Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1882, Page 3

vm ad Pat Yorktown), r On the pat Old Estate—How Alexandria Got Its; Name—The Custis and Lee Families— The ejectment cases of the United States, Plaintiff in error, agt. George Washington defendant, and Frederick Kauffinan (Superintendent of Arlington National Cem- etery) and R. P. Strong (Captain Signal Corps), defendants in error, involving the title to Arlington, inctading Fort Whippie, having Deen argued some weeks ago in the U. 8. Supreme Court, its The action was originally brought in a Virginia court against Kauffman and Strong and | 5 thers to recover the — property. but before trial was removed to the circ court of the United States, for the eastern dis trict of Virginia. After such removal and be- fore the trial, the eral of the United States filed a snzges the prop- erty In question was occupied by the United States for governmental purposes, was being used by the cemeter i as a fortifica-} tien,and was claimed by th their pi under a title of reeord whic in pursuance of a sale 1862, and the amend leetion of direct t nade under the act of ats thereto, for the col- axes and for sugyestion: demurrer was filed tion, and upon argument this overruled. THE TITLE OF THE UNITED STATE The proceedings under which the conveyance Felied upon by the United States was made, | Were under acts of Con of August 5th, 1861, Imposing « direct tax of $29,000,000, and | demurrer was June 7th, 18% fon of direct taxes { In the insurree: whieh provided for the f three tax | app ion f the | Taw, and declared the principles upon whici different parcels of property should be ass such commissioners, makin the jen upon the 7 the owmer of lands cou ze such lien by a paym a sixty days after the amount should li loners. THE HISTORY OF PROPERTY. This property, consisting of 1,100 acres, was Owned before the late war by Mrs. Mary A. R. Lee, the wife of Gen. Rovert E. Lee, who com- Manded the contederate forces, it having been Willed to her by her fatier, the late George | Washinzton Parke Custis, the adopted son of | the first President of the United States. The | Mansion was erec! 4. then commenced: but it was not gompletely | finished till after the war of 1812. Excellent ¢ was shown in the selection of the site, its location being on the brow of a hill some two hundred fect above the Petomae ant | Perhaps half a mile west of the rive w rom the portico is a charming on sion Is built on the plans of the I Naples and has a frontage of with a magnific tico, 60 fe 5 ¢ pediment of which is supported six on the front.) five | in diameter, of bri ceved. Throush | the center of the mansion runs a large hall, and | on either side are two spacious rooms, with | lofty ceilings. In the wings are conveniently arranged suites of rooms. To the west of the | mansion were the outhouses, of a style in keep- | ing with that of the mansion. In ante-beilum | days the proprietor, (Mr. Custis,) even when old | age bad laid its heavy hand upon him, was wont | to give his pe 1 supervision to the manage- | He entertained in a princely called at the house. THE ORIGENAL GRANT. The estate has passed through but few hands since the time “Lo, the poor Indian,” parted with it. it was included in a grant of 6,000 acres | fronting the Potomac, extending from Hunting reek to the Little Falls, made by Sir William Berkeley, then governor of Virginia, to Robert Howsen, in October, 166%—the consideration being the transportation of a number of persons to the colonies. In the same year Howsen, for and in consideration of six hogsheads of tobacco, conveyed these lands to John Alex- ‘ander. the aycestor of Columbus Alexander and ethers of that name In the District. THE ALEXANDERS Who came over from England were John, Gerard and Robert, and in the early part of the Jast century their descendants were quite Bumerous. The paternal estate, (afterwards Gen. Hunter's place), at Four-Mile run, was ¢alied Abingdon. Alexandria was then known | as Belle Haven, and in compliment to the family the name was changed to Alexandria. A portion of this grant—a farm of about 150 acres adjoining Arlington on the south—is in session ot Mr. Columbus Alexander to-day, wing never passed out of the tamily. The = now known as Arlington—the subject of suits—came Into the possession of John Parke Custis on Christmas day, 1778, by virtue Of the following agreements: and assixus forever, all the laud he is entitled um the line called North Six (in Howaen' axreeable to a plat and recovery wade lately General Court) snd Potomae river, supposed to acres, for the sum of eleven th Possession will be given th for, the verformance ‘of wh themselves is ove thor [Sixnea) Roper Apaxs. Witness: Partie ALEXANDER. Farrrax, Dec. 25, 1778. ‘Then receive of John Parke Custis the sum of eleven nel pounds, Vircinia currency, in full for a tract ‘one tho i thous: of onaand acres, lying on Poto- ALEXANDER. great-grand- father of the plaintiff in these cases, and was f Washington’s aides during the revolu- edat the White House, on the Pa- munkey river (having contracted the campfever November 5th. 1781, leaving a widow and two small children, Washington | having at his death-bed promised to adopt the children. Subsequently Washington married the widew, and the echiktren grew up to ma- turity at Mt. Vernon. After thedeath of Wash- ington, in 1799, and Mrs. Washington in May, 1801, Mr. Custis, who was the youngest child, having Just arrived at manhood, remained at pas Vernon long enough to settie the estate, | REMOVED TO ARLINGTON. In 1804, Mr. Custis married Miss Mary A. Fitz- hugh, who dispensed the hospitalities of the | house for nearly