Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1886, Page 5

NG STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Lith St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. Serxrxe STAR wcerved to subscribers in the tte ty carriers on their own account, at 10 cents Dee week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter, 2 fente’ each mail—postage prepaid—50 cents a Ronth: one year, $6: six months. $3. [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.as secend-clas mail matter.) ‘THe WEEXLY STAR—published on Friday—$1 a year, postage prepaid. SLX months, 50 cents. } subscriptions must be paid in advancer onger than lt paid for. rising made known 09 applicatton. Che nening Star, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. SUPPLEMENT. * BOOKS, &e. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. T am now prepared to show my customers the largest assortment of EASTER GOODS Ihave ever offered, including Easter Cards, Books and Nevelties, Lenten Books, Bibles, Prayer Books, | And will continue daily until all goods are ai ‘Hymnals and Books of Devotion. W. H. MORRISON, 475 Pennsylvaiia Ave. x 1 ew Kasten Carns DST but really-new. beautiful, ar- Sing Library, ANTA AVENUE, 1. Hunter. LANCASTER, W., STA: na rocks Store nas, Waa ticks, Vases, Diaries, artiste Materials, Bhd Easter Cardy at lowest prices mizeswe Bierm Cc ARDS A XD Novetrres Now ready a very complete and attractive display ARDS and NOVELTIES for Easter. sand Hymnal: in evel ty of binding. Pocket Bibles ‘Hooks of Devotion, ay School Lib ‘M. BALLANTYNE & SON, ‘Books for (oe ee ES FUE IMITATION OF CHRIST. A. D. ‘other books for Devotional Reading. Bibles, Prayer Books, Hyumnals and Lessons Sunday School Liveary Looks at special prices, EASTER C PsOOKS AND SOUVENIRS. ©. PURSELL, mh20 dis om st. aw. Booxs: Booxs: Booxsa AT cost. j I desire to ciose out at cost ALL BOOKS ON MY shelves to make room for my increasing in FINE AND COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, This gives am opportunity for book buyers to place in thelr libraries @ fine collection of standard and miscella- neous Works. Don't miss it if you want to be bene fited. Any book or books wanted not in stock will be ‘ordered and a liberal discount made from the retail Prices G@ A. WHITAKER, 1205 Pennsylvania ave. THE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL POSTAL GUIDE FOR 1886. (On sale and subscriptions recefved, Washington agency, Dealers supplied at JOHN C. PARKER'S, 617 and 619 7th st. nw. ‘LADIES’ GOODS V.KA ‘W.—CORSETS sa20 . KANE, 507 11TE 3 emade to order. “A perfect fit guaranteed. Aiso, jull line of Shoulder Braces, Reform Waists, Freuch Bustle Corsets laundered. aps-1m* Lis B. M. Mescenr, 419 NINTH ST. N.W. Materials of all kinds for ART EMBROIDERY. Finest grade of Zephyrs, Columbia Kuitting Yarns, Silk, Arragene Crewel and Chenille. Ulllidren’s Lae LACES Stamping done pro J. C. Horearmsos, Lerorren SPRING MILLINERY, CLOAKS, LACES, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, CORSETS, &c FOSTER KID GLOVES $1 PAIR AND UPWARDS. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. mh22 907 PENNSYLVANIA aVE. Srrcran Sare Or Hosry. Ladies’, Misses and Children New Styles. Im- meuse Assortment. Choice Goods and Low Prices. 1Q0 doz. Unbleached, medium weight Hose for Ladies alse. per pair; worth 37e. Misses’ and Children’s English and French Hosiery, regular fashioned, from 250. = DOUGLASS, _mh2s 522, 524, 526 9th st. n. w. = 45x E, HUMPHREY. be aise Sct it pat, Sioa peactay eee Samy I rent shows owt Children’s Corsets and s $1 Corset (Miss H.'sows agente eats a Mes Secxa Rorvinr, 608 9th st.. opposite Patent Office, Opened a large and new assortment of HAMBURG EDGINGS and INSERTIONS, SWISS, NaINSOOK and ALL-OVER EMBROIDERIES, ORIENTAL, TORCHON, MEDICIS EGYPTIAN and other | ‘TRIMMING LACES in ali the newest patterns, D Most complete line of INFANTS’ and CHIL- DREN'S LACE. SHIRRED and NORMANDY LIPS and ROBES, 2 ALKING SUITS for spring wear in Mother Hubbard and other styles, and. Il kinds of CHILDREN’S FURNISHING GOODS, mbls Tur Fevora Dass Suretos Are Recommended py the Leading Dresmakers, They are absolutely Inpervic HE TOUT MAS! THE PF.PECT Bs me AUTIFIER’—Engente’s Se- ret of Beauty not only beautisies but purities the com- ye ‘shampoo, dye, bleach, cut and dress text Leaies hate quickly, comfortably and im an artiste know ‘what you require | We desire comparison. Invisible froat pleces of new desizns. Feather light Rochon Bad years experience in bariy “and Wad awarded medals from Paris, Lyons and 587 15th se! now. 912 T4th'st. mw. FSG DRESSES NEWEST STYLES FOR wed Trunmings. Madame Liz FRENG, 251 8. Howard st. Baltimore, Md.mbo-ime | CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 NEW YORK AVENUE NORTHWEST. Feathers Kid Gloves, Flannel and Pongee our specialty. Gent's Garments Dyed, Cleaned and Repaired. Ladies & CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with A. Fischer and Malson Yriese, Rue Rivolle, Paria ey pormerly with Lord & Taylor, New Yori Win Barr & Co,, St Louls, Sto. reasonable prices, abd satiwaction gaaranteed. ress. Hiridal Prosweaias 5) manner. We employ only competent assistants, whe switches positively, retailed at wholesale prices. J. y hocnoN. 113-20 Drew ps. Models recetved from Paris Fess DYELNG, SCOURING AND DRY Evening Dresses, Laces, Lace Curtains, Crape Veils, Dresses Dyed and Cleaned without ripping ANTON aS i Seams Max. Vox Braxvis, Moviste, Suits made at the shortest notice. "Supertor fitting, a Lath se. between and K. ‘We are offering this week 6 MONARCH SHIRTS, ‘Relnforced, Patent Stays, with Linen Bands, FOR $6 THEY ARE WORTH $1 EACH. ALso, 4 FEW ODDS AND ENDS IN ORDER SHIRTS, AT $1. ‘These goods were made to order, and range in price FROM $1.50 TO $250 EACH, ‘With a full ineot COLLARS, CUFFS, HOSE WHICH WE ARE SELLIN 4 CHEAP, aT ELLERY’S, 1112 F st nw. Tht Gio SS seit i F gs SS MILWAUKEE LAGER THE BEST IN THE DISTRICE ‘For sale by Dealers generally, or by the Agent, faM’L GC PALMER 1226 29th Street Nort west 225 V exarrs HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FRESH SUPPLY OF PURE OLIVE OIL AND MACCARONI, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ALSO, THE CELEBRATED VELATTS FAMOUS CARA- MELS, FRESH EVERY DAY. €209tb st. a.w... opposite U.S Patent Office, ‘Branch Store, 1706 Pennsylvania ave. nw. 25 i MONUMENTAL 0 TO GRO, & WALKER FOR MO: Rincon br Wi to. = __ TO-MORROW. OR REASONS BEST KNOWN TO THE [have received orders to sell the Stock and Contents fo AEE MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY-SECOND, AT TEN A.M. isposed of. irst-class Dry Goods ‘The stock contains prime aud ‘Table Linens, ‘Quilts, Underwear, Hosiery, Corsets, ‘Laces, Eimbroideries. Gloves, Jerseys, Umbrellas ‘and Purasois, White Shirts, together with a full line of Domestics. Ladies will do weil to attend this sale, as a as soptinent of spring Goods will be offered dutty. ferms cast p60 M. FOLEY, Auctioneer. rpuomas 1 DOWLING, Auctioneer. On THURSDAY, APRIL EIGHTH, 1858, COM- MENCING at TWO O'CLOCK P, M., witdin my salesrooms, I will sell, without reserve, a choice lot of plants, as partly enumerated above, all being trom Ihe celebrated uursery of Mr. JOHN Saux, of this city. ‘THOS. DOWLING, Auct D CARRIAGE BAZAAR, ‘No 940 Louisiana avenue. riages, Wagons, Harness, HURSDAY and JAY MORNINGS, commencing at TEN ‘Large and well assorted stock of Carriages, gons, Harness &e., &., always on han at private sale 3. BENSINGER, Auet m8-1m FPHOMAS J. FISHER & CO., Real Estate ucts TRUSTEES SALE OF THE FSTATE OF THE LATE RICHARD T. MERRICK, ON F STREET NORTHWEST, BEING NOS. 1306 AND 1308. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of tx the District of Columbia, passed in the cause of, Margaret Merrick and ‘others against. Louise, wulty Docket 25, ne ned trusteds appointed by, kald: decres’ will © sell on TUESDAY, APRIL TWENTY- TH, A. D. 1886, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M., at public auction, tn front of the premises, lot No. 23; in Square No, 254, Washington, °D. C. Euown a3 Now. 306 und 1308 ¥ street northwest, lately occupied by Richard T, Merrick, vxq., as aresidence and office. ‘Terms of sale: Onetuird cash, balance in one and two years in equal instalmenis, for which notes of Merrick and others, No. 9736, unde purchaser will be required, secured by deed of trust on premises and a policy of insurance. A deposit of $500 will be required at time of sale. ‘Title perfect. RELERICK B. McGUIREL MORRIS. HAMILTON, 1306 F st hw. ‘TRUSTEES. FP HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. IMPROVED ANP UNIMPROVED PROPERTY IN, GEORGETOWN. D.C, AT AUCTION. On FHURSDAY, APRIL FIFTEENTH, 1580, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. SL. in front of the prem: fses, I shall sell Lots 2, 3 aid 4, and part of Lot 5,18 Cox's addition to Georgetown, fronting 160 tect ‘On Sth street and 15 feet on Lingan street, improved by a Frame House. This property will be divided and Sold separately. "Terms: Unethird cash: balance in six, twelve and eighteen months, with notes bearing Interest” and Sceured by a led of trust on the property sold; or all cash, at the option of the purebaser. All convey- Buciig, c., at purchaser's cost. A dspositof $25 wi Be required’ on each lot at time of sale. Taleds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY IN GEORGETOWN, D. G. AT AUCTION. On THURSDAY, APRIL EIGHTH, 1886, at, FIVE O'CLOCK P.'M., in front of the premises, 1 will sell part of Lot 2311, fronting 59% feet on t Bist side of Market sireet (near 1dad street), by a of 70 feet. ‘ “Perms at sale. ap2d&ds" THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. €. DUVALL, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN LOTS IN THE VILLAGE OF MUNTELLO, IN THE DISTRICT OF “COLUMBIA, ON THE BALTI- MOKE AND OHIO R Byvirtueofadeed oftrust dated October 4th 1878, ‘anit duly recorded in Liber No, 594, follo 363, et! 