Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1882, Page 2

EE aaa CITY AND_DISTRICT. Foneral. BATION AL cONDTET: fu PD BY THK DASHAWAYS. a the gatherings ever being crow de to overtiowin od being py t « pats —ad ALabiefr, crown, br two cross, ga Sides aya MAK 4 Ab bron fia by of rosew inseribe Ww rher, t thers. od. heavily Jur Brothe ® undertak Kaistrem, if the Se SISTRES Jatform AND ¢ were . Dr. 8. Dome and R andience were Re Mitchell, M. G. E WAL Hi other prominent other relatives w the mother t “Oh, mY poor DR. RANKIN'S DIS vaking 0 RSE. The diseourse of Dr. Rankin followed, and ft was singularly appropriate. His text was, “Well done. cood and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many thi enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."—(Matt. xxv, 23.) He remarked that no man would be more missed in the District than the decease He said that about si alady, who had been but ashort time be! ‘ou want of she wanted hin his hand he J helping me. FU touch another drop of bquor,” and reinforced his declaration with a promise to never again enter a saloon. Shethen invited him te go to the me ried } ble ing, and he hur- me for his coat. When he returned to wdy’s house he found that, with her hus- : d that he might olution, and he joined That was the beginning of thedeceased. Describing the work et the deceased, he said he was appro- priately named Alexander—and was greater than Alexander the Great—the name signifying defender of men. He was continually doing good, having an abiding faith that the Lord would take care ot him; and recently, al- though he had been discharged trom his posi- tion of a watchman, he and his wife adopted two motherless children as thelr own, oue of whom the speaker christened on November 6th. They all know that his heart was in the work of erecting the Tabernacle, and how he looked for- ward to its completion and dedication. His in- fluence had been for good, and it would not be buried with him. THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH: “He was planning better things for the cause of temperance and religion here, and God was Planning better things for bim,” sald the speaker. “I would not judge anything before the time, but it seems to me now as though the manner of his death resulted from the criminal ence of a great corporation. How merci- less, that he who was spending and being spent, that he might held up al Eights to warn men @sainst the grat idol-car of our American Jugeernaut, which has its side tracks around its statinn-houses, on so many of our streets, should be stolen upen and siain within the Hight of the house where his wife awaited him. simply fram the want of the necessary precautions of safety: ly the earthly It was the way i came to call him to Mr. ‘arewell, broth our family will 1 the temper: cause will miss thee, and the chureh will miss thee.” Rev. Dr. Domer offered a prayer, after which the owd embraced the opportunity to view the re The procession formed, and headed by Shroeder's band, escorted the re Inains to Glenwood, where the interment took place, the last solemn rite being performed in the darkness. THE DASHAWAY MEMORIAL SERVICE. ay Reform club met at Odd Fel- lows’ hall last night and conducted memorial = over the death of Mr. Eagleston. Mr. ‘ye presided. After the regular opening . Mrs. Julla Daniels sang “Safe in the us,” with effect. Addresses in mem- re delivered by Me: J. B. Dunning, Ju hompson, Thomas Mr. J. B. Dunning priate resolutions, ted. AN EAGLESTON FUN A movement has been started to raise a fand to aid the family of the late Mr. Eagleston, or to be devoted to @ suitable memorial. Mr. Geo. bran has started a public subscription with $25. The Eagleston Dashaway Club, of West Washington, have taken active steps in the matter, ve announced that they will recelve any contributions towards paying the nd aiding the family. Nye a ‘series of appr which were unanimous ade Elections of Officers. The annual election of officers of the Columbia ‘Typographical Union resulted as follows: presi- dent. E. C 3 vice pres Oliver record- secretary, W. F. Dunn; Jones; sergeant-at-arms, W Wm. L. Ramsey; delegates al typographical union, which nects in Cincinnati the first Monday in June, 1583, Wm. Briggs, John J. Higgins and E. H. v Shaw; financial secretary, H. L. Shom $ng and correspondl tre: estead building association of South Washington has elected the following officers: Wm. H. Baum, president; Peter McCartney, Vice president: John J. Dermody, secretary; P. B. Dunn, treasurer; R. J. Campbell, J. W. Bar- ker, Daniel Shannon, H. W. Smith, George W. Dant, P. Smythe and John Burns, directors. The Masonic Veteran association Saturday evening elected officers for the ensuing year as | Twen’ fuilows: Albert Pike, president; W. W. Upton, ‘rst vice president; John Trimble, second vice president; W. M. Ireiand, secretary; T. L. Tul- dock, treasurer; W.S. Roose and John R, Thomp- ton, stewards. Memorials were read upon members as follows: On Dr. John B. — by Albert Pike; on Gen. George H. mer, by Wm. B. she waz in a delicate and critical condition | Bank Yuch ss would render her confinement in jail | ¥ eis = antil trial en unusual hardship. Judze Wylie Pang Warrants far of 1613, per = remarked, “I suppose that they have accomino- ea Ciee Ware, per — dations In jail,” and declined to grant the appll- Yaleotine Sore eee ee €ation. He fixed bail at $300. fous Ea toned ety ped baie ATTEND THE CEREMONIES AT cuurcd — FUNERAL - RANKIN—A MEMORIAL SERVICE ‘al of Mr. Alexander Eagleston, the knowa “Bud” Eagleston, whe, for the past hive or six years has been engaged here as a worker in the gospel-temperance cause, with . Good Tem- ; < had pre- | Have a sufficiently «trong motive to attempt en column, sdsome casket Dr. J. E. Rankin, | 4 Ey «| In this locality Yard), of | the daytime. rol the Rte- | to coax a supply of wa 1 and many As the corpse was = tferm the strains of t eel of C. W. Bennett; on Alexander Gard- Singleton. We her personal bonds. alleging isry aoe Formers es ‘The Fire at Mir. Merrick’s House. WAS IT THE WORK OF aN INCENDIARY—WHAT MR. MERRICK SAYS ABOUT IT. A fire broke out Saturday evening In the upper story of Mr. R. T. Merrick’a residence, No. 1308 F street, and before it could be extinguished did damage to the extent of about $500. State- ments were published yesterday that the fire was the work of an incendiary, and Mr. Merrick was credited with expressing the belief that the fire was the result of an attempt to destroy some | valuable papers pertaining to the star route | trials in his possession, and that similar attempts y | had been made before. A card from Mr. Mer- |xick, published this morning, denies having made any such statement, and saya: “On the contrary, I expressed no opinion whatever as to the origin of the fire. and when informed by the principal members of the fire department, by whose prompt action and effective work my law | Ubrary and office