Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1889, Page 3

_ FOR RENT—HOUSES. mR REN DONVENIENTLY LOCATED room Bris Ping Rortbwest section, at re- a duced rent. TYLER & RUTHERFORD, 1307 F st. | from governmen' easier f1-12t"" | Kent $25.90 on gat CHa eeeT RU RNISHED WHOLE OX PART OF | with bath-room. Rent @18 per taonth. fel4-St ingthing cated for furmtares cheapest is chy Ghar MADAM, Star omice’* i POR BESTE. Sgn. ISTH AND B S78. XW. (een Fo PEXT-610 v St. & EE ROOM BRICK, Grooms 288 mod. iinps.. good : One block from ave., from 7 Bzo Fant Gapitet ot: 5. HS WALTER 1008 71 TOR RENT x UNFURNISHED HOUSE oN “OFC near z 4 3 rice $49.50 per mouth, CURLEY BROS, Bab F st ) BATH. 1824 VER. Ber ohne 50Se ¥. RIC! cae th improvements, 1521 1: fo a good tenant. Apply to JOHN F. 1416 Q st. n.w. fli-im* t st., 107.840 2620 Lat. new. ss - beth iy th 0 1636 14th st. st 2 i LTZMAN, REAL ES- 2 RENT—BY BR. f16-3t WHITAKER & WHITAKE! Sud Insurance Broker 10th and F sts. n.w. 7 UNFURNISHED. ry 8... 840 vd st., 1415 W at..Gr.new. 822.50 Ore 40 0 6: 30 = Role, eee 422 9th st. n.w. ll jarion 2 a 18-1523 N. St, Gr. houss..15 RUBT, i008 ¥ ‘st. {OR RENT—HANDSOME NEW BAY-WINDOW house; 10 rooms and bath ; all conveniences: 1328 Ti.w.; desirable Rent f 5 cd 16.3 eas fel WESCOTT & WILC 1907 Pa. ave. now. shi by season Also, those two basement bric! ESTRABLE BRICKS, WITH IMPTS,, e 10 rooms: i $50, 50; near 7th, H, Belt, and ‘at the low rent o! E. A. McINT'TRE, ‘& CO., 1407 F 918 Fst. HUSETTS AVE. N.W. ne front residence, contain- binet mantels, open fire- Finely finished through- $o.s strictly private J. FISHER & CO., 1324 F st. now. 1432 N st, 14468 st. ~ 16th st ontaining six rooms each, with all provements. both in excellent order; ren Gentry APeM"ROBRER, 302 E. Capitol st. sth st., near De Sales K, bet. 171 Wi _wl4 is ~ 1457 Penn. ave. n. w. FOE BENT, USEURNISHED. ¥ dsds Pstn.w 2 718 6 35 6: Bw 702 Bid'y st. u.w..10 1452 T ot. nw., Gr #th st. se Anacostia, 7F CITC st. exaruined by permitfrom 3. FISHER & CO. 1324 F stn. w. table rear 1: Apply to, jal9-1m* ___ BUSINESS CHANCES. | “A “ — G.208, BUSINESS CH. FOR A PARTY WITH IT a small capital to engage in—a light manufactur- ing buses cle a ready sale and large profi Inquire at 933 E st. now. It’ PAETE TO, TAKE PORTION OF ROOM 101 AT- lantic Building, which will be rented together, with use of desk, at 87 a month: steara heat, plenty of | light and commands a fine view of the north cae wees WANTED A, MAN WITH FROM $1,000 TO $4,000 to go in wood business. Address, with full name, &e., MANUFACTURER, Star office. £18-2* S150 WL wey A HALF INTEREST IN $1 HOO wreath eal estate business, provided the party can furnish unquestioned refer- ence and is both willing aud competent to take change of and run the business while the other partner is in Europe for four mouths from about Marell 20th. Ad" £16-2t" ‘8 ROOMS, st nw. BS. Btn RT irexs A. F., Star office. NSNSPARERS FOR SALE — BY W. J. MIZE & S Bros., Newspaper Brokers, 149 La Salle st., Chi- cago, IL.” Write for Descriptive List. 116-120) CAYWOOD & —— a vod, basement, Fe hoon Leeman coy PRINTING ice out cS 3 au American feet; 000 ‘to loan at Sig per cent BS PYRE. 1213 oR SALE OR EXCHANGE-LANDS IN COLO- rado, Wyoming and Nebraska; will trade for en- red sinproved property in, the Distr st - T. DYER, 1504 F st. 000—A LIVE YOUNG BUSINESS MAN WITH i8 amount to invest, together with his services, secure a half interest in a well located and Profit- able retail shoe store in this city. Address Bo: City post-office. WING TO TLL HEALTH 1 L Cat, 617 14th street, from the 25th of February ‘h of March—A bonanza for an active and good For further information inquire on premises. a o 20th st. nw..10 Wag BS JOR RENT—1914 LARCH ST., LI wick, two stories, rooms and bath, all modern r wangred aud in good order, Key at | _£15-3t . BH WaBNEE & CO. 916 F at. W&ANTED_TO EXCHANGE 86,000 WORT! 3 a improved Real Estate in a promising South Da- . KOOMS 'D | kota city where values, it is believed, will double in a mth. oy and Year, for $9,000 house in Northwest Washington: will a Address SQUARE BUSINESS, 26-4" bay difference in cash. Star offer AND FURNITURE FOR to get a barvain in furni- LD, Star office. f15-3t" JOR RENT—1609 8 ST.. SEV! ail mod: imape-; price $3) yer » Gweliing, 14th st., 900 6th st. MYERS & SON