Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1887, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C.. WEDNESDAY. Secetfann 28, 1887-SIX PAGES. Married a yan srmance FREAK WHICH TOOK POSSESSION OF 4 SJ00D LOOKING MICHIGAN GIKL. Mreu., Dec. 2X —For weeks J.W. Coffey, ton, has been OD exbition here, a+ jvertivements that he had a/f"- Derxorr, 9 ivfing kel ouncing In bis ad dwas destrousof marrying. The tune and w be m Wolioored upon asa huge joke unti Sapflay. Warn Comey nod bisinauager procured a ATringe Ticense, the ¥ Delng Miss Eva Cog Wright, ghier of a farmer Uving 10 miles yok of thts Miss Courtwright bad seen ‘She talked nd visited the museu e articutaied bones, and sgt ing berselt mont, DusiDess annOu) i ° > the ned to her home marry him. She then ae ter ts ment with U dnd notiied her patents, Ww] SSappeusal to] Pech ow Pha Mat stie t y-two | Kaine them of tbe Gait do as suited het best, ap ng - Place last night. Miss and the marriage ood looking, and before this Courtwrlgt is Ws credited with ordinary com- Lion sense, ae eae new what he Preaches. MINISTRE REFUSES AN 4 TWAT THE MONEY BH INCREASE IN Given TO The Rev. W. H. Davis, of the fire Congregational church, gave hts people a surtise Sunday of a sort that adds to the esteem aerMieh he i held. At a churen meeting the tors salary was Increased $00 per year, and | Is adkiition was te be looked upon as a Christ. | aS git. Before the sermon Cbristinas morniy | r. Tnuvis acknowledged ia Mtting terms the | indiy regard that bad prompted the gitt, but, | bile: couceding that money 15a commodity tht reachers can use tO advantage, declared ils | Ietermination not to accept tbe generous present | While so much suffering prevails round about. He | unwed the secretary to take the money and relteve the wants of the poor. The pastors suggestion Be acted upon In accordance With bis wishes Mev. Davis recentiy refused a $10,000 call to | Bovton, asiguing as Lis reason that there is work | 1a Detroit for an energetic preacher. ———— hhite Deer Killed in Pennsy' Wiiiamsrort, Pa., Dec. 2X—One of the rarest Of wild animals, a waite deer, was killed a few Gay ago wear Snowshoe Mountatn, Clinton County, by Protnonotary Mann, of Sunbury. It was nearly pure white, and one of the largest ever Killed tn the region.” But three white deer were ever Killed Defore In this part of the state. Old hunters gen- erally be Tn the back woods superstition Uhat {o kill a White deer forvbodes evil to its slayer, and ail who Lave heard of Protuonotary Mapu's deitb. erate defiance of the superstition are aghast at his temerity and prophesy all sorts of bad luck fer him. He will have te magnificent skin of the animal stuffed and mi Sixty Hours in 8 Hurricane. ‘TERRIGLE EXPERIENCE AT SEA OP THE SCHOONER | unconditionally, and ail have returned under that | strike ordered trom Port Kichtnond has developed STRIKE MAY BE RESUMED. ‘The Men Complain of Having Been ‘Tricked and indignant at the Treat meat of Their Leaders, ‘me strike on the Reading Raftroad is not yet at as end, and the whole trouble may be reopened by «he attitude of the company toward some of the leaders In the movement of the men and by the feeling among the empioyes that their return to Work Was secured by false representations, The headquarters of the executive committee of the employes’ convention in Philadelphia presented ascene of great excitement yesterday afternoon | when the statement of Manager McLeod, emanat- ing from President Corbin, was made known to the members. No expressions were considered too strong to characterize the document, and messages Were at once sent off to the different assembites to vene at once. Said a prominent member: “The company has been trying for some ime to bring on a conflict with the knights, and they have done it at last. This strike fs only a preltminary skirmish, and the company will find out that it has made @ mistake in thinking the knights are beaten.” A reporter Interviewed several of the men as to their feelings in the matter, and one and all agreed 1 been induced to resume work under the matter of arbitration and re- Instatement of discharged men. STATEMENTS FROM THR KAILNOAD COMPANY. iment of Manager McLeod ts as follows: “The report that the Reading Company hadagreed to arbitrate With Its Striking employes is abso- lutely false. There 1s nothing to discuss, much less arbitrate. The men discharged were not and Will not be taken back. The new men employed When the old ones went out will net be discharged to tuake room for old ones, and all the latter have been notified that if they desire to retain thelr places they must return to work {tamediately and order as tar as places were left for them, Besides, Une leaders at Port Richmond, who brought on the strike, have been discharged, and will not be al- lowed again In the company's service.” President Corbin wnade a Siinilar statement, ‘The following circular was also addressed to McLeod by Austin Corbin, president, and the re- ceivers of the Reading Rullroad property: “The Uhe fact that many of our old and faithful e1- ployes have been compelied by others to join the organization Known as the Kuights of Labor, Walle the Reaaing Railroad Co. has never ob- Jected to its employes voluntarily connecting themselves witn any Labor organization they may see MC to join, I¢ will protect them at all hazards and at auy cost from being forced into any uzion Where there own wish would be to remain free; and apy employe of this company, or of the coal and tron company, guilty of using any un- due oF unproper Influence upon any of our men to forve them to Join any society against their free Will, Will, upon proof furnished us, be instantly isthtssed trom our service and never allowed to return It; and any employe furnishing sueb tn- formation will be fully protected from any harm by reason thereof, Please give this notice to the general superintendent, with orders that It be Te- peated to the heads of every departinent of the ACHE A. COLLINS, | Says the Philadelphia Times of December 2s: ! Afver a thrilling passage of eighteen days the | Sehouner Rachel A. Collins, Capt. Betts, arrived | here yesterday from Newberne, N. C., with her | sails blown three feet that when to ribbons, her deck load ‘gone and | of water in her hold. Capt. Betts says Chincoteague,on the 17th, they 4.4 hurricane from the west northwest Isixty hours ‘The vessel was dushe. xreat fury, and was at times c: uenged. ‘The itie-boat was carried | her with the cut-water and all movables | deck; the Water casks were stove in aud | The crew had nothing to drink | since that time but brackish water, Capt. miracie the vessel ever lived through the storm, it being the worst he | ever saw in his sixteeu Sears experience Oa t coast. When the