'seq.,one of the land records of the District of Co- Jumbia, and at the written request of the party secured thereby, we will sei at pubiic auction, ou the prem: ses, on ‘THURSDAY, the FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1886, commencing at ONE O'CLOCK P. AL, the following deserived reai estate, situate in the vii- lage of Montello, in the District of Columbla, as ap- ears from the town plat of raid village, to wit ‘In block 6, lots numbered 34, 36, 3S, 40, 42 and 44, fand Jote commencing with 45 16 61, inclusive, and lots 63, 65, 67, 60 and 71, being in all 25 lots. In block'1, lots 115, 117, 119, 121 and 123, in all 5 lots In block 9. lot 150, and lots commencing with No. 152 to 187, inclusive. and lots 189, 191, 193,195, 197, 399, 201; 303,200, 207, 209, 211, 218,219, 21% and 219; in iow. An block 12, lot 156, and lots commencing with lot No. 155 to 206, Inclusive, and lots 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220 and 222, in ail 58 lous. In block 134, and lots commenciuz with lot 136 to 151, inelusive, and 1ot153, in all 18 lots. In block 16, lot 140, and’ lots commencing with lot 142 to 197, iiclusive, and lot 158, in all 18 Tots; total rs ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash; balance in six (6) and twelve (12) months; notes to bear interest from day of sale; to be secured by deed of trust on the prop- erty sold: or ailcash, at option of the purchaser. A deposit of 5 per cent required at time of sale. Convey- ancing, €c., at cost of purchaser. ‘Terms tobe com- plied with in ten days, otherwise Trustees reserve the Tight to resell the property at the risk aud cost of de- faulting purchaser after five days public notice of such Tesal- in some newspaper published in the District of Columbia, WM, HELMICK, H.C ALLEMAN, IANSON BROS, Auctioneers, EXECUTRIX’ AND TRUSTEE'S SALEOF VALUA BLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, BEING PREMISES NOS. 301, 323 AND 325 FOUR ANDAHALF STREET SOUTHWEST, (ON CORNER 1 ND-ACHALE AND STREETS AND ON FOUR-AND-A-HALF STREET.) ‘Under and by virtue of the powers in me vested by the last will and testament of Joseph H. Han. ein, 1 shall, om WEDNESDAY, the FOUI TEENTH DAY OF APRIL, “A.D. 1886, at Saved 5) O'CLOCK P. M., offer for sale, at public Guction, in } Frustees, out of the premises, part of Lot numbered fourteen, (24). in Square four hundred aad nity three, (403), ae 20) begining at theaurthewt corner of ing therice south on the line of iq strect twenty fects thence west seventy-nine fet tarec und a Ineties 70 fect iy inches) th fect, aid thence eaet seveniytnine feet thrceand a, Inches (20 feet Si inches). to the place of besinning, Impraved by preniises No. 302 dis Yet soutien ISIMEDIATELY THEREA TER T shal offer for sale part of Lot ove (1, in said square 40%, beginning forthe game ats polut on diy street west arte dis. tance of seventeen (17) feet from tne southeast comer Oil square and rouning thence north with the ing Ofsald ‘dig street thirty-one Cl), feet, thence wet Stuiyatx (60) ieet, thence sodth tity-oue (31) feet Pisceofbeginning, Iniproved by. premicte Nos S53 ce of beginning, mprow os End 525 iy street sonthwest, "Terms of sale: One-thirdcash; balance m equal pay- ments ofat one and two year notes (0 bear ite payabie sembaimually’ aud tobe secured by deed 0 Erust on “the premises ‘sold, or ail cash, at option of Purchaser. "Conveyancing, &e, at cust of purchaser, Rideposit of $100 required’ on each plece sold at Us orsale"’rerins to be complied with in ten days, otmer ise right reservee to resels at the risk and Gost of de- fassting purchases or purchasers after ive days pub: Remotite of such resale in some newspaper published in Washington, D.C CAROLINE H. BEHREND, Executrix and Trustee under will ‘ot Joseph H1.'Han- Tel, deceased. ap2,5.1,08dcds HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. THAT VERY DESIRABLE IMPROVED PROP- SHUATED ON ELEVENTH STREET, Wealk PRORTHWEST( BEING NO. Guu AT ACG. TION. On TUESDAY, APRILTWENTY-SEVENTH. 1886, at FIVE'O'CLOCK P.M.,in front of the premises, 1 will sell that valuable improved, aroperty known as the German Hall, No. 606 Tf street northwest, and being part of Lot 12, in square $20, fronting 25 feet on west side of 11th ‘street, by a depih of 50 leet: improved by a threwstory aud ‘bese ment Brick Buiidimy, with alt modern improvements Thisis very desirabie and rapidly Improving prop erty, conventent to two lines of cars. suitable Jor law offices, &c., &c., aud should command the atteation of buyers. “ferns: Cash within twenty days, and $100 down at time ofsale, “All conveyancing nid reeurding ar pur chasers evst. “Uf terms are not compied with in twen- fy Gays the committee reserve the right to resell the Property at the Fisk and cost of the defaulting pur- chaser or ‘By order of JOHN Wattri Sa Wt KEITH, CHARLES SCH NEID! JOHN ARDIEESER, P. A. MAT- TERN, Committee. UCTION SALE OF PRIVILEGES. WasurxaTox Manger Company, ‘WasitincTox, D. C., CENTER MARKET, ‘March 27, 18896. Notice ts hereby given that the ‘of clioice end the privilege of covering with ments the twenty-three advert side of the platform and gallery’ ng sides of the Seventh-street building in Center Market, Subject to the payment of reut therefor, will be sold at abc auction for the term of one year from 1886, the sale to commence in ‘said Seventh-st ‘Center Market on TUESDAY, APRIL THIRTEENTH, _ 1: at HALF-PAST OE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, and to continue on that day. and by adjournment ou every subsequent ate jos the tains hour and’ place, unt are i ‘additional particulars inquire at the office of the ‘company. By of the directors: ‘THE WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY. By M.G. EMERY, President. mb30-s Avxovo-Axzncax Ixsunaxce Oo, (20 F STREET NORTHWEST; ‘Wasurxerom, D.C, iSSUE FIRE AND MARINE POLICIES, oct? ‘OLBS COMBINED FOOD Is THE RICHEST, K nd, best food for Milch Cows. 1$ com the cow’ tn good condition, and pee yield of ‘Try it. For sale by UO.n Feed Dealers, ‘337 Feunapivania’ aves & HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, F VALUABLE UNIMPROVED N THE COUNTY, NEAR T 3 By virtue of « deed of trust dated 15th day stags Sane, 4: Yes, and duly recorded tn Liber Wo 944, folio 219, et seq., one of the land records of the’ Dincict ot vomksas and oy decree atte Sout or saldebistret fn Cause No, B.30L and Passed < December Téth ‘De 1885, “and by tecree “or the Get a ring sald decree of “the bebe ty 2ath, a. ‘hy “alreetiog OF the party secured ‘thereby. the. undersigned ‘res. tees will sell on the premises,’ on WEDNESDAY, the SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 18s6, AT FOUK O'CLOCK P. M., the follow lescribed propert: Ali that plece and patce! ot iand situated and lying in the county and District aforesaid, and known as a part of @ tract of land called “Fletchall’s Chance,” ‘and bounded as follows: Besinning for the same at the northeast corner of John W. Hayne’s lot, and running thence north G7; degrees west 55 perches: thence north 174, degrees east 29.09 perches; theu south 674) degrees east GO perches; then south '27 degrees west 429.09 perches to the beguiniug, containing ten acres ‘Also, another past of sald tract, bounded _as follow: Beginning at the northwest” corner of abovede- bed Ig; then with the west line of said lot and ct, known as “Fieichail’s Chance,” north 5 hen south 6744 de- grees east. 6S perches. to a county Toud; then with Bald road south 47% degrees West, 7.24 perches; thent south 27 degrees west, 19.50 perches, to the northeast corner of the first above-descrined lot; then with the north Ine of suid lot north G7%_ degrees west, 58. perches, to the place of beginning, contalning ten ueres of land. ‘Terms: One-third cash; balance in six and twelve months, with interest, and secured by a deed of trust on the property sold, Or alleash. All conveyane gic. at parchaser'scust. A deposit of S100 will be Feqitired at time of sale on each lot. If terms are not complied with in ten days, the trustees reserve the right to reseli the property ‘at risk und cost of the de- faulting purchaser or purchasers, W. D. CASSIN, JAS. L. DAVIS, ‘ALSO. Immediately thereafter, by virtue of a deed of trust, dated the 11th day of Aptil, A. D. 1851, and duly re- corded in Liber No. 968, folio 84, ct seq, one of the land records of the District of Coluinbia, and by decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbu Bolding an Equity Court for said Listrict, in cause } trustees 9,361, and December 16th, A.D. 1885, aud by decree of the General Term affirining said decree of the Equity Court, passed on February 24th, A. D, 1836, and by direction of the party secured thereby, the undersigned trustees will sell on the premises thé following described property: ‘All that piece and parcel of Iand situated and lying inthe county and District afvresald, and known wrt of “Fleteball’s Chance, and bounded ax follows: inning atthe northwest corner of a teu-acre lot, No. 2, now held by the association, then with thé ‘West line of said lot aud the original tract known as “Fletchall’s Chance” uorth 17'_ degrees, east 42 perches, then south 871g degrees, cast 354 perches, thence south 17%, degrees, west 42 perches, thence horth 67%, degrees, west Shy perches to the begin: ning, containing aid laid out for ten acres of land. ‘Terms: One-third cash; balance in six and twelve months, with interest, and secured by adeed on the property sold, or all cash. All. conveyancing, Gc., at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $100 will be quired at time of sale. if terms are not with in ten days the trustees reserve the rig sell the property at the risk and cost of the de! purchaser or purchasers. ‘WD. CASSIy, _mngsagas Jase 16 “Dais, INCANSON BROS., Auctioneers TRUSTEES SALE OF A VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT KNOWN AS “740 SEVENTH STREET SOUTHEAST, By, virtue of a deed of trust bearing date tie’ 20m “day” of “December, AnD. 1870, and “duly “recorded in liber" No. folio 73 et seq. one of “the land recurus ofthe District of Columbia, and atthe request in writ ing of the party secured thereunder, we the under Signed trustces, will,on the THIRTIETH DAY of FARCH, A. D. 1886, at FIVE O'CLOCK. P. M., sell ‘at pubile waction in front of the premises all thos? eer. tain pleces and parcels of land situate in the city of Washington. District of C Known as and, be- ing the north three (3) feet and iour (4) Inehes of lot ANO,8, and the south fourteen (14) feet and eleven (11) inches of lot No. 8 in gjuare nine hundred aud. four (904), for a more particular description of which rer erence is hereby made to said deed of trust, together With the iniprovements thereon consisting of @ Wo story frame dwelling with bath, ‘Ter | of sale: Gne-half of the purchase-znoney in cash ¢ in two years, secured by purchaser's Rote as deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cas._at_purchaser’s option. conveyancing at pur aser's cust. A deyoxit of $100 will be required Bt the time of sale. ‘Terms of ‘sale to be complied With in (eu days from the lime thereof, otherwice the Property will be resold at the cost aud risk of the de- iting purchaser. SAMUEL E. MIDDLETON, DANIEL W: SUDDLETON, n,, f Trustees. mh20-déd3 or Sg THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED ON AC- count of the weather until MONDAY THE FLETH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1886, at HALF-PaST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M in fiont of the premises. SAMUBL E, MIDDLETON, DANIEL W, MIDDLE ION; Jn. mb31-déds Sa” THE ABOVE SALE IS FURTHER POsT- ned omaccount ofthe liclement weather until WED- 7 1 VENTH, at HALE-PAST 3M, E. MIDDLETON, } rrstecs, 13 SAMUEL DANIEL W. MIDDLETON Tm, } Trustees. ap6-aeds THIS EVENING. oF 3,000 VOLUMES oF MISCELLANEGUS BOOKS, BELONGING TO VARIOUS OWNERS. In the Collection are Many RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS. ‘TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT MY SALESROOMS, ith Street ang Pennsylvania Avenue, ON TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL SIXTH, 1886, AND FOLLOWING EVEN COMMENCING AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. ‘Terms Cash. ap2-6t THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucuoneers WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL SALE 01 FRENCH BRONZE GROUPS AND CLOCK SETS. ITALIAN rb! TIQ' = vor. ‘CAPS, SUPERB LTS CLOCKS WITH SIDE D+AINTED PORCELAIN. * ALSO, TWO REAL ROYAL DRESDEN PORCELAIN | VASES OF A RARE BLUE COLOR AND GIN DECORATIONS, BEING THE FINEST SPECI- | MENS EVER BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY, ‘The sale of this valuable collection of urt gems will take place at our salesrooms, 10th street and Pennsyl- Vania avenue, on APRIL SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH, at ELEVEN A.M. AND THREE eta , April 6. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, Aucts G DUVALL, Auctioneer, 925 F Street. ‘By virtue of a deed of trust to me, duly record: in Liber No. 1.152, fol. 123, et. seu, one of Uh lund records of the District of Coluuibla, and at, the request of the party secured thereby, L wi ubli¢wuetion, in front of the premises, on THis AY, APRIL EIGHTH, 1886, at FLVE O'CLOCK P. M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Washington ‘and District of Columbia, to BEG EAT of Lot numbered sixty-thiree (3), In Jee B. Haw’s subdivision of part of Mount Pleasant, be- ginning for the same at a point distant 19 fect worth ‘ou the southwest corner of said lot, Fanning thenice east 100 feet: thence north 19 feet; thence west. 100 feet: thence south 19 feet to the pluce of beginning, with the tmprovements thereon, Being the two-story frame dwelling No. 2137 Sth street extended. ‘This saleis made subject toa prior incumbrance, which will be stated at the time of sale, ‘Terins: $110 and expenses of sale {a cash, and bal- ‘ance in one year, secured by deed of ‘trust on sald roperty. Pini25:co&ds GOODWIN Y. ATLEE, Trustee. JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK DWELLING AND LOT ON ISTREET, NEAR CORNER HALF ST. ni UULE AS Bere hm Surenie Onur y virtue of a decree en the District of Columbia: holding a special term, passed in equity cause No. docket 25, we, Will sell in front of the premises on TUESDAY, ue ‘THIRTEENTH day of APRIL, A. D. 1886, at HAL! PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.1M."that certaln plece or paree! of ground situate in the ety of Ws trict of Columbia, and known aud described on the plat of sald city as part of lot numbered two (2), In square west of square six hundred and nine-five (W. £890), berinnlng for the same at a polut owe han- dred and thirty (180) feet from the corner of I and Half street southeast, and running north one hundred and twenty-two (122) feet four (4) inches, thence west ‘twenty (20) feet south one hundred nd twenty-two feet four (4) Inches, thence east on 1 street twenty (20) feet 10 the place‘of beginning; containing twenty- iF hundred and forty-six feet (2,446) and six inches, more or less. ‘The said real estate is improved by & small brick dwelling house, Bs ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one, two and three years, notes to bear six per cent int and to be ‘secured by mortgage, or all cash, ‘at option of purchaser. A deposit of $100 re- wired at time of sale, Conveyancing it cost of pur- ‘Terms to be complied with in ten days from Say of sale; otherwise, the Trustees reserve the right torewil the proparty'at the risk and ost of the te: fauling parchaver, afer five ublic notice of such resale in somé newspaper in Washing: ton, D.C magdede 416 6th st a. (OS. J. FISHER & CO., Real Estate Auctioneer. MUSTEE'S SALE OF MOST VALUABLE UNIM- PROVED LOTS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PART OF THE CITY, By oft een ne or Court off in Martin F. Morris against Docket. 