Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1887, Page 3

‘Reing Sold into Slavery Years Ago. Sr. Locm, Dec. 15—The ‘of the Globe-Democrat at Mempuls tells the following story: Moses Plummer, a colored police officer of tats city, has engaged counsel to bring suit, for damages agalust parti ‘alhoun County, raat be charges with abducting him when schid dnd selling him and his two jioary Plummer, the father of the family, was & fie and his children, of wore free. ‘They lived in Calhoun County from Mose Plum- iwer's earllest recollection, Iu 1840 Henry Plummer was smitten with the fever aud Went off to California to make his cae younger, and the other the eldest nét more than ten ere coyed Into Keutucky, where the sidnappe 1 and sent Suuth. The kidpappers are i who are to be made defendants to the sult. SRNL bewagu: to, Memphis and put up for ule in a slave yard then kept by N. B Forest, afverward the noted cavalry leader. It so happens that the counter at which Police man Plummer has so often arraigned evil-doers yests upem the very spot where siood the block “pon which he was placed in his childhood when offered for sale, A\ wealthy planter of Desoto County, Miss. was attract by the bright little Taulatlo boy dad bought him, paying an unusually high price. He knew nothing about the: and Moses was too young to tell about it. For- Tundtely for Moses, the was L treated the little fellor mer Was employed in places of trast in ‘commerctal from the close of the war up to 387%, when he and a dozen other colored men were placed on the force to fill the of white cers who died of the yellow fever. He has ays been regarded a8 & faithful and fearless In the discharge of bis duty he has killed two wen, and in Doth cases was acquitted of all tatne it that he found 38 is not, until last, August the manner in whicphe had been It seems that bis father did not die i ‘and spent much time apd money after the @ vain seareb for his lost children. Moses Of this since his inquiries into the crime of five years ago began. His.attorney, one of the lawyers in the State, says Le will recover the ages sued for. = He i fl Evaxsviiix, Ixp., Dec. 15.—The leading citizens of Crawiord County, Ind., have organized them- selves into a vigilance committee for the extermi- nation of @ notorious gang of outlaws, known as “White Caps.” These lawless des have been enabied to terrify the authorities so that no oficer dard to molest them, and the grand Juries have positiveiy refused to ‘indict them, fearing Their cowardly revenge. The best people have therfore banded together with the firm deverml- nation to suppress them, regardless of conse- quences. The Vigilantes have held numerous se. ret meetings, and it is given out that they Will inaugurate vi measures at once. The «White Caps,” with much bravado, have an- nounced thelr direst retaliation for pufishment in- Ricted upon members of thelr gang. ‘They are pm LT class, and Serious trouble is ty Wicaurrre, Kv., Dec. 15.—For about four weeks ‘a Gre of considerable preportions beneath the sur- fxee of the ground has been burning within 200 or 300 yards of the corporation limits. At first smoke Was noticed proceeding from an aj ‘ture in the fround and for a week or more hutle attention ‘Was pald to it, It bas now become quite a large Ire, and intensely hot, sometimes burning with a Name, though generally it ts only a smoldering but intense heat. Paruies ai ‘ing near the fire, and at @ depth of from 1 to 2 feet found a bed of red-hot cools at a distance of 30 feet from where the fire was fret seen. The substance which furnishes fuel for this strange fire is very oily and hase aseous odor, Which Is obser@ed by every one Who ‘Visits the piace. Many are of the that it ts gas, others that it tsa bed of coalon fire. Both ExGicles ‘may be correct as the smoldering fre — while tue fame that ts sunclied eates gas, or oil, or both. To say the least, there is something very enusgal about the Tuatter: and ic is certainly worth an investigation by scteulific experts. A fire similar to this, and a half or three-quarters of a mile distant from it, troke out some years ago and burned constantly for several months. The & fire increases in volume every day. It is now, perhaps, ten times as large as it was when firs®. eee Another Chicage Jail Sensation. AN ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE THAT NEANLY SUCCREDED. Sheri? Matson in Chicago yesterday afternoon came uncomfortably near lamenting a cooler ‘escape from his custody than even that of MeGari- There tsa barred room in the jail where Prisoners hold their conferences with lawyers. A number of lawyers were in the apartment yester- day afternoon, and among the prisoners adinitted was Edwin A. Burke, a Federal prisoner, He had had bis mustuche shaved off during the day, so this soak appearance was much Len he gut .nto the cage he turned his back the guards, and remained seated for some t! conversing with the attorneys. While so seated he slipped on a long overcoat, which concealed his customary dress. ie then appeared at the barred gate, at Whien Jailer Folz was standing, with a printed business cart to his hand. The jailer jced at it. It bore the name of an attorney, Sad Burke Was allowed to pass Then sometht fn the tuan’s walk caught his eye, ani he wali aiter the tall young lawyer. He cauzht him, Turned Lim arcund, and discovered nome other than Burke. Fol and a deputy pushed Burxe back into the cage, and Into the dungeon, where he will remain 'n solitary confinement for several Gays. Burke's crime 1s robbery of the mails. Where he got the overcoat