Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1889, Page 11

11 “THE CAPITOL. THE PRIDE OF THE NATION. A Description of the Imposing Building the and How it was Constructed. a. THE OLD CAPITOL BUILDING AND HOW IT LOOKED— WASHINGTON’S EXTENSIVE PLANS AND THEIR REALIZATION—THE BUILDING BURNED BY THE BRITISH—TBE PRESENT GRAND STRUCTURE. ——— When the walls of the old capitol building were but partly up there were many wise peo- ple who smiled incredulously, suggesting that the nation would never see the building com- pleted. George Waahington had a way of start- ing gigantic schemes that few “wise men” thonght could be carried out. When he under- took to whip the British at a memorable period of our history many good people were incredu- lous. When he started a great capital city on the west bank of the Potomac it excited a great lack of faith. So it was with the capitol build- ing, which was the corner stone of the capital city. When, on the 18th of September, 1793, “Grand Master J. P. George Washington. shipful master,” of “! e 22, of Virgi laid the corner stone of the capitol building, few people, perhaps, were credulous enough to expect ike Building to be completed upon the “gigantic” plan proposed. Some years afterward when the two square wings of the building stood staring at each other across a chasm where the grand central dome should have stood—when @ row of posts lad to be erected to keep the gap from bein: ased as a driveway—Washington Irving pees find no better simile for the slow progress of his history of New York than to say that at times be feared it had as little chance of com- pletion “as the capitol at Washington.” But Irving was a better romancer than rophet. The capitol now is several times | than the plan then contemplated, and yet it is so much overcrowded that as many as three committees of Congress often occupy the same room. The building which in 1809 seemed to Irving too gigantic to ever be com- pleted would not now hold one end of Con- gress. It forms but a room: ay be- tween the two great marble ‘occupied b: of de of their y ary Congress. Afew stone im: statesmen, a few musty recor: and the echoes are enough to fill the “great hall of Representatives” of Irving’s time, and the Justices of the Supreme Court have little more than breathing room in the old Senate chamber. THE GROWTH OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING has gone along with that of the nation. It is interesting to mark itsdevelopment. The plan of the capitol originally was for two short wings anda central dome. The wings, which were to be the usefal Loy of the building—one to be occupied by each branch of Congress— were first built, and a space was left between them for the dome, which was to be the orna- mental part. It was “destroyed” by the British before it was completed. ~ This destruction consisted, however, merely in burning out the interior and blackening up the walls. The great stone-work remained as it was and still stends. When the seat of gov- ernment was removed to Washington ouly one ot the whigs was up. and there was very littl: to promise the grand building of to-day, with its great marble terraces and staircases. It wa: with great difficulty that even a part*of the building was got ready for Congress in 1900. After exhausting the $120,000 given by Virginia and $72,000 by Maryland. Washington had t make a personal appeal to the state of Mary land for the loan of €100.000 to continue th work, for which sum the commissioners had t assume personal liability. SURROUNDINGS, The building was surrounded by a grove o oaks, and presented a forlorn appearance for number of years. The style of architectur: may be seen in the old parts of the building « it is—the square projections, that hug close uy to the immense iron dome, but no idea is give: of how those two fragments of a building looked standing apart on the crown of the hill. | with a space between them wide enough for wagons and carts to drive through. The ac- companying cut shows the east front as it then looked. Stephen Hallett was the original architect of the capitol, to be as it appears in the second cut, but he was succeeded by others who fin- ished the buildings according to the plans adopted. The skill of yet other archi- tects called was upon ‘for the various extensions, so that no one man can claim the | building. “The