25, the undersigned Dy sald decree, w AY APRIL TWENTY-AVCOND, A: 1886, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. Mat _pabiie front of the premises, Lots “Nos. 23, 2 20427 eh {ana Fage's subdivision of logs in ag ove = ee 687 Louisiana as S maavenne, ‘Opposite City Post Office, THUNSPAEN OCLOGE A Mle IN FRONT OF AND WITHIN ‘THE SALES- MABBLE TOP ZEb-ROOM SET, HAND. PARLOR WORK IN PLUSH AND OTH, WALNUT CHAMBER SETS, ON" TABLE. BOOKCASES, SID) IFTEEN NEW ANDSECOND-HAND FURNISHINGS, TIN 'WaRE, 1OILE! Sk: &., WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER GOODS. Ww TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE ON NORTH SIDE OF H STREET, BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH STRELTS SORTHWEST, BY By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 110, Folio 245, et seq., one of the : Jand records for the District of Columbia, and DAY, THE SIXT the written request of the part in front of the premises. on TU hii DAY OF APRIL, 1886, at HALE-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, the folowing doseribed Real Estate, situate In the City of Washinzton, District of Colum: bia, part of lot numbered eight, {a square numbered five Lundred and seveuteen, beginniug at the south- east corner of sald lot cight, thgnce west on HI street finteen feet, thence north sevénty-Hive fect six tuches, to @ line ‘connecting the two angies of said lot, and Toning parailel to Massachusetts. avenue, thence east on said line to the east boundary 1 ine of'sald lot: thence south seventy-two tee: seven and half tuches to the beginning. ‘Terms: Oue-third cash; balance in one and two Feats Hotes to bear interest from day" of sale and to Secured by deed of trust on the property sold, oF all cash at option of purchaser. A deposit. of S100 re- Guired at thme of ale. Conveyancing, &¢., at cost ot Purchaser. ‘Terns to be complied with In’ five days, otherwise ‘Trustees Teserve the right to” resell thé property at the risk and cost of delauiting purchaser After five days’ public notice of such & resale in some newspaper pubfisned in tue Disttie of Columbia mh20aéds 1. LOWE,’ Trustees aa- THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED ON account of the Inclement weather until THURSDA APRIL EIGHTH 1596, at same hour and place. OHN J. JOHNSON, apz2t iM. Lowe, } Trastees [HOS E WAGGAMAN, esi Estate Auctioneer. TRUSTER'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROV! AND UNIMPROVED REAL BSTATE, HOUSE, NUMBER 910 L STREET NORTHWEST; XD VACANT LOTS AS FOLLOWS: AND STi Steet, LetwHEN @ SOUTHWEST, z TWEEN RSTRERT AND GLORGIA-A By virtue of the last will of Clarissa rouated in the Supreme Courtof the Folumbis, holding’ a special term for Orphaus Court business, and by the dectec ofthe sald Sup Court of the -bistriey of Columbla, bolding a special ‘Term in 1 quity, in cause No. 7730.0 Wil. ws Trustee, Seil at pub de avction, infront cf cach of the premises, the following real estate in the City of Wasiiugton, Distner of Coltanbiuy t0 wits “On THURSDAY. te TWESTY-SINTH DAY UE APRIL: AD. 1890.00 FOUi O'CLOCK P-XC, part of Lots Land kin square 569, having a front ou L-street of 2 43-100 feets and improved by a threestory Brick House, belng iain dered iy L-strect ortairest. Immediately thereafter part of lot K, fronting 17 BU-100 feet on Le strest, ahd Tot Hf and patt of lott frosting 23 40-100 tectou L street, aud lots + XE thd Nefronting cach 2211-100 feet’ ou. a S0-foot isey, ad having on the w. side woot alley ahd Gn the # side a S6-foot alley, togeiner with the im provements thereon. ‘Also, onthe same, day, at HALE-PAST FIVE OCLSCK'PRE, Tots 2)3,9 and 10, usa 602, and fot dsm sq, God “Terms of Sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash and the baianes in two equal instalments In one ahd two years, with six per cent interest from Gay. of Sale, for ‘Which notes of purchasers. must. be given Secured by dees of trust On the property sold, of all cash at option of purchasers, Gash depos 6f $100 aust ‘be’ Inadle onveach of "the lots in square 300, Bnd $500n enc of the other Lots whew knocked Gowh, All conveyancing al cost of purchaser. Terms lof wie must be complied with, Within ten days trom Gay of sale in deimult uf whieh the trustee reserves Figt to resell at rlak’ and cust of deiuuiting pur ciisser after tnvce days" public adverrisernent. HENEY WISEGARN ET Trustee, “416 duh street noctawest THOS E. WAGGAMAN, Auch apt RUSTEE’S SALE OF VERY VALUABLE BUSE NESS. PROPERTY, NO. P27 DBI, NEAR PENNA. AVHAUE AND 10TH ST. NW swe District of Golunabin, passed Laquity cause trict of Columubla, passed to iaquity cause No. 0785, boe 25, wherebr dane M. Hoo et al are complainants, and Hurry a- Mook ct ‘Sire fendants, the undersigned trusies wil ‘offer for sale at Dublle auetion, to. frout of ‘the. premises, on TUL Dave che TWENTIETH day of APH A, D. 1880, at MALs-PASE FOUR OCLOCK P. Stall that cer: tain piece or parcel oflandstiante and ‘belng in te chy of Wasien-ton, D.C kuown and. desigaated on the plat of said city as the’ western ‘part. of “ot. nun berdd five (3), im square numbered three hundred aud Sevents-cigit (ro), the sutd part of tot having u front Gh nor strect of twenty-three feet woven uid one fat inches (28 feet 7iq Inches). and ranuing nortn aud back with the sane width one buadred aud eighty Seven fect teu aud oneuaif tages (18? feet tO incles) to the rear line of sald lot aud too publte SU: foot alley in’ sald square, Improved with two three- Story brick houses covering the entire lot, AP?noe sold as an entirety, the property. will be oilered ia two parcels, viz, tue Iront part on D' street Delug the width of the lot by a depth of 210 fect, with the Mionse thereon, and. the Fexr parton te public Alvey, Delng the width of the lot by kdepth of 47 feck ‘Tig inches, with the house thereoa. “Terie of sale: Onethird of the. purchase money in cash, of whieh $400. must be paid atthe time of sale Snd ‘the’ balanee tn two equal iustaiments at One and two years for which the purchaser sugst. give iis promissory uotes, with interest from the day of ‘sale Dayable-stmfaunually, suc notes to be secured by Seid of urust on the property sold; or all cash, atthe purchaser's option. Ak conveyancing Sf the pur Chaser’s cost, SAMUEL H. WALKER, Trustee, 630 Lis ave, nw. sp 7-10dde as G, Aucuoneer. proms DOWLIN A GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE SMALL HOMES AT LOW PRICES! TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FIVE TWOSTORY-AND- BASEMENT BRICK HOUSES ON FOURTIC STREET EAST, BETWEEN I AND K STREETS NORTH. By virtue of a deed of trust, recorded in Liber 1054, at follo 264, of the lund records of the Dis- trict Of Columbia, and at the request of the party, secured thereby, the undersigned Trustees will seu we publicauction th trgut of the premises, Oa TUESDAY, APRIL SIXTH, 1856, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. B., all Of Lots'22, 28, 44,25 dnd 26, in Waggaman, agent's subdivision of pat of square 776, in the city of Wash- ington, with improvements, consisting of five wo- story-und-basement Brick Houses. ‘Terms of sale: One-fourth cash, balance in ex, twelve and eighteen montis from day of sale, with La: terest at six per cent per annum from said day, paya- Die semi-annually, or all cush at purchaser's opuon, Notes will be taken for deferred payments, secured by deed of trust on property sold. A deposit 01 350 on ‘each Louse will bereauired at tine of sale. All couvey- aucing and recording ut parchaser’s cost. Ifterms ure nut complied witi in ten days from sule, property. Will be resold at purchaser's risk and cBst after ten ayy potice. "A; As HROOIE mb26-déds FRANK T.BROWNING,, a@-THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED ON account of the rain until FRIDAY, APRIL NINTH, 1886, at HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. M. By order of the Trustees, ape-dts rPpHoMas DOWLING, Aucuoncsr. CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES- TATE, UNIMPROVED, IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ore 8 tof Columbia, in Equity cause: No. 9813, I will offer for sale on LULSDAY, the THINTIETH DAY OF MARCH, A. D.'1886, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M., at public auction, in’ front of Ihe premises, lots 11, 12. 