Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1885, Page 3

TE EDUCATIONAL. LITERA Bs a8. — = sane - HE HOWE BUSINESS ap URS Nw, ; Short. condensed course tn pract coping. THE MANUFACTE ‘Penmanship and English Branches at moderns) _ ryite of tuition, (Storming, afermcon ard ist wow pera if ht without text-books, Par WASHINGTON IN EMBRYO, aa om, 1 | SST HE connected t Previous to ite Survey by Major L/ENFANT. fun 3 3 Ee Re fret A TPuEyEN sc N LANGUAGES, euth C HH OO 4 RR 1309 H st. nw., Pr. Ro DUMAINE, Principal, Compiled from the rare historical researches HH “oo” Sss8 fi EER & HE ¥ | will beopenall the summer. Clase in Prenth, oetiad ug ving, oF SPI fienked Dr. JOSEPH M. TONER. bw. commercial sand 12 sof pyed Leather 3 és — ‘omnmerc “fenry Garey bara @ co i Special ficlities (07 advances mae ‘apsame The purpose and nds ey PLEASE COMPARE THE PALAIS ROYAL AND lia lave rinted aml profusely it ted volume of shosl ae SU0 pa © fully se orth PRICES WITH THOSE AD’ TIRED BY. oung ladies. Sessions 55-88 opens September * page we fed abe t! — oie eds WASHINGTON OR BALTIMORE ceases eee nes said on thove points, exept toadd that th FAH BERT Ge BCG cahoas Frooties ot Wasting COMPETITORS. TPS BECore SCHOO OF LANGVAGES ton, s tol © ork with singular Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Providence, Seta tlates Hae ne ee te ens Aad at 728 14th st. nw, WASHINGTON. single current volum ish os broadly treating all brat the subject it LADIES. ap6) | WITT, RE OPEN ALT SUMMER : Mr. Davis has No. 1_—BLACK INGRAIN COTTON HOSE, only | GyoRTHAND — RF ee wen 28c. pair. We have received the invoice, but this line | S200 "rime. § to present acu sive View of the state of cf habe: Sint excoptional onpartenttons Sr tommnine the eet aes the art as itexists in Lie United States at the No.2.—FINE BLACK COTTON HOSE, double | offered at W OGRAPHIC HEAD resent To his undertaking he has heels and toes, with white feet, Schopper’s make; Pa- | QUARTERS, rought a clear knowiedsr of his theme, supple fais Hara seseerates 5 va bandh bition and uniring yal price, 3 RBS we ry, and in « we ner bier No. 3.—ENGLISH NOVELTY, Black and White | Mer sessious of the spe: Sunes fuori ss git reheated oe a Check HTOSE; all the rage in New York; Palais Royal | #h. avd D sts n. w S esenaiaee could be given In the prosecution of his inqul- Price, 44c. Syutio ries by the a ties Of tie Patent office and No. 4.-SOLID-COLOR LISLE THREAD HOSE, 4 Otlfers in possession of valuable data relating Palais Royal pric escorts, BR or send the It is not too much to assume, ‘white split fect, all shades; pschtace ied ee ayy SPENCER, Principal’ SAtk here at Mr. Davis’ exhaustive exposition No. 5.-ENGLISH COTTON HOSE, plain and rib- | A/SPENCER, Vice Principal. mbes vencpnisolent ys peter bed, in handsome “boot” patterns, combination colors; | SCHOOL. ELOCUTION ANDI 0 SS Aiso privace leswmsin Fret ther. At any Seal bee Galture ane Heading 1s cult to see how anything can b No.6.-SCHOPPER'S SOLID-COLORED HOSE, | MM. ADELINE HL contribution te that branch of ind split feet: also SCHOPPER’S STRIPED HOSE, in all J SCHNELL Of OF PIANO ture while exist ot colons Palats Royal prise, 36e. jeJe and VoraL sv actention io bee ‘ | ginters, as well 2s those gto be qimutled 19F a zEon No. 7.—BLACK COTTON HOSE, with vertical silk | Berar anersor Teacher. ‘Tern Gi2, Hovignton, ‘Miitlin co See ten nonce mowntigs Sala) aor eA AGA WEOE OP GRE jovghtou, Miftlin & Co. ayes SHINGTON ACADEMY OPT) Beall. Seb ota ad Gis Went toot For the reader's life it cannot be told where No. 8.—BLACK SILK HOSE, white heels and toes, vom a One of the writers of this story left off and the extra long; cheapest in city; Palais Royal price, 72c. ae ee other began her task, nor what part either bore No.9.—EXTRA LONG SILK HOSE, iy black and | §S"E in its construction. Neither does it matter, It all colors; sold elsewhere for $1; Palais Royal price, | Are followel. Private jm fsenough that it is thoroughly entertaining 720. I aenoae Foust from beginning to end, with a special charm : : = - No. 10.—SPUN-SILK HOSE, with double soles,in | rp oiit for those who love the The scene is laid biack Steere Palais Royal price, 72¢. Piss , y of Fundy, Z i 2 of Fine Arts, Isth st. aud New. SeIpE Os oe No. 11.—FINE BLACK SILK HOSE, white heels | Stuy saved.” Receptions thee Wed ma is enacted. The de- and toes; extra gocd quality; Palais Royal price, @ac. | 5° ¢! =: srfully good throughout, iS. YY ravine or of local color and redo- No. 12. NE BLACK SILK HO , cream silk | .¥ A nut i zy sca. Milly, the heroine, is See, lniprovad shape; Palais Raval aioe S10. Conservatory,“ Pinuo teohnigi upon to choose between two lovers, one — th st _n.w. the child of luxw and culture, the other a No. 13.—OPERA-LE TH LISLE HOSE, in all V J ASHINGTON SCHOOL OF PLOCUTION AND stalwart far and generous, but un- colors; also black, sptcial quality: Palais Royal price, En gies in reaching a de- $1.19. The story abounds, Thea rants na ce ywever, with nd pathetic incidents, No, 14.—-EXTRA FINE LISLE HOSE, handsome url cosets alow aoe nab d, in’ spit the many clever things it oot” patterns of combination colors; stylish and | mimening tai somewhat unpleasant feeling new; Palais Royal price, $1.33. Sand Girls’ class SaLar in the mind of the reader. ; - ai ; ra ee WEES. No. 15.—PURE SILK HOSE, beautiful shape ani 7 NATHANIEL PARKER WI By > a ADES ut “Temes Atucricon ten of Coon eee very superior quulity; Palais Royal price, $1.29. ae eee ms for college, He -hton Miftin & Co. : Robert Annapolis, West Pe mi ca Be IVS ANSTITUTE: <0 corer sth aid K sta nw The present generation of readers know little = eee ; ee ies. hing of Willis, whohas been so aptly de- a ¥ °¢ rocks and rapids, and, therefore, no doubt 1 his oy pie facilities of | east. He also purchased a smaller tract north a . Evening Classes, $3 and $5 amc = seribed by Dr. Holmes as “a reminiscence of EARLY LAND SPECULATIONS. ifled his oxpectatio of this city beeomi the Potomac, he ee Deon OF yuaere the Jel) iw stands Re CHILDREN'S HOSIERY. = ———— Orsay, and @ forerunner of Oxcar Wilde.” Soa MeWiille ie proximity of ehis aie to Peony aa ctu ket for the produc contract with the commissioners to sell 6,000 | No.2.