north (old) wing was the first completed. Beginning in 1793 it was finished m seven years. Then, in 1803, the south wing was begun, and in 1808 it was finished. A year Inter the work on the old dome was begun, and eighteen years were required for its comple- tion. Meanwhile the burning bad occurred in 1814. By this, as has been said, the walls were not injured, and the work of repairing the damage and completing the work was begun the next year. This “rebuilding” of the capitol was in charge of Henry C. Latrobe. This capitol, with its low dome and compact form, served until the 4th of July, 1961. It served longer than that before the addiditions were completed, but on that date the aiteration and extension of the plan was On that day there was great ceremony, and President Fiimore laid the corner-stone, which was the beginning of the building as it now is. with the immense marb'e wings in wi are the halis of Ie gi l.ton; and the tower- ing up of the great tiome upon witch stands the Goddess of Labertry. U. Walter was the architect of the ” extension. which ex- panded the capitol into the grandest building en the continent, and one of the most impos- ing im the world. He retired, however, just before the completion ot his work, and was succeeded by Mr. Ed- ward Clark, the pres- ent architect of the capitol. who put on the finishing touches, and isthe architect in charge of the present extension. It bas been but a few years since the building was com- pleted and the unds extended and beauti- fully laid out. When this was done and the beautiful effect was seen people lookéd upon building as finished. it theré was still — —_——_- PATER t one serious defect; the back of the building— | avery unimpressive entrance— THE DEATH SENTENCE. Nelson Colbert to be Hanged April 5 for the Murder of Philip Wentzel. In the Criminal Court, Judge Montgomery, to-day, the sentence of death was imposed on the young colored man, Nelson Colbert, con- vieted, January 15, of the murder of Philip Wentzel, om the 3d of October last, at the Columbia car stables, H street northeast, by shooting him. The time for the execution is between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock on Fri- day, April 5 next. Colbert was employed at the stables and had been disharged by the deceased, when he demanded his pay, and drawing @ pistol fired the fatal shot. On the trial he was defended by Judge W. B. Snelland presented e world than our CAPITOL AND NATION, Washington's idea that this capitol and the government: were so linked together that the | completion of one stood for the stability of the other, has been justified with remarkable coin- cidence. Twice the p ‘ eda Hallet plan the of the building | isa matter of doubt. learned architecture under guidance of Latrobe, and Walter, . Was succeeded by the nt Clark, who learned under him. In up the work in 1803, Latrobe adhered to the general idea trayed in the sketches and plans, ut made a numberof changes in THE GENERAL PLAN of the building was that of a massive Roman- Corinthian temple, with two wings connected by @ central dome, and having porticos sup- by the massive Corinthian columns, In vision fora dome en_the charge of the AS IRVING SAW IT. toward completion was threatened by war. First, when the nation was feeble, it was ul- most destroyed: yext, during its transition to a nobler proportion, the war of the rebellion caused the shel —— — work sto) ight here the analogy goes pa the buildin was continued by Bi cg teer efforts, inspired by patriotism, just as the country, at that very moment, was being saved by the voluntary sacrifices of its citizens. The present capitol was substantially completed, e: t the terrace now being built. by It had been in course of construction since 1793. It came out of the civil war a complete and solid structure. The work since then has been that of ornamentation to add to the artistic effect. First the grounds were ex- tended, then the terraceadded. The building has been the work of many hands, and it has increased in grendeur atevery evolution. The plan of the building has been worked out as it adv until it can fairly be said to have grown. The first designer, Dr. William THE BUILDI work passed from Hoban to Hadfield, who just preceded Latrobe, Hadfield proposed a dome, which Washington said was, in his judgment, & most desirable thing, and what he