14, 14 and 15, 10 square No. 812, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. ‘Térms of sale, as prescribed by the decree; One-third cash, und the Dalauce in two Equal pagments, at six ‘and iwelve months from date of sale, for wiich the purchaser isto give his promlssory notes, withinterest mn day of sale at six per cent, or all cash at the op- ip ot parebaeer, ‘itis reservol up the Eauaundion le by the court and payment ‘purchase money. All conveyancing and recording at cost of irehaser. A deposit of $20U at the ume property is Rtruck off TS ete y, tronee”, mb1S-108 3010 Pst, Georgetown, D.C, sa THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED, ON ‘OP°APLL, A: b. 1800, ataamme holt aga piace, Pe Se. ae SREY, Trustee, mb30-dts 8010 Pet., Georgetown, D.C. aa SALE I8 FURTHER Post- ned, on ageount of the Fain, wat, FRIDAY the Rint bay OF APRIL, Atk at same hour ‘and pince. I; & FREY, Trustee, it 8010 Pat, Georgetown, D.C. (OMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SALE BY CATALOGUE. ELEGANT EBONY, EBONY CABINETS WITH MIRKOR BACK! ee CH. WaLNU?T PAR RT ay tana WINDOW iGINGs, RI Of ead SELS AND OTHER CARP&* HO! THE BOUL, ODD PIECES OF P4 re AL 1D STAIR SAAC mass ts Hate ot AT AUCTION, can be hed on spplication to the ano- are bat little used, and will be ee CITY AND DISTRICT. THE EIGHT HOUR MOVEMENT. What Workingmen Say of the Contest for Shorter Hours. CO-OPERATIVE GANGS SECURING WORK—A CLAIM THAT BUILDING WILL NoT COST MORE—EIGHT REASONS URGED IX BEHALF OF THE EIGHT HOUR sysTEM, Members of various trade organizations, with whom a STAR reporter talked at the meeting of the Federation of Labor last evening, in speaking of the eight hour movement, disputed the figures given by Mr. Robert I. Fleming, president of the Master Builders’ association, as to the increased cost of building under the eight hour rule. Some of the members asserted that it would be demonstrated after May 1st that building would not cost any more, and they expressed the opinion that the builders would be glad to come to them at their own terms, Mr. Billingsley, secretary of the Feder- ation, said that already the co-operative gangs had been very successful in securing work. “Some one tried a sharp trick on us,” sald Mr. Billingsley, “and tried to prevent us from get- Ung material, but did not succeed. We can get all the material and trimmings that we Want. Ido not agree with what Mr. Edmon- sion fs Teported to have said, that the carpen- ters will, if necessary, take lower wages. They will not, Iam sure,do that. At any rate they will not do it now. If, when our resolutions Were first presented to them, the master butld- ers had held a conference with us and called in the material men, an amicable arrangement might have been aifected. MR. DENHAM'S ARGUMENT FOR EIGHT HOURS. “I claim,” said Mr. Thomas 8. Denham, of the Painters’ assembly, who presided at the recent conference at which the hours for going to and quitting work were agreed upon, “that the in- crease in the cost of building after ee Ast will not be on labor but ou material. I claim that any person that wants to build now can have the work done at the same figure as last year, so far as labor is concerned. The time of daily toil through labor-saving implements has been lessened in the past century [rom sixteen hours to ten, and always lessening to the advantage of all classes; but, although a more rapid Intro- duction of machinery bas been made in the last twenty years than in a whole century be- fore, there has been no shortening of daily working time for over thirty years; conse- ently, the productive powers of the country, through machinery and fong hours, is In excess of the ability to consume. Hence, the discharge of workmen from ‘actories, the increase of de Utution, and the general dullness of business. The reduction of all daily toil trom ten hours to eight will give opportunity tor two more men to work for every ten now employed. In other words, the work now performed by ten men Will require twelve men. This gives twenty more men employment for every hundred, giv- ing immediate and steady employment to all willing aud able to work. "Eight hours, instead of ten, mean a gain of two hours each day, one day ech week, fifty-two days a year, tim su= ficient to enubie ‘every uniettered person to learn to read and write; time in which every foreigner can learn to speak the English 1a: guage and familiarize himself with his political duties as an American citizen. I find @ serious objection often made against the introduction of the eight-hour system is that the two extra leisure pours will be apt to be spent in saloons; but I Know that when men, know they can depend upon having two hours’ spare time regularly every day they will be more likeiy to devote that time to the cultiva- tion of the mind or to improving their home or roundings, and less likely to spend it in saloons than when tueir idle time comes irregu- larly in consequence of an inability to find steady employment. I claim that the elght- hour rule ts in the interest of capital as weil as of labor, The plain facts are that the strike, Jockout, business failures, general business de- pression throughout the world, overflowing prisons and poorhouses, are the result of the producivg power of the country being far in. excess of the ability to consume. We make and produce more than we can readily eat, wear or dispose of. ‘This results first in’ falling of prices; then 4 lowering of wages, succeeded by sirikes and resistance ot wage-workers, and a final diverge gt workmen into idles . Then as Diem le tu buy there ts a great under- consumption; goods piling up on one side, while great want and destitution exist gn the other. ‘To remedy this state of affairs produc- tion must be lessened. To do this by destroying machinery is barbarous. It is wiser far to accomplish this result and benefit all mankind. by lessening the hours in which machinery and men labor in the work of production. The benelit to the mercantile and manufacturing interests of the world to be secured by a shorten- ing of production, will be “at once dent in the advance in prices, while eve person having employmeut—earning wages— ‘will be able to buy at higher prices. Prosperity exisis and activity in business is muuifest when prices are tending upward; stagnation, failure and distress prevail when pric ure tending downward. Eight hours will send the life-current of business pulsating throughout the entire commercjal world, giving new liie and energy to flagging industries that are now almost dead, ‘The advantages of eight hours to the laboring classes will be—1, employ- ment; 2, steady employment; 3, relief from’ anxiety that comes froin idleness and poverty; 4, un opportunity to lay uside the means to purchase a home; 5, oppor- tunity to see and get acquainted witn one’s family by dayiight; 6, more time for intellec- tual improvement; 7, a chance for out-door Yecreation on the ‘secular day without being compelled to take Sunday for that purpose; 8, the ability to obtain respectable dress an imuke & good appearance whereby en- courugemencis given to attend church and social gutherings, resulting in intellectual, inoral and spiritual improvement. Prof, Hux- ley says: “fbe 7g million workers of Eng- land With the present means of labor can pro- duce as much in six monthsas they could doin one year 80 years ago.” John Stuart Mill -ays: “It “Is questionable if all the mechanic: inventious yet made have lightened the day wil of any humun being. Louis Blanc says: “There is not a single mechanical invention which has not been asubject of anguish and a cause of distress to futhers and families.” Moody, of New York, in speaking of the great change wrought by machinery, says: “It has de- stroyed the system of family and household manuiacturing, and now compels us to Labor in Juil-like factori¢s from ten to twelve hours per day.” Churles Diekens wrote in his “American Notes,” iorty years ago, that the citizens of Boston wouid be struc with as much conster- nution should they mect a veggar as they would to meet an angel with a flaming sword. Had Charles Dickens been ubie to revisit Boston last Winser he would have found 30,000 people de- ending upon public and private charity. From the broad fact that the consus of 1870 estimated the average annual income of our ‘wage-Workers at alittle over $400 per year, and the census Of 1880 estimates it ata little over $800 per year, we see that in ten years our con- dition has become 25 per cent worse. Is labor to blame for this? We do not urge eight hours in the interest of any one class. We ask it for the good of the prisoner who is suffering con- finement and shame, because want drove him. there; we ask it tor the pauper in the asylum, who sought that shelter ratuer than starve; we ask it tor the toiling millions, who dnd their daily evenings becoming less and less, with final discharge irom work, idleness and pov- erly confronting them;” we ask it for the merchants who are struggling to avoid bankruptcy through slow sale, and the steady falling of prices of the gouds on their sheives; we ask it for the manuiacturers whose ma- chinery is standing still, and we ask it for the transportation companies. In this eifort we lervenuly invoke the aid of the press, the clergy, teachers and all persons in authority. Give us employment for the idle masses who are struggling for bread; give us a chance to send pauper and criminal back to shop and field and factory, where they may get an hon- est living; give us back again health and bloom for the sunken-eyed, starving sewing women, who are making shirts for 35 cents per dozen, and pau .25. per dozens; give us homes pie and achance to earn them; sive us an honest opportunity tor every human ing to the reasonable comforts of lite; give us tht hours. J am willing to meet the master bi and merchants in any hall and debate this question. I will prove to the au- dience that building’ will not cost any more in 1886 than in 18865 for labor.” ‘Virginia Coupons. THEY ARE RECEIVABLE FOR LICENSE TAXES, Last week E. G. Jones, a