were saved, that the fire was beyond doubt the work of an incendiary, I re- plied that I was unable to conceive who could : such an injury to my property. I will add that her ne Tittle | the only papers in my oifice of value to anyone time. Ofte, bit number of floral | proof safe, and that r i ¥ but myseif are kept in a fir {ed with the star route cases are ce department. { all papers conn kept tn “EMBER 16, 1882. ‘To the Editor of Taz Evexixe Sraa: You keep the public well intormed as to the flats,” but there Is a lack of information as to the increased water supply. What has become of Major Lydecker and his “tunnel plan?” Has he been lost in exploring it? If so, please send out a Stanley expedition to search for him, or his tunnel. Capt. Hoxie ‘d our hopes with the promise of an “in- jittent plan.” We have had much of his mittent, but very little Potomac water. ¢ coax him to tell us how son it will come. 10th, 11th, N and O streets —we et water above cellars in our houses in The spigots are left open at night but morning finds our vessels dry and empty. What must be the condition of the sewers beneath and erence ake | te | inter | Phe | seldom reet Railroads. DONE TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS—A DATION BY THE DISTRICT COMMIS- D SYSTEM TO REGULATE THE RAILWAYS. y comment in a communica- nate committee on District of Colum- ange of route of the Belt line railway The Commisstone1 | tion to the “in this connection the Commitssfaners desire to submit the recommendation that whenever new tracks are laid along any of the streets or avenues on which new pavements have been placed the ratlway.compiny shall be required to Telmburse to the District the cost of so much of that pavenient as is Included between lines drawn arallel and 2 feet exterior to the outer rails, The for this recormmendation are found tn the the introduction of the railway destroys aluable improvement, and takes from the pub- he free and conventent use of that part of the street for general trafic purposes, thereby de- priving the people of the advantages resulting | from the expenditure for the street’s Improvement; further, general traffic 13 thereby concentrated in the coniparatively narrow space between the rails ani silewalks whereby the pavement 13 more speediiy cut up and the cost of repair Increased.” ‘A PROPOSED SYSTEM. Remarking upon the incorporation of a new street rallway company, “The North Capitol & Glenwood cemetery,” the Commisstoners further say: “tis suggested that It would be to the best in- terests of the I t that no new Ines of street Tallways, nor rextension of existing lines, be au.horized by Congress until a comprelensive systein adapted to the future requirements of the city shall have been defined. In this way, It taken in time, a regular system of communication may ablished without unnecessary duplication of tracks, such as fs apt to result frdf& the incorpora- tion of roads located with the View of developing some particular section, or of serving some other fimmediate and especial interest. Further, the lack of systematic intercommunt- cation between several independent roads leads to the payment of double fares in. many cases, when communication should be had for a single one. ‘This appears to be an imposition from which the Passenger should pe relieved.” ——__— = Events in the Churches. Wesley Chapel, M. E. church, was reopened yesterday morning after having been closed for several weeks, undergoing improvement. Bishop Simpson preached an eloquent sermon. At the conclusion of the sermon a collection was taken up under the management of Rev. Richard Norris, and over $2,000 was realized. Rev. J. 8. Deale, presiding elder, was also present. At the evening service Rey. Dr. Bul- lock, chaplain of the Senate, preached. Another collection was then taken up, making the total subscriptions during the day $2,800. Rey. Wilford Downs preached at Waugh M. E. church last evening on ‘Good Templarism,” the service being held under the auspices of Clements Lodge No. 15,1.0.G.T. During the course of :hié remarks, Mr. Downs referred feel- ingly to the death of the late Alexander Eagles- ton. Rev. Byron Sunderland preached yesterday at the 4! street Presbyterian church from the text —I Kings xx, 40: “‘And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” After out- ning the story, which drew forth this declara- tion, among other lessons he adduced from the text was one for the police. While they are busy here and there the thieves are gone. It {5 hard for a faithful officer to be unjustly accused of complicity, aud it fault there be in any case, as sometimes there may be, in some sense it is the tauit of the people, and the government likewise, in the niggard provision they make for men and money to protect property and keep the peace of the city Rey. W. W. Hicks preached yesterday at the Tabernacle on the text, “And there Appeared Unto Him an Angel from Heayen, Strengthen- ing Him.” He enforced from the text the doc- trine that in the economy of the untverse may and do sympathise with and help humanity. There were eighteen converts baptised yes- terday morning at the Third Baptist church, Franklin street, by the Rey. B. Jefferson. The newly elected pastor, Rey. E. Schneider, of the German Concordia church, corner of 20th and G streets northwest, was installed yesterday by the Rev. Dr. W. Wolff, chaplain of A. Lincoln post, No. 13, G. A. R., of New York. Interesting Lectures. SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE. The course of lectures under the auspicies of the Biological and Anthropological Societies, in- tended for young people, was inaugurated Sat- urday at the National Museum, when Prof. 0. T. Mason, of Columbian University, dellyered an interesting lecture on “The Circle of Sciences.” The attendance was large. This course of lec- tures was planned by Prof. J. Brown Goode, of the Museum, and Mr. Wm. Birney. president of the school board, and the character of the first lecture indicates that the plan will meet with great success. Prof. Mason gave a popular and interesting form to his lecture, presenting his array of scientific facts in a most attractive garb. ‘The attendance was large. Mr. F. W. True will deliver the next lecture on December 30, his subject being “Swimming Quadrupeds.” “LIFE IN SIBERIA.” Mr. George Kennan, of the New York Asso- ciated Press, delivered a very entertaining lec- ture Saturday evening at the residence of Mr. A. L. Barber, in Le Droit Park, on ‘Life in Siberia.” The tecture, which was in aid of the Hamane Society. was quite successful, a large company being ‘present. At the close of the lecture, on motion of Gen. McKee Dunn, a yote ot thanks was unanimously tendered Mr. Kennan. es WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. Governments. United States 5s exts 3 10336 + 00 113% U = 1801, 113g Oui 907, cou 120% United States 4x, 1907, 119% United States 3 per cei 0355 provernent 6s, 