fifty years, her death taking | place in April, 1853, and Mr. Custis died Octo- | age, and the will of Mr. . bearing eof March 26, 1855, be- queathe’ to his daughter, Mary Ann Randolph Lee, the* Arlington house estate, containing eleven hundred . more or less, and other property, and provide: Mary Ann Randolph uring the term of her my eldest. ustis Lee, to him. an hee my said eldest krandson, ter, Mary A. R. Lee, has the privilexe by ited Sevisine sa? fauntiy sine arenes ey ; but the Mount Vernon. al and every T powess reiting to Washinzton, and that caine George to descend from bins y GEN ernal side Gen. G. W.C. Lee Is descended from revolutionary stock, a grand- son of the dashing ‘““Lizhthorse Harry,” one of the favorite officers of the continental army. Before the war, being in the artillery branch of thearmy, he was stationed at Fort Washington, within sizht of Mount Vernon, and he followed Ais father, uniting his fortunes with the south, serving on the staff of Jeff Davis. Afterthe war he devoted some of his time to the restoration of his property on the Pamunky, and succeeded his father in the presidency of the Washington Lee University, which position he now holds. In the early part ofthe war Arlington was in the hands of the confederates for a short time, and during the first months of the war the ple ot the District were fearful -that it would be forti-| was a conveyance | © | Suspects, small or great, if we except Miner and | j fers than those they assumed at first. field at Bull Run and on the route to the pahannock, are placed under the monument “The Unknown.” Since the war numbers ot the bodies have been removed, and at this time there remain in round figures probably 15,000 in this “City of the Dead.” On a portion of the estate occupied as a fort during the war the government hag established what was originally Fort Whipple, now Fort Myer, where Capt. R. P. Strong, one of the de- fendants, commands. Other portions of the estate are occupied by quite a village, known as Freedman’s villaze, having been settled by the contrabands who came through the lines. At Mr. Custis’ death he owned about 200 slaves, some 80 being on Arlington place, and there are to-day a number of those freedmen still living on the place. SOLD FOR TAXES. Under the act of Congress of June 7th, 1862, for the collection of direct taxes, and in accord- ance with the proclamation of Presnieiit Lit | cola, dated January 6th, 1861, the Arlington property was sold to the United States for the 800 by John Hawxhurst, Gillet F. and A. Lawrence Foster, U. 8. direct mers for Virginia. The amount or ry. 1872, Mrs. Lee. by her counsel, Sini of Alexandri presented a Senate through Senator John- ston, co1 ar y-titioner and her son, G. W. Custis Lee, (the fof the reversion, ) are walling t) avoid, ve United St bodies, that upon the receit xectite and deliver such nece: wnices x8 may be ad Judied suttic t deonvey tion and yp claim which the govern now have by making a legal and valid title to the prop- erty.” No report was ever made on this memorial. Mrs. Lee died_in November, 1873, and George hington Custis Lee took an estate In ainder in Arlington. On April 6th, 1874, the latter presented, through Senator John- ston, 2 memorial making the same proposal his had submitted, and it was referred to the judiciary committee, with a bill for the pur- po: port having been made on this petition uit was brought in the courts. vers of the family have declared 'y have no intention of ever disturbing, way, the ec. Ith the THE PROMPT ACTION CASE. it Meets With General Approval. Waeh. Special to Boston Herald. The prompt and satisfactory action of the District Commissioners in removing Detective George A. Miller, of the city force, for having improperly aided Ingersoll and Dorsey during the late stur route trial, meets with general ap- proval here. It 1s really the first decisive ac- tion yet hud In regard to any of the star route Rerdell, the yietims of the strange verdict of that strangely warped star route jury. Miller id what he did out of personal ad- for Mr. Ingersoll, and not out of re- Mr. Dorsey's money, but his conduct none the less reprehensible. The zeal of r Lydecker, Engineer Commissioner of the District. and friend and son of a friend of Presl- dent Arthur, in the effort to bring about Miller's conviction. is regarded as somewhat significant. ral gard for was eee ‘The Star Route Thieves Scared. Washington Cor. Springfield (Muss. ) Repubifcan. Just as Congress comes in the new trial of the star route conspirators wiil begin. The ac- cused approach the trial with far different man- Con- scious that they were morally convicted at the last trial, and stand condemned in the public eye. certain that Attorney General Brewster has at last got his back up and means to convict, if a jury can be found to do it, these accused be- tray their fears. The government professes to be ready to begin the trial at once, and Mr.Mer- rick, who will bear the court-room burdens, be- lieves that they have a stronger case than they | did before. —— CHICAGO DRESSED BEEF. Diseased Meat for Consumers. From the Boston Cultivator. Interested parties have lately published col- umns of information concerning the intention of certam Chicago butchers and shippers of cattle in supplying New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia with enormous supplies of Chicago dressed beef in refrigerator cars. This new in- dustry was to abolish all abattoirs and slaughter houses in the East. Brighton and Watertown were to become deserted villages. Only Chicago dressed beef could be sold in city, town or vil- lage markets because of its quality and cheap- ness. True, our