had always expected was a partof the original design until otherwise informed. The space had been left to be. bridged in some way, and a dome was built, a much lower dome than the present. It took the work of Latrobe and his successor, Charles Bulfinch, to com- plete the old capitol building, which was done in 1830, It was during Mr. Latrobe's time that the British burnt the building. so that he had the work of construction and reconstruction up to the approach to completion shown in the first cut. He built and rebuilt the old south wing, rebuilt the old north wing, designed the rotunda, constructed the old hall of resent- atives, now sta hall, and reconstructed the old Senate chamber, now occupied by the Supreme Court. The rotunda and library were not finished, and he had not begun the dome, when he retired. The space now occupied by NG OF 1830. Thornton, was merely the anthor of an idea. He was an artist who sketched an un- professional plan with the general idea, which was ahergned put into architectural shape by Hallet, who is usually spoken of as the original architect. Hallet's plans, Washington, and thus the work was be But Hallet merely began the work and yield: to Jas. Hoban, superintendent of public build. since the arehitect refused to furnish the de- tail drawings in his possession. There was considerable trouble about the building at this time. Hallet thought he had been improperly dismissed, and would furnish no assistance to the “surveyor” who succeeded him, and there was = mucl uncertaint} as to what the plans of the partially-completed build- ing were. The employment of another architect vailed nothing until in 1803, en SSS GRAND EDIF based on Thornton's idea, were accepted by | t first proposed. in, | building was complete. d| made familiar since in many cuts and draw- ings, who continued the work upon Hallet’s | plans, as well as could be, with rough sketches, | the rotunda and dome and the library was oc- cupied by a mass of rubbish piled between the two nearly-completed wings. THE DOME, Bulfinch designed a higher dome than that When in 1830 he retired the It was the old capitol, ings, and still existing (excepting the dome), and now almost buried in the grand extensions and towering dome. It was an imposing build- ing and excited the admiration of America: and foreigners alike. It is thus described by writer about six years after its completion: “The capitol of the United States is situated on an area enclosed by an iron railing, and in- eluding 30 acres—the buildin stands on the western portion of this plat, and commands, by sudden declivity o the ground, a beautiful and extensive form a noble portico, on the 160 feet in extent—the center of crowned with a eae po Reg Ke we ceding loggia extent, the center of the west front.” ‘This was the capitol ago. TRE INTERIOR of this building is seen now almost as it was e, which winding about the ¢olumn spirally, ero’ with a capitol designed of the husks and ears of corn, half husked. These columns are inal, graceful, and beautiful, IN THE OUD HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES are the columns placed there by Latrobe, in which visitors find such interest tracing figures and faces formed by the various colored peb- bles of which the marble is composed by nat- ural cementing. The material in the old build- ing was chiefly sandstone, the interior columns even being of that cheap quality at first. The stone walls had to be painted outside to tect them from the effect of the weather. 1 old hall, now statuary hall, was made in the form of an ancient Grecian theater. Its great- est diameter was 96 feet, and the height of the ceiling 60 feet, and the hall was surrounded by twenty-four columns of this beautiful Breccia marble. These columns supported a domed roof, painted to sepresent the Pantheon of Rome. A massive bronze and gilt chandelier hung from a cupola in the center. The Speak- er’s chair was elevated within a canopy just under the collossal figure of liberty by Causici. The clock that is now over the arched doorway leading to the rotunda—a marble statue of his- tory, half reclining on a winged car rolling over the globe, recording the events of the na- tion—was there then, and there were lounges for members where the statues now stand, This is the echo hall of to-day. IN THE NORTH wing was the Senate chamber, Supreme Court