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Purpapecruta, March 14.—Snow Is again falling: | heavily here this afternoon, but the temperatare } ts decidedly warmer and the snow meits as fast lis, The sttmation so faras the rattroads are concerned Is much more hopeful w-das. ‘The Pennsylvania Railroad officials. report tei main the West. open. through Dat that the New York division ts yet. closed, with ng trains either to or from that i feago limited express, which other Umes ts started from New York, was up here and lett for te West shortly after noon. The fast express forthe West lett | about half an hour later, and in addition to those H fart Tied passengers stations, Travel bus als and with the of to-di resun ation with New York, nd Washington is still interrupted, Jy Way ofeach Uiese potats 13 by (sbusy over very pre= ALMOST PERISHED IN THE STREETS. Patensos, N. J., March 14.—The storus which set | im sunday bight” was the ‘greaiest_ ever known A fearful gaie u ariits and aid great Th jim the streets are 15 and ‘20 fe The Inmates of many dwellings | Pletely shut in. Business and trofic | pletely ap a stand Xo news 1 een received since Moaday morn- plist night | jersey Cat) 2 tor New re snow-bound in cars | amaged by churen spire is ben! unrooied and trees we are reported 1 ost an Un Jears of loss of iife in al and milk are srarce, for the necessaries of 1 THR LOSSES ESTIMATED AT $20,000.01 ‘New Yorx, Maren 14.—An atte: Mates the business loss, conting lay, Which the s LY; al NOL less tlacen $7,000,000, and the loss to the states tuvolved $20,000,000, AU a meeting of the produce exchange It was de- elded to adjourn at > p.m. ‘The regular closing hour is 3:30 p.m, aion Pacific Engineers Strike, MEN BMPLOYED ON SWITCH ENGINES AT COUNCIL BIXPES Buvrys, Lowa, 14.—All the engines of the Union P:tetne dolag werk in unc! Bins yard were qui Couxcu. swites fi round- house last night and th j lmeers in charge, When asked ! for quitting work they replied they ¥ tired of work. If 4 7 Yeasons on account of Judge 1UIs very noticeable how sudd came sick oF tired When he saw 2 Q beiind his engine. Ail passenger and trains are maning as usual | — ‘Apzil, i | southern Tent und Jou! Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, TLL, March 14. 11 a, m. seas citenlatine on Chanze this morniue to that there was 2 paistad: District Government Affairs. A COLD SCHOOL-HOUS®: ‘The puptis of the Denison school sent home on accou the building. been called to the st called on the contra amount immediately. SHE. USE OF STRERTS LY CORPORATIONS. Fesponse to an inquire k Of 2 special commit. | f the eity councils of Boston, Mass, respect- | the use of sireets by private corporations, send acopy of the statement the District in the special report made Snate Disurict com- mittee on the subject of steaia ratiroads tn the District, which contains an elaborate expression of thelr views on the stbject. The attorney says the fee of the streets ts in the United Stat Ness agt. Washington City, 4th Peters, <2 ongress alone has power tO erunt thelr use to any: private person or corporation, ‘That the coui- pany recelving any privileges of use must con_ form tothe grades of the streets used by it, and keep in pair the surface oceupted and two | feet exterior to the outer Fails, as im Uhe case of street raiiroads. Steam roads ure to contorm to grade only, except Jn speciited instances, ‘The tax On rallroad’ is assessed on the same basis as other property i the District, Street cars are taxed #5 per year, UNDERCEOCND WASHINGTON. Capt. Symons has written to Mr. D. E. MeComb, the superintendent of sewers, requesting Dima to keep @ full record of all underground constructions of every kind, also that he ascertain the location in the public Streets and alleys of all underground electrical conduits, off lines, steam heat and power pipes, pneumatic tubes, &c., Ac., which are at present in existence, whether u: Or not, and to imake @ map of same. VITAL STATISTICS. The report of Health OMcer Townshend foi weok ending March 10 shows: Numbe1 2. >; colored, 57, Death-rat White, 27.86; ion, 32.60. Forty-seven were under 5 years or aud 28 over 60 years. Twenty-two of the Geaths Gecurred tn hospitals and public institu. tons. ‘Phe deaths by’ classes were as follows Zyinotic, 23; constitutional, 31; local, 62; develop ‘violence, 1. The principal ‘causes of | Cerebro-spinal_ meningitis, 1; con. photd fever, 1; scarlet fever, 1; ‘congestion of the lungs, 4; bron- measies, i diseases. }. Births Ss 1% white females, 14 lored femaies, Matztages re- white, 5 colored, THE ANTI-TOBACCO ENLI. ‘The Commissioners have written to Chairman Hetphill that uey see no objection to the enact- ment of House of Representative bill 706s, prohabit selling, giving or tural tobacco in ‘any Of tts foruss to minors under tbe age of sixteen years in the District of Columbia. WEIS DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO. ‘The Roa A apree A] oe pe! House appropriations commitier explaining the reasons for their asking for an appropriation of $2,000 for expenses of Securing Writs de tunatico inquirendo, ‘They state that (he authority conterrea upon thetn was tobe found im the Revised Statutes, which conferred ft upon the ‘of the intertor, and which was afterward by act of Con- | gress transferred to them. In the case, | however, of one Win. M. Bryant, committed in 1SK5, he "Was Drought betore the Court in General ‘Term on a writ of Laveas sworn out by him against the superintendent of the tnsane Asylum, and the court sustained Bryant, holding that the asylum did not open its doors” for patients sent ‘there com, , but that all commitments should be made afver due process of law only Ua- less voluntary. ‘This decision will make it neces- sary to get out writs a aforesaid, and Unis. — is asked to cover expenses report re yes of the lack of coal : mulssioners’ attention hus | ¢ of things, and they have | ‘or to furnish tae necessary i | | hereto. * ‘THE PHYSICIANS TO THE POOR many cases of sickness among the poor ‘@ great amount ‘only tnable Iso unable to among those who are tors’ bills, but who ere al fF 4 i ii j ‘ i 8 e 5 iy j | 4 i | ; | : | | too, several | Was nearly twenty hours on the way t | deiphia and else | scene of the fire, — ‘Thts 1 THE SNOW-BOUND CITIES, Washington in Limited Communica- jon with the Hest of the World. NO TRAINS THROUGH FROM NEW YORK stkck MON- DAY—THE RAILROADS OPEN TO PHILADELPBIA— RE-ESTABLISHING TELEGRAPEIC CONNECTIONS—THE RIVER STRAMERS RESUMING THEIR TRIPS—WHAT 18 SAID ABOUT THE Wearmer. ‘The blockade of the city was partially