and visiting card ls a5 reat a puazie t> che jail officials as the question ow Louis Lingy secured his bombs, sos 2 Chezrs and Hisees for Balfour. WE MAKES A SPEECH CNDEK POLICE PROTECTION TO A DISORDEKLY ASSEMBLAGE AT MANCHESTER, Mr. Balfour, chiet secretary for Ireiand, ad- Gressed ap immense assemblage at Manchester last night. In consequence of warnings of a plot ‘wo assassinate Mr. Balfour, the police guarded the platform, aad Were stalioned at various points in ‘the interior of the hall The barricades around the Free-Trade iiall were extended to the town hall, wiere Balfour sleeps under guard. Bir. Balfour appeared upon the platioria the ¢ ing falied W drown the hisses ‘The preliminary speaking wae atuid great disorder. | A gumber ot Achts took Mr. Balfour pm hg gs radi- al pacts, ib January, LMae, tho every talmg was mbt which they had thought rong in December, 185. Wheeling about at Mr. Glad. one's command, wita the regularity of soldiers nm parade, they had gone now inte the rauks of tne Parueilites, “hanging not only their old policy, ‘but their oid moraity. They had sullied the char- acter of their party forever. With tue deterioration of their moral fiber the Tadicals bad a ted the methods of thetr Irish lltes. These had long been sccustumed to copious pireaias Of violent rhetoric which made them tn- capabie of tuat sobriety of statement which the Tatry expected from practical statesmen. Tue of the furemost separatist leader Teasing Want of moral perception. * bad been forced to retract some of » made by him tn his infamous speech at Noctinguam, but only under the threat of & lawy lettes Trevelyan hed said that the farmers io Ireland were Being evicted by the Wholesale. ‘che fact Was that during the first three months of Treveiyan’s aaministration as ebtef secret. for Ireland there were 853 evic- tons, while for the same pertod in the speaker's tenure of offce Lue evietious numbered only 132. (After rebutting the statements of Mr. Dilloa and others on the condition of Irei Mr. Balfour ev neluded by oredicung the triumpa of order under tue poulcy of tho government. ‘coo Killed by Pancakes, From the London Daily Telegraph. A Beigian receatiy made a bet with some of bis fellow-eountr) men that he would swallow as many dishes of pancakes as they would care to pay for. bet was acoepted, and an adjournment to an iment noved for the superto suowed an tn. Xr. Gla The assertion aud Was carried out a livid corpse. A Modern Solomon in Judgment. From the Liverycol Courier. in 2 country court, near London, recently there Was a trial to decermine the ownership of « dog. ‘Tae judge coulda’t make out from the evidence Which claimaat was the real owner, so he made one staud on each side, while an officer held the Gog i the miidle of the room. Then he told them Duta to whtstie and the oMicer to release the dog Bt the same moment. Whea this was done the ox bolted th-ough the open door. “Call the next ase,” was 2s comment the judge made, al- toough the buguats stormed. coo oLerx WANTED.—The Civil Serv- ves ‘e over au hour he had 00} Junch, and his hunger was so pe ‘was unable to return. This only one of wivm ‘nunself On the eugibie lige such as the excise ton of Hd i i H ie i es ij Hi iH yer ai it b i A Clergyman’s Estimate of Mrs. Cleve- land, From the Philadelphia Press, tenham, and are twenty-eight and twenty years of age respectively, first made an experimental trip from Mondidier, near Amiens, to Revingy (Meuse) tm the balloon Arago, on November 6. They were trying a new system for dispensing with the valve ofthe great ball attaching two 1.765 cubic feet baifooas with recy small valves ¥9 che car for graduating the emission of gas and descent. ‘Ou Novebe: 13 they and'a third ey quickly Cape Havre. At 1 they were the following circular to all managers of railway companies in that State: Tt has been observed, in traveling upon ing cars in use upon the allways of the State, that whenever the lower berth Is occupied the upper berth is almost invariably open, the bottom piece Jet down, and, so long as the lower berth is occu- Died, is fastened down, though the upper ts not in Use, and there is no reasonable belief that it will be Fequired. Neither the eouventence of the por- ter nor the fact thata traveler needing but one Ded occasionally can be made to pay for the whole section, rather than to have his comfort, and per- haps his health, wantonly interfered with, seems to us a justification of the custom, and we’ see no other reason for it. The expense Of sleeping-car accommodations, whep added to the regular fare, ‘at best burdensome to the traveler of average "ans, and he should be allowed every advantage which contributes to health or comfort, and which does not infringe upon the rights of otlers. In the language of section 10, of chapter 10, of the gen- erat laws of 1887, the commission 1s of the opiaion thata “change th the mode of conducting busi- ness” in the particular referred to “1s reasonable and expedient in order to, promote the security, convenience, and accommodation of the public.” The Boston Herald says: The potnt made by the railroad commissioners of Minnesota 1s well taken. It fs certainly an unjustifiable nulsance to have the porter ina sleeping car lower the upper berth over the taker of an under berth, when the car Is not half filed, simply because the passen- ger will not pay for ‘an entire section, thus, 30 to Speak, forcing him to pay a large charge for a convenience that the sleeping car company could supply Without the least loss to itself. Of course, ir there is a demand tor verths, the occupant