commercial traveler from Philadelphia, who had offered to pay his license tax with state coupons, which were re- fused, waw arrested for selling goods without a mond Refore, the hustings court. sens agi omen hat tendered Vi ‘Under the recent THE CONGRESSIONAL SEED SUPPLY A Small Army of Men and Women En- «aged in Preparing the Seeds. GERMS OF REFORM AT THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT—HOW THE SEEDS ARE TESTED— EXPEDIENTS FOR SAVING TIME—A GLANCE INTO THE WORK ROOM. Thirty-two men and one hundred and forty women are busy in the annex of the Agricul- tural department building supplying the con- gressional demand for seed. Six thousand paper packages of vegetable seed, five hundred of flower seed, three hundred of tobacco, twenty quarts of sorghum, twenty of corn, fifty of grass, twenty-eight quarts of sugar beet and thirty- two quarts of cotton seed. That is the allow- auce of each Senator and Representative in Congress. If putupin one order each mem- ber’s allowance would fill eight large mail sacks. As thereare four hundred and nine Senators and Representatives the seed division of the Agricultural department, as can easily be imagined, isa very busy institution at cer- tain seasons of the year. The seeds distributed through members of Congress comprise about two-thirds of the whole amount disposed of by the Agricultural department. The remaining third goes to persons in various parts of the country who act as agents of the department, but receive no compensation. Members furnis! to the department the names of those to whom they desire to have the seeds sent, though sometimes they have the whole or a portion of their allowances sent to them, and attend to the distribution themselves. The force of the seed division ts required to receive, assori, pack, label and prepare the kages tor the mail’ sacks, in which they are auled away from the department. The little paper bags or pockets are cut and made in one end of the large room where the seeds are Ked, The printing upon them Is executed n the printing office in the department. At ‘one long table isa company of young women, pasting the bags or pockets, which are arranged in boxes and sent at once to the printer. Upon their return they go to other tables, where they are filled with the seed intended tor them, The labor is divided and subdivided, soas to facili- tate the work as much as possible. One lady who has pan of seed before her, and a tiny measure, fills the bag or pocket; her neighbor pastes down the flap on the bag. At another table the department frank is put on, aud so on until the package Is finally placed ih the mail sack. All of this work ts carried on in a most systematic manner, with little nolse and no contusion, TIME SAVING EXPEDIENTS. Many little expedients for saving time have been introduced by Major Wm. M. King, the chiet of the division. One very simple device has been put in use, which, it is estimated, saves a great deai by ‘preventing interruptions in the work of the women in the main room, ‘There is a door between this room and the matt fice. Upon this door has been hung bisekbuurd. If there fs any reason tor Any of the ladies or others 1h the large room to the office Major King writes upon this blacl board the initials of the person wanted. The Person thus Indicated quickly appears, and, as she passes the doorway, erases her initials. ‘In | the old way some one’ would have gone down through the long room to find the person wanted, using considerable of his own time ‘in the “search, and distracting the attention of very one else. While @ Stan reporter was’ looking over the room at the seures of busy workers at the table: Major King wrote the letter “I” on the black- board. “A indy at the, other endof the room responded instantly. The lady was Mrs. Ella Edwards, who bas charge of the force engayed {n the miin room in making the bags and put- Ung up the seed. Mrs, Edwards couduetea the reporter through tho establishment, irom the place where the seeds were stored in huge bags as they are received in the department to Where the evolution Into small packages properly jabelled and franked is completed. br. H.R. Branham is superintendent oi the seed room. When the seeds are packed ready tor mailing, they go to Mr. Edmund Burke, the mailing clerk, who receives irom the Gepart- ment the congressional orders, and attends to filling them. "THE QUALITY OF SEEDS. ‘Maj. King bas acted on the principle that the country expects from the present administra- | tion not only pure democracy, but pure and good seed. Agriculturaldepartment seed have inthe past been a sort ot byword among reck- less jokers. The complaints received at the department to some extent justified these jokers. The department has always been a lange purchaser of seeds for distribution, and It is believed has sometimes had imposed upon it supplies which the seedman would not sell to a Private cuswier. After the seeds have beeu ki istributed by the department the seed man ows if he Seeds prove Worthless it is not likely ever to be traced back to his establish- ment. Then again, it is claimed at the depart- ment that the sailure to secure good results 1s olten due to the ignorance of the person who plants them, and who does not know how to Manage them. ‘The most frequent cause of fall- | ure in the case of flower seeds is that they are covered too deeply with soll, in which case they either rot, Owing to excess of water, | or want of air, or the fecble_germ 1s unable t0 | overcome the weight of soil it has to move be- | fore reaching the light. Sul, the seed division now makes ita rule to send ‘out no seed that it cannot vouch for. When an American citizen receives seed hereafter it will come to him | guaranteed by the administration to germinate Under proper conditions. Of course, every seed ofthe millions which each Congressman’ 1s en- Utled to is not_ separately tested and vouched for, but samples are taken from every lot of Seed received, and if they do not show a good percentage the lot is rejected. ‘THE SEED TESTER, “The tester is a very simple thing,” said Major King to THE Srak reporter. “It is some- thing which a person could easily construct tor himselt, if he had @ baking pan and alittle wire.” ‘One of the seed testers, known as the experiment station tester, was’ in operation in the major’s office at the tinie in charge of alady. It cousisted of a shallow tin box or pan about two feet long by fifteen inches in width. Across the top were laid a number of little brass rods, Between every two rods wassuspended a pocket made of cotton. A portion of the cotton hung below the “bottom of the pocket and” into the water which covered the bottom of the pan, | This, tester has a capacity of ets sufficient to test tity Saricticn of seed at ome time. ‘The seed ato placed in the pockets, which’ are closed by pushing the rods together. Then a glass cover 18 placed over the pan, and it is deposited near @ window where it receives the sunlight. The seeds get moisture from the water absorbed by the cotton. If the seeds are good, they soon germinate or show evidences of germination. ‘Tbe lady in charge Keeps a record of the seed deposited in the pockets. Her buoks will show also the number of days required in each case for germination, and the percentage of seeds, At the sime time tests are made of the same varieties of seed in the soil at the green- houses under Mr. Saunders’ charge. It these tests prove unsatisfactory the seeds trom which the tested samples are taken are not accepted in the department, More Municipal Elections. REPUBLICAN GAINS IN CHICAGO—KNIGHTS OF LABOR VICTORIOUS AT FORT WORTH. ‘The results of the Chicago election are decid- edly in favor ofthe republicans. They gain six aldermen, The city couneil has been a tie, but will now stand 24 republicansto 12 democrats, ‘With one exception the town offices have gone as usual. Most of the aldermen who have been uccused of corrupt practices have been re- elected, but by greatly reduced majorities. In the municipal election in Fort Worth, ‘Texas, yesterday, every aldermen elected was a | cept a seat in his pew. Knight ot Labor, while Mr. Broiles, who was elected mayor,is looked upon as a sympathizer of the knights, and recelved their votes. At Houston, ‘Texas, the mayoralty election yesterday was the most exciting ever known in the history of the city, The principal candi- dates were Hon. Win. , Baker, the present in- cumbent, who “headed” the against Daniel C. Smith, the nominee. The contest was bitterly waged on both sides, ‘The polls were crowded With tisans all day. in the evening the Baker After all men claimed 'a victory. ‘Smith was elected by lar democratic our majors, ihe vote ‘standing—Smith, 2,241 majority, Baker, 2,244: ie Gladstone’s Crumbling Government. It was stated in the lobby of the house of com- mons in