Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1885, Page 2

to CITY AND_DISTRICT. DOES THE LAW REQU SCHOOL SUP INT! BE A RESIDES Authorities Cited in the Affirmative. To the Editor of Tux EVENING Star: The following is a statement of law and fact, on which was based my communication toTHS STAR calling attention to the law requiring th superintendent of public schools to be a resi- dent of the District of Columbia. Since then the attorney for the District has given his opin- | fon that the said law of August 21, 1871 has | been repealed or superseded by the act of Con- gress of June 11, 1878. It will be seen that the Attorn neral of the United States and M: Attorney Riddle have come to exactly opposite | eonclusions in the matt | In 1871 Congress “repealed” the charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and “abolished” the levy court of the county, and | all the offices of said corporations and court. | (Act of February 21, 1871.) By the same act Congress created one govern- Ment for the whole District, and vested the legislative powers conferred upon that govern Ment in a “legislative assembly.” It was made the duty of the assembly “to provide by law for the election or appointmer terial officers as m: execution of this duty ress, the legislative ws’ of August ete. In by Con- offices “for the “Dis: | overn and among the offices | ereated by w of Angust 2st was “One superinten tof public sehools for, and resident of, tb art of the District of Colum bia known as the City of Washington.” Th appointees to of reated by this act were, unless sooner removed by the governor, to h their ‘s for the period of two y and until thelr successors Should be appointed and nalified; and section three was as follows: Phat no person shall be appointed to perform the duties of any of the offices herein create: unless he be a resident of, and shall have cised the right of suffrage in, the Distr Columbia.” the offic | { | er “Angust 1 wasa “superinte af schools for, and a resident of, the county 0 Washington, ntendent of public lehools for the city of own,” Nothing is said about a term ot two years for jhese offices, and there is no provision ini the office of School superintendent for ( own. Itseems, however, to ave been aized, because ih amQer Section of the statute Ssalary Is designated ach offic Sffice oF school superint treated by this statute quired to be a resident of th 2rnor of the District pri these three offices b the Superintendent of the Washington public schools in charge of the Georgetown schools at the beginning. and also after one year, in charge of the county | schoois, thus uniting all in one persc the su- Perintendent’s salary was increased to compen- sate for this incre labor imposed upon hin, and after the first year the legislative asembl appropriated for the salary of this one superin tendent. | So the law and tact stood ander the old Dis- trict government. Congre next, June 20, 1 con-olic shed a | TA, esi commission: nment for the Dist and repealed “all provisions of law providin: an executive, fora secretary for the Distri Jegislative as for a_ be works, and for « in commissioner govern | 1 the pow fully vested in. the ge works of said district, except ited; and shall be subject to all the r and’ limit. imposed by y authorized lidate two or m mployes, remox appointments to any Offices, reduce the nu from office an Office authorize: It will be not wer is confer: or disy ibility to office, d of one superinten- | f public schools for Washington ¢ Superintendent of public schools for the county ©. Washington, and one superintendent of pub- lie schoois for the. cit; nt Of publie s ly consolidated office was s acontinuation of the office as pre tablished by the territorial gove like salary, and is the one wh Commissioners have undertaken to All by resident, The three offices were not ished, but “consolidated.” Betore usis sanet Of the original consolidation, it is evident that Do person was elixibie to the oifice of superix tendent of schocls for Washingto county, unless he was a resident, and Next, Congress, by th “providing a permanent the District of Colum) and the property an : therein shall be subject tothe following provi- sions for the government of the same, and also to any existing laws applicable hereby repealed or inconsi: ions ofthisact * * * g lating to the Dis! lent with the is remain in full force and effec ‘The law requiring residence in the District for the appointee of superintendent of _ public Schools was not repealed by this act. and being an “existing law” and not “inconsistent with the provisions” of the said act remains “in full force and effect.” The law of the legislative assembly of August 21st, 1871, by which the qualifications of residence is required for the | superintendent of public schools has since the saze of the act of June 11th, 1875, establi Ing the present government ‘of the District, been pronounced to be still in force by the Att torney General of the United States In an opin- fon rendered in a matter pertaining to t )- [eo to offices creat: by that inions of the Attorney General, p he organic act of June 11, 1: thereto not stent with the pre w—16, 179. 8, in full har- mony eee Ue Prov pp Of that law as to resi- dence quiflitication, extends the requirement | of residence in the District as iu quatitication, not only to the new office of Commissioners the District appointed from civil life, bat also to the newly-created board of trustees of public schools established by that act, and, of course, could not have inteaded in any way to remove ‘that qualification as to offices already created. The conclusion, therefore, is inevitable that the law still requires the superintendent of pub- Hic sehools to be a resident of the District of Co- Tumbia. CiTIzex. of ae ee Gen. Birney and the Schools. ENCOMPETENT AND INEFFICIENT TEACHERS SHOULD BE REMOVED. To the Editor ot Tue Evenine Star: The controversy now going on in regard to | the management of the public schools will, we | trust, result in good to them,and we beg to submit the following suggestions: First. That great injustice is being done to a capable and efficient trustee, in much that is being said and done. I have searcely the honor of an acquaintance with G and can have no motive in his detense of a personal nature, but am unable to conceive of any im- | roper motive on e teache ate supervis hissurely ne Popular one: if would have been such easier jor him to have allowed things togoon in the | old slip-shod fashion than to apply the proper surrecilve. a ee The people of his district to be congratu- lated that ghey bh who dares to act vi and if his asso- earnest attention in the | ¥ particular charges per- do likewise. The writer » not in the second ind where incompetent and Inefficient teachers were retained yeur after | year, to th oss of such children as were so un- fortunate as to be ttothem, and the tras tees either did not give suticient attention to their duties to gain the knowledge, or, knowing it, did not have the courage to perform their | duty by removing these persons. It wiil not be | contended for by any one, we presume, that all the young persons who pass the re quired examinations prove “to be good | teachers, but the contrary will be admitted d with equal dor we pre it will be | admitted thst some of those who for years per- formed their duties satisfactorily b me, for | Various reasons, unfitted fur their responsible | trust; In such ‘cases what should be done Should they be allowed to remain to the injury of hundreds of children, or should they be re Moved and efficient persons put in their places? Now ali who read this will say that the latter Proves is the properone, and yet the former is e one generally, aye almost exciusively adopted, and those who are cognizant of the facts in the case, but have