of a lower berth must expect to have some oue take the berth above him and make the best of the situation. But there 18 no reason why the com. Pany should assume that the berth is occupted When it 13 not. The ordinary seats in a pas- senger car are for two people to occupy, and, ordinarily, when there 1s a demand for all thé seating acce"aihodation, no trouble is experienced im having e. 1 passenger content himself with his half of # double seat. But if the sleeping car ‘notion was brought into play in the passenger cars, ‘even if there were only ten or fifteen passengers in permitted 10 avail them- the non-occupled space to plainly ent as single ‘BE WEDS 4 YOUNG LADY WHOM HE MET ACCIDEXT- ALLY OM TUE UPFER DELAWARE. At Port Jervis a wedding occurred last week that greatly surprised the friends of the contract- ing parties. The groom was Henry C. Ford, presi- dent of the State Fisheries Commission of Pennsyl- vania, @ gentleman approaching threescore Years, and of distinguished high social standing and large wealth. He is a widower, with four grown children. His city residence isin Philadelphia, and he has a summer house and other valuable property in Atlantic City. The bride was Miss Susannah Van of Egypt andsome Mills, Pa., whois quite young, and isa brunétte of charming She is an and has no fortune. ‘President Ford first met the young chance while attending ‘mietdi duties Atong the upper waters of tne Dela. ware Kiver, where the seciuded hamlet of Egypt Mills is sittiated. ‘The celebration of the nup ‘Was the first intimation given to his friends that his constant visits to that quarter during the Season Just closed were not wholly prompted by official obligations. ‘The happy pair have gone Westward on a long wedding tour. - or Howa’s Successor. ‘THE LONDON “TIMES” SAYS DR. HAMILTON WILLIAMS 18 TO BLOW UP ENGLAND. The London Times says, on the authority of a Parnellite who stipulates that his name must not be disclosed, that Dr. Hamilton Williams, of New York, succeeds O'Donovan Rossa in the leadership of the extreme nationalfsts in New York, and that ‘Williams has a fund of £200,000 at his disposal to organize assassinations and dynamite explosions by sending to England Irish-American agents who do not work directly, but endeavor to find men among the criminals of large towns to assassinate Public men and conduct dynamite explosions, ‘hese men are now at work and are well supplied With funds, ‘The Times’ informant also says that two hundred weight of dynamite has been stored Secretly In London, but he professes to be unaware of its exact locality. The Times hopes that the Dolice, oa the strength of this statement, will be able 0 discover tae dynamite, — ‘coe Dres ov Her Insvares.—A spectal from Centralia, TL, says Mrs. Ethel Kepsburger, tne white woman | assaulted near St. Johns, UL, by a negro named Anthony Holly, lasi Friday, died last night. ‘The excitement at ‘Duquoin, where the lady resided, has been so Intense that the negro has been taken {o Belleville, the sherif fearing that he would be ached. ——— cee ‘Tux Woot Traps tx BaD Coxprriow.—The Amer- ean Wool Reporter says the woolen manufacturing has been suffering greatly from the grow- ing evil of long times of credit, dating’ bills shead and sales upon open account.’ The result 1s that one hundred and twenty-five prominent manufac. turers bave subscribed themselves as desirous of attending & meeting to be eld in New York to remedy these evils. The details of the dave and place of meeting have not yet been arranged, but the committee ving the matter in char, w have the Cs Oy immediately aher a holidays. Meanwhile the call 1s constantly re- cetving additional signatures of woolen manutac- turers, a Bank or Exotaxp Doons.—The Bank of Ei a doors are now so flaely bulanced that a clerk, by pressing a knob under the desk, can close the outer doors Instantly, and they cannot be opened again except by spectal process. ‘This 1s done to [veo ‘the daring and ingenious unemployed of metropolis from robbing the bank. The bul- loa departinent of this ang other banks are i iy subu several feet in water by the action of the machinery. In some banks the builion de- partment Is connected with the managers sieep! Foom, and an entrance cannot be effected withous, shooting a bolt ta the dormitory, which in turn sets ib motion an alarm. If a visitor during the day Garret ys tbs x“ going to J: ays that. taey are going 0. Sind Taal, ad trem. theuce itis proposed ta tate he ——_—-eee_____ Gunvy'n Son-m-Law Exonmtatep.—The court of arral t. at Paris, has pronounced that case has been eatabiished against M. Wilson, Grevv's sop-ia-lam, 1p connection with the ee ton ‘scandaix. The charges against rece. a zy Zax AWAY 70 Brcoue 4x f i ‘iy | E iG ; i F | 8, i ; i i 4 i li H i 3 i €; it i Hl i i f i f} E ie i i i Hl ‘The Poet Whittier’s Birthday. ‘EIS RIPE OLD AGE AND Mr. Whittier will be eighty years old ‘The New York Sun recently said of nim: John G. ‘New Engiand. He must be called an old man now, E iy ESSee ge due i Quaker folk. . Whittier’ intellect has ‘dimmed with his advancing he 1s @ remarkably well-pre- feebleness has af- Why Priests Should Marry, REFUSAL OF 4 BOSTON FIRM TO PUBLISH AN ALLEGED IMPURE WORK BY REV. JUSTIN D. FULTON. A dispatch from Boston, December 14, says: In- tense feeling still prevails in regard to the refusal of Rand, Avery & Co. to print Rev. Justin D. Ful- ton’s book, entitled “Why Priests Should Marry,” or return the manuscript. It is probable that An- thony Comstock and two other gentlemen will be called upon to examine the “copy”.and state whether itis