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Adie ney aj Esty Or = Maso! $40 tnd Pianos for beet & Hw wens at $40 and | rs 5 with. | ch) wk E KEA AN L puso tesise as TANe ae s A. Urso FIANOS TUNED AND RE PX B2- Orders pr Keferen. DAVIS & OOS EPI HT PIANOS. A tera Pres and two years tine TANG WARE pees ORGANS, ETECK & C0. PEA The Most Derfre EMERSON PIANO, Whe Rest Wedtinns-priced Piano Manitactroet, WILCOX & WHITE AND KIMBALL ORGANS. Pianos anid Orcans en 2 et applied th, rented OF exe ¥ EBERBACH, No. 15 FSTRE FINANCIAL. Sxocs axp Gnas Exess Isak F SEKEET NOW! . OPPUSITE EBBITT HOUSE, 7. BRIGHAM BISHUL & CO, SPECIAL WITH S. St HIBEARD, MEMBFR OF XEW ¥ BUY. SFLE AND CW AND. PETROLEUM ON Make P CUSTOMERS | AT REUGLAR NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND | CHICAGO BOAKD OF TRADE PRICES ALL PEIt- SONS AND THE PUBLIC GENUKA ARE VITED TU EXAMINE THE FACILIVIES OF THIS OFFICE. CONSTANT GEOTATIONS FROM NEW} WRK STOCK EXCHANGE AND CHICAGO BOX OF TRADE BY FRIVALE WIKES DIAECr ‘tu U1 OFFICE, Ey BROKER GRAIN, PROVISIONS, COTION AND PETROLFTM, ‘Bo. €13 15th Street (National Metn Onters to buy ot «ell. on marci (9 the Chicaro Board Exchanze. Cox Girect private wires, F.P. SCHMITT & C0. ch SAWYER, WALLA: {Nation Beferences {Natiey: _ (Onters by Telephone Promptly Attended ton ati Aoas & Co. BANKERS AND BROKERS, T NORTHWEST, Offer special imincemente to bay or sil CRUDE PELROLEUM, ather tur Casi: or ou Margin, IN LOTS OF 100 BARRELS OR MORE | mcheerfnlly | given 5 UY AND SELL U.S GOW AND D. C. BONDS. ye WASH C GASLIGHT aud AU other City We pay 2 to ohtainne CORRECT | and RELIAULE inforna wardditas securiticn, 2 wee reqaru prepare at at tunes ty auswer lus a Cs PANEL LOE mya 1 AKEY ¢ ToWrrs R: Fst AND INSERANeR [| 1 NOWTHWEST. Puvars Stock Texecnes Wes Berwery WASHINGTON, NEW ¥ Bo. 89 ISTH STREET CONCORAN BI ILDING> Stock Brokers Frere clase of © sien fm San F ; York, Bestou and ¥ Satie | ACT OF MEA NYS LIEBIG Comps’ Lomdon, Bogie NHE ATTACK OF CiieTATN OLD LINE JOURNALS month ay ance Anne $5.00. te uetaug {nv tall Sitach 16, 2500cx siimisaion tee uw, end = Association cut = already writ cate ties in ava 00. The rach $1,000 of the tay Uae Rewer ve. Tun pare and extra Mortality, a 2.¥. KNIGHT. General Agent, neaby ails Come and insure. Ud | ia | | POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. rpiy tS MATL LINE To NORFOLK, FORTRESS | Sot TE JONKOE AND 7 Ore REPL WHARF Harbor ree ve Cob ng at Piney Point ami 40pm TEAMER ARK bs} WoMITH Leaves Tih-street whar? at 7am. FO) POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, from. wha Prides in 2B PADGETT, Act, ©.W. RIDLEY. Man. th-strect wharf. Washington, ON? MI. VERNON?! yer Me Leaves 7th st STFAMFR WW. CORCORAN LEARY. leaven 7TH sory MONDAY, WEDNFSDAY and ‘Cora ection with the Boston and Providence fF WELCH. Gen. Agent. | NORFOLK AND THE | i. ¢ JANE MOSFLET. ston the European Plam NESDAY and FRIDAY, at 509-m_ TOWAG REvEIe LRSDES shiet THOME: faves MONDAY, WEDS)2DAY aint FRIDAY, a8 E nts” F infor: poly at Gene fer Na tr jolitan Hauke 2th etree Oo Baths ALFRED Woon. Wash: terme ‘Ou Saturdays for | iowa aud intermediate landings, +t wharf daily cexeept Sunday) for ME Shephent's; | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1883. . Eminent Medical Testimony. 19 East 98 Sraxer, New Youx, March 28th, 1963. T have used Attcocx’s Porovs Prssrens tn my practice with remarkable success, and found them pe culiarly efficacioun when spplied to the back for Weak Sine and Nervous Exhaustion; they afford almost ia- stant relief in Coughs, Colds and Liver Complaint, I cordially recommend them as the best apd safest Plas- ter ever made, and would cantion the public against the wumerons other so-called Porous Plasters that are sousht to be palmed off on # credulous publie; they are worthless and oftentimes dangerous. ROBERT 8, NEWTON, M.D, L. BO. 8. When you want the most carefully prepared and best Plaster made ask your Drugyist for Auzcoce’s Ponovs PLasTex. A24-co8t Ror ge PoP AUCTION SALES. HOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. _ Within ana m front of ealeerocma. on SATURDAY, TWENT) SINTH DECEMBER. 158), Twill wit a cen Gral sewrtmirnt of Fazuitare Stove, Carpets, Crockery, ‘Sc. ‘No postponement on account of weather. ‘ALSO, At TWELVE, 3, one bay Mare, five years old, and other Horses and Carriares, ‘Tere cash. am-2t j SAMSTAG, Auctioneer. 'e I WILL COMMENCE TO SELL TO-MORROW, AT STORE NO 92 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, THE ENTIRE STOCK OF MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS OF B, KAUFMAN, FORMERLY OF NO. 355 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, LACES, STRAW GOODS AND 100 TRIMMED BONNETS, AND BALANCE OF THE TOYS WILL BE SOLD aT THE SAME TIME. ae S. SAMSTAG, Auctioneer. [J STED STATES MARSHALS SALE By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued out of the Clerk's office of the Suprenu Court of the Discrict of Co- 3855 Se) GUNTHER’S SONS, (aeraBLisHED 1820.) c.G. Tumbia, and to me directed, T will sell at public sale, for cash, at Thomas Dowling auction store, southwest 10 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK corntr of Uth street aud Pemucylvania avenue north. West. on SATURDAY, the TWENIY-NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1s, af