—FRENCH RIBBED AND PLAIN Hose, | Cowcex From a quarter to halfa centary ago, however, | THE STORY OF THE BLODGETT CASE no doubt, the controlling mottv the surrounding country. | The new | city lots at not less than $80 each, but the ‘con- | all colors and sizes; Palais Royal price, 35c., or three | (CONCENTRATED he was a prominent figure in the fleid of Ameri- mind of Washington in 1 the ¢ be not only the capital of the nation, eens sngeed oe parel ia ae erect ok for Sl. CRAB ORCHARD can light literature; and ac a writer heexercised | Aetivity im District Real Estate Nearly | yet, as he rode along on the Vitis 5 pai a great emporium of | buses prevented the disposal oF (oa eles pes ae ayia aes no slight influence upon the younger minds of eg Geutary hie his’ home in Mount Vernon, aud gazed across |” While Washington w inationsne |eeuuewie on liciee in Euladeiphis ee tie | Gosonen ates oe one ae asrgean le | WATER. his first as a promising poet, and after- nrfuce of the Vrond bosom of the | tion before making his final determination, he | cent style of living in’ Philadelphia, eas ite | COLORED HOSE, sol eet: Engl sein Seniy aa. Wards ‘as the originator of personal or society fell upon a scene of picturesque | was accustomed to ride on_ horseback from his onder of colonial days. He, however, became | Palais Itoyal price for 7-in., 44c, rise and full, THE GREAT RENOVA jour His mission was not a seriousone, | WHY WASHINGTON SELECTED THIS SITE FOR . There were the circling heights m in Mount Vernon to Georgetown. crossing ne oi yond 4 oe e oe fi (ako REGAINED Alin roomie Sep wat such as it was it was cleverly fulfilled. He} THE FEDERAL CITY—SOME OF THE ORIGINAL | clothed with forest. trees, and below the land, | over from the Virginia shore by a bridge which em lands and died in adebtor’s prison, D. RECOMMENDED AND. INDORSED was a brilliant nt triffer, but he was] property OWNERS AND WHO THEY WERE—| diversified by cultivation or wild shrubbery, | was a few years after replaced by a causeway to jar Mint Jot some, lntereet that of ‘all PITYEIC Staten es es Versatile and piquant in expression, and he ad- se . gently descended to the river edge, “Here and | Mason's, now Analostan Island. He took there | the spect fators that mashed to | a PLAIN PURE SILK HOSE, improves | THEONIY REMEDY THAT ACTS ON ALLO} ded & good deal to the enjoyment of a wide cir- | STREETS AND AVENUES THROUGH WOODS AND | there might be seen the houses of the proprie- | a ferry boat, which. plied from that point to oe early date and.) Bonmhe up| land speared ae: Wiel THE GREAT ORGANS © : HUMAD gle of readers, so that no less an authority than | SWAMPS, tors of te plantations where corn and wh dex’ landing, at the Junction of alee ana|/Ravert Morris and is associa cal de ay 7in., 77¢.; Ts Meas . ‘i ‘hackeray Was prompted to say: “It is comfort- ~ | and tobacco was crown. The ten or twelve men ket streets, ek fane. Georgi 3 o bought ea Bre ER oe able that there should have been a Willix” His | Somewhat of a Sensation was created In this | Who owned alt the land where the city now | town he made his headquarters at Suter’s hotel, erate ener THE KIDNEYS. Plostacne war Pra ene, Material for @ great | city about a year ago by the announcement | Stands were mainly English people,who tiad ob- | which was located on Congress street, below | s le of the Capitol. | Daniel Carroll, who owned THE STOMACH. biography, bit Prof. Beers has made out of ita | CY . oe large | “ned their patents to the land from the king, | Bridge street, and there he met L’Enfant and & large tract of land on the north and south ah WOW aA: very entértdining book, anda really valuable | Of the filing of @ suit, laying claim to a large PRIMITIVE WASHINGTON. and consulted In regard to the location Paes OL ene) Cepitan Zelb eon vine ee = . = geDeibution to the biographical literature of | tract of land in the northwest section of the | mney wore the Carrolla the Youngs, the pa- | and laying out of the new city. Tabi cls, woula be lgcaied tere, raion —SURFE-SAPE-SPEEDY.— the country. city. Lorin Blodgett, a descendant of Samuel vidsons, the Peters, the Walkers, the Warrings, ) THE SPECULATORS WATCH WASHINGTON. | goning his work in connection with the city = POSSESSES THE COMBINED MEDICINAL VIR- eee pete Ten ra on FOREST. By | Blodgett, one of the early real estate specula-| "OOO craterling chatacter, whe are aererited | ‘The bill authorizing the selection of a site be- | after his plan had been adopted. The original| PPP, AL A TE 5883 THE FAMOUS NATU- Gack De ‘AEED, author of “Only an | tors in this District, was thecomplainant in the | People of sterling character, 3 = cause of the trouble was Carroll's insisting upon | Aa oL AA Ws RAL WATERS. Incident. ; P. Putnam's Sons, Wash- | °" sls bs in the early chronicles as living In comfortable | came u law in July, 1790, and between that | canse of the trouble: ‘directly in the middie or | BP! AA L AA Tt Sss. . 