indecent. ‘The members of the firm state that they recolved the manuscript in chap. ters and did not read it, believing {t to be of the same character a3 Dr. Fulton’s other books, but ‘the giris and men who were putting the work in type protest inst What they alleged to be tts exceedingly obscene nature, Then the firm ex- amined the work and concluded that it would de- stroy the reputation and undermine the business of any firm to publish what aj to them to De a most prurient and indecent collection of nar- Tatives from works like “Maria Monk” or told by ‘women Who accused the priesthood of immorality in the confessional. Rand, Avery & Co, notified Dr. Fulton of their decision not to publish the work or return the manuscript, which they retained for thelr own rotection. " Bitter interviews and letters have nm published on both sides, and Dr. Fulton read Portions of the book to hiscongregation on Sunday ‘and asked all to stand up Who were in favor of “the truth about the tmmorality of the priesthood being known.” Nearly every one present stood up. ‘The publishers have received hundreds of letters protesting against their action, but as they are mostly from illiterate fanatics they weigh asnoth- ing against the assurances of moral support from. fifclasses of the community without “distinction asto religious denomination. Should the referees decide that the book is ft for publication the firm will pay Dr. Pulton damages for the injury they have done him. Dr. Fulton has to-night written Rand & Avery, saying that he approves thelr reluctance to print the horrible things in bis book, but the book must be printed to enlighten the public. He proposes again to refer to a mutually appointed committee the question what parts of the work, if any, shall be suppressed. +oo—_____ The Death of Willic Robinson. TESTIMONY SHOWING THAT IT WAS DUR TO ARSENICAL POISONING. In the trial of Mra, Robinson at East Cambridge, Mass, yesterday, for the murder of her son Willie, Dr. White testified that he told Willie he had been Poisoned, and that Willie replied, “I know 1t.” (edical Examiner Durell and Charles H. Jose cor- ted this statement, and the court decided ‘that the patient's knowledge as to his condition was sufficient to warrant the introduction of evi- dence as to who gave him food. Dr. White then testified that Willie, replying to a question who gave bim food, replied: “No one but my mother and Mr. Smith.” ‘Dr. White expressed the opinion that repeated doses of arsenic must have been given to Willie. Edward Ferguson, druggist, tes ‘fed that no arsenic was used in the prescripuions of Dr. White for Willie Robinson. Dr. Durell, of Somerville, read the results of the autopsy, which pointed ‘positively to death by arsenical poisoning. A number of analytical chemists testified as to the analysis of portions of the viscera. The analysis showed the of white arsenic, ‘The district attorney announced that the case for the government was Nnished, and ‘the court adjourned until to-day. A Queen's Heroism, From the National Times. ‘The Paris life-saver's medal 1s worn by the queen of Portugal, not because she literally saved life, Dut because she attempted, at the risk of her own, to save that of her two sons, The occurrence took place in 1874, while bathing at Cascase with her sons, Charles and Alphonso, who were eleven and Dine years of age, respectively. A very large wave rising suddenly swept the children off tuelr feet Out into the deep water. ‘The queen at once swam Out after them, but wave after wave as large and larger than thé first made her effory almost use- Jess, ‘The danger of all three was Tmminent, for they were being carried into the surf, when the light-house keeper dashed In and st in con- ‘eying Uneim safely to land, os An Unique Railroad Enterprise, Correspondene: of the New York sun. ADELPHI, Ohio, Dec. 10.—This old but pic- ‘turesque village, whose corporation includes the northeast corner of Ross County, 1s @ terminus at ‘this time of a rafiroad that has no paraliel in the United States. ‘The corporate name 1s pretentious enough. Itis the Cincinnatt, Hocking Valley and Huntington Railroad, which will cover a tine from Cinctanatl north of Chiilteothe, thence to the Hocking Valley and to Huutington, on the Ohio river, @ distance of 180 miles. But the road is but ‘ven miles in length, as built, running from Adelphi to Kingston—all in’ Koss county. It 1s substan- tally the creation of one man, and Lis present re- lation to it makes it unlike any other. ‘Tue line could scarcely be better. ‘Leaving the cloto Valley Rallroad at Kingston, it runs nearl: due east, deflecting a little to the south to toucl Halisvitie, tea miles to Adelphi. ‘The wack lies almost all the way on the surface of the ground. ‘There ts but one little bridge, one short low trestle, and almost no cuts. “A consideraple of it is in the fertile “prairie” which stretches across to the west from ‘phi to Kingston, and it ail runs ‘th si rich and productive f. lands More- ‘over, {t opens to the markets of the world these fine lands, which have hitherto been dependent on long hauls by wagons for all their supplies and for transportation of produce. ‘The town of Adelphi owes its existence in the paced oping mend that it was on the line of travel in “early times” between Marietta, the first town in Ohio, and Chillicothe, which was the first capital of thé Northwestern Territory and of the State of Ohio, The next reason for its existence is the natural beauty of its location, It. les Just on the border, between the hills and the broad and fertile plains and “prairies,” as