Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1883, Page 2

AND DISTRICT. STEAM RAILROADS IN TH "Provisions of Senator Ingails’ Bill. TIONS OF PRIVILEGES. Senator | steam railroa Senate ye. evening. re) foutes new in use, and pi racks of the Baltimore and Pay shall be anited at some pelnt eity limits. in the vi the Metropolitan by he north side of avenue, on the estal follow thence tne lines gouth sde of E street Square 631. (bonne and Deinware avente east). in whieh square pany shatl be lo: €atcn, be! the compa: exceediny four. asthe cor the Hine of Delaw an the estal missioners of the Rt equal distances on line of the avenue. 1 tracks shai! not ex: and galls’ bi 4 day, as sta als existins nity ot Brooks’ station, 01 and enter t street depots of 1) On the ro: erade ax District of ¢ tinueus iron feet above the street automatic lowering or toldi: pattern ap by the Commission District sbali te pla ously desert itimere company shall revit lying norte of the so us, wi Mar move ww tue <treet replies ditvon as at the time th laid. The (rethi. passe and bulidings Tatlroad vin Squares UF parts ¢ the United tracks between Ist 5: wes! the e ny may any shail have the recht te acquire eynd~mnation for that purpose. if 6 On the tine of Maryla: and Virginia wy the company may lay such number of tracks eXeeeding four, as ties may elect: the tracks shal! be lad on mere tha.) sixty feet oo the aver Separatal Tom remains 7 rty wrtior the by cur fences and s. all in the manner as hereint specitied for th Of the Baltimore and Onto railroad on De avenue On the re ours OF Uh Within the eity finvt=, th 1 TWO track. any shai rr rer Mainn portion of th and cate: pany of tie ety ot W it< oF enzines th avenues fora lonzer period than is mat! ary for the proper making up of ‘Any cox be subject to a tue omtense. The ‘tracks. prope uildiugs of the ra d from sad Teservation adjacent thereto, structure Kao u as the d beiore the Ist day Tailroad co: tate a suit in tie U azainst the United 5 of the depot bu iday, that court in the premises sali be tinat, shall be paid. and thereupoa tie property in the structure shall vest in the United states for ali parposes The Bactimere and Ohio railroad company shall erect and ma on the line of M ehuseits avenue. and ior the y avenue, over its tracks on Delaware Permanent viaduct. and e Proacies thereto. all in Commissioners of the andthe wiainct. with its completed by the first Congress reserves the tion of other vis Of the railroad should th apparent Wi ized by C er the tracks of hecessity fur such ver any other rallread shall be ai ter the city of Washin ton, if sl ne of the twe rout designate 1 it shall he allowed to use the tracks already laid upoa t on suc bie teruis as may L por by th. preser.bed by wreach and every day January. 183-. that the aforesaid ry ies. of either uf them, sha! a Sheds. depots. or other build their trains on any of the dublic places im the as authorized by constructed the feuces, vates here;ntefore required, the shall be subject to a fine by prosecution on in the wistriet of Columbia, tent juried c' tld District Bin the Roadways iu the Parks. To the Editor of Tak Evesixe $ I desire throu tion of “wh Parks—and that is, that they are ml A Any one who + new ride on Street, thence theomian stout and 30 on to th nt, on Sunday last, could not but struck with act. for Fall the way, with the little main the: been, the carriaue drive was as muddy as any d.—more xo. in soiue _im- ¥ around the city so that that hot run off at the sid 1 was properly roune and as thes wear more o1 Mon t ition to the side next to the ft, there is ne wilditers, consequence is that the water that tails the turf runs down onto tie roadway. su the slightest rain renders tteim muddy The ie trun West aide of tue City When the wet weat agreeabl Rit ti how any one the impor center uf the: Ves and walks, and uiak- gutters, if « open diteh to catch the surface water, and prevent it from runnins outo OF across them. A couutry schuoiboy vuyhi to yuch for that anection I would also call att emety of a cutter wi Py Square, trom bath __ the water from the sq = across walk so as te keep it sopping wet ail ater aud spring it is nut ft to waik A Citizen. Should be Kept Open. ‘To the Editor of ‘us EVENING sta. it isso fat that It will be very dis- on he west side et to Lou siava The city money order otfice closes at 4 p. m. This is net a Lepartment office. and there is no Teaser why it sivuid close at Pepar hours, to the great incony ofthe thousands w cannot couvenienty visit t between Yand 4 Ot Course these leurs a Tks of that office. but be 3 I see Rot why it should net be opea aitil aiter $ p. cities. Will uot the P.M. pivase Another Swindle. ‘To the Editor of Tax Evestno Stax | Aa Jusinuating bluck wan cal's et your door about dark. and pointing to a licht in a wood house visible therefrom, very politely asks that Jou will lend him advliar—his wile, yonder, las st been contlued aud the dollar ix required to y someting at the drug ture. You olject | that an able-bodied married wan. Say. out. under the circumstances, to be py ded with # doilar fr suetra purpose. You are an- SWered that Lie able-bodied mmrried man has only Just obtatied work at the Avrieuliural grounds, Sad he will return the dollar ot the “Ist of the month.” You thes pieiureto yourself the possible distress of the univstupate invalid, and draw our duiar at once Tue uble-vodied very po- iteiy uxks God to biess you, and, raisins his hat. disappears in tue rhadows. ‘ihe “ist of the Menth” comes and goes, and mauy other days mas returus. You feel you bave been victiinizel, and now Jou say tu yourself, tiis mscal shail uot cheat iy neighbors thus, or, if Le has been doing it by thisora like story, he shall be pilloried iu Tus Stax. with an invitation to other victhusto Sormmunicate their experiences to that splendid Res, #0 the scarnp can be traced to his den by pullgr