storm abated It was found the | 30 tulles out of her course. the bearing strong Ji-boand iuaiber- evidence th: Jadened vessels storm. & s ® 3 e g 2 E & E £ 3 Wildest of Witely Woes. From the Arkavsaw Traveler | “Why didn’t you get up and give her your seat | Or permit me to give her mine?” said a woman to | her husband. They had just got of acar. Tue Woman's face expressed great anxiety of mind. “Why should we give her aseat?” the husband asked; “just beeause she Was so richly dressed, I | supp he added. “Is it posuble that you Gid Bot Know her!” the wife exclaimed. “of course; I at not supposed to know every well- dressed woman w.uo comes along.” “Oh, | mes, she is our cook, anti au afraid she will | asure up against us our lack of courtesy.” | vhy didat you tell met” the busband ex- umed. The woman did not reply, but, | embling Violently, leaned neavity upon his nn. | Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. Paris Dispatch to the London Daily New: All the statues and portraits of M. Jules Grevy, | late president of the republic, whica were, accord. | ing to custom, in the private rooms and offices of | tue Various administrative departments, are fast | being removed. In a few days effigies and pre- | sentments of M. Carnot will gecupy the places | Vacated by those of the late cblet of the state. A sculptor has been appointed to mode! a bust of | President Curnot, from: which others will be made, Se eS | Don Cameron Not a Candidate. SENATOR QUAY SAYS HIS COLLE. POR THE F cY. Senator Quay said, ta Pittsburg, yesterday, that | he Was certain that Doo Cameron, bis colleague, ‘Was bot a canuldate for the republican presidential | nomination next year. Mr. Quay sald Mr. Cameron had never mentioned the subject to him, and that | ‘there was more talk of a Cameron boom in Penp- | sylvania than there was in Washington. Mr. | Quay sald there seemed but one candidate for tae reputs * & WILL NOT RUN Senator Quay said that uo doubt son ig wil be on the tariff this winter. Per- ht eThal-revenue tax taken of tobacco. He favored the Governiaent regulat- Jug the tolls of telegraph. He said be would cer Lally vote aguinst Launar’s confirmation. coy Labouchere on Parker. Prom London Truths, The Americans must understand that Dr. Parker ts regarded here as a professional religious quack. Lils letters to (he American newspapers, putting uetion a contemplated interview with Mr. aud" in a proper de- xtend Over IX printed as impudeut a thing as even he | ooo | Bank Robbers Captu CONFEACION OF ONE UF THR MES WHO ATTEMPTED TO ROR THE BANG AT NEW CASTLE, DEL- | Jobn Williams, alias Wilson, alias Connors, and Lyzeh, the two burglars who recently e= | caped trom the Pitteield, Mass, Jall, and were | recaptured, the one In Yonkers and the other in een iuentiued astwoot tse ture, | Tire who attempted to rub the Farmers Natio New custle, Del, September Connors, | Ji by inspector Byrnes that bis connection | with the New Castle Job was knows, conteseu, | Me saul that be, Lynch, am fo companions lett | New York and arrived al Wumington, DeL, about | woven ip the evening, and, turing a” back, were driven to ‘ance from New Castie, where they aliguted and proceeded on foot. ‘Tuey | Temained in the outskirts of the town until mid- night, when, With a ladder they had stolen from a Darp, they proveeded to the bank building and €linbed to the second-story window. ‘They knew Vetore going to New Castle tuat Cashier Cooper | slept there, and Uuat he had ail the keys of the Bank, Lurrtuaately for the burglar, Mr. Coup. | ers brother-in-law, Mr. Brooks, was sso sieepin | there that night. They bound and gaged hit, but while duing se the cashier was aroused and'con- fropted the robb volver tn hand. Connors cried out: “Mr. ¢ we'll kill you. oper, go back Into your room stead of going to his room, the | Cushier blazed away with his revolver ful In the face of One of the robbers, and the intruders fed. | S piece of flesa and a touth and bloodmarks found | the mext day showed that the bullet had done | toine work, Inspector Byrnes says be has reason | {> believe be wisi capture the two remaining burg- Lireof the party of four. Mr. Cooper went to New York frum New castle yesterday and identitied icasors = Bismarck Sees War. | PRESOMAL ORGAN DECLARES A RUSSO-GERMAN .% CONFLICT INEVITABLE. | London special to the N. ¥. World says: The gue Gazette, Bismarck’s Organ, Which is usu- | More reserved (han most of the great conti- nial journals in Its expressions of political opin- wn, ees nothing im the situation to Justify conn- woe, Snes SADIOE Tiber prolongation of peace it The cear is sufrounded by Intriguers, who | is waged to Ue end of tstituting Kussia® for German influence Throughout” Ea Concluding Its article, the Paperssues « deflaat IMFitativa to the Muscovite Zmpire to come on and learn that not even the war Mi > chs can overthrow the power of Germany nor Aucrease (ue influence of Kussta, Pes mays whl never rest until Konexp Bor Wire axD CucRCu.—Mrsx, Par- ker, lair Mrs. Laclede, of Chicage, and the mei Vers of the Casterar Methodist Episcopal Church, | a Omaha, Neb., are mourning the departure of & naiued ¥. i. Parker, who was recently prout- nently identified with Unem, but has since disap- He Went Co Omaha about ten Weeks ago, Weured eiploy iuent a traveling salesman for a Nebulesuie house and united with the Castellar cl pie metabers, including Mra was senior member of the Which he traveled. Thanksgiving Day Remind Mra. Laclede were married, he made ieea deed Wo the palatal residence of C. J. Pap- ieton, Spruce street, Which he toldher he owned. Xe chureh gave some pledges, amounting to bout $1,000, Wo nim Wo collect. A litte wile ago | Pottsville until the middle of the forenoon. When | vile | dignity, and have always done so. They are both oad and cou! and fron compan: The most exciting scenes of the strixe were wit ed In Reading yesterday afternoon,when about tweutysiive Old brotherhood englucers, Who obliged to leave the company's ewploy tn 1877, we given engines and permanent positions. ‘They took the plicesof engineers whoettuer failed to report because they live too far away or had re- fused to take out engines and were peremptorily di-charged. Every man who had during the past Week refused to obey orders or who had left bis Post Decause of the Knights of Labor orders was Telused employment. STRIKERS LOCKED OUT AT POTTSVILLE. From som Cause the order tssued by the execi- tive committee of the Reading rallroaders’ conven- Uon for the strikers to resume work did not reach it Was received the S belonging tothe Palo Alto terminus promptly reported tor duty, but found that a number of the trains had already been started with new crews, aud were informed that those who had not reported on tue this