they are called by the early settlers. ‘The town 1s on beautitally Tolling ground, with bigh points of view adjoining, from Wich the beauties of Laurel Valley, a Dar row ravine, from the hills may be contrasted with the broad’ fertile bottom lands of Salt Creek, stretching away for adistance of eleven miles southeastWardly without a break. Pennsylvanians formed the majority of lis founders, and tnelr de- scendents are here yet. ‘One of them, John Karshner, 1s the ot this road, He'ts a wealthy was a leailing politician, and was always a man of yush ani enterprise. ie talked railroad so lony t he finally formed an rial company, ‘obtained Tight of wuy with some donations, and, as the comps never had: ‘funds to of to justify un ‘10 build the entire road, Mr. Karabuer (old farmer that he was) determi! to bring the 3 oH is ue SEEE! } i i BE os E i z g 5 i E un efe Ff i i i / B i F : i i abe [: f E fer ty en ‘bo ube tor telegraphic orders not trade in Ne ‘DATELLEOT, ‘Saturday. ‘Whittier, the gentle Quaker post, is perhaps the best-known and most-beloved of the old men of for although stili as young as aver tn Ma armpe- Hite if i i rift cele : i says: Although Mrs. J. B. Book's application for a decree of divorce from her husband, Dr. J. B. Book, ‘Was not filed till late yesterday afternoon, Dr. Book bright and early this morning had his answer ready, in which he neither admitted nor denied the Charges of cruelty. It was fied as soon as the clori’s ofee opened. "Tum inon Theres SBE FL £2 ge (COME THE MINIONS OF THE LAW. Sheriff Scarborough, of Madison County,Georgia, finds himself in a hum{Mating predicament. He has been duped by a determined woman, who repulsed him and a deputy when they attempted to take her in custody. At the last term of the Superior Court @ judgment was obtained against the Woman's husband, John Moore, for attorney's fees. Mrs, Moore promiised to meet the obligation Tuesday.” Accordingly she ‘met the ofesr and Tequested that the plainti— write a receipt in full, which was done. Mr. Moore asked to see thé Teceipt herself. She was also [ted to examine the papers in the case. After scrutinizing them for some time she looked ‘at them for a moment, and with the utmost sang ‘stuffed the papers into her pocket and drove off. ‘The sheriff swore ‘out a warrant against her. “Accompanied by a deputy he p to Moore's house to the daring woman. She welcomed them at. the front gate With @ cocked revolver in her hand and {hreatened to kill the frat, man who stepped upon the premises, She was master of the situation, and the officers of the law were obliged to retire, ‘The following are the rules of a club in a. small Russian town in the Tehernizoff district: 1. It 18 prohibited to enter the club with greased boots, 2. ‘Tradesmen are not allowed to enter the club in their working clothes, which exhale the disagree. ble odor of fish, grease, or leather. 3, A dress coat must be worn at all New Year's or Easter dances, Any one appearing in a velvet waistcoat or agreen necktle {is fined one ruble, ‘The fines cover the ex- Penses for the band. 4 The members are expec. ly requested not to use the Widow curtains as cket handkerchiefs. Offenders of this sort will expelied from the club. 5. During dances mem- Dore smoking in, the, ledlew room will be fned twenty-five copeck: fines pended in tollet powder and éau de Cologne for the ladies, 6. During quadrilies firting is prohibited, and no One ts allowed to step over the borders of 2 7, It's strictly prontbived to get indecently drunk, as happened before now. § It 1s prohibited to strike a partner in the face, 9 In case of dis- agreement at billiards, 1t 18 strictly prohibited to hit a partner with a cue. Cholera in Winter. In view of the prevalent theory that the cholera never rages as an epidemic in winter, it 1s well to state the facts, as given by Hirsch, in his “Hand- book of Geographical Pathology,” one of the most trustworthy of authorities on this important sub- Ject. Hirsch, in this book, givesa table of 920 chol- era epidemics in extra-Indian countries in the several months. Of these 42 began in the winter and 1221n the autumn, 330 began when the temper- ature was between 50 and 58 Fahreanel and 70 when it was under 41 In 1 cholera appeared in Moscow in October and lasted ‘Until the end of December. In 1831 it appeared in Great Britain in the fall, iasted until March, and Was most prevalant in December. The epidemic of 1848-0 fo this country ‘in November in New Orleans, reached St. Louis in January, the upper Missisipp! in March, and Chicago in May. In 1873 it began in New Orleans in February and spread rapidiy northward, notwithstanding the low Vemperature, each For the Honor and Glory of Texas. HOW A COWBOY ENLIVENED 4 LAGOING BULL-FIGHT AT PASO DEL NORTE. A dispatch from El Paso, Tex., says: The some- what tame performances of the bull-fights at Paso Del Norte Tuesday were enlivened by the daring explolt of a Texas cowboy. The bulls would not at first fight in spite of all that the picadores, might do, One or two, after having been goaded without working them up to the proper fighting point, had been iquomintoway, driven out, and a Mew one, full, of fight and fairly bellowing with rage, had'juse been turned into the amphitheater, when a Texas cowboy announced that for the Flory and honor of Texas he would ride the bull with his legs tied around the animal's neck and his face to the it Kg eng first ao Jats So that he coul legs properi le was take Word, and the Mexican, bull-agnters soon had ta sere je gated Cd Be had himself ixed 1a the proper position, ai now : Fer ie cg the Intense delight 3 the audience, the animal was unable to shake the daring cowboy off, who not only kept his perilous seat, but after some wild plunges succeeded in manipulating the beast’s horns and head in such a manner that he pi ah oe Late Coen to the ruggling pair, and in a twinkling had the Texan. Teloased, » It was a Wonderful plese of daring and dare deviltry, and exceeded anything done by the Mexicans. After this exploit the entertainment progressed with more spirit, and was continued ‘under ever-increasing applause and enthusiasm, A comic element was introduced by bringing four clowns into the ring, all so heavily stuff tor ey eppecendy with pillows, that they looked as roun as balls, so that even the flercest animal could not have hurt them. ‘They made fair ta for the onslaughts of the bulls who would rush upon them Bat wiht ay Mama th eect ae jut without any we re [i is on oe immense amusement to crowd without the accom 18 = “ paniment danger =a hes Mr. Kerr Sees = Specter, WHICH, AFTER ALL, ree OUT TO BE ONLY 4 SOMNAM- oe, The New York Herald says: Mr. Hugh Kerr, of Paterson, N. J., Tuesday morning opened the door of the wash-house on his premises and was con- fronted by a spectral Agure, It lay ina corner, apparently enveloped in a shroud. As Mr. Kerr entered the house the figure arose and opened a ¥ of big eyes. Then it a big mouth. ir. Kerr is fond of dogs, and had @ number of pet pugs in the wash-house, ‘These were rent ened almost to death, their ‘noses = ing forth from @ heap of clothes wait be dau inquired: ndried. ‘The spectral Ngure here am 12” “What am I?” was the question Mr. Kerr more interested in. ‘The fig Kerr “A Bay of Fate.” A YOUNG MAN'S CAKEER ENDED BY DISSIPATION APTER ACCIDENTALLY KILLING HIS WIFE, Sand W. Hopkins, a young man twenty-eight Years of age, died at Kansas City, Mo., yesterday ‘morning from the effects of laudanum taken Tues- Stabge torcane soind gents Seer ta netted tite ago he went te "New Yor oh fis wens Europe, and white there had some difficulty whick {nae he had ‘engaged at ‘a considersbie’ oun ye wo him on his apentcs ‘any one Who gained ‘his ih. He aaa death. In Teed while handing sauce pace ae eldentaly epigabd and the antes ‘rack bis ture of this tragedy Was that Mra. killed, ‘Bisex ite. cor He Seung tara Ar ately afterward ae er ses ‘house with bis denuy committed grief at the death i i i i} fl ‘The Immense Stock of Fine Clothing ar Oak Hatt, ‘20 advertisement esheme, but » solid fact. Therefore, don't delay, but come at once, and see the Greatest Bar- Goh terme ever seen in the All Suits and Overooate for Boys from 4 to 14 ‘will be sold at just one-half the former prices, ‘were alwaya the lowest in the City. ‘In Men'sand Youths’ Suits our plete, and you can buy good | In this necessary article of wear we can please ‘aay one as to size, make and material. We have GAK HALL. Pansmrau Sross ‘Will continue the Carpet Sale at the reduction an- ‘and will sell as long as they last, Bounced, Another lot of 7, jand NAPKINS, bought way under pron ou get tus boned al Another lot HOLDERS BHOOMp. atSee, How they eo! ‘The 24-inch INDESTRUCTIBLE DOLL at 25c. Don't ‘miss them; they won't last much longer, DOLLS for 50. up to $2.50. Our 50c. BROCADE, SILE HANDKERCHIEF Can't Our 250, WHITE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKER- Our $1, GENTE EMAN9 CREA aN WHITE SILK ‘MUFFLER, full size, is the best. ‘A bargain in PIANO COVERS, A choice and well-selepted line of FANCY GOODS, suitable for presents, but no fancy prices on them. Another lot of the SEAL MUFFS st 62.50. « « “*" opossum See Ben “ * « BEAVER « « 350. et se “ (finer) “ “ 4.00, =“ “ BLAGKHARE “ “ 50, - oa bes eex.fney* “ 115. . “ © FINEMONEKEY “ “ 387. BOAS and TRIMMINGS to match. - CARHART & LEIDY, a0 928 7th and 706 K st. n.w. Joumru Bowes. Bowss & Haw. Managers of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ASSETS, $84,000,000. By vis of ad SUBPLUS, 821,000,000. | 1886, and reconiea LARGEST SURPLUS. LARGEST BUSINESS. ‘THR STRONGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD. turns than s Government Bond and larger dividends than s Savings Bank. Correspondence Solicited. RANSOM WHITE, Cashier, 1326 F Street, Washington, D.C. Fos Axo Wauars AT REDUCED PRICES. ‘We have twenty-seven Seal Skin Garments in stock, consisting of SACQUES, VISITES, JACKETS, AND ULSTERS, which we offer at lower prices than can obtain to-day in any house in New York city. Genu- ine Alaska skins, London dyed. SACQUES FROM $100 UPWARDS. Muffs and Boas, Fur Trimming, Coschmen's Capes, Gloves and Mufflers, Children's Furs at prime cost. Dunlap’s New York Hats. Fine presentation Umbreliss and Canes. WILLETT & RUOFF, HATTERS AND FURRIERS, 905 Pennsylvania avenue, _018-Sma @7-1m For Cunsmas Presexrs, SEATON PERRY, (Guccesor to Penny & Buorwen,) SEAL PLUSH SACQUES, RANGING 25 TO $50. Ww LUS! seh Seat Fitba beeRreT AS, VISITER, AND NEW BEADED AND. Reais AND SEAL PLUSH WR. FR 828 ) FUR ed SATIN-LINED SIC! INE CIRCU- NOVELTIES IN IMPORTED BLACK JERSEY! ALL yor 0 70. $i = SAvELe a8, SHAWLS; CHUDDA SHA' argent le es Ree WhAPS NEWMAREETS, AND OLSTEitG ANG? OR a TO 615, BEING THE BONNET'S, GUINET NI AND. (RED. Tee ase LER IO Anan. TRY (GING FROM 75c. TO $3.50 PER SUP Le Pianeta Gare DOCuERE SALE OF ONE HANDSOME PAIR OF MATCHED SORREL HORSES, GOOD BOTH IN HARNESS AND UNDER THE SADDLE. CAN BE HANDLED BY LADIES WITH PERFECT SAFETY. Trnotot a 1 for Ing the city valuable personal propery, "°° iS ‘A VOTION!—AaUCTION!