and deait with accurdiay to the laws. MassacuvsetTs AveNUx, Neak 13TH St. eeEist curry. Mistaken Idens Concerning It. To the Editor of Tar Evextne STaR The late unfortunate accident on Saturday . whereby a member of the battery com- | fajor Hauneman lost bis hand. has | led many to look into the details of the aboye- | cess in disposing of his paintings. — Mr. Wm. Warrea Brown, who formerly had astudio here, has a view on Lake George, palnted by him last summer, on exhibition at it attracts much attention ‘the view takes in Black Mountain, one of the and gives: lent Idea of the locality | ARY RESTRIC- | [a to define the routes of ,.,| Mentioned battery. f the city, r-introdn nthe . | Tind that a large number | | of citizens have a mistaken {dea concerning it. | erally supposed to have a fund paid by | ty, by which it ts maintained, avhich is not This battery was orzanized rs aco by Major Hanneman. who | isa thoronzh soldier, and competent in every The men are all volunteers, also the y cent necessary to keep it up | comes from private subscription, and, in many | instances, when It turns out. the money for S, aud a sinail sum to each | man. for refresiiments, comes f the ease at all. hie railroad com- over twelve yea * the at at Delaware t crade. and t tings are heid, | N 1, those conducting the tneet- ing appropriate a small sum necessary to cover The city gave the caunons twelve since. and the zencros ty of the wift is ewhat tarnished by the fact that they were d been condemned, so they were given | f “you can have it, | and a salute i on the Yorkshire prineipie to try avain, an lan | two or three years 1 a voluntary mark of respect on | Shes fire aeaiute to old | Qule Valle ssed the White | ‘Ives very much on our ith cause, still, in many | we are like | We price our. Ss compared to those who put on a handsome vut: to bide deticencies underneath, things that a With all its | _ for instance watter of Hanne= sion of seif-reproach. ades, receptions of outside aly comuany we have ce to our city ‘ome rail- sent pos A, with the exception vf that portion ot 6th Hine. of | class room, for be has quite a rly equipped and a fund for | 5° Pressing are his ensuzeme it to pay for i spect that he will not be able to come to Wash+ ie ©. when it does | ion composed Potomac such Ii tisthe working and is not only seen, but be hoped the matter will in hand, fur we ¢ ber or salutes d longing to the District |i irst-class work- af shall occupy not and sitall be A Good Suxge To the Fiitor of Tue Evestwo Stan: Your paper has the honor to have started the Children’s Christ Ml not your paper interest itself in ineurance compan rthem or their childr ily those men who yut the fire on Fs A Reaper or THE STAR. Dangerous Trap. | To the Editor of Tae Evexive Star: ion of the District Commissioners ‘ondition of the upper step of < or pany love of who pair of the orth save the District cousiderable da:naes. “LookeR-ON.” RAILROAD. » there washed out m: THE DRUM Poi) Present State of he Enterprise—Inac= y of the New York Interest. From the Baltimore Sun. tion of the building ofa railroad to tanore with deep water at Dram | artists and critics, they are Point, io Calvert county, at the mouthot Patux- | His ] ent river, has for some yearsattracted the atten- | line, and ina place of houor, which is no mean tion of business men, and the projected Dram Point road is familiarly known tn most of its With a subscribed capital of $488,000 . Those who are Identitle: any believed the project it is understa trol in the company have not as yet taken whic would look as if 1 the line by 1885, mpanies referred te in this act. uctures become xwzes and oiler oblizations to keep the fram some ifty thousand di ecurethe Annap- olis and Eikride tu be part of the li some of the Balti- | have become restive oso far shown, and that they the New York parties to come here ina nd prove that they propose to take + to show the legisia i interest, or as may Le ture at its appre after the first day of It is estimated that the ri teen montis for be built in | by pro The railroad is to be point near the and run fro | Point harbor. at | outn of the Patuxe Brooklyn, Curtis’ cr endship, Prince ie of court of compe € points on the Line of the road, the the termini ‘The charter provides that y be built to Washington, n Atlantic railroad com- which proposes to build a | ou the Eastern Shore cross the Chesapeake truct «line tr to Baltimore, has of Annapolis road ®ould give ashort line to Aouapolie, but it is not. as projected, intended to give Balti- more an outport ON TRIAL F all the atten- toa very se- Fious detect in the carriaze ways of the publi: | the rooms are not to be limit had R WIFE MURDER. A Brutal Blow on a Croquet Ground That Ended in Death. Hein is on trial at Woodbury, N. J., enarzed with mansiaughter, In having killed | The first witness called was Mary Nuvent. a sister of the deceased woman, who 28th she was visit- that on October was farmed by her brother-in-law, the prisoner. After dinuer a game of croquet was played Ru, | nd the witness herself were part- hers, and Elizabeth Hein and Joho Walton were | ihe first ame was won by A second wame few walk alone the ess and her partner. in abut four o'clock, and in the middle Hein, on inding his wife . bein cursing her. He stood against the “ame Kudoiph cross to his wife all Ja: As his wite stouped forward, with her back toward him, te stake a ball. he took a@ couple of steps forward and deliberately kicked f She was in a’ delicate | was on the point of falling to Sylvester Rudranbock caught her Several of those present ‘took her | in the rarms aud carried her into the kitchen and did what they couid to rehievi Mrs. Hein op the w ound ty the house said, | of me,” and she died abeutt H John Walton and Sylvester Rudraubock | corroborated the above testimony in nearly | every detail. MARKIED HER FATHER-| row the cro- Thus ts the last | ‘nty minutes after- | | Novel Developments | Nelson’s Suit for Damages, It was noticed in the Baltimore American that Suit for $25,000 damages for the death of her | busband bad been tiled by Mrs. Joseph E. Nelson | against George V. Cunningham. The American says: ‘Tle latter was tried for the murderof Nel- son, but, tue jury disagreeing, the state finally stetied the case. Mrs. Nelxon, who claims to be tie widew of Joseph E. Nelson, was also the widow of Netson’s son, and the lawsof Muryland ce with a father-in-law. € its effect on the pe S yrew out of the fact that Neilson had bern looked upon as a widower, and the institution of a sult for damayes from a | person claiming to be his widow caused remark. n. upon Inquiry of Mrs. Nelson, who at first appeared to be reluctant about speaking of tne case it was learned that after the death of the T Nelson, some three years ago, and find- ing uerself with a family to provide for, ahe line -d to solicitation on the part of the dead hus- band's father and fiually married him. It ts tobe presuinded she knew uothiny of tne law prohib- iting such marriage. “tocery store at the corner of Poppi Sarah Ann streeta, The first wife of Nelson, sr., died many years ago, and thereafter he resided with his son and dauhter-in-law. $e Beef tea asa beverage bas become a drink in Omaha, and it is sold at the tae exclusion of whisky fence. The saloon-keepers prohibit warris Mrs Nelson keej = it and stone- Profitable, as ddink. SS THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C *. SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 1888-DOUBLE SHEET. ART NOTES. Mr. Albert Borris, who had a studio in Washington for some time, with rather dis- no doubt, largely to his total ignorance vf the Enulish | lansuage.—is now located in Boston, where, | We are glad to hear, he is having very fair suc- couraging financial resul! OW} McElrov’s, wher most conspicuous ob} he observer an ex and its surroundings, ts on the lak the W Mr. One crayon portrai dow. One ika fine, cle face, worked up wi The other | is profile azainst a tape: eter is very distit ene A. Poole Joffras & ‘nt womanly | bad second.” | Tarner has been busily at work in B: he divides his time betwee: his ston next week to pay his . as he at one time exp rents a he 1 to do. vi both in oil and wat colors, have been popular THE AMERICAN GIRI D PLAY By B. ‘The Problen ot the Poor,” ete Miustrat-d. New ae G. P. Putuams’ Sons, Washington: Kobert | WORK FOR wom MRS. G: W — Mr F. L. Montague. who spent the creater part of the sumer in the immediate vicinity of | ite mountains, returned to Washington last week. and is azain in the studio formerly | occupied by him in the Y. MC. A. building on w York avenue. At the present time he has only a single completed picture to exhibit,— “Lake ot the Clouds, Wyominz,"—but he hopes in a little wate to have others ready to show to his friends. whom he will always be vlad to see Mr. Montague’s success here last year was suck as to lead him te the conclusion that Washing- | ton is not. after all, such a poor place for artists The cannon that exploded | as it is very often represented to be. Saturday is the same one that performed | Tie major thought then of turning it in, but had them ali caretully | and couciuded there was pluck and rare in the batter TWENTY — Froma late nuniber of the Cincinnati Gazette we take this notice of an artist whe for a tong time had a studio in this city, but who has for st been residing in the woman's ey and faish. The face round. The Mr Povie’s frst love is for landscape. in which he has done | cious al: | some exellent work, but Lis portraits are not a | con tion tow | earue Thess that —Since hia return from Europe, Mr. Rosa | Sekine empioy | ested in widen toa, where | hour Manson's yie her of pupils. | as to bulk and inexpens ve as to cost intha latter re- | concen much that is both inter Yl omiea of Is Ever) known is M since his location in Boston Mr Turner works, : that ary commendation of her new LITERARY NOTES. ELES CaMPRELL, Author HOW TO HELP THR Poor. uns. Jace: | Famipe. ‘Boston. Houghton Mita ee Washing. | ton: Robert veail. . By Gronar J. Masso: Zul GO. Pe Putnam's sous. Washingto THE COTTAGE KITCHEN. A Collection of Practical Last evening was ope: B opera iu Paris in the gay capi and Tnexp usive Reo ipte Ww York. Charles § Wm. Badantyne &'s ILPIN’'S FRUGALITIES. Remnant hem By SUSAN ANNA J Manion Sous nc ee gmuullies at = Dict LUTHER (/TLnERT. Sons, Wasldie G A Brentauo & Co. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. The five books here grouped together may be | ni, Tamberiiek, T: Tezarded as coming under the generai head of | household literature, which is common}; | as of minor importance: east are not unworthy serious attention. Campbell's volume. for exawple. cives deal of nee and outdoo: ecreations for Wes serve in the country i Field's pretty brochure the char! mm philanthropic lens, which mainly look rd crime by ind scrin nen sei the sphere of oc ulness for others, will do weil to 's on the snt nand psult Dr. t. Thoush str his ‘up ning am ‘oblem in the e > well and favorably d amour housekeepers all ion jer a would. be sapertucus aud latterly he has been quite in dewand as an | Souey cane ihecbarls Lee Wustrator of books He furnished seve in the dainty ittie volume on the the illustrations. for hor of fruyality. The wastes m thorne, recently pnbiis! htow, Mitie | hous es & Co., and he also supplied draw: Lonztetlow’ chael Any lo,” Just issued — An aunusally fine work of art, in the form shortly be pla Ward, of the Washington City Orphan is to be permanently place toa sinilar representation of tl Dr. tron of that institu of the purest quali yn. The inater: and fine ats thful likeness and a su far less important: a already high reputation. — At last accounts Mr. Donoho was located in Paris for the wiuter, busily engaged upon bis Sulon. He expects to