room, looking architecturally as it does now, semi-circular in form, 75 feet in greatest diam- eter and 55 feet to the ceiling, and a screen of Ionic columns supporting the gallery, The ro- tunda between these two wings was 96 feet in diameter and 96 feet high. There were then éwo small domes, one on each side of the cen- tral structure. They were removed when the present dome was erected. All this now forms a of the present mag- nificent building. The old capitol had been completed but about twenty years when it be- came evident that some extension must be made. Aresolution to this end was passed with this in view in 1843; but nothing come of it, and the work was not given a start until Jefferson Davis interested himself in it im 1850. Out of some correspondence he had on the sub- ject came the action that resulted in the erec- tion of the two marble halls of Congress and the towering dome that has replaced that de- signed by Bulfinch. THE PRESENT CAPITOL. There is probably no man living in the United States who has not seen at least a picture of the present capitol. The life of an American citizen who dies without seeing the building itself must be regarded as incomplete, Every year, indeed every month, thousands of people make their first pilgrimage to see the capital city and the Gree building. Yet thoses who saw the building two or three years ago can hardly appreciate its grandeur, augmented as itis by the (nearly compen) terrace, There can be no adequate verbal description of the editice. The accompanying cut from an en- tirely new perspective drawing made expressly for Tae Stak, shows the grand building as no words can depict it. The magnificent marble halls, the grand central iron dome, 287 feet h gh, constructed by Walter, and the ' white marble — terraces” being completed under Mr, Clark’s supervision, have spren the building over an immense area and projected its horizontal outline high up against the sky. It is over 750 feet in length and covering an area, without the terrace, of more than 150,000 square feet. The Roman Corinthian order of architecture is continued throughout, and the immense white marble columns on the new wings present an effect unsurpassed for grace and architectural ele- gance. The halls of Congress are quadrangles, the dimensions of the Senate chamber being 113 feet 3 inches, by 80 feet 3 inches; ana the hall of the House 139 feet by 93 feet. These halls are surrounded by galleries for spectators, and the whole inner structure is again surrounded by corridors, along the outer walls of which are the working and committee rooms. Then the building throughout is artistically ornamented in marble and with frescoing. THE TERRACES, The terrace was begun in 1882. Like the rest of the capitol, it was worked out piece- meal, the south side being first started. It is now nearly completed. The grand staircase faces west, standing just between the converg- ing extremities of Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues before they vanish under the capitol, one branch extending toward each approach, with asemi-circular space between, within whjch the statue of Marshall, anda fountain is to be. Back of the fountain the half circle is formed view of the city, of the surrounding heights of! by two tiers ot white marble arcades, The lower arcade is merely the support of that part of the terrace and the arches are backed against the solid earth, forming niches, in which ivy will be plant- ed to give the appear- ance of depth. The Windows and the lower central doorway, The effect of these ‘arcades is striking. The work is very extensive, and beside being a thing of beauty to render . nificent that approac! to the capitol. which is its chief purpose, the inside of the terrace affords 108 large rooms, 23 of which open into the court with large windows and ing purposes — com- mittee or otherwise. The other rooms are lighted from above aud are suited for Storage. ble The girth of the mai walls of the terrace and its approaches meas- ures 2,760 lineal feet, or a little over half a mile, and the granite walls forming the court and those of the central age, 672 feet more, uaking the entire length of the exterior Benj. H. Latrobe, an architect of established | Georgetown, &c., and of the windings of the| nearly three-fourths of a mile. reputation, took charge. The old north wing had at that