1891, coin. Permanent improvernent 7s, 1891, Market stock Ta, 1892 Water i, ‘ater Fitty Twenty years’ fund’ i ‘Thirty years’ funding Ge, 1902, + ae Fire Insurance and Gaslight Companies. Washington ity Gealight Company. National Mctrorotitan Insurance ara ‘ational Union Insuran Sch bta lasuranes Somber. Potomac Insurance Company. Ill al ids es “2 WASHINGTON. - fF cok mci SB Gliding Over A GLORIOUS TIME FOR THE BKATERS—SCENES ON BABCOCK LAKE. By far the largest and gayest party that has visited Babcock lake this season was there on skates all day yesterday. The boys and girls were to be numbered by hundreds, with a very fair percentage of grown young ladies and their escorts, and not afew elderly men. The ice was in splendid condition, and every portion of the take seemed to be utilized. Coming on evening, there was a suspicious nolsiness after the skaters’ movements on the extreme edges of the lake as it grew cut upand slushy, butthe center remained clean and firm. <A look after the gliders as they skimmed along revealed the fact that even with the rather limited opportu- nities our climate affords for skating, there are quite a number of really graceful movers among the young ladies and not afew experts in the science of cutting a plgeon’s wing. The weather yesterday was the best during the last freeze. There was scarcely any wind in the afternoon and there were fewer cold ears and fingers than on Saturday. The lake gets all the force of the winds, pureand unadulterated, and on a windy day is not a pleasant loitering place unless you are on the rapid move. THE ARMY OF BOYS, white and black, who afford the most amuse- ment to the frequenters of the lake, are graded in their knowledge of graceful moving, from the ownership of one old-fashioned strap skate, “high Dutch” or “low Dutch,” to the fortunate possessor of a pair of modern “clubs.” The amount of preparation entalied on the young- ster who essays to glide over the icy surface, with his old-time straps and gimlet-hoie boring, does not seem to pay for the little ice he can cover before one or both of his skates require the insertion of another plece of kindling wood somewhere about the instep to tighten them up. Again, the amount of wasted breath ex- pended in shouting over the mishaps of a fallen brother, if utilized, would provide propulsive power for about half the day. Above the clear laughter of old and young, the sharp sonnds of the Ice and steel as they met, and the unmis- takable, shrill scream of the timid young ladies as some graceful expert swept past with light- ning velocity, made up a cho! of sounds sug- gestive of merry hearts, good lungs and un- bounded vitality. The possessors of bright eyes and ruddy cheeks never had abetter chance to display them. Trim costumes, with all the sea- sonable accessories of furs and bright woolen hoods and mittens, were not the least part of the show. THE INCIDENTS OF THE DAY'S SPORTS were laughable enough. One young fellow boasted, on leaving the pond at nightfall, that he had skated since eleven o’clock and had not enough yet. Another one retorted that he had got his full share of enjoyment earlier in the day, but owing to various accidentsto his shapely nether garments, he was obliged to await tie shades of night before daring to present himself on the crowded thoroughfares leading to his ome. It 1s to be regretted that there fs no place of shelter fabout the lake, where skates could be adjusted or a ‘‘warm-up” secured, and if the vicinity was better lighted at night, the fun could be kept up better than now, when the only means of illumination are what is vouch- safed by moon or stars. The monument looms up appallingly then, and the skaters do not stay fate. The bracing alr to-day giyes every evidence that the ice field will remain intact for some days yet. There Is plenty of sport in prospect and a brisk market for skates. a s Amusements. Forps Opera Hovse.—The successful irish comedians, Barry and Fay, will begin an en- gagement ‘this evening in thelr new play en- titled, ‘Irish Aristocracy.” They are said to give a very enjoyable pertormance, brimming with fun, ‘with here and there glimpses of pathos. Fay portrays the dignified old Irish- man who has gained some wealth, and who feels his importance; while Barry represents a fat liquor. They will doubtless draw well during fue engagement, for their fame has preceded them. NATIONAL TREATER.—The eminent tragedian, Mr. Thomas W. Keene, opens at the National this evening. supported by a carefully selected company, under the management ot Wm. R. Hayden. This evening Mr. Keene will appear in the role of Richard III., a character in which he has been very successful. Miss Anna Story. of Washington, holds a very prominent position with Mr. Keene's company, and wherever she has appeared the papers have pralsed her very highly. Her many friends will be glad to note the improvement she haa made. THEATER CoMIQuE.—Manager Snelbaker has arranged a mammoth program for this week. Ninon Duclos’ troupe of twenty sensational blondes are announced, together with a host of variety stars and specialists. LixcoLn Ha.u.—Prof. Raymond Lee New- comb, the naturalist of the Jeannette Arctic ex- pedition, will lecture here to-morrow night on the subject, “Where we went, what we did, and what we saw.” ConGREGATIONAT., CuurcH.—The second lec- ture of the Lyceum course will be delivered here Wednesday evening by Rey. DeWitt Talmadge. The subject will be ‘The Cruelties, Monstrosi- ties and Meanness of Modern Infidelity.” Ska’ Rivk.—The favorite roller skating tink, New York avenue, is open for the season. Crowds of merry skaters assemble there nightly. Driver's.—Col. Rogers and Prof. Anders con- tinue to give their old-fashioned vocal and in- strumental concerts here nightly. A Granp Fairat the 15th street Presbyterian church, for its benefit, begins this evening. See v't. WITH THE Pounp and Peter Taggart were urday charged with in- terfering with the pound men. Poundmaster -Einstein stated that his men captured a dog in Swampoodle Friday and the prisoners liberated the dog three times. The defendants stated that the dog was the pet of the neighborhood, and they (defendants) created no breach of the peace or caused any disturbance. The court im- posed a fine of $5 or 15 days in each case. sei ah A Seriovs RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. J. H. Buscher, a well known butcher in the Center market, attended the funeral of Mr. Eagleston at the Congregational church yesterday, leaving his horse and buggy in charge of a boy named Frank Larkin. A drunken colored man, in passing, struck the horse with a stick, which caused him to Tun away. The boy clung to the horse until he was thrown out of the vehicle, which passed over him, breaking his coliar bone and cutting his mouth severely. The buggy, which was valued at $350, was completely de- molished, and the horse was badly cut. ee Reat Estates TRansrers. — Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows: James Goddard et al. to John Gibbons, pts. 1 in Holmead’s addl- tion and 12 in Deaken, Lee and Cazenove’s addl- tion to Georgetown; 2800. G. W. Linville to Mary K. Hogan, lot 23, sq. 974; $—. D. L. Mor- rison to Jennie M. Crummell, lot 63, sq. 191; £3,000. Catherine A. Talburtt’ to George Mat- tingly, pt. 9, sq. 466; $4,500, and pt. A of lot 3, sq. 51; $1,600. A. Brown to B. Frank Brown, t. 8, 8q.766; S—. B.F. Brown to Bridget frown, same property; @—. Lucy York to Bladon Forrest, lot G, sq. 694; $2,500. J. K. Redington, trustee, to James H. Marr, lots 4 and 5, sq. 419; €—(quit claim). A. Fisher to same, same property; $—(ditto). 