expired, are Invalid, on the ground that the con- ‘tracts were made before the appropriation bill was passed by Congress. The law says that the District Commissioners are prohibited from making any contract or incurring any obligation other than such as are thereinafter provided tor and shall be approved by Congress, which means, according to Judge Lawrence’s decision, such eon- tracts and obligations as may be authorived and approved by the appropriations made by Con- gress. It 1s not known until the appropriations are made to what extent the estimates will be roved, Or Whit expenditures will be authori: fudge Lawrence has addressed a letter to this effect to the District Commisstoners, and in ft has suggested that the parties with whom the board contracts have been entered into, shall be notified that they are invalid as soon as possible. Se Ses Capitol Notes, The first enforcement of the new rule adopted by the House prevailed to-day, A unanimous re- port was made accompanied by a bill, by the ways and means committee to allow a rebate on articles entering into construction of ships when ordered from foreign countries. The democrats offered an amendment for free ships, and having a ma- jority of the House in attendance, the republi- cans were compelled to filibuster away the morn- i z hour to defeat tt % on ¢ House this afternoon passed a bill fixing Tates of postagé on second class publications de- ited in a letter carrier office by the carriers of ¢ Office at a uniform rate of two cents a pound. oe ge Bins for furnishing carpets for public buildings for the current Mscal year were opened to-day in the Treasury department by the commission aj ited for the col sting of Messrs. Holt, H. G. Jacobs ant J. & ‘Tichenor. There Were six bids,’ After reading them the commis- ‘sion adjourned unt Monday at 1 o’clock. PRESIDENT Barrios visited the Capitol this afternoon. Mr. A. L. Srcrrsvanr, superintendent of the stationery division of the Treasury department, has returned trom Massachusetts, ‘Tue PRESIDENT accompanted by his private sec- retary Mr. Phillips, paid an official visit to Presi- dent Barrios at Arlington Hotel, at halt past RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER TO-DAy.—Office of the Chief signal officer: 7 a.m., 68; 11 9.m.,75.6; 2p. m.,80.2 Maximum, 81; minimum, 66% ~~” "| > i SIgNaL Coxrs Girection.of the Sece: etary of War “changes: tn tt ae tons and dutles of enlisted men of the sig1 U.SA.,will be made: ee ee ee J. Glass he was severely chastised by her husband. It 1s belleved that the motive for the and that the murderer lanned to kill not only Mrs. Turner, but her hus- ind and daughter. Turner was away from ‘Thursday, and during the afternoon Morris the house, and finding Mrs Turner asleep stole her spectacles and a pair of scissors and took them with him to hfs home, about 250 yards distant. It is supposed this theft'was made to get Mrs. Tur- ner away from her house when she awoke. Hav- ing failed tn this, he loaded a double-barreled gun, and agata going to Mrs. Turner's aimed at Mrs. Turner’s head, but the gun was seized and secured by her daughter, who removed the caps and poured water — the barrels. Morris went home again, and having reloade: gun, which was restored to him, recurned to Mrs. Tur ner’s and found her in the store attached to the premises. There wasaman in the store at the Ume, and when he was looking another way Morris raised the gun and fired, the charge taking effect in Mrs. Turner's heart and killing her in- stantly. Turner then fled pursued for some dis- tance by Mrs. Turner's daughter, who fired a re- volver after him without effect. Morris after getting two bottles of whisky at his house continued his filght, and had not been captured last night. Before the shooting, he had end ored to get Mrs. Turner and her daughter to drink from a bottle of whisky, which has since been shown to contain a large quantity of poison. Mor- ris has served several terms in jail, once for ad- ministering to aman a doseof poisoned whisky, which nearly proved fatal. bes im the Woed. The forest parish of St. Lin, to the northeast of Montreal, has been in a great state of tur- moilland excitement over the disappearance of two children of a farmer named Julius Belanger. He went into the woods on Sunday in search of a cow, and on his return said that his children fol- present crime was revel Father Dufault, for three five miles‘of forest. Yesterds: house | Erte, is. : I, Central 2. i38ij 138 Lake Shore 1271164 116 Lou. & Nash |.) 72 Mich. Cent ‘The Courts, Equrry Court—Judge Hagner, Nauck act. Nauck; purchaser allowed te: cash. Pfeiffer agt. ‘Straining; 0 reference to Examiner "Fi uharsoa ssie Gnaliy Brown agt. Van Patten; Burche agt. Redrich; sale'confirmed nist, agt. Taylor: leave to file amended bill Aljouraed Ull Monday at 10:30am No ment. Potice Covrt—Juage Snett. esterday, Fellx Moul licensed Dar; $105 OF OO Gsyss appemt days Toblas Sinpeon, colored aseuule oh Oak Ae] ays. ‘obdtas Simpson, assuult on Munn; €20 of 00days. "Tho Barron and Duckeit, affray; Duckett was fined $5 or 15 and Barron was dismissed. Hen ceny of a lot of clothing and household goods Letite Jackson; 6 months in jail David colored, throwing stones; fined $5, and e1 Of sentence suspended. Pouice Covrt—Judge Snet. To-day, Wm. Crawzord, colored, defacing E property; $10 or 30 days, Bryan Lang ffancy: bonds or 30days. Kate Prank, . isterous; $5 or 15 days. Rose McDevitt, vag GF and habitual draakenness; bonds or'90 days Sarah Jones, forfeited collateral. Jno. cored, throwing stones tn the street; $5 or 15. Wm. Roliins, fortelted collateral. ‘Geo. and Chas. Scott, colored, vi days, Jenkins. colored, loud’ and boisterous; $8 OF lays. Joa C. Boekmu Sspicious person. or 30 days. Bobt Jounson, colored, prot or 7 days. Wm. H. McNeil, forfeited col Robt. Jonnson, colored, larceny of a bucket blackberries; Continued. Lewis Barker, colo assault on Margaret Barker, his or days. Chas. Hines, assault on Chas. Poole; $5 Or i daya Samuel Johnson, allas Andrew Jac tit larceny, (second offence:) grant Ju Kon. ‘Wi. clark rorteited cotia ‘Win. C ford, assult on Edward McCormick; $5 or Mack Abraham, assault on Geo, E. Tyson; ays. Alexandria Affairs. Reported for Tux Kvexixe STAR. THE OLD Crerk BeD.