Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1888, Page 9

Eusr Finws Kyows ‘Thst weeds must be torn up by the roots, or ther will be sure to crop out again. So itis ii diseases which have their origin in de- blood. The causeof the complaint must pe removed by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, or no perma- pent care is possible, Try tt © W. Allen, Drugsist, of Brunswick, Me, sass: “Ihave never known Ayers Sarsaparills fail togive satisfaction. In bundreds of cases within my knowledge it has proved a perfect specifc for diseases arising from impurities in ‘eblood. I regard itasan invaluable spring pedicine. AYER’S SARSAPARILLA, prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co, Lowell, Masa, gold by all Druggista. Price $1; six bottles, 85. 330 WORTH $5 A BOTTLE. Tx Gesore JOHANN HOFF’'S MALT EXTRACT fa the BEST NUTRITIVE TONIC ard most PALATABLE HEALTH BEVERAGE the Geauine Johann Hoff's Malt Siiocclaxsful three times aday. Ite use was follo jraarked effecte—1. Food, which had heretofore been Pand to pass the alimentary canal unc! ¥ here appeared ab increased power of the oes: ae imitations, JouANN HOFF, Berlin and Vienna, New York Of- foe, 6 Barclay st. a3-tu,thas Cirsrmt Daxorrs, To be freed from the dangers of suffocation while ying down, to breathe freely, sleep soundly and un- @started to rise refresbed, head clear, brain active s01 free from rain or ache: to know that no poisonous, putrid matter defiles the breath and rots away the deli- ate machinery of smell, taste and hearing; to feel that the system does not, through {ts veins and ar- ‘ries, suck up the poison that is sure to undermine sod destroy, is indeed a blessing beyond all other ‘aman enjoyments. To purchase immunity from meh 8 fate should be the object of all afflicted. But those who have tried many remedies and physicians despair of relief or cure. SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE meets every phase of ¢atarrb, from a simple head cold to the most loathsome sed destructive stages. It is local and constitutional. Instant in relieving, permanent in curing, safe, eco- nomical and never-failing. SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE consists of one bottle ef the RADICAL CURE, one box of CATARRHAL SOLVENT and one IMPROVED INHALER, all ‘rapped in one package, with treatise and directions, sod sold by all druggists for $1. POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO., Boston. HOW MY BACK ACHES. Back Ache, Kidney Pains and Weakness, Soreness, Lamevess, Strains and Pains relieved in one minute by the CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLASTER. The first sod only pain-Killing Plaster. 25cents. 424,27 Wut Scorrs Enxcustox Hass DONE. OVER 25 POUNDS GAINED IN TEN WEEKES. EXPERIENCE OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN. s PPRESSION San Francisco, Saly 7th, 1885. I took a severe cold upon my chest and Inngs and Mid not give it proper attention; it developed into ‘AST of Jury at the International Exhibition at Brussels, have proved to be s first-class remedial agent in all Catarrhs of the orwans of respiration and digestion. ‘SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are prescribed by physicians .p diseases of the lungs and chest and asthma The benefit derived from their use is unsur- Fassed, and even in the most chronic cases they soothe, ease, and stimulate. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are prefersbie to sil similar preparations, because they are a natural Temedy, an unadulterated product of the springs, con- taining in an undiminished degree all the sanative Principles of these springs. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are prepared ex- clusively under the personal supervision and control of W. STOELTZING, M D. K. K. Sanitary Coun- eillor. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are unequaled as ® solvent im coughs and catarrhs,even in the most Chronic cases. Their success is unsurpassed. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are s superior remedy in whooping cough and diphtheria; in the former they lessen the paroxysm of the attack, while Preventing the latter disease, which cannot take hold iu a throat not affected by catarrh. