Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1888, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. - DECEMBER 20, 1888. THE DISTRICT’S SURPLUS. The Proposition to Apply it to Paying Off the Water Debt. The proposition to pay the District's share of the water works’ debt with the surplus that has accumulated in the Treasury to the credit of the District has caused considerable discus- sion. Congress intended, at the time the ap- Propriations for extending the water supply were made, that the District's portion, one- half, should be paid by the water takers only. The act providing for the extension of the aqueduct directed that the District's share of the contemplated expenditure should be liqui- dated by the payment of twenty-five equal an- nual installments, to be paid from the revenues of the water department. It is argued that the proposition to abandon the plan of making the water-takers pay for the improvements in the service is not equitable. Appropriating the surplus revenues of the District to this ob- ject would practically be requiring the entire tax-paying population of the District to pay the debt. In conversation with a Star reporter on the subject the other day a government official, a financier, whose duties have brought him into most intimate relations with the money mat- ters of the District, sai “The total amount appropriated by the gov- nt for the increase of the water supply of the city of Washington is #2,570,279.30, one-half of which is to be refunded by the District in twenty-five annual installments, and 3 per cent ‘r annum paid upon the principal sum remain- oo unpaid. The amount appropriated for this Ze for the fiscal year of 1889 is 85,962.35, mention these facts to give point to what Iam going to say later. Complaint is now made of e water tax as excessive and burdensome, and the revenues are scarcely adequate tomee! the expenses of the water department. The total expense of increasing the water supply has not yet been determined, and mount more likely to increase than diminish. It would seem, therefore, that if any lus funds of the District could be appli to this debt it would be equivalent to in- vesting it at 3 per cent per annum, which would certainly be better than leaving FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. In an inverview with the pope Tuesday, Dr. Keane, rector of the Catholic University,handed to his holiness a collective letter, written in Latin, from the Catholic bi States, the pope for fo vor the su) e university scheme and that the work was making most sat progress. Hanlan says that William O'Connor can read- ily defeat Searle, the present Australian cham- Pp He has rowed against both men. The funeral of Prince Alexander, of Hesse, took place yesterday at Darmstadt. Queen Victoria, it is now authoritatively stated, has really effected retrenchment in her house- hold, involving a saving of $150,000 a year, of which, it is saic the Prince of ‘ales ia to have the benefit. A Saukim dispatch says a cavalary recon- naissance was made toward Handoub Wednes- day. The enemy's right redoubt, which was repaired Tuesday evening, was destroyed by the fire from a 64-pounder. The Chittagong Hill tribes have raided the lowlands and killed several persons. An ex- a consisting of 1,200 men has started rom Calcutta to punish them. The duchess of Cambridge is almost bent double from age and is quite bald, which, as she will never wear a cap, gives her a most curious appearance, The Italian chamber of deputies yesterday, by a vote of 118 to 51, adopted the ‘motion of Signor Saracco to expend 86,000,000 lire in mil- itary and railway improvements. Mile. Dumas is the president of an nssocia- tion of Protestant ladies who visit systemati- cally the women's prison of St. Lazare, in Paris, Some idea of Mlle. Dumas’ devotion in this good work may be gathered from the cir- cumstance that when she was eighty-two years of (she is now ninety-six), she learned Spanish, that she might speak of com- fort to a young Andalusian who did not under- stand French. The students of the Roman university have rebelled against the introduction of new rules. As a consequence lessons have been suspended and troops occupy the buildings. The Countess Costa was stabbed to death in carriage