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fe the verdict of all who take Ayers Pilla Paomypt and effective in their action, they leave ‘ne iil-effects, and may be administered to old or Young. Herbert Elwell, of East Saginaw, Mich, (ys: “I was a grest safferer from Constips- ton, Headache, and General Debility. My skin {vas yellow, and I had constant pain in my side and back. Other medicines failing, I took three exes of Ayer’s Pills andam cured.” “Iwas severely affiicted with Dyspepsia and Enlargement of the Liver, most of the time be tag unable to retain any solid food. Three boxes of Ayer's Pills cured me.”—Lucius Alexander, Marblehead, Mass. AYER'S PILLS, —- Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, Maes, nid by all Draggists Snd Dealers in Medicines, Gur Gane JOHANN HOFF MALT EXTRACT ‘The genuine has the signe: ron the neck of every bottle. All are tations, JOHANN, P, Berlin and Vienna, New York Of- fide 6 Barclay ot Ja3-tu,thas Sux Dunse Or A Camp CURED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES. ‘When six months old, the left hand of our little grandchild began to swell, and had every sppearance Ofa large boil. We poulticed it, but all to no purpose. About five months after it became a running sore. Soon other sores formed. He then had two of them on each hand, and as his blood became more and more impure it took less time for them to break out. A sore came on the chin, beneath the under lip, which was very of- fensive. His head was one solid scab, discharwing » great deal. This was his condition at twenty-two months old, when I undertook the care of him, his mother having died when he was s little more than a ‘Year old, of consumption (scrofula of course). Hecould ‘walk 8 little, but could not get up if he fell down, and could not move when in bed, having no use of his hands. I immediately commenced with the CUTI- CURA REMEDIES, using all freely, Quo gore after ‘nother healed, a bony matter — One ut be a these five deep ones just befoy Tyr wos bes wo} Btrong and healthy chil Romy 612 E. CPPS Satis ee RESOLVENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER RUG AND CHEMICAL CO., Boston, Mass. f9-Send for “How to Cure Skin Diseases.” “BABYS Skin and Scalp preserved and beautified by the use of CUTICURA SOAP. 418,19,21,22 Buroscus Coren. AFTER SPENDING TEN WINTERS SOUTH WAS CURED BY SCOTT'S EMULSION. a \ 140 CenTzr Sraxet, New Yorx, Jane 25, 1888. ‘Thewinter after the great fire in Chicago I con- tracted Bronchial affections, and since then have been Qpliged to spend nearly every winter south. Last No- ‘Yember was advised to try SCOTT'S EMULSION OF COD LIVEE OIL with HYPOPHOSPHITES, and to RY surprise was relieved st once, and by continuing its ‘Use three months was entirely cured, gained flesh and and was able to stand even the blizzard and Coven T. C. CHURCHILL, ool Sold by all Druzgists. F YOU ONCE TRY CARTERS LITTLE LIVER headache, biliouspess or constipation, ma will never be without them. They are purely Xesetuble’small'and easy to tae” Dou't forget this. We have the best FAILLE FRANCAISE at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2 and $2.50 that have ever been placed on aretail counter. Theyare 24 inches wide, and we ‘sk the most critical examination. CHINA SILKS in Evening Shades at 65c. FIGURED SATINS for fancy work, finest quality reduced to $1 per yard. Elegant Quality Evening Shades FAILLE FRAN- CAISE at 81. BROADCLOTHS, in the very newest shades, reduced from $1.50 to 1. FRENCH DRESS GOODS reduced from $1.50 to $1.25. FRENCH DRESS GOODS reduced from 81.25 to $1. Finest Quality SATINS reduced from $1 to 50c. ‘We have also reduced GAUZES, NETTS, ILLUSIONS to the most tempting prices Just opened, a lot of NEW HANDKERCHIEFS, ‘MUFFLERS, &c., at very reasonable prices. Finest quality. in Colored SILK VELVETS, re- @uced to $5. We have extra bargains in BLACK SILK VELVETS, 24 and 27 inches wide. TURKISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVERS. Just opened a large lot of the above handsome goods, ‘Which we offer from 85 to $25 each. Having a very large stock of California BLANKETS ‘we have made decided reductions. Extra Bargain in 1 to mateh, for 83.50; We have made our reductions before the Holidays, and offer decided bargains in SILKS, VELVETS, ‘DRESS GOODS, EVENING SILKS, GAUZES and NETTS. W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, as 919 Pa Ave. yy HY DON’T YOU TRY CARTER'SLITTLE LIVER Puls? rt for sic! = Tike ie eroded Be sos for sick headache N ow Reavy. HOLIDAY GOoDs. DECORATED POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, RICH CUT GLASS. FINE PLATED WARE. . PARLOR LAMPS, AND FANCY CHINA. ALL KINDS. FROM BEST FA‘ IN EU- BORE. OUK OWN IMPORTATION. SEVERAL PATTEENS DECORATED ENGLISH DINNER BETS, HALF PRICE. iver. ©. W. BEVERIDGE, No. 1000 PA. AVE. ¢ WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE SICK BEFORE Carter's Little Liver Pilis, but Fills, but get o vial at 2d EDITION. Lael eras ih Sl PENSIONS FOR ALL VETERANS. The Grand Army Thinks the Time Has Come to Grant Them. Cutcaao, Dec, 18.