pictures for next year’s exhibit two, one of which is already under way, while the other is only partially thonght out, and ts subject to moditicntion. Mr. Donoho phe not without houor save in his own | seems to be somewhat like the scriptural p et, who w country. Very little is known of his works at home, but in Paris, and especially with Frenea Xtremely pepuiai alon picture a year azo was hung on the distinction for a foreign artist, and une so youa We understand, by the way, that this canvas, which was also well received at the Munich. in- ternational exposition, last summer. is now on its way to the United Sta during the winter. — Mr. Armor completed and sent to Boston a | few days azo an uncommonly meritorions copy of the painting by Bridman, representing “The Sacred Bull Apis,” in the Corcoran Gallery — It was inade under commission from Mr. Vail, for- merly of this city, now residing in Boston, where he is prominently identified with tele: phone iuterests. In zany respects this is as re- tmarkable a cop: tnasterpiece by the sume artist. now on view at Aman’s, and it owsit to and doubtless wall add both to his reputation and his ex hear, by the way, that Mr. a sale of some of the painti dari 1k soon have keeuted by him < the year, which will inelude a number 1 original pi subjects—as well as copies of favorite picture inent artists. We imazine the extibt- tion then made will be a revelation toa good manly persons, and even tuose who koow Mr. Armor will be surprised as well as pleased at the progress he has made. — One of the results of the two meetings of | the Washington Art Club held this season isa | in the Corcoras | and make them otherwise attractive, not alone to its own members, but to those | determination to retit its rooms Builds generally interested in the promotion ot art. [t | ts intended to hold social meetings of members twice a inonth during the winter, which it is | hoped will prove to be of suific eat interest to | iasut a pretty full attendance: but the uses ot to these special occasions. The purpose is to have them open and available at all times to membe: friends, so that they shall be in fact as well as in name an art center for the city, and a place | where the artists will not only ind something | to interest them in the way of sketches, studies, ete., but where the: iterature, will panionship pretty inuch every evening. — This is an excellent departure, and with a little zeal | and genero be made an ency of great usefulness to them individually and to the cause they have at heart | '® ° : | as well. If there is any Jewlousy or lack of ood | HIS later poems, with whieh they have had fa- | feeling among the guill here such impediments | Mir acquaintance in the coluinns of maxa- ess shoul be recarded ag | Zines and newspapers for several years pact. . Unless the artists themselves | Thelr interest in the book will be heightened by vors in | the fact that it contains a lately taken portrait | pect the | of the venerable poet. to harmony and pr things ot the past are uuited and earnest in their end their own behalf they can hardly ¢ for three | | surprise jot the engravines in their superb edition ot tion in | may be on <hibition in the Ga'lery bearing his ine. It was executed by Mr. J. Q.A. | burdens and cares of women’s e w York. under a commission from | purpose lum. where it | mothers how to economize time are 80 clea said in re which those J.C. Hall, who was likewise a most liberal pa- | Wh afford to be without marble 9 texture, and the bust combines tna rare degree the requisites of rior work of art. p and subject y other things Mr. Ward bas done, we think this bust can hardly fail to add to his Mr Horace EB. loyal sons, w and the people of | Washineton will, we are sure, be interested in | knowing that the purpose is to exhibit it here . as was that of Bouguereau’s quer. We mostly still lite | 3 nd their | bitious effurt in the twenty odd stort pieces make up the volume, which, in tvpozraphy. pape eral * ciative biblivphile: also | a be reasonably certain to meet agreeable com- | T2E8¥ OF The adsnirers of Mr, emulation among members it can | posts of them, country are g 8,00 T how many of ther med by ysed woinen, but pertormmed a substantial nt direct on, furt to teach 1 lessen the acd ne of Dr Gilbert y and fully set fo ied abov s Little work hon its title that nothing need be cept that it isa volume for whom it was prepared can hardly fe, a8 qu ¥v of the People. By Jonn Este : Tougiton. Mulia & Co. Wash- Wim Ballantyne & Son The Strusle for Possession By Wrinrast Bakkows, Boston: Hous! in & Co. Wasti- ington, Wim, Bulauty ne So weil pleased were the publishers with the | ¢i Success of their ‘American Statesmen” and “American Men of Letters” series that they have been encour Commonwealths” series, under the e itorship of cudder, the rst two volumes of | which are now beture the public. priately, Virginla furnishes the theme for the j initial volume. and Mr. Cooke, one of her most | fitly chosea for the duty of pre- | paring it. is heart is in bis work, and he has | the requisite ability to perform it In a proper | manner He isa polished and graphic writer, and in narrating the historical events as they | occur he gives his readers a double enjoyment , by weaving into hia web many life-like pictures | Of the people of the commonwealth In Its early day: ling with their friend. and ‘ne fording a true con si to project an “American . occupied in their daily pursuits and min, » current Lit Dr. Barro’ History of Orezon ts neither so attractive.in style nor so comprehensive In its scope as Cooke's Virginia, Of course it must be less entertai aimust Witliont a past. and entire! early nasociatio x, Inasense, since it i Neverthe agly interest- tice to the little ily contributed so ryent. {is enthusiastic love of his sa very lights and deep Bailey ALDEICA. Boston chton, Mifilin & Co. Washington: Win. Bal