8. S. Mitchell to Sarah C. Venable, lots 15 and 16, sq. 479; $3,250. Schneider and Fall, trustees, to C. Hosch, lot 1, sq. 229; $6,010. Ellen Reynolds to Night Lodg- ing House, s. 34 19, sq. 293; $4,500. Jennie M. Crammell to D. L. Morrison, lot 7%. sq. 191; $3,600. Elvira F. Adams to W. M. Hodges, lot 50, 8q. 448; 31,200. Kate W. Arms to Mary R. Bigelow, pt. sq. 156; $2,984.37. Aug. H. Voss to Ann Raferty, lot 66, sq. 188; $1,100. James H. Marr et al. to W. M. Hodges, pts. 4 and 5; 8q. 419; €800. E. 8. Parker to John Robergon, part 69, Haw’s sub. of Mount Pleasant; $480. J. 8. Edwards et al., trustees, to T. J. Mayer, lot 12, sq. 762; $6,200. J. B. Alley to J.D! Clary, part 1, sq. 158; €3,842.80. J. Van Ris- wick to E. Kurtz Johnson, sq. northwest of 695; $1,000. B.H. Warner to L. A. Swartzell, parts Eereeee ome . 1026; $—. L. A. Swart- ze jane Warner, same property; ¢—. Same to H. ©. Grogan, lot 95, eae a $325, subject to deed for $400. N. Edwards to Ira Fields, 0, $800. S.C. Pomeroy to Barry farm; $100. triscible Irishman, generally half stupefied with | Hecent Reni Estates Sales. R. O. Holtzman, 10th and F streets north- jaare 612. corner 4th ai » for Mra. E. H. Gillman and others,to id O streets ‘urpby for 40 cents a square toot. 5, in block 4, Howard University, in ofEMingham Place, 7th street road, east side and Senne the place of Gen. Bal- loch, for Millard ae of eee Md., to Stephen P. Josign, of Vermont, for $1,950 cash; about iheents square foot. Part of lot 12, in square fifty feet front by a depth of sixty- one feet, Southeast corner of 12th and N streets northwest, for Pr. Robert Farnham, to Rudolph Goldschmid, for #1.50 a square foot cash. Part of lot 4 in square 868, the north thirty- two feet six inches of lot 382, sictuated on the corner of 6th and B streets northeast, tor Dr. Valentine McNally to Mr. Diller B. Goff, for 30 cents a square foot. Part lot 46, square 241, Kingman’s court, to Mr. Hildrup, of Penn- sylvania, for Mrs. Whitney for 25 eents a square foot. Lots 9 and 10 insquare 470, 7th street southwest,east side of the street, between I and K, for Mrs. L. G. Connolly to Mr. L. G. Gannon, for 30 cents a square foot. East half lot 9 in square 158, 31 by about 148, north side of N street between 17th and 18th streets northwest, for Mr. James D. Cleary to Mrs. General Beck- with, for $1.15 a square foot. For the heirs of Mr. “A. D, Jessup of Philadelphia, Penna., through Mr. T. E. Waggaman, sub lot 17 in Square 291, 15th street northwest, between Pennsylvania avenue and E streets, 23 feet |front by a depth of 104 feet, to’ Messrs. E. P. and I.L. Jones for €10,000 cash. This prop- erty isimproved by a large three-story brick house. Part lot 7, In square 117, on 20th street, east side, between L. and M streets, for John Butler, of New York, to Wm. Hodges, of this city, for $750 cash. This lot is 22 feet wide by about 100 feet deep. Part of lot 15 and all of lot 16, in square 131, 20 feet front by 116 feet deep, T street, north side, between 18th and 19th streets northwest, improved bya two-story frame house, for George Peter, of Rockyllie, Maryland, to Winnie A. Ashton, of this city, tor $950. A strip of land in square south of 181, on the west side of and fronting Scott statue, bound by the statue, Massachusetts avenue and N street, and containing about 3,300 square feet of ground, for Mra. Eleanor Me- Gowan, to ex-Senator D. L. Yulee, of Florida, for $4 square foot. This is the highest price ever paid in this city for ground for dwelling- house purposes. Part of 9, in square 158, 24 feet feet wide by 148 feet deep. to a 25-foot alley, north side of N street, between 17th and 18th streets northwest, through Mr. John Bull, agent, for the owner, to Mr. James D. Cleary, for $1.05 a square foot.* —$___ The Outrage on Henrietta Robinson. REYNOLDS AND M’NULTY HELD IN $1,000 BaIL EACH. James Reynolds and Patrick McNulty, in- dicted for an accessory before the fact of the rape of Henrietta Robinson, on the 3d of Sep- tember last, of which crime Maurice Connors was recently convicted as principal, were ar- raigned in the Criminal Court to-day, and pleaded “not guilty.” Messrs. Chas. Pelham and H. H. Wells, jr., who appeared as counsel for the two young men, obtained leave, upon entering the pleas, to withdraw the plea if they thought proper. Mr. Pelham, stating that the defendants were unable to give bail, applied to have them released on their personal recog- nisance. He said that they could never be convicted under the present indictment. When tried with Connors they were convicted as ac- cessories, though not indicted as such. The court set aside the verdict, and ought to have discharged the prisoners. He insisted that the evidence at the former trial would not sustain the present indictment, and the court knew It. Judge Wylle said he knew the exact converse of that proposition, and held the prisoners in $1,000 bail each. The defendants were com- mitted in default of bonds. ee Congressional Topics. The Senate, up to the hour of adjournment Saturday, was still debating Mr. Pendleton’s civil service reform bill. The House did not dispose of the postal bill Saturday. On motion of Mr. Punn a para- graph was added to the bill providing that if the revenues of the Post Office department should be insufficient to meet the appropriations made, 8 sum equal to such deficiency shall be appropriated trom any money in the Treasury. In the House Saturday, Mr. Wadsworth, from the committee-on invalid pensions, reported a bill granting a pension to the widow of Maj. Gen. Warren; Mr. Reed, chairman of the com- mittee on the judiciary, reported a bill, which was passed, extending until May 14, 1883, the time for claimants to file claims before the court of commissioners of Alabama claims; and Mr. Hiseock offered a resolution for a holiday recess from the 22d of December, 1882, until. the 8d of January, 1883. Sampson P. Bailey, who contested the seat of Representative Barbour, of the Alexandria dis- trict, in the 47th Congress, desires to be re- imbursed for the expenses of his contest in the sum of 32,160, and Representative Paul will in- troduce a Dill to this e at an early day. A GIRL THREATENING A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE- GRoom.