morn- ing, in accordance wit Manager MeLeoa’s order, Would not be taken on. A meeting of District As sembly No, 7689 Was called, and a resolution was Hnally adopted declaring the assembly locked out, and sent to the Port Ricumond Assembly with an appeal to stand vy No, An appeai was also seut to Superintendent sweigard to countermand the action of the Paio Alto dispateber in replacing the Strikers with new men. qittee sent to Philadelphia to confer with Superintendent Sweigard returned to Pottsville last eveuing and reported the result of thelr con- ference. ‘They stated that Mr. Swelzard had in Sisted upon the peremptory discharge of Bernard J. Sharkey, Ambrose He and —— Bennet, the | committee’ who frst waited upon him wit refer. | ence to the Port Richtnond trouble, together with | five crews who refused to handle the four cars. The committee couseaied to tis, and then asked a guarantee thut iil other strikers would be reemployed. ‘This Superintendent swelyard per- ewmptoriy refused, aud the conterence abruptiy terminated. This report greatly tucensed the meeting, and, aS a Tesult, Comunl tees lett Potts i might for all points South as far as Phil adelphia and North to Tamaqua, Shamoxin and Msbonoy Plane, to appeal to tue ‘local assembies at those points to stand by the discharged strikers, and it is expected Uhat_a general Ue-up along the Waole Hue will be retnaugurated to- morrow. A meeting of the Reading employes’ convention, composed of representatives of railroad employes and miners, at tue Reading Coal aud iron Co.'s col- lierles, Will assetable Iu Reading on Tuursday, at wuiel it fs intimated by leading Knights of Labor there that unless a settlement ts reached th tuiners Will be ordered to sirike and the passenger train crews calied out, At Suamokin the strike also continues, Upon Teceipt Of the holiee from the headqnrters of the Kuiguts of Labor that the strixe had been de- clared off the local assembiles decided to return to work, stiptiating that all of their members should be given their old positions. Among the strikers are Dispatcuer Huntley, master workman of an assembis, aud several Laborers on the coul dock Who bad been discharged for retusing to Work. The local oMciais deciared their unwildagness to employ these tan, and the strikers refused to re- turn to Work on aly other terms, A SCHEME 10 BREAK UP THE KNIGHTS. ‘A memiber of the employes’ executive board said in Philadetphia yesterday: “The whole affatr, from begluning to end, and the end 1s not yet rt of a deep-ta ew | Dp the Kulghts of ds Sclienie 1s pated in by the Per the Reading and the Jersey Central explain how the muene not Keehin, of the Readiag company e tain coal whariers In Us age Co. When U met by a committee of stev stances under Which they WeTtOK 1 pl ehght shed of es* mien arrived they Ww rem, and the ebrcti been hired was ex- | umastances were that | ployed in the sheds received | 4 Precisely the sane work that | the new were go.ng Woo Tor > cents per hour, cou: | atly the new meu retused to go to Work. | ‘at once actually forced Ou on Which BO attempt had been | anything to do with the strike?” reporter, Diediy,” Was the reply, “for 1 was thts 3 of this nature which showed us in the matter of provoki ures and then pose Devore” th jured party. No, sir, the strtk Torced on us and tix terior meas as the in- was deliberately MAPABY LOP- LOdrive us In~o the com: overt act winch Would en- able 10 auders and thus give, as 13 enemies thought, the death biow to our organiza tion.” ~ wl aa President Carnot’s Wife. From the London Truth. “The Organizer of Victory” was made a count of the empire by Napoleon, and bore the title in an hour of Weakness. But the son and the grandson who tonight sleep at the Elysee scorn this vain gentiemanlike men, The senator used to be a socialist of the St. Simonian chureh. J don’t know whether he believed 1m the Eternal Mother whom Some Of his fellow disciples Went to seek in the East. But What an entuusiast he used to be, under his cold exterior, for “la femme qul aspirate @ semanciper par le’travall!” ‘This ts why he chose for bis daughter-tn-law the active, bright, and singularly well-educated girl who ts DOW Madame la Presidente de ia Kepubuque. ‘She used to be very pretty, and has yet an agreeable person and a t-king codntenance and inanner.. 1 hever met a Frenchwouan living permanently tn France who Is so Well posied up about what goes nm in other countries If she does not get stilted at the Elysee, she Will do, ‘The Paristans like the Sort of cleverness that breass out in everyth mg AN EARTHQUAKE EVERY DAY. Pitiable Condition of the People in the Mexican Town of Bavispe. A dispatch from Nogales, A. T., to the St. Louis Globe- Democrat, says: Col. Kosteriitzky, who 1s in charge of the national frontier police at Bavispe, hag been in town. He painted a woeful picture of the present condition of the earthquake sufferers, He said tat the Mexican government had recently sent them plenty of provisions, but that they had insufficient wearing apparel. Their huts on Retuge Hill, which are constructed of ocatilla poles and grass, offer but slight protection from the weather. Winter has set in with sleet and snow, and the mercury has registered lower than for many previous years. ‘The few houses which were constructed on the site of the city about a month have een shaken to thelr foundation. At most the survivors have but enough clothing tocover their nakedness. ‘Their sufferings are aggravated by continued cold Weather. Apprehensions are felt that pneumonia wl sev in, “PPit aoes te waimans.& clean sweep, Many ask, “Why don’t the pe ve Because All they have in the world ts in that vicinity. Family after family were cultiv the suburbs of Bavispe before last May, am making good livings, and they stay there expect- ing that the quaking will cease. Tt is true the majority have gone, but one must consider that al they possessed was household effects. Some re- ef should be furaished the inhabitants of Refuge Hill at onca, It 4s not an easy task to depict their sufferings. Imagine a hill covered with snow dotted With over 100 huts, in which, on account of their inflammability, po fires are burned. In them are upward of ome hundred and ity men, women and children buried in hay, with old rags covering thelr shivering bodies’ The carth quivers, and Iike so many rats from their holes, pour out the cotton and callco clothed barefooted people, expecting to see the earth yawn and swallow tneir Lil, For nours they stand without their huts with the thermometer at zero, fearful lest more shocks will come. ‘The past month has been one of unceasing terror to ail. Some days the recur- Hing trembling would not ve experienced. Dut Just i so sure aS a day elapsed without them the foliow- Ing