antyne & Son The dramatic sketch which gives this collec- tion of poems its chief title turnisies evidence that the author has in him the material for a better drai can public. Althowzh only a sketch in outline, ft combines in a ‘remark ations, and the tavorable uny v where should inspire the author to a more ain- | ne direction Sume | ist than is mow vefore the Ameri- fine action and quisite literary st ston it makes ¢ and ven- zet up” will be a joy in the eyes of appre- EN ISLANDS, and other Poems. LEAP WHITTIER. Bos'o! ‘astington: Win Batlan By Jous Gn SC ad there-are every where,—will be ylad to flud in thisattractive and permaneat form many of | public to do much toward encouraging tiem. | HE AND SHE; ora Poet's Portfolfo. By W. W. Story, Perhaps more than the members uf any other | profession, artists ave In their own hands the means of strengthening or weakening their | ‘Boston: Hotwlitou, Mifflin & Co. Washington. Win. Ballantyne & Sun. It has been said of Mr. Story that while heis position axaclass. They have only to be true | eXceedinyly clever in many things, he has never to themselves, und in time all else will follow. — The three picture sales held here so far this season went off much as picture ales are apt to go. Some of the paintings sold for far less than they were held to be worth by owners: others | | risen to the highest point in anything; and thia little volume is an illustration of the truth of the remark, so far at least as it applies to his ' claim to be regarded asa poet. It contains some | bright thins and pretty sentiments, but it does | not entirely escape the misfortune of being com- broucht much more than was expected, and | monplace. others again would not sell at all, thouzh the | honeyed tongueof the auctioneer charmed never sv cunniogly. The first sale, the one held at Willia month or more azo, produced quite a handsome sum in the azgrezate, notwith- standing the wretched quailty of a number ot the paintings offered, and it would doubtless have realized considerably more had tie adver- tised assurance that the sale would be ithout reserve” been nade zood by the owner or agent of the collection. ‘That it was not soon be- came manifest, and that fact must have had the effect to reduce the uumber of bona buyers. Still, so far as numbers suid and | amounts realized went, the sale night be called ceess in ita way. One gentleman, we hear, becaine the purchaser of as many us’ tifteen of twenty canvases, some of them at very liberal ficures. The second sale, made up of the works of local artists, which took place acouple of weeks since, was uot open to the charze above referred to, 80 far as we have heard, and on the whole the results were ander- stood to have been fairly satisfactory to most of those In interest. There were probably some disappointments, but if any they could not have been very great. since a number of the subjects bore evidences of hasty production, and the gen- eral standard wag nut ih enough to warrant ‘an expectation of fierce rivalry among bidders, The third venture, that of Messrs. Lanman and Oertel, which occurred this week, was probably less satisfactory in a pecuniary aspect than either of the others. Each gentleman bad contributed sume very clever examples of his individual style, but it is doubtful if in any vase the ho} of the artist were realized, although the of the sale reached quite a snug figure. There is not very much of & moral to this little story; but if one can be drawa trom it it would seem to be that »00r daubs brought here from a dis- tuoce usually bring hizner prices than better work by nome talent. This may be as “a little rough” on loca! artists. So it is; but It is really a good deal rougher on the people who Indulge in that sort of thing. Susan B. Anthory has returned home to dear old America in time to hany upher stocking, and the Chicago Times remarks that rude jokes | of his own children. | committed suicide by cutting her throat, and | since then the dauzhter has been subject to oc- casional fits of despondency. For the iast month or two she has been sutfenoy from such an attack, and for some time tas been in charge ofanurse. Last Sunday night she escaped | from the house, leaving behind her a note ad- dressed to Mr. Ritter intimating that she was determined to end her life, but ascribing no motive. As Mr. Rutter’s house is close tu the river it Is surmised that she had drowned her- self, and men were put to work with drags, but without success. €1,000 reward has been of- fered for her recovery, degé or alive. ——__—"ent ts -—————_+o--_____ ‘The Missing Miss Cooley. The mystery surrounding the disappearance from Wilkesbarre. Pa., of Miss Nellie Cooley, | aged twenty-two. of St. Paul, Minn., and a rela- | | tive of Nathan Rutter. a wealthy merchant of , Wilkesbagre, is still unexplained. | | years Miss Cooley has lived with the family of | Mr Rutter, and has always been treated as one | Miss Cooley's mother | A Rejected Lover Shoots Himself. From the New York Tribune. Minor Wilcox and Miss Ella Thomson, of Saybrook, Conn., have been engaged to be married for sometime, but the engagement has been broken. Ov Mon Wilcox visited Miss Thomson and re] hed her, it is alleged, because she received the attentions of other yeotlemen. A quarrel followed and before they separated Miss Thomson dismissed her lover. He bade her good bye. saying, “You will never see me again,” andleft thehouse, In amoment or two the report ot Pepa was heard, accom- pane by aheavy fall. Several members of 63 Thomson's family rushed out and found har elleapta le Bear the back dvuor with a ilet hole throuz! his left lung near the heart. He was taken into the house and a NOTES FROM PARIS, SS | The New Malian Opera—The Satie-Ven= | The Vanderbilt Ball—’ Ear Chen Ace oe | (éadGen Ghia ras Rocrinieoss=arsmeal | Miensmere Daughiers"— Americans-The Opening 2 Success—Simon Hoccane- | gra, Opera