time been completed and the rooms that are now occupied by the Supreme Court and by the law library were occupied by Con- gress. «‘Theorderly work upon the building Potomac as far as Alexandria, The exterior exhibits a rusticated basement, of the height of the first story. ‘The two other storie | are | work. including that of walls 3,422 lineal feet— walls, 2,760 feet, are equal to 1i 25 feet each. All the appropriations for the jast year, which is to comprised in a Corinthian elevation of pilasters | complete it, except the internal ginish of the and columns—the columns, 30 feet in height, | rooms and the heating, amounts to $815,000. tHe (ited ta? Whi jury had done its work Now, an example must be se was le that one must stand before the court ynondemned to death, and it was equally terrible that the court must impose the extreme penalty. The sentence was that the prisonee taken hence to the = and be kept confinement until Friday, April 5, and be- tween the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock be hung by the neck until dead. Judge Snell said that they would prepare the bill of exceptions at once to take to Gen- eral Term. ——___ From Bladensburg. Correspondence of Tur EVENING STAR. Buiapenssure, February 9, 1889, A row occurred here yesterday ufternoon, in Hearing Both Sides. MEMORIALISTS WHO OPPOSE THE SUNDAY-REST BILL. The other side of the “Sunday rest” agitation is beginning to come in. Yesterday afternoon Senator Cockrell presented two petitions. The first one was, he said, one of the stereotyped petitions sent out by the Woman's Christian Temperance union, and he called especial at- tention to the fact that that ticular prayer had but three names attached to it. The sec- ond one was the memorial of the St. Louis Gymnastic society, which was, he said, a cor- poration organized under the laws of Mi i, and which, during the darkest of the re- a = 1861 to 1865, Py sae Pn Union, e society remonstrated agai: @ passage of the Sod aneuanes, introduced by Mr. Blair— “the so-called national Sunday bill and the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the federal Constitution, the object of which seems to be the establishment of the Christian in.” religion as a national reli; “the memoriaiists,” said Mr. Cockrell, “‘state that they consider these propositions as an in- fringement of the liberty ef conscience and a violation of the spirit of our Constitution, and against the of the English consul — is = leged, contributed largely to the troubles, The three powers the essay, be reprteied by other, rat about the friendly settlement desired, ‘The citizens of Walker Ga., are excited ove of ho ‘Anastasia Praomen ai oer tate letters Patch; letters of bond $2,000. Accounts Frank'& Kubne otal THE COURTS. Crrcurr Court, —— No. 1—Chief Justice m, Yesterday, Nicholson agt. Burford; Nicholson & Son agt. Dumler; Guggenheimer, Weil & Co. agt. Lantz; and Breuninger & Vandeventer agt. Ager; judgment by default. Heiberger agt. Hotchkin; order that garnishee answer. Cmeurr Count, Divistox No. 2—Judge Mont- Yesterday ace taper! Simpson; jury, re- spited. Gilbert agt. Morgan; hearing of motion to remand ordered to be heard in Genral Term in first instance. Propate Count—Jwige Cox, Yesterday, estate Jno. 8. Brown; letters of ad- ministration to Arthur 8. Brown; bond $5,000, Estate Herman Apeler;letters of administration to e E. Johnson arches above will span | are suitable for work- | apy THE LATE JUSTICE MERRICK: Respect to the Memory of the Deceased Jurist. as it appeared fifty years | rae meettxa at THE couRT-ROUSE TO-DAT— The meeting of the District bench and bar, called to take action in reference to the death 5 of Wm. M. Merrick, one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, was held in the Criminal Court room to-day. -{ A few minutes after noon every seat in the is room was occupied and additional seats were | brought in from the adjoining court rooms, Among those present were the fellow-justices of the deceased—Chief Justice Bingham and Justices James, Cox, and Montgomery—Hon. Barnes Compton, President Brown, and Messrs, Hall, Brantly, and others, of the Baltimore association, Postmaster Ross, and many promi- nent citizens, District Attorney Hoge called the meeting to order. Mr. A. 8. Worthington was chosen to preside and Messrs. A. B. Duvall and C. A. Elliot were selected as secretaries, The following committee on resolutions was appointed: Jeremiah M. Wilson, W. D. Davidge, A. G. Riddle, J. Blair Hoge, M. F. Moris, J. J. Darlington, and C. Carlisle. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. The committee reported through Judge Wil- son the following: “The members of the bar having assembled to express their sorrow because of the death of the Hon. Wm. M. Merrick, late a justice of the Supreme Court of the District, and with whom, asa citizen, lawyer and judge, they have been so long associated, and desiring to place on record an expression of their appreciation of his merits, therefore be it “Resolved, Firat—That as we knew and hon- ored him in life so do we now, with unfeigned sincerity, pay our tribute to his memory as a man of sound infcrmation, of pure and unsul- lied life, a lawyer of pre-eminent ability, a wise and judicious legislator, an able, upright, and impartial {adae. “Second—That we tender the family of the a our most profound and heartfelt sym- “Third—That the district attorney of the United States be furnished with a copy of these resolutions, with a request that he present them to the Supreme Court, to be spread, with the permission of said court, upon the records thereof. “Fourth—That the chairman of this meetin; is hereby requested to transmit an engrosse: copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.” FEELING TRIBUTES TO THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE MERRICK. Judge Wilson, in reporting the resolutions, paida feeling tribute to the memory of the deceased, who, he said, was a lover of justice, incapable of intentional wrong: learned law- yer, thoroughly equipped, and a wise, pains- taking legislator. His all-pervading spirit was to mete out even-handed justice, He moved the adoption of the resolutions, Mr. Davidge seconded the resolutions, refer- ring to his appearance before the deceased when the latter came on the bench in 1855, and remarked that with him duty was his poler star; that he was a man of the utmost integrity. Gen, E. C. Carrington paid a feeling tribute to the memory of the deceased. Mr. Hall, of the Baltimore bar, said that a number of the friends of the deceased had come over from Baltimore to pay their respects to Judge Merrick’s memory. He spoke of the dead judge's career in Baltimore. He was an intrepid man, an upright judge, courteous and chivalric—a knightly gentleman, and his friends will mourn his loss to the end of their lives, The resolutions were adopted and the meet- ing adjourned. ——___ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. LIQUOR LICENSE CASES. 4 The following applications for liquor licenses were disposed of by the Commissioners yester- day: Bar-rooms approved—Geo. J. Bradbury, 1303 llth street socibeesh; Jno, M. Perrear 14th street northwest; Patrick Phillips, 126 B street northwest; Edward H. Racks, 2015 8th street northwest; Nicolo Rosato, 701 Canal street southwest; Chas. A. Senseney, 304 14th street northwest; Leander Van Riswick, 132 ist street northwest. Bar-rooms disapproved—Nicholas Lochboeh- ler, 111 New York avenue northwest; Michael Murdock, 1222 Maryland avenue northeast; O'Connor & Bailey, 45 H street northeast; Jas, Ozman, 639 D street southwest; Wm. Ragan, 1029 3d street southwest. Wholesale; approved—Washington T. John- son, 2431 M street northwest; Antonia Wiener, 1538 North Capitol street. 2 Wholesalt; disapproved—Edward Deviny, 1848 Maryland avenue northeast; Estren & Cis- col, 412 M street southwest; Michael Russell, 901 New Jersey avenue southeast, ‘MISCELLANEOUS, Mr. C. B. Hemingway has written to the Commissioners, complaining of the method of assessing real estate in the city. He says that unless some improvement is made he will take the matter to the courts, soto A Cut Across the Forehead. TWO BELLIGERENT YOUNG COLORED MEN GET INTO TROUBLE. William Lancaster and Thomas Walker, well- dressed young colored men, met in a saloon on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, near 8d street, and discussed each other’s sparring qualities, with a view to giving an exhibition. Lancaster insulted his companion by telling him that he knew nothing about professional sparring. They left the saloon and some harsh words passed between them as they crossed the avenue. They stopped in front of a saloon, where they soon came to blows. Lancaster drew