New England people have a; natural preference for healthy beef slaughtered under reasonable regulations by our local butchers, yet these great Chicago shippers were threatening to flood our locai markets with such enormous shipments that our local supplies would look insignificant indeed. There is another phase of the new industry, which the public should fally understand and which may operate asa check upon the consumption of Chicago dressed beef. We are indebted to our contemporary, the Chicago Tribune, for the tol- lowing facts: “The stock yards and the Jackson-street mar- ket are every day sending out, to be eaten by the unsuspecting people of Chicago, thousands of pounds of meat little better than carrion. The revelations which have been made during the last fortnight by the Tribune's reporters, who have followed the ghoulish traffic from the ! incoming cattle cars through the slaughter-pens of the stock“yards to the stalls of the Jackson- street market, are enough to make vegetarians of the whole population. For want of a state inspection at the stock yards, and for want of a performince of duty at the market by the city inspectors, all the diseased, dying and disabled cattle of the whole country round about us that can be got into Chicayo before life becomes extinct are brought here, slaughtered and eaten. The rule of the business 1s that anything that fs not dead before the slauzhter-house knife can get to its throat is zood enough for Chicago people to eat. Cows with feculunt sores, beeves with flesh poisoned by the torture of broken limbs, calves prema- turely born in the slaughter-house of diseased mothers just killed, sheep with the snufties, consumptive cattle coughing purulent matter, victims of the swine plague, living carrion— anything, In fact, that is not stone-dead carrion—passes muster as fit food. Gangrenoug, cancerous, feverish, phthisical, tuberculous, scrofulous animals are killed and sold, and gO into the blood of the children, men and women of this city. “While the board of health and sanitary engi- Neer and latter-day plumbers and anxious rentsare standing guard over soil pipes and catch basins, the germs of trichiniasis, typhoid, con- sumption, aud scrofula and vermicular horrors are placed upon the family table. The stock yards and the Jackson-street market are centers forthe propagation of the diseases of cattleamot human beings. Pasteur, Bastian, Tyndall ati Koch are studying out under the microscope the secrets of the growth of these infinitesimal devil- fish of disease, while Pale Eat lar scalpers and their confederate ghouls, the butchers, are in- troducing into our stomachs every species of malignant microbe that infests animal life. Without donbt many of the zymotic diseases that ravage the city originate in contaminated Meat eaten underdone. Science has demon- strated beyond a cavil that the spores, bacteria, tubercles, microbes, germs of the diseases of men and animals are intercommunicable. “There is no state law to reach this outrage. The state board of health was abte to exercise some control over the Texas fever in 1869, but its power does not extend to these chronic plagues that we have with us always. A 6: tem of state inspection that will cover the whole traffic in meat in the city and out of it is an imperative need that the legislature must not neglect another session as they did tne last. Nothing can be hoped for from the city authori- ties. ‘The best mayor,’ ‘the finest police’ are too ed preventing the contagion of reform from infecting the brothels and gambling hells. They have no time to spare to look Sed. By the advance of the federal forces in Virginia, however, the estate came within the wnlon lines, and within the grounds adjoining the mansion A NATIONAL CEMETERY THE CITY MARKETS. A Change in the Aspect of Things at the Wholesale Market—A Weék of Great Ac- tivity—Turkeys and Thanksgiving Luxu- ries—General Features of the Week. Since the approach of cooler weather the ap- pearance of things in and about the wholesale houses on Louisiana avenue and 9th and B streets has been changed. Hue piles of cab- bages, barrels of fall and winter apples, sweet Potatoes, sacks ot buckwheat, bags of shell- barks and walnuts, dressed hogs, barrels of cau- lflowers, crates of live turkeys and chickens, dressed sheep and lambs in the whole car- cass, hives of honey, wild game, new cider in barrels, and many other things indicate a change plies of produce fee: iv Be Constat teams from the st depots are busy carting this way and that a green grocers’ wa;ons and couatry teams with hay, corn, oats, &c., make a din during the business hours on these streets, which nearly distract quict-loving pedestrians. The whole- sale traffic secms to be constantly on the in- crease ia these streets, where it seems to be centered. All the available building space has been filled up with large warehouses, and all appear to be doing a turiving business. A WEEK OF GREAT ACTIVITY. The past week has been one of great activity, generally, though no marked chanses are noted in prices. The flour trade is still firm: wheat is quiet, and not many sales except in small lots; ;corn and oats are in fair demand; the hay trade moderately brisk, with prices unchanged; fine grades of putter are still scarce and in demand; roll butter Is arriving slowly, andas the weather cooler will increase tn quantity; eggs are scare and price high: poultry is more rath plentifal, and the cry is for the dressed, as Thanksgiving day is approaching. Good dressed ‘keys and chickens with empty crops sell y and at good prices. Game is scarce and in good demand; fruit and vegetables are ple tiful; new white beans, which have been so scarce, are more plentiful since the new crops ha come in; dried fruit, such as apples and peaches, when well cured and packed, meet with ready sale; fresh pork is also in demand. WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS of flour may be noted as follows: Minnesota patent process, $7.75a8.25; bakers’ brand: $6.256.50; Family, patent process, 26.25a6.50; standard brands, €5.25a5.50; trade brands, $5.00a5.25; extra, $4.50a4.75; super, €8.50a4. fine. $3.00a3.25; middling, 2.25a2.50; rye, $3.50a4.00; buckwheat, N. Y., rT cw $3.5003.60: Virginia, Maryland and Penney! nia, $3.50a3.60: corn meal, bolted, white, 84a385c. unbolted, yellow. 