not the power to rec- tin ie wrong, have to wait until marriage; death or some other providential occarrenee Fids the schools of these ineflicients and Incom- petents. eiates will give a little same respect in thi haps they will go an Of this has at leas district) in his Some, I see, suggest that the board of trus- | tees be abolished and the control of the schools be placed with the prin the superin- tendent and the Commissi we beg to differ with such in toto, and to suggest exactly the opposite course, i ¢. to increase the number of trustees from oné to fourin each District, be- Keving that no one person can attend prope toa hundred schools; this would lighten th burden in each district, would secure a quorum at all meetings of the board with w representa. tion of eacis district at all the meetings, and would give greater cofidence to the people of each district in the decision of its sub-board, when that sub-board was com posed of five per. sons, than when it wax only one person. We have already had too much of. the “one man power" In our school system, and we sug- gest @ return to the “multitude of counsel” as existing before some of our Commissioners re- duced the number, so that they might report toCongress that tlie number of officials under them had been reduced some sixteen ort in the interests of economy, but forgot that these officials received no compensation, Let these school matters be discussed hefore the public and the system will not dry rot. but will be rendered more efficient, and besides the people have wright to know the whys and Wherefores in the management of this tmport- ant branch of the public service, and ict our srustees do their duty fearlessly in examining into the perronnel of the service and applying nife Ww: | in resp | tendent of the pul applied to the appoiutment ot a | tende THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A certain resident of Washington wearing as a mask the nom de plume “Escott Holt” is the Washington correspondent of the Examiner, ot w York city,a Baptist Journal of infiuence 1 wide circulation, and one of his labored efforts seems to have been to disparage the management of our public schools under the lute superintendent, J. Ormond Wilson, esq.; who, to the great regret of this community, re- cently resigned his position, How any one could be willing to deprive this distinguished gentleman of his well-mer- ited hich reputation, gained after almost a litetime ot self-sacrificing the work of — popular a mystery past finding out. Had t Holt” eohsulted the fathers, mothers, tcachers, and even the pupils of the schools, he would have found that J. Ormond Wilson stood in thelr estimation with the foremost in the rank of the publie school educators of the nine- teenth century not satisfied with his attack devotion “Escott Holt upon our school management or superintend- eney, turns his attention to the Department of th nterior, and says: Th lowing is told’ on gout authority. Every- who visited Mr. Tell Mice when he was Sec npied by typewriters, busily at work ab tines. The room was almost unfurnished. 45 had this room cleared, thoroughly furnished in the finest style Sofas, ottomans, divans, Persian carpe it the costl boudoir of Its si: our He has contrived to lavish on it more money ved from the sale of the horses and ve- and . Editor, the sum received for the horses and Yehieles” mentioned was “a little or three thousand dollars,” according to ott Holt's” statement made in_ his letter from which this extract is taken; while irom a close personal examination which we made yesterday of this wonderfully costly, orientally furnished boudoir, to which “Escott Holt” directs the attention of the nation, It appears that itisa small ante-room provided with an. old carpet, two old rags und a few neces- sary articles of furniture, including a common wooden back hair brush, comb, common towel rack and an ordinary towel. This room before being refitted had a tition of mahogany, and It was dee in order to meet the absolute nec s Secretary and his ussisiants (and which Was also deemed essential and even coutem- supplicd by forme eretaries of Water-closet and bath tub were prner ofthis room and a si of cherry built to enclo: uceording to the pay clei 465,08 exhibited to us, ins: y than the “little over three ived from the sale of undemoe the office ¢ out of pc tioned sofas, divans, ottomans, Pei dended up with th flourish, no one « wuswering tosuch grandeur in ante-room between the offi re is noth < littl and his assistants. Cr tween the facts and “Escote nent is Uunnecess: and de by calling attention to fact that the Ezcaminer's cor be out of joint with everybody y even the President, with all. his nal Virtues and patriotism, he: ase he appointed ud on our District judicial benc he to the selection of this eminently ined, and truly pure man eveland. ar valuitbl championed with such earnestness interest of our public schools; and the trnit of ork isseen in the announcement that Mr , the supervising principal of the second district schools, will be renominated for ap- pointment to the position now held by him, nd in the same district” aud it is to be hoped at You Will so present che facts that the public will and that not only he, but all of thos: worthy and valuabl < under him wh come warmed shall be let alone. We known Mr. Gaze long and intimately, and we know, and it needed on ail hands,that his superior ean y be found special wi assigned to him; and h si the Di + of Colunt! d Will of the people an the romises of the President of the United States et tO 2 itment of persons to these District offic y would have immed on Mr. Paul's ‘declination to serve as su endent appointed Mr. Gage to this provided th Ormond Wilson's reappoint dent could not have been gratified, Nor “Escorr Hoi, eS “Home Rule” and the Publie Schools. To the Editor of THe E s Star: A communication in a Sunday paper, although signed “Fair Play,” is calculated to create wrong impressionsand continue a profit- less agitation which should now be stopped. It is ostensibly written in the interests of “home rule” and In support of Mr. Gage for superin- blic schools. Home rule,when ool superin- t, is senseless, A superintendent is not and should never try to he one. business principles which obtain in TY matters of life should be used in the a ei tion of hi university y the ques- vill Cornell ‘acant presidential chair ‘orps of local professors, or seek for a ter man, Wherever he may be found? Did rinceton lower her standard of excelience when she called Dr. n from beyond the ? Is it wiser togiveone man a salary of 700 per annum because he lives in the Dis- 3 trict than to give to 27,000 children the best superintendent you can find? Is the annual ap- prop ion of $2,700 made to benefit the man m it is paid, or is it for the benefit of the y-seven thousand ehildren who are seck- ing an education? Are taxes levied to give em- ployment to men orto educate the children? One-half of the expenses of our schools is paid by the people of the United States, but to this particular infraction of the principle of home | rule we hear no protest. Our city and our schools are national in every sense of the word. The nation helps to support them, and a very rye proportion of the pupils are children of its Who are here only temporarily. Even does not claim his legal residence in ct, and the same cn be sald of the most prominent of the male teachers now em- ployed. Most of them were “imported” from some part of the great nation which annually helps us to pay our municipal expenses, The schools have not suffered by such methods a: 3 evidenced in the success of Mr. G: It is true that most of these have heretofore come from one it be possible that bec Can use the new superintend- ent this time com from the great west com- plaints is now made? We