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES derive increased Value from the fact of having s very favorable infu- face upon the organs of digestion. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES ought to be kept iu every home. All mothers are recommended to Urge their children during the cold season to allows Pastille slowly to melt in their mouths while outon tcrands or going to school. SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES are for sale at Dearly all druggists at 50c. a box Should your Erurgist not Keep them, kindly address the SODEN MINERAL SPRINGS CO. LIMITED), 15 CEDAB STREET, NEW YORK. Sele agency for the U, 8. n16-th&m5m ‘Vou HAVE TRIEDAND WERE PLEASED WITH them. They stimulate the liver, rerulate the bow- Pay mavrove the complesioa, “Carter's ver Ger Tx Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS, LUTZ & BEO. 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. ‘Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety at Fery low prices. oc3, Bu STATE GUITARS ARE THE BEST. Lay State Guitars are the lowest priced. Bay State Guitars satisfy all. ‘Bay State Guitars sell as fast as they cam be manutac- bared Scud for prices and description to mpanion to the ““Peace- er. “PALTH." “HOPE.” other new apd beautif.2! sui ‘The best Etchings and 's Carbon Pictures, JAMES 2d EDITION. Lats agra Te Si HELPING DE LESSEPS OUT. Bond-Holders Vote to Forego Interest Until the Canal is Opened. Sei More Members Arriving in the City. In addition to those already published in ‘Tux Stas, the following members of the Amer- ican historical association are now in the city: Henry Phillips, jr., Philadelphia; BR, B. Smithey, Ashland, Va.; Jno. Fay, New York; Philip Schaff, New York; Clarence W. Bowen, Brooklyn; Samuel M. Jackson, New York; BR. D. Sheppard, Evanston, DL; Henry M. Baird, New York; Jno. H. Gray, Cambridge, Mass.; Wm. E. Foster, Providence, BR. L; Panis, Dec. 27.—At a meeting to-day of 4,000 | Cecil bondholders of the Panama canal company a resolution was id the of bonds until the exnal is opened for — in Bier oP 2a 3 or a rg Tyee ieeh ia 5 renee es bt Ly F cee ei {-+, Br i 8. 4 1801, pon, 108 bide 108: . COU} 8. “Sys, registered, "108 bid, ioey U. 8. 48, coupon, 127% bid, 127%’ ask 50-year fund, 3658, 1924, currency, 122% bid, 1235¢ ask: 20+ jnsurance, 12% bonds, = bid, 111 asked. Wastingwe — stock, jashingtan et bonds, bid, 119 ‘aaked. Second National Bank, 140 160 asked. Great Falls Ice, 150 bid, 157 asked. Chesa Company. 77 ed. and ask t Company 121% Gas-rights bonds, 67 69 ask Gas scrip bonds, 122 bid. Wi chine Company land scrij BALTIMORE, Dec. 27. — Virginia consols 34; Go. ten-forties, 353 bid; do. threes. 65%; bid: Baltimore and Ohio stock, 89896; Northern Cen- tral, 80% asked; Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore firsts, 96}¢ asked; do. seconds, 51; do. threes, 30; ‘gas bonds, 112; do. stock, i BALTIMORE, Deo. 27. — Cotton. easy — mid- dling, 94%a9%. Flour, flat and unchanged. Wheat — Ser eee eee ae arrivals very poor; itz, 1008107; ITY, No. 2 southern, 1008101; Western, steady, at decline; No. 2 winter red Poy asked: January, 94\a95; Fe 5 ¢a97; March, 984099.’ Corn- 5 western mixed, 20a31; graded No. 2 white. 33 bi: Rye, rather better feeling, at 60aG1. Hay, quiet —prime to choice timothy, 16.50a17.50. Pro- visions, steady and unchanged. Butter, ed, 18022: best eas} crea: . 17. Sugar, quiet—A soft, 7%; cop- refined, steady, 163a16%. Whisky, firm, 121. Fretgnts to Liverpool "per steamer, dull—cotton, flour, bushel, 5%: . Sales—wheat, 130,000 bushels; corn, 192,000 bush- els. eS 1, V. B. W., sends 25 cents to TuE Poor Children’s Christmas club. ‘The jury trials in the Criminal Court will be adjourned to-morrow till Monday, January 7, ——_——— A little Srar for A meeting of the partners in interest in the Atlantic building, F street northwest, was held, upon invitation, at the residence of Mr. A. T. Britton last evening. Mr. Britton, the presi- dent, gave a detailed report of the con-| the struction of the building, and formally turned the building over to the owners. The meeting was then articles of tion were formulat and the inco: tion was completed under the name of the Atlantic Building The amount of stock was fixed at $300,000 in shares of $100 