day a succession. of shocks, 80 strong 1n hature’ as “to” make standiig impossible, Would follow. While there has Deen no new rifts opened “in the earth by them, heavy towldersBave teen “displaced from. the mountains and rolled thundering to the Valleys, To this horror add a sinail band of mur- dering Apaches, and you will have some idea of (he condition of affairs at Bavispe. In the past Uhree weeks four men bave been murdered by them, At present federals are encamped near Refuge Hill. An es- cort from tls body 1s detailed daily to protect the wood-cuoppers who furnish wood to the camp. ‘Taree buck’ among whom ts the celebrated Elias the half-breed, and four squaws, have been seen. Itts positively known that they escaped at the Ume Geronimo was captured, and have been dep- Fedating ever since, although they have been chased Into the United States several times. It is the opinion of many that the eartquakes will continue at Bavispe until a volcano bursts forth. A gentleman Who has made a study of Volcanoes and their origin in Central America, 1s pronounced in the opinfon that It will not be loi fore one of the mountains th that vicinity Will be vomiting fire. Dr. Goodfellow, of Tombstone, ‘who 1s Iu Wie employ of the United’States Govern” ment, leaves Magdalena for Bavispe to-morrow with'col Kosterlitzky to conunue bis scientine researches. ‘The Mexican Sclentige Comtission, Whicu thoroughly Investigated the earthquake country say August, 18 preparing, an exbaustive report at Hermosello of tts researches, ge AN ALLEGED CONFESSION OF 3 A dispatch from Halifax, N.8., December 27, says: Frank McNeally, the Saco bank thief, has made a statement as to how he robbed the bank and where he has been since the robbery. He says that the idea of taking the bonds and money first entered his head on the afternoon of August the day he fled. He slipped the bonds into iS pocket, and aise took $34,000 In cash. He took a train for Vertnont the Sains aiternoon, and clatms that two hours after he had left he would have given the world if he could have been back in Saco and replaced the bouds In the bank before the ext morning, It Was luposstble, however, Lo return in Ute. Frou Vermont. he went to. Mon treal, thence to Quebec, from which place he sailed for England on September 3. He spent several mouths 1a Engiand, then “went to. Paris, and shortly afterward wo Egypt. He did not touch the bonds after he first placed them tn bis trunk, Frow Cairo he wrote the bank offictals, confessing his guilt, and offering to restore the boods. Upon recelving a reply te sent the bonds to the officers of the bank direct trom Calro. Afler that time the bank ofticials have bewn cogaizant Of ts movements, and his going to Halifax was witi their approval. ‘The Whole thing has been settled, and the Dank ‘will not lose a dollar. When the grand jury meets in January the” tndictinent agalnst iin Wili be quasued, and McNealy will return howe. His brother Harry says that Frank Wi get a situation in Saco the ininute he arrives, ‘THE BONDS SAID TO BE UIDDEN IN CAIKO. A dispatch from Saco, Me., December 27, says: ‘The last information received in regard to the Me- Neally defalcation 1s to the effect that McNealy was taken sick with the Nile fever while in Cairo, Esyp and, foeling himselt physteatly incapavie of taking care of the bonds, bid) them securely in That city, where they now'are. MeNeally is ‘said to be really penitent, und will accompany the bank's agent to the place Where the bonds are bid- den, and will give them up. He will not return to the United States until the indictment ts disposed eee. A Curious Accident, AN ANTI-PROUIBITIONIST DISLOCATES HIS JAW BY ‘CHEERING TOO MUCH. ‘The Atlanta Constitution Says: A curious sort of accident happeued Saturday night to an antl- proibitionist, 143 posstbie that a similar acet- dent never happened befare from the same cause. Louis Taylor, a negro voy who drives a wagon for Stocks, the coalieaier, disiocated his Jaw by ving for the success of antl-prohibition, AS as the Teliow couid saut and open his mouth at Will he did not regret the efforts that his shouts caused hin to make, but the moment his Jaw becawe disiocated and’he could not close bis mouth, be began to ehtertaln serious douvts a3 (0 tue propnety of yelling as loudly us he had been. doing. ‘The accident frightened Taylor greatiy, and he almost went erazy With fear. At aboutd O'clock Sundvy morning bis friends carried him to the office of Hrs, Westin vrelaud & Howell, wuere, With but lictle Crouble, his mouth Was closed, and Was sent on nls Way reyoiciby. ‘The Boitom of the Deep Blue Sen, Frou: the Pail Mall Gazette. Ala meeting Of the Society of Telegraph Engi- neers and Electricians last evening Mr. Edward Statbras read a paper on deep.sea sounding in connection With submarine telegraphy. Mr. Stul- librass said the Work of surveying with a view to ascertalaing the coutiguration of the ocean bed previous to laying a suomarine cable Was of vital Inportance. Between Cadiz and Teneriffe alone, a distance of about 700 In les, 673 soundings were taken dn One expedition, resulting tn the discovers of two banks, two coral ‘patches, and four. other shoal spots. "Sowe of the inclines near these banks Were reuarkable for their steepness, On the east side of one Of these the bottom fell precipitously Tor 450 feet, and on a sounding taken by the Dacia during her Survey of Lhe Seine bank a precipice of 1,800 feet Was found. A 1aap of the moult of th Cougo showed a most remarkable submarine gully, the coutour lines of which Were drawn trou 203 soundings, many of these having been taken at ine tervals of less than one mile. Tn the mouth markable rivera depth of no less than was found, the Taaines to a similar locality giving only about 40 feet, Tue guily was distinctly traced 100 miles out at sea. “It seemed almost in- eredible Uhat provably oue-hailf of the cables now lying at the bottom of tue ocean, amounting to a Value represented by several millions sterling, had been placed on their ocean Ded Walle those carry- ing out the work were almost totally ignorant of tue bottom on —_ ‘the cables were destined to he. a Dewrsey axp McCarrrky To Ficur.—Dominick FP, McCaffrey, of Puiladelphia, and Jack Dempsey, of Brooklyn, middle-wetght champion or America, signed articles of unent In New York yester= Gay fora ten-round Marquis of Queensbury con- Lest at catch weights, to take place near that city at a place to be hereafter agreed upon, for $2,000 and the gate receipts, The date for the contest has been fixed at January 31, Dempsey was anxious for a fight to a fash, A Youxa Lapy KILLED BY A TRAIN.