at Florence yesterday, by New President of the B. and O. ‘From the Baltimore American, to-day. Mr. Charles Frederick Mayer, the new presi- dent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com- pany, is a son of Lewis Mayer, who was one of the first men to develop the anthracite coal mer- consul-general. new Baltimore and Ohio was born in Pennsylvania, while his father and mother were temporarily living in that state. When quite a young man he became a clerk in the of his uncle, Frederick Koenig, who was one of the merchants of his beng in this city. — lor some on vessel Sy ness. He returned from Valparaiso after two years, and became the head of the firm his uncle founded. About 1864 he, in compan’ with Thomas and Joseph W. Jenkins an others, the coal company, . Va., afterward president, In March, 1877, he was elected president of the Consolidation Coal company, and also of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania rai company. He was elected president of the Susquehanna and Tidewater canal company a few years ago. In 1871 he established the firm of Mayer, Carroll & Co. to mine and ship coal, and sub- sequently became a partner of Mr. Henry G. Davis, under the firm name of Davis, Mayer &Co. This firm dissolved some time ago, and the two partners are now the heads of competing railroad and coal companies. Mr. Mayer is a director in a number of banking, steamship and other corporations. He married his cousin, Miss Susan Douglas Keim, mies of the late Hon. George May Keim, of Reading, Pa., in 1866. The Consoli- dation coal company of which Mr. Mayer has so long been the able and energetic president mines over 1,000,000 tons of coal a year, ani has a capital of over $10,000,000. It has its own iron steam colliers and wharves at Locust Point, Hoboken, and on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Cumberland and Georgetown. In personal appearance Mr. Mayer is about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and is and thin, though of a large frame, but he is all energy Hour Goons IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. 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This lus fand is not invested now; it issimply deposited in the Treasury without drawing a cent of in- terest, while the District owes a debt to the United States of over 1.000.000, which, by law, it cannot pay in less than’ twenty-two years from the present time, and which is all the time draw: interest at the rate of three and activity in movement. Over and over he has gone to Washington as the repre- tative of the soft coal interest to advocate a retention and fix the tariff on that mineral, and his able arguments and thoroughly pre- pared statistics have always had great weight with members of Congress. 923 F st. n.w., second floor, and 1310 8th at. n.w., bet. N and Osts. ILY DRESS SHIFLDS ARE THE BEST. MANU- jufactured by the Brooklyn Shield Co., Brooklyn, N. digssold by al <dry-g00ds houses in tl cay tain in the army, who then committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. ‘The lower house of the Austrian reichsrath esterday suspended trials by jury in fifteen judicial districts under the anarchist laws, weekly newspaper, it has issued a list of valuable ‘and useful premiums, given either to single sub | Seribers or club raisers, which will be sent, togeth- | or with a sample copy of the paper, free and post | paid to any address, or given to any one applying 1 NCH DYEING. SCOURING AND DRY CLEAN- ING ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 New York ave. d Gents’ work of every desc per cent. In view of the fact that the idle surplus is, or will soon be, sufficient to liqui- date this debt. and looking at the matter from # purely financial standpoint, I should say that the government has at present by far the be: end of this legislative bargain. If this sur- plus in the Treasury drew interest from the government things would be equalized, but as it stands, the best remedy, in my opinion, for this bad state of things is to apply the surplus to this oats, | debt. This would, of course, require a new law amending that pro- viding for the liquidation of the debt by an- nual installment. “The Commissioners of the District are ad- vocating a bill to abolish the