each. All the stock was taken. The officers resident; B. H. W: 4 ons, secre lowing directors: Grosby 8. Noyes, M. M. Parker, A. A. Thomas, B. H. Warner, H. J. Gray, Chas. B. Pearson, Jno. Joy Edson, C. C. Duncanson, Henry Wise Garnett, Sam’L Ross, A. T. Brit- ton, B. H. Warder, Geo. E. Emmons. The re- = the treasurer shows = an already a prosperous one. e building was ned for business only in October last but when transferred tothe incorporation it was already paying all fixed charges and oper- ating expenses and also returning a handsome in- the investment. The “Atlantic” is mich bright cod interesting tlk cone there was much bright and int con- ing the proud future of Washi: ; much Dearly om expromed of the sirvioes itton in the energetic and intelligent ven to the construction of the coe Rete! epee on fac 6 en Washington enterprise throughout. After the dinner Col. Britton was treated toa i i by the presentation to him by his of a handsome and most interesting old Dutch clock, having a famous pedigree, as a slight mark of appreciation of his aid in mak- ing the Atlantic building ent such a wonderful success, ——o “Mother Goose Rhymes.” ‘THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. The first of the two “grand pantomimic pre- sentations of Mother Goose rhymes,” for the benefit of the National Homeopathic hospital, was made this afternoon at the new National Theater in the presence of @ distinguished audience. Miss Bertha D. Lincoln +, while the vocal- izing of Master Vivian who in the title role of “Bobbie Shaftoe,” caught the house. The statuary scenes were inte! and artistic. “The Enchanted Bg ry pall S&F . | So much do I feel sure that would give $50 apiece for the scrap-books of | sh: 'a- | bool Racy, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER Then the Second-Hand Dealers’ Holiday tila week or ten days after the holidsys are over.” \cHlow ia that?” the reporter inquired. “Well, you see,” the dealer continued, “peo- ;|Ple don’t buy Christmas Conn.; U Jas, Schouler, Boston; John A. King, Mavery; Cleveland, Ohio “Henry” Stock ‘el Hi e] a bri ” Baltim id ‘Vincent, ore; M. 3 J. D. Crawf Ui of Tili- F. Jameson, mee pots A W.P. gifts us to any considerable extent, but they do sell them to us when they get hard up cash after the holidays, We always look for fe of the association at to-| after dqpunaonerete aie elsewhere. ——__—_ KEEP A SCRAP BOOK. The Invaluable Information and Enter- tainment to be had. From the Christian Advocate. T advise every boy or girl to keep s scrap- book. Ifyou are ten, or fifteen or twenty years old, keep a scrap-book. Let me tell you why and how: Hundreds of things you see that you would like to keep, but if you lay them away you will never be able to find them when you want them. When I was a boy Idid not have sense enough to keep scrap- books. I began some but did not keep on long with them. My memory was good, but I can now remem- ber many things that I can’t remember. What I mean is remember reading a beautiful piece of poetry, of which two or e lines I ean call up, but the wholeI can’t recollect. ee cases Ido not know the name of the iter. I have seen many fine pictures in magazines sad popers that would now be valuable and in- teresting. SomeI cut out, but they are lost, Charming stories, wise remarks, pro- verbs, directions for doing a great many useful and curious thin are also lost. have lost that I each and every year that I might have made from the time I was ten till I began to preserve things only a few years back. There is a gentleman who has kept a scrap- k since he was eight years old. He is now forty, and has been arranging them in vol- umes, with an index in the back of each one. You would hardly think that the earlier would be of much use to im. But they are. He often amuses himself as he reads them for he sees how little he knew when he was little; but also finds a little that he still thinks valuable. Besides, his children are much interested to see what their father had collected and pasted in books. The older he grows the more useful the books become. He can go to his books, and in a few minutes get information about every- thing that has happened in his whole life— tell you about the civil war, the Crimean war, the Italian