5 mean ington: Robert Beall ae tits erties cole Oo io BecalieMN CEA and cultivating Gale laud wih tlokeiy | ume and Whe following January, when the | what was to be New Jersey avenue, Iekitant, | B As Ea MAA eget CONSTIPATION. SICK IEADACHT: DYSPEP- Stott esto length, slight ss to plot and inet. | Humuer of lawyers the fact that some four Or (Crneir slaves. Aa may be seen trom the map, | President by proclamation announced uisas-| Ta night, ordered his men to tear th : Wecontrol all the po dent, and vivacious as to style, this story will | BVé years before Lorin Blodgett had appeared | the jand was well watered. In addition to tue | cision, tradivign has it thathis movements were down, which was done, but an appeal w. iy Apple” Trade pleasautly while away an idle hour, albeit it | "the elty and made known his claim, but had | Potomac and Rock creck’ along te merthern \ of great interest to a number of enterprising ee eee ate bo brand. ‘Con Hoan 1 Bere ae wry, ms 8 eee te ae Tr rca oe eee ela coat emia a CE Sn BETIS ce nd itis sald that when he | Gr preservation just south of the Capitol, When in sealed pack the black forest region of Germany and life | fr him. Nothing was heard of the claim until | 2rovellis mouth, 10 the town oF Bladeustute: | rode over tho. pre a aie A co ery wt Enfant retired; Andrew. Eillectt, who bad Chisoniinn wane therein, with some love passages introduced to | this sult was filed. The land covered by the | (iGose (or Tiber) reek which isnow used merely | Major I'Enfant, he was onsiderably harassed | been associated with him, carried on the work A ARDW? claim was formerly kuown as the Jamacia| as a sewer outlet, was, at that time a lance | by the questions and inquiries which were put | oflaying out the city, Tea ae eT ieee eeraave rather Rhode Island | stream, formed by' two branches arising in the | t0 him by the anxious land owners, as well as pee a aes than as «story with malice aforethought. The | tract, and lay north of Rhode Islan Rillsto'the north: Tiatecuvss was alone where | the spechlators, who were: determined to be.on OTHER EARL 'ULATORS, abana See g= heroines are. moreover, decidedly unpleasant, | avenue and east of Connecticut avenue, | hill AIL GHULLOLatigeL Tow Ik ara nom arene | the moundl In time Couslaariueihe -inpore: | Benjamin Sloddert waa another extanciva aplSths.ta 7 Ky shaaict us hope, tare, typesof the American giri | the bounds being indicated In the map sccom-| Nov! @ foot of Capitol Hill to the west it crossed | ance of the matter, Washington did not keep | speculator.. He was a resident of Georgetown, FICE OF W. gbroad.and the miscarriage of their schemes | Panying this article, the, tract pet ee ee a helow 3d sirect, and, widening out | the curious ones very Jong in ignorance, and on @ad@venriclon 6 menanils basines then. Oo does not exeite the sympathy of the reader. Jepbth ie rstie araern Pietra Recrerd Beg ne ie yet) eae Ce Chere Tat ofthe | the 24th of January, 1791, he Issued A DIPMA |itel “Wiha anerwards appointed. by. Presidest PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 6, 1884 2 CHILDS GARDEN QF VERSES By Ropeer | up and improved with valuable houses TMS | Gater.. matket and. a, portion of) the | mation declaring that lines should be fan yom ‘Athans the first Secretary of the Navy. Ais MESSRS. EISNER & MENDELSON, ee See eran tak eng naties. Sexib> | Owners and residents were naturally somewsat | Linlihveniat grounds 10 the Poimac. Frog Orie Cheer Wien fs Just Below Marte |anhatiies “were quits laces ig Hamburg, SOLE AGENTS OF JOHANN HOFF'S ott fae tae arakton: Wan. Ballantyne &Son. | disturbed by this unexpected claim, aud at | Oth street, Tiber creek had more. the appear. Boundaries of the tonto cates Ae Ene | aiid th these he was associated with Deaking® MALT U.SOF A, Both for its contents and the attractive style | once a thorough investigation was made of the | ance of a great arm of the river than a country lines thus run incinded Jand. south of the East. | He also purchased quite a tract of land south . PHILADELPRTA, im which they are presented, this little volume | titles. All the titles to property in that section | Stream, and from the character of the land in co me ot was passed by | Of Ohio avenue, between 9th and 14th streets. SED JOHANN HOFF'S “istobe commended. Mr. Stev ts Be Cities cer eee eens ee ee a ee ce eee aL etEn CIE a toealan Cite tne. | LYnCH and Sanak natn dloaved jon tie ters PAST FIVE YEARS ologhaes esr essere Nooo ana naon Is one of | and titles examiners, and the owners, after in- | that at one time it was all under water. for mile square. The fet stone te nou the bern, | became purchasers of quite a good deal of real PRACTICE, AND HAVE the most popular of prose writers for young | quiry, received such'ample assurance that the | many years the swampy nature of the ground ‘dae tthe District was set at Jones’ Point. the | estate. But little is Known of either of these MEAL TH ae folks, and titis collection of verses shows him to | claim’ made had no genuine basis; that the un- | prevented the rapid improvement of this part nnpedtioee cape ot Hunting creek, on the i5th | men. Major Lingan, who was from Philadel- 814 SEVENTH STRE HAVE FOUND IT ESPRCIALLY be caually flicitious in thyme. A few of the | asiness at first experienced was at once dis- | of the city, which is now the principal business | 8 tare the tec ey cues ee pia, made 'a very extensive. purehaso of land SEVENTH STREET. AVE POUSD 10 ESPECIALLY Yerses are adapted for the hursery rather than | pelled, and as not a single quit claim has been ener and in the an years seines were course of spectators. ying about Dupont Circle,and extending to DYSPEPSIA, POR for children who are abie to read, but among | Put on record, apparently, not much import- | hauled and fish taken along the Avenue, be- : 2 ock Creek, as far south as M_ street, and then AND IN Shs OF them will be found more thanalittlegenuine | ance has been attached to the sult. The|tween 9th and 10th le whe ae LIVELY TIMES IN THE NEW CITY. between 18th and 21st streets, as far, south as SPECIAL SPRING SALE! AISO UN LUN poetry. The dedication to the author's muse is | Subsequent proceedings in the case fur Rancecmies atures (stand. UNe citizens: ||| scisation ofakite