TV ELVE O'CLOCK 3, ail the — right, title, claim and interest of the defendant in aud to the, following-described property, to wit: One Clar- ehee Carriage. one Coupe, and one Coupelette, blue ned, to satiaty execution No 34,779, ut law, in favor of Eliza SEAL, SETN (English Dye) SACQUES, beth 3. Smith et al against Charles H. L. defendant. At $90, $100, $125, $150. $200, Ete. . ‘CLAYTON MeMICHAEL, Suited States Marsbal. SEAL SKIN DOLMANS AND CLOAKR, ‘Trimmed Sea Otter, Naturaland brown Beaver, Black Fox, Ete., WOOD AND COAL. At $185, $200, $225, €250, 9300 and upward, (0200 at lo veloc aan Teturming reaches Washing: crs Lou 90 pe a 1. L. BLAKE, Captain, N Hevre. Ton mt frewit <= rea Pennsylvania avenue 230. prev ‘New York: a4 orthe aia NOTICE. T.ANt ROUTE. THY CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVE PEQHER GAT CORR Hatwuote KOM va | = yin EDAESDAY FROM NEW Sti), $80 and $100, according 1 bills of were, ANT Ty see apply at the Compan core er both stevrace at IS LIGELOW & CO, (05 Tilt street, Wasi VAKNON 1 BROWN & CO. z OTIS BI every BALTIMORE AND C1110 RAILROAD, Ae MUDEL FAST TN ra THE FASL AN THE WEST, ¥ S NIA. HING'LO: DOUBLE TCR Feliedule to take eticet 5 Teave Washinton axchueand C street by E: and 8:40 p, Ate 3th $8 10H 00 pr © ao Sm.iga0 aad 440 1 tetween Washington and Balt i240". a0, 440 Tan Sictrojulitan branch, y except Sunday, 4 45 Vitroyedtau brinch is foe Lexington, 8 me daily except 8 Frederick, #330 ae 40: Dain. uauly excep? B. TOTS aa ad 949 § Tolbtwane = Wigde Ted ve from the West daily, "W York, and Dhitadetnhia, 2:68, im, dail yt For ai pr Statics vam Sunday 6:29 am, daily, Fru k 4201 mi. duiiy trom Poit of Rocks, ve Bultimore tor Washington at 3 9:10 at 1 0 anal 9-00} Peet. Where theeity VM. CLEMENTS, M. of T., Baltimore, nD LORD, 40 pn Let Chica Butfalo, Vitae yi Sunday. i threneh trains conn of Brooklyn Antex. tom st at 10-20 a, Sunday, 4.40 a except Sunday Fer Annapolis, €:50a.n, and 4:407p.2n. daily, exce AND AD. and 1040 pein, nat the office. northeast PUG! id residences omas. F NUARY Sisr, aang, V AND FAIR DRAWT ture of Ky «i NA KEVOLU LION. | DRAWINGS, Prizes, eta, $2; half tickets, $1; 97 tickets, letter, or send, TERED Li ther notice, Uniete to dd. , BO. Box 26, JANSEY COUPLERY MAILS! Sleeping Cars to above au, Gauly te Chicago, iy: Fast Care from Harrisburg ce AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. i Miacat to Butt hight will not ‘ok Haven ard Else at 9:08 m. | | 1 i a oie | Tailuian Parlor Cary sanice, LAU p.m. every week day. wn anpervisor, can call POOL, On toto jen given for elfast, Glasgow, © jorts ch the Continent, ak 's office, sto, tot WED- alternately. a fel EROT oc] THE ONLY LINE 53 840 jeveland and Letroit, with Sleep- sia, Monroeville, 10:15 a.m. Jail, With Sleeper for Toledo, Vis Wliveliag aud Lake and New York at 8:10 a, m. natu 1UA0p. to, daly with aud aleepite Car attached. finore on wei 1:30, 6:40, §:00, 8:10, 9, are 88. 5, 32, 4:30, 4:40, 5:80, Hultimore on 690, 8:00, 9:00, a.m, 1:25, on Sun- thnors, md 2:15 p,m. daily, and intermediate pointe, 8:25 10:00 mu, daily except | Washingten stup at Relay Station except | | a|! Agent. Mail Express, daily, tor Pittsbune and the West, with ording et, avoiding double ter in $0, 6:90, 440, 10:00 and 11:13 “eCryek Line, 6:50 a m, and 4:40p. m. daily, ptSun- FREDERICKSBURG RarT. AND ALERANDLIA AND" WASHINGTON corner Vania avenue, and at the star for the checkitu of bage take place tn the. xg, in Louisville, a. inclared, Boud given to 0 tor the prompt IN SINGLE NUMBER $110,400 880; 55 ex. ITER oF Oniers can le seat ab. cures: | DUCGLAS, Louis ‘aloman- aud be B AKBB BBB A kerk “kT * POSITIVE CURE FOR MALARIA, CHILLS AND PVFE—Contains ho Quinine, Arsenic; or any metallic wy eyoulds—at Drwarists, 60 cents ( * the uly where LOTHING cau be sold at prices, LD WINE AND OLD FRIENDS ARE KNOWN AS the best, so fs JUSTH’S Old Stand known for first-class SECOND-HAND respectable vaitat UsTH'S Old Stand, No. 619 D street, between Gthand ‘tb streets northwest. 3 B.—Note by wail promptly attended ia, riders | ur busxawe to be checked and tecaved a rave ac very low rates. Steerage tickets from Liv- | 1 Queenstown and ali other parts of Eurupeat | wali t | | : | su mmspection of our stock. F yOU WANT GOOD, CLEAN COAL ‘And the Beet qualit of, SIBERIAN SQUIRREL LINED CIRCULARS, INDLING WOOD, ‘At 992.50, 835, 945, 905 and ¢Ta JOHY MILLER. MINK LINED CIRCULARS, Vipioie ates sethaans tas enone Shien ‘At #76, $85, $100, #125, SILK AND VELVET FUR-LINED GARMENTS, Coan =, Woonr| xe ‘$45, 865, 876, $86, $100, $150, $176 ana upwards JOHNSON BROTHERS. WHARVES AND RAILROAD YARD: (We call ittention to our new and ‘Twelfth and Water streets southwest Mapes sad Soe cohen original ERANCH YARDS AND OFFICES: 1602 F street northwest: — 1610 7th street northwest: 1740 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; For Trimmings, all_ varieties 250 ool; 211: Gth street north len eiatpes and Chanables, Beal EN Sides Ca Corner dd and K streets northwest; Caps, Fur Robes and Mata. SLi Peuusylvauia avenue southeast LARGEST PRIVATE RAILROAD YARD SOUTH OF J NEW SOI. aig EXTENSIVE WHCAIN Ea pty tustn cilities tur the ecunouue Hee | YUEL ot ail xinax . Orders ty mail or information destred