—An east- bound freight conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio Kadiroad last evening discovered the dead ot Jennie Dawson lying near the track at Rawlings, ‘Md. ‘The body lay on a pile of stones, and marks she does, Few wotnen have so much book Jearn- jug. And yet she is neither prig nor pedant, but spontaneous a8 a child before It sheds its mitk terth, The fla-fla of the toliet suits her, ‘Though So brilliant, her mother-in-law bousts ‘hat in ug to her menage she 1s quite a shopkeepers and she Was her son's “coach” Wheb he was preparing for St. Cyr. Suot Drap Bucatse oF aN Ivsvit—At Chatta- nooya, Tenu., Isaac Haynes Was shot and instantly ied by Juv. Thomas at Stevenson, Ala., Savur- Haynes’ Was formerly @ contractor on the Metaphis and Charles.ou Railroad. A short ume ago he drew w lottery prize of $15,000, resigned his position and tavested his means at Stevenson, On Friday Haynes was tn Caattanooga. He had been drinking and the same night he left on the 11:50 Nasaville traim for Stevenson, accompanied by & friend. ‘The men carried two Jugs of whisky home with them Saturgay moraing Hay wesand thomas met ou the street, and ‘Thomas drew a pistol and began fring at Haynes. Two shots took effect in Hayues’ breast. He fell Just as be was entering the gate to BIS house, arid expired immediately. ‘Thomas was very cool, and walked to the tele. grapb office and sent a message to the sheriff of Scottsboro, Ala., telling him what be bad doue, and notifying that oficer that if he would come t6 Stevenson be could find him at bis house. The sheriff responded prowptly, and Thomas was taken to the Scottsbory jail ‘The cause of the shooting ts said to have been am insult offered by Haynes to a sister of Thomas, cers he Seve FLED wir 4 QvapKoox Grmt.—Ells Dean, a quadroon girl, was placed in Jail last week’ at ¢ disappeared, Lak! itu him the money, all of a ae Po collected, aad some jewelry and money x Belonging to his wife. . a sexs Caxwot Jor Lanon Untows.—At P is, Pa, Saturday, Judge Dailey gave a boy a jase (actOry Oue werk 1b whieh to johnnie work Se suller sentence. ‘The boy's de- Mount Sterling, Ky., ou the Charge of aiding Aquila Thomas's wealthy farmer wear there, 1s swindling his creditors. Thomas fled three weeks O alter dis} Of his property, inelt 000 worth of cattie which he had Just bough! on credit, He was traced to Missourl, where he ‘was found living with Elia Dean, He was arrested, apd the girl came back with him. ‘Tuomas bad deserted a w' cl ‘and Friday night mob gathered around the jail a: hum and the the gang finally to tyne! aperaed ‘Saturday Ela Dean was" tlued wale she paid. “Tae charge ot being an accom” was Thomas some SS ‘a farm of 150 acres, which sue hag sold “and will leave te countey. “Thouas is stil in Jail, on her head and shoulders showed she had been Killed by @ train. It 1s supposed that she was walking On the track, and, stepping aside to avold a freight train, was struck by engine of No, 46, The fast east-bound express train. She Was a pretty girl, aged about nineteen, Wonxuaw Riovixe ror Tz Pay.—Two hun- dred employes of the Minnesota frauite Works at lionesdaie, Mipn., pow on strike for back pay, are rioting. James Lester, a telegraph operator at po henenge n= Last ag Ra gaining 5 “The rs have possession ‘legraph ofice. I have now a revolver on cach side of 1hy head. ‘They have demanded the money in the ‘safe and are trying to open it.” Here the message nd nothing has been heard since, ‘There was less than $200in the safe. Deputy Sheriff Free, of Tower, left with @ posse of twenty men to ‘quell the riot, ‘These strikers have been out granite forthe new auditorium at ‘Hungarians total popu Chicago. The are main! lation of Honesdale. They are suid to be drunk. uy and Bohemians, and form almost the named ‘and his uncle, a stock in ‘Texas, began snapplog at one another in a room. The suj on was that both pistols were empty. ‘The Young man Was sitting on the side of ‘@ bed and his ‘opposite to him, and suddenly deafening report and the young man ‘wounded. bullet had ‘entered the grazed the collar eee come out in the of the Ubrough the Hoorltg and b ground unuer the unger house. The die. Suor Hi Indtanapolts, Ind, John Huddieson, a class-leader tu colored church circles, has had ‘reason to Mra. Huddie- ‘son's faithtulness Co him, and he returned home At an unexpected hour and found her tn com- pany with some masculine members of the choir. Arow and he received s dangerous cut in the head with a ‘but of the other side to the ‘he drew bis pistol shot J. M. Walker in the neck, ry from which bis vicuim ts @ying in the City Hospital, N. Y., Dec. 26, says: The nerves of fashionable 8. Lighthall ts a tai and slender but athietic you man, and has lots of pluck, although a muc! lighter nan than McCarthy. “Mr. Lighthail has no bruises as a result of the encounter, He makes this starement the sidewalk. I was too excited to re- member the details of what followed. All I re- member {3 that I gave him the thrashing he de. served, and that he took to bis heeis to escape further punishment, McCarthy ts laid up with a severe scalp wound, a cut under the eye and other injuries. He refused to talk to a reporter. His father, Robert McCarthy, a f ahpmgs gg citizen, ts quoted as saying that the attack on his son Was unprovoked and that a sult wili be begun. Sensa- Uonal developments —— about, ‘The Death-dealing Wires, From the Troy Times. Superintendent Elmer K, Wood, of the Canan- daigua Electric Light Works, while walking home with a friend the other night, noticed that one of the street lights was out, alee a the current to be off, he hold of the Wires and fell to the ground dead, ‘The current was notoff, and passing through his body, had killed him instantly. « _ Preferred His Steak Dead, From the Liverpool Courier. ‘The story 1s going the rounds of a cowboy of the Wild West Show, who went into a London restau- rant and ordered a steak, which was brought to him exceedingly rare. He looked at it a moment, then drew his revolver and blazed away at the meat, Of course there was a ages! and the came about the thme that the revolver had beea emptied. “What on earth do you mean by this conduct?” asked the proprietor. “What do I mean, parey’ answered the cowboy. Vby,” pointing to he almost raw steak, “I Wanted to kill the — thing.” ——.9e—____—_ A Southern View of Mind Cure. From the Macon Telegraph. ‘They call it “Mind Cure” in Boston and “Vou- dootsin” on the Southern plantations, but about the only difference 13 in the name and in the fact that the voudoo: less. Draw Poker in Washington. A KENTUCKY EX-MEMRER'S STOKIES OF THE GAME aT THE CAPITOL. From the Pittsburgh Press, While gambling 1s not carried to as great an ex- tent as before the war, some pretty brisk games are indulged in. An exciting game took place one night last winter at the residenceof an ex-Senator, in which the Jack pot