802 Grain.—Wheat.choic 95e.a $1.60; ry S0a8lc.; white ‘80c. ew, ; $ western, white, No. 1, 45a46c.; mixed, No. 2, 42as3e. Mill Feed.—Bran. western, per ton,$17a18; mid- dlings, white, per tof, $22a24; brown, per ton, $17azi8. Butter.—Creamery,fane: 86c.; imitation, 24 35e.; good, 3 western fair, 18020c.; best, 24226c.; good, 20a22c.; poor to fair, 18a20¢.; Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania choice se- lections. dairy packed, 28a30c.: good toy dairy packed, 5 stock, 22a25e.; store packed, choice, 20a23c.; common, 18420¢.; .; Toil butter, choice, 25 387a88e.; prime, 34a w York tubs fanc firkin, best, 32a34c. * ‘. $14 to $17 per ton; clover, £10 to $11; mixed, $13 to $14; rye straw, $10 to $11; oat straw. #8 to $9; wheat do., &7to $8; cut hay, £1 per cwt. Eggs.—31 to 32c. for near by; 30 to Sic. for western. Cheese.—N.Y. state factory, 1234 to 18¢.; west- ern factory, 10 to Ile. Green Fruits.—Apples, $3 to $4.50 per bbl.: Florida oranges, €7.50 to €9 per bbl.; $3 to § per box, or €2 to $8 per hundred: lemons, $2.50 to $3.50 per box: cranberries, cape cod, extra, $14 to $15 per bbl., fair to good, $12 to £13 seys, $3.50 to $4 per box; Hubbard squash, & Ber cwt. Vegetables.—Potatoes, near by, 50 to 65 cents per bushel; northern do., 75 to 90 do., embra- cing early rose, burbanks, snow-flakes, and peach blows. Sweet potatoes. $1.75 to $2.50 per bbl. Onions, $1.50 to £2 per barrel, or 60 cents per bushel; turnips, 50 cents to #1 per barrel; cauliflowers, $2.50 to 5 per barrel; cab- bages, $3 to $7 per hundred. Cured meats.—Sugar-cured shoulders, 111¢ to 12 cts.; do. hams, 16 cts. to 1614 cts.; breakfast bacon, 153s cts. to 16 cts.; dried beet, 16 ets. to 18 cts; bulk shoulders, 10 to 11 cts.; bulk breasts, 13 to 14 cts.; beef tongues, $6 per doz.; lard, 134 cts. to 14 cts. per pound; fresh sau- sage, 1] to 124 cts.; fresh pork. loin, 1214 cts. Fresh meats, wholesale.—Choice hind quarter beef, 9 to 10 cts.; common do., 6 to 7 cts.; choice fore quarter, 6 to 7 cts.; common, 5 to cts. Mutton.—Choice dressed, 7 to 8 cts.; common do., 5 to 6 cts. Lambs.—Cholce dressed, 8 to 10 cts.; common, 6 to 7 cts. Veal.—Choice dressed, 11 to 12!4 cts.; com- mon do., 8 to 10 cts. The trade is good. Poultry and Game.—Turkeys, dressed, per Ib., large and small, 12al4c.; undrawn, 10al2e.; live, %al0c. Chickens, dressed, Ial3e.: undrawn, 10a12c.; old fowls. live, 9al0c.; spring, large, 10alic.; medium and small, Yal0c. Ducks, live. 10al2c.; dressed, 12al5e. Geese, dressed, each,25a75c.; live,40a70c. Quail, @2a¢2.50. Pheasants, $4a%6. Rabbits, #1.50a#2. Venison, per Ib., 12al5e. Hay (new) and Straw.—Hay, clover, #10a$11; timothy, $14a317; mixed, #13314. Straw, rve, $10a811; oats, $$a$9; wheat, $7a$8. Cut hay, per ewt., $1. Judge Advocate Swaim’s Opinion. To the Editor of the Evening Star. It is to be devoutly hoped that the Hon. Sec- retary of War will give the subject of Judge Advocate General Swaim’s opinion touching the indebtedness of officers the benefit of his deliberate consideration before passing upon it. Judge Swaim’s method would be an innovation upon the whole practice of the government from its Inception, besides being fraught with objectionable consequences, both to the army and the public. In the first place, if delinquent officers (and, unhappily, there are more of them than there should be,) are to be held responsible only to the civil law, then it would be but just and right that their pay should be subject to civil attach- ment, as otherwise Judge Swaim’s decision would be asimple gift of perhaps hundreds of honest bills to delinquent officers who are sta- tioned in far-off states and territories and who are not comeatible by any civil authority here. In the second place the consequences would often be most discreditable and humiliating to officers in debt who might arrive here (or wherever else they are indebted) for they would be watched for and pounced upon by collectors and constables at their hotels or bearding places and dragged by civil process before the magis- trate, there to be adjudged (in the presence, perhaps, of a gaping crowd) delinquents on account of some debt about which they may well be ashamed. In some such cases the debts might be recovered under a judgment on the spot, but in many others, unless the officer's salary is made attachable, all the creditor could get would be a judgment in his favor which could not be executed. This of course would, with a dishonest officer, be a convenient and even triumphant method of escaping his responsi- bility altogether. But would not such an officer be spotted thenceforward to the end of his days, and would not even the whole army suffer? Another point arises. Even if it were to be finally decided that simple neglect or refusal to pay an honest debt does not derogate from an officer's standing as an honorable man anda gentleman, what would be the provision in case the delinquent had verbally or in writing made sundry promises to pay and failed to keep his