are behind the west to-day in our school methods, notwithstanding our boasting. Even the great elty of Philadel- phia sent last year to Wisconsin for a new superintendent and lost nothing by the ven- ture. But the most complete answer to “Fair Piay’s” — projec lies in the fact that Mr. Gage himself has said that he would not uecept the position if it were offered him, More than this, I will venture to say that he will thank noone for using his name in connection with the oifice. The new superintendent comes here through no secKing of his own. He had not even an application on file, As to his fit- s, let him demonstrate. He comes here as s man. He will be allied to no clique, To do anything else than to ‘ty welcome and co-operation ns disloyalty to the best Interests of the ools and to the thousands of children who attend them. SCHOOL TRUSTER, es Recreation for Clerks, To the Editor of Tux EVENING Star: The movement looking to a general closing of business houses at noon on Saturdays during the months of July and August is a noble and a beneficial one. Yet some of our mer- chants fail to comprehend it, They say that their receipts for Saturday are very large and should they close their stores it. would greatly inconvenience their customers. Let it be granted that Saturday's receipts are large, will hot the public have from Monday until Satur- day at noon to do thelr purchasing? And should this lessen the reecipts of Saturday the total receipts for the week will average as before, Customers in general will favor such a move- ment and co-operate with the merchants in trying to establish this half-day holiday, which will be greatly appreciated by the employes who bend over the counters’ from morning until night, Why not establish this holiday on friday? asks a merchant; because on Saturday it en- ables merchants and employes to catch an early train nd Sunday at a pleasant watering place or hillside. For those that re- main at home the extra half-day coming along vith the regular Sunday holiday makes it njoyable and appear longer. Whether Sspehd thelr holiday at home or abroad will return to business on Monday morn- hed and resolved. todo sufficiently for their time. ric to s,1n addition to short hours, salesmen are allowed to discard their coat and vest, wearing a finely laundered shirt during business hours. In New York, Philadelphin, Boston and elsewhere all willingly consent in giving a half day holiday to their clerks on Sat. urday. Do not the merchants of these cities manage to observe this holiday without any in- convenience to their patrons or decrease in their receipts? Let, then, this, “the eity of elties,” be en- rolled in so’just d cause, Let merchants of all | kinds, from the largest houses to the smallest, | give this favorable consideration, and which | ts only a question oreightholidays.’ Who, then, | will start the ball? What merchant will have the energy and. pride to head the list of volun teers? INTERESTED PURCHASER, pore nc He: B. Morrow, rer of the board education of Wilmington, Delo wits Peet missing two weeks, it is’ now’ learned is a de. His be badly w faulter. uceounts are said to mixed. T.C. Henderson, who has recently lived in great style at Akron, Ohio, was arrested Mon- day Big! ptand charged. with embezzling $5,600 = ¢ National Union Stock Yard company: of St. Louis, ‘Three policemen of ville, be tried for the: murder a ruged on Satu: “very building i Dak. blown over which education | f thie | pot cheap | nnot faliy | Mow to Avert Dysentery Cholera and Kindred Warm Weather Diseases and Keep in Good Health. ‘To the Editor of Tre Evestxo Stan: Having this week had a foretaste of hot weather and the hot season coming close upon us, each and all ought to use every” precaution to prevent these diseases, particularly cholera, from getting a foothold in Washington. “An ounce of prevention is better than a | pound of cure.” With the exercise ofa little | common sense and slight expense, we may not only be able to ward off cholera, but other sum- | mer complaints. It isnot only'important that | the streets, alleys and back-Fards of private residences be kept serupuiously clean, but that nothing but proper food and drinks should be taken into the stomach, Unripe and stale fruits and vegetables, above all, should be | avoided, It is surprising how eareless people are in regard to purchasing food to nourish the bodies they Inhabit. The temptation to buy unripe vegetables at this season of the year is | Xery strong. Among the articles sold in this market to-day most detrimental to health are stale cucumbers and unripe new potatoes, which are brought from long distances south. The potato that fs unripe and stale is the cause of more sickness than any other unripe vegetable, for the reason that it is more extensively used as an article of diet. Good old potatoes care- Tylly cooked are as ‘healthy now us ever, and ate certainly much superior to the new and un- Hipe on a are yet quite abundant in mar- et Cacumbers are used only occasional!y so early | In the season, and by the poor not at all, while tatoes, either new or old, find a place on the | table of the poor as well as the rich at leastonce every day. | Ido not wish to get up a scare on this subject, but would simply advise caution in the use of | unripe vezetubles of all kinds. | _ But diet is not the only thing that should en- gage our attention. Wesbould keep our premi- | ses clean. Lime costs but $1 a rel. Ten cents’ worth of this urticle is Sufficient to white- | Wash and thoroughly cleanse any back yard. | With the many Kinds of disinfectants which are accessible in price to even the poorest, there | is no reason why every part of the city may not | be kept pure and wholesome. | The attention of the authorities is called to | the condition of many of the streets, | especialiy of Louisiana avenue, trom 9th td 10th streets, where decaying vegetables, dead chickens, rats, &e., are ullowed {olay festering in the hot sun and giving off the most offensive odors, hour after hour nearly every day in the | week! This square and the one south of it, where most of the wholesaié produce business is carried on, should be thoronghly cleansed at | least once a day during the next four months. J.B. R. wemige eee The School Unpleasantness. To the Editor of Tue E @ STAR: Will you allow space in your paper for a few words relevant to the issue as regards Trustee | Birney, The present trustee of the second division is one of the most intelligent and éfficient members of the board of trustees, He is active in the Interest of educational advance- ment. He is simply doing his duty investigating the qualifications and » teachers, and is in honor bound to ask for noval of Ine nt ones, ¥ should one t e removed from one division to use a woman of superio I was advised to enter a [little b » Franklin school, us the best teachers from other divisions \ elected for that building, but was prevented by being in | another division, Tinterviewed the instructor to whom he was sent, and received the follow- ing olars; soine were even obliged to sit on the platform her feet; she had not the time to give the | necessary attention to slow scholars, and a cer- } tain standard wa to enable her to | sceure the school f eryear. The most | Beoticient pupils must be pushed on for this purpose; hence the following year finds a trans | ferof pupils to the ftth aud Stxth grades, who. not pass a creditable e: on in the | fourth. Let Gen. Birney w nd let other trustees follow his example, ve | better teachers, and more creditable scholar A FRIEND ¢ THE PARENTS AND CHILD ge Life Unsafe in aS Streets of Washing- lon. To the Editor of Ta To whom shall the live streets? At pre: fp possession of children, and the adult is treated asa tressnasser, Ever since the police have bordidden firing crackers on the Fourt