will reeeive special and prompt attention. When customers: are Ehown fo the otise or If sitiatuctory Potercuces are CoaL DELIVERED O€ cane DIRECT FROM THE | frown, to Te a, earaumctony saterciiogs xt MINES INTO OUR YARD. We deal only in, best qualities of ANTHRACITE ana | BITUMINOUS COAL Ail kinds of WOOD, ether m the stick or prepared to order at onr factory. | Wasurserox Bexertcut Expowsext CLFAN COAL, FULL WEIGHT AND MEASURE, ASSOCIATION, prompt deliveries and prices ax low ae Fuel ean be fur: ished. eepls ONG WOO PINE, #4; OAK. 85; BA- _ Aker ry, $2. Sawedd and split Hie Hickory GEO, CREVE. , BE.T5, foot of Uti st, awzd-oun On account of the grest demand for additional insur- Coan Axp ‘Woon. We have just received a large lot_of Bakers’ PINE WOOD: also, fresh: miued COAL of superior qnality for domvatic use, all of Which we olfer at lowest Inarket rates, ‘Ave attention of consumers is respectiully invited to ance we will form a new class for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS STEPHENSON & BRO, mis ‘th st. wharf and 19th st. andPa, ava, On the Ist of January, 1886. PH HOBENTSe the Physician for G years’ experi 5 NFIDENTIAL CONSULT. lemen and Ladies, “Over 20 “ wuurantend, — Cousuited sunday at his Office, 456 C street 2to9 p.m. 'Main Mice, | ‘We are now prepared to give insurance from FIVE HUNDRED TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND | ple Ladies* Physician int i Vidaily. $09 Mo, ave All femute Coaapilaints | ML den ltt gurls ‘Prompt treatin Separate roots tor ladies Once hones Zto Landi | At @cont slow aa Life Insurance an be sold with o- pa iat-tan ADIFS YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY CONSULT px | Cutt. BROTHERS, 906 B street southwest. Particular | atieaition paid to all diseases peculiar to Ladies, married All Irregularities and Ovariay troubles treated, re eS ois Apply at once for a new circular. LEON'S FEMALE PILLS MA\ kdvens on receipt of #1. Box 307, City D'S, BROTHERS AND Gray Give prescriptions and send you to some sideshow drug- fists, who davide profits with the ductor. Those disap: ‘einted of, Acre Gf private diseases should consult Dra. | IKUTHERS and GRAY, 906 B street southwest. Will | furnish uedicine, guaruitee a cure or Bo pay. Thirty- seven years! experience. of-lin® ASHOOD RESTORED BE TANG A BOTTLE} M two of Dra. BROTHERS’ Invigorating Carita TiiySamn idocte af Spain Westen Reo MAase De FOREST WAS REMEDY FoRLA. IME sie Aut female complaints quickly cured Can'bo consulted daily at 1249 7th street northwest. Oftice hours from 1 to $o'clock p.tn., with ladies ouly. weplu-din® A GARD. ‘To all who are suffering from the errors and indis- # of vouth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss hod, ke. Twill send u recipe that will eure you, OF CHANGE. Thix ureat! remedy was discov! ¥ @ hussionary in Bouth America.” Send & self: addremedenvelope tothe Huv. Joukpn T. Iwan, Stax tion D, New York City. oF-8,tu,th &Gly (0 FREE Office: 911 F STREET NORTHWEST. Tue In FE. ARGE DECORATIVE ART 00, 212-weslm 89 Rast 177m ornaee, ‘North side Union Square, New York. Contracts taken large or small for MEMORIAL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ‘Stained Glass of Every Description. | Mosaic, Repousee, Wood Carvings, Embroiderias and Hangings, for either Ecclesiastical or domestic Purposes, And every kind of Interior Decoration for Pullic or Private Butldings, | Bramples of Mr, La Fares Work may be seen ot ‘Trinity church, Boston. St. Thomas’ church, ¥, ¥. Memorial hall. Hard CoL ‘The Briceebureh, fC | Gurfeld Memorial at Williams Cullewe Sarit alae ere Te HL Vanerbiite cornelius LY. Cyrus W. Field, 5.5. Tiden, RF ee Jpst000 RESTORED, A victim of early Imprudence, cansing Nervous De. bility, Premature Teeay. tes hava” toed et wee, oy, li scored a ste tnvans ile will send Ince to his fellowsaute | H, REEVES, 43 Chatiain stevet, Sew Sy 10-tu, ths 48 N sr S cunsin thres days, Drux Stor Philadeiphin Silane Ie cr} X | HOURS. N. th street, 480 Penna, aye,, Washington, D. 0. DE ROBERTSON. A REGULAR GRADUATE, 29 Years’ experienc, ves @ cure in all dineancs of the Urinary 'y. Blood Poison Skin Dineases, de. Doatively cured in 4tog Gays. | No mercury or cansticn used. Can be consulted, ednesday and Suturdey. from 2 to 9} Chow. Refers to leadine 2 Ottice, 30 N"Liberty at Wu E. Woo « Co. HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEFRS, MANUFACTURE AND ERECT THE MOSE ALWEOVED STEAM-HEATING APPARATUS FOR | Tecent cases Wyre Bal! & Cos fumore, Maat MATICO CAPSULYS Are warranted to effect a rapid cure in the most severe ane of private ecaca: TREN Suen the, most pero fil be foun ended ery at Copatbe and peer beet daza-tuafly BOLD BY ALL DRUGGUTS. | Gromavrr i t Jor- | PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS, J.C. Bucee & Co. COD LIVER OIL, $15 FILBERT STREET, PHILADELPHIA QUALITY UNEQUALED. All who need the article will find it greatly t their advantage to insist on our brand, or procure it dreotly from Headquarters. BAKER'S EMULSION WITH HYPOPHOS. | BAKER'S COD LIVER OIL AND MiLT. BARLETTS PILE SUPPOSITORIES. _ nit ‘MAX GREGER, Limited. No. 296 W. Balt. st and No. 1 North Liberty Street, Baltimore, Ma. sep 6-6n Ose Faer ‘Is worth a shipload of arcuments, It iss fact that those who have tried MECCA OINTMENT are loudest in its Praise. It cures the most severe cases of Piler, Scroful- ous Sores, Skin Diseases, ke. As a lousehold remedy: for Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Ete, it is nusnrpansed, A good. Ointment isa necessity im every family, For sale by Drugxiste. « Price, 25cts. 0-7 NOTICE 10 HOUSEKEEPERS. Purveyor of Hungarian Wines by Special Apjotnt- ‘ment to her Majesty the Queen of England. PUREST, FINEST AND CHEAPEST. Price Lists and Notes on Hungarian Wines nailed ‘Free on application. 