word—perhaps a dozen times running—would he still retain his oficial standing as an officer and a gentleman? Shall falsehood, arication and deceptive -promises, if they happen to be exercised about the subject-matter of a debt, leave no stain upon an officer's reputation? If 80, then facilis descensus Averni se fe be labelled over the whole service; aye, and the navy, too, if it should unhappily be dragged into the same system, as might be deemed likely en All trouble and difficulty wuuld be eternally avolded if officers who know what are thelr in- comes would contract no debts they cannot pay; and any attempt to evade the ‘ton of this plain and sim rinciple by such a contrivance : E iH : _[=3 Prayer as Judge Swaim’s must inevitably lead to results undesirable in almost numberlees ways. ANTI-INNOVATION. ‘The owner ot a fur-lined circular considers it reckless extravagance to it buttoned so tight that one end won't blow the fur.—Philadelphia Herald. has Just told a fib. ‘01 eho eads R, er eet be much ” The child, after some re- By are Waal ek ee mo MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. —The Black Flag,” which Wil hold the stage at the National next Week, is the piece L IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1892. §@-To obtain any of these os Letters the icant must which created such a furore when produced in | ¢llfor, “AbvenriseD Lerrens,” and give the date of New York some time ago. It is fall of dra- §2If not called for within one month they will be sen. matic situation and thrilling points, and in ad- | to the Dead Letter Oftice. dition to these attractions it will present the LADIES’ LIST. inimitable drolicries of Nat Goodwin, who | Args1EB Leigh 1 stands confessedly at the haad in his special prowa Ann Elise poms Ine in this country. It can hardly fail to draw | praneey Ames Mark- annie E large houses. ie Hierticin, Anna A —Henry Irving’s manager, Mr. H. E. Abbey, Trews Ee Malivews GW aca has arranged with Manager Ford for the ap- ire uM pearance ot that eminent actor dnd his com-| BON3 EBay Maguire Mattbe plete London company to appear in Washing- | Brows Julie | se haan ton early in January, 18%. Brown Louisa E McDonald Jobn Mrs . Langtry will positively appear in | Broken! x3 MeHeuzie J V Airs MeVay LC Mrs Washington this season. The engagement for on ; her appearance at Ford’s has been duly signed. Pern aecas — To-nlght “Tolanthe,” the new comte opera | & : Porter Mary by Gilvert & Sullivan, will be produced simul- | Groumpe ize Powell Nettie taneously in New York and London. In the | Christian Katie ill Carlie former city the prices for seats have been raised | Cpohet Katie ashame late to #2each. We will have it here at the regu- | Chadnick Marion Rursell Lodia lar rates. Dudley Alice a Robb Martha 2 onaidson: —Margaret Mather, Shakespeare's young Delian Carry. = Juliet, will be with us in December. poe epee —Daly’s “Passing Regiment,” one of the | Dore Milite Sheliborn B ttie 3 D ™ her wood Cathari brightest of the New York successes, is booked Darent ie cone Fy ree Catherine 8 for early production in this city. reper Saniiel Mrs Rinith E os af EI paon Hi: M — Miss Agnes Herndon, who fs the central at- | BAvards iva © Simpson Hanuilton Mw traction of “Only a Farmer's Daughter,” at | French Belle Sinpa Laure Ford’s next week, is sald to be a relative of the gallant and seif-sacrificing commander of that Suddath Lizzie i name, who stood at the post of duty and sank ry D Bu beneath the waves that engulphed the Central | Gilmore Neitie Cpe America. Green Theodore Mrs Thommon Fannie = 's Eng! ferbert Cla ‘ovensent Jolla C Chas. E. Ford's English Opera Company | Herbert Clara pevemuia ss has achieved a success in New Orieans. Hunt Edith Tones Mary Le ate ies is winning fresh laurels in her | fistlsn Ellen at Won't Ara ramatic work. izde Gertie ice Ww a —The Boston Idenl Opera Company contem- | Hi Jennie Woot etre Plate long season this winter In Washington. | Hamilton Minnie Le Tne entire company and the entire orchestra | Jones Auxie are to come to this city in Januai rise arte a sete Johnson Eliza, b CHINESE FILIAL PIETY. Joimcon Mar Wondlana Mary Knapp Fi Valker Mary. Mrs A Young Man Crouches for Over Three | K¢eY Velie Wallace Maria Years at His Parent’ Grave. Enea Tate - Yue Meas Lyans Beulab, From the Pezin (China) Gazette. GENTLEM List. ks He The mother of a young gentleman being 11, Mose” 1 Sere Ino D he secretly prayed that his own life might re- | Ads RO, Soha deem hers. His prayer was, however, unsuc- paderson WS sa Rat ane cessful, for the lady died. Thereupon her son, | Bemse! Chae Mt ST Ag unable to take up his abode at her tomb, owing | Barker aS ened to the dutics he owed his fabier, visited it Bouman De iE Eines aw three times every day regardless of wind | Barfoot Harry enuey and rain; and when his father died he | Brown Joreph M ee oo built himself a rush hut iat the grave of | Har hau Joseph Lee Harry his parents, with only sufiicient roomin it to al- | Boy: : eT A low him to’ crouch ina most uneasy attitude, | Burdett Jas Ea tea on eno and continued the last sad rites long after his | Bennett J Ww Mapes Chas M three years’ mourning had expired. He was | Barrows MF Mortis Geo found one day in this wretched dwelling by the | BEM f local magistrate, engaged in punctuating the Yi | Corkean vB. King forthe benefit of the neighborinz students. | Corcoran C His example has had a most ennobling effect upon the people, and he is now rewarded by the Gleayer D Walter Chapman JB Cratt A vi Claxett Ino H bestowal of imperial honor corna Marcia ie Sanc People in Asylums. Drouc AG Perkins & Delsine From the New York Sun. se mes Alfred Pattee Gen aria