of July our blessed children haye shown their conieinpt for thal body by firing crackers every day for two weeks in Advance of tial memar- bi It is now positively dangerous to life ab todrive in our streets; it is particu- so when men attempt to drive thelr funi- lies'for a breath of fresh air in the afternoon, Just as a horse is seen moving in the distance & group of children form in the middle of the street piling up bricks for a battery of fire crackers calculated to go off Just as the horse has reached she spot: then an explosion and an attrighted horse, leaping or running, and the in- nocent little cherubs peeping from behind the trees to see how soon that maddened horse will unseat its driver or empty the contents of the | carriage all in a heap against the curbstones. ‘The sound of exploding er:ckers must be magi— cal, for as soon as one fs heard the police disap- pear from the neighborhood, men and women rush out to see if the unconscious drivers are killed or the horses injured. New York avenue, 14th and I street, are tie favoritics for these entertainments. For heaven's sake to whom shall we appeal for protection? AN ADULT. PS kha ® appeal for the protection of of grown-up men and women in our Prof. Riley Makes a Correction or Two. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Wasutneron, D. C., June 23d, 1885. To the Editor of Taz EveNino Star: In yonr last issue of your weekly edition there is a communication signed “D. H. R.” in refer- ence to the destruction by the 17-year “cicada, in which he quotes me as stating that these in- sects are “harmless” and that they “will begin to deposit their eggs about July 20th.” I de- sire simply to ask “D. H. R.” and other readers of your paper not to hold me responsible for statements that do not appear over my own | name. I cannot follow or take notice of the many newspaper items upon this subject which misrepresent the facts, but in this case it may be well tosay that I have nowhere deseribed the cicadas as “harmless” except comparativel; with the true locusts or grasshoppers; but 1 have particularly ‘stated the injury they’ do, es- pecially to young fruit trees. The statement also attributed to me that they will begin to de- Posit their eggs, about July 20th Is doubtless a careless rendering of the language of my recent bulletion (p. 11) to the effect that “the exgs hatch between the 20th of July and the Ist of August.” ©. V. RILEY. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: W. C. Hill to Margaret Anna Muter, lot. 57, South Col- lege grounds; $3,750. Emma Johnson to N. J. Booker, sub. lot 35, 140; $800. A.C. Clark to Chas. Williams, sub. lot 29, sq. 569; $244, W. A. Korts to Rosanna Korts, ‘parts 1 and 2; . 204; $C. C. Duncanson et al. to W. P. 4 lot 29, block 6, H. & E.’s sub, Meridian ,000. Mary B. 'Hamiiton to W. Henry, parts 18 and 19, sq. 500; $600. E. J. Sacks to A. J. Buehler, ‘part 13, &q. 914; $106. C. H. Merwin to G. J. P. Wood. 61; $1,200. Margaret T. Curran to 5 ishman, lot 159, sq. 623; $3,300. Florence MeCarthy to H. lot "8, sq. 114; $—. HH. Schulz izabeth 'L, “McCarthy, same — prop- $-. Caroline M. Green_to ‘Lee, ‘lots 3 and 4, N. G. Reagan to Alice M. Goodwin,lot il, 8q. 756; $964. Genevieve Waiker to K. T. Bunt ker et al., sub, lots 22 to 30, sq, 1057; 81,900. Mary J. Snowden to Margaret A. Johnson, lot B dik Tivy City; $120. A. Hyde to Louis Hess, pt 21, B. & H's ad. to Georgetown; $200. J, Ledyard Hodge to A. L. Bliss, lot 22, su. 190; $4,500, &c- . Judson to Sarah B.’ Norton, lot_A, 8q. 177; $1,722. Martha V.C. Taylor to F. Schafer, pt. 5 Old Georgetown, pt. 6 B’sad., &c.; $2,250. Ed. Eberbach to H. Eberbach, pt. 14, sq. 531; $2,000. W. Danenhower to F. G. Alexander, sub. lot 71, sq. 441; $650. Same to Ida M. Alexander, lot 72, sq. 441; 3650. W. E. Clark etal, to Ellen T. Keene, fot 4, Lon: Meadows; $1,756. Catherine Kane to Robert McKeynolds, lots 21 and 22, sq. 180; 13,350. Wm. Galt to Albert Gutekunst, pt, lot 317 and lot 20, sq. 211; $4,875, Martha Williams to Annie M. Johuson, pt. lot 20, sq. 37; $—. Jus, Farrar ‘to Charles’ Tupper, pt. lot 2, 921; $3,000. Thomas Galligan io Freder- ek Stinzing, lot42, sq. 462; $1,170.75. J. W. anenhower to W. 0. Tolson, lot 71, sub. of eq. $32; $1,500. Walter Linking to Julla Cox, part lot 1,"sq. 114; $12,000. -A.C. Clark to Lizzie Bates, part lot 8, sq. 1040; $400. C. Alexander to Jogeph Borrows, lot 8, 8q. 486; $—. J.W. Belt to John Humphrey, lots 1 and 4, Carne; s—. Wi M.A, ary sq. 987; $1,700, , Ca of Harlem; iam C. Hill’ to Mater, lot 57, south of Columbia ‘College; 3,750. Georgiana Shannon to B. H.Warner jot 23, Shannon's sub. of Chichester; $600. C. Barrett to A. E. Bateman, part lot 70, Thre! keld’s addition to Georgetown; $1,600,’ Eben- ezer Morrison to Augustus Jay, pt, 2, 49. 806; $—. (quit claim.) ‘Thomas Chase tor.’ Chase: undivided halt pt. 1 and lot 14, sq. 770; eA KE. Morris, lot’ 7, bik. 15, Le $$. G.W.Samson et al., execu- tors, to G. ©. Samson, pt. 3, sq. 618; 8. G.C. Samson to A. 8, Stobhof, same property: $— B. H. Warner to Lucy E.'Moten, lot 13, bik. 21, H.and E.’ssub Meridian Hill; $1,125, 5G. Davis, trui » to Chas. ¥. Smithsor Tiana 15;9q: Bol? 9950. WF Mattingly of al, trustees, to RS. Parke, 7. Of 5 10,000, Samuel Knox to John Conner, pasta EMSS PS of Bat Ei Be $1,717. Harriet B. Chasley to W. Taylor Birch: roperty on Congress st., Georgetown; $3,710.26. Ei a Hobe: to P. meh, part |. 5 $1100. Pedals Coppi tea eG janie Ev 8q.79; 81,000, Alive L. to W. P Kellogg? 20: lot 4, fa..175; $9,200. Ida UV; Marshall to Mary lot 14 part 15, ee to W. Eduadntion ae rt 15, Sam E Same to N. 0. Willl Sr ene a lak ent the streets are complete.y | | editor of the ano A Father's Dreadfal Crime. ENDING HIS LIFE IN A SHOCKING MANNER WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED. A dispatch from Lewes, Del., to the Philadel- phia Press says: Thomas L. Roach, 53 years of age, resided for more than a quarter of a cen- tury on one of the most pleasant farmsin In- dian River Hundred, a few miles from this town. His life seemed to be so blameless and his reputation for integrity was so great that for years he was arbitrator of disputes between his neighbors. His wife was some years younger than himself, and one of the loveliest women in the county. They bronght up six children, the youngest of whom is a 13-year-old daugh: ter named Annie. Monday night Mr. Reach committed suicide under shocking cireumstances. For some months past Mrs. Roach had“ noticed that her husband was growing melancholy and morose, and that their (dopants child ‘seemed to be falling physically and anxious to avoid the other members of the family. Annie's Strength gave way, und on being, closely questioned bs jer mother she confessed that she was about to become @ mother, and that the father of her ehitd was her own’ father. Mrs. Roach was most heartbroken, and it was many hours be- fore she showed any signs of recovery from the nervous prostration the daughter's revelation had caused, Upon hearing that his crime had been ex- sed the father grew desperate. He went to is room and took from a bureau drawer a razor, with which he cut his throat trom ear to ear, but not deep enough to cause death. He then went to the topmost part of the hous: and jumped to the ground, but even this attempt ‘at self-destruction jailed, and he only suc- ceeded in breaking an arm. Besmeared with blood and dirt and with torn garments and a gashed neck, he made a third and successful attempt. He went tothe barn and toa rafter tied arope, and climbing up ona high box, fastened the noose and gave the fatal jump. ‘The body was found hanging from the rafter at 6 o'clock iast evening, and ws warm that it was evident that death had occurred not more than thirty minutes previously. The griet- stricken mother is guarded to prevent her irom taking her