London last evening that Messrs. Mun- the cabinet. It is expected that Messrs, Fow- ler, Hencags and Brosdharst will secede from vernmenton Thursday. ‘The consenus imion is that the pressit government is LOOKING AFTER THE LOBSTERS. A New Task Undertaken By the Fish Commission—The Decrease in the Supply. A bulletin of the United States Fish commts- sion just issued contains an interesting paper, by Richard Rathbun, upon the subject of lob- sterculture. While the lover ot lobster salad may regret to learn from this paper that the supply of lobsters, as well as their average size, is rapidly decreasing on many portions of the coast of America, he may take heart again from the account of the experiments which are being prosecuted by the fish commission at Woods holl, looking to the artificial propaga- tion of lobsters, The hatching of small quanti- Ues of lobster eggs, as well as the exgs of other spécles of crustaceans, had been successfully ac- complished, from time to time, by members of the fish conimission party interested in embry- ological studiesand the possibility ot conducting hatching operations on asiail scale,andofcarry- ing the young through at least the first few stages of ‘growth, needed no further proof, but the question of how to care tor lange masses of and especially for the young afterhatehing, has yet to be practically determined, ‘The expert- ments made with the eggs at Woods Holl were made with McDonald hatehing jars. It is prob- able, Mr. Rathbun says, that the embryos can- not be kept in the McDonald jar, as they swim at the surface and would ‘soon ail escape through the outlet tube. They can, however, be transferred to large aquaria, tO the langé wooden tanks now rigged on the lower floor for the kee} fish, of to floating cars in one of the basins.” The last plan will probably an- swer best when working on a large scale, as the embryos will thereby obtain some food from the surrounding waters, while in both of the former cases food would have to be supplied ern, Itis not known how long the young can be kept in condnement, nor at what age it would beadvisable to turn them over to the care of nature, butit will probably be possible to trane- port them alive to any other portion of the eastern coast, as the distances are nowhere great. ‘The eggs of a lobster are comparatively large (about one-twelfth of an inch in diameter) and hardy, and each lobster carries from about 12,000 to 24,000, according to its size. THE DECREASE IN NUMBERS AND SIZE. That a decrease has taken place 1a the num- ber of lobsters, Mr. Rathbun says, and that in some regions it has amounted to a serious loss, 1s attested by thestatementsof many fishermen and dealers. All the states interested in the lobster fishery, excepting New Jersey, whose fishery 1s small, have enacted protective laws; but, either because these laws are inadeguate or are not properly enforced, they have failed to stop the decrease, though they may have checked It more or less. As u resuli, the fishery is talling off in the United States, id we are even uow dependent, to a greater or less exteut, on the British provitices for the supplies of our larger markets, The same trouble exists in | Europe, where the lobster fishery is, of course, cf much older date than in this country, and re it has been controlled by legislation for many years, Many claborate reports have been published upon the European fishery by experts Appointed to investigate {ts condition and needs, but they are apparently at as much loss there’as we are here regarding the methods and beneiits of protection. In country possesses the most important European fishery, they have, as a last resort, sought re- lief Uirough the aid of artiticial lobster cuiture, and experiments to that end have been carried on forseveral years, ‘One of the sirongest evidences of decrease in abundance is afforded by the continuous de- crease in the average size of the lobsters sent to the markets. ~~. Richmond's Best Known Preacher. SUNDAY MORNING IN THE REV. JOUN JASPAR'S WELL-FILLED CHURCH, From the Chicago Times. His place of worship 1s a large, solidly built, and somewhat attractive brick in the very cen. ter of “A‘rica’”—the extreme northern prolonga- tion of Richmond. It will hold nearly 500, and was well filled. About @ dozen white persons besides myself were present, and the ushers conducted them with great politeness to @ seat, ‘but, as I went with the quadroon waiter of our boarding house, 1 felt a sort of obligation to ac- And, by the way, this quadroon gentleman (w ao forbids me to publish bis name) bas an intellect that is not to be sneezed at. He telis me be is a second cousin of Senator Mason of the confederate british em- bassy, and he certainly looks it, ‘He was born, he says, on the North Carolina line the day ‘Sumter 'was fired on, and bis mother never heard the darkeys were to be freed Uill the paroled men began to arrive from Appomattox. She steadfastly refused to be- eve it tilt * ern prison hospital, she ws the next July. Then she “toted” this boy to Petersburg, where he could learn to read, and supported him and herself by washing. He is now much better educated than the average white man, but still talks plantation lingo, though he can write beautiful English, And here ‘I discover one reason why the colored people make such slow progress in language studies; ials associations are ali the time pulling him back, while the white children hear fat good English half the me. He can speak ish, but 1 perceive it is wn effort, as it 1t were a foreign tongue. He says that he bas changed his mind four times about “God, the war aud the niggers.” AL first he took the notion of the old folks, that niggers were made to be kept down and white folks to boss; next he thought the niggers’ time had come to get up, and the white folks to git down; and then he concluded that all the Old Biblé notions about niggers was durned foolishness; that every race would have its time to rule, just as every dog has its day, At present, he complacently Intorms me, he ruther spects there is a God, but nobody can prove it; admits that Jesus Was @ better man than Mobammed, but thinks Abraham Lincoln much better than’ either, and so tar above Moses that the current com mof the two makes him “fightin’ He likes the music at Jaspers, though, and to church “Just like waite boy's do—ior styie.” As the first col- ored positivist I ever saw he was quite a study, and [ ventured on an inguiry as to the origin of races, ‘This suirred his “gail” and he pitebed into the tenth chapter ot Genesis very savagely, maintaining that men started on the earth in @ thousand’ different places, and that in two thousand years trom now the negroes of Ameri- ea will be made white by the climate. But this is a digression—let us return to our Jasper. He is a venerable-looking three-quarter inis- cegene, with a good forehead and pleasant ad- dress—hearly 70 years old. His text was: “The queen of the south shall’ rise up in judgment against this generation and condemn it, for she came frotn tue Uttermost parts of the arth to Solomon, and a greater than Solomon is here.” Oh this "he preached a very good sermon—I have heard much worse from pretentious white pulpits. But toward the last he became excited, od then all the African in him came to the surface. Swaying tremulously back and forth, or leaning tar over the pi and waving his Jong arms, he haif sang, balf shouted, in mu- sical monotone, @ gorgeous description of Paradise. ‘The tropical imagery was won- deriul; shining sands, crystal streams, and evergreen shures; guiden crowns, immortal harps, never-withering flowers; the sun that never sels, the palms that never fade, and the love that hever grows cold; the bright-robed angels for the weary soul, aud the tree with its ‘twelve manner of fruits that are for the healing of the nations, And as he swayed and chanted, shouted, or ex! nearly the whole congre- gation swayed in unison with him, while from ull parts of the house came fervent responses of Ab the Lord!” “Oh, my soul!” “Jesus, brar us home!” some women Occasionally breaki intoa long cry, half scream, halt wail. Au then Isaw how strong the mature still is in these exotics, and was y borne back ‘two centuries to the time when the rude an- cestors of the blazing sun Sree ea pete aneeran ass at ae Shes fos Ail at once I realized that I, too, was back and forth in unconscious sympathy wi mass,and was not surprised to see my \tivist neighbor at the same performance. preacher his voice, stmndd'e severely Judicial tone,and gave’ tho visitors a blast for five or ten minutes. He de- lured with rather e1 that od wi mbarrasainy emphasis FEE EEEee Hl ry HH af i A tee nae E gbece i i f 3 # i [ i i F [ 1 i ! | the: ! ili TELEGRAMS 10 THE STAR —-—. A Card Sharper's Fate. SHOT DEAD BY A FISHERMAN WHOSE MONET HE HAD Wo, Carmo, Int, April 7.