for ihe new capital etty | H. This was Known as the. “Widow's Mite: . a 7 WAS DIEAWN 1 @ particularly happy effort of its kind. nish further evidence of the worthlessness | those days were accus' go 2 Anthony Holmead also bought just to the north | MONDAY, APRIL 20, UNTIL SATURDAY, | OF DOLE ES TE Sf the claim. As originally filed Gen. Grant, | the Center market now stands for the pur-| was only the initial step in the great work | drTineans tend ed he Bee we por- ) Roane maw to Pigs es ab tg Informa | Mr. W. W. Corcoran, Thoinas E. Waggaman, | pose of getting aboard the vessels that plied | which Congress had imposed upon the Presi-| tion of it down to the present time. Among APRIL 25. Brine 8) rig Cousulting Engineer for Sengary Drainage “New | Senator Don Cameron, John B. Aliey, and other and down the river, which made thelr way | dent. A plan for the elty had to be chosen; an | other purchasers at this time may be found the | cpectar, AND EXTRAORDINARY INDUCE- ME PAST 3 YEARS. York: Henry Hoit & Co. WRstington: Brentano | large property holders and prominent citizens | into the city by the tines tar agreement entered into with the land owners | Rimes of James Greenleaf, John H. Stone, : : ee a a Brothers. were Inade parties to the suit, but when an- | gave point to one ot the lines in Toi a Thomas Johnson, (who was one of the Commis. MENTS IX W. W. LAM swers were made by some of the parties the | Satire upon this cit, hi he visitey to secure the possession to the government of | signers of the elty), William Bailey and. Benjac ‘There 1s perhaps in no country a better au-| Suits were dismissed, as the complainant was | The poet sneeringly wrote the ground; and it was required that the neces- | min Oden. The prices paid for the land seemed | MILLINERY, LADIES’ WRAPS, LACES, JER sree sence IE thority on the subject treated in this monograph | either unable or unwilling to make the deposit | cretk Is Tiber now,” and added: sary buildings should be erecied for the use of | to average about $60 peracre, and the price ss = a WeEnOoe Sie than Col. Waring, who gives in its two hundred | of $200 required of non-residents. Recently <This famed metropolis, where faney sees Congress, the departments of the government | was apparentiy regulated by ‘the valuation SEYS, CORSETS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, : rept and odd pages the results of his wide observa- | M0ther bill has been filed in which the name df | "Squares Jn morasses, obelisks in trees and the President by the year 1800, Washlng- | placed upon them by the government. TIPS, PLUMES, RUCHING, LACE fnteligibie inanner thareaamner imple and | Stizen of the District has been sabsiiteed ir | 9 WHY IF WAS CALLED TInER CREEK. following dates: ‘The bill authorising the loos: | mens ange else ta the ete Oke: SEG aa tesa any intelligent. person cate mater tks | what of Blodgett, but the ouly parties made ce ae Ge A a gt ere RET ee tion of the city was assed In July, 1790; In the | those made by the government, were tnainly aap a - u ccqncerued, “We know tothing ff Kika | wor ag rice ofthe Washington assocation | Hous motives, but rather asa nelghvorhowtjoke | Siacted eaaeke aatasenctae te as [sale nts an ange taacions were uhusnal, | 000 DOZEN STRAW HATS AND BONNETS aaneerk Know nothing of ite kind | Sor" nited Sentn inserancs company thls | upon one of the early Inhabitants by the name | tered into. with the. property owners Tn April | the sale of large bloeks to Individuals, and | ENGLISH MILAN BRAIDS, BELGIAN SPLIT “oe! property was deeded by Samuel Blodgett in | SP : aerate located on Capitol | the corner-stone of the District was laid, and by | advised the commissioners to have a care as to | AND SATIN BRAIDS, PEARL, LOOP AND Dw WITH OTHER STORIES. | 1801. It is claimed that the deed of trust was | Of Pope,whose plantation was located on Cap! the summer L’Eniant had prepared his map of | the disposition of land in the vicinity ofthe pub- | ROUGH AND READY RRAIDS. SOREN: Collected and Edited, | made to Caidwell for certain purposes, | Hill. His farm was named Rome. He was the plan of the city, locating the public build- | lic buildings, lest it might be used for undesira- = J og A New Editions ‘New York: Charles sites | Which, not having been carried ‘out, his | called the Pope of Rome, and naturally the | (es ean eee ity, joe streets and the avenues | ble purposes, or unsightly buildings erected. It | ALL THE LATEST PATTERNS AND COMBI- ge Sons. Washington: Robert Beall. heirs are now asked toaccount for the property. | stream which meandered around his p was | With the reservations as they now exist, w Would appear that at these sales which were | NATIONS OF FANCY STRAWS IN ALL Seo Mr. Mablon Ashford, who is as well posted on | (nea the Tiber. The early inhabltante pre | DUlfew changes. ‘The first public sale of lots |held fee tine: te wie sae preference | SHAPES. Coo It is perhaps not too much tosay that wenever | District land titles’ perhaps, as any other | ¢4 et ry opniee ¢ ie Golan se was held in Getober, and in the following year | seemed tobe for lots east of the Capitol, i bad in this country a more brilliant and fas- | person,says that the ttle of Caldwell to the land Tater ‘a ae sthe mone prete ous de the President's house was begun, and in’ afew | although L'Enfant purchased a lot on 17tt | 2,500 TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS FOR cinating writer of short stories than the gallant In question is purely, & fictitious one, for the | Otcr deve tie more proventious desig al | Months afterwards buildings for the Treasury | street “opposite the Corcoran Art Gallery, | LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN. th f this collectic hich be re reason that a prior deed of trust was éxecuted | Tiber creck was adopte uw