own life. ‘The child, Annie, is ina precarious conditioi Gen. Grant Completes His Dictation. Yesterday afternoon Gen. Grant dictated enough matter for two pages of his book. His voice was sufficiently audible tor his sten- ographer to understand. After about an hour's dictation the general took a nap, and then wrote some more matter fur the book. Atter {hat he rested quletty in the parlor belore the log fire. He told Dr. Douglas last evening: “I have now dietated and weitten out all the notes Thad prepared, and now I shall not have that on my mind any more.” ‘The weather on the mountains continues very cool, and at night- fall the taercury marked 58 deg tage : +00 _____ A Prospective Duel in Virginin. RICT ATTOR TED. rict Attorney Waddill, of Richmond, Va.,was arrested yesterday, charged with being about to engage ina duel with C. A. Swansen, News, published in Ash- land. nsen his not been arrested yet. Wad- dill was bailed. An article ju the last number of the Hanover Newsasserts that Judge Wadaill has sacrificed every principle of his manhood il of his boss.” Waddill is a young man and has a family. He was removed rom office because of his republicanism, Fled With a Married Man. A YOUNG GIRL ELOPES FROM THE VILLAGE OF From the New York Wori . Thomas E, Frank) , of Yonkers, eloped on Sunday afternoon with Annie Lausendoam. Franklyn is thirty-eight years of age. He was ried seventeen years ago at Peekskill and has a wife and four children in Yonkers, the oldest fifteen years of age. For about eight months Frankiyn has been paying attention to Miss Lausendoam under the name of Edgar Thompson, His wife has objected to. this 5 ously, but to no pane. doam lived on Nodine Hill with her brother turday afternoon Henry Lausendoam’s me to Mrs. Franklyn aud told her that from the notes of preparation she had seen she expected Franklyn and her sister to elope soon. Franklyn, however, pooh-bood his wiie's sus: pions Saturday night and gave her the usual ount of money for household throwing her off her guard. lyn was Very kind, as he usuall house, but Wanted his dinner His wife prepared the dinne: it he started for Sunday. schoc ehildren. “Atter going nday was, about the arly. nd after eating vith one of his part of the way he kissed his child good-! le then started for the de- jot and took t train for this city. Miss Lausendoam had her baggage taken from No- dine Hill tothe same train, ked for Harlem Taey left Youkers together, and Henry Lause: dvam says he thinks they have gone to B Mrs, Franklyn, a fine-looki » Who is alinost bi f, entered Judge Pentz’s court at Yonkers yester- day morning, She told her story to the judge and entered a complaint againsi her husband for abandonment. Upon this complaint Jud; Pentz granted a warrant for his arrest. M1 Franklyn said her husband had always been kind in the house to her and the children, but lately he had got In with Miss Lausendoam, who had led him astray. Their married life had been happy, and she knew of no reason for his going away, The children all loved him and were crying tor him at home, and she would forgive him it he would only come home to them, if only on their ac- count. The family, outside of provisions for Perhaps a week, are quite destitute, Mrs, ranklyn's eyes were red with weeping, and she sobbed as she tcld her story. A Waif in a Cyclone. The morning following the great cyclone in Towa last week, ina field on the Phelps farm, a little boy-baby, apparently three years old, was found lyingin a dying condition, with only anight dress on his person, Nobedy knew, nor have thev been able to learn since, to whom the child belongs, nor from whence he came. The babe lived buta short time after being picked up. The remains were kept as long as possible for a claimant, but none com- ing, a description was taken for future identi- fication, and the little feliow was buried last Friday. That the tornado aronped the babe admits of no question, but where it picked him soe up Is still a mystery, Phillips Brooks in Westminster. From the London World, June 10. The chief eventof interest on last Sunday was the sermon of Dr. Brooks, the celebrated Ame- rican preacher, at_ Westminster Abbey, where, by the side of the Dean, sat Archbishop Trench, looking very ill, while ecclesiastics and laymen of note abounded. The extraordinary ead with which the sermon was delivered mude it extremely difficult to follow. The Bishop of Ripon and Dr. Welldon almost alone seemed abieto drink in every word of a really grand sermon on the Fatherhood of God. ——_——+e+____ Youthful Lovers Elope. THE BRIDE CAPTURED BY HER FATHER, BUT RETAKEN BY HER HUSBAND. A telegram to the New York Herald from Pittsburg, Pa., June 21, says: The little town of Petrolia, Butler county, this stute, is at present. somewhat excited over a highly sensational elopement. The parties are connected with two of the oldest families in the county. John Beatty, the bridegroom, is but nineteen years of age, while Mary Cromline, the bride, is only sevenieen. For some months past. Beatty had been paying marked attention to the young lady, but the father had promised his daughter to another whom he thought better suited to be his son-in-law. Mary thought differently, how- ever, and resolved to take the matter into her own hands and choose her own husband. Young Beatty loved devotedly and decided upon @ bold und desperate . Last evening the determined father informed bis daughter that she must become the wife ot his chosen suitor, but she said she could never marry him. ‘ Beatty, on seeing her shortly afterward, proposed immediate matrimony, Mary acquiesced, and claudes- Unely they went to Parker, where Squire Craig rformed the nuptial ceremony, Returning, hey stopped at a neighbor's near home. The father discovered their departure soon after, and, with a constable, started to overtake the youthful couple. Tracing them afteward to the neighbor's house, the irate parent de- manded admittance, which was rei . The door was forced open and quite a scene ensued, Young Beatty became frightened and crawled under the petowing the burly constable to carry the bride to her father’s residence. This afternoon, however, he man: to regain pos- session of his wife. The father’s wrath on learning this was very it, and he declares {hat she shall not live with Beatty. The later, jowever, says that no one shall again se] him from his bride. wai HE AIMED AT ANOTHER MAN AND SHOT HiMseLr.—In Saturday aftern James H. Darrow, of New York city, almost 70 years, attempted to shoot John P, Freeman, but, owing to his nervousness, he shot himself, the ball @ serious wound through the flesh; ons of one of his legs. Mrs. Freeman is trying to obtain a divorce {rem her husband. Darrow, it is alleged, alienated Mrs, Freeman’s affections, Freeman was on the way to the cemetery to decorate his daugh- ter’s grave with flowers when he encountered Darrow, They buried some strong language at each other, and then Darrow drew the revolver and fired. Freeman has had the sel/wounded man arrested, in Ton- Miss Lausen- | FUN ON A WAR SHIP. Neptune Roards the Lancaster and Shaves “Billy” Chandler. A letter written to the Baltimore Sun from } the United States flagship Lancaster, now on the west coast of Africa, gives an interesting ac- count of the ceremonies attendant upon the re- ception of Neptune and his retinue when the line was crosse: : At 9:30 a.m. Neptune came on board with a retinue of thirty attendants. His guard was dressed in fantastical costumes, and marched fore and aft on the starboard side of the deck, the band in the meantime playing a lively air. Allbands were again called to muster. The next performance was the dragging of the “dead horse” by Neptune's guard, who sang songs while they pulled it about from forward to the gungway, where it was hove overboard. signitying thai the