ratsed to- day. Rallroad communication was open as far as Philedelphia, aid the telegraph connection with the North was open to a limited extent. The weather in this city moderated considerably, the wind went down and during the middie of the day the snow and ir@ in the streets began to thaw under the bright sun, ‘Three trains arrived at the Baltimore and Poto- mac depot from Philadelphia last night, the first that had come to the elty since Monday night. ‘The Mrst arrived shortly aiter 8 o'clock, bringing a few passengers, The train offictals reported that the road was blocked between Puliadelphia and Baltimore, and that they had to work their way through snow drifts and fallen trees and telegraph poles. Several hours were .consumed in clearing the track. | Another train came through at 10 and angther a after midnight. Both Ds had difticulties along the. Way, as the snow drifted into the railroad ents about a rapidiy as rt could ve removed. AN OPEN WAY TO PHILADEL?I! ‘To-day, although the rafiroad telegraph service ‘Was not in operation beyond Baltimore, the road was reported open as far as Philadelphia, and trains ran between this elty and Philadelphia on Xery yood time. At the Pennsylvania depot noth- ing could bs Iearned, of course, of the movement Of tratas beyond Baltimore, but it was kuown tnai the road was opea to Fhnadelphia. Trains, Wever, Were Not run often because of lack of equipment, a great portion of tke rolling stock being snow-bound north of Philadelpula, No trains left for Philadelph{a this afternoun, bat the ¥arious trains will be consolidated at 4:10 o’eloc No Uckets are sold here tor potats beyond Phii detpttn. BETWEEN, PRITADRLPHIA AND NEW YORK, ‘The railroad ofiiciais here had ittcio Information of the condition of things beyond Philadelpnia beyond the fact that both the Penn: Pound Brook lines, the rontes to A peared to be hopeicsly blocked. “Reports received ero Were to Uhe effect that the snow beyoud Phil- Jeinhia ts four or five inches deep on a level aud tO CUTS tothe depth of Brteen feet. A mail clerk told a Stan reporter attempt Was made to get Uveugh from Philadelphia last night. ‘Three locomotives were attached to the Uruin, but it was broughs to a dead stop at Germantown by drifts of snow from Bfteen to twenty feet in height. in some places a way Was ploughed through the snow, and the wind wonla drive the Snow back against ihe sides of the cars itke an avalanche, ‘The suow would pe rotted back from each side upon the track behind the train, coming together so as to form a tunnel. t the Baltimcrs and Obie Kallroad to-day’ the situation Wasa great deal better, ‘Trains froin the Weet are arriving and leaving of t Trains from vhiladelphia are expected in to- night, and traMte with ail points iWwiil, it ts ex- pected, he resumed by to-morrow, ‘The teiegraph communication, however, fs still in a bad 1x, BOUND UF IN THIS CITY. ‘There are many anxious Inquiries at the depots fn unis city, Many persons coming up from the South and bound for the North are watting In this | city for a chance to get thronsh. ‘There are hundred Visitors trom the North, 1 cluiling a large part of a big excursion party from northern New York, who are anxious!y .vatting a chance to get to their homes. THE MAILS STILL DELAYED. ‘There had heen no mail received at the Ctt Post-Oflice this afternoon from New York and tl Fast since Monday night. That mail came o1 the train that left New York Sanday an Ee Wile Northern matls nav here siuce then, none ot It appears to further than Philadelphia, ‘Tue delay patehing matis from here ‘bas been du lack of near'y all in e Pennsylvania s storm-bound at been dispa office to-day wus to nlan Tnstitution w A mall reacned hy ‘Lhese mails wer of yesterday The x patched and received with larity. ‘The northern mail sen 11:40 was not expected to get turther than Phi Gelphta to-day, It was sent out in an ordinary Payguge-car, thera being no postal car available, Supertbiendent Vickery, of Unis division of the Railway Mail Service, had information this atver noon tat ted him to expect a long t of postal cars trom Philadetphix sore time this Yernoon. IL was thought this train would reach re by G Gelock this evening. Oue report satd thacit would contain. sixteen mall-cars, holding the accumulations of three days. Tu expectation of this train all the rafiway mall clerics 1n the city were ordered to report for duty. ‘They wiil attack these cars When they come, s0 &s to dispose of the matt they contain as rapidly as possible, RESUMING TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. Telegraphic communication with the outside World ts belng slowly resumed. The Western Union had one wire to Baltimore yesterday, ‘To- day there are four wires. There was partial c iunication with the West and Suuth, and now all ' sare working. ‘There is no change In the ation as fer ay New Yori and Philadeipnt roncerned. ‘The telegraph service to tne is acomplete wreck, and the telegraph men can pake nO predictions When a Wire Will be in Work. ing order. Ali dispatches from the East come via the West suid South, Between New York and Chi cago the Wheatstoue method ts {n operation. ‘Th 48 an automitic method of sending matter atid ¢: be worked very rapidly. It 1s expected that, as the wind has died down, the work of restoring the nes will go forward raptaty. A creat force of Mnemen 48 noW ai work, and new men are en- gaged a8 fast as they appear. ‘There ts a great lass of matter that has accumulated Curing the Past fow days, and the telegraph ofices are Work- Ing off the old matter a3 fast us possible, so as to be in condition to handle the begins, THE POLICE AND FIRE-ALARY winEs, Superintendent Mites, of the District telephone and fire-alarm service, sald this morning that work done yesterday to restore the. lines was not damaged much by the high winds last night, and was repaired early this morning, so that the wires | were practically in the same condition before noon, to-day that they Were in last evening when the en quit Work. ‘They had work for the reason that al! tne g been picked op by the telegraph c Decause strangers Were not acquainted wires and coma jot well = them those of tho telograpa companies had’ established telepuonte comnminteation with the pollot statfons and with all the fire companies except No. 3 engine-house and truck A house, He said that the gong circuits Were all right with the exception of te two hou mentioned, Dut that there was no certainty of cet- Ung the fire-aiarm boxes in perfect working order for some Gays. ‘The police patrol system Is en- rely out of order, and