—Two colored girls appeared in the clerk’s office at the court house this morning and upon inquiry learned that a marriage license had been issued to Joseph Bouldin and Lucy Mason on ‘Thursday last. One of the girls sald that Bouldin had been enga iged to marry her companion, Win- nie Webb, on hanksgiving day, but Winnie was sick then and not in condition to marry, and he had deserted her. The deserted maiden’ showed much indignation, and declared “If he marries that girl I Will shoot him.” —— Gone To Grorcta.—Rey. C. B. Middleton, pastor of Mount Lebanon M. P. church, corner of John and Bond streets, Baltimore, preached his farewell sermon last night. Rey. Mr. Mid- dieton has accepted a call to the pastorate of a mission church at Atlanta, Ga. nee is made on the advice of his physician and with the consent of his congregation. Mr. Middleton is a native of East Washinton, the son of Mr. R. V. Middleton, the well known machinist now in business in Georgetown. es The Courts. Crevrr CourT—Judse Saturday, Fraser agt. Taylor: demurrer set aside and judgment. Hill azt. Murdock; judg- ment for want of plea. Harmer and Bailey agt. Dopglass; Birney & Birney withdrew as counsel on order to employ new counsel. Browning agt. District of Columbia; motion in arrest of Sudgment overruled. Anderson et al. : Smith: new trial refused; appeal bond approved. United States agt. Mattoon; motion to strike out plea granted; ten days to file bond and exe- cution stayed. State of Maryland agt. Golds- borough; Judgment by default. Wageaman agt. Randall et al.; plea stricken out and cause remanded; appeal prayed and motion to fix bond refused. Atkins agt. Fitzgerald; motien for security for costs overruled. Potice Covrt—Judge Snell. To-day, Willis Reagan, larceny of a toy wagon; 15 days: ‘Ben. P. Entwisle, des ¢ private property; $10 or 80 days. James Kennedy and Peter Taggart, Interfering with the pound- master, $15 or 15 days each. ——————— Body Snatchers Active. THE GRAVE ROBBERIES AT MONTREAL. The recent robbery of graves in cemeteries ad- Jjacent to Montreal has created @ general feeling of alarm, especially in the rural districts, and the people are organizing for the better security of their dead. Three bodies were stolen trom a vault in the burying ground of St. Anne, several days ago, two weré exhumed at Chambly and carried away, and several corpses were stolen from the burial ground at the Oka Indian reser- vation. The number of body-siatchers seems to be increasing. GHOULS IN NORTH CAROLINA. At Greensboro, N. C., the appearance of a number of suspicious-looking characters in the streets at night has created considerable excite- ment. It is rumored that they have robbed a number of graves in the neighborhood and sold the bodies for $10 each. Evrorzan Torics.—Earl Spencer has issued three new proclamations offering rewards for information relative to the Phoenix park mur- ders. Westgate, the self-accused assassin, has arriyed in Dublin and retracted his confession. Over 1,000 applitations for assistance to emi- sec. 8, . B. Hunter, part 8, sub. Lee’s hill, Georgetown; $150. ‘0. B. Cody to serosa eh ae be el , sul }. 545; . Elizabeth L. Dallas to Agnes M. , Bub. lot 21, aq. 192; 96,000. a Rev, Mr. ‘about 10:30 o'clock a.m., Heense having grate have been made to the Mi fed Jaw union in county Mayo.’ France will ret to accept the idency of the ptian debt commis- sion. France has deci not to abandon the expedition to Tonquin. The sultan has denied the reports of dissensions in-the government and =e he doesn’t fear. co! against bimeel OFFERED TO CoMPROMISE FOR €100,000.—In the criminal branch of the Usited States circuit court in New York last Friday, Georgé Bayard and Gustave F. Perrenond, the tiquor dealers indicted for reusing revenue stamps on whisky barrels, withdrew their pleas of not guilty and entered those of guilty. Both weve released on $75,000 bail to appear for sentence in January. It is reported Affairs in West Washington. Tue Late “Bup” EaGLeston.—The meeti of the m Dashaway Reform club, call on Saturday night last for the purpose of taking eultable action relative to the death of the late Bud Eagleston, was largely attended. Eulogies upon the deceased were made by Messrs. Mo- Gowan, Rohrer, and Craig. Messrs. William H. Rohrer, H. C. Noyes and Andrew Frey were appointed a committee to draft suitable reselu- tions. relative to deceased, to be reported at the Fegular meeting of the club this evening. It was also ordered that the exterior and interior of the hall be draped in morning for the perlod of thirty days. Yesterday the club attended the funeral at the church in a body, as did also Invincible Council, No. 7, Sons ef Jonadab, the latter going to the house In company with the other councils of this jurisdiction and formed a part of the escort of the remains to the church and thence to Glenwood cemetery. A SLicnt Fire.—About 12:30 o'clock yester- day afternoon fire was discovered in an out- house belonging to Michael McGowan, 3233 N street northwest. It was extinguished by Sergeant Trunnell, Private Greene and some citizens without an alarm being turned in. Damage slight. The fire was caused by Mr. Mc- Gowan’s children igniting some furniture pack- ing stored In the house. 5 A SOHOONER Asfore.—The signal corps sta- tion at Sandy Hook, N. J., reported at 7 o'clock yesterday niorning as follows: -*Three-masted ‘achooner Isaac L. Clark, Captain Crammer, from Georgetown to New York, with coal, came ashore at 1 a. m. on point off Sandy Hook. The crew of seven were all saved. The captain has doubts of getting her off, and says she is making water. Assistance has been telegraphed for. Life saving crew No.1 boarded her at 1:45 a. m.” Port.—Sehr. I. A. Clark, from this place to New York, went ashore on the point off Sandy Hook, was got off same day and towed to New vork. —— Seeking an Opponent for Sullivan. A telegram from New York, Dec. 17, says: After several weeks ef surmise and conjecture regarding the object of Billy Madden's trip to England, sporting men inthis city have settled down to the belief that Sullivan's ex-trainet has gone abroad with the sole purpose of finding a suitable opponent in the prize ring for hia late pupil. Madden advertised in the London Sporting Life of December 2.a boxing match, to the winner of which he promised fo give a prize valued at £40, and to the next best_ man one worth £10. He promised also to pay the expenses of all competitors, even of those who coine from Scotiand and Ireland. The match was to be fought this week under the Marquis of Queensberry rules, the Judges being ap- pointed by the London sporting press or the Amateur Boxing Association. If the winner of the match to be boxed this week, in Mr. Mad- den’s opinivn, possesses the necessary muscular qualifications, he may be expected to face Sul- livan on. this side of the water in the early spring. : industrial Notes. The Massachusetts grand bank fishing fleet has closed !ts season's work. Prices