advance money had been id and_money put on the books. The dead orse had been improvised out of bread-bags cut in the shape of the animal's head. It was stuffed with straw, and the necks of two bottles served for eves. The whole was nafied to an empty barrel, also covered with bagstutf, and 80 forming the body of the horse. ‘The most amusing characters in the retinue were Dr, Ills, armed with a syringe and box of ils and two dudes. The latter were dressed in blue cloth ewailow-tailed coats, with brass buttons, red collars, cuffs and fieings, and swung canes, The officers who had not bevore passed the line had to appear before Neptune und his wife first. Before the induigent king would sign their certificates each officer had to pay $8 and six bottles of beer, An awning had een swung low from the bridge to the port gangway. Beneath this was a tank filled with | salt water aboui waist deep, into which a hose led. On the bridge was a tubful of Inther made of Soapsads, molasses and flour. dressed as clowns stood | wash brushes and two w Four two with wooden es | je- | rs | about two fect long. The appr boys were | called up first in pairs, They were seated on | camp stools. Dr. Ils puises a them advice aby which avoid eating roast turkey ‘or conciuded by asking it they beef, As soon as they “opened mouths to say “Yes,” or No,” a brush | full of lather was thrown into their five Then were shaved with the wooden : mp-stools were upset and their fell into the arms of two sts and then they had paid t tribute to Neptune. With one ¢ bandsm: toh playing x solo on i asia, the | e ve his ed , and instead tie: and recei os d Ly twenty of | i then taken before his | presentation, asked Neptune of the first Bill Chandler, ex-Seeretary of the | was the reply. i ship to the Congo against th es of the officers and € id the ro} ‘onage in angry tones, “and Teondemn 3 lw be ducked!” “It was soon done, - “And wi sing t 0 are You’ ‘he otiner dude. im Mr, Santord!” “Then you are the man who wrote the letter from Nice to Billy Chandler about our off while the Lancaster lay at Villefrauche, And Neptune assumed a ras said Mr. Sanford, “ine and Billy Chan- dler fixed it all up. Neptune shook his hoary locks and uttered a roar, which made the whales and dolphin around the ship quail with fear, and in s torian tones relegated Mr, the fate of Billy Chandler. “He w to the consideration of the lathers, lastly the bath, in all of which | | Was treated so ronghly as tom tors suppose that Mr. ‘a treate, his pe fist at N | ment.” to his di sseris. | | Senator Sherman enjoyed a break-neck ride | down pus MoUNtain on his stage journey | between Redding and Ko: rg, Oregon. The | Ohio statesman had pre-empted a seat with the driver to get a better view of the splendid Scenery on that elevated divide. The pace from the summit was a tearing on id the steep, harrow grade made the ride appear par- ticularly hazardous. The Senator s ust he could view things bettér at a slower gait. “Got to make time,” replies “L assure you that Iam in exclaimed John, casting his ey cipltous, crooked roadway. “But I'am,” retorted the reckless whip, as he Jet the nags out another notch. Sherman was scared, He had reason to be. | Others had been scared before him, and more are sure to find themselves in the sume 1. A second later: “Driver, pull up. I just as leave— in fact I prefer, to walk down this place.” “No you don't, Senator. I’ve got three min- utes to reach the valley and I’m going to make it or break a leg.” The lively six bronco team sped recklessly ahead, Sherman holding on with migit and main, Turning a shai denly_ snap} looked squa coach over a THE SISKTYOUS, From the Heiena (M. T.) Heral Jehu, brusquely, 0 hurry at aul,” s down the pre- curve, the swing-pole sud- . For a few moments things ly. Asingle lureh might send the 300-foot precipice. our seat,” cried the jehu, who with brake and reins quickly brought his team to a standstill. A little later Sherman was holding the lines, his foot braced on the “holdback,” while the driver was down among the cattle splicing the broken swing-bar. All was in order again presently, and the Senator reassured as to the entire safety of the twelve-mile-an-hour canter down a forty-five pitch grade, kept his place to the bottom Wwith- out a quiver. Thinking it over now, Sherman says it was the most exhilarating stage ride he ever experienced, and he wouldn't mind making the trip overland from California a second time just totake in that interesting piece of star-route expediting down the Siskiyous, “Keep THE ROMANTIC CARI OF A SON OF A WEALTHY SOUTHERN PLANTER, A telegram from Nashville, June 21st, says: A man with a history was buried here yester- day. Before the war one of the richest, if not the richest planter in the south, was Harry Hill. He was known all along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, from New Orleans to Pittsburg. His plantations extended for miles along the river, and were tilled by thousands of slaves. When he died his estate was worth about $3,000,000. His only son inherited this vast Wealth Like all young men of that day: who had rich fathers, he had the benefit of a Euro- pean education, and for years traveled on the continent with @ private tutor. He had been bountifally supplied with money, bat when his father's death threw all his wealth into his pos session his extravagance knew yo bounds. fortune repay, melted away, nnd when the war came It swept away the remnants. From @ millionaire Major “Jimmie Dick” Hill de- seended to a dependent on his relatives for the absolute necessities of lite, In his wild career of extravagance he met and married an actress, an Italian lady. The union was not a happy one. She wasa Catholic, and about three years ago Instituted proceedings in New York for a separation.» The case attracted great attention at the time, and column after column of the daily press was filled with ac- counts of Major Hill's romantic life. He became a writer for the papers, particularly those of sporting prociivities. His nom. de plume “Climax,” in the Turf, Field and Farm, made him familiar to turfmen all over the country. Nearly two years ago he received one day a tel Saving thats man had died suddenly in Memphis and made him his sole heir. This proved to be bis old tutor, on whom he had spent thousands while in Europe. The bequest amounted to about $40,000 in Property in this country and England, and placed him again in comfortable circumstances. Major Hill was a famillar figure on thestreets of Nashville, and Was exceedingly interesting in conversation. He would never express a regret that he had squandered his ions, but was bitter when speaking of friends in his prosperity who had leserted him when his money was gone. A WAY To STRIKE THE RUSSIANS IN FLANK. A London dispatch says: The commander ofthe Indian army secently instructed Lieut. Jen- to ascertain it it was practical to disem- bark an corps on the coast o1 Belochistan and march thence to Herat without touching Afghan or Persian territory. Lieut. Jennings lie has arrived within five travel of Herat. The route he has travel ies through sew d led and well-watered country, wii the single exception of a desert tract it BO Tailes in width. He reports that a Russian | Colorado. “Transportation has been array | mayor of Philadelpt | Bishop W. | bath school children, 4,000, The National Encampment. HEARTY RESPONSES FROM ALL PARTS oF THE COUNTRY—DISTINGUISHED GCESTS, From the Baltimore Sun, The enterprise of holding a national soldiers’ reunion in Fairmount park, Philadelphia, bas met with hearty response from all parts of the country, The presence of enough troops is already assured to presaze success. Among the box 0 ait control that will be present AF bo, nameds> Dialer Gen, H.W, tiocum, Jos, E. Johnston, Major Ge. R. ©. Dram, ent. Gen. S. B. Buc