Mrs Robt i Ff Miss Lucite Laurent, who was recently released ies r © Fol ide ee. AM by legal process from her detention In the | Dtbs {nnius N Reeven feury Blackwell's Island insane asylum, said last night: | Davis Kebt H Haudolph Iehan & “I was sorry to see it published that I had said | Dudley ‘Thos Remey JF there Is a woman yet Imprisoned In the Black- | pueu nr ED Penven Wm,2 Well’s Island asylum who is worth $1,500,0.0. I | Etter Bliuester Geo A did not say she was worth as much asthat. But | Fouec ive > it was reported in the asylum that she was a | Fith pringer Hr - She was certainly a very digni- | Fox Graften | faa ae opens el ly-like person, and although I was in ! Farrar Key J M Sehmidt Jacob the violent ward with her for two weeks Inever | GeTharst e 1 Buea Or saw her violent or unladylike. I heard that she gun Pe 2 Was brought to the asylum dressed as if fora | Howard i Stephens i party in silks and diamonds. These things were | Helm Shaw Sandy’ taken from her, and she was dressed in the asy- | Helm’ Qhas The oee Iumclothes. She was very dignified and would | Howard Cline ‘iede Hon ka not converse with the inmates. Iwas told she was kept there by relatives, who used her money, eo. = ader Coverlets of Green. Houckman Chas Heughes David Herbert Frank E and that they did not visit her. It was the talk | Harricon of the asylum that she was an heiress. I think | Howard Hc her case should be investigated.” Harrison Jc racey Gl d P ‘easman Kolin ont H Horan James Healey Matthew Wasser Ht MMcroce Halsiker TF Wrabins Josepn From the Atlanta Constitution. Hae Pr v woe, fi “Have you noticed,” said Gen. Hoke, of | Huds WB Sa ‘2 i « Jones Hon A HL Wi} Robt North Carolina, the other day, “the rapid dis- | Jones Hon J hie Nees a appearance of one-armed and one-legged men? Johnson Caleb Ware Win At the close of the war in the south—as almost | Jue+¥ Mieco every southerner was in the army—men with- out an arm or a leg were to be seen everywhere and on all occasions. In a few more years it will be a rare thing to see one. You will appre- ciate this still more if you notice the next as- semblage of soldiers at a reunion or in proces- “National Writing Fluid T Arcoy Miss MadelineD Proctor Mra J E sion on some occasion. It is pitiful to see how res ae Cornelia Wood Miss Sallie rs old and grizzled they look. The youngest of them are middle-aged men. Why, the day I surrendered I could place my hand on iny sad- die-horn and vault over my horse's back. Now about all I care to do is to climb up one side of him.” —————— The Future of Gas. Gas isan institution of the utmost value to the artisan; it requires hardly any attention, is supplied upon regulated terms, and gives with what should bea cheerful light a genial warmth, which often saves the lighting of a fire. The time Is, moreover, not far distant, I venture to think, when both rich and poor will largely re- sort to gasas the most convenient, the cleanest, and the cheapest of heating agents, and when raw coal will be seen only at the coillery or the gas-wo Inall cases where the town to be supplied is within say thirty miles of the col- liery, the gas works may with advantage be planted at the mouth, or still better at the bot- tom of the pit, whereby all hanlage of fuel would be avoided,and the gas, in its ascent from the bottom of the colliery, would acquire an } onward pressure sufficient probably to impel it toitsdestination. The possibilitv ot transport- ing combustible gas through pipes for such a distance has been proved at Pittsburg, where natural gas from the oll district is used in large quantities. The quasi monopoly so long enjoyed by gas companies has had_the inevitable effect of checking progress. The gas being supplied by meter, it has been seemingly to the advantage of the companies to give merely the prescribed illuminating power, and to discourage the in- | MISFIT 8: vention of economical burners, in order that the consumption might reach a maximum. The application of gas for heating purposes not been encouraged, and is still made difficult, in consequence of the objectionable practice of re- ducing the pressure in the mains during day- time to the lowest possible point consistent with prevention of atmosphericindraught. The introduction of the electric light has convinced gas managers and directors that such a policy no longer tenable, but must give way to one of technical progress; new processes for cheapen- ing the préduction and increasing the purity and illuminating power of gas are being fully discussed before the Gas Institute; and im- pee burners, rivaling the electric light in rilliancy, ene our eyes a8 we pass along our principal thoroughfares.—C. William Siemens, poe in Popular Science Monthly for De- Saturday Smiles. A scientist says: “The palmozoic cock- roaches are distinguished from living species by haying tive veins in the wings instead ot four,” and “‘have a decided mesozolc aspect.” This is highly important; but a woman, when she sees one of these insects, will not care whether it has five or fifteen veins inthe wing. She will give a scream, draw her skirts tightly about her, and give the bug such a violent rap with an old shoe that it will have more of a mashed than a mesozolc aspect.— Norristown Herald. To a mother-in-law who is returning from the burtal of nee Seer seems to me ae ou do not ls death very much.” ah,” she replied witha sigh, ‘I was sorry for while he lived!”—From the “How can I permanently remove an indelll- ble grease spot from a broadcloth cont?” George—*‘Ask your girl how she removes the grease spots from the wall paper behind the sofa after se leave: the same pre] ought to do it.”"