14 ALLAA AMERICAN BRANCH, wazz) 010-wasst Eres’ BREAKFAST. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. ‘thorough, knowledge of he natural Jawa which 282 Fifth avenue, New York. pean 224 cocoa WITT, ALWAYS MARE. BREAD AND Whclesale Depot, corner nt «tree Jel Ww. Cuarorracrs . OF A wineglassfal of wisich contains 10 grammes of Beet artificially digested by Pepsine. It is entirely aewimila- Me and passes into the bicod vessels without requiring the stontach to do any previous work. iti highly ree conve SRumgRte! Oey the medical faculty of Paria) fo. Poor or who suffer ‘General Ws from Clorokie Biskerse’ Wisse! resting mm Clore e Away, Stomach Ache. G Lows of Ay ite, or to those Exhausted by Excess of Work, Age, Fever, - tery, Diseawr of the Chest, Cancersas Aftecticas Pee gues ‘Traveling or Long Fatigue Paris, Rue Vivienne, ‘Bold by all Druggiste, a2-mathly Made stmply with bolling water or milk. Goldin ting, (only 31b, and Ib), by Grocers, kbeled. JAMES EPPS & C4, 016-m.tuks Hommopathic Chemists, London Eng. HE “OTTO” GAS EXGENE Requires no holler: avclas al expensve bbeed cxtenaively for: ruuing Paneer eae fe tees ee Hlevatcrs, Be wine Machines “Meat ‘HE CELLULOID TRUSS; THAT NEVER ever wears out, always clean, apd can be worn’ bathing. Istor: ara ane AE, WY DE Maren. It ts now undisputed that WEI DE METER'S Ca- ‘TARBH CURE is the only treatment that will absolute- ly cure Catarrh—fresh or chronc. “It is a marvel, Rev. A.P. Friea Csiro. N.Y.” “Tt restored me to the pulpit, Rev. George K. Reis, Cobleville, N.¥." “One box radi- cally cured me, Rev, C. H. Taylor, 140 Noble street, Brooklyn.” * “A perfeet cure after 20 years suffering, J. ‘D. McDonald, 710 Brosdway, N. ¥." be., Be. Thousands of testimonials are recetved from all parte of the world. ‘Delivered, $1.00. Dr. Wel De Mayers “TREATISE,” ‘with statements by the cured, mailed free. D. B. Dewey 15-«,t, th, 39 &Co,, 182 Fulton street, N. ¥, 8 Hoss HUES Bas T HB HOO Ss 7 T TERS. As an invigorant, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters ha Teceived the most positive indorsement from emtpent Physicians, and has long occupied s foremost rank ‘among standard proprietary remedies. Its propertics 8 an alterative of disordered conditions of the stomach, liver and bowels, and » preventive of malarial diseases are no less renowned, and have been accorded emphatic professional recommendation, For sale by Druggiste and Dealers, to whom apply for ‘Houtetter's Almanao far 1884. a Ware Wa - A LITTLE MONEY BOY THE MOST? If it is Clothing fhat is needed, yon will find at the LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO.'S STORE 87, $8, $9 and $10 will buy better-made Sulis and Overcoats than other stores sell at $10, $11, $12 and 315, ‘Manufacturing every garment wo sell, we save you from paying the usual big profit that goes to the re- tailer, and we give you good Clothing as near actual cost ‘as it is possible for any place to offer. ‘97 FINE CASSIMERE SUITS, ‘97 DRESSY CASSIMERE OVERCOATS, 10 NEAT WORSTED SUITS, $8 GOOD MELTON OVERCOATS, $12 DRESS DIAGONAL SUITS, $13 FINE CORKSCREW SUITS, $12 SILE-FACED OVERCOATS, ‘Theabove are but samples of our many Bargains, We ‘re the people's defenders against high prices. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO., 421 CORNER SEVENTH AND G STREETS. FI, > Bare, 5 IMPORTER AND TAILOR, FALL AND WINTER GOODS RECEIVED, Gentlemen who have had trouble in getting fitted and ‘suited are invited to call at the Fashion Hous, sept 111 Pa Ave, Washington, D.. ROBBERY, FIRE OR ACCIDENT. THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, of Washington, In} Sone Woes Perpetual Charter, ct Of cant Proof Vanite, st prices Ricoraing ty aiceund focatlon® eat Jolning vaults, provided fur Bate reuters. VAULT DOORS GUARDED BY THE SARGENT (ME-LOCK. SECURITIES A’ VALUABLES of Saree 3 and STOCKS, PLA’ see Eity "DEEDS, ge. taken for Sure RCEPE SPECIAL GUARANTEE, at the Lowest Hates. BENJAMIN P, SNYDER, President, GUARLES 0. GLOVEM, of Higgs &'0o, Vice President. SOHN ¢ “Teeanrer is "ASBE] 2 Bu L. BTURTEVAN' mms: trom 80 E Dad per year, lon" "Rooms abd Desks a: 1n Brass and Gilt,at 40 and 50 cents each, and other goods proportionately low. We have s line of COOKING RANGES at various Prices, from @8.50 to $160, TRON TILE FIRE-PLACES, with BRASS FRAMES, ‘from $12.50 to 875. BRASS ANDIRONS, from $5.80 to 960 perpate. PORTABLE BUCKET GRATES, from 95 to 830. PARLOR GRATES, from $10 to $100. GAS BURNERS and GLOBES at LOW PRICES, EDWARD CAVERLY & 00, Piumbing; Heating and Ventilating, 1485 New York svenua, all of ‘Throat and_ Dx: J. MAB TIN’S PULMONARY 30 re a ae a eae pers ‘public y, as the Ixsvre Your Honsrs. PATRONIZE HOME INSTITUTIONS, ‘THE LIVE STOOK INSURANCE COMPANY, DI {0 insure Horses against death, by fire, Arenow Be ae tert arte ‘where all information can be obtained. 