—Gen, Geo. 8. Merrill, of Boston; Gen. John 8. Kountz, of Toledo, Ohio, and Major John W. Burst, of Sycamore, Ill, the legislation of the Grand Army of the are in the city. They met first time since the grand encampment at St. Louis, and they will continue in session in the hope that the other members of the com- mittee will arrive. The committee will make py pa mein vom disabilities bill, as it is called, in the Fifty-first Congress. Gen. Merrill, the chairman, spoke confidently of success. “We have decided,” said he, “in of pat gy gd passage you desire’ “Tt le the only one we bey Pca until it is passed. The Grand Army the time has come when every soldier who served in the Union army should be pensioned. That, how- ever, is a secondary co! the bil- ity act having precedence. We believe there should be a per-diem pension law. Our aim is to take the old soldiers out of the almshouses and enable them to enjoy a little comfort in their old age.” oa about the veterans and the civil ser- vice’ “In the Fifty-first Congress we will endeavor to have amended that section of the statutes governing the civil service, and giving old soldiers the preference. The section, No. 1754, contains a permissive provision giving veterans the preference in all departments, but we want to have the provision made mandatory.” Mme. Dis Debar Released. 18.—Mme. Dis Debar, who imprisonment for swindling wyer Luther R. Marsh, was released from prison to-day, her term of ‘sentence having ex- pired. She looked as happy as ever. Radical Triumph in Servia. Bererave, Dec. 18.—The elections in Servia for members of the skuptchina have resulted in ike return of 450 radicals, 150 liberals and 2 Tressista, a Three Men Drowned. Tengvors, Oxr., Dec. 18.—Three men named Jol it >on, Oxks, and Dickey were drowned while 3 os to the American side of the river last tg sate ege Sae Dense Fog in England. Lowpon, Dee. 18.—A heavy fog is general in all parts of England. The thick weather caused adelay of two hours in the queen's departure from Windsor to Osborne this morn- ing. peneerenee se oeaeee The Siege of Londonderry. 178 BI-CENTENARY CELEBRATED TO-DAY WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM. Loxpox, Dec. 18.—The bi-centenary of the siege of Londonderry by the French forces under James III of England, was celebrated to-day with much enthusiasm, The mayor of poten § marched in procession to the ca- the |, the mayoress {remy to the city two new to replace those captured by the French, and a sermon appropriate to the oc- casion was preached. @ festivities to-night will include a display of fireworks, a ‘banquet and a ball. ee en Unprecedented Rise in the Connecticut. Hartrorp, Conn., Dec. 18.—The Connecticut river is rising more Lag | than ever before known—over 6 inches an hour. At 7 o'clock last evening it was7 feet above low-water mark -At 1 p.m. to-day it is 16 feet. ———— Shot His Persecutor Dead. ABRUTAL MONTANA STOCKMAN MEETS A PROPER FATE, : Bruixes, Mont., Dec. 18.—Wm. Houx, a stockman of Hawk eek, about fifty miles northeast of here, has for some time been en- amored of the wife of C. V. Strong. He had endeavored several times to induce her to leave her husband, es kill him, and upon two occasions pointing Winchester at him. On the morning of the 16th Houx re- newed his abuse and threatened the life of Strong, when the latter took his revolver and shot Houx through the heart, remarking, “You have had the drop on me jong enough; this time I have the best of it.” The coroner left yesterday for the scene of the tragedy. Almost Roasted Alive. THREE WORKMEN INJURED BY THE BLOWING OUT OF A FURNACE AT PITTSBURG WILL DIE. Prrrssure, Dec. 18.—The three workmen in- — be blowing out of furnace B at the dgar Thomson steel works last night will die. When the accident occurred they were stand- ing directly in front of the furnace, and the molten metal was thrown over their bodies, almost ing them alive. Their names are John Andersen, aged forty-two years; John Sullivan, aged thirty-five years, and a young H known only as “Big John.” The cause of the accident is not known. The dam- age will be heavy. ple Se Confederate Soldiers and Sailors. HOW THEY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR IN 6OUTR CABOLINA, Cotvmata, 8. C.. Dec. 18.