no attempt will be mad to repair tt until the nresalarm wires are ain In working order. ‘The firemen have bean ordered to take extra precautions, and are ready to respond toany fire ab a moment’s notice. Major Moore yesterday Issued en order to the meinbers of the police department tor them to act with the firemen, as far as possible, and render What assistance they can in caso of a fire. At all police stations not Within conventent reach of an engine-houso a mounted oflicer 1s detatied, ready to give the alarm in ease of fire, and suromion ihe nearest tire company tn case of a conttagration, ‘The poifceien on Uhe suréets Were notified that, in case'a fire should occur on their beat, they aré to notify the station or engine-house hearest the ler Went into effect yes. terday, aud will stand until the wires are again repaired, ‘ ON THs FIVER: ‘rhe water in the river is again rising, and at noon to-day it Was nearly three feet higher than it was at that hour yesterday. Most of tne boats which were in the mud. are floating to. day, but.a few of them were still out of water at noob. Tho Alexandria ferry-boats made a mp this morning and resumed their regular trips this afternoon at 1:30 O'clock. ‘The river 1s full of thin | cTippled as to its reports,” said the professor, “was. ew business when it | ELIASONS D.¢., WED storms. A center such as this 1s usually caused CASE, (-dewrand aaa gore aged neg pecarcongn een ‘The Trial of the Case in the Criminal snow. An ‘ocean current 1s always moist, and when Court—Testimony for the Defense, it strikes the shore and high land ty eweepe ap SE into the higher and. gives cloudy ~ Yesterday, in the Criminal Court, tho trial of in toward a enter from all the | Jas. C. Eltason was continued, He is indicted for Pas Che ha ARE gee CREE ERE | voting sections 7 and 0, TLS Cy ‘with which the storm moved to the north was Raving embezzled @ letter, and also with conceal- ducttve of unusual resulta, A vast of air | ing a letter. 5 jown from oe Mr. Jas, E. Bell, superintendent of the city fomercase: the fury of the stormn, ou sa stene | GeUvery of the ety post-office, and T. F, Shyrock, Professor continued, pointing to’ the map, “the | night clerk, testified to recetving the test or decoy ‘Storm Is probably”. letters, and placing them in the mall for the West ‘STL. Ricrxo Wits GuEAT FORT ‘Washington oMice. off the coast of New England. The ocean cur-| Thos. Troy, post-office inspector, testified that rents are driving in ata frightful rate ana the | he shadowed the college messenger when he had Rorthwest winds are coming with thetr quota of | received, the collexe mall, Dut, saw nothing sus. storm seems jous in the messenger’s actions from the time Increased asit went along the coast cafeer wate. | he got the mail unl bo delivered it. He went to ing Philadelphia It began to move more slowly, | the wn office with Smith and they entered and during the past twenty-four hoursdt has re: | &t separate doors. Eliason saw Smith enter and mined al stationary. This fact is perhaps | became greatly excited, and made a movement as the most abnormal feature of the storm, if to draw something from his pocket, but dropped MAKING PREDSOTIONS WrtmOUT D: bis hand on seeing the witness watching him, He a s cna kept a watch on him until Smith motioned wit- Although We have not reteived any reports | ness to bring him into the room Where Mrs, Bl Since Sunday from any of the statiogs north of j ford, the superintendent, was. ‘The Test of his Pittsburg, and none from other pladps on tyme, | CVidence was corroborative of Inspector Smith's, 2 ‘ 0 he prosecution was Yet we have not fatled to make full tions A Any tme.. We. are obliged by the rules of the ser. | Cobcltided the detense moved tor the discharge of the defendant on the ground that no case had been made, and that there was no proof that the decoy letters had ever lett the city post-ofice, ‘Justice Montgomery overruled the motion and an exception Wats noted. ‘The attorueys for the defense addressed the jury, and clatined they would prove the good character Of the defendant; that he did not take the decoy lettef, and they Would prove the party that ald take It; that Eliason tound the marked money tn the stainp drawer, and took it out to send to the city for theater tickets, and that the letter ad- dressed to Mrs. Shepherd defendant put in his Pocket madvertently While waltlog on customers at the delivery window, TESTIMONY TO-DAY. morning the trial was resumed and the de- fentants put on the stand Commissioner Wheat- Jey and F. W. Jones as to the good character of the accused, Mrs, H. W. Blackford testified that she was the superintendent of the Georgetown office; that the stamp drawer was not altogether In chatge of de- fendant; that while defendant was responsible for the reception of the mall, the earrters performed some clerical work; that’ Mr, Appler, & carrie Was In the habit ‘of recetving the éarly ma: Sho Was quiie sure that Mr. Eliason did NOt recelve the mall on the morning of No- vember 9 Witness described tue ‘duinping Of the Mali, sorting 1U On a table, the Placing of the college mall in the epllege box, dc. ‘There were Sofne persons in the office who did not assort the inall, Among them Mosely, the Janitor, He, how- ever, did some stamping.” Mr. Ellason was held Tesponsible for the stamp drawer, but he was sometimes absent and others went tot. Witness vice tominke three predictions each twenty-four hours, and we have managed to do this through- out the present dearth of data. We were enabled to doit by our maps made up from Fri- day's and Saturday's reports, which showed Usthe general state of things throughout the country. So we managed to make, With our knowledge of What had happened, a ‘calculation as to what would happen. WHAT FOOLED THE WEATHER PROPHETS. “twas a long risk to take, but Iam sure that ‘We have not fatled in our prediction, White we did not foresee the Intensity of thts blizzard we ave warntog of the storm in the South, ‘The ele. ment that fooled us Was the ocean Winds, about which We never have any warning. “THE ONLY OTHER TIERS @. t Ican remember the service to have been So in 1872, but even the th nearly every source of communication ent off, we did not fall to cover all of the ground,” At this point an assistant brought in some cipher dispatches from Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, and Rochest; ind the pi “or stepped aside in order that they might be entered op the map, They were about twelve hours late, and showed that the wind fs still blowing frem ‘the northwest al a sligbtiy lower rat “I noticed in yesterday's & ” continued the profes 1 allusion to the rivalry between THE CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICERS OF THE BUREAU, vow that isell wrong. The idea that Dunwoody ‘h; we would never think of it, Of course a sufficient force See others may put us in such a position that we ma At G or G:15 O'lock; the defendant opposed, Dut the theught of say personel | came at 6:45 o'clock, and the college mes- tition Nas ever occurred to we.) Why, tho | Senger, received is ‘malt’ about 8 oF theritselt laughs atit, Now, for the iret | 8:30 o'clock, Stamps were not sold prior of this month we had the most Deauutul | 10 the arrival of defendant or herself. even weather, concerning Which almost any one sent to Washington at 6, 9, UL:45 a.tn. could have made accurate predictions, but the last 0 pn. Mr. Eliason was responsible tor few day: brought a combination of elements | tie drawer to the amount of $36, and he may have alts AVOF OF A TRANSTER OF THE SERVICE to a etvil basis rests upon enthely different sronnds than that of personal or individual accu. racy. ‘The fact of being shut off from our stations for a few days has not in reality sertously affected % defy interpretation, | "ed money from it. ‘On cross-exatnination witness sald it was Mr. Ellason’s duty to place the college mall in tne box, but {t was sometimes done by others. The carriers are due at 6:45 o'clock and they isually leave before or at 8 o'clock, before the messenger from the college arrives. Mr, Ellason had no con- trol of the mouey-order drawer, butt had access to ‘The argument wad en - 2 if, and thisdrawer wassometines short. ‘The morn- Say Rent Taat Prediction. You ade we know s0 URUle | Ing or uno arrest tho statu drawer was fome, E15 are, and inust be, ignorant, that the. parcial with. | SBCrt. Witness opeaed the registered porfeh about 7:10 o'clock that morning and Went Lo breakfast returning about o'clock. W that the # o'clock mall hait be Inspectors caine to the offic the Shepherd Lette lett at 1 and put it in the Washington by Spector Smith came tn the Was! not been ied mp, drawal of our sinalt knowledge fora short time eaunot make mnuch diterence, Of course Ido not Say Uial We could keep tt up for any of time, but with an accurate imap to begin on We might come to time for three or four dass Without returns, We aro utterly Ignorant of what Js going on to Lie eastor us, and overhead, and in the present condition of tings we have ‘to take very long chances, FROSTS I THE SOUTH. “We have heard nothing from the South, but we ington bundle wad and Mr. kilason was looking ‘own matl for which the messenger ower, clvil engineer, testifed to the know that Uhere must have been very heavy frosts | CoFfectuess of a diagram of the Georgetown post~ in Northern Florida and Georgia, which have done | °M¢% Suikdbas atieeaae: erat damage tothe crops, Out depatches.come | me getenaant tank the stand and testified that Fules of the service, to send no. ‘ations, he was forty-nine yearsof age, and had lived ia Georgetown all his life excepting one and a halt Years; Went in the office as a carrier In 1878; Was promoted to a clerkship tn six montus; was the only clerk, Mrs, Blackford was superintendent with four carriers, Chas. Mosely, the janitor and himself employed in the oMice.” On November 9, witness sald the fisst mall Was received about ¢ o'clock by Mr. Appier, « carrier. He was due at 6:45 and usuaily found the mai! had been dumped out. Was quite sure on November 9 he found Ap- pler and Wilson there. ‘There was a rush to get he matt out. ‘The second mail was recéived at ore Uban the bare © ised to permit send in other information, but stopped, th the Interest of écon- 1 ubiletpate that the northwest nue to come down upon us for Ume yet, following up the end of the storm, and so We cubnot expect much warmer Weather for twenty-four hours at least. "It may e slightly Warmer in the morning. ‘The lowest temperature r St night was 13 degrees,” Capitol Topics, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC BUILDING. Acommunication from the postmaster at San Francisco was laid before the House to-day repre- senting the present necessity for a public building in that city for the accommodation of the powt- office and other branches of the Government ser- vice in that city. He, in substance, repeats the recommendation of Uhé board which’ has already reported on that subject, that an appropriation of $800,000 be made for the’ site and building, THE INGALLS-BLACKBUEN DERATE. There has been a good deal of speculation since the return of Senator Vest as to whether or hot he Proposed replying to the recent speech of Senator a ued has omy, 1p winds wilt orded here that on bis arrival he went Tuail In boxes, taen took the he had been instructed to ex. complaints, Witness received It n sorted and took it to Mrs. Black- ford’s table laid the letters down, examined the backs; did not notice that any of them had been tampered with, and Mrs, Blackford to look over, anid went about other duties attending the delivering of letters and stamping up the letters as they catue in, Witness desiring (o go to the theacer that night went to the stainp drawer and took four $1 notes out and Went out of the office to a grocery store and bought some meat for chicken feed, but returned college mail w' amine becanse ¢ after it had be Ingalls, In reply toa question by a Star repot An a Tew minutes to meet the 10:30 o'clock mail, Me Vest sald otiad ne hie of making any reply, | Then went to work on that wail, and then the ‘The demoe Senators generally say they are | Tenleyto mall came In, and’ a short ume delighted with the present status of that debate, | after that tw lers "caine An, Witness and Unat It witl not beenlarged by them. They think | SAW Mr. ‘Troy when he came in on a rush and re- wor Blackburn's reply to Mr. Ingalls was ail | Marked to witness, “Hard ac it.” Witness went to + ‘sald, and Some of. the cait | Work, Dut Troy kept watching hizn, In about ten Tees LE paREEIEA Ee ford said Uhat Mr. Statth wanted Blackburn speeches together, with, in her room, and went in. Mr. the iniention of distributing the pamphlet as a Thad mailed a letter to the George- campaign document. town init, and asked if witness {bad tt. Af, anid Stnith asked him to MR. SIUBBS NOT LONG OUT OF A Jon. ‘The Sawyer-Maun Electric Lighting Co,, which Js putting in the plant to light the Senate wing, has employed Mr. Stubb, the engineer who was deprived of his place in the Senate engive-room yesterday. ‘The superintendent of the electric company happened to be In