—avcTionr PUT eae in fale wit Splaree stack of Gold and silver cess , Auctioneer. DOWLING, Auctioneer. , aor Shook, "ac fic a Saas PAL Poent ofthe above voda, to which the atten sof ine THOMAS DOWLING. Anct, HOMAS B WAGGAMAN. Real Estate Auctioneer. Pulte they OPERATE TE ‘DAY, PAST * Pee noe a Tefal. Offer for sale, in fron! THOS. B. WAOGAMAY, W. BTICKNEY, Auctioneer, 036 F st. TOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE BEL ig MSCaes NUMBERED 1434 SAMSON BTREET NOKTHWEST, AND 718 FIRST STREET SOUTHWEST. ‘irtue and. under the provisions last, igen ute ea tot tee te in the office lls for the! will off the the rateof six (8) per centum per annum, semicagnually secgred & ‘of trust on the ‘property sold, or ali cash, at te option of ho purchase. “A deposit of #100 on iece of property yuired at time of tale Fer of safe to. be complied ‘with in ten (10) day wn day of may of property to be resold at rak and a8 SPOMPKED, W. PRATT, Executor. The above aslo i ed to MONDAY, DE- CEMBERRINETEENTH, 1887, same hour and pleco, SQi5.17819-3t W. STICKNEY, uct TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED REAL FSTATE SITUATE ON BLADENSBURG KOAD IN THE leed of trust dated November 1. in liber 1213, at folio 287 eff . ohe of the Land Records for the District of fimbia, and at the request of the party thereby secured, I will sel] at Betis ‘auction in front of the premises on TUESDAY, the TWENTY SEVENTH AY OF DECEMBER, 1887, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. following described estate, situate in the munty of Washington und District of Columbia, viz: Lot numbered one and thirty-seven (137), in Charles E. Baues’ subdivision of lots ninety (90) to ety-three (033), and lots ninety-six (96) to one hun- f Thomas E. 8. vision of partof “Lon« Meadows,’ fond recon rocorded 11 Book County ‘No.6 olla 27, of the Surveyor's office epod obe minded and thirty-eight C138)" in the au ‘sforeania. : Une-third of the purchase money in to be paid Gowa'at the the of tale: in two equal instalments, payable “yearn. for which ‘the notes of the taken at © per cent interest and eed of rust on the property, sold, oF all ‘of the purchaser. ‘The terms of sale with, withia ten from. the {hg defsultine parchicersy Te Teenie at the Fisk of 3g defaulting purchaser.” or tue above lota iy tmpraved by 8 comfortable 3. G. BIGELOW, Trustee, ater Law Buildin. rytomas DowLine, ‘Auctioneer. i in said court. wherein. Louis F in ecausoin said court wherein. Louis F. ‘Shoemaker Eaulty, passed on fie Sch day Db. Shocmaker is complainant and Francis D. and others are detendanta, the aame being cause num. Bored 10,821 of the kauity Dockets of said court Mill yell, at public auction, on WEDNESDAY, THE 'WENTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1887, at FOUR O'CLOCK P. M., in front of the “premises, t6 sae tng he of Wate Pitt estate situat y of Washington, Distric Columbia, and described as follows: Part of lots mum- ered sixteen (16) end fourteen (14), in square numn- ered five hundred and one G01), and beginning for the part of said lot numbered, sixteen (16), at a point on Lotreet at the northwest corner of said lot sixteen (6) sud running thence east ‘the south live of L street twenty-five (25) feet; thenoe south eixiity- four (84) feet eleven (11) inches to the Mine of lot; “thence west two (2) feet; thence. north twenty (20) feet; tnence west twenty-three (23) feet; hones “north tthe point of ‘bociinine, and bein. ning for the part of said lot numbered fourteen (14) at a pout in the easternmost line of said lot, and being istant seven (7) feet north from the southeast corner of said lot, and runnis paid ot ‘ Tine of ‘said easterly in & straight iine to the begintiing. The said provers, is improved by two ‘substantial ne at 4 of the decree: One- coifat ce Secs renee BO fee SOE CO ORS ROSS EET Aas Salad | in three equal iustaliments, in -oné,-two and three NEAR ATLOWEST PuLGER Ts AND HOUSE | Yara ronpectively, after nto, w th {atereat payabve LYGNs BORE SILE VELVETS 1X BLACK, AND | fowlrannually ruin the da (A FF SET BAIN, THO ote Ren upon tbe promiings sold to the setifacton of the ROvgE ries 18 GoLbv ase EEE IBROCADED | {rusiee. ralicaah At the option of the purchaser. ite eats ne ieee are pet NEN LACE AND COLORED MOIRE FRANCAIBE | $2: 0 the terms of sale within fifteen SHARD PERINOTS KID G3 Gays after day of sale, the trustee reserves the right to pr Be EestaNe ‘arLx | Feall the property at risk and cost of defsulting pur: HANDRERCHIEFS AND MUP LER — Wi. G. JOHNSON, Trustee, NOTE UMEREL CHS AND SILVER-MOUNTED | ao.qts Fendall Bulldine, Cor. 4%and'D sta Rw. ‘9 PLAIN FIGURES AND CORRECT PRICES. HOMAS DOWLING, aucnoneer, 7 Do Nor War ‘Until the chiliy blaste of Winter have frosen the mar NOW Is THE TIME Ato, CVEBCOATS FOR BUSINESS OR DRESS. FULL LINE OF Wi TAKE OUR WORD about this and give us a trial, NOAH WALKER & 00, 08 625 Ponnaylvania avenue We Ax Nor Gime ‘The goods away, but are selling them at prices low | ¢5 enough tosuit you. Comein and look around; don’t ‘cost anything. . ES’ SALB-OF VERY VALUABLE UNIM- BPROVED PROPERTY. FRONTING TOGETHER PROVED } APLTOL, PARK. TING TWENTY -ON ONE-HALF FEET EACH 0} UR PLAC! THE PORTION OF Two Lyte HRONTING ON THE ALLE BEING I "HE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAIL- AD CO." SUBDIVISION Or SQUARE 6:53. On MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER EENTH. 1087) AT REE-7 IRTY O'CLOCK. in fromt 9 virtue of & eed of trast, dated 1886, and duly recorded 4m Liber Ng. 1180, Tolle Ko. folluwing Sescrived real, cata W . District nineteen (9), ae Anirty- AUCTION SALES. ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE! By order of the Teunton Bilver-Plate Company, at oUF Salesroom, Corner 10th and D Streets, facing Pennaylvania Avenue Northwest, COMMENCING MONDAY, DECEMBER FIFTH. AT ELEVEN OCLOCK A M, RESUMING aT HALF-PAST TWO AND HALF-PAST SEVEN P, M, DAILY, UNTIL ENTIRE STOCK 18 DIS- POSED OF. Rich, Elegant, and Unique ‘ELECTRO-PLATED SILVERWARE, FRENCH MANTEL CLOCKS. IMPORTED ARTISTIC PAINTED BRONZES STATUETTES, TABLE, MANTEL, AND CLOCK ORNAMENTS. SATIN, CHINA, AND GLASS BOWLS AND VASES, ‘Brass Goods, Music Boxes, French Bevel Mirrors, Rose Jere, Lampe, Albums, be. bc. SOUVENIR CUPS AND SAUCERS IN SATIN BOXES. ‘A ine line of Toilet Goods tn Celluloid, Brush, Glass and Comb, with Manicure Sets. ‘Together with» large assortment of the celebrated ‘Rogers’ Table Cutlery and English Steel Shears, kc Ladies are respectfully and especially invited, Chairs Provided for thetr comfort. WALTER B WILLIAMS & CO., a2a2w Auctioneers, REKS & 0O., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE SUBURTAN REAL ESTATE ON BLADENSBURG ROAD NEAR WAHINGTON BRICK MACHINE COMPANY'S seat eto on the twenty fo °: fis ecard fa liber No. 1207, of the Dintric stipublic anction in DAY the TWENTY-SEV, 1887, at HALF-PAST. followin desctited real entate, situate iu the County Of Wacnington, District of Gotimbis, to wit: All those Sertain pieces OF parcels of land known, and described Slots dumbered oue hund'ed ang Btterw (Vio. aca Sbe huudred and twenty-two (122), in Wageaian's Subdivision of part of Long Meadows. ‘Terme of sale cash. One hundred dollars will be re- dof. Al conveyane. . Ieterme ake not complied with im seven will be To Sold'0t the rink and cont of the icbrulti purchaser ‘Truniees _413-tathaeds Trion UNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers. UNDFR DEED OF TRUST OF THE RIGHTS V1 ES PLANT PROPERTY, AND WASHINGTON HEAT AND ne ; (J ieéei FE af Hi at the expense of the deb rey GP PPAR a,j Trustece thoneer. IMPROVED Fs. Pheer sOUTnWwist Be AND EIGHTH STREETS. cash. All THOMAS HORACE original Lot 7, Setirren Band ¢ _ Burehe's Te. subdivision of Lot, in square 223, improved ‘small building, and situated on G street, between, rects northwest. ‘and Lot L, in square 223, amount Of trast, Te tb each of suid lots: One-third cashvofwhich each of maid lots: epoutt of $100 wil be required ou each lot at tine sale, and the balance iu three equal instalments, 8 depontt ix, twelve and eichteen mouths, for which notes hase ‘interest fro day. of Uared by dec tot truston prerty eh will be take Sod recordin will be at purchaser's aut Be complicd with in ten days from sale OF property be ‘at risk ana cost of defs after eight day saverRVIRG WILLIAMSON, Trustee _THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer," di2-dis VHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED AND UNIM- CORRE BAR gat ate Huantee pga PAH Eee BLAND M STREETS NOR arpa SPO AG tala Tho 8 ES one (5! ee ca ‘Rity-nine (50), in’ Patri — Fo aap Eee eae pa cea a ft ij fi a TXCANBOM BROK, Aucucneers. “Poe oe ee constitutes « coatht for hotel- Bafroe ‘ght Be tote oe, 7 8 satisfactory bid te mot ‘then detais of ent, os above, we Will receive offere tice property. (Ferusa of eae’ Cash we ce diiend Dota) ercatver A. A BLN EY, } a12-ate Louisiana ave. SHO ALAN Cy, Decr MER ot, the premises, part of LOT 11, SQUARE 227, % F TEEN 1 Lit ‘gnear the Treasury Department and ‘Terme: Raz. onab wet = oR ANT AETPRIE cM TEN Foy | front Srrory ree - me epee caste page T ming e ia seecttnees Gos pases fra bu! mtherwise rivht reserved to and coat of derauttiug purchaser, after 3 ne nog of ch rea fa eo fastiington, Det Abe i ‘some Lewapaper DUNCANSON BROS, Aucte. Sai sen. | _FAMILY SUPPLIES. —— la Exrnoxzo Youxos Cowraxy are offering agenutne article of MANDHMELING JA¥A, | COPPER "Eon wil newer know what |: te to | Tichest and best Coffee produced in all | you have tried « Genuine Mandbeit very tow | Ehante'sell tt beceuse. of the prod taftorda, | Stull we have found, after several years of constent ex- peruuent in Keeping” it Toruarly instock, that our Sales have sufficiently ibereased t more than wake thediffercace, cur sales of it" bevine oh entirely overcomes @- Inarvelous proportions, other drawback reat stage by gthere. os’ ig ecanvely cold whan Ger FLPHONZO YOU! = ae # day, aud hence the € Tivered to the customer. PANY, 428 9th Frovm Fiocu: ‘THE BFST FLOUR IN THE WORLDS al ae a G Ec Ft E. at: ‘THE CELEBRATED MINNESOTA PATENT PROCESS, ‘Beware of imitations of the Name and Brand, and 73 ure and see to it that either sacks or barrels read “CERES” And have the imprint of ‘TWO GOLD MEDALS attached, Nobe genuine without the two gold medala, W. M. GALT & Co, ‘Wholesale Flour and Grain Dealers —_— Fiver ‘USE ONLY THIS BEER AND BE HAPPY. ASHEUSEDOE ist AND Ya Ate oR Phone 88 Faust ak Faust auld __WINTER_ RESORTS. He [a and sbeltered Moun taine. ‘ful winter climate. MOUNTAIN HO! Qpen all year. Table peratures? superior excel First- Steam best vor SPRING WATER BATHS Soclo aad tobe Unercelied |e reprypertien or ea luxury Fasor Tanz Borsa Established in 1530. GEO. M. OYSTER & co. ‘Our Specialties in Fancy Print Butter: ‘THE “DARINGTOX,” ‘TBE “SHsRPLESS.” “Cow brand, ‘THE “SHARPLESS,” Wheat teat, ‘THE “FOUB-LEAF CLOVER.” patented, ‘THE “THREE-LEAF” CLOVER i. Pall Cream New York Checee, Fresh Rews from nent Ofice: MARBLE BUILDING, Pa ave. and.Oth ot. a. Retatl Kon, 175, 176, 176 Rat ner 7th ; Nos. 40) Bt SOemereres Spd Mepabra ery Maren ‘Wholesale Department, 900 and #02 Pu eve nw, Where we receive daily large shipments of ELGIN, NEW YORE, AND PENNA CREAMERE, EW YORK, PENKA. AND WESTERN DAIRY BUTTER NEW YORK STATE CHEESE. Ragen “Eee Ea ee