—The senate yes- terday rejected the bill to establish a home for disabled confederate soldiers and sailors, and @ bill amending the present pension ws by limitjag the total amount to be paid out annually*to fifty thousand dollars. The bill provides that in each county a committee of five veterangwhall be annually selected by a mass meeting of their les. This com- mittee will select from the list of applicants such indigent and disabled veterans as they may deem worthy, and these will receive a pen- sion of sixty dollars per year, A Slanderer Shot. Lovrsvine, Dec. 18.—A\ ial from Nicholas- ville, Ky., save: A fatal ooting took place esterday morning on the farmof Leslie Cleve- boa five miles east of this place. Thomas M Kee, it is said, iad started the report that had been on intimate terms with one Shotwell’s wife. A man named Dickinson, who was work- ing for Shotwell, went to the house where Mc- Kee was stopping, called him out and shot him sh the right breast. The friends of Mc- Kee cl that Dickinson was hired by Shot- well to do the shooting. ———— To Prevent Disorders on the Isthmus. FRANCE WILL SEND ONE WARSHIP TO PANAMA AND AMERICA EXPECTED TO SEND TWO. Panis, Dec. 18.—Owing to fears that the Panama canal company’s difficulties may gi rise to disorders on the isthmus, the French government has decided to send & man-of-war to Colon to a ee. It is ex- pected that United States will- send two war ships to Colon. ——_.___ He is Sorry for it Now. f PEERS PREY i Aa f i yepedee it; i i i g& i He ut F 5 ell eH i é i E } i “E gE ; . s : E ! e i Z g i Fes : ESF i st £8 iG in time to fix upon the mittee the responsibili House to take it up. Had the democratic Se: ators continued in the course of easy indiffer- ence they at first adopted, this would have been accomplished with ease, But now they are standing between the House and the bill, and they are determined that the Dill shall not go through the Senate in an un- digested state. The Senate is now probably a little more than a fourth of the way through the bill, but practically all this progress was made before the democrats adopted their ener- getic policy of attack. Before they took up this policy about thirty- three or thirty four pages were gone over very rapidly. Since then not more mm seven or eight pages have been passed, and the pro- gress appears to be getting slower as they ad- vance. is it is that has led the republicans to the extraordinary efforts they are making. on will have to work night and day and dur- ing holiday week, and work all in harm get through with the bill. POLICY OF THE DEMOCRATS. It is well understood now that the demo- crate are not engaged in temporary obstruc- tion of the bill, but will continue their — policy until the last line is read. When ey were once aroused to the contest they took hold of it with a determination to acquit them- selves so as not to be subject again to the reproaches of their friends in the House. As goon with the bill those taking the lead, are availing themselves of every opportu- nity to broaden their grasp of the question. They are determined not to let the'bill go to the House for some tim yet. THE FIGHT WILL GO oN. The caucus action indicates that the republi- cans are not less in earnest, and, besides, upon the whole, they are better equipped for the contest than are the Senators on the other side. The fight will goon actively, and it is regarded as not unlikely that some of the ay ropriation bills will be seriously delayed byit eanwhile the House is making as rapic progress as possible with the appropriation bills, so as to relieve them of the Sg ope for an extra session and to make the show of being ready to consider the tariff bill whenever the Senate shall send it to them. A CONFERENCE PROBABLE. In the Senate, at 2:45p. m., at the suggestion of Mr. Morrill, further consideration of the caucus resolutions was unanimously postponed until to-morrow. A compromise of some kind is under consideration, and will probably be made. ony to they who are TROUBLES ON THE ISTHMUS. No U. S. Vessel Ordered to Colon, but One May be Sent There. At the Navy department this afternoon it was stated that while no vessel has yet been, ordered to Colon to protect American interests in case of possible troubles arising from the Panama canal complications, it is probable that a vessel will be sent there. A naval officer expressed himself as satisfied that the condition of things on the Isthmus was such that the resence of an American war ship would have a good effect, and it was further learned that it is usual for this country to have a ship stationed at Colon throughout the winter, that port being one of the most im- portant coaling stations on the coast. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, mee nhe, New Fock Stock: Market. following are the opening ant prices of tite to Corson and Macartney: 1410 F atrect Ht af 5 BS i eReane ae at be <c3) be pee “ Er Ss — ‘The Washington Stock Exchange. following changes from yesterday's quote- tions on ing Washingtes Suk Eachange tre noted asked. U.S. *4m, registered tes gies Water stocks, 7 1001 currency, 158 bid ance, 160 bid, 166 97 ‘pid. Gy Board Public Works, green, 88, Wi Brick Machine, 199% bid. sens stan Com] THE COLLECTOR OF HALIFAX ALLOWS AN AMER- | Chi ICAN FISHERMAN TO TRANSHIP HIS CARGO. Orrawa, Ont., Dec. 18.—The minister of cus- toms has received a from the collector at Halifax in which he states that the United States fishing schooner M. A. Bastow, Captain We on the 7th instant ld take several day to had a jiled if of fresh | 5 Rize EERE THE INAUGURATION. Chatrman Britton’s Mission to Indian- Report of Chief Bell of Its Operations For the Past Year. ‘The first annual report of Mr. John 8. Bell, ‘The House Committee Will Report the Resolution for an Investigation. The House District committee to-day took ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMING—THE INAU- | chief of the secret service division of the Treas- | up Mr. Taulbee’s resolution for an investiga- @URAL PARADE—SCENES aT MEADQUARTERS and talked with the callers that applied to Mr. Britton. sf e E: i E 3 A “CORN PALACE” TRAIN FROM THE ¥ A dispatch from Sioux City says the people of that place propose to come to the inaugura- tion in a corn palace train. Preparations are on foot to decorate @ train of ten coaches with corn in the ear, the designs tu be so arrange: and constructed that they will stand the trip. Already enough peo} in Iowa, Dakoga, and their intention of go- @ Buccess, INAUGURATION NOTES, Another flambeau club is coming to the in- auguration. The last one heard from is from Minneapolis, The er Hill republican club, Fairfax priergy OSS 150 strong, . W. Stewart, presi- dent, have applied for @ position in line. Thos, R. Rich, of Baltimore, has asked to have positions in line assigned for several sub- ordinate councils of the National Union league, Col. N, M. Smith, of the eighteenth : regi- ment of Pennsylvania national has through the public comfort committee rented cnet for his regiment at 612 and 614 17th stree’ ‘A delegation of the Harrison club, of Phila- delphia, Smith D. Cozens, president, visited headquarters this morning. The club will have 100 men in line, and a band of 25 pieces. —— THE TUNNEL INVESTIGATION. An Enormous Mass of Testimony Con- sidered by the Committee. The joint congressional committee now en- gaged in investigating the construction of the aqueduct tunnel is rapidly nearing the end of the receipt of an enormous mass of testimony. The committee has heard every witness who appeared before the military court of inquiry and a number of others in addition, and it has gone into the matter by a greater depth than ite military coadjutor. The report of the board of expert engineers is the only testimony of any importance that has to come in, and that is, in the opinion of the committee, THE MOST IMPORTANT EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. The committee will give a great deal of weight to that report, but it is already known that the majority is devidedly favorable to an abandonment of the present “hole in the ground,” and the construction of a surface aquedué& in which to carry the water that was to have been conveyed by the pepper-box tunnel, aoe aiaeaee of the ope tee = engineers have expresses ove of the plans which mado possible ap ties it of the present tunnel. For less money, they said, a surface aqueduct could have been constructed, and it would have been in every way BETTER SUITED FOR THE WORK than the underground tube now being investi- gated. They had suggested to the com- mittee that in case anything occurred in the tunnel which would necessitate its being emptied, the pumping operation would take snare month, during which period the water supply would, of course, be cut off. A surface jueduct