amounted to $4, and was scooped in by a big real estate man. The money Te ‘Won on four queens, the loser having an ace a A funny thing occurred at a game in a noted club house here no longer ago than Thanksgiving night, When a near-sighted army officer kept put Ung up money On What he thought was a full hand, but when he laid it down and attempted to Scoop in the pot discovered to hts disgust that he had taken the joker, which had gotten mixed in the pack, for the ace of spades, and was thereby out some $400, Which he would have otherwise won. A certain aged member from Pennsylvania used to take great delight in playing euchre with his wife at home. He is a poor player, and to worry the old lady, who ts an expert, he used to bide the bowers back of his meck ahd select from them at his pleasure, Afcer a game with Mrs. H. ope even- lug he jeft home to take a peep in at his cluo. Wale there he Was induced to take a hand nt game just for fun, the stakes being small, Sitting down, he took part, and, much to his surprise, found the cards coming his way, He coutdn’t lose, The goddess of fortune seemed to have fuirly showered her smiles upon him, and, even with Uie small stakes, he found bimséit at midnight some $150 winner. Glancing at his vis-a-vis to call his attention to ‘the fact that if was his turn to play, he found that ntieman looking at him in a stfange manncr, Returning the look, be asked him what was worry- ing him, and to go ahead and make his play. The gentleman laid down nis cards, and, rising, he guessed he had enough for that night. ‘The vener- able il, looked askance, and demanded What was the matter, Tue geutieman declined to exptatn, “But you must, sir” sak ir. Hh, ting red in the face. Os “Well, sir. since you insist, I will explain, ‘This, ‘Sir, 13 my reason for not wishing to play with you," at the same time drawit from behind Mr. H.'s Ligh collar the jack of hearts, ‘The feelings of Mr. H. can better D® imagined than described. After an incoherent exclamation — Sank back in his chair and actually fainted away. ‘The matter was finally fixed up, and bis Oppo- nent, refusing to take back the money, Mr, H. gave 1" to the lady managers of the Christnias Club as a donation for the newsboys’ dinner, and took a by = vow never to Louch @ card again as long as live: ‘ome inlschievous friend told the. story to Mrs HL, and she bas not yet got over her delight at net husband's misfortune, and says It serves him — oo A Last Wora for Ireland. GLADSTONE'S PARRWELL SPEECH BEFORE DEPARTING FROM ENGLAND FOR ITALY. In replying to the addrss presented to him by the British liberals at Dover yesterday, Mr. Glad- stone referred to the uncertain character of Lord Salisbury’s declarations In reierence to fair trade, and said they indi |, as far as the majority tn jamentis concerned, that free trade is in- re. He reiled upon the masses of the people Lo oppose a return to protection, ‘The coming ses- ld HOt promise Weil for the country. If it Were true that the great measure Of the session—a local government. bili—would not be introduced until April, the government would inflict an un- disguised fhockery on the country. The last was a dark session, but this would be darker unless something Was done to alleviate the situation in. Jreland. The darkest blot upon parliament was the act now tn operation effacing Ube civil rights of the Irish, The liberals were charged with luter- fering With the adiinistration of tne law. What he Was really trying to do was to retard the gov- ernmept’s destructive policy of perversion of the law, It was well for them Uhat they were on the right side of the channel. If the Chris- tian Knowledge Society, in ‘seeking to pro- mote Justi ercy and truth, were publish. ing in Treland a book spplying those principies to that unhappy country, they would be subject to criiainal prosecution. ‘Lord Salisbury talked about the consoudation of the empire, while pursuing’ a olley of ational disruption, How, the speaker usked, could that be a policy of con: 0D Well disregarded centuries of national tradition and Opposed the will of four out of five miliiion of Leah sg je? Ireland only continued within the bounds of moderation because she knew that she had the sympathy of friends in England. So lon; as their moderation 13 conunued, So long woul the sympathy be continued, Not long, the speaker sald, could any government face a unanimous people. With the single exception of the Belfast batt the elective authoriUes sided with home rul ‘he foreign imported government stood alone. The liberal’s term of minority tn pariia- ment would cease at the first election. Their ap- al lay with the country, ‘The party had never scribd on its banner the name of a cause with. out carrying rough, Having taken up the cause of ireland, the cause Would’ y tris umph. Faran Fier aT Savisst -A special to the Baltimore American from Sailsbury, Md., Decem- ber 27, say$: A fire occurred here this morning at 2:30 o'clock, which resulted in the destruction of adwelling dnd in the death of one man, The house belonged to Clayton Messick, and was occu- led by himself and family, and Jos. Daymon and Harry Lambden, who boarded with Mr. Messick, ‘The boarders were aroused by the smoke, and imade efforts to get out through the stairway, Dut Were cut of by the flames. Baymon ran’ to’ the window and jumped out on the porch and from there to the ground. He callea for Lambden to follow, but itis {uppowed that Lambden hed money jownstulrs, and, in endeavoring to secure it, w: Suffocated” Latbden was, a native of concer Sussex county, Del, and had only arrived heré ‘on the day before the fire to begin to bulld a house ona vacant lot which be had purchased. The Origin of the fire is unknown, as it was frst seen ‘Where bo stove nor fire of any kind had ever been, ————— ee Ruy. LyMaN ABBOTT TO SUCCEED BEECHER—Rev" ‘Lyman Abbott has been selected as of Piy- mouth Church at the same salary paid Mr, Beecher. No definite term of service has been fixed, and 1t is probable that Mr. Abbott will remain 'perma- nently as Mr. Beecher’s successor, He has filled ulpit most of the time since Mr. Beecher's ‘and the church, Len ata christmas debauch at Bx eer boot Rear christmas debauc! e Wilke Pa, Ed. McMullen and Moe in- . to Mulien, and *, their hier, became Sattar. ou eu ot age abe te in fire, ‘and she trtea. ‘Une house, but failed. ( iz ili ! i] H i prominent physician of Boston, the end of ten months she had declined to before it all nad been taken we saw a change for the better in her symptoms. We kept it up, and brought our dying Hazel to life, to vigor, to strength and health again. The hue of her checks has changed to a rosy tint. She is able to walk anywhere, her languor and melan- ‘choly have passed away, and abe is now a