of Verdi-A Letter From) @luey. Etc. Adelina Pav a Favorite New From TEE Stan's Own Cormsp>: November 28, 1883. the new Italian great eveat of the of France, and for a estion in the the nature of the fickle TART AND. four years Paris had been deprived of her [tal mons Salie- Ventodo rv. wich second empire, a ‘hion, and where, from 1543 to | was, duritig IX HOURS A DAY. By Mary Buagg, | Ce” sed | Patti, made tl but several of them at r debuts and marked their fame “di prime cartel Miss a sreat | information in respect to indoor rls. —the vaine of which is unfortunately toa otten overlooked, — and to domestic duties and aecumplishments, as | te j Well. [tis illustrated whe | make Clear the aut few youn Mis: be the jit. In Mr bly disposed will tiud a useful help. had large experien her sugges | the poor to help themselves, instead ¢ Xposition, bad not been, strange to say. 5 i's meaning, and there are | ho would not ny read ied. was reuch stil in taat ne. TUOTS If Win wR- last yea m= Wi the contirn- Ing them in pauperism and turnin their attens Victor Maure lar baritone, who had for 3 ning director of the nate and fjudi- are presented inaspirit of th nd often with an eioquence. Women or inter- and that be nd use- | in their ta iu relat on toa tepie which is every day bes | on- | to sta orion, Westh ed Miss Brown tas not only done a | th work Which ouxht to be we Il well- | ela med in almost anv: stence The | tive ab bty of Mane of the day. and we shall see if he. too. d Tt was last July th rti and Maure! Theater dos Nations, formerly is owned by the city of closed at that time. ater Lyrique, wa The house w the whom he kuew. He se é tailed. and the tiou keenly. Cornelis is, by all odds, the two e Was at once cy ing is well located, lias a fair size, suitable avs, and is renowned for on T ers went to work, ile Maurel was presiding over the artistic pecial uxreeinents with ris were engagine 4 department, laestro Verdi. the eats of pile: cupy the first and second Very appro- | each of which has a small saloon : cle the or- L stalls, to whic ik ina well lower than the double advantaze of it the sound better, The house.ent first chts are arran chbora, thus al- | aborts ception of their character as | well as of the axe in which they lived. It con- tains some minor errors or rather oversights in statements of fact, whicn will doubtless be cor- rected in future edition-, but on the whole the book is a delightful contribution erature, aud makes a must ausp.cious beginning | for the new series. cally shut off Besides divided from and every pi ter is ters, such as late theater. For a wonder, the ope: opera house took plac none of the York Windse x of the new onthe | in the san al ys occurred, ck, sharp, the curtain rose | that the st audiences ever seen in ormance of Verdi's opera, tele ct is without | Sand Influence upou’ the insti- | tutions of the rest of the count: less, the author makesan exceed ing story. dealing mainly with the acquisition of | the territory, and doing full ju hand of pioneers who origin are! their enerzy and patriotism to. bri about that ‘theme t: almost Inspiring, and he mak pleasing sketch, full of stro shadows. In the full sense of the term, how. ever, a history of an American commonwealth it is not. MERCEDES, AND LATER LYRICS. By Taonas " duly began. ormed you of the success which th ed. It decidediy w an lyric stage in Paris, and traction to add to ures which Paris offers to its) } he opera “Simon Buccanezta the oldest works Ithas been pi is, you know, | In America Madame Fides-Devries is ube of our | Mr. Edouard Resk birth, has a fine bass voice, and Noiwelli is @ Suitable tenor amoroso. deserve praise. best sopranos. The chorus also judi FIGARO'S HAPPY THOUGHT. Apropos of this inusical event, the prom! xer—Figaro—whieh. by the w be represented tiis winter in your cit of its well-known diploma’ Ivador, has had another of its happy in inviting some of the most y ale Ventadour to contribute an article ssions on both the old and | The great tenor, Mario, a | genuine nobleman, his title bemz that of M. quis of Candia, who ble desree strony situ: | pular sinzers of | rest ofthe | vow Italian opera now in poverty in | erlick, tie tenor of the C, | sharp (ul de proitrine), made both very Interest- ing statements resarding their p liant career in Par. . Nicolint’s letter ts also of | ove all, must be mention Adelina Patti, from which I Washington Teaders the following traaslation: “Figaro requests trom Rosina (Patti to the Barhiere di Seviglia)a letter—"Un | Nivtto 9—Eccoloqua!” Here is the not 5 auch literested in the success of the new enterprise, because It was at the Paris “‘Italiens” that [ have fur six years 1868, sung with the greatest artists of the day. ATTEMPTS TO KILL PATTI IN Thad just arrived from Londoa, ta i I made my debut in the Sounambula shortly after, with Mario and Cazliafico, the Bariiere und Tr va sre. the duest of my artistic career, although there | ¢hiuist and property man all receive For in-|@ Solitary hand of applause was iv from 1862 to Those years | consider were some “black spots” in them. during the performance of tts opera. Linda, among other bouquets ) Were sent to ine, one Was thrown on the and fell at my feet, making a terrible ” It contaived a huze builet in lead, | which was intended by some jealous rival to hit } we on the bead. stance. one evenin t. from aa unknown admirer, those yioves Once also, as I was acknowl- the enthusiastic applause of the eral pairs of gloves. For many | were poisoned. yar ly, caine feck pis hot crushed under it, However, such incidents occur io every one wno obtains much success and becomes pupu- lar, and. a yaa see, aithonzh mang years hay elapsed, I have not as yet been prevented from ir nes P: Tain gratified to hear that [| Q8¢ 9 the most charming actresses 1 have am not forgotten in France, and certainly Luften ; think of the hospitality I nave