pea ently x canal and War departments to the west and east of | Washington, however, bought two lots in the Us = 5 FOR COOKING PURPOSES. foot of those best bection, which contains thir- | hy Samucl Blodgett in 1794 to secure the com | WaS Constructed connecting the ‘Tiber wi 4 the White House were started and the | square between New Jersey avenue and North | OSTRICH TIPS AND POMPONS IN EVERY FOR HEATING BY FURNACR. Of contany nay known to the publica quarter | niicsioners appointed to divide the land’ on | James creek, a streain which entered the Poto. gornerstone of the capital was laid. | Capitol street, facing the Capitol, for which he | NEW SHADE AND OF ALL QUALITIES. R HEATING BY LATROBES. forma ia wbtcte thes ne Cheap but readable | Which this city’ Is founded between the land | Hue at Greehlears point, and it was used by the The tobacco plantations lying within. the | pald $963. Also four lots in the square Levceuy, reac . form in which they now appear they will be | Qwnereand t ‘overnment, from any Hability | Chesapeake and Ohio canal boats for bringing | tines ‘or the. Bicukat presented a strange ap- | i" and V streets southwest alone the Eastern | GOLD AND SILVER NETS AND LACES, COL- FOR OPEN GRATES Sid and hes ucqualneeneuation both among | Which they might incur from a lottery, which | SUPPlies to t eenicnt eae Tether “insular | pearance in those early years, and the selling of | Branch Yortwelve conte pot eek hee lots, | ORED CREPE DE CHENES, HAT SCARFS AND peated tee tong old and new acquaintances, they had authorized and which Blodgett man- | fact that on. : Eni Pa thee eons Jets and. the. erection “or public and private | however, were located in what was formerly | TRIMMINGS. colieeysr gonial 6 ™ THE LOST TRAIL. By Enwarp 8. Exzs, anthor | aged. As it turned out Blodgett was unable to ee ane OU NeR Oe Aes upper re Wy in | buildings transformed the quiet of the country | Carrollsburg. ‘The prices paid for lots at the = UT DOES NT BURN OUT THE GRA’ of “Ned in t ngton: Wan. Belinea | pay, the capital prize and. the winner, R.8. | with the Tiber creek is indicated precisely tn | ino the bustle and activity that characterives | Geet sale ranged from $26 to $306, but it is re- | 1.000 CARTOONS,,NEW DESIGNS IN RICH 7 1s BOONOMICAL. Porter & Coates. Washington: Wm.'Ballantyne & Bikey, instituted s suit and, under a decree of | the course AA Bees the | the haunts of men. The law authorizing the | corded. that the commissioners badlie for the | PARIS FLOWERS, 44 WILL PAY TO TRY IT. Boa. the court, all the land possesséd by Blodgett in | Chesapeake and Ohio canal wis built. ‘In the | estubiishment ofa eaplial Clty provided ter the government, as they regarded the bids too low, | 95.099 woRTH OF JERSEYS AND VISITS Full of thrilling adventures and hair-breadth | the District was sold to satisfy the judgment, | Borthern _ port Hebe Oe aed ee appointment of three commissioners who | lot 3, in square 107, at $150; lot 8, in square map ag i “4 " - t : y Bickley tuunselt became the purchaser, and | Here ere Mae dames amy wuich was | should define the bounds of the District and ur- | 87, at $i0b; 1oL Is toeatacs Loe at $175, and | SUN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS LESS THAN snipe a hl pare ar iad EAs er ite ne from him the parties now oceupying this and ee ae we) Sie S, “nd | range for the purchase of the land. ‘These com- lot 16, in thie sane 64 uare, at $145. all these | ELSEWHERE. ‘ _ bIee - erive and claim ttle. The sales covered al s missioners were appointed, and with Gen. | lots were located in the extreme northwest. = ASHIN! sLIG is the first volume of a new set, to be known as | the land to which claim has been made in this eae pes erat naa Waahingionmctaneay, roi thie property owners agent aes Thea GIVE US A CALL BEFORE BURCHASING, VAIEON GAIGET Oh, the “Log Cabin Series," and they who read it | suit. The present proceedings being against | {1 y ae g at Suter’s ro, in Georgetown, where an . . ™ 40 Bushels Crashed, $3.70. will be pretty sure to want those which are te | the heirs of Caldwell to whois, a wnond soy eG ppranch. | kpother stream which is | agreement was entered into by "which the | The property on Capitol Hill was re- : Ex TORRE $95, 9 sks 80 Samels Nor Groaned, $290 follow. subsequent deed of trust was given upon this ae Wwus the Four-mile dtu, whicks had: ate tks | Owners agreed to transfer to Messrs. Beall and | garded for many years as more desirable on BK OH NR G a5 amas Ocumen ate the questions involved in the struggle now in | was swallowed up in a prior trust, and there. | ast 0} PEERS See fiw, | tween the owners and the government, with ¥ 2 DELI 7 NY PART OF W. SOTON Progress along the disputed Afghan boundary, | fore he can not be asked to account for tit PETA ent isnt reer epee ee TS exception of the land to be used for public partict Ne nelay at at sch re bins Bears ae alr A Or: A § ERE =a: ¥ Par es and its people, will find much totheir hand, | THE SPECULATORS EARLY ON THE sceNE. | west to Rock Creck. From. the elevation ot overnment wished to use land for public baila. | Burns,and fell heir to his large estate, whieh | B a”. tun 2°45 Soo Eee 7 eouclsely stated, in Charles Marvin's new book, | This suit has a certain Interest, but purely of | Capitol sabe ne Siscrstfied comity sptesd eps or other public improvements the owners | extended on both sides of Pennsylvania ave- apis 814 SEVENTH STREET. + Tecently issued in cheap form by Charles Serib- | @ historical feature, from the fact that it goes | Out on all sidesand the circling hills aad shin- | Wore to be compensated for the same at the | nue, nearly to the Capitol, comprising what is Z Serciran Norice : ing river as the framework, the picture present | Were 0 Under thi now the heart of the city, adopted the policy of