a knife during the struggle and cut Walker across the forehead. After a severe go-as-you-please exhibition, the contestants separated and apparently all was over. Walker, who felt that Lancaster had overstepped the “slugging, rules,” went out and procured a loaded revolver. Being thus armed with a | murderous weapon and an ill-feeling toward Lancaster, Walker strolled back along the ave- nue toward where the fight occurred, but for- tunately for Lancaster, Policeman Jordan ap- peared and arrested Walker before another meeting was had. The loaded revolver was found on him. This morning the case was heard in the Police Court. Judge Miller told Lancaster that he was lucky to be in court as defendant, instead of being on a cooling-board ‘They were fined $20 or sixty da: affray, and Walker was fine months for carrying a pistol. geet tate 2 The Death Record. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day deaths were reported to the health office each for the $50 or three Minnie Cowen, white, 2 months; Annie May Woodward, white, 21 years; Mary M. Dolan, white, 14 years; Mary E. O’Donnoghue, white, 1 month; Catharine Kiernan, white, 45 years; James H. Bushby, white, 67 years; Matilda F. Rogers, ‘white, 66 years; Washington East, white, 45 years; Harrison Moten, éolored, 1 month; Betty Johnson, colored, 65 years. ——_—_ Tue Farry Barpat.—The performance of the cantata of “The Fairy Bridal” at Odd Fellows’ hall, 8th street ‘southeast, for the benefit of St. Mark’s church, was a brilliant success. Both the soloists and chorus singers did themselves credit, Miss Bertha Lincoln, as Titania, showed natural ability as an actress, and executed her solos with @ rich and power- ful voice which delighted the au Chas, Skerrett, as the Storm Spirit, Harry Grant, as Puck, received encores, Mr, Frank W. Bird took the part of Oberon, the fairy king. There were about forty singers in the choruses. —_-—_ Rev, Mr. Bernstein Has Not ResiaNep.— Rev. Philip Bernstein officiated at the Sabbath services in the synagogue of the Adas Israel Hebrew congregation last evening and this morning. Mr. Doxretein denied pe ape ged : bond $3,200, Estate | this morning that he had hs, ng Annie Hodges, letters of administration pastor, as stated in Tae Sraz last evening. The James M. He 3 bond $1,000. G ip | statement was made on the authority of an Virginia Thos.,| official of the congregation. The situation as J. Holtzclaw ay explained to a Stak reporter this bya Estate J member of the congregation is that the congre- » —-—_ : Sure Cure for Unrequited Love. Of all the bitter feclings that are sent us from above, ‘The bitterest of these is that of unrequited love. 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Larnera, survivi Diy ce = part of original tm three (533). recorded in the the District of Columbia, the improvements and basement Bric 2 by office of book 15, Trustee, subdi: Le a) tumbered twenty-four square numbered five huncred and thirty- the surveyor of page 108, with TeOn, consisting of a three-story House; the said sub-lot Part only of the real estate described ‘said deed of trust. rus of sale: One-third of the purchase in money in cash. and the balance thereof in three equal payments, in one, two and three years from the day of sale, with interest at six (6) per cent per annum, interest payable semi-annually, and to be secured by yurchasers, trust on the property sold. or ail cash, the and & satisfactory deed of notes ot the at the option of ait of 8250 will pI A be required at the time ot sale, aud ail contayancing and recording shall be punt at the cost of the a If the terms of sale are not complied with aser O1 in fifteen (15) days from day of sale the undersigned the it to ‘Trustees reserve the richt the risk and cost of thy chasers after five (5) days resell said defaulting purchase: "advertisement of # prop r ir pur- re- sale in some newspaper published in the City of Wash- ington, D.C. PHILP NER t 7 LES N. LARS WALTER B, WILLIAMS & CO, Au Th,{ Trustecs, , Aucts, £9,12,14,16,18.20 CO., Auctioneers. EXHIBITION AND SALE of Exquisite Kemargue and Artist proof Ftchings, Engravings. Photogravui towravures, framed in the latest styles of White « ved Gak and other fancy hard wood wot Cary tual wall be offered for public compet BRUARY F PM. hour, ing THURSDAY, FE THREE ner 10th and ‘On account of @ chat) Tangemcnts, he has