water tax and providing for paying the expenses of the water partment from the general fund. If this bill should become a law it would accomplish in an indirect manner the object proposed by the amendment to the District appropriation bill. of applying the surplus to the payment of the water debt. The water debt would become a burden upon the whole ss population instead of upon the water-takers only. Complaint is made that the whole amount of the District revenues are not appropriated for improve- ments. but so long as they are not so appropri- ated it would seem to be wise to utilize the surplus in an economical manner.” In answer to the argument that the whole body of taxpayers should not, in equity, be made to pay for the benefits enjoyed by water-takers, it is claimed that the extension of the water-works system is an improvement to the District at large, and it should be paid for by the District. It is urged, too, that the water-takers being in a vast majority their interests should be re- garded as those of the community. ——.__ Rebuking an Indignity to the Flag. Some unknown parties on Tuesday night nailed a large United States flag, union down, to a telephoue pole in Macon, Ga., on one of the principal streets. Wednesday the attention of the officers of the United States court in ses- sion there was called to the matter. and the U. S. marshal, Hon. Lucius M. Lamar, after consul- tation with Judge Emery Speer, sent out his deputies, who removed the flag and ran it up over the United States building. Judge Speer strongly Teprobated the conduct of the persons who had placed this indignity on the national ensign, and said that such occurrences character to the southern people which they did not deserve. The incident created quite a sensation. All the officers of the court, inelud- ing the judge and marsbal, are ex-confederates. ooo Frene! mators Excited. 4A LIVELY DEBATE BETWEEN CHALLEMEL-LACOUR AND M. FLOQUET. ‘M. Challemel-Lacour caused a sensation in the French chamber yesterday by attacking radicalism, which, he said. was the main cause of existing evils, and which relentlessly pur- sued the old founders of the republic, and gave promises that were impossible to fulfill. France had abandoned the most glorious of monarchies, and was about to fall at the feet of the least of men. The cabinet’s duty was to check the movement toward the abyss but instead of doing this the cabinet was hastening the movement. It was time to return to a policy of good sense. The h created a sensation, and at its conclusion the senators arose and enthusiastic- ally cheered the orator. M. Leon Say moved that the speech be printed and posted in pub- lic places throughout the country. It was de- cided that M. Say’s motion should not be voted on until the next sitting. Premier Floquet remarked that the speech of M. Challemel-Lacour might be analyzed as sn act of repentance and good faith. Continuing, he said that he had not solicited the er which had been imposed upon him, but daring oifice he had tried to effect a concentration of the parties om the left. The cabinet’s policy had been wise and republican. M. Floquet at this point suddenly left the tribune. His action caused general astonishment. |. Say said he regretted the reply made by M. Floquet, and declared that the premier had not risen to the occasion. A great uproar thereupon ensued. M.Tolain defended the Policy of the min- istry, and contended that the whole evil was caused by the conservatives refusing to adhere to the republi M. Floquet announced that he would, if nec- SEN imtroduce new legisigtion to ‘combat the Boulangist danger. The house rose amid great excitement. ve a _ ~eee—_____ The Ball Split by His Skull. Combridge. Ma. Special to the Baltimore American, Frank Lankford, of Somerset county, died here last night from the effects of a Pistol shot wound in the skin, inflicted on Thanksgiving Day by Capt. Isaac Parks, of the bugeye Long- fellow, on which vessel Lankford was a hand. The reas bree: Place in the Choptank river, Bear coroner Sp scenesie nome Sere ere accidental, but = Parks was held until the Talbot county authorities are heard from, as os brain, and the patient Oped no 3; of brain ahys after the shooting. _ - eee Twetve Peasoxs Daowsep mx THE St. Law- meNce.