2d Edition. Lats igri Th Ser Against Importation ef Fereign Labor- ers. in into this | ‘contracts mace | iC Uated, and 1s revelving many Latest Foreign News by Cable. caange telagraph compauy’soatte that King fuse tel states that um Dert has consented, in accordance with the wish of Ihe Pope, lo erect the proposed tomb of the late | King Victor Emmanuel in a side chapel instead of | The center Of Lie Pantheon, ‘The Markets. BALTIMORE, Dec, 27.—Virginia stnes, deferred. 6%: do, consolidated, 43:. past-due coupons, $5; new ten: BALTIMORE, Dec. 27.—Cotton dull_—middiing, 10% | Flour guict and unchanged. Wheat—southern easier | and quiet: wentern lower and active. southern red. 14n)-12: “do. anber, Lival.14, Wwestersi lower: a at J ti soak, renter tna, Steainer, tiy4b4 Oats Armsouthern. a] wlilte, M0043" do, uitned. Sia. Bre fi Hay uncl fi aed, Sally, Coffer aud quiet—Rio carmurs, ordinary to ‘fair, llially. Suwar quiet and atealy—A wott, *; copper refined quiet, Liealile. | Whisky steady: LISLIS. Frowhts to Liv: erpool per steamer” nuchanged. 120 barrels; whest, 15.000 Susicle: cara, 11,000. busbels, ‘Shipmenta—corn, 14,000 busiicla, “Balés—wheat, 909.000 Bushiels; cor, 110,000 basheia Capitol Notes. ‘THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. ‘Mr. Morrison expects to appoint Mr. Henry Tal- bot, jr., of Hlinois, clerk of the ways and means committee, in place of Mr.John Carson, who served during the last Congress. Mr. Talbott succeeded Dr. Hambleton, of Georgia, in the same position when Mr. Morrison was chairman of Uae committee | in the Forty-fourth Congress Mr. Kelley has left Washington forthe holidays, with the understand- | ng that no business will be transacted by the com. ittee befure Congress reassembles. CHAIRMAN BLAND'S VIEWS. Mr. Bland, the chairman of the House committee on comage, weishts and measures, says he as not | Decome suiticieutiy acquainted with the newly ap- | polnted members of the committee to know thelr | views om the subjects to be considered during the present Congress. ile lumself favors recolnituy Une trade dollars into standard doliars, and thinks the resent coinage Of the Latter should not De stopped. | r. Bland ts of opinion that a mint ought wo De es | Dilshed in the Misstssippl valley, and because of | Wantages offered al St. Louis, favors Uhat city ‘ag the site for Ue mint. Story of n Page. HOW A KENTUCKY BOY GOT A PLACE. One of the pages appointed by Doorkeeper | Wintersmith ts a bright boy from Kentucky, who though only zbout thirteen years old, was un- ‘willing longer to burden his widowed mother for | his support. His name is George Hardin, and he j came to Washington awhile before the meeting of Congress. He was seeking a position under the | ‘House, and made himself very useful asa messenger | to somie of tie candidates, “George had Mo money, | ‘so be went to the propetenne an eating-house— one conducted on the economical plan—explained | his condition, and asked for board until he could get work. He promised Uhat if he got anything to do | he would square up. Finally, after several disap- | | polntinents, Georze got a place as page, and on {ast | Saturday he drew, under the resolution of Con- gress, his pay for December. That night he calied upon his friend, Representative Pi ‘Thompson, | ‘who had stood by Caggein hhis dark days apd at Jast got hin « place. With a merry twinkle in hts bright eye, showing | that he fully appreciated what he was relating, | George on Weil, = Thom} on yet pay to-day. and, as soon as I go’ through at the House, { Leame by ahd saw Mr. about my board bill | I hed been Living there on a credit, and my meuls were generally made up of cold victuals and scraps. Weil, I pt out my roll of money and sald, Mr, —. Tl pay you my Board ‘Dill, AS he reached for the money he led Lo a | waiter, ‘Here, boy, bring Mr. Hardin, of Kenvucky, @ quail on toast and a small bottle of claret.’ ways before I had SS oe and f had to t ‘too, Uli everybody was 10 get wy uta roll ormoney made me a rstclase boarder night away.” ‘Nor DisBarnep.—In the case of E. H. Gelston & Co., a pension firm of this city, practising before the Interior department, against. whom charges were made, the Secretary of the Interior to-day de- (ded that there were not sufficient grounds to dis- bar the firm from practice, APPOINTED CLERK.—Joseph M. McCoy, of West Virginia, has been appointed to a. $1,000 clerkship in e adjutant generals oMloe, ‘War ra ‘Tax retirement from active service of Post Chap- Jain Charles M. Blake, U. S. army, by operation of law, to date Deceinber 24, 1888, ts announced. A GENERAL COURT-4ARTIAL is appointed to meet | at West Point, N. Y.,on Wednesday, the 2d day of January, 188, for the trial of such prisonersas may De brought before it. ‘The following officers are de- tatled for the court: First Lieutenant Edward E. Wood, sth cavalry: First Lieutenant Henry 8. Itead, iilery; Furst Lieutenan avis, 5! fantry;’ First: Lieutenant William A. Simpson, 24 artillery; Second Licutenant Carver Howland, ith infantry; Ffest Lieutenant John Bigelow, jr., 10th cavalry, judge advocate. District Government Affairs. LIQUOR LICENSES. Applications for