would cost less, and any repairs that might have tobe made could be carried on wit heavy _— expense or serious th hots leaned ij ack eer] wi c ing” tent ie lining, point to a degree of “rottenness” in the c ion greater by far than any yet hinted at. The committee had a two-hours’ sessi morning and examined a couple of Not to be Exempt. THE COMMISSIONERS THINK HOTELS SHOULD PAY YOR THE EXCESS OF WATER USED. Tax Stap has heretofore referred to the bill recently introduced in the House of Represen- tatives, exenipting hotels from the provisions set forth in section 216 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia. The sec- lion is as follows: “The supply of water to all manufs i out inconvenience. ihe (eal shez Fee } i rf ae BAe Hs CH 5 H i £ iy ‘ury, shows that during the past year the agents tion into the District Commissioners’ method of the service caused the arrest of 407 persons | of purchasing school sites, and after some fur- for offenses against the laws governing coun- | ther discussion decided to report it favorably. terfeiting, &c. Of these, 146 persons were con- victed or plead guilty, 165 were discharged and or Sonia , aeibiting sadn te e by Competent authority, of by which may be struck, or in metal or any material, the similitude or likeness of the obverse or reverse side of coins current in the United States, DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. and increased enactment REAL ESTATE FOR CHRIST CHURCH. Senator Riddleberger introduced a bill yester- day “vesting in the vestry of Christ church, Washington parish, in the District of Colum- bia, all of the right. title and interest of the United States in and to square south of square 1092,” in this city. CAPITOL TOPICS. ‘MRS, ROBINSON WANTS HER RIGHTS, Senator Dawes to-day presented the mo- morial of Harriet H. Robinson, who most earnestly Petitions the Senate to remove her political bilities so that she maybe in- vested with full powers to exercise her right of self-government at the ballot-box, all state con- stitutions or statute laws tothe contrary not- withstanding. The petition and an accompany- ing bill were referred to the select committee on woman suffrage. THEY DO NOT LIKE THE NOMINATION. The republicans at the capitol, Senators and Representatives alike, are indignant at the nomination of Leon O. Bailey for U. S. attor- ney for the district of Indiana. He is said to have been the one most active in circulating | the campaign story of Mr. Harrison’s having said that $1 a day was enough for a working man, and is charged with political methods that render him especially objection- able to the republicans. There is a very gen- eral impression that the republican Senate will not only refuse to confirm him, but will make their position more emphatic by-a prompt rejection of the nomination. nator Turpee,"when approached reporter this noon, very emphatically re} either to acknow! ledge or dis- own any particular interest in Bailey's nomination. It is, however, generally under- stood that it was at the Senator's request that Mr. Bailey's name wassent in, a Star ‘NOTES. Senator y left for Indianapolis last night. The rit eg Bara as Afternoun, potvethey MoPhereon’s pro d amendment to the tariff bill to reduce the duty on car wheels and other manufactured steel articles. A bill iting a pension of $50 per month to the widow of the late Commander Samuel H. Baker was introduced in the Senate yester- day by Mr. Gray, and was referred to the com- mittee on pensions, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. A Patent has been issued to Arthur W. Har- rison fora pocket head rest and to George Hughes fora grinding and mixing mill. Both are residents of this Amono THE PrestpEnt’s CaLLeRrs to-day were Senators Call, Pasco, Plumb, Vest and Black- burn; Representatives Davidson, Johnston - C.), Sayers, with Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. alker, jr. (Texas), and Tracey, with Col. Jno. McEwen, superintendent Albany penitentiary; Mr. Anderson, assistant commissioner land — and Mr. Robert 8. Patterson, of Philadel- P Anuy Lxavesor Apsexce.—Post Chaplain Ino. 8. Seibold has been granted one month’s extension of leave. Second Lieut. Z. B. Vance, {, has been granted two months’ extension of leave. First Lieut. Frederick 8. Strong, ents artillery,has been granted three months’ leave. Prrsonat.