—On Monday afternoon six named Viau, Laflamme, Michaud, Naud, Piche and Nudel, started from Boucheville SoS iaetae with Christmas producta. eee a Viau and tf é e devel- trouble until ten » Que. ice with teams loaded i Laflamme by their wives and each of The: The Hon. John F. Potter, who represented the first Wisconsin district in Congress prior to and during the early part of the war, and who, on account of his famous response to the chal- lenge of Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, came to be designated as ‘‘Bowie-Knife Potter,” still resi on his beautiful farm in Walworth coun- ty, Wis., on the banks of Potter's lake. Atrocities in Zanzibar. THE SULTAN ORDERS PRISONERS TO BE PUT TO DEATH IN A FRIGHTFUL MANNER. A dispatch from Zanzibar says that in pur- suance of the sultan’s orders four natives who were awaiting trial for murder were hor- ribly and cruelly executed in the streets of the town, their heads cut off and the bodies left where they had fallen, exposed and un- guarded, until the evening of the day of execu- tion. The sultan has also ordered that twenty- four prisoners. including one woman, who had been sentenced for life, be put to death in a similar manner during the next week, a few to be executed each day. The British consul has vainly —— against these atrocities. The sultan as proclaimed that in the future he will be guided by the Mohomedan laws. He has #towed the power of capital punishment on the local governors. SAVAGE INTER-TRIBAL WARFARE. News has been received of an outbreak be- tween the Arusha and Masai tribes. The for- mer tribe had enticed the Masai warriors into making a cow-lifting expedition, and —* their absence the y es raided the Masai settlement. massacred old men. women and children, and seized many of the younger wo- men for concubines. They also carried off 14,000 head of cattle. The Masai warriors re- turning from the expeditlon, and finding their homes devastated lamented for three days, and then commenced war against the Arushas, which will probably last for three years and result in the devastation of the country west of the Kilima-N} mountain. pansy es _seido ~ aa Alleged Outrages in Alaska. AGENTS WHO KESPECT NEITHER THE LAWS OF GOD Nok MAN. Several witnesses subpenaed by the House committee on the merchant marine and the fisheries to testify regarding the alleged out- rages in Alaska were on hand yesterday. Mr. William Gavitt, a special Treasury agent, testified to the general observance by the company of the provisions of its lease, but. he said, the company’sagents at the island in their conduct +t neither the laws of God nor man. ‘There was but one violation of law, however, while witness was at the island of St. George, and that was the closing of a school some days before it ought to have been closed, in direct 0} position to the ordersof witness. Thecompany’s ageats had furnished liquor to prostitutes on the island, not open!y, but inan underhandman- ner. The witness said the whole island was a place of prostitntion from one end to the other, and gave several instances regarding the charges of prostitution against the company’s agents, At one time 1 Mr. Kirk said he would whip any government officer who interfered with his business—meaning his business with women. Another case was that in which an agent of the company had declared he would break a — head if he refused to bring his wife to im, : 00, Miss Caldwell’s Man Servant. SHE SAYS HE SERVED NOTICE ON HER OF SUIT FOR HIS PAY BY TRICKERY. From the New York Tribune, To-day. James Finegan says he waa employed by Miss Mary Gwendolina Caldweil as her man servant, and that the agreement was that he should re- main with her at $45 a month and his board for one year from June 9, 1838. On October 16 he was discharged, and he has sued for his wages for the rest of the year, claiming $600. Miss Caldwell is wealthy and lives with her maid at the Fifth-avenue hotel. An application was made on her behalf yesterday to Judge Ehrlich, in the city court, to have the summons set aside on the ground that it was done by fraud and trickery. She says that her sister sailed for Europe a few days On the evening before her sister sailed word was brought to the de- fendant that a man from the steamship wished to