war, the overthrow of Louis Napoleon, and a’ great many other things, just as they were published in the Papers at the time the event happened. ‘is scrap-book also contains many funny things, which provoke a smile and often a merry laugh, as he reads them to his family in the long winter evenings. The children would rather hear him read from the ecrap-book than from the newest story. If you have no scrap-book, get one and put in it whatever pleases you. If you have one and have not used it take itup again. I assure bea that you will be very glad of it afterward. ou can buy one very cheap, Some re- juire paste, and one invented by Mark Erin and sold in Pine — Lares == ran; like stage-stamps. you have jo fate wet it ond lay on what you wish to save. If you have the money get one of this kind. It is cleaner and less tronblesome. ‘The others, however, will do well enough. A bottle of muscilage is all you need. Only you must be careful not to drop any of the sticky stuff on the pages, or they will stick to- gether; when you open them the surface of the Seper will pall off tad detece the reading. Tr'you lave not money to buy a scrap-book or do not live where they are sold, one can be made by taking any old, useless book and cut- ting out two leaves out of three close down the back, but not close enough to cause book to come to picces, Then on the re- maining leaves you can paste, using both sides. This will make three thi esses, and the book will close as before. Itisa idea to keep the scrap-book handy. en you cut out something lay it in till there is a convenient time to paste them all in. But the best way is to paste them in at the time. If I can persuade you to do this for twenty Years, or even half that time, from now, you will feel that you have learned something valu- able from this article. ———+e+ —_____ To Revive the Use of the Lance. Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph. The question of reviving the use of the lance in the French army is again being dis- cussed. A military expert, in a recent letter to the Temps, has much to say in favor of this weapon. He appears to think it was abolished after the war without sufficient reflection, and mentions two incidents in the battle of Water- loo in which English cavalry, while in the act of charging French troops, changed their pu when they saw these armed with the lance, and attacked other regiments supplied with short weapons. The writer thinks the main argu- ment employed in abolishing the lance in the French army—the length of time needed to obtain a mastery of the weapon—an erroneous one. —+e+-—_____ Dime Museum Enterprise. ‘From the Toledo Blade. Chicago has a very enterprising museum manager who has placed upon exhibition something which, to say the least, is very unique. It is a piece of brown and purple | 8°¢ skin, pasted upon brown parchment. Attached to it are large red seals, accompanied by hiero- glyphics which only the scholars and wise men are able to decipher. Above all this is the fol- lowing startling inscription: nates rea Garden of Paradise— ‘Tt was killed by Adam the following day after the Adam hit with a club, of which traces of the blow are ‘This skin was part of the inheritance of Adam, and ‘was preserved by his family in Asia, The genulncace in attentad Uy the Doctors of Di- Perhaps a few of the credulous ones may take this all in, or rather, allow it to take them in. But it makes — wonder a eee seum enterprise juce nex! ma; eo ‘he fatal apple ther ‘caused the ——___+0e______ It Was a Dead Failure in Her Case. ‘From Town Topics, Addie—‘Well, Cora, do you think marriage is a failure?” Cora—‘Of course I do. Haven'tI been mar- ried a year?” Addie—“Does not your husband love you?” Cora (lat “What, after a whole year?” Addie— loathe Fepect ie J $ E all fi ret i money is spent for cake and holidays that is badly needed to buy meat later on.” And the old clo’ philosopher smiled s faint, economical smile, which had in it about 1 per cent of the stuff that or: smiles are made of, The other we cent c satisfaction at the foolishness “eserdgran dey good bargains to his coun- ‘MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT SECOND-HAND. “Do a good many musical instruments come in in the after-the-holidays trade?” the