ners SU led The Feu ans at the (7ites | back to the period wien this city was founded, | ed'to the eye of ‘Washington and L'Enfant as rate ore fee peeiesee und es aa ae ving a lot to any one who promis ald — an . Marvin is acknowledged au- a f “ PECTFULE’ LL THE ATTENTION thatter of which he trege cant | 424 brings up from the sbadowy past the men | they stood Fozing over what was to be the site | divided betwean the Government and he he Rouse, and in this way he made his land more| Woe Resprerrurty [xvire suede Lee Cee ions are biased, as any English- | and the events which played such an import. | ofa great city must have been an attractive | dividual owners and bonce itis tharen tices | desirable and ene made Bis early ten- R ECTS AD ie CONTEMPLAS to be. just now, his statements | ant part in the’ early history of the capital of | OD& Pompeii eens Property in thecity begin in the commissioners, | dency of investors, winich continued for some Hoa ee Oe ae FOLDING, 50 NY STOCK OF FIRST LARS ewes ane t s years, was e purchase of lots in the vicinity IN SATUS, AD -D E ere ties waecutats neces CeO OG Eee ee eee enn ot S28 | wenite tho situation was’ a0, doubt pictur Tee een ECULATORS. | of ‘thie Capitol and the President's House, the LARLY CALL YOUR ATTENTION To THE is and tape NosFAPh by @ number of | parts of the country to avail themselves of the | esque, and appealed strongly to the eye of an| In this division 10,136 lots fell to the share of | former locality having. the preference among | mo our LARGE AND WELL SELECTED stock | WROUGHT IRON FURNACES FROM THE WELI- portraits and maj opportunities afforded for speculation in the | architect and a surveyor,there were not lacking | the government in addition to such sites as Che earty reed eure “ hie Tee eben, ' KNOWN FACTORY OF REYNOLDS & » From the publishers, through Robert Beall, ‘Incatton of the federal city. bers nos Petes hg | indications that at some day in the future this | Were selected for public buildings and other property aoversents te ahs capital sity, Baath or , oh sot x0 — Sintec dingrnnnd We have abound volume of The Century for the | Th character of financial aie a oe ee | site would become thickly settled. Already | Public purposes. The occupants were allowed era of more solid improvements set In. The SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. RACIRIAEER IS Ce, Me eee in character or financial ability, and as an evi- y oo heir land until the squares 0 00) CENT CHEAPER IN COST. WOULD ALSO CALL last six months, that is the numbers from No- | dence that the men of a century ago were on the | Georgetown had begun to creep up the neights | 0 remain on their land until the squ: could. money CE ee pos pee from. Ps TO THE WELL-KNOWN Riinber fo April. both inclusive. Aside from the | alert tosee and avail themselves of chances | from the. water edge where Ninian Beall, q | be laid out, and in this interval numerous sales Vitginineee ALCLUAiaOnIf SOU eres = FIREPLACE HEATERS, FROM THE FACTORY Beautiful Hints shied Jn the way of | that promised golden returns the records show | Scotchman, had come, in 1703, with a land | were made by the original owners to the specu: to tls colmmtestnneas tis caer tn oe OF JAMESSPEAR, FOR HEATING TWO ORMORE beautiful illustrations and choice light lit. | that ina few months after the site of the city | patent for 795 acres of the Rock of Dunbarton. | lators, who had come in great numbers to the work of building acity. When Con, moved ROOMS ABOVE. FOR ECONOMY AND HEAT- erature, It int of historical | was determined upon the land proprietors had | Other people of his own nationality followed, | capital city, levels in, the aerea tener. by | to the new city In November, 1800, the Cariten | _Wecan sell you a Fine Cur. Kid Oxford Tie for $2 UA MANY SUlnig A Grae wets Sah oT eS Portation, Tt is perhare the terest, and im. | jnereased in number from ten to over thirty. | and in 1761 Georgetown was tormally organ: | Whekingion ‘with ‘the property owners in | President's House, the Treastiry and War buile. | Per Pair, and a finer quality for $2.50. Se ae ae portanes. It ls perhaps the most valuable of | The aet which authorized the selection of asiie | ized by the assembly of Maryland, the weno March, 1791, about two months after the site | ings were the only public structures erected, | Our $3 Ladies French Kid Hand Sewed Oxford Ties | HEATERS AND FURNACE trian venue ail the volumes of that periodical yet published, | for the federal city,which became a law on July | being given in honor of George Beall, the sou of for thé city had been selected,a number of WHISA TOW Sitals een Swere collected | cun’ibe beak: EXTENSIVELY IN SOME OF THE FINEST Which is saying a great deal. ath L790, gave the President power to select | the founder of the place. Seotch ow in Duck | names appoat of men who hed purchased land | apout the Capitol, the President's: House aad | Benmett a Barnard are still making those beautiful | HOUSES IN THE CITY, WHICH WE TAKE Lowell's charming “Fireside Travels,” and | 9, Uo @yybere along the Maryland | Lane found its auclent glory as the aristocratic | from the original owners, ‘The accompanying | gt Greenleat's Point, Edison Ties, GREAT PLEASURE LN REFERRING TO, ACALL Y Gween the mmatey dhe, Fotomac river be- | quarter of the town slowly fading in the more | map, which was prepared from Mist pe tee ‘ ISSULICITED AND LSTIMATES PROMPILY Bret Harte's “Luek of Roaring Camp,” withsev- | tween the mouths of the Eastern Branch | {uiiiant luster or the felt ts, and Georgetown | furnished by Dr. J. M. Toner, of this ety piece A CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTION. ‘We have them in all the latest styles FURNISHED. eral other characteristic stories, constitute the | and the Conogochesgue,the latter being