—Ed. Richarason, @ Young man about town, who is regarded as an ‘expert with cands, and a resident of Columbus, Dut well known bere, leit for Memphis, last, and, missing ‘the train at Es ade his way to Lakeville on the Mobile to take a later train, While waiting Be became engaged Ina gaine of poker with a fisherman, name wuknown, resulting in his Winning all the money the angler had, who faaily, to win a pot, staked his fishing boat and all its Contents, which quickly followed bis cash, 1d went into the pocket of Richardson. Rising table the two started for the river, where the boat was moored, Richardson walk: ing ahead in the narrow cow-path which zig- tagged its way through Ube thick timber skirt- the shore. Suddenly the defeated fisher a drew a revolver and fired a bullet through the head of the uniortunate gambler, killing him instantly, the body falling upon {ts face across the path. ‘The bail entered the back of the neck at the base of the brain and made its exit below the iciteve. ‘The murderer jumped into luis boat, cut her loose and rowed down the Fiver. A posse of men started out after him) but up to this time nothing has been heard him, although the boat, deserted, was found moored to the Missouri shore a few miles below Hickman, Richardson had a brother killed @ few years ago under almost precisely the same cireumstances, - + _ Attacked by an Eagle. A GIANT BIRD ATTEMPTS TO CARRY OFF & FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD, Lirrux Fauus,N. ¥., April 7.—For the past few weeks two large eagles have been noticed by farmers living five miles north of Liwe Falls, and on Monday one of them created A great excitement by endeavoring to a five-yearold son of Joseph Davis, who lives u nes e old Strow tay ) in the town of Man- ee Rye and « hired man were en- gaged in repairing n they were su denly alarmed by appeal for help by the litte boy, who had wandered « short dis- tance away, ‘The men looked in the direction from which the voice came, and were startied in discovering that a matumoth eagle, measur- ing about seven fect from tip to tip, was vicl- Ously tgEing at the child's ents in order to geta good hold, so that the child could be carried into the forest and made its prey: and fought cited men came to the rescue of the bey the eagle off with clubs. They were so that no effurt was made to capture the bird. A Historie Bible, Montcomrny, ALA., April 7.—In connection with the visit of Jefferson Davis to Montgomery the fact is recalied that In the Capitol here ts religiously preserved a Bible, printed by the American Bible Society in 1851, and bear- ing upon a fly-loat this sentence: “The oath of office, as first President of the Provisional Gov- ernment of the Coniederate States of America Was administered to Jeflerson Davis upon this Bible by Howell Cobb, President of the Provi- sional Congress, at the front portico of the Capl- tol in Montgomery on the 18th day of Febru- ary, A. D. 1861.” “The book, it may be added, is still used in’ swearing ih governors of the state, MOREORS OF HYDR OBIA. Shocking Death of a Young Medical Man From the Baltimore Sun, Dr. Brinton Henderson Warner, dentist and graduate of medicine, aged 31 years, died yes- terday morning at his parents’ residence, corner Lafayette avenue and Stricker street, after three days’ suffering from hydrophovia, as the case was declared to be by four physicians. His brothers, Dr. Michael K,and Dr, A, Kimmel Warner, state that their brother was bitten by a small dog last Christmas on the back of the righthand. Though the abrasion was slight, the skin being slightly broken by four teeth; Dr. B. H. Warner had his hand eauterized with nitric acid. | ‘The dog was Killed, not because he was suffering with rabies, ‘but because of the wound he had inflicted. "The wornded man frequently referred to the accident, sald he dreaded hydrophobia, and read all of Pasteur's experiments with great interest, Last Friday night he was restiess, and slept but little, Saturday afternoon be fell in the Kitchen of his dwelling, No. 247 Saratoga street, with a convuision, and at once declaied that lydrophobia bad set in. He was treated ty mie brothers for the disease with large doses. Um, chlorel and uromide of potseduen, bet tee discase made steady progress. ‘The large doses of medicine had but litte effect, Saturday night Dr. A. K. Warner slept with his brother. ‘The latter Just before retiring went to the look> ing-glass, and on seeing himself ex reat terror, “Ob! look at the terrible glare’ in iy eyes. Ihave hydrophobia.” A feariul night was spent, the patient sitting most of the Ume with his Knees drawn up, his arms about bis knees and his head on his arms, Sunday morm- ing be got up and went down to his wife and children, his restlessvess even in their Sas uncontroliable. Hie went trom bed to bed. ‘There was steady aggravation of the trouble Urroughout the day, and Sunday night was i possitie more terrloie than the preceding Might. Dr. Arnold was called Monday, about 3 p. ™m. The patient sald to him: “You have come to ‘ive me life or death; I accept wiat Sod. am not alraid to die’ Dr. Araold. De Goldsmith and the brothers of the patient @ consultation, and it was agreed vbat the case was gcnuine “‘uydrophobie. The patient, wae ven half agrain of morphia hy} End forty graius of chloral by the mouth, athe out any sedative effect. Later be walked the parlor to his bed-room. Dr. A. K, Warner, who went to the chamber (0 stay With his brother, was ordered out and had to leave. A friend Who called to see the patient was dared to come in the apartment, ‘Alone time the patient got under the bed,de- claring there Was a mad dog there, He seemed as if he wanted to get to the dog, rather than away from it. Later in the afternoon he was wrapped up and taken in a hack to have the Russian bath administered. However, closely wrapped, il Was noticed that the cool alr tarew him into’ spasms. ‘The bath was administered in spite of his horror for steam and water. He Was in the bath two hours, and was not oar so violent after as before’ its administration, Betore the bath he had declared his case to be hydrophobia, but after the bath he seemed to forget ail about bydrophobia, After he was taken back to his howe, he insisted on gol out tora walk, His brothers bumored him am took him in the cars to his p ner of Stricker street and Liv getting here he walked through we house naturally, recoguizing each member of the household with a kind greeting. He was put to bed and grew rapidiy weaker. Carbonate of ammonia and whisky Were resorted to as stim uiants. He willingly consented to see a minis ter, and eany yesterday morning Kev. Dr. O'Conner held 15 minutes’ salisiactory conver: sation and prayer with tim, ‘About 4 o'clock yesterday morning the patient asked that each member of the family be calle that they might kiss him good-vy. He tol them to kiss him on the forehead, 90 they wouid not get hydrophobia, Me requested that = paper should be drawn up that cach member of {ue family should in the future give more thought to things spiritual and ternal than to things temporal. Each member of the family Was ‘requesied to sign the paper, which (be directed should be pluced in bis coffin. After this he relapsed into a semi-conscious state, fol- lowed by one terrible convulsion, whicu tirew him prostrate on the floor. About two hours betore he died he got up, dressed and wanted to goout, After this he grew rapidly weaker. For the last hour of his lise he was unconscious, and died quictiy of exhaustion ut 5:55 o'clock day morning. 5. ____sqq_______ Powderty Still Very Hil. STUDYING THE STRIKE SITUATION AND USIN® THE LANGUAGE OF SIGNS. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Seranton, April 6th, says: General Master Workman Powderly sat up in bed to-day for the first time since his return home from New York and began to familiarize himsel! with the com dition of the southwestern strike by studying the newspapers, letters aud rams wi have ben awaiting bis attention during bis ill- nest, His throat is still very sore and his at tempts to tall are most painiul,” Although lle jclan urges great caution, Mr. Powderly a to leave his sick bed and resume the Urgent duties of his office, He Was not suai ee, = o situation eae ‘ort this eve ve an expression. Shenton, aud even at had been bis swollen readily with his fingers, but even this means of communication is difficult, as ibere are not ‘who understand the sign langu- 3 ‘was more ui to-day than at any See eaet Teer iit apes eee, cena are favorable lor his speedy recovery. A River STEAMER CarsizeD.—The small Steamer Mountain Loy, of the yoo Hawsville and Cannelton Packet pany, capsized at y after- noon. The wind was bio Niolenuy, and she went to the Ken ‘above we whart where several persons Ji ashore. An'attempt was ‘to drop