reporter inquired, after carefully watching the rise, de- cline and gradual dissipation of that curiously compounded smile, and mentally analyzing it with the result given above. This question was suggested by the extensive collection of de- jected and lost-chordy looking violins, banjos, zithers, accordeons, fifes, flutes and cornets that hung on the cross-beams and were huddled in the windows of the shop. “Yes, they go in the soup with the rest,” the dealer antwered, with a feeling of evident ride that if his goods were mostly second- d, his slang was as fresh as the New York market afforded. ‘People scrape their new violins or pick their banjos for a few days, get tired of them, want a little money, and bring them around here and sell them. Of course, this is the case with musical instruments all the year round as well as after the holidays, and explains why you see so many of them in pawn ops and second-hand stores. There are second-hand dealers who handle an inferior line of musical instruments, but I don’t do it.” Here he evidently struck another paloeophy pocket in his mind and paused to get the nug- gets out. The reporter didn't disturb these mental mining operations,.feeling certain that the ore would soon be turned out for his in- spection. He was right. WHY SO MANY OF THEM GO THAT WAY. “So many people think how nice it would be to learn to play the violin or banjo or some other instrument,” the dealer resumed, “and off they go and buy the particular one that catches their fancy. Most of them who take these sudden ‘freaks for music don't know anything at all about it, but y start in with great enthusiasm to master the whole theory and practice in six weeks. If they keep it up for two weeks they do well, Then they find that it’s hard work, and that the violin or the banjo, as the case may be, isn’t near as fine an instrument as t}.ey thought. The instrument knocks around the house for a few weeks longer, the people Ret tired of seein it, and then it comes to us, at's the o:5ry of! @ good share of the instruments you see here.” “How is your business generally?” the re- porter asked. THIS A BAD MARKET FOR SECOND-HAND GOODS, “Bad, very bad,” was the answer. “There are too many of us in Washington. all buying and little selling. The people we sell to are nearly altogether negroes of the poorest class. In New York, now, respectabis white men who make good money don’t feel ashamed to go down to Baxter streei, where they know they can buy for $20 an overcoat that elsewhere would cost them $30, Iknow, for T've been in business in Nev ‘ork, But here in ington even the poor- est white workmen seem to have too much | to buy anything second-hand. Most of the colored people are just as proud, and it only with the rer class of the latter that w: do any business. “Then New York is a good second-hand cloth- ing market, is it?” the reporter inquired. NEW YORK THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. “T believe it is the greatest in the world,” the dealer answered. “I have done business in London, but I think New York beats it. In the west you can't sell second-hand clothing. I know men who opened stores in C and did well for a while but as it became generally known that they dealt in second-hand goods their trade went all to pisces, and they had to give it up. New York sl pe great quantities of second-hand clothing to the south, where the negroes, unlike those of Washingtod, buy it readily. r 2 “I suppose you can sell almost anything to the poor ignorant blacks in the (Boren feck through the south?” remarked the Stan man. Fs can’t,” the dealer answered. “No matter how ignorant the ne; 8 may be, the do know what good cloth You can’t sell them cotton stnff made up showily to look like woolen suite. They can find ont every time whether the cloth is all wool or not. I don’t know how they learned it, but they certainly are good judges of cloth. Youcan fool the average American workman with cotton or cotton mixed goods quicker than you can a southern darkey. Tke Irish, too, are usually good judges of cloth. ‘No, I don’t do a pawn-shop business,” he said in answer to a question by the reporter; “but,” he continued, with an insinuating smile in a confidential tone of voice, “I can buy any- thing you have to sell, and you can get it bac again when you want it. Let me see that over- coat—sleeves worn a little threadbare and but- ton-holes frayed—I couldi you much on it, My gracious, the lining is all gone—it would need a lot of repairing. I couldn't give you much, “Never mind,” said the re r, “I don’t want to sell. It’s warm to-night, but it may be cold day to-morrow, and this coat has got to me through. Good night.” Rance oF Tae THERMOMETER.