liquor licenses of the following | per ine iwere approved to-day: J. Hi. Brown, Jere Tnlah Downey, Jos. A. Hall, Fred W. Waterholter | and Geo. Fritsch, ee Local Notes. ‘The semt-anntial 7 per cent interest on the stock of the Corcoran-market square, amounting to 33,500, has been declared, This Is all’ held by the trusses of the Corcoran Art Gallery for its benefit. Detective Cox returned from Baittmore last night with Wm. Dorse, alias Wilson, who is wanted here onachange of larceny. and locked him up at the fifth precinct station. - He will be tried in the Police TOW. <Oiricer George Wheeler this afternoon arrested Charite Beveridge, charged with being engaged in the “policy” business, and locked him up at the fifth precinet station. Tt was Mollie O'Hare who was sent to att for rowipg vitriol on a young man nami ; Rbout Bye weeks ago, and. who has Deen released from jail under the operation of the poor convicts’ act. Mx. Jony stox's Cowrtaner.—Mr. H. 8. Johnston of this city, whose place of business is at 498 Penn- eylvania avenue and his residence at_the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 26th street, says that about 9:30 o'clock last night a policeman called at Is house and demanded two dollars. “What for?” Mr. Johnston tnquired. He was told that the two | dollars was a fine for faflure to have snow removed | from the sidewalk, and the officer added that Lieut. Amold had’ directed him to collect the mon ‘or take Johnston to the stationhouse. Mr. Johnston asked the policeman If he had a warrant. He said, “Yes, Dut that it was too dark far him to read it” Mr. Johnston then ordered the officer from his premises. To-tay he | found that there was a warrant against him for | failing to remove the snow fram the walk in front of his house, and he paid the fine at the Police Court; but Be objected to the trregular manner in which the policeman had l, and called nn Lieut Arnold for an ition. Arnold de- nied having given the officer any such instructions. has entered acomplaint with Major ————— ov tam THERMOMETER —The foll ‘were the at the office of the chief officer to-day:—7 a.m., 31.6; 11 a.m., 83.8; 2 p.m., 34.8 ‘Maximum, 35.6; minimtm. 90.3. AnrxsTEp ror Rossine T8e Marts.— Arthur Mid- dleton, a clerk in the distributing department of the office, at Milwaukee, Wis, Was arrested a few laysagoon a Cl of robbing the mails. For months past complaints have poured oe tir office that letters containing money mailed in Mil- ‘waukee failed to reach their destination. Two office “inspectors arrested Middleton Monday, He made a confession to the effect that he robbed about 100 letters. The young man ts well connected and received a fair salary. He said he id not need the money, but something prompted img to rob the letters, and he was powerless to ist the temptation. He was taken before a court comnijasioner and was held to trial at the next term of the United States court In $1,000 ball, in default of which he Wes in jail. A Puanuisr wirs Dsuinicw Tamers —“steve Reitly,” or “Seddons’ mouse,” the ‘who was Sees Monday might, and who left the New York, on ight, and who left the 3 Gousium tremens last Aight at Sist street and ‘venue, He was taken to the Roosevelt hospital, aa forties, 33% bid to-day ‘ The New York Stock "Inrket. ‘The following are the opening and clesin: w York Stock Market to-day as reported by special wire to H. H. Dodge, 539 15th street: su) se eS wa Do. 2d pret.- CBEQ 205 1994,' Do pret LOCe 8 6H Northwest... 1165 1759, Col. Coal Do pra... MES MMs Del. & Mud. °* 104%, 1045, Onto & Mise ey D..Ls ¥ rgon Trans. 5 Den eR TL. Cent. LB & W. Lake Shore é BK * Crmerre Caver—Jitge Macarthnr To-day, Ward ast. Bryon: gested and acdrainistrator 1 Of Courtney agt. Distriet POLICE CocuT—Judge Snell. To-day, John 8. Thompson pleaded gullty to inde cent exposure and was tins $5. Several persons were fied 32 each for falling to remove jm Sidewalks in front of their premises Tie court sald that hereatter the sow Law will be richly en forced. Buddy Ridge ad, Was rvequlrvad tO LO to jail for 9) days in'detimit ar S10) bon making threats towards Win, Crawrond. shims Peterson, colored, for whipping his wite Emma on Christinas morniig was hed $10 or 90 days. now ew York World trom Buffalo Says: Irishmen here are much incensed at the pub- lation of the plans of the Buffalo Invineibles, who Propose to blow up Canadian government buildin. It was learned today that the meetings were held over a store on Ntugura street owned by Joseph Schmidts, who resembies Herr Most, and intervie WIth prominent Irishmen Mrther disclosed the ob- nization. Jataests. Muldoon. clawyen, Adnitted that he was president of the local branch, | We Will try 10 capturethe governor-gen- | A. He tised to bean Irish landiord and 1g a Nt subject for arvengeatine Upon, We have selected nine men who are swera to do their duty when the onder is gtve mne mien will s het, but the majority will’go over the St. At Caughnawanga, apposite Lachtue.” ap. Moran, a suloon keeper, sid Uh well-organized bedy of tnvinci and Cap Ww Sintth, whe wis at the Kideway radd tn id the attack wotld be made, and the only he was afraid of Was destroying Innecent | peopie’s ives, | Volice Superintendent Curtin omierd Detective Donevan 16 arrest. McBrh f released