astream | had become # town of considerable commercial | amashed by Dr. J. M- Tone Properties previous | _In a letter which was written by John Cotton | _HisSpantsh Arch-French Kid Turns are a combina- WAIHEN a wre Wind. Maigkecvebauen, second and third volumes respectively of the | Which enters the Potomac at Williamsport, Md., | importance when the capital city was but yet a | tothe survey: made Ur Slee eee ee Smith, a member of Congress from Connecticut, | ton of beauty and comfort. No. 452 PA. AVE. NEAR 04 OTEIOEE attractive “Riverside Aldine Series” of Hough | 2Ot St from Hagerstown. ‘The region of coun: | mere tobacco ntation. | Further down the | was some monthsatter the site had been'chosen. he gives the following interesting description of | _ ‘The Paris Beaded Opera is the latest novelty in the | _*P26 : tou, Mifflin & Co., whieh we have heretotore | ZY tBUs lett to the discretion of the President | river was still another settlement, known. as | Ue pames, as given on the map, 1tis quite | ty london a dition | Slipper line. We have them in five different widths. had occasion to Warmly commend. For saleby | 121,te, Selection of location was some eighty | Hamburg, which was located just south of the | gitbese names, as | Blodgett, Lynch’gnd Sunds | the sppearance of the city and the condition | 2 nave's large and well at teed oe ie had occasion . landowner along the hone aatington, as a | hill where the naval observatory now stands. | and Ben Oden were spoculatcrs’as yercaine © | of things when the goverment war aoneas aby Pore Axp Ixviconansa Re = jand-owner along the Potomac, had taken an | On the records Hamburg would appear to have | M. Lingan and William Deakins, as distin-] “Our approach to the city was accompanied | Our 3 Seamless, Lace for Gents’, can’t be ‘us kaaccedas ae oS ek a waliiee Fee na vntenest in the improvement of the river | been a good-sized place, with its streets and | guished irom original owners hte ‘activity of | with sensations not easily described. One wing penne iesneesy eh eed beached —e i - ry- for navigation pu: s. and in 1785, four years | building sites laid out in regular blocks, but it | {he speculators was so great that in 1792, when | of the Capitol only had been erected, which, | Dest 1n the finer grades you will find we are not ait James E. a superintendent of the elty | before he becaine H moadent of the U nived States, Was never very thickly settled and there 1s to- | the division with the original proprietors was | with the President's house, a mile distant from | Bisid- canted ced alge hears em jelivery, has made a report to Postmaster he made a tour o' Heer iga tac to ascer- | day but few indications showihg that.a settle- | made the records show that instead of tweles | } both constructed with white sandstone, were |. wx PRr chown |Beversge edicinal purposes, an UN. ig the increase in the free delivery | tin the practicability of navigation above tide- | ment ever existed in that locality. land | original proprietors of the land lying outside of abigios eee in dismal contrast with the HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL =e tsi: "its establishment in this city. The | With, 2hls was undertaken.in the interests of | was Purchased and laid out inthe year 1771 in | Hamburg, Carrolisburg and” Georgetown, | scene around them. “lneiead of recognizing the CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK. | DULTERATED WHISKY, are ‘uvited to thake a 7 the Potomac Improvement company, which | bailding lots by Mr. Jacob Funk, for whom | there were’ about twenty-eight, ‘These | avenues and streets portrayed on the plan of : livery dates from the last quarter of | soon alter surmounted the obstacles to navi- | Funkstown, in Maryland, was named, The tots | ere were, large purchasers and bought | the city, not one was visible, unless we except XO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS. trial of the celebrated brand, 1s63, the Purpones of comparison Mr. | gation presented by the Great and Little | were sold mainly to servants and poor people, | lure tracts of lame, Dorcha instance Samuel | a road, with two buildings On each side of tt, . Beil g ep ore Of Lg Service in the first | Falls by | constructing @ series of locks. | and the houses put up were not of the substan: | Blodgett, bought of John Warring 500 acres, | called the New Jersey avenue. The Pennsy!: | BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER aT THE jes cae RE tae fe, ret quarter, of ase | The Chesapeaie ond Que canal, which | tial charucter which endures the atiacks of | gosstleudhe what is eon ee ooo a acta: | called avenue, leading, as laid down on paper, BSP e EPR, TT ee just ended. ater of 1864 the | was begun in 1825, fell helr to these and other | time. When, however, the lots came. to be ex: | tract, Its location belng wedcated oe map. | from the Capitol to thé Presidential mansion, a Uo Uber per fe kee of fe 8X deliveries of | improvements made by this pioneer company. changed for lots in the’ subdivision of the new Blodgett seems to have been a great tor, | was nearly the whole distance a deep morass, — U_UP gE BR rz E x XS Washington in this way had gained a very | federal city, some of the most prominent men | amen falcon schemes and large jects. At.| covered with elder bushes, which were cut wep PF Rg Tf un complete and accurate acquaintance with the | in the country were found to be owners of these | Gue time. Ie urged the commisstoners tosell| through to the President's house; and near W. IL RICH'S, > region along the upper Potomac, and therefore | Jots in the settlement of Hamburg. entire squares to one individual for the pur-| Georgetown a block of houses had been erected. 