the elty looking after the erection of the machinery in the te wing, and 23 soon as he heard of the dls- jnissal Of Stuhbs he employed hin tw take charge of Their engines in the Capitol. CLAIMS UNDER THE RIGHT-NOUR LAW. In answer to the House resolution calling for in- formation as to the amount of ciaims of employes under the elght-hour law, the Postmaster-General Says that owing to the fact that the classes of em- Ployes named in the resolution ure employed aU annual salarfes,- no record has been kept of the’ number of hours Of service rendered each day. Mail laborers in the Departinent are working an ‘average of ten hours per day, and tn some post-oftces tuey are obliged \o perform twelve houry service out of the twenty- four. He belteves that $175,000 would pay for the extra servies of Taborers’ and mechanles in the Post-onice Department, exclusive of the claims of laborers 1n post-oMices Lhroughout th+ country, show ‘what he had in his pockets and ne did so; his pocket-book and money ‘and the letter. Mr. Sintth identified the notes and sald, “Here it 1s; You might as well own up.” Mr. Smith then came back with another note, saying he had got it from the stamp drawer. Mr, Smith left Mr. Troy, remaining for abont an hour, when witness Was taken beiore Commis- sioner Mills and gave bail, He regarded the stamp drawer as his, for he was responsible tor It believed that” Mrs, Blacktord tried to prevent others using it, but he knew that stamps were sold from It in the evening. ‘The drawer had been a source of troubie to hin because of the shorts, and he had taken some of the money out and put AU in anouher place, Mr. Smith made an inventory of the contents, wh other drawer, footed Said if the 0" up about $kk Witness ell letter “was in the Mail it must have passed tnrowgh his hands, but hhe had no recotlection ot 1. He did not open ‘that or any other letter at that Or any other ue, Wit. ‘ness Certainly did not open the letter, but got the iu the manner be stated from tke stamp drawer. Somettines white sorting the mail he would be called to the window. He would keep them tn his hand and tf the call Was for stamps he would lay them down or put them in his pocket, He had Just attended a call at the EXPENSES OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS REVENUE. | Window When Mr. ‘Troy came in, ‘Tuts letter » Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted | Was Intended for the Wasbington mail, Hie tothe House estimates for the cost of collecting | Gd, not take the | money, | nor did he uve the letter tor the purpose of detalutng it, ELIASON CROSS-EX AMINED. On cross-cxatnination witness sald when he got tothe omce on November ® Appler and Wilson were there; he did not Know on what table the fall was, but was certain the mail was in the office. Witness, With the four carriers, assorted 1b An thé box. Witness would not say Who took the letter or pit the money th the drawer. Witness Fopeated that the letter to, Mrs. Shepherd was in i$ hand When calied to the box. Witness was directed to take I, and asked ir it did not have money tn it, He answered that it felt like it had AN enclosure. He reiterated that tt Was an acct. Gene that he put the lett in bls pocket; and said ¢ took the money from the stamp drawer intend. ing to buy theater tickets, thinking that he bad ‘About that ainount over. ‘@his closed defendant's case. ‘TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL. In rebuttal, Mr. Arthur M. appler was called, Ss And testified that Mr. Ellason cut the string of the RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER.—The following | bundle, as was his duty; that the letters were were thereadings at the signal Office to-day: 7's | stamped by Mr, Hudson, aud they all went to as. in, 16; 2 p. in., 33; maxinum, 34; minimum, 13, "| sorting. Witness had no access vo the stamp — = — drawer and put no money In it, : MARRIAGE LICENSES. Neenses have tion witni Laamaeet Lamon. — Miatiowe, Eeteies ‘On cross-examination witness sald he usually customs revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, aggregating $4,605,203, Of this amount $5,219,618 Is for salaries and $1,676,585 for miscel. nus liems. ‘The expenses at ‘tle port ot New Zork, ag shown by the table, are estimated at 2163 NOTES, . A subcommittee of the Hoase public lands com. mittee t began the formulation of a general Dili to de jettuire Of all unearned railroad land grant: iu the Senate to-day a Dill was introduced to grant a pension to Jos, McGuckin, Who has been Jor years messenger In the office of the secretary of the Senate, ‘The Secretary of the Treasury to-day-transmtt- ted to the House an estimate for an appropriation ‘of $10,000 for the establishment of a ight at Glad. stone Haroor, Mich, Senator Evarts addressed the Senate ino fon to the nndervaluation bill as reported Senate, the tloating ice and snow, and the ferry-boats expe. ricnced some trouble’ on their iirst trip. There 13.al90 8 quantity of deift-wood in. the river which has m from the wharves and other Places. No word has yet been received from the Steamer Jane Moseley, which left here Sunday afternooa for Norfolk. 'The steamer Mattano left here Sunday morning for the lower river land. ings, and was due here yesterday, but nothing has yet from her. The steamer Wakerela left here Monday morning ‘and 13 also overdue, ‘Representatives of the steamboat companies en- tertain no fears for their safety. ‘They think that {the captains found the storm too heavy to pass through and that Unb boats are ted. up at sone Iv is expected that all river steamers Will Tesume Ureir regular trips to-morrow. A dispatch from is, Ferry says that slush and ice are running both the Potomac and ‘Shenandoah rivers very thick. IX NBIGHBORING COUNTIES. Tn Prince ‘8 County, adjoining the Dis. trict, the storm About roads were ad a tor ‘y were Ed pletely blorked up A Talk with Prof, Abbe. ‘WE EXPLAINS THE PRESENT STORM AND TELIS HOW HE SUCCEEDED IX MAKING BUCH ACCURATR Pue- oe omar tersrenas ee: chart marked ‘this morning ‘with Diack and blue pencil a aavipenat feached the office half an hour before the mail ar- spare mei and ro. lc Jones; ee as pa that he Zeenmephered Ciath cay Shak Mr. 2 and. Watson; Oarroll M. Haw: | {i ing W ines and Mary “Geitiv Stoutend Rite out the seine whist Up S29 cary +, James: Lon that morning. Witness did not know that Brooks and Mary # Briscoe, of Boyd's ‘siation, | Malton that mo vray faced before Mrs. Biucktord; Ma. had had some difficulty with Mr. Eluson and Lt tirase we ed A a juror in | PAG been suspended oa a report by Mr. Ellason, ‘saw Ins tor Smith about 10:15 that mora- Cireuit Court No. 2, and told Biackford that Mr. Smith wanted Pa ore ‘see her, Jay Gould at St, Thomas. Redirect—The suspension was six years ago and New Yorx, March 14.