see her. She received the supposed message in one of the parlors of the hotel. To her sur- prise he served her with the summons. She asserts that this was a trick to gain access to her, and says that she was not concealing her- self and could have been properly served at any time without resort to a subterfuge. An affidavit was made by Miss Caldwell’s lawyer to the effect that Finegan had pre iy called on her with a paper in his pocket. He pulled it out half-way and said he had a document that would “fix” her if she did not pey him what he demanded. He threatened er and tried to intimidate her, and delayed the service of the Loe 80 as to have it finally served by a trick. These statements were cor- roborated by her maid, Josephine Meller. Finegan denied that there was any trickery, and said that he had made repeated futile at- tempts to induce the servants to admit him to Miss Caldwell’s presence, so that he could serve her with the summons. He said that her law- Dad affidavit was lying all the way 6 Jui Ehrlich denied the age process server may a a sharp, but he was not a trespasser. While hi method of effecting service may not have been commendable, it was not i ——_—-eee. Women as Vi -A Boston New World says that it ered many women voted the st ueluding the school commit r the school committee py ec shtout: in- alone. ———+ee—____ Is It Death or a Trance? 4 PULSELESS, BREATHLESS BODY WHICH MYSTIFIES CANADIAN PHYSICIANS. Quebec Special to the N. Y. World Dec. 18. C. Morrissette, whose death or coma is the subject of so much interest here, is fifty-two years of age. He was in apparently good health until the early part of last week, when, complaining of a slight indisposition, he kept his room, but still attended to business, His partner, Mr. St. George, member of the Ca- nadian parliament for Port Neuf, entered the room on Thursday last and found Morrissette apparently dead in his chair. Having studied medicine, Mr. St. George practiced artificial respiration for half an hour, but without suc- cess. Everything was in readiness for the fu- neral yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, when the report was circulat that the interment had been postponed till Wednesday. The under- taker, hearse and mourners went away, and the basilica was divested of its emblems of mourning. ‘The family, it appears, had been surprised allalong at seeing no cl e in the appearance of the body, but they called in no doctor and drew no attention to the fact, expecting each day to see signs of decay. When at the hour appointed for the funeral the supposed corpse presented every appearance of the living body, the relatives deferred the obsequies and calied in a number of physicians, including Drs. Rin- fret, St. George, Lemieux, Verge and Bedard. The body was removed from its coftin and sub- jected to a minute examination. Not the slightest sign of rigor nor the least indication of approaching decomposition could be ob- served, and the eyes, which are open, retain their ordinary brightness. It was deemed necessary to try the usual experiments for de- termining whether or not life is extinc’ these having been resorted to, a majo: the doctors deci that death had done its work, They based this opinion on the fact that atropine, applied to the eye, failed to cause dilation of the pupil, and that the tight- ening of bandages around the extremities pro- duced no perceptible effect. Ammonia was applied to the abdomen on wadding and under a small glass cover without raising a blister. ‘This is considered conclusive by Dr. Verge and Dr. Ahern, both professors of Laval university. Others are still incredulous, however, and so bastiis eg the fear that the man may yet be burie ive that, no matter how unanimous the medical opinion on the matter may be. Mr. Morrissette’s relatives and friends are not likely to permit the interment to take place until de- composition has clearly set in. Asked to-night by the World correspondent to explain how the body of a man cut down in full health and vigor could remain four day after death without the least sign of frigidity or ie) sree of decomposition and with the eyes and skin as natural as in life, the doctors who set aside the trance theory said that Mo tissette’s habits of indulging in stimulants