—Mr. Walter E. Lindsay of this city, formerly editor of The Patentee, has re- ‘turned to Philadelphia and assumed editorial nt of the industrial j Iron,— Thomas W. Bradley of New York, W. F. Rock- | $23,525, wellof W. E. Hale of Conn. X. Ryan, J.F. Winslow and and Inspecto: York last night. —Winslow 8. Pierce and H. Grafton xy of New York, and T. H. Mont- gomery and Israel Morris of Philadelphia, aro at Wormley’ Sackville, late British , | minister here, has left London for where he will Before this action was taken Mr. Cox, who | ‘There were only some slight verbal changes made in the resolution. which is as follows: “Whereas it is stated in certain that the bia paid to and certain Sd ae” cae nang carla, coats e- erked or received by the vendees or own- ers of such property contrary to law, therefore, Resoteed, That the Speaker of the House of Re) tatives appoint a special committee of five members to investigate the matter, and Dif or other ma ering At any tine, by or otherwise; and that committee be farnithed s stenographer by assignment by the ‘er from the rol) of hers now in je employ of the House, and that they be "au. thorized to employ clock ot & compensation of $6 per day, to id out of the contingent fund of the House, and that said committee be authorized to sit during the sessions of the House and authorized to administer oaths and send for persons and papers. SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS REBATE. In addition to this the committee directed a | favorable report ppon the Senate bill to give » be | rebate to the owners of certain property against which thé full amount of cost for special improvements was assessed and col- lected. The bill was at first —- for the relief of St. Vincent's orphan asylum, but was amended by the Senate to make it general in its application. The report explains its purpose as follows: “That, according to reports of the officers of the District government, all the assessments of April 28, 182, with the exception of the one | Hi against the property of this asvlum (because upon the wrong book), were revised under the provisions of law by reducing them to one- third their amount. That the law which gov- erned the assessment for this work required that the cost of such work should be assessed in a reasonable proportion, not exceeding one- third of such cost, upon the property adjoining and to be specially benefited thereby; that this statute was overlooked or di inmaking certain special assessments; that in these cases the entire cost of the work was charged against the abutting property, and that sul jen the Commissioners decided that the law was ee to these cases also, and they direct- a reduction of the same to one-third of the cost of the work. In view of this law, and the action of the Commissioners thereunder, the committee is of opinion that the bill should be | T' of a general character.” The general bill is approved by the House committee. TEMPORARY TRACKS TO ACCOMMODATE INAUGURA- TION TRAVELERS. The committee approved, also, a bill per- mitting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com- pany to lay temporary tracks for use during the inauguration: First. Commencing at the east side of North Capitol street, and crossing said North Capitol street to D street, and down the bed of D street, occupying it with two tracks to its inter- section with New Jersey avenue. Second. Commencing at the south side of Massachusetts avenue, and extending in a southerly direction across E street, at or the building line into square 681, the pr of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, and running parallel with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company’s freight warehouse to North Capitol street. Third. To cross the unnamed street running north and south Ly a square 678, between F and G streets, with five tracks, being the ex- tension of the five tracks now in use in the southeast portion of square 678, with the privi- lege of closing this street to travel from Ist to the 6th of March, inclusive, DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. OMITTED .FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDULE. The Commissioners this morning gave a hearing to property-owners in the neighbor- hood of T street east from Vermont avenue to 6th street. It appears the street was included in the schedule for improvement, but has been struck out for some cause. The Commission- ers were not aware of the omission, and prom- ised to look into the matter, Among the prop- erty-owners Present were Messrs. Robinson, Carver, Capt. Pipes, Drs. Henderson and Nor- man. THE GEORGETOWN AND TENLEYTOWN RAILROAD BILL. The Commissioners have written to Senator Ingalls in reference