—The follo were the readings at the signal office to-day: 8 a.m.,51; 2p. m., 50; maximum, 60; mini- mum, 49, + It Changes with the Moon. THE CURIOUS BIRTHMARK WHICH DISFIGURES A PENNSYLVANIA MAN'S NECK. James Rothermel, who lives in Fayette county, Pa., has a strange birthmark which among his neighbors, According to @ cor- respondent of the Pittsburg Post, on the back of Rothermel’s head, just below and @ little to the right of the base of the| “F brain, is a small excrescence, bluish in color and crescent shaped. The moment the startling change. Its bluish color turns to a brilliant red, and the flesh below it and begs 3 ling diagonally across neck the shoulder Ider “tne "Nirthmark moon ol gets redder and redder, and the flesh swells more and more, until, when the moon hed her “ @ crescent-shay and the flesh Hi ‘As | Washington. ‘There | anyone.” nected with the arrangements for the re- ception and entertainment of the military com- VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND MILITIA. Word has been received that the fifth Mary- land regiment will take part inthe parade. The Virginia state militia will also be well rep- resented if the necessary fundscan be made available. antiga WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tar U. 8. 8. Attiance arrived at Monte- video to-day, Finst Liror. Arex. McC. Guanp, nineteenth infantry, has been granted one month’s exten- sian of leave. Tae Navy Department has been informed of the death of Mate Jos. at Annapolis on » | the 20th inst., of emer sae A Genenat Covrt-Maatiat has been or- dered to meet at West Point, January 2, 1889, 28 follows: 1st Lieut, John A. Lundeen, fourth artillery; 1st Lieut, Frank L. Dodds, ninth infantry; Ist Lieut. Harry ©. Benson, fourth cavalry; 2d Lieut. Henry 0. = Jr. twenty-second infantry; 2d Lieut. Benjami Alvord, twentieth infantry; 2d Lieut. Wm. F. Flynn, eighth cavalry; 2 Liout, Geo. H. Cam- eron, seventh cavalry; 2d Lieut, Samuel D. Freeman, tenth cavalry, judge advocate. pesbeee tern SE bron. tes Toots ror Mare Istaxp Navy-Yarp.—Bids were opened at the Navy department to-day for machine tools for the Mare Island navy- yard, under an appropriation of $180,000 for the purpose of fitting the yard for the repair of steel ships. The bids were received from the Niles tool works, the Builders’ iron foun- ary, Rittenhouse & Sons, A. L. Fish, Jos. J. ite, Detrick & Harvey, Geo. Place, Be- ment, Miles & Co., ©. Forsaith, machine company, the Radial drill company, H. P. es & Co., Union iron works, ° Sturtevant, Brown & Sharp manufacturing company, Vulcan iron works, Dunham, Carrigan and Hayden, Wm. C. Codd, Albert Gallatin, Jas. W. Soper, and Rowland A. Rob- bins. There were forty-nine items, the prin- cipal one being a set of bendingrolls, for which $a, Niles Tool works made the lowest bid, 290. Nava Orpers.—Lieut. J. C. Colwell, de- tached from the Richmond on arrival at Hamp- ton Roads and ordered to the Ossipee. Ensign John Gibson, detached from special duty con- nected with the Cincinnati exposition and or- dered to the bureau of navigation. Gunner John R. Grainger, detached from the New | York yard and ordered to the Chicago. The Stream of Tariff Talk. IT WILL FLOW FIRST IN THE SENATE THEN IN THE HOUSE UNTIL THE FOURTH OF MARCH. ‘The democrats of the House are preparing themselves for another discussion of the tariff before this Congress expires. The clerk to the ways and means committee, Mr. Talbott, has been set to work to get up information relating to the Senate bill, part of which is for the use of the Senators in attacking the bill between the 2d and the 2ist of January, and part for use in the House a little later on. Preparations are active for a determined fight upon the bill ip the Senate within the limited time fixed for debate. Some democratic Senators