be there was ion papers. | ho C1 a special character, Tiodonunie kind, consequently there ware uve influences at woek in either aire ‘The mon: Important questions of Uke siwea Toads remade tnvotved 1 ce cer Te was Panored UhAt tae western din some way practically jItwe ita jun Che teartite comuldattons, Anxwy ORDERS —Capt, Win J. Haskin Das | tran Hi to light battery K, ron s relieved from tae daty of { Ube departiaeut of Artrona, Rossel, corps of engineers, WH | SoMVIllé, Fla, wo Fort Montoe, Va, |! Colored Mem Protesting. THE OB10 CONVENTION ASKS THE AID OP HON. i cox. ‘The Ohio state convention of colored citt | Columbus, to hasten the period when the | polities! rights of the race shail be | to protest against the Danville Sesion until alate hour Chrisunas they say: We, the colored men of the state of Ohio in Com venity d. ask Your attenuon W & | tion which, tous and to all of the colored the United’ States, 1s one of great ‘The reported unwarranted and cowardly down, th cold biood, of American citizens 1 State of Vinginia in November tast. We ask Deonuse Of Your position a a ent Man and humanitarian, to give the serous attention, and to ctve your ald to the pg | Sage of such a law as will ot citizens 1m rights, Wefect bold in making Uns req | you, because of the humanttarian postion taken ii] You With reference to aettizen of tue United 4 lated the laws of another nation. Wi Uhat since you have thus interested who had tins violated law, you would give your atteution to the munter of cltivens here, ue. Hoping That you will give this matter us attention, atid Uhat you will consider the same, and that Whatever you In your pow > you Will do It as heartily as yeu did in the case ferred to above. are your hum JOHN CONWAY'S AWFUL DEATH IN THE ST. LOUIS FIM ON CHRISTMAS, Jobn Conway and Michael Kehoe, the Sal Corps inen, Who Met their death at the fire in Sb Louis, Christmas day, were Durted yesterday Calvary cemetery. At The inquest on Conway Dody Assistant Chief Hester testified: “Il kepe ® stream of water playing arvund bia for upwards hours. was lett alone tn the room = when the fire and smoke tie other men. Th my Last at him (wos in with him some four or News Hriefw | On Chvtstmas eve a sno te shall Basin, Colorado, carrving off 1 ‘in which were killed + shaft house | n men, eight of whoa Ww uirizht and Uwo ine | Jured. ‘The Standard fre of Tnitted States rrnstee E | cited to withdraw Its. i | Th mtn) Morvis purpose ets th | the present constiation, the legal tra ticularly obnoxious, | A Young man named Parsons, of Newport News, | ~ was shobin the head by ed maw. near | that piner, yesterday, y waunder Dr. Beatty, con ing ain inquest Yestenday who was murdered ey a De was colonel of the fatn ing the War, and \ of London, among whose | homa, of New York. stinas eve by shooting himself he grave | Of a Ifttle son, who was buried in Greenwood come tery last sutuiner. Eadie Bohner, aged eight years, in New Oneans yesterday, was ‘Shot in the he: ‘and mortatt ‘The smallpox has bro tn the New Castle, Del, eo ‘The finn of A. D. Smith « Co., of Providence, R. L, have made an assignment, With Uabilities of over # million dollars Dick Pediar and Dyde Bright met in a ring at MM Creek, Pa., Tuesday, to tight tor ty-seven Tounds were foughit, w clared the winner. | Chatubbel, « Choctaw Indian, was killed Sunday | while resisting arrest, in Indie Territory, Dy & member of the Choctaw light-horse. | Rey. Edwin Johnson, formerly a Congregational QAMOF in Boston, Bangor and Baltimore, died tn New York Christinas morning, The idea that the explosion 'at Birkenhead, Eng- land, Christmas day, was due to Fentans is discred- tted in London. Harry Dorsey, a white boy. nine years old, In Bal- timore, stabbed James Robinson, a colored lad nearly twice his height, in the left leg yesterday with a kulfe, Ulysses S. Grant, son of Rev. William Jesse: who Isa cousinof Gen. Grant, was sent to Dallas, Texis, on Monday, on @ cluage of burg ‘A lame crowd was in attendance at the Old South chureh, Boston, restentay, to witness the unvelling of the Harriet Martinedu statue. The audience | ‘was composed most ‘n Pediar was de- Wrestiisg Maton For THe Craw agreement was signed In Boston yest another match between 1 MeMahon, for 3500 2 s collar-and-elbow Ww world. ‘The match fs to oveur within seven weeks end Dufur 1s allowed the privilege of | | Jesterday, when Wat mmateh ts in accordance w K. Fox thet burur must with MeMahon betore acc McLaughlin, of 1 Was anuonnced to take and guests assert ‘The minister Who Wats called In genuineness of the marrage certufic . dated four years ago, day 2fternod A MURDEROVS ASSAULT.—Dan Macué risburg, Pa, last night visited his sts who Is. a widow, and after stating that he had come to murder her, beat her with a spittoon about the head, struck lier with a heavy tron instrument, and then 'tramped upon her in ain unmercifui manner, ‘The woman is in a precarious condition. No cause 4s assigned for the act. lana ee Rartnoap Bereprse oF THe Past YRAR.—Durin the past veer 6,400 talles of main track af rllroad have been Luld in this country at an apprown cost Of $165,000.00, making the total number of miles of rafiway in the country to date about 120,000. ‘The construction during 182 was the largest in the history of the country, 11,600 miles Delng laid against 9,800 miles the year Deion THRER GENERATIONS MURDERED.