—Philadelphia News. “I thought I'd call round,” as the ball said when it came through the window pane. ‘I'll |’ get square with you,” soliloquized the house- mald, hiding it in the cupboard. Then the led_ round, but the housemaid made the brokea square.—Boston enol P| The sting of the bee, it is sald, is scarcely digeraitin cane geomet magnifying But the man who gets stung by a bee lom. has his with him, and saws ines that to be the size of a crowbar.—. Citizen, ss tana tanta dad EE Nearly the entire force In the department of con- ‘struction repairs At the at =e Grow'ey ‘at about | tothe MISFIT ner 10th and pcre for $40, goto the MISFIT STORE, cor. 10th and $12, go to the MISFIT $45, wo to the M in you buy, go to the F streets, | tothe MIS $25, go to streets. Forfine odd Pant: to the MISFIT STOR! a8 good as an: BYORL, corer 10th and F street ‘or & frock coat, at $15, corner 10th and for #15, GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Finn Norman Moorhouse Jobn J Knox George LIST OF LETTERS REMAT TOWN, D. C., PC NG IN THE GEORGE- ! CFFICE, Sarurpay, Novempen 25, 1882. LADIES’ LIST. McQueen Mrs. James GENT'S LIST. ‘Hutchinson & Co, D. B. AINGER, Postmaster. Joseph. Euslish Jefferson, 9 OR BOYS SUITS, FROM 4 TO 17 YEARS, one-half the prices asked for elsewhere, 6 STORE, corner lUuaud F. For a fine black all-wool Dizgonal Overcoat at $15, as saan any, sats $2, xo tothe MISEIT STORE or Boy jerooat, at £2.50. worth ¢4, goto the For a Boy's Ov. MISFIT STORE, corner i0th ana F. For a Black Suit, Princo Albert Coa at $18, soldelse- Fora nobby Nigwerhead Suit. at $20, sold elsewhere at $30, goto the MISFIT STORE, cor. 10th and F sts, ¥ food, Man’s Suit, at $8, worth $12, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and'F streets.” ©” sold for For a Chinchilla Overcoat, at $7.50, usuall STORE, cor. loth and F strests. an Ulster. at $8, worth $12, go tothe MISFIT #, corner 10th and F streets. For a satin-lined Chinchilla Overcoat, at $25, worth For TOR: SFIT STORE, corner i0th and ‘To have satisfaction quaranteed on any kind of Cloth. MISFIX STORE, cor, 10th and For every sort of Fine Ciothing, well made and trimmed, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and F strecis. For Gossamer Coats, suitable for holiday presents, at -60, $3.00 and $3.59, worth double the price, go to the STORE, corner 10th and F streets. For a fiv co ‘hinchilla Overcoat at $15, cheap at ro TSTORE, comer iotrand kee ee For a Elack, Blue or Green Beaver Cost at $15, worth tlie MISFIT STORE, comer 10th'and F fst about one half the usual commer 1th and Fratrecie For a fine Busines Suit, at about one-half the usual Washi ri to the MISFIT STORE, corner Bana yess £0 = a Fora fine Overcoat at $15, worth to the MIS- FIT STORE, corner 10st and F ressets. For a fine Black Drese Suit (swallow tail coat) at $30, sold at $60 elaewhere, go to the MISFIT wool Diagonal Suit, either snck or we worth £28, go to the MISEIL STORE, sf For a light weight OVERCOAT at $9, sold elsewhere ‘go to the THE MISFIT STORE. CORNER TENTH AND F STREETS. 223 POWDER AND SHOT. ASH SIFTERS AND SHOVELS, STORE SUPPLIES AND GENBRAL HARDWARE. F. P. MAY & CO, 634 Penns. avenue, near 7th street, |ARPETS! CARPETS! CARPETS! LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, BAW BILLS, SILK TAPESTRY, axD DRAPERIES IN ENDLESS VARIETY. ‘Prices low as the lowest. NEW GOODS RECEIVED -DAILY, Call early and avoid the rush. SINGLETON & HOEKE, S 901 MARKET SPACE. SPOONS, _ TEA SET! Soup SILVER Dr? ra, oe Kies Pauace: 64 BEVENTA STREET. — Map & new departure. Kensington, THE LARGEST MILLINFRY STORE IN THE | Pung Teather UNITED STATES, Rey eee and Notions. c EXTEXpING ynom Tru To 8ru STREETS. oe “PALMER, 1007 F STREET NORTHWEST. WINTER OPENING or PARIS AND LONDON MILLINERY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. ‘The latest importation in colors and shapes. M RS. SELMA RUPPERT, 608 Nixtu Sruw TN eal Ow GREAT MARK DOWN IN BEAVER HATS! ELEGANT BEAVER HATS, Sold formerly at $2.25, Are now T5c. only. BEAVER HATS, Sold formerly at $2.50 and $3, Are now sold at $1.25 to $1.75 only, ELEGANT FRENCH FELTS, At50c., T5e., $1 and $1.25. LOVELY PLUMES, At c., $1 and $1.25, BLACK AND COLORED TIPS, At S0c, a Bunch, SPLENDID KNIGHT'S TEMPLAR PLUMES, From 27 to 30 inches long. ) OPPOSITE Parrxt OrFtem, FL, ARRASENE, BEAI TLAt EMDNOIDEMIES ad a Meterials for the eae. Complete Sto FRING. ASALEENS, FELT and WORSTED S for Lamirequiie, Table ‘aud Piano Oove ere. Belect Asortment of WORK, PAPER and WASTE BASKETS— Plain and Ti . Choice Selection ot HAND-RNTE WORSTED GOODR, t Very Low Prices. STAMPING AND ‘FINKING PROMPTLY EX- | mis BCU BIRDS, PLUSHES, reee. LACES, ‘RIBBONS. CLOAKS FOR CHILDREN, MISSES AND LADIES, IN GREAT QUANTITIES, AT LESS THAN MARKET PRICES. KID GLOVES, CORSETS AND HOSIERY, At Importers’ Prices. RICH BF, cLon Db SIL BLACK MILITARY JACKETS, ED JI LIN AND CLECULARS, CUL ED DOLM LUFD CL ANS, cS AUR AND Dob M raliienoveltion N a AI the most of ‘of the aeasoa, eae Patiace: Pare OT Fenueyivanis avenee, No branch store; no connection with any other extab- Fecnrled equal tonawones, mi INKING TWO CENTS PER YARD! sen 9th etre t northwest, corner of Ly : Dresiuahers. ue. Agency M) jorest's Pattorna, SS yaiet BELL LUCAS, 902 9th sta we Nahment. nzs [*Porrep CHINCHILLA OVERCOATS, BATIN LINED, $25. ENGLISH KERSEY OVERCOATS, raw edge, satin lined, CASTOR BEAVER OVERCOATS, best make, in Black, Blue and Brown, $22> FINE CHINCHILLA OVERCOATS, and Black, $18. in Blue and orihwest. low, twcut aud Dante grage ALL-WOOL CASSIMERE OVERCOATS, fancy back, ee... 2e Bie NTH STREET, —OUR WOMB TLDREN'S WORSTE] TEKS, AWLS, jOODS, BOOTS, DKAWE! mad ladies who have been wi corple ENGLISH KERSEY OVI RCOATS, in Olive Green, Olive Brown and Dark Blue, £20. GINGS received, weal thn Bask ALL-WOOL DIAMOND BEAVER OVERCOATS, $10. FINE BEAVER OVERCOATS, in Black, Blue, Brown and Dark Green, $13. DRESS AND BUSINESS SUITS, trimmed with fine . 