have been very renumerative, with indications of an ad- vance after New Year's. The whaling fieet have brought in a small average catch, and because of the extreme low price the business does not pay expenses. The proprietors of the Singer Stee! works, at Pittsburg notified the melters on Saturday even- ing that their wages would be reduced from 37 to 26 perton. The melters refused to accept the reduction while other steel mills are paying $7, and the matter was referred to the Amalga- mated association for settlement. News Briefs. Ice cutting was begun in Massacbusetts Sat- unley. The prospects are that the crop will be large. The ten Brooklyn aldermen who were im- prisoned for contempt of court were released from jail yesterday morning. The Sunday Item announces that Mr. Fred. Gebhard arrived in Philadelphia at a late hour Saturday night. Mrs. Langtry plays there this week. Sarah Kear, aged 18, a governess in the fam- ily of Major Chipman, at San Francisco, coin- mitted suicide last Friday night by taking pols- on. She received a sharp reproof from her mis- tress Thursday, and this is the only assignable cause of her suicide. Schedules in the assignment for the’ benefit of creditors of the firm of Barnett, Bach & Co., of New York, show the liabilities to be $48,474,and actual assets €22.461. Dennis Donovan, the champion fifty-mile pe- Gestrian of America, is fatally ill with erysipelas in the head at his home in Natick, Mass. A case belleved to be genuine leprosy has de- veloped in the almshouse at Salem, Mass. The patient is Charles Derby, who arrived trom San Francisco a week ago. A steer escaped from a drove in the neigh- borhood ot Central Park. New York, on Satur- day evening and tossed two men before he was lassoed and shot. ‘The expert accountants who have been exam- ining the books of the Brooklyn board of edu- cation find that ex-Secretary Stuart is a de- faulter to the extent of $250,000. A special from Augusta, Me. says: “The Hon. Lott M. Morrill is growing weaker. He ex- presses a desire to live to see his daughters, who are on their way from Europe and are expected every hour at New York.” George R. Sims, of Indianapolis, Ind., was ar- ralgned at Chicago for conspiring with Chief Pension Clerk Ferrell to fraudently raise money on pension papers. No defense was offered and he was found guilty. He will be sentenced to- day. A young son of Rev. T. G. Gardner, of Allen- town, I fell while skating and fractured his skull; © himself. The British bark Langrigg Hall, from Liver- pool, struck on Tuskar rock, off the coast of Wexford, Irefand. Twenty-four of the crew e drowned, only two were sayed. The penal code wes a dead letter In New York yesterday. Persons who engaged in busi- ness were not interfered with by the police, Joseph Crawtord,an actor of the Theater Com- iqne, at Minneapolis, Minn., was taken sick on. Monday last,and the city physicians pronounced the disease varioloid. The theati > was closed, the actors and employes, numoering forty- five persons, were placed under quarantine. Ina Leadville, (Col.) dance-house yesterday two men named Miller and Cummings quarreled about paying fora drink. Both drew pistols and commenced firing. Cummings and a looker- on named Rearick, from Victoria, IL, were fatally wounded. A colored man entered the store of John Wright, near Memphis, Tann., Saturday, and demanded of Mrs. Wright, who was temporarily in charge of the store, the money that was in the drawer. She refused to give it up, and the robber thereupon shot her in presence of her little daughter, robbed the store and made his escape. The postoffice at Monroeton, Bradford county, Pa., was burglarized early Saturday morning. The safe was blown open and several hundred dollars in stamps were taken, together with some registered letters. Postmaster D. J. Sweet also lost 2300 in money and some valua- ble papers. The indications are that the work was done by professional cracksmen. A pouch at the post office, containing mail matter for the East, suddenly burst into flames from spontaneous combustion, at Detroit, on Saturday, and was destroyed. It was filled with merchandise of all sorts. a The gross pocelts ¢ the Globe Theater, Bos- ton, during Mrs. ztry’s two weeks’ engage- meni Pea terminated Saturday night, were $26, 7: Bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, Minn., has issued an edict prohibiting Roman Catholics from act- w ing as saloon keepers. A THEATRICAL Strike.—There fs a threatened strike already among the amateurs engaged for the production of the ‘Passion May” in New York, the agitation being due to their having been unable thus far to obtain written contracts from the manager assuring them of permanency of employment and suitable salaries. One of the actors, who has been in rehearsal, and who says he “was to double up in Peter and Joseph,” ronounces some of the scenes pathetic,though fie language put in the mouths of the charac- ters is sometimes ridiculots. For instance, Joseph starts off in a speech, “Blessed be the Lord, for corroborating.” Peter considered it quite likely that the first representation of the “Passion Play” will break up in a stage row in which the Biblical characters will take an active ‘and conspicuous part. ———_—_-e-___ “Tp you_would be truly happy, my dear,” said ‘one New York lady to another, %, on will have neither eyes'nor ears when your husband comes home late from the club.” ‘Yea, I know,” answered the other, wearily, “but what am I to do with my nose?”—Phil. Icnatierr, the Russian ing to 18,006 Anthony, the American statesm: the that they have offered to. Island. Political Matters, GOV. BUTLER’S STAFF. The staff of Governor-elect Butler, of Massa- chusetts, is announced as follows: Adjutant general, Samuel Dalton, of Salem, with the Tank of brigadier general; assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major, Isaac F.Kings- bury, of Newton; judge advocate general, with the rank of brigadier, George F. Verry, of Wor- cester; surgeon general, with the rank of brig- adier, without pay, Dr. 0. G. Cilley, of Boston: aides-de-camp, with the rank of colonel, A. C. Woodworth, of Chicopee; A. C. Drinkwater, of Braintree; John P. Sweeney, of Lawrence, and Harrison W. Huguely, of Boston. IDAHO LEGISLATURE. A dispatch trom Boise City, Idaho, says: “The territorial legislature is now fully organized. The assembly has elected D.W. Fouch (rep.) speaker. The governor in his messace_ denounces in strong terms the evils of polygamy.” AIDE-DE-CAMP S. 3. TILDEN. Governor-elect Cleveland, of New York, has tendered the appointment of aide-de-amp on his staff to Samuel J. Tilden, jr., of Columbia county, a nephew of ex-Governor Tilden, and it has been accepted. New Jersey Politics. DETERMINED TO PROTECT THE BALLOT. A large gathering of some of Burlington county's best citizens, of both political parties, met In the court-house at Mount Holly Saturday afternoon for the purpose of taking action for