are san- guine enough to think that they can defeat the measure in the Senate by a square vote. This hope is not, however, very generally en- tertained, and the democrats in the House ex- pect certainly to debate the bill there. No meeting or conference of the ways and means committee has been held to consider the policy to be followed, except that informally the dem. ocrats have come to the understanding that when the bill comes to the House they will have to discuss it. They expect to handle it roughly enough to make up for the neglect it has suffered in the Senat Building on Sand. THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF IMPROVING THE LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY-YARD. The report of the commission appointed to discover ways and means of improving the League Island navy-yard, at Philadelphia, is now before Secretary Whitney for his con- sideration. The recommended expenditures amount to $4,000,000. There is now on hand $550,000 for the construction of a dry-dock and $75,000 for the building of a wharf or sea-wall, locations of both of which are suggested by the commission. It is astonishing, an officer told @ Star reporter yesterday, how much money has been put into this yard, with very little good result. The yard is situated ona bed of silt, washed down the river, and it is almost impossible to obtain safe foundations for the wharves and buildings, It was neces- sary at one time to dig a casting pit, but the hole filled with water as fast as ‘the material was excavated. Then the plan was conceived of sinking of an old ship's boiler, with the top end and the interior ments re- moved, to serve as a restraining c: . But, he added, any seetenecne So is effect raises a eral protest from the entire I beara entire Pennsylvania MazauoEr been issued Bowie and and Martha Downs; Jack Licensrs.— licenses ha: by the clerk of ths court to Frank Wi ; James Adams and Mary L. Hf sige it i ri i : I Tee omnis sf. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.. THURSDAY, D: our tion throwin; Soles, Be. Toto vodibulee oti in force? T euppas # isas its provisions are ly observed by mer- chants in business. Bum- wever, do not observe within The enclosed pamphict was a illustrated book advertising the goods of a bottling and brewing company, a ee Jol Ip town ht com , has written to the against im] arti watebt of Monday, the 4 —_ clause of the contract ive cents per hour for each lamp be dedycted from the compensa e company. The lamps in yee Mr. Leetch says, were extinguished by the storm on the night of the 17th instant, and, as he understands it, the com; is not ble. He says the lamps were ay Hate id when the lamp-lighters went in the morning to extinguish them they found the ig. pany, mefit, was not. negligent tainly never contemplated that in agreeing to a penalty clause nearly ten times in excess of compensation it was to be held responsible for every act of Providence, to “ap which the company could interpose no bar.” ME. HOWLETT’S PROTEST. ‘The Commissioners to-day gave a hearing to Mr. John H. Howlett and his attorney, Mr. Chapin Brown, in respect to Mr. Howlett’s pro- test inst awarding the contract for the school-house on 28th street, Georgetown, to Thomas & Driscoll. Mr. Howlett claimed that the bid submitted by Thomas & Driscoll was informal in not naming sureties, and on ac- count of other omissions, The District Com- missioners will not, it is understood, change their decision in the matter awarding the con- tract to Thomas & Driscoll, the lowest bidders. Mr. Wheatley said to a Stan reporter to-day that he did not think the informality was of a character to justify the Commissioners in giv- ing the contract to a higher bidder. The sure- ties were not named, but, he said, a deposit of money was made, HOUSES IN ALLEYS, Mr. W.C. Dodge has sent to the District Commissioners what he proposes as a substi- tute for — to sep of tenements in alleys. Mr. 8 proposition is to forbid such constructions aoe | less than 40 feet in width and not having a proper opening through the square. VITAL STATISTICS, Health Officer Townshend presents the fol- lowin, — for week ending December 22, 1883: Number of deaths, 96: white, 58; colored, 38, Death-rate per 1,000 per annum: W 20.10; colored, 26.35; total population, 22.1 were under 6 years of age, 18 over 60 ye: and 22 were under 1 year old. Seventeen the deaths occurred in hospitals and public stitutions. The principal causes of death were Consumption, ‘18; diarrheal, 2; erysipelas, 1; typhoid fever, 4; malarial’ fever, 3; scarlet fever, 1; pneumonia, 12; bronchitis, 4; pleurisy, 2; puerperal diseases; 3; whooping cough, 4; diphthei 1, Births reported: 29 white males, = — fe les; 14 colored age 13 ae females. Marri reported: white, colored. ee —.