—A triple mur- der was committed Monday, at Chatham church, six miles from Moncure, N.C. ‘The victims were Mrs. Olive Gunter, elchty years old, and her daugh- ter and ter. Each was struck several A Pacttian Foa.—There was a singular meteor- ological IO in Passaic, N. J., vest morning. The New York Herald Says: A f denly formed tn the nelghborhood of the Erie It seemed to be about fifty feet high, and from other of the city the sun could be seen s tly on Its upper surface and sides, the fog pre- | wy senting the appearance of a cloud of white smoke, Tt was so dense that in It objects could be seen only afew feet away. It lasted from shortly after sun Fise to 10 o'clock, when It tttaimed its greatest den- shoruy after broke are tashincin, who had evideau been colcbratig ‘wart Irishman, who had evidently been, ‘Christmas, entered the county clerk's office at Pat erson, New Jersey, yesterday, to declare his inten- clerk in the office took him tn,band and in reading the oath, where the woild-be-citizen 18 me fired to “renounce ail allegtance to all potentates, princes and powers, and espe lally (in the ease of British subjects) to the quesn of Great Britain and Iretond,’ ubstituted the OD gy @ —— sight,” exclaimed the irate Celt, start Tor the door.” fe was recalled, ant tr oat | @ wealthy farmer named Walton tn | Oller tat he would kill tin on Sight qinut around bt same down Mar- | tt ears filed my eves Ptheh show mi ie said: “Good-bye, "These were bik Hiinpst of his Tace several tne. thes from Beneath lighted was a bard sight. He Was & . his head after me as i went the west front door f Vy MUU With Ms back Bear the partition the normh wall. 1 fought my way outside and a Stream of water playing tor hours arterwards.” A West Virginia Horrer. SHOCKING MURDER OF A MOTHKR AND TWO CRIe DREN. ‘Mrs. Elizabeth Somerfield and two children, live ing on the slope of iich mountain, about twenty | ities trom Beverly, W. Va. were murdered by some unknown parties, probably, on Sunday, the 1 aud thelr bodies consumed, the house being after the bloody work had been concluded. The womsn’s sitll had been crushed with some a crowbar, which was Trier relates that he was met men on his way to Seneca, who told him @ hind been destroyed by fire sume distance ahead op his route. The carrier ‘on horse, aud soon reached the spot, ina wild lovely part of the Cheat river vailey. Alghtings approached the ruins, and on reaching the: edge Of the extinct embers his attention Was ale | tracted by the blackened heart of an adylt, posed to be that of Mra. Somerfield, together Soine charred bones ahd fragmetits of flesh. further search in Ube ruins 0 TEE skulls of a woman and child, eaune nibs and part of a spinal column, PROCREDINGS AGAINET A Vinointa LOTTERT Com PANY. Proceedings were instituted yesterday ersburz, Va., Uy the state ‘me ‘Disinal swamp Canal Lotlery Company to test the legality: of tue company to, woll aviary Uckete te the state, the company claiming to have a rizt todo so an act of the assembly passed tn the year while the commonwealth Clalins Uhat sid act ‘without the authority of law. | THREE ORANGEMEN KILLED 4ND SEVERAL Wocspep.—Aa formidable riot occurred at Harbor Grace, N. F., last-evening. ‘The ot city Uirned Out in procession with thelr regalia, ilaks, When they Were atiacked uy the faction and Unree men were kflied and soane at the Node stenubent Man hated Henry Seebler, whose wite had been carried off by tie former, met near the post. oMes m tirew tals nrst and wart Just as he Was ch than had sent word to Ue | mortally or severely wounded. infantry and cav: and police are Patebed by train iar disturbance. Steamer to the Sor Dea By His Exewy.—At Sot Seebler Ui his revolv the A Hoxres Suor By a Dog.—On Christmas morm- ing, Geonge Case, a young man living in Petone,LiL, Went bunting. When he reached the woods he halted and rested the but of lis cocked gun an the ground, ‘the muzzle pointing towards uly head. {| Case then called to his dog, which was: aUout 4 sbort distance off. The animal Fan to qoaster and jumped upon hits breast. Tn doing #0 he pressed the trigger with one of his hind feet and the gun Was discharged, instantly Klling Case. yO CURE, NO PAY. WHITERURSTS CEDAR 28 BALSAM ts warranted to cure Concha Colds, Arvada nee Donan eas Soa Sut Pian eras dials | ragwists, Price Zhe W. Mioney back. Sold by all Ds THOMPSON, Tus Lith wtroet. Bh-thaay MARRIED, GURY—HOFFMAN. At 10am. on December 27, at the wran church, in Winchester, Va. by the Mew, ‘Mausivn, corner Sixth and & streets uw. dae Pert witl take Hla fom he late residence, No, 508 M street southwest, on Froday, 28th inet. at 3, CONNELL On 3 4.80. m., KATIE, belowed Couuell, aged four years. five months, “A spotiows lily. lent us trom above, Hind blomsturd and blovuved bat 6 singe dag Ty clue Ou weary radi wit its howe Alas! too short it ‘too early ite decay.” wee Fihlny Doct Sate ced ae Pc : es Matis are iavtied tosttend” HODGKE At the residence of Hewieki, lade ot Alexandria, Va, aged 87 yearn Funeral services ot the residence of ber ‘son, Dr. J at ten a.m. To-morrow ‘Metuodist Protestant church in eQlCKEEVER. On December 26th, 186%, at