—Jay Gould was at the | tt wasremitted; they were now on good tering, Island of St.Thomas yesterday. Alpheus W. Hudson, a carrier, testiied that a ‘Messrs. ana Wilson were at the office that A Bear Raid in Wall Street. Morning. Witness was asked What he had to say pAXEW NORE, March 14, noon.—After 11 lock the | about putting the money in the drawer and said F operators began raiding the market, makt Rew feigiand the ‘chief object of attack and-soos | Harrison Wilson, another carrier, testified that caused & decline therein of 1%. ‘The Fest of list also declined rapidly, stocks ‘unprotected, ‘The market ts now Weak at the day. Capt. Robert Crombie of the British ship Port Jackson, wnich recently sailed for Newcastle, New South Wales, related rather an extraordinary | Hi Story to some of hts friends during his #tay in this ‘port on his last trip, He says that the first trip Bé rip — Out of Aberdeon: a gant pea ees Setore ashe ont was’ made, aid ‘Ex-Casarer Bary h, With Ue $10 in an-| WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP, ‘Tre Pexsacor.s.—Private advices received at the ‘Navy Department state that the U.S. S. Pensacola 48 now ready to he taken from the dry-dock. ‘OnERs have been sent to the commandant of the Mare Island navy-yard, Caltforhia, to dock the U. 8. Revenue Cutter Bear, and repair her bottom, Evading High Posinge. A CIRCULAR FROM POSTMASTER-GENERAL DICKINSON. Postmaster-General Dickinson has issnede ctr- cular to postmasters, in which he says that satis- factory evidence having een presented to the De- partment that certain dealers in the United States are shipping their goods to agents in Canada to be mailed there addressed to persons in this coun- try, with the intent to evada the rate postage appticable to said goods in the domest mails of the United States, the postmasters are directed to rate Up postage on sald packages matied and addressed for delivery 1a this country, which bear indications upon their covers that they were sont Uy dealers in the United States or thelr agents in Canada, This order ts specially direct ust the dealers in seed who have sought to avail themeelves of the lower postage under the recent parcel-post treaty as compared With the postage rates in this country. Latest Army Orders. CHANGES OF STATIONS OF ENGINEER OFFICERS, EN. First Lient. Wim. D. Crosby, assistant surgeon, has been granted two months’ leave of absence. First Lieut. Jno H, H. Peshine, 13th in- fantry, having been found tncapacitated for active servies, has been granted leave of absence’ until further orden Lient, Col, Aired Mordecai, Ontnance Depart- ment, has been detailed as a member of the Army reuring board at rnor's Island, vico Maj Gea. Jonn M. Schotield, relieved, ‘The following changes have been ordered in the stations of envineer oMicers: Maj. Louis C. Over- man ordered as cnytneet of the fenth lght-house district, relieving Maj. Saim'l M. Manstichd, who Will relieve Capt, Dantel W. Loekwood of the river and barbor Works under his charge. Capt. Lockwood is ordered to duty as Instructor of practical military engineering at the Military Academy, relieving Capt. Phillp M, Price, wie 13 ordered t duty in office of Une chief of engineers at Washington rstiall, ordered Lo, relieve Major‘ s engineer oMicer of tue division of t 3 Major Hansbury ordered to take station at’ Portland, Orego relieving Cani. Chas. F. Powell, Who 18 dxdered duty at’ Mempuis, Tenm., relieving Capt. Wnt, Kossell Of his dulles tn conneotion With the MIs: sissippl River uprovement, The Baby Had a Carbuncle. i BUT THE JUNE THOVGHT If COULD BE TAKEN CARE | OF AS WELL IN JAIL. AS IN A HOSPITAL. | Lulu Ward, colored, against whom a charge of perjury 1s pending, was brought up from Jail to- day to the Police Court, but owmg to the absence of witnesses the Case Was again continued. Lulu had tn her armsa young baby, to whom the Judge attention had been called by the matron of the jail and by Dr, MeWillfams, ‘Phe child, it appears, has a carbuncie on one or its legs, and Dr. MeWill: jams suggested that it be sent Loa hospital, Mr, Shepperd sald Dr. McWilliams always liked to « | rid of troublesome cases, "The Judge thought the child couid be as well cared forin Jail as it could in any hospital, ‘The mother did not desire to part with the ehild, and hotn were sent. back in the dock, ‘The mother's sister went. With her, and a lawyer Was also in the dock talking to on’ of his clients. The door was locket and 211 were made prisoners until they were brought out by order of Une judge ane Identitied, —— From Rockville. PARTICULATS OF TRE BLIZZARD IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY—RUSINESS ENTIMELY 8USPENDED—4 TOWN IMPROVEMENT—OPENING OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. Correspondence of Tar EVENING S141 ROCKVILLE, March 1d, 1888. ‘The terrific storm witch commenced her Sunday last has raged continuously up to this time, and from reporis received from several points has been destructive to a large amount of proper- ty, besides causing an almost total suspension of | Dusiness of all Kinds, AIL the country roads lead ing to this place have been rendered impassabie | vy heavy snow drifts, at some places being 15 to | 20 feet deep, But one mail, except those coming by railroad, has been received, that from Brooke- ville, and in that case the mf carrier, Mr. Perry Connell, Was obliged to leave the public roads and make his way through the farms along his route. ‘The stores and streets of the town look deserted, and bitt few persons are seen ou the streets except those Whose business compels. them to come and £0 to the trains, ‘The Orphans’ Court was tu ses- sion yesterday, but did ho blisiness on account of the absence of persons from other parts of the county, Who were compelled to retnain at home on account of the iinpassable condition of the roads, No stich Storm has visited this section at this time of year during the life of our oldest Inhabitants, ‘The Mareh term of the Circuit Court for this county will commence here oh Monday next. ‘term will probably iast for several weeks, as there | are & number of persons In Jall accused of various offenses, many out on ball and a large number of civil caSes to be tried. Judge Vinson has drawn the names of the following (persons to serve as Jurors in place of a stullar number heretofore drawn, but who have been excused: Fraterick Stabler, Chas, H. Brooke, Wim, Vaidenar, N. J. Burdetie, Perry Snowden, J, W. McFarland, Tos Marshall, Jos, Stabler. Commodore Badger, U. 8. N,, who some time ago urchased the residence and grounds of the late | William Brewer, at this place, has contracted with | Mr. J. B. Edmonson, carpenter, to remodel the dwelling-house and erect several additional build~ ings on the place, one of Which has been com. | pleted, Workvon the dwelling-house will be cot. menced as soon as the weather Will permit, and When completed ft will be one of te handsomest | houses in the county. Measles are prevailing Shere at present, both among adults and children, and several families have quite a number of cases They have as yet assutued a mild form, abd no deaths are reported, During a fight over a game of billiards at the rcoran Hotel, this place, last evening, the pro- rietor of the ‘house Was’ severely handled, and ad his face considerably cut and an eye put in mourning. NAM —.--- For the Poor. sends $10 to Tae Stan ffor th poor of te-city; Jennie and Scotente D., $1; Lit- Ue Besse B, #1; F. Pilling, send $15 anonymously for the police poor fund to bo appropriated in the ltuits of the old frst ward; $10; Exaployes of C. “Capitol Hill” 3 Mrs, Lewis, 35; EL. B., $10, ‘ands ad family, € a; and N L. mery, genera! secretary of t Associated Charities, acknowledges the receipt » follow- Ing contrivutions: IL W. Comin, $5; eash through Bartlett, $10: ee, $253 cus irs. Judge Shei Peterson, €2.15; aduitional contrivuth DISTRICT MILITIA BILL. Under Consideration iu the House of Representatives this Afternoon, At the deginning of the second hour in the House | of Mepresentatives, at 12:55 o'clock today, Mr. McAdoo called up the District militia bill as un- Anished business, THE JURY EXEMPTION CLAUER STRICKEN OCF, | Wreek on the Pennsytvania Raftrend, TWo MEN KILLED NEAK NUNTINGDON. A fatal wreck occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Nigger Cut, four miles east of Hum tingdon, Pa, about 4 o'clock Monday morning, 0 which Engineer Robert Gardner and Fireman Charles Moyer lest their Ives, A long train ot coke cars was going east, running ata high rate of Spend, when tho axle of one of the care Broke, | » west-bound Mr. Blount stated that atter consuitation with | UFOWIng It directiy across he weel-powed Nes ‘the committee, it had been decided to strike wut | with the forward part ol the tray for aditance the entire clause exempting militia men from | of haifa mile betore he realized Uhat he had lost Jury duty. The concluston tad been reached that | part ot ! mst at that ‘pt the second se Mt would net do to exemp% so many good citizens | Hon ot No. Western, exyress, commen of, 0 from jury duty tn the Msiriet, | Slam, came along, Printing at the Fate Of frets The House agreed to have this clanse stricken | nifles au "hour, and the trainmen could te out. ‘The reading of the bill was then ‘intshe Warned or the trata stopped, tt had dashed inte | the Meratiod car Iving upou the LACKS, engine was a complete Wreck, baling stIppet MN. BLOUNT'S ORJECTIONS TO THE PILt. cab, smokestack, and everything exoept th Mr, Blount then moved to strike out the ing-Wheele Ture" of tne SleepiMg Cars Wer word to give him an opportuaity to explain to the | DAdl¥ damaged, Uh ach bering decal. Howe Lis views of te measure, He read ana | THOnMRiCeT of ben criticised vartons clauses of U im a | wedged between the rand the tender of the general way that u 1 locoMOLINE, WICK The Drass cocks on permitted to remain as th. F sunk deep inte che flesh, apd the foo Puticulariy tothe Gove hd auaie slowly burBing ag the hot beller eing used, and to the two hours oud a half he stood thus, with ane bodies of men not. belon; hand upow Ube lever, 18 the postion he was in Wi marching through the stree Farms jthe crash came; "yet, though suffering the Mr. MeAdoo awed to the House that tuis | jnost horrible oy,” the brave man stood bill District militia | tucre, utee ho. cry groan, but bt {upon about the x aquiry was for the welfare ot ponusy 2 tne pass . " clause restricting \ ouistite zations tra | LT suppose ms marching through the stree Imly and tol ask Ube Mouse to str Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsyiva of the bill was not Lo put compact body. This was t the Dill. He pratsed U 2 sald the purpos? was to this mllitia FORMAL AMENDMENTS, Mr. Steele offered some format amendroy Which Were not objected to, substituting hate” for “appoint a bere Mestand it mach longer.” «halt another ng earried int Geath of tits Gen, Wheeler, and Mr. Iieckinbridge, @f Ken- | grow tucky, spoke in'tavor 2 Objection was to the pay i to take s provided for the si — ‘This, 1 Was shown, Was usa ta, anit ary to proper Mr. Bi at the only question was | whethe this House Wanted the Distri militia organized so as to be ¢ ’ ANOTHER ORECT Mr. Bram objected to the power to citizens to serve tn the militia, BAND-HON SOLMERE. Mr. Blount said that the people ought not he calied on to pay expenses of the band-box soldier made up of a lot of dudes ta the District, He breadth } is about #75, The Lost wissiwo xe ep BY RRCALA COTRANT MRS. AMICON. thougut the Government ought not topay for their 5 —_ “ horses when they Want to prance about. He fa postal tros eland, March a2: Joie Vored “real soldiers ; sing heiress, rather than reves Messrs, Blount and Wheeler hod a tilt as to re wky Mes Ammon went ta he Atat ma militta was wel nea forty.gwo Mays, was amen. fended the Alabana men. duced tn lay. Miss Pfonm ts he had not been ty Years of age, Be ot alton Mr, Breeiinr! gave no one a chane had been talking tae Jaugh at his © Mr. Blount hat the gentleman As Mr, Blount 1s caused a | swereat ¥ referred conten speuistug of then ta sty all consamed, nearly nino? edunan x n minutes Mit. BLOUNT'S OFIECTION CARRIES Mr, Blount objected ai bill going over as un Just be ing outside Streets ui Mr. Moa when cours < Neri Sawyer, ine, Mi vino is Low ati Prixoners Plogued te Deni OLE ALY Horr CONVICTS LN A report says Thal starting developments ha Just been bre ght at Coal Hill, one of tiv i Ing towns where the mines are wort by | “ convict labor, near Port Smith, Ark. A ne r su the courts Viet by the name ot W and, 1 nd further inquiry was flogged to ped the Mose Harvey, a white arred five years, had been kicked te de nays . viet whe ee ute ease tn vo] Pama purtONKD TS A MATER deed by Warden G#ford, and it * ~ that be was tn the havi! king | A sspectat trom Pin «hia, tars - the prisoners fizut. The body of Mari, exhumed and tue Draises and gaste indieated a violent death, It that a prison $ wi bene Dispateh Macca? this morning, Ue laysters, on accom: beyond the reach of parties are Kudorph Ht ploy of t more hort zens ot Coal Titi to hang Grafiord 9 racks, ited aud ture ova the prison ~ see Cut off Their Own Rations. DAKOTA NORWEGIANS ustom thats Avery funny st: Falls, Dak., just now: city, @ fact that some of the Norweg.aus who Vocated the reform cannot as yet fully ¢ hend. Those of Unt nationality who voted prohibition tast ere refused thelr regular quart of alcohol upon their visit to | this city on Monday, the date upon whieh Uke m regime went into effect, expressed a good dissatisfaction WIUR The pew orde hings. % Were under the Jmpression that the refusal ty rant county and ciLy Fetall License For the sale of | Hiquor would ¢ aleohel, | om APT | pyre a. Ho broke open | whe . even Were inclined to the belief that pro. ping her dead infant 1 hibition would give them free alrohel, and | jer wid r a therefore they worked for Tho sucress « had be rst measure early aud late, casting an aliost sola Norwegian vote agalust the Saloons in rural pre | eid hy Cinets, How ths idea xaited curreney ainoug Ue + jel a tok « foreign born agricul aral voters ls nol Tery clear Dut as the prohivitionists were about te only canvassers in the farming Mistricts, it Is Just pos sible U al stratyht delusion iu ue | reason of Tes undressed. No all had Une ape Te Save a Cent a POLE WHO OBsECTED TO OWNED, tsbure Pos’. | found floating in the Monongahela 2OLh street bridge, yesterday 1 ing, Was fdentified at Morrow's m W: a Polander. nized by Vincent Schultz, who on the night he was drow Schultz stated that on the night of J he and Koreversky had been driuking Uns side Of tue river, Tuey started ser 10th street bridge, audon Une way over sald that he Was not tm ti or as he always climbed down au iro on the river bank aud went up tarou Of Oliver Brothers’ mill, Schultz re with him and wanted to pay bis U Said; “Tl goto——herore L pay # cen SRIDGE TOLL POUND with the man tne ger ps Witte that this season, ‘The A srreparably hanee Whee s rod on a pier A footwaik. uf by ‘ork avenue Presbyterian church, $97. additional through The £: E. M. Heaton, $5; J. A. Dec $25 We ‘M, Trotter, 3 1, Pitkins, © thing trom.’ Mrs, elce, Miss Mr. Emery also says that the sacrifices made by many of our Weaithlest ladles in volunteering thelr services in visiting the homes of tke poor in such inclement Weather Is notable. Mag ae In Custody of the Marshal, ‘TAR CHARGE AGAINST ERNEST F. THOMAS. ‘This afternoon Ernest F. Thomas, the clerx in the city post-ofilce in charge of the periodicai and newspaper division, Who was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of misappropriating the fnnds of the post-oftice, a} before United States Commissioner ius, ahem at % dant. ‘The peared mei on a Geen Sem warrant charges on the oath 01 ot “ng. ton a violation of sectton 5497 of the Revised Statutes, the amouat being ¢185.38, Col. Cook sald that as the Warrant Wasa new one he desired @ continuance until To-morrow, in order that he have time to examine the charge, Ar, Corle cousented to a postponement and sald he would give notice that when the caso was called there would be an additional charge against the defendant. ‘The ease went over until afternoon. Mr. Archer, one of the Ithdrew from tne bond, and the defendant was ‘placed tn custody of the marshal, eee wer No Goats nt Kendall Green, ‘To the Editor of Tux Evexrse Sram: ‘Observing in your yesterday's paper that “Ken- dal! Green” was afilicted with the goat nuisance, I permission, through your columns, to correct pedis a prevalence of which serious an- ances are of frequent occurrence. The Savion of the term “Kenia Green’ co anindcduite portion of Northeast, Washington 1s entirely un- he elimbed over the railing hy the bridge and proceeded Lo des Tod which runs down the side of the pter. made a mista nd down the second tro! river, and, st by the iroa | He had tiabed Suave 4, : 1. On Murch 14, 1888, at Gc Mrs. Rawsox Not 70 BE x: nt imethy 4. td Ma from Chicago, Math #0 fair, Mrs, Rawson, changing her with comy Stiooting of hér husbstd, Banker Raw 0 ton of distriet atte: rntssad Trom Use eo A $200,000 Fe ar € Jast eventag live Was discovered in Ube paint shop of the Buckeye Buggy Company’s new six-story umbus, Obi, md, owing to high rr ng Was side Fridsy, March WO aes 3B 2 trends are teepectfuiy = MOLDSSITH, On March 13, 1888, nt 7 o'clock, MER MARIA: In the sichitieth Sear of tow eee dxintsh, cal will t ‘wind tuat prevailed, It was plain © fire department arrived that the Duly ‘and fora Lime it seemed that the whole a Place frm residence of her gon-in- faanea A. Marce-on, 41, Fourth, strcet mot % xd proceed Lo. Rte Sof Duidings ia a ‘Square must go, The occup: the vielnity began removing their goods The tunes bnd frifmds aro remjeeteully anv relight of the Chicago, 8t, Louls ana Pacitic | t° attend. ‘ Fs and’ the Rmots, Blonrtagton sad Western, alle | J HEATH. At Norful Xa. on Mowder, March 2d, road Hes, the Exchange Hotel butlaing and | 138%. Tdake place from Bt., Potsvoits Omurce the Ne Marbet House caught fire and were more | 9 Crcjoc ibureday. Friends are invited to or less, ‘The loss Ex thet uggy conany | Yond a eye ‘will reach "$140,000, and msn e Ps. On Turstay. Marcl ex Dputlatngs wall raise this up to $200,000, "rae buggy | na Anoth OLIVE oars a — yA compa: instirac 9,000, be"Wan, Me a jeDounid Sutuer, riggslter Sia Suieaigeesee ae avoR HEWITT AND TuE Inist Fiag.—A feature . " ofthe meting ot, our a) aidan Net | -2ORNCEO™, igMomten MA, a MR a York yesterday was thb resolution offered iy Al- | pielerk nm ANSE 1 wits of W met Divver calling upon Muyor Hicwitt tocalise | Thirdy-ous jars, me momth end tents dae tobe the pational and Irish Mags or the | “he: Prone bce “ia rend “No- is ME irene ‘on the city hall on St. Patrick's day. Thoreso- | noxthoast, ot pan. ivesati fread Hiton was wnasimousiy adopted. e goneral | of the Sanity reepecttuily Invited to artond, * belfef 1s that the mayor will not comply with the | LOELESE, On, Ts i March 13, 88K, ot 2 Fequest, By law his honor has ten Gaye .co deal | otolez asa Wed wife af John Lov lew, the the time 1. becomes ae. necessary to afix Signature thereto St. Pat- Fe hs 4-777 geen neal ‘Tick’s day Will be a thing of the past. See 4 THOMPSON. In Baltimore, March 11, ater nip BY HER Litte Sox.—In Montgomery anes, county, vas ten a mis | far aie E Saas Romane, aca oa sa iene avennene 1 24,1888 at 8.90 Shinutée twere was a, report Fesideuee of bis mother, 224 db dead to the floor, the ball Friday, at 3:30 p.m uhe center of the forehead — of the head. Prince ct Avena