08 COR. i, frcen $it SETS, S. LACES, NOTIONS, &e.. i Biaian Cictis, secen $2080 $30. Variety aul at lowest prices: The CHOICES T HOSTERY for ledics and children without, eee: in this efty, FINE DRESS SUITS, satin and silk lined, the finest | Our HA NDKERCHIER DEPAKTMENT contains that can be gotten, from $25 to #40. pe fay mae gg lowland ‘dicen . CoRpEraons . DOUGLASS’, 9th street. A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT of Boye’ Suits, from 13 to 17 years, which we offer at reduced prices. TE, or’s, New York; Wm. Barr i SCHOOL SUITS. of which we have an extensive va- | Sttnoshoriest notice. Pertest Rosh. eae niety, at reduced prices. Correct Prices, and Salinfaction scuaraniced. | Rveniag Dresses, Bridal Trousseaus a) y. oS-om 07 Penneylvan CRILDREN'S SUITS at reduced prices. c= RUPPEK?, NOS. 403 AND 405 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. RARE ATTRACTION OF NEW NOVELTIES, IN FANCY WORSTED WORK of new 7 for Embroidery on Mt tnd Feit Cheah A full Te od Wasted ound Rane Goode, Child's Bonnets, and a general outtit for Germantown and Zephyr Worsted, Gennan, Spanish, Hungarian Yarne, af tulore Cait winds Embrovdering ‘material cn hand. Stamping promptly executed. “of Mis ANNIE K. HUMPHERY, 490 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST, Makre CORSETS to order in srery style and inatertat, and guarantees ot fit and 0 . HER SPECIALTIES ARE A SPECIALTY of Children’s Overcoate, in which we can show the handsomest styles in the city. POLITE ATTENTION to all who call. A. STRAUS, $39 PENNSLYVANIA AVENUE, Near Tenth Street, AND 932 D STREET, nis NEW DEPARTMENTS AT Frenchy Hang made Uaderciothing, Merino Underweat Pateut Shoulder Braces and all Dress Reform Goods. nen A oO UNM Me™ French Corsets and Busties- “Hercules” BAA GO UMMMM*"S 3 porting Corset, for which Mise H. is BB AAU UMMMM sss, anda $1 Corsét, her own anake, that ‘the Foe BOM sags8 : N:b."French, Germinand Spanish spoken. _ 95 _ BOOKS, &e. JR0oKs FOR THE HOLI ‘ BOYSs' CLOTHING! sors’ ctormne: | B idee ‘The Largest Vari Picture Book juding al Chatterbonte. The Standard Fee and ——- other Books for the Hohdays, at ROBERT'S Boox Store, 1010 Tr STREET, Anove New Yourx Avenve, Prices Low asthe lowest. nay ORRISON'S BOOKSTORE. BOYS’ SUITS, a special bargain, at $3.50. All-wool SUITS at $5. OVERCOATS from $375 up. Special attention to sizes from 5 to 10 years. RUBBER OVERCOATS, all sizes, at $1.75. BAUM’S. Come and visit our basement, price our Books, Sta- tionery and Christmas Cards, and you will find it to mosbaxe” November 13th, pry afte ey your benefit. We have also another it: display of these Goods in the city, and we. Nite our friends and patrons to inspect them, as J JAPANESE GOODS. the many Novelties we have received for our Holiday Thousands and one things we keep. It is pleasant for We have already received and are receiving daily @ Ladies’ and Children. Every day we receive new goods, peer BRE Toys! Toys! of every description and price. Good and Staple Toys at low figures; Mechanical Wu. H. MORRISON, cae) Gamee, Dolls and Willow Ware, all in our base- 10 475 Pennsylvania, BAUM’ PICTURES AND FRAMES. ‘We have all sizes of Frames. You can elect your Pie- tures from our stock, or buy them where you please. Bring them to us. We will frame them free of charge if __ SEWING MACHINES, &c. ‘A MARVEL OF MECHANICAL GENIUSI threading QUEEN MACHINE pauls Scion uae gaa aaele ee A we Suarautee for five years with all Machines, rent, or repair. NEW DOMESTIC, NEW SINGER, ‘We also sell the you buy your Frames from us. Be shure and note the | and other first-class en smcrtment and lowest prices in the city. C. AUERBACH, ‘Corner 7th and H streets. Alot of Machines we have taken in exchange for new ‘ones for sale from gs up. i n22-_ “A SEWING MACHINE DEALER AND Agent, aa employ no agents, Tbuy no inferior Bischines, Decavne they are ches, then run Mig ever eeaen onupioy. aren ive thei. ‘frat Glass and reliabic Machines froth the office only 4. F, McKENNEY, nl 427 9th street northwest. i Bpeee 1 BEFORE PURCHASING A’ SEWING MACHINE no. a6 416 SEVENTH STREET. ET THE BEST. “*THE CONCORD HARNESS.” ‘THE CONCORD COLLAR. LUTZ & BRO.. SoLE AGENTS For the sale of thecelebrated ““CONCORD HARNESS,” hhaye on hand a large stock of all kinds, at low prices." | 5 not tail to examitin ‘the finest fn a ee a Tol examine in Ughtest rum Sear Se a ning and most quiet Sewing Mechines in the world, THE NEW HARTFORD! THE NEW ELDREDGE! HORSE BLANKETS And the new No. 4 VICTOR. LAP All other makes of machines on land and sold on easy To Great Variety, at Bottom Prices. monthly payments. Special discount for cash at LUTZ & BRO., OPPENHEIMER’S, n2-2m Reliable Sewing Machine and Fashion 497 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 328 9th street northwest, St. Giond Bailing Needies one cent each; all G48 COOKING stoves, meotien taveame. a ee HOTELS, &e. JFAFOTEL BRUNSWICE AT THE GASLIGHT OFFICE, a FIFTH AVENUE, Kendal ca NEW YORK CITE, 362 BBB RRR A DDD BBR YY Sanz" cad convenient hous bag Soren! ramet nt tat £4 BB Eat § in ee mre ES ides tos oe EE ae PIANOS AND ORGANS. OVER 17,00 IN USE. stock of both 8: Grands fa, MAHOGANY. REONT FRENCH ‘ow Sgures for cash, |O8 and ORGANS for rent. Largestst: from. Rents applied cn purchase the New BANQUETS, Ero. ‘For rooms and terms address ‘ 03-t, th, x, 26¢ MITCHELL & KINZLER. rae HUUSF, ——— Fane. NEW JERerE gon he Ses eormstete Geant ee page HH, ® 8428,