___ The Shooting of James Sullivan. ANTONIO REGINI ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE OF ASSAULTING HIM. The case of Antonio Regini, the Italian charged with shooting James Sullivan, at 9th and Pomeroy streets, in the county, two weeks ago Sunday night, was called for trial in the Police Court this morning. His counsel, T. C. Taylor, pleaded not guilty. Sullivan testified that on the night charged he was on _ his way home with some friends when he saw the Italian, Some one in his said, ‘Hello* John.” The latter replie to h—1.” Wit- d toward the Italian, when the lat- The Italian then fired, the bullet entering wit- ness’ leg. On cross-examination witness denied that he demanded money of, or that he at- tempted to rob, the Italian, m. Thomas gave corroborative testimony. He said that five shots were fired, and Sullivan fell to the grouud crying, “I’m shot.” After the shooting a struggle took Officer Appleby testificd to the arrest. He said thatthe Italian accused Sullivan of at- tempting to rob him. Special Officer Henson, colored, testified that he heard the voice of an Italian calling “police.” He started toward Grant avenue, but before arriving there he heard several pistol shots fired. When he arrived at Pome- roy street he found the Italian and Sullivan on the ground. a latter had the revolver and was snapping the weapon at the Italian. The latter accused Sullivan of ha’ attempted to rob him and denied that the pistol belonged to im. Mr. Shillington said that in view of the tes- timony he would not ask that the defendant be held for the grand jury. The judge said he did not think that the grand jury would even indict Regini, and dis- missed the case, H. C. Stewart to D. B. Groff, n. 3¢ 18, sq. 317; $2,200. J. F. Riley ts John McDermott, sub 14, sq. 732;$—. Martha Ann Hurdle to W. Britt, lot 21, Dyer’s estate; €275. Julius Germueller to Eva Callag! lot |. 15; $8,800. Emma Laarwreerent ere ae , 5 e . 79, 8q. 619; A cae bese was fire peel He H i F Hi A ro ffi | eH nsi- | of last lege f time, and = for some an a twas held to deciie its fate “Thee ele an pri os tn ettinction. This suggestion was em- phatically ee pope Then a Baptist minister asserted that the way to keep the associa- tion alive was to the e' i bag a to all nee and accept as mem! any young men and regular standing in the community, members present Ii was faally robed io eck mem! mn was to the evangelical doctrine at any cost, and need be die with colors fiying. DIED. SER, Qos bet 2 nF her detghterss Seyonth strect noriaeet CONNOR. On December as 12.208 m1, WILLIAM Be: beloved son of Mary asd the late John Connor, thirty-one years eight Funeral will abo nines morning at 8 sm from his mother's: ‘Tth-street road, ite Schuetzen; from thence to Immaculate Hon churely where solemn ‘high amuse will’ be ‘aod friends are to GILLETTE. On Thursday, December 27, 1888.08 Binteedec Tis Sth stecet we MHODA Me seuee oe tte, 113 Sth street ace. ., Fe late Charios J. Gillette, in the seventy-second year rage. ‘The remains will be taken to New ¥ funeral will take place ob Saturday, December so, e GOODMAN. On Wednesday, December 26, 1888, Mu Re GOODMAN+in the sovent)-cmcund Jour of bet senttntocedbarae on serectaly oes © sp ¢ ‘ at 10a, from residence, 3134 M street, West Washington: No flowers. . HAWLEY. Suddenly of heart failure, in New Y; city, on O aay. SAY E% wuof Christopher £. Hawley. MATTINGLY. FRANCIS MATTINGLY, aged ty Fo Yours. SWE! At his residence, 84 K porth— om nee December 27, 1888, J. A. beloved Notice of fuera ‘Ne . omrFoavs ACID PHOSPHATE FOR ABUSE OF ALCOHOL, EECHAM’S run onzar PEERS yas WORTH A GUINEA A FOR WEAK STOMAC! ‘The BEST PRESENT for Children and Adults, ‘For @1.75 or 2 s good average box.