received in that 1 would have been pleased to be at the opening of the new Italian opera, but they | are awaiting me ou the otner side of the ocean. And I must say I am proud and full of gratitude for the yreat testinionies of esteem which Ameri- cans have so :berally honored me by.” * * *) I shall close this ietter by stating that the diva’s | epistle was dated 22d Octuber last, from Craz-y- Nos, her castle in Wales, which she left shortly after in order te fultili her present engagement at the Academy of Music with Col. Mapleson, at An Editor's Advice. From Peck's Sun. The editor of a paper has more questions asked him, and gives more answers. than any |- man living, though some of the answers may elezrap! not be right. For instance, a correspondent of | company, has become quite prominent in busi- an eastern paper says: “I have a horse that has lately suffered from periodical dizziness. Please answer through your valuable paper and let me know what I should do with him. I'm afraid he will get worse if something is not donesoon.” The editor puts on his glasses, consults the au- thorities on blind stagyersin as follows: “Our advice, based ona LETTER FROM NEW YORK. | special Correspondence of Ta: Evewrs New Ye The Vanderbiit more sensible aad enjovnble given a year azo. That derby given at the ead of ad imp themsely wrong. siraz ssive spec did not en} supper was sp. S got in who had no ak. eg 2 the servants got di ina blaze of glory. That hall was the worshipe is so ad « nin New al recovn ti 5,000,000 K who lost siunp a scbLit WAS Lhe aele of et twa every day of people, ia « sinks inthe world io tue Charity or P, Mrs. Vand The tavitat dist st remarkatje featur Vanderbilt. He his hair is thin on top. t and he wandered reund amc sts and swiled sad 2 he found rd to feel nis son of the Vanderbilts; he is an ‘uristian and a hard worker in 1 he is, untortun f Mr on the mut of the bal! as was the great millionare. himseil and his plain-iaced but good-natured wife 1 was the son-in-law who made the spiut Sheppard, who married the oliest daus! Vanderbilt, poses as the brain-power the family. Messrs Sivan, Twombly, and We the other sons-in-law, were ali more or less a: gressive and ubiquitous. It isto be hoped now t given a good and uno: the millionar: tations ball, wh: sensations of his sucia! DUTY; OF, DELMER'S DAvGHTERS. Nobods expec grea: play. hence nobody was disappeinted The pohey of the theater is 60 rigid and intlex- file that Only a certain class of ilavs is « duced there. The result is that tn monvtony about all ther drav and the ney play. “Delmer’s Pau e category. The mana successful thea veal career v tuniority of An J ouly- partially intelligent. a theater ‘senteda pp! the mo, ther th y ofa domestic can acter in Which were weep tew ‘broken hearts, prett an | lots of pretty drew: Lences would invariably be pleased. alitheirplays © been That » than play as ov for a considered by the Madison er There istoomuch life. aud furce and vaturainess about it “Delmer’s Dauzuters” w DeMille, who play reader at the Madis year or two. He was = to read the plays sub at they were ‘One «l to the conclusic Millie's abilities in ju than in wr thein, playwrizhts whose have been rejected have cood grounds pla yer's Daughters” is lo trae and prosy. After it has been cut ay carved there .8 some chance of making a seusa- tion—of course it willbe & suce F impossible with the Madison Sq) The stage setting was beautif nonsense to talk abc the of such spectacies as siur, Crook” or wautinent.” or of such melo- dramas as Beaten.” “The World” or The Lights o’ Leadon” when such exquisite | stage work cau be found at the a quare j theater. I have visited theaters al lire. bat | I certainly never saw anythin to exceed the beauty of the second scene in “Delmer's Dauyn- | ters. “The audience called out the yas man, the | property men and the staze machiuist. All these | Worthy Workers appeared befure Lie foot shirt sleeves and over-alls exactly as they went to work. This was so refreshing that the aud. fence gave them several re-calis. Us New York when the scene painters before the curtain they appear ineinborate even- ing dress. it may be all right, but it seems tn- conzruous. It was very pleasaut to see the red-taced but heart looking — mech: }ecome on the stage and bow before the au fence. They blushed like school girl | aad seemed as happy as lords. Th reed jall the praise they received. I coulin't hei | morallzias on the disappointinents that atten ja ph it's life. Thouzh the gas man, ma- constra peo) edonthe one general princi wanted domestic drama w ent or hay a. Sucaa | “Fedora,” tor instance, would written by aman cused the Tle ot Square md by th 1it was on hte in note the author, aud he stood waiting through the woole | play for some acknowied Meat of his play | Still he wrote a bad play, aud deserves the tn- different treatment that he received. | isa mild, inoffensive aud aniet mau, « his tadure very much to heart. T must ¢ inveel! again. “Deliner’s Daughte H failure, it would be auywhere Uhiax is unpess.ble at this theater. They carry | everything before them with a force of armsand atch success from the very jaws of failure. we Clarke played the leading role and worked very hard to make it a success; he didn't succeed, because the character was ridiculous He p the part of a man Is littie less than af idiot in action, althouch the author in- | ouxiy well-balanced inan. zhs, whocame She was | au amateur there, and still actsin an amateurish: way. Her success is, however, assured. She is one of the most beautitul women on the stage, In five years, if properly managered, sie will be 4s fumous as Mary Ande: Neilson. rhe has asuperb fz voice. Hereyes are mazuificent. Though she did not play the principle rele, she took the honors away from the other woen in the play withvut an effort. * a NEW CABLE. Mr. Mackay has gone back to Furope “to per- fect a