blithe, cheerful, happy, romping child. Should you wish to increase your testimonials of proof of thegirtue of 8.8.8.,our names and what wa ‘have said is but a portion of what we owe to you, abonld you wish to use them, Kindly yours, BEN, ¥. SWIFT, GERTRUDE E SWIFT. P.O. Bor 66, q_Zrestine on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC 00, 3 nodwas ‘Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, Fors: Hars: Feas: SEAL SACQUES FROM 8125UP. SEAL VISITES AND JACKETS FROM 990 UP. SHOULDER CAPES, NKEY, BEA NUIRIAD LENS: BLACK MANTER. a AND OTHER FURS. MUFFS, IN BEAR, BEAVER, BLAOK MAR- TEN, FOX, LYNX, MONKEY, SEAL AND OTHER FURS. RUSSIAN HARE MUFFS, FROM 75 CENTS: UP. LADIES SEAL CAPS, GLOVES, AND WRISTLETS. FUR TRIMMING OF ALL KINDS. CHILDKEN’S MUFFS AND COLLARS. DETACHABLE FUR COLLARS AND CUFFS FOR GENT'S OVERCOATS, GENT'S FUR CaPs, GLOVES, AND MUF- FLERS. BOYS’ SEAL CAPS FROM $1 TO 8: CARRIAGE ROBES AND COACHMEN CAPE: GENTS DRESS SILK HATS, 85, 26 AND 88. SOFT AND STIFF HATS, IN ALL THELAT- EST STYLES, AT 61, 81.50, 82, 62.50, 83.50, $4, 84,50, 85 AND 96. SILK AND’ GLORIA UMBRELLAS, WITH GOLD AND SILVER HANDLES, FROM 82.50 TOSS. HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF CANES. TRESS & CO.'S CELEBKATED ENGLISH SILK AND DERBY HATS. DEN1T'S LONDON DKESS KID GLOVES. LADIES’ RIDING HATS AND CAPS. JAMES ¥. DAVIS’ SONS, 1201 Penn, avenue, Cor. 12th st, Established 1 Ase You Rea Sze Our We are often asked this question, and to satiaty everybody that the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE ar OAR HALL, COR. 10TH AND F STREETS, is really bona fide, we invite all in need of Clothing to call and examine our stoce and Prices, which tell the tale far better than any amount of assuring can do. BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS. On Suits and Overcoats for boys, axes 4 to 12, we have cut prices Just in half, which makes them really lower than the cost of manufacture ON SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR BOYS, AGES 13 TO 18, we have still further reduced Prices, which were al- ‘ways the lowest in the city, by one-third. This makes them undoubtedly the best bargains in Clothing ever offered. OVERCOATS. ‘We have been greatly overstocked on Overcoats, but thanks to the low Prices at which we have offered them, the stock has been greatly reduced. Stl, we havea full line, and have no doubt that at the Prices they are offered they will soon be closed out. A word to the wise, &e. SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUTHS have been reduced in Price to such low figures that it will pay to buy them, even for future use. And wecan suit every one with » Suit, from a Sstin-lined Full Dress to good Business Suit at 96. PANTS. A full line of Pants, from the smallest children’s size to46 waist. Prices 0. K. 213m _Open til 9 p.m | azn Exrnaorpmary HOLIDAY BARGAINS aT BEHREND'S BALTIMORE STORE, 908 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. CUT PRICES. SILK AND VELVET DEPARTMENT. CUT PRICES. Striped, Plain and Plaid Silk Velveta, at 64c. These goods are worth 98c. BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES. CUT PRICES. Cloaks we are selling out below cost. FUR AND FUR TRIMMINGS. CUT PRICES. Our Wide Genuine Satin-Lined BRAVER, which was 84.89, now 83.98. Genuine BEAVER Muffs at $3.50, Genuine BEAVER Muffs at $8. 80, worth 615. FOSTER'S KID GLOVES, ‘CUT PRICES, Fur Top Kid Gloves very low. Just received new line of Table Covers, Elegant aS ering p waprtcghane ba $1.39, Dewest afSitvorn eb ~e ene Cloths irmen Siatkine reduced to $2.19, post- SILK MUFFLERS IN CREAM AND WHITE. seat tna ae for utghtrs, ‘big cut inall departments BEBREND’S BALTIM( 25-3m_ i 7th ot aw, aA Ha Joszra Bowss. Bows & Hun, ‘Managers of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ASSETS, 864,000,000. SURPLUS, 821,000,000. LARGEST BUSINESS, ‘THE STRONGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD. We issue Investment Policies that will pay better re- tums than s Government Bond and larger dividends ‘than « Savings Bank Correspuudence Bolicited, a-lm 1326 F Street, Washingtoa, D.C. Cooxme Br Gus ‘A fall Une of GASB COOKING STOVES On hand and for sale, Sim == WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANE. 2 \ oumteeaates 2 — Se ‘Weheve just purchased to grest advantages lot of BLACK SILKS, in which we offer decided inducements AUCTION SALES. Perfection brand made by Bonnét, and we have no besi- tation im pronouncing then the best Silks in the mar Kot, being pure @ye, end free from any adulteration | PICUURES Ont whatever. Faille Francaise, Bhadames, Mascotte, | XOTIONS “FANCY ‘Satin, Duchess and other weaves in all grades, Sone. peek GOODS; LARGE Full stock of ALLSILE VELVETS, Gclored ana | —OF 1WO HUNDRED 4 ‘iach. JUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. — ‘ ws Sr 2008 EG ALO satecassaeabigucn TEETH ae, at OE OCLOCK: we wil ead win os ciara amare PEW 118 IN ST. JOHN'S ONE PRICE. a20 Spportuatty: eae SE EDUTTRE oR MAATY, SABER Kingvton's Books of Aarentars, 400, aor ee be ga op" aa ‘Poyalar Dollar, 12 mos. 280. AND PAINTED CHAMBER FURSUT a AND. LO) ‘NG Let Lt Wy: Le shoo hor aetna Bo ba AND REQUISITES, &0, AT DA’ NING, Di at TEN OCLOCK AM at residence Ne 13Id ‘street northwest, I shall’sell ihe above effects, THOMAS DOWLING, TRESSES Ly ie WAL BALLANTYNE & 80", | azz ' 3. 428 7th Street. JU8TUS COOKE, avcTIONEER 5 & > = ANNOUNCEMENT Mm a. Bast 2 ov ax oman savonren oun EXTRAORDINARY AUCTION SALE. Rew Rtching by Grevier. bs rrr “THE LAST LOAD,” ymaronrenmes O50 wie a tien ART DEALERS AND IMPORTERS OF FINE “RVENING GLOW.” mee echoes Guiednines, formerly of 299 Sthave, cian NOW ON EXHIBITION AT NOS. 718 AND 720 BROADWAY, ‘opposite Washington Pisce, NEW YORK CITY. And many othera, The best impressions of fine ETOHINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &o. PAINTINGS and MIRRORS, at moderate prices. PHOTOGRAPHS, AUTOGRAPHS, &o. THE BEST AND MOST TASTEFUL PICTURE FRAMES. TO BE SOLD AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION, to close the business. The sale will commence ALL THE “ROGERS' GROUPS," &c, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY FOUR, == ‘and continue until all is sold. was. EABLE & 8ONS, ome 27-m,w2,3m 816 Chestnut st,, Phila This tmmense stock is artistic quality andcostin com pensy “7 Bie A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, ‘and contains an unrivalled assortment of BARE ANTIQUE FURNITURE TAPESTRIES, BRONZES, CURIOUS ART WORK IN ALL MA- TERIALS, ARMS, ORIENTAL EMBROIDER- IES, OLD SILVER, DRAPERIES, PAINT- INGS, MIRRORS, PORCELAINS, OLD ENGLISH & DUTCH CARVINGS, HAND-PAINTED AND INLAID PIECES, LOUIS XVI, AND FIRST EMPIRE ARTI- For House Gua GEO. RYNEAL, Ja, 418 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, HAS