jo" swsecTans, Major Ge wh Lee, Major Gen. J. Fy Hartrantt, yjor Gen, Alexander Shaler, Major Ge es Kt. Carnahan, Brig. Gen. kybert Gen. i. Kirby Smith, 1 ner, M Fitzhu Ma r Gen. W John leman and rig. Gen. Jones, of od for companies and baitulions from te states of New Hampshire, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, New York aod others. dred con nies have aiready declared their intention to come. This does not include the details trom the government state troops. ‘The Reading and Pennsyivar Iroads have agreed to transport the bait: bands from New York and W ordnance department will swnct moval to Philadeipuia daring ment. Major W. 8. Hughes, qu s been instructed by ; 3 quartermast 3 amp. Govs. Gra; diana; Cameron, ot irgimia; Knott, of Kentucky; and te '¢ ecutive chies of several other states have Sent word tbat they would be pr with their staffs, in full qititary uniiorm, each corted by a battalion of (our compuniés, Earls this week the local committee, headed by Uh the committee on invitatic and military sta! to be present. Ohio will have a’ small brisade present, compris- + ing the First’ and 1 regiments, de- tached companies of infantry and two’ bat teries of artillery. “It is confidently anticipated | that the a of Cincinnat: will be present. tertainment on the most complete scaie hus been provided for the visiting officers, The board of military control will be quariered at the Contineniai hotel, governors of states and staffs at the Girard hows ail of otticers from the res’ and the cour the di apment will Jon in the park. aptinued for a wee prise rests inthe ex ear in any 9 vstly prizes, wi has beca prepared a and is ample either for ement cavalry or infaniry mi Council of African M. E. Kixhops. The national council of bishops of the African M. E.church covvened in Columbus, 0.,Mond . Ten episcopal districts are represent- : i er and A.W. W srson_ died since the last J conference i Baltimore niveting of th in 1s: publication departinent eretary of the Sun: T. Mitchell, preside W. Mos . nit wite, W. Arnett, B. B. Lantis, T. 1. Jackson! ixonand J lorris.” These bishops inisters represe: 400,000 communi- 20 traveling preachers, 200,000 Sab- sabbath schools, 10 collese parochial Schools and ¢ ten million dollars worth of property, The session will last during the weck. tu soe Horse Dentistry BILLY D, UNDERGORS A PAIN TARY OPERATION, From the Providence Journal. Whena man's teeth become decayed they may be bored out and filled with gold. When a horse's teeth are rotten they are pulled out. If Billy D. had been aman and bad not wanted them filled, or even a common sort of a horse, the teeth wouid ado. Buta SL with ranniy ordinary wa tight togeth cided uj and Billy feet. The end “Assistants were , passed about his four the rope was hauled on, the came together, and Billy D. dropped help- to the floor. A speculum was pried tween his jaws in front. A veterina lum is a sort of a jackserew, and wi D.’s mouth was forced open. wide e take in a keg, and heid so. ugh to ‘Then one man took it th fh his ced inst the 8 to keep Billy D. trom ing himself up and straining his Spine. One assistant watched his feet. The doctors located tie teeth, and with the Knife a cut was made through the flesh near th rental sinews, about atthe “check bone.” Then a trephine bored into the upper jaw bone, piece, three~uarters of an and perhaps an eighth of an inch thick, was taken out, leaying a hole leading right throuzh the jaw bone and over tie teeth. Into this hole a long iron rod was introduced and placed on one of the bad molars, which, as they could not be seen from without, had to be located by measuring the distance from the front, of the jaw inside the mouth, Seven or eight strong blows with a maliet on the end of the mn rod started the big tooth. Billy D. Moared just a little at every blow. Then his tongue was held, the forceps, as big as a pair h in diameter, of fire tongs, were set about the tooth and manned. A long puil, a strong pull, and pull altogether bro: it the tooth tas slick asa whistle, and Billy D. said, “Oh?” or something like it, and closed his eyes, The other molar was now pretty loose, and it, too, was drawn without difficulty. The man at the tail let go his hold, the jack screw and the horrible wire were removed, and Billy D. scrambled to his feet and walked to his stall, apparently feeling much relieved. The hole in his jaw was syringed out and filled with cotton. Subsequent treatment has consisted of daily syringing, at first with astringent solutions and later with soap and water, and within three weeks Billy D. was able to takea trot on the road fora little while. The wound is healing rapidly, accumulates little pus, and soon the herse will be ready to take his daily exercise on the road. He gives every indication that the removal of the teeth has relieved him of much suffering, and his appetite and disposition are undoubtedly greatly improved. Saved From the Gallows. A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL ACQUITTED OF A CHARGE OF MURDER, Annie Van Fossen, nineteen years old, who had been on trial at New Lisbon, O., for mur- der in the first degree, was acquitted Saturday night. She Is a pretty brunette, daughter of Daniel Van Fossea. January Sth a reunion of the Van Fossen family was held near East Liverpool, at which fourteen were present, An- nie prepared the meal, and all who had drank the coffee were taken ill, vomiting violently. The house became a temporary hospital. Allie McBane, six years old, died, and arsenic was found in her stomach. It was also discov- ered in the coffee pot. Annie was arrested, charged with murder in the first degree. While in jail she fell in love with care Hunter, charged with the murder of Gertie es to whom he wasen; and Annie. and he became betrothed. Aunie claimed that some “Rough on Rats” fell into the coffee by accident, and stoutly maintained her innocence. When the verdict was an- nounced the audience went wild with joy, and Annie was borne off in triumph, after sending @ message to her lover in prison, A Complicated Divorce Suit. A curiously complicated divorce case came to light upon the argument before Judges Ludlow, Finletter and Yerkes, in Philadelphia, last Sat- urday, of a motion to allow a fee for the counsel of Sarah E.Gebman in her suit agafust her hus- band, A. S. Gehman. On March 16 the husband and wife signeda paper in which they agreed tolive apart. Mrs, Gehman claims that her husband told her that epee was a certifi- cate of divojee, which he had been able to get uite cheap. She believed this story, and on lune 3 married another man, and Gehman had her arrested on the charge of bigamy. She abandoned her new husband, bat hman is now resisting her application for a divorce upon the ground that she has been guilty of adultery with the sup second husband. Ju Ludlow made an order for the payment of: for her counsel fees, Sanitary Precautions in Chicago. Health Commissioner De Wolf sent a communication to the Chicago city council gym operating against India could beattacked its flank by the route he traversed, and that there exists an easy route for an advance from to the Indian ocean. : Sentiment in Dakota is so strong against di- ue =< a Territory ‘that. the convention September will probably ‘without action. The Abbe has di ina chureb at Berat, rg ts er et the is Sane eaincias iransefas 6th century, : An American who all his money at the Monte Carlo uniaiag canee has © ‘committed suicide at Nice, Gen. Gordon’s diary was published simulta- neously in London and New York to-day. Monday night in regard to the threatened inva- sion of the country by annou that tot the 50,000 houses which he wished wo +t before August 15th he would n SRrvine cust ht to be ihereased $40,000, and Sees at ih we cee ee apie lex. when itcomes, An order '100,- 000, to