—The improvements: being made in the town are in some resuinplion of the work at points where it left off Scores of years ago, and a review Is to the full understanding of the legal q which the city has to meetin reference to’ The matter of sunken lots, which will probabiy! soon the subject of Judicial ajdud out of the very foundation of the town. was laid out on a promontory, between “the branch, a run north of Hunting creek,” ana Potomac, and houses are yet standing on Fairfax street that have seen vessels sailing of them tn the river and west of them in the which ran from about the Marshall house to river cove north of the gas works. All this Was at one time sunken lots on the hill AS the bills were cut down the from the hill was used to fill valley; the tide w: confined a streamiet which carried off the waters of major portion of which is now the second the lower part of the third and fourth King street soon crossed the head of the Cameron sireet, which had crossed It by (whose remnants were found when the gas Were laid,) Was filled up, and the water © hitherto diagonal northeast, was made due on Pitt street. ‘This left sunken ground Royal and Pitt, back of the old theater, and st not until the building era of 1853-5 that a were entirely flied up and covered with b Meanwhile Queen street had been filled the bed of the stream, whose waters were still further north on Pitt street. “Bere Che of improvement — pau: or many 7 and the sunken lots north — ¢o marshy. At last two sides of the north Queen street were built upon, and carried over the bed of Ube old stream, with a: culvert under 1t, which, it seems, does not the sunken lots, but are how made into a st fond full of malaria for the doctors, and of tag a jon for the lawyers. The city’s platform on WJect has been declared to be “fill or fine.” A MELEE.—Last night, about 10:80 melee occurred at Smoot’s wharf, on the ; N. A. Gorham, in which the mate, Wm. Foltom- berg, and a colored hand, Charles’ Robinson, gaged. Both were badly injured, and the Inah was thrown overboard by the mate. ihe ries are under arrest, and the case will eard by the mayor to-day. ‘Tue RIFLEMEN’s ExcURston.—The Alexan@ria. Light Infantry excursion last night was | patronized by our citizeus. Alexandria's tar handsomely re dampen the enjoy the ; ent, aud all went “merry as &K'S NoTes.—The funeral of Mra. John BL Whitbeck, nee Grimes, took place from her lage Tesidence, on Lee strevt, near Wolfe, this after noon.—The corporat purt, bas adjourned The entire south end nul Monday next. «south ena Alexandria, on Hunting creel S South Sng Pena a ‘tion next month. Alfred strects, comprising Sout new registration of the voters of the 21 an@ 4 Streets, 1s to be sold at wards will be made this fall, the old DOOKS having become 80 defaced as to be uscless——Mr. Stacy Suowden, well known Washington, lost by fire lls barn and con! ‘ his farm near Mount Vernon, a few nights —A colored driver is held at the station, with breaking down the door of_his own a —A colored boy, named John Taylor, was on the chain gang this morning for cursing mother. ——o- Poisoned by Diseased Meat. Ahorrible case of poisoning by triching wal discovered in the family of aman named Wills, near Milwaukte, Wis, yesterday. Some time ago Wills bought at a stock-yard a hog which wassic® — at the time. He was told that the animal was badly diseased, and warned not to use the meaty but he drove the hog home, fattened and Killed tt for use in his family. Himself, wife three children all partook of ‘the diseased The adults were removed to the hospital death 1s regarded as certain in a short children are not so badly affected yet, but clans who have examined them say Wat they Cam hardly be expected to recover. The meat 1s alive. with the parasites, and tn some portions they cam be seen without the ald of aglass, and the == of the unfortunate persons who ate of the food Uterally alive with trichine. ob eee Lost in the Woods, MOTHER AND SON DEAD—A LITTLE DAUGHTER KEK G VIGIL OVER THE BODIES, < The bodies of Mrs. Wilson and her son Were found Tuesday morning in the woods within miles of their home in Michigan. Mrs. Wilson 18 home June 16 to visit a neighbor, taking her 60m aged 9 years, and a daughter,aged 7 years, a son, aged 12, to take care of the house. | days afterward the boy who was left at home — made his way to the rafiroad, where his | Was at work, etghteen miles distant, and | Ubat the mother had been absent five days, | Was immediately begun, but no trace of woman could" be“ found. — Last one of the railroad men who was out ing came upon the three lying om ground sheltered by the root of a fallen tree. tmother and son were dead. The daughter alive. She said that tn starting for house, a mile and a quarter distant, the mistook a deer trail for the path, and after dering about for s*veral ans whee ae came a cranberry mai hereaft upon green fruit. Th order” not to lose her back to the root of the fallen tree where they found, the woman tore her dress into st ted the ents to the trees as she went When found the mother and son Pye) by mat the little girl sitting on the ground keeping seme vigil over the bodies. The boy had been deal S98 days. The mother had died only two hours’ ‘ belng discovered. Not That Doctor. From the Detroit Post. A well-known medical man of this city was called up by telephone the other day, when following conversation took place: “It has come, doctor.” The doctor thought he knew the voice, “Is it all right?” “It's a small pattern,” answered which was that of a woman, “but it