THE LARGEST STOCK OF USEFUL ARTICLES TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY, SUCH AS CLES, BRIC-A-BRAG, ENAMELS, RARE CHANDELIERS, POTTERY, &, PIANO, LIBRARY, VASE AND ROCHESTER LAMPS, Re BRONZES, ig is the most important stock of this kind ever SCONCES, sold at auction in this country, representing collections from all the art centers of urope purchases {row bo" table sales, &c., all ‘selected tor their artistic excel- lence, variety, &c., regardless of cost. ‘Aa the firm of Watson & Go, are now in liquidation— gna the stores we are usin dre to be occupied for an Other business january 1—and our account tile is to'be rendeeed om or before dubuary 20, THE SALE WILL BE MADE WITHOUT ANY RESERVE WHATEVER, ‘This sale is made under the supervision of Mr. J GHAHAM, of 19 East 14th sts dra teslsea Fppsomas DOWLING, Avctionser. pte. TRUSTEES SALE OF A FOUR-STY STATUARY, PARLOR EASELS, OIL AND WATER-COLOR BOXES, T8' COMPLETE OUTEI’ as fh OUTFITS, &c. Corore> axo Brack Au Sux VELVETS. ‘We have purchased to great advantage a lot of ‘ORY BRICK NCI 209 @ STREET, i the above elegant queda in = the newest shadew HUFIM “AND THIRTEENTH “SEREETS which we offer at the low price uf $3.50 per NORTHWEST. ‘yard, actual value Elegant STRIPED and BROCADE VELVETS at reduced prices. ASTRAKBAN CLOTHS, superior quality for Coats at cost. Silk Mattelasse for cloaks at 3; worth $3, Elegant Brocade Sash Ribbonsat 81.50; worth $3, the finest goods we have ever abown. Perfection Black Silks, C.J. Bonnet ‘& Cieare the most reliable goods on the mar ket. French Wool Grenadines, evening shades, ‘@ deed of trust, dated the 14th ‘aud a) ‘37e.; worth $1. Full stock of Broadcloths, allebades, High Novelties in Moire Silks, less than New York prices. ‘Terms: Ove-third cash; the residue in two equal — ments, at six and twelve months, with notes bear g interest at Oper cout perannum unl pad, W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, secured by a deed of trust on the property or : wpm aged the —— ref aA 919 Peanayivanisave, | SiG fill be required af tie ascot sale:_if the verase of sale are not complied with in ten days the trustees Feserve the right io. teatll the property’ at the risk and Sout of the detuulting purchaser: BENJAMIN P. SN' agedts ALUERT 1. SEURTE Tl NN N GGG. poe RP ton etiam ° EF F Eg Rk i NNN GG spppomes DOWLING, Auctioneer. °o FF & RRR it NNN G —— 0 F RR WON NN G@ GQ | CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED oo F ¥ R RUN NN GGG PROPERTY, ON THE EAST SIDE OF 7HIR- TEEN(H STREET, BETWEEN E AND F BTKEE’ BEING THE IANDSOME FiVE- TO THE. BOYS. STORY. BRICK RESIDENCE KNOWN AB O23 THIRTEENTH STREET SORUHWENT. By virtue of s decree of the Supreme Court of, A DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT ON ALL | the District of Columbia, passed ou December 7th 1¥8" OVERCOATS, FROM 410 18 YEARS, AND | al equity No. 10.808, Docket “27 the “undersiguat = ive 5 ay 1¥8, FROM 2 TO | p: cui ri eth pe eee Twennieti seal pagent istagiiaenbernp urea NB, wt Four. U'CLOCK P.M, the —. de aon en URED CARE TRPSEST | fortom, District uf’ Columbia to wit,” Far of Let rc wit, AND EVERY BOY FROM 50c. 2. (9), im juare two hundred 14 piney iid nace srntds) 708. | E80 cotitalted. within the following “tnetes snd THING MOI EFUL curtsraas | fo Teginnine for the sans ats pout on ee eee ere The east line of 1th street, aud ‘st the mortinwent cor wardly twenty (20) feet along sad cast live of 13th Dow SORERE r2- posed Go THAT OUR sTOoK OF waxes xp pore rare | Bsr see te: Onetant SUITS IS COMPLETE AND I8 AT YOUR DISPOSAL, a pS es ms EITHER FOR INSPECTION OR PURCHASE AT ao to oe Fees THE: USUALLY LOW PRICES FOR WHICH OUR =, sold. © Wreyanciuw at Durchaast's fou. A depoait HOUSE HAS EARNED ITS WELL-MERITED REPU. | fs reauired af Timect sale. if this terme of sale are TATION OF SELLING FINE AND RELIABLE Bee ight te eset Thelproperty ot the tak aud cost of CLOTHING AT VERY MODERATE PRICES. Saiaas ESRGE'E, maMIETON. Traston, | sa THE SALE IB 5 ca quence ti TEURODAY. 2 x £4, 2% DDD. gee oy 8 | a fo 83 EB EL we myst og ree Fos Axv Wass as & ie Hi = AT REDUCED PRICES. ‘We bave twenty-seven Seal Skin Garments in stock, fee 2*4 fut Ene consisting of SACQUES, VISITES, JACKETS, AND ULSTERS, which we wer prices than can veo its sn) Sviain to-day in say’ house in New York city. Gea: 16-00 400 7TH BT. N. W., COB, D, | ine Alasks skins, London dyed. SACQUES FROM $100 UPWARDS. ‘Muffs and Boss, Fur Trimming, Coschmen's Capes, Gloves and Mufflers, Children's Furs at prime cost. own Serie, ‘Dunlay’s New York Hate. ce oe with simuitaneous | "ise Presentation O ae snap and let your deer ones snd friends know thst 7ou WILLETT & RUOFF, ‘have mot forgotten them, BATTERS AND FURRIERS, Do BE XIND 905 Pennsyivanis avenue, __18-3m and spend s few dollars ins manner that will EES Sa ly OL PORT BERT SUITS, FOUB-BUTTON SACK SUITS; SUITS FOR YOUNG Struts OF RkOX DRESSING. SILE AND LINEN Bhool OF xD SILVER MOUNTED; SMOKING JACKETS, paste 7 to the Golden ‘MUFFLERS, &c. E woam warms sco, | Zoran it gestinces” Ong OTE ais (695 Pennsylvania ove, siaiiaiak ada: 14th and I. and 24 and Dota nw. - All Patent Medicines at greatly reduced rates. 417@ BPP’s COCOA ike YW YVYFAmRr cs PEAR a= JUST OPENED, AND HERON, from 50c. upward, inail colors for EVEN. ING WEAR. One special line of Ostrich bonch, galore “yellow, candiusi invendot, Nie gsen, eames, we eth #27 TTR, STH AND DeTE Grasp Orzsixa. warrs nowazp 8.00, 25 WEST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK, SARATOGA AND LONG BRANCH, Bex to announce they will open their Weshingten House, 815 15TH STREET NORTHWEST, (Near Wormley's), THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1887, ‘With s Large and Handsome Stock of IMPORTED CosTUMES, RECEPTION, DINNER, and BALL DRESSES, WRAPS, BONNETS, Era, Just received from Paris and imported apecially for the ‘Washington season. 426-00 w. (Mrs. Hunt's) returned from New York ess panes ie her with the latest styles tm nasi to SERGE, AMBER, sa DOLE Mrs. MODI form the roved from T107 ¥ at a.m to $3201 then. Taylor eye ALMOND MEAL FRENCH PREPARED FOR 8v1 Pe 188, LOTTIE DAVIS, ‘and Toth st over Thompeon's Drug siore. as gue? ‘RS. E. McCAFFERTY, 1009 @ Mig lettre Bonnet and at oe rharty rate.’ Govis calied foF aud Aalivered ele FRRENCH Dyin TRING AND ‘CLEAN. ING ESTABLI aint, 1505 ‘New York even, ech pata it ag 010-Su 55 ALL-WOOL GARMENTS MADE UP OR RIPPER AST + SEtere eee HUMPHREY, 430 10rs ST. NW. MS ANNIE K. - = i } ‘THE BEST FLOUR IN THE WORLDrg CERES! THE CELEBRATED MINNESOTA PATENT PROCESS ‘Beware of imitations of the Xeme and Brand, sndbe fare apd eee to it thet either encks or barrele seed CERES” ‘And bave the tmprintot ‘TWO GOLD MEDALS tn | attached, Mone genuine without thetwo gold medals,