be ‘at the ot tbe health department for the the sanitary condition was Ustne Natura Gas INSTEAD OF the first of next month every iron and steel mi in Pittsburg and vicinity, with one ex: will be using natural gys as a fuel. reduce the consumption of coal there 38,250,. Zesty gupabet theregion tributary to Pitts oul Berge It will also throw of employment thousands of firemen, ers and ash- haulers employed in the mills, Ei He e aril : ‘i § ele, Brig. Gen. William Stryker, Adj. Gen. | One hin? | © Bur sac. | have Leen pulled without more | hold of bis tail, drew it straight out, and held | da circular | Phelps in London. HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND HIS Rm CRPTION, London Cor. N. ¥. Tribune, Mr. Phelps has now been three weeks London, and has had some opportunity of see | ing what his new position is like. London, on | its part, has seen something of the man about whom curiosity was as keen as curiosity about anybody can be in this a society hardened to every sensation. The place Mr. Phelps fills is one | in which first impressions go for much. It may | Simost be said that they are decisive, In the world he now enters people are too busy toxpare me for seec thoughts, or better or worse, a new minister has to present hitaself aneous camer: the photograph, e¢ work B second Is pern 5 His actual acquaintance with Loudon soc! | is. even * brief than it seems ber rhitsun holidays have to be deducted from three week A great part of London has 2 Out Of town for ten daysor a fh Most houses have been close were few during y recess, But I will venture to guesst ber af people who before they quitted London lxunched invi- tations at the new American minis! lance. He and Mrs. Pheiys wil Wax preity iv be July. They wok pos se in Lowndes xq iittrn without preced a ministers 8 uu | allowed to spend a quiet evening at tween this aud the session at Mr. Lowell on Monday. It ts, Lubin that two suecessiye Amer occupy the same residence. It will arto be thought that the republic is able to afford its representative a permanent home in London, which, as we all Know, It cannot On Wednesday’ Mr. Lowell's successor had his tlest public dinner to eat, bis first speech to and for (he Grst ence composed for t sat the Mansion whole ve to mention Amer iond mays Vaited lth ef tse Ips has j arivons wo make none UM. Bi if he sur; dso delighted its audience, « ToMCEs Mr" short address worth for the ational ity all the a d between the two ¢ ° representative wh if is no foreign mission on which been vent. On beth sides of home. “He | e hearts by wh he is surro 2 The fraternity } and sympathy that exist between the two | nations depends net ou dipto tics, but on the personal sympatiiy: # of the people of each country. an example ofthe rhetorical siten admire in ts speaker all the more bee: ere, Sper ¢ was bnt on there is but on who eithei t a treated Ssomething of sand for hii it with mauruad } y Adve P man who fs visiting in ston said to-day: The manner in which scing in the result of last } riser, | | bim to tho | und there is no gifthe could net have by in- the would take it. He ean rermrn ate Or to the lower house within £ rs. it fie chooses. And as be intends te nin the public view, it is Pe than |i ine will pia seat in Con, after his ey task hs been completed. “Either enn, Por Congressinan Milken would retire place to Mr. Blaine if he should desire return to the acti’ duties of the House or nite, Small as the return, Hale could become ernor. Frye would not vicid unless eoum- pelied to, and it would keep Blaine busy lo beat him if he tried. ‘There is a general feeling here that the matter « vnged 10 ACCOMM date all the state: There isaiso a belief that while Mr, Blaine may go back into publie life for pars, he will not permit himself to be again p presidency. Mr. Beecher on Tobacco. | BETTER Nor To VSE IT, BUT HE WHO DOES | SHOULD WOOD QUALITY, | From the New York Times. | The Rev, Henry Ward Beecher made some re- | marks about the use of tobacco in Plymouth church last evening, prefacing them with the | statement that he didn’t propose to preach, but | to talk to the young men of his congregation. | His remarks were anent to the last two verses of First Gorinthians, vi: “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,” &c. Civilization, said Mr. Beecher, is a great waster, and it wastes that which is most pre- cious, the brain and nerve, and Unis gives rise | toa great many stimuli that men eniploy. It is not without reason that men fly to opium, hasheesh, or tobacco. Anything that exhausts the nerve and brain force to a greater extent than the daily supply is weakening, and any- thing that prevents such exhansting is am econ- omy. Stimuli hold the nerve force from wast- ing, when used in minute quantities, but have an effect directly to the reverse if used in large quantities. We hardly dare say these things to young people, for feaF that they will run into exeess. Nobody dares tell a young man, “if you will drink wine, these are the conditions,” it isn't in the ter nce Bible. Mr. Beecher said he had revised his early opinions in regard to the ase of tobacco, He didn’t believe anything was gained by a whole- sale denunciation of tobacco, but he would urge the young men of his charge not to torm the habit of using it. “Iam not saying,” said he, “that tobaceo will lead to rum, and rum to sheol. It isn't agood thing, especially, for the young. They don't need ‘it. But if you do smoke, or if you choose to smoke later ‘in lite, I have no maledictions, but see to it that the practice shall take on as littie that is offensive as possible. There is a great choice in the se- lection, Man may be justified in smoking, but charity hasn't got a mantle that is broad enough to cover aman who uses bad tobacco.” Mr. Beecher spoke at length, and in a severely critical way, Of the disagreeable features of Uh use of tobacco, and urged bis young men to cul- Uvate politeness and avoid the dulling of the moral sensibilities that often follows the use of stimulants, Beverages for the G. A. R. Boys. AGITATION IN THE ENCAMPMENT AT PORT LAND OVER THE LIQUOR QUESTION, There is considerable agitation among the grand army men attending the encampmentat | Portland, Me., over the liquor law. Prominent | prohibitionists have been very active in selzing | liquor. A large quantity shipped to Portland from Boston has been seized, and temperance je are exercisin: t vigilance to kee | Say eons ecier weseected ta. Ceorncmer ed | dress which Was tssued to’ the grand army members a day or two ago by representatives of the Law and Urder League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union has caused some grumbling among the visitors. A proposition lade Ly the same committee, that all consign- ments to members of the grand army be seized and taken to police headquarters, and if, after inspection by Commanderin-Chief Kounts, they be found to contain any liquor, that they shall not be forwarded to the eonsignees, met with instant opposition. The fact of such a proposition having been made has caused something of a rebellious spirit to arise,and the visitors openly declare their intention to resist any such arbitrary action sbould it be at- tempted. Itis not denied that there are quan- tities of liquor now en route consigned to mem- bers of the grand army, and nent officers of the organization declare that they intend to take and keep possession of their consicaments, The constant agitation of the subject recently by the temperance leaders has caused it to take a place of paramount interest on all sides, HOLDING A Corrs Por DeBt.—The wife and jamin Lundgren, of cust 251 by Undertaker Charles J. Coote: whose bill was ndertaker a wi aR tS mself a few days ago, an Durlal permit by order of Mrs, Norats Lally, Lundgren’ssister-in-law, who undertook to him. ri i ie i