like . &c., would undoubtediy have had much to do in arresting bodily decay after death. Another medical man claims that if Morrissette be really dead, the period of his death was probably much later than hitherto supposed. Dr. Belleau, secretary of the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of this prov- ince and coroner of Quebec. while inclining to agree with the general consensus of medical opinion that Morrissette is really dead, ex- esses a desire to see the effect of an incision in an artery or an injection of spirits or strong tea, ——— -e0e0 The Loyal Legion. - A NEW COMMANDERY FORMED IN INDIANAPOLIS— GEN, HAYES’ ADDREES. Next to Senator Quay’s call upon Gen.Harrison the greatest interest in Indianapolis yesterday centered upon the formation of the new com- of the Loyal Legion, which was par- ted in by 350 visiting members of the order, and the meeting was presided over by ex-President Hayes, commander-in-chief. The commandery was duly created and organized by the election of the following officers: Com- mander, Major-Gen. Lew Wallace, of Cra: fordsville; senior vice-commander, Gen. R. 8, Foster, of Indianapolis; jumior vice-com- mander, Col. R. 8. Robertson, of Fort Wayne. When Gen. Harrison entered the room every man arose and the general was accorded a cor- dial greeting. Ex President Hayes eloquently traced the of the Loyal Legion and discussed ita objects, In the course of his speech he “It ia not, and it will not be, a political orga: zation. * * * The corner stone of the slave-holding system was the impious- dogma that might makes right. But the trail of this serpent is over all human society, and is found where the ae» int of a slave was never seen. * * * Therefore we would inculcate sympa- thy with manhood and respect for manhood wherever it is found.” ¢ Hoxmixo Evipence Acaixet Parnewi.—In- spector Andrews, of Scotland Yard, has been in Toronto, and claims to havo discovered some itch says: Inspec: is tor Shur, also of Scotland Yard, are ited States hunting evidence. 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Dressing Cases, Coliar amd Cuff Boxes, Odor and Shaving Cases, Smoking Sets, Work Baskets, Scrap Baskets of every de- scription, Brass and Leather Goods, Um- brellas, Furs, Table Linens, Towels, anda great variety of Novelties in Fancy Goods. Our stock of Plain and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Initial Handkerchiefs, in Silk and Linen, is unsurpassed. We show s Gentle- men’s Silk Initial Handkerchief at 50c. that cannot be matched at the price ; Silk and Lace Scarfs, Furni- ture Scarfs and Headrest, Kid and Fabric Gloves, Jew- elry, Pocketbooks, Card Cases, Satchels. Best made goods st very low prices, Ribbons of every shade and description. Our Cutlery Department is also very attrac- tive, Very fine razor-stee! Scissors from 20c. 101.75 Pocket Knives from 25c. to 84. Great bargains in every department, All goods guaranteed as represented. 719 MARKET SPACE, Corner Sth street, N. B.—Store open Evenings until the Holidays. al3 Tornaws Frise Learaer Houmar Goons. Unexcelled tor BEAUTY, QUALITY, AND UTILITY, And Varied Assortment in POCKETBOOKS, CARD-CASES, Plain and Silver Mounts, WRITING TABLETS, INK-STANDS, PHOTO CASES, LETTER CASES, BILL BOOKS, PURSES, MANICURE AND JEWEL CASES, Ivory, Gold, and Silver Mount RIDING AND COACH WHIPS, And Many Other Goods. ‘The Largest Stock in the City of Fine DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED STYLES. It Will Pay You to Examine Our Stock. class Ladiea’ an ae Plush, Velvet and Evening Dresses. ANTO) CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with A. Fischer and Maison Yriese, Paris. je2l-ly IN FISCHER'S DRY CLRANING ESTAB- LISHMENT AND DYE WOKKS, 906 G st. nw. * and ite’ Garments of ali kinds cleaned and Ladies’ Evening Dresses Pope's Creek 20am. and 4:40 p.m daily, except Sunday. For Annapolis, 7:20 and 9:00 am., 12:05 and 4:40 Rm dails,except Sunday. Suidays, 9:00 a m, ALEXA DRIA AND _FREDERICESBURG CROA! ue WAY, AND ALEXAN! ND W. N SAPARD ! NDRIA AND WASHING For Ak nt 6 14 . LL-WOOL GARMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED Atyed Scod’mourning black A. FISCHER, sl4 ‘906 G st. now. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. cues, WALLACE, : BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, and 6-0: dau, anday 1108-1116 E st. un w., south side. 5 a on, 6:05, 7 Big eae : 1:20.34 22 TESTIMONY, RECORDS, PETITIONS ‘ova and 11-03 pea. On ¥ AND ACCURATELY PRINTED. " 07 a m.; 2:00, 5:10, 7:08, FINE WORK A SPECIALTY. ae tion at the office, northeast cor- Tha OAl TT vd -b street and Peunsylvaniasavenue, aid at the ner of 1: tion, where orders can be left for tees to destination from hotels and a station corner of New Jersey avenoe and Cat. nd Nortuwest, vestibuled ‘express, 9:09 p.in. it. xpress, daily, 3 and BRIF. PRO! ‘TMAS CARDS, 40c. WARD) PER 100." ) Novelties, Plush Boxes of Note Pay Suow, Gold Pui German Fa} for CI rap Piotur S of Pretty Notions ‘eachers, Churches, GOULD 421 9th st. __HOUSEFURNISHINGS Press, “Dp § = 11:10 p.m. Tue P. Hasxsox Hiss itsburz and Cleveland. vestibmied Mmited ex- ma. For press. daily, 8:55 a.m.. and express, 2-05 MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Iseal stations WALL PAPERS. Price For Lexington and local st s ‘or Pete da FRESCO PAINTING. ruts Furniture, Upholstery Goods and Curtains, 815 15th st. nw. ithe? Baltimore Houee, 217 N. Charles st. For ‘Way's stat tations betwee! 5200, 6:40, 8 m.’ Sunday! Washins 30, saaniautetren) atm 1s 152 00, enema TR ieee hie eae tee @A8 COOKING STOVES 0, 10:00anaT] pm | 2 00, 4 200, 10 and $35 f am. 12:10 an On hand and forsale. —— oi t 35 pan. Leave Au. —_ rary 10, p.m. Sundays, v. ng on the Metropolitan Branch, 16::35, $1 n, for principal stations only! /QOKING By Gus mh31 ‘WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Canpets: Canpers: Canrers: 1: Wo are daily receiving our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY | BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, | THREE-PLYS, INGRAINS, and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS iu great | variety. An inspection of our stock is solicited, se25-3m_ HOOE, BRO. & CO., 1328 Fst. FAMILY SUPPLIES. BURBANK POTATOES, neia Ruising, 9e.; New Curran’ New Figs, Candi aa2t Frederick, 10:10am. 4:35, 15:30 p.m. Sun- vs, 1:15 pan, Por Huzetstown. 10:10 a.1n..and ¢5:30 p.m. ‘Trains arrive from Chi daily 8: irow Cinciunati and St. Louts daily 6:20a.m., Pb. 8 1720, ly, 8-158 m,. + Parlor Cary on tu sleeping Car on the Ai Citron, New Nut full supply of Holiday 413-3m, 4 xf N FAN! Sunday, 4 shunday PIAN OS AND ORGANS. = Bageae called for and choked at no and resi. | EFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE SFE THE | gences on left ut ticket oifices, 619 and 1351 Krakauer Pianos and Burdctt Orsuus at 407 10th cue. 0. pra Practical Piano Maker, General Agent. Gen. Puss. Agent, BRR EER BE at nw. alo. 8:30 A. M—East Tenn, Mail Dai Gordousville, Charlottesville, Lyne between Alexandria and Ly Knoxville Rome, Calera,” PIANOS. eane., Pullman Sleeper hington to'N UNEQUALED IX TONE, TOUCH. WORKMANSHIP | jotihsssiity Gorden te aide Aor MarrenON. AND DURABILITY. a Lynchburg, Rocky Mount, Danville and peciat attention of Holiday Purchasers” is invited | tween Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Baleich, an im dewighs 0 . 4 i } TART. Pianos forrent. | Charlotte, Columbiay *akeu, At ye 4 in ham, Monigowery, New Orleans, Texas Pullinan Sleeper New York to Montgomery in connec tion with Pullmsa Sleepers Moutgomery to New Or- Jeans and Mant Boudoir Sleepers tor Birmingham, Vicasburg, end Shreveport. Sleeper Greens: vw Columbia and Augusta. Solid trains Washing. to Atlanta, Does not connect for C. & 0. route ure, and Status Brist SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A large assortment, comprising almost every. known make in the country, in thorough repair, will be clowed gut at very low ficures. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered both 2 in prices and in terms,which MONTHLY INSTALLMENT NOS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ha lid stock of UPRIGHT, BABY PIANOS, bs following lend- SKER BROS.. WEBER, FISCHLR $74) be reed 008 SP Ony oo ogany. Mocderat rices. on monthly pay- mente Gal and examine ocl-3m aine Washington 16 rare, Bristol, Chat ttle Rock, and all’ southwestern. points iiman Sicepers Washington to Memphis Daily for Lynch- Colum- for F stn w, Falus on Wari on 9:0 & Batiy: arrive Round Hill Seyeine' leave Round STEY ORGANS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Beautiful new styles. fast received. some 9 stop organ for $75. Sold on easy terms, Cull aud ex- amin SANDERS & STAYMAN, ecl-3m 954 F st. nw. uston and Ohio division Minietyer ee 6:05 AM De IeBKER. burg at 1 A.M. und 9:40 P.ii; and Ohio route and Charlottesville Strusburg Local at 9:47 A.M. pa Te reservation and information checked at office, i uy] var JAS. L. TAL LOI ts, sleepin hed, aud’ baacrase furni: aylvania avenue, and af Railroad, ALLET & DAViS* PIANO: perfect in workmanship rice. Fine stock at 611 oth at, n. UPERB IN TONE. tony tothe Holtdsyenow open Peparatory to tt ‘opel HL BEMNER Avent we-Gun WOOD AND COAL. AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES FOR CASH LYKIN'S VALLEY. RED ASH ‘POTOMAC RIVER BOAT MM: VERNON! MT. VERNO! STEAMER W. Ww. Leaves 7th-street wharf daily caeert Sectay) for Mt. Vernon und River Landings us fur down as Glymont, ‘Returning, reaches Washington = LL. BLAKE, Captain. KR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. NEW IRON STEAMER “WAK) ves 7th-street wharf ou MONDAYS, A snd SATURDAYS at 7 8. Returning TUESDA’ o FRIDAYS and SUNDAYS p. touching at River eo. Ty fer as Nomini ‘2, 8t. Clements Bay id 2340 gud Leonardtown, M4; Connects with 3yand 0 Kat ae BI epherds. 2 eee SOHN B PADG: 5 RR. Yard, Cor. Delaware ave. und K ” Telephone Coat: Coxe: Woon: JOHNSON BROTHERS, Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sts. Southwest. 1202 F st. n. w. 1515 7that.n. 3dand Kst.n. w. 1740 Pa. ave. n. 1112 9th st. nw. 413 10th st. n. w. Exclueive agents in the District for the sale of some of the best coal mined. Supply more families than any retail yard in the United States, HONEST MEASURE, FAIR DEALING, PROMPT DELIVERIES AND REASONABLE en see Made our business a success. Coa. Coa. Coa tons best quality White Ash Furnace Coal st 3,000 toma best culty White Ash Chestaat Coal at per ton. quantities to suit JOHN MILLER, s Telephone Ko. 64. ‘at the counter of the business office. Asa further inducement to secure a large in- crease to its subscription list, Tuk WEEKLY StaB | bas arranged to give A PREMIUM TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER who simply pays the price of subscription, $1.00 per annum. This premium ise WORCESTER’S POCKET DICTIONARY, something needful in every family and useful alike in the office, workshop or at home. It is the most complete small dictionary ever offered to the public. It is nicely and substantially bound im cloth, comprises 298 pages, over 500 illustrations, and contains more than 10,000 words, the spelling, Pronunciation, and definitions of which conform to those of the largest and latest editions. It is well printed, in piain and readable type, and contains besides the vocabulary a list of Foreign Words ‘and Phrases, Explanation of Abbroviations, hules for Spelling, and Tables of Weights and Meas ures, &c. ‘This handsome and valuable little book, which retails at 40 cents, exclusive of postage, will be given and sent, postage free, to every subscriber received by THE WEEKLY STAR at $1.00 each. It will also be given free and post paid t any ‘one sending fro (2) subscribers to Tae WeeKLY STAR at $1.00 each ($2.00), each subscriber, as well getting a copy of the dictionary free and post paid. AND YET ANOTHER PREMIUM. We have still another premium to be given © subscribers— ‘THE WEEKLY STAR'S POCKET ATLAS. THE POCKET ATLAS is a handsomely-printed book of 191 pages; 90 are full-page colored and thoroughly reliable maps setting forth the geo- graphical features of the whole world in minute detail; 101 are filled with reading matter, con- densed into a graphic presentation of all the facts in the social, religious, political and induftrial his. tory and condition of every State and Territory im the Union, together with 48 colored diagrams showing the relative strength of different industrieg and of different products in various States, and other items too numerous to mention. These Dooks sell at $1 each. By enclosing 10 cents for ostagegthe POCKET ATLAS will be sent free, in addition to the ‘above premium. thus practically giving TWO PREMIUMS TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER A WORD TO AGENTS. 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