cable scheme.” This seems to be the pet hobby of millsonaires Just now. Everybody from ness circles here. This Is uatural enough if a man is known to be practically of yore wealth He is as — Unpretentious as when was ing for gold in California, and has only one left ungratified—he wants his wife to leave Paris and come back to America. It is reat Success— he Madison new aL MNed Cr Wwe The new play at the Madison Square theater | The wasinno way surprisi din such manner that isis automati- the entire th he corridors by iron fire doors. a taken to guard 2 the New | Kirke,” Esmeralda, oda ; More than one instance in New Yor! iy tn | called | is not a| bnt such a | tended him to bea stroug-miaded aud a thor- | or Adelaide | re, & beautifal | face, and a resonant, powerful. and agreeabie awa The have take Zplays Two are aced in a hort time—oue by Judge uced at Wallack’s on Tuesday atthe is ve pie and ns popu T&S butt orp at resigns A gave Niu the is ae ot pan out w Anew a tun who aud Uap etentious men Wie Invariably d a Was McKeon, woo aid t n was short tus such @ wan mouw CAREER OF AN ADV ENTURESS, The Mackmaiters Ww are Su te be ch arroters of Mr. Hache. ow Yu nethads rted to int ter JO. Howard > In ther to Robert G. Ingersoll, in I ws the belief that both made by Arties. Mr. who Was ther a tanufacturer on Barclay street,’ da woman by the name of Helena Mas Freeman. She had been in his office about ith, when a man, ¢ oy that he was en 1 to be married to ber, accused Mr. Inger ci mproper Uberties, vt eadors ery Word that he said. Mr. In soll n that the wan had the peculiarly rouch shin, light hair and blue eyes mentioned by Mr Vache in his description of the nian who fon tum. He drew from his pocket o ory, wh to Mr. inger- tened to polish it in full ine * paid £500 hush-mones A Was kicked into the street, and the a followed bit. days later Mr. nymous letter, offer Mackmaii same p received an mipromise or the It was printe wed letters. with a us letler Sent Lo R Gewese ding the Kev. JO. Bache was The letters are larger than in tter. but there are marked re «between them. No attenton was » the Communication and the story was 1. A few days later Mr. Ingersei wos wuited on Barclay stivet and npg te in biseyes, The woman was! “gested Vtine The man exenped. Mr Inger ht sutt for lite! avainst the newspaper publishing the story avalust him, which ie still arching far wide for in this suit tuat he has gleaned con- information regardiag the womaa Who hud got bita Jato trouble and her associates, The name of th n with the peculiar skin te iiliaa B Morrison. He was numrried to this an in 1830. aud Lived with her on Bleecker assent to the peuiteutiary woman's tne was paid red, but she did not come Mr. Ingersoil tins traced has been eg tures | not written, & | penell. 4 matter and look Th darmg the night, a ' ory is ar > dug! ed felon ir time had her husband on: avit that shehad Ite hun that the prisoners were inno Hercareer tn this country bias been a no less notat She tas imposed on people ir Brookiya, Pitt Cleveiand and Toronto. In de, with the aid of ber male ac- ure bush money were succpss- ful. Asa lawyer pad her quite a sam of money. and holds her receipt for it. The recor rd of health show that she has heen ight times in twelve years She has re in wach Inst: at varied her's hame somewhat. Two of the men to are still living in New York + woman received trow Yar- respond with those taken in eof the assault on Inger RAIN STAN ES A FITE, The Danger Arising from Electric Wires Strung Overhead. The danger to property and to human life, Tesuiting from the stringins of electric wires overiiead in the streets of a large city, was azain illustrated last Saturday nin the printing establishment beck, 121 Faitun street the shop. on the second floor of the building, area number of electric wires for telegraphic and Liziting purposes, stretched along from poles, wuidh encumber aud disiigure the side walk, Next door to Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, at No. 123 Fuiton street, is the hat store ot C_ Smith, and trom the window of this shop projects © jung pole, from wich bangs ® swinging sign. The pole is <upported by guys of twisted wire, which was carried to a window of No. and there fastened to a staple in the alll vutside. Through this same window passes the telephone wire attached to the telephone Ia Wynkoop & Hallenbeck's store, and the poe | between tis and the staple did not excecd ® ixteenth of an inch On Saturday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o'clock, the boukkeeper of the printing Girt, whose desk Is near the window through which the wires pass, was started by a sudden and vivid flash of Lent outside and the unmitakee ble smell of fre. Turning guickly tothe win- dow, he saw that the wires couvenging there were afia od looked like so much buruing rope. while along the wall the wire ranniny te the Teiephone. which is inciosed in a large wooden box, was also one string of blue flawes. Hastily opening the window, he pushed up the sash and extinguished the flames at the junction of the guy and telepnone wires, by Pouring & pail of water on them. He then loosened the #uy Wire and cast it adrift, receiving quite @ se vere shock as ne touched It, Au exawination of the wires was then and it was found that the covermg of the tele phone wire for about an inch from the window had been burned completely of The wires wound about two spools in the telephone instra- ment itself bad been fused as tRoagh they had been subjected to the action of a crucible in @ furnace, and the instrument was 2 Se ruined that a new one had to be on Monday. Had tue Ore occurred in the night, the beginning. the sutive bulding might analy the beginning. tne Soeatener dangerous exhibition ex] son of this of electric power ts very simple. Tle twisted wire of the guy supporting the sign-pole of the hat store had come in contact with the lght-