taken this mes t way of disposi of thein rayidiy that uo liuat or reserve will be placed ing in the collectio: choice example of “the etched line and the sale will doi Now om exhibidion, fy-6t &e., all of resuming at 8 o'clock. me at our salesroom, cor: ayivania avenue. until all are sold. in the owner's business ar- sale as the | To those interested ictehings it will bean’ unusual opportunity to secur Pat their own price, ubtless attract « lane which ars nd Gold, Silver, ithe EE! and announces upon any Et umber. WALTEs B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. UNCANSON BROS., Aucuoneera TRUSTE: By virt Li ct of Colun.bia. we w at the rovius of Duncanson Bros , 91 on TUrSDAY MOKNING, £¢Bi ES’ SALE OF FURNITURE, CARPETS, &C ur chatiel deed of trust duly recorded in folio 1-2, et seq ,one ot the land rec- 11] sell at auction th and D ste. nw. RUAKY 1 WELFTH, A. D. 188¥, commencing at Tr N O'CLOCK, all the goods mentioned in sched sit ebourds, ‘Tables, Rockers, Com Perms LS, Loilet Seis, Rugs, Carpets, &. cash, X attached to said trust, rs Suites, Chamber Set, Mirror-front Wardrobes, Mattresses, ch, THOMAS RB. BROOKS, holding « District Court in sdmiralt and 348, George Boswell and George W. Gr lants, against the steamer Thomas Veuners, her TED STATES MAKSHAL SALE. of an order of sule, isaued out of the gf the Supreme Court of the District 0 EMANUEL HECHT, Trustees, y cause ~ livel ckle, apparel, {uruiture and engine, I will vell at public sale for. tion ofthe Chesa creek, in Georget THE FIGHTEENT AT ELEY nin suid H DAY OF O'CLOCK 8. M.. Thomas Verner’ her iarkie, apparel, gine” ALBERT A. WILSON, U.S. feG-dtds , at the boat-house of G. W. Gray, at the Junc- peake and Obio canal : trict, on MONDA\ FEBRUALY, “the maid steamer, sferniture and jarshal, D. with Kock Sst on c. JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. ASSIGNEE'S 8. FIXTURE GOOD Wi CASES, GS 4 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SUUTHEA! ALE OF DRUG STORE STOCK, SHOW PRESCRIPTIONS, &c., OF THE OLD Est SOUTHEAST, 7 ABLISHED HIkD AND ST. By virtue of a deed of assicnment given to me and duly recorded I will sell at auction on the theast, on ay. A. D. ck, Fixtures, &c., con- ‘Bd and Pennsylvania avenue sow FIFTEENT ¥ OF FEBRUA! ‘TEN O'CLOCK A. M., all the Stock, F tained in the above drug store. Terms cash. remises, KIDAY, 18bo, af M.L WELLER, Assignee. By virtue of adeed of trust duly recorded in Libe No. 1180, folio 155, one of the land will sell at auction at the drug etore id r records, D. C., I Yauia avenue southeast, on FRIDAY, FIFT H DAY OF FEBKUARY, 1889, at HALF-PA T 1EN OOLOCK A. M.. one Boda Water Apparstus, men- tioned in schedule “A,” attached to said grust, Terins cash, é JOB BARNARD, Trustee. AWNBROKERS' AUCTION, 1009 E street north; ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY TWELFTH. Commencing at HALF-PAST sell at public suction all forfeited of Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, EVEN P.M., we shall pledges, consisting All parties interested will please take notice. GOCE & WILLEY, Successors tod. ©. A. ROOT & CO., Auctioneers. ALE OF VALUABLE REAL EST. ANDRIA COUNTY, VA., NEAR THE N BRIDGE AND ROSLYN: exandria county, January, 1889, W. La Tourette, ATE. court, wherein Rosina Mackey. by her next friend, et defendants, the undersigned special os 9, in front of ‘Clark’ to Ast. All that lot of ground recoried in appointed for the purpose, will et LW 1 rks D ffer for sale at public auction eed of partition of BB. said county in Liber E, No. 4, p. 498, als., are comphdnants ‘ON FRIDAY. ‘T DA der the following real estate. 1881. and the plat and survey sccom bounded and described as follows, viz 5 (passitie 4 chains) 4.21 chains to bya stone on B. Li b House,” at viz: known as lot No. 5 Lioyd’sestate dated Aus. joyd et als. are ‘conn 4 ELV O°CLOCI Y OF MARCH, Roslyn, ‘the highest bid- in the 26, ying the he clerk's office of the county court of et sequitur, and Bowinning at J, | wstoue in the marahon the Potomac river, corner to 59 E. 93 links to D on said river: ws Krowing together at Ji 3. 63 river, & cor- nerto the tract; thence leaving the river and running up the lulls. 14 W. 5.79 chains to K, Chains to a stone in the center of sai stone (in out- W.. 7, ef Columbia, | perty at | AUCTION SALES. EDUCATIONAL. C0. 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