the purification of the ballot and the suppression of bribery by buying votes at the elections. Col. G. S. Cannon was chosen president, and Judge Parry vice president.” Ex-Congressman J. Howard Pugh called the convention to order. mittee and decided to prosecute those offending to the extreme limit of the law. CONGRESSIONAL TRIPLETS. Three democratic members-elect of Congress winter, all boarded at the same hotel in Tren- ton, all ate at the same table, and all yoted alike on important questions. They are McAdoo, Fiedler and Ferrell. A telegram from Fort Apache last night says: “Lieut-Colonel George W. Schofield, of the 6th cavalry, commanding this post, committed sui- elde thig morning. He shot himself in the right eye, the bullet passing through the brain. He had been In poor health for some time, and the deed was doubtless done in a moment of tem- porary insanity.” Col. Schofield entered the military service In 1861 as first Neutenant of the Ist Missouri artil- lery, and was promoted to captain on Sept. 1, 1863. On March 9, 1864, he was appointed lieu- tenant-colonel of the 2d Missouri artillery, and January 26, 1865, was brevetted brigadler-gen- eral for gallant and meritorious services. He vas mustered out of the volunteer service Nov. 26, 1865. On July 28, 1866, he was appointed major of the dist infantry, which appointment he accepted in November of the same year. On Dec. 15, 1870, he was assigned to the 10th cav- alry, and Dec. $0, 1881, was appointed Neuten- ant-colonel of the 6th cavalry. ——__~>—____ Mrs. Neil Dennivon’s Death. EX-GOV. DENNISON'S NIECE—THE UNEXPECTED END OF A SAD LIFE AT COLUMBUS. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Press, from Columbus, 0., Dec. 16, says: Mrs. Mary Dennison, the wife of the wayward Neil Dennison, died here yesterday afternoon of pneumonia. She was the niece of ex-Gov. Dennison, who has borne a prominent part in state and national history, and was well-known in éocial circles in Cincinnati and Cleveland. She leaves four children who have shared with their gifted mother the unhappy life left them as a legacy by their living father. Mrs. Dennison was formerly Mary Haldeman, the daugh- ter of a prominent Pennsylvanian, who lived on the Susquehanna near Harrisburg, where she was married soon after the war to the handsome but dissolute soldier, Neil Dennison. She came to Columbus, where her beauty and charming manners soon gave hera high place in society. Her husband's political and social downfall are familiar history. After ten years Mrs. Dennison was forced to seek an en; ment in a theatrical company to gain a livelihood for herself and children. She was afterward, when it was too late, made a pensioner of Governor Dennison's family, but she would probably have returned to the stage during this season had she lived. Her illness was short, and its'end unexpected, but her death calls forth general expressions of regret. = Killed Himvelt tor Lov. MARRIED AN OCTOROON AND COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE NOT PERMITTED TO LIVE WITH HER. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Pittsburg, December 15, says:—Several days ago a report was telegraphed trom Chicago that James Matthews, a young man of great promise, formerly of this city, had committed suicide. To-day the cause of the suicide has leaked out, and the story is asad one of mis- cegenation, suicide, and possibly a legal fight for the remains of the young man. His parents, who are well-to-do, respectable people, reside in Alleghet ity. Thesonabout a yearago became acquainted with and married a handsome octo- roon. This wasa severe blow to the parents, who expected better things of the young man, and they at once set to work to bring about a separation. In this they were unsuccessful. As a last resort they Induced the young man to go to Chicago, on the plea that he would thus bet- ter his financial condition. The wife remained at her home in Allegheny, receiving frequent tetters from her husband, all of them couched in terms of fond endearment. Finally he became despondent and wrote that he would rather die than be separated from the only woman he loved. The next news was that he had committed suicide. The body is now on the way to this city, and the octoroon wife avows her determination to obtain possession of it for burial, even if she has to resort to legal process. She has considerable property and many friends who have stood by her during her marital trouble. One child is the fruit of the union—a bright little fellow, who bears a strik- ing resemblance to his fath ——-oo—___ DeatH oF Dr. J. Forsyra MEios.—Dr. J. Forsyth Meigs died in Philadelphia on Saturday eyening of pneumonia. He was born 1820, gfaduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1838, and for a number of years was a physi- clan at the hospital. He was particularly ekil- ful in diseases peculiar to children, and wrote a medical work entitled “‘A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children.” He was a physician at the Pennsylvania hospital until about a year ago, when he resigned, and his son, Dr. Ail Meigs, was appointed in his place. sin sooeaeciecie ah ea TIMELY APPEARANCE OF A Pastor's WiFr.— For several weeks Rev. George Davis has been conducting missions at Fort W ie, Pa., ine emall church known as Holman Street chapel. But little was known of him except that he hailed from Cleveland. After becoming better acquainted he commenced paying marked atten- tions to several young ladies, and it is alleged went eo far as to propose marriage to two of them. His wife and child suddenly appeared at Fort Wayne, and walked into church before he was aware of it. He was arrested last Friday and taken before Squire Ryan. Several young ladies, especially the two mentioned above, are subpenaed. The affair has caused a decided sensation. SS SaLe or 4 Wire FoR @500.—' man of his wife to another. Alfred Jenkins, the owner of a farm in that section, afew day since sold his wife to Noah Glidew - eid a fits ei The convention appointed an executive com-_ from New Jersey were all in the legislature last | Cay Washington Letter to Pit Garette. Very few peopte know the itiside history Bristow's Aut. with the express companies | he was Secretary of the Treasury. The express | companies made what Mr. Bristow thought exe | horbttant changes for carmping currency to the (Great distributing point, the New York sub- treasury. Hetoldth> companies that a lower rate must be conceded or he would take the business away from the companies. They wen deflant at that time. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were being shipped daily and the express | companies offered the only secure’ way for jthe carrying of these great suma, and so =they = charged aco % being certain, as matters then stood, thas the Secretary could not get along without them. Suddeyly the express people were nottiled that | Mr. Bristow had made arrangemeuts for con- ing this currency and that ther could nog the business unless they came to hjs terma, | For several weeks currency was transmitted to ‘ew York in the most mysterious way. Op Mr. Bristow, his confdant In the Treasury, the sub-treasurer in New York knew the the work was done. The express compaties held aloof upon the belief that Bristow would Not dare to coutinue to assume the pétsonal re sponsibility for the safety of the carrying of | these great sums, but as the work went on UB disturbed for several weeks without loss oF public scandal, the companies finally gave and were glad to make new contracts for ¥ | Bristow was able to pay them. | This is the way the express companies were circumvented. The Secretary selected a t special agent of the Treasury, who elmply put | the currency ina valise and went over to New York as an ordinaty passenger on the night | train. Thomas Cavanaugh, the deputy sergeant. ) at-artas under gallant Col. Hooker ia the Pow | was the special agent selected for this work! He is a tall, broad-shouldered, deep-ches'ed, manly locking specimen of humanity. Hie square, resolute, sun-browned face is accenta- j ated by @ crisp, curling mustache oo: hiding his mouth. His straight nose, oi tue jeyes and square jaws stand out tna face ra. markable for its combination of good nature and iron resolution. Cavanaugh used to set out from the office of the Secretary of the Treas after night with avalise simply stuffed with gor= | ernment currency. One night he had in bis $750,000 In greenbacks. Every dollar oy | {trusted to him was safely carried. Not @ penny ever was lost. His pay from the ‘Treasury was his regular one, eight dollars a day and his traveling expenses. He gave no bonds for this work, as the law recognized no such wag of carrying the funds. The Secretary had abso: lutely no protection beyond Cavanaugh's {ndi- vidual hoor. If he bad run away with an odd half million at any time*he could not have been prosecuted for more than a breach of trust. In the carrying of this money Cave- naugh carried more than bis life in nig hands. If it were even suspected that he was carrying such sums over in a section of New York sleeper as an ordinary passenger he would certainly have been attacked. If he had been robbed, nothing but his death in de- fending his trust could have saved him from the scandal of being classed by many as @ ullty iclpant in the robbery. Toward the last. avanaugh became very nervous. He used to Start out with his money in one hand and a re- volver inanother nlddenin the pocket of his great coat. A close coupe took him down the avenue. In the sleeping-car toward the last he slept but litte." Someone was always reach’ across his gashed throat for the money placed in his trust. ful responsibility came toanend, and he was able to go back to his ‘ordinary duties. To-day Cavanaugh is again carrying government money. He is the official who takes from the Treasury the money needed in the business office of the Sergeant-at-arms’ office, where the members paid. Bank cashiers and men of high trast co: find much to learn in the rugged, unassum! integrity of Thomas Cavanaugh. Gounod on Modern Music, THE COMING MASTER TO RESTORE THE sIM- PLICITY OF MOZART AND ROSSINI. From an Interview in London. “To my mind the intellectual tendency of the art of music'ls greater than the sentimental to- day, but the great fault of music now is that % is complex and not simple. Masters are too apt to study the effects of a hautboy, of a violin, of @ flute—questions of detatl—and to disregar@ the great value of the tout ensemble—the ex pression, in its completeness, ot an idea. Itwas not always so. Rossini and Mozart, for exam- ple, were both sublimely simple. All the great- est things are alwayssimple. Rossini compored divinely from divine inspiration. It is as though God had ordered him to sing and he sang—natue rally, easily and spontaneously. It was his na- ture, and there was no effort. The same was true of Mozart.” 4 “What is your opinion of the art of musle now?” inquired the interviewer. “Like everything else, it is in a transitory stage. It is not wholly sentimental or wholly practical. When the two are wedded together it will be sublime, and the fact of our being ta this transitory state gives me confidence. There strength in weakness, and where there is op- position to trath, truth would be the loser. We gain the strength and experience by combatand failure, and it is always after a transitory and hesitating stage like the present that the grand. est epoch cowes, when ideality and reality go hand in hand, when faith and reason ure one. The time will come, rely upon it, although per- haps nelther you nor I will see it. It is the natural evolution of all things, and the history of human thought is as the physical history of this planet. As years and centuries roll on we Shall see things clearer, until at length faith and reason will be as one, and things which we now consider supernatural will be naturaj. Music is only one phase of thought, and in cone sidering its present condition and its tuture I cannot separate it from other forms of thot They all have the same history and will even- tually meet with the same full completeness and perfect power.” “But what will be the result of this present complex condition of the theory of music in Europe?” “Why, naturally from this complexity will spring simplicity. The next great master will be as simple as Mozart or Kossin!. He will come as a giantend break all, but with the fragments of what he has broken he will erect a splendid temple—Power; powerful, because tt is truth, and simple, because it is true and powerful. As it is with the history of any art, 80 It 1s with the history of nation’. Germany has been for years the head, the reason, the in- telligence; and France, the beart, the senti- ment. The day will come when they will under- stand each other and be as one.” ‘The Nature of Mushroom Poison. From the London Times. The deaths which are frequently reported from the consumption of supposed edible fungi render this question an important one. Prof. Ponfick, of Breslau, has lately made experiments on the common mushroom, and the practical re- sults obtained are interesting and valuable. It appears that all common mushroont are poison- ous—a fact not sufficiently umderstood—but cooking deprives them ina greater or leas degree of thelr poisonous qualities. The repeated wash- ing with cold water which they usually undergo to cleanthem takes awaya lon of the poison, _ and boiling does the rest; butthe waterin which — cmd epee = J highly pono, and | should always be carefully di of. Experl- ments which Prot Ponfick made on doce showed ate its own weight of raw mash- sick, but recovered; if it ate 1 per cent the poison Imad a more viclent but amount of 10 Fond dog's body. ‘ashing with not remove all the poison, #0 cold water does It was a great relief when this dread- 4: —y | é cent of the weight of the |