089. The it did not require very lengtiiy Investigation Sauertaaucas ian aesteeeors pose of having uniform blocks of houses Dullt | which bore the naine OF the “six bulldiness | apl3 ‘717 Market Space, next to Sth st, Wwww a i ss EX lected amounted to 366,310. In the quarter upon his part to select a site for the new federal BRO 1 deeded | thereon, and he managed to bid off asquare | There were also two other blocks. won. Wwww fui just ended (here were 71 carriers employed, | city within the specified limits. In six months | In the previous year Charles Carroll led | for himéelf fronting to the south ofthe Capitol | sisting of two or three dwelling houses in we: i x ¥ a BUSO mail letters, 361,716 | alter he had aifived his signature to the bill he | the tract known as Duddington Manor to | grounds, Washit, ton, however, advised the | different directions, and now and then an {so- we'w GE Sss8 K kK - Oe2 Postal cards and 1-211, | announced the bounds of the ten-mile square. | Henry Rozer, Daniel Carroll and Notley Young, | commissioners tit would be better | lated. wooden habitation; the intervening Laos, pers delivered, 1,312,911 mail letters, | which constitutes the limits of the District of | Henry Hozer, Dante! Carrolland Not city lots | Bot to allow this to done generally. | 5) and, indeed, the surface of the city gen- : has B19,S5 tal cards ‘and 251,209 papers col: | Columbia to this day, with the exception of the | ® pees He was also interested in lottery “schemes, | e ing covered with scrub oak bushes on. ‘WHY SUFFER LONGER WITH ‘This Whisky, upon an analytical examination, Tnouated ae {2st delivered’ and colteeted | Strip of land on the Virginia, shore, including | and sold. Quite a settlement sprang up, | A° Was Slso interes having oifered vas | Ge tipo ‘grounds, sad'Gn tne mane oot 5 dbase eA Geek thie ong ae amounted to 5,805, While tle force of | Arlington and Alexandria. This part, origin. | which was known as Currollsburg. It was lo- | prize a fine hotel, which was actually begun elther trees Sr vome sorvofebrutten: ‘The deso- é y TORR FEET, — ¢arriers bas been increased only from 25 to 71, | ally included within the District, was ceded cated just to the east of Greenleaf's Point, | on the south front of the square now occupied | late as of the place was not a little aug- FINE madeby hand. | the modern ingredients which are used to gives fcti- the amount of service, as measured by the | back to Virginia in 1846, Yhere the Arenal now stands, and extended | by the Fost Uiliee department building, and mented by a number of unfinished editess si | WBERYoucan purchase — io number of pieces _of mall matter han has WHY THIS LOCATION WAS SELECTED, Up to P street south. A great many substantial | not being able to fi Af, his entire property in Greenleats Point and on an eminence a short | ** $3.50 aud $4, and made to measure for §5 in any | tious age and flavor to this popular drink. increased about 1700 per cent. Washington, in some of his letters, states that | Citizens lived there, as the houses still standing | the District was sold under a decree of the court | distance from it, commenced by an individeat | 8%9le you desire, FORtALEBY ——e___ he eclected thts : indicate, In addition to these settlements the | to o pay, the winner of the.first prize the amount | whose name they bore, but the state of whose GENTS, She Could Stand Up. e sel particular locality as the site of town of Bladensburg, situated at the head of | offered. funds compelled him ° them. There | . Browning & Middieon, Barbour Hamiltom, *sphcagdsiesercihnes ofthe landand id sueeptires in in the year 1742, when Bladen was governor of icp ableton 2 ions inall reeecte winnie Haas ot Seance 2 the celebrated WAUKENPHAST | J.B Bryan & Bro, = = ol an le nay jon. ss y e) len wi 3 ‘ “Will you please let this young lady have see ihe river” | Maryland, nine’ years belore Geongstowe hen | Robert Morris, who was superintendent of city, one of Dudley Carroll, | *4 other styles of Shoes for only $5. =i. See, an He adds: “From the advantages given to it by of your sea:?” asked @ young man of a hard-work- i i bers eis wn. Further down | finances under the confederation, and during | (on bepitol Hilly ard tee ' “ N.T. Metager & Bro, Nature and its proximity to a rich interior tot Speer ede cn th ‘The increased demand for our FAMOUS$3.50Shoes | Fis, 1 Megraden ing laborer ina crowded street car the other country and the western territory it will be-| of Alexandria, which was iounded Mies aes | oe frente ase Vigrloaned | (on G ‘street southwest. The roads, In Overy | a2 bases ana quis eneores ea tian thay will weer | 2 Sg Sy pi i « got a | Somme the emporium of the United States” The pt the time tho capital city was laid oat a lively | rescuross, was eediseeninene A pete sidewalk was atten RSS very peir warranted. WASHINGTON, D.C. pair of skates wid her, an’ ni PR rhe rah aoe —_ oe ng tee binah - _— ie ~~ pling, tt business ae tes the mark heaviest speculator in real estat the capi covering formed. my ge otaipe | BASE BALL SHOES also made tomeasura, We an’ if she’s stout enough to skate siveral hours Durgosce, bat he probably lived long ene aces amd’ otter penetinne te eae | cite = sg ora | HHO thextended bat @ Ute way, and was of prod: trade associated tures here | little value; ‘weather, tne sharp (rag. ‘ave something new in this line. eh w. She ought to be uble to stand up bere tethe wee tits ‘navigation could not be Etorgetown, “Alexanarin Garrolisury eo | ois sea ine cake aioe i ith a man PPE eg bee mae ‘ments cut our ‘and, in wet weather cov- GEO. W. RICH, afew minutes untilshe gets ” Was the | from the dangers and difMiculties which hed msi yy purenase was Bs rene there,’ po ngel ae se Bladensburg had reac! Raat den le pro- | purcl was @ tract of land between walle, gor to F. Wileon, 400 7th st. mw. mien ted this site,and © und M streets and 11th and