to Senate bill 3674, amend- ing the charter of the gg mye and Tenley- town railroad company. They say that as it appears the road cannot be constructed along e route defined by its charter, and as it ap- pears to be much needed and asked for by the residents along the Tenleytown road, they are of the opinion that the proposed bill may be favorably considered provided the company keep the streets and roads over which their lines pass paved or in good order. Such a pro- vision is deemed advisable, as the carriageway of this road is but 32 feet in width, and from 14 to 16 feet of this space will be occupied by the tracks, CONTRACT FOR BUILDING A SCHOOL HOUSE AWARDED. Thomas & Driscoll were to-day awarded the contract for erecting the public school house at the corner of 28th and z BUILDING PERMITS were issued to-day as follows: W. K. Caw, two brick dwellings at 1914 and 1916 N street north- west, $20,000; J. W. Gray, three frame dwell- oe lots 64 and 65, Rosedale (county), MISCELLANEOUS, The Commissioners have written Chairman Hemphill that they are in favor of the passage of H.R. bill 1092, “For the relief of certain property in the District of Columbia,” and which proposes to assess all work done under contracts of the late board of Now | DY.8aid board after Feb: if} tty es a | brie’. TTT +} third the and issue to holders of liens affected thereby drawbacks receivable Spe. ment of general taxes due and unpaid June 30, 1888, for the amount of reduction. Edward Casey has written to the Commis- sioners protesting against the establishment of acoal-yardin square 28, and between New Ham; avenue and 25th street northwest. pete During the twenty-four hours ending at 2 o'clock this afternoon deaths were reported to the health office as follows: Caroline A. Hart, white, 3 years; George Hosier, white, 83 years; Jos. W. Downing, white, 15 years; Eliz. Oun- white, 68 years; Edw. Answer of the Medical College Author- ities to the Bill Filed Against Them. Before Judge Cox yesterday the case of St. Joseph's orphan asylum against the medical department of Georgetown university—bill to restrain the use of building on A street, be- BF BateE ance of the injunction, said that the court should make allowance for the doctors who were 80 used to odors that they could not per- ceive what would be perceived by a lai le an affidavit of Mrs. Dashiel, to the | effect that the odors had awakened her from her alesp, and could even be perceived im her - Hamilton commented on the fact that all the complaints come from women, and asked why their husbands did not join in this case. . Davis replied that they being more about their homes than their husbands were the ones to compiain. Mr. Hamilton continued, saying that women are always sensitive when in the proximity of the dead and imagine many things, and Judge Cox denied the restraining order, but gave complainants the right to renew the application after the expiration of ten his was to give the defendants an to show whether they can carry the di room on without to the = hood. The judge said that ‘there misunderstandings on both sides, It was ad- mitted by the that at one time there was cnees ot cena bx to stem ‘and there was ly some offense to it. The com- plainants, however, were shown to be wrong as to their assertion about fumes from “the burning of dead bodies, and also asto the will be unavoidably diffused. The very agita- tion of the subject would stimulate the im: nation somewhat, and after all there would a residuum that cannot be accounted for in that way. The evidence as to odors was somewhat weakened by the’ defendants’ affidavits tending to show that there were no unpleasant odors inside the building. In consideration of the large amount of capital invested by the col people in their building and school, and necessity of heavy bonds to make the injuno- tion effective, it seemed that at this time it would be proper to go no further until it can be demonstrated whether or not the respond- ents cannot conduct the business in such @ manner that it may not be offensive. ———— Real Estate Matters. John G. Slater has bought of Maria L. Craw- ford for $5,225, east half lot 4, square 13, and of M. M. Holland, the west half of same, for same amount, 100 by 110 feet, on northeast corner of M and 26th street northwest. B. H. Warner has bought of B. F. Gilbert, for $7,000, thirteen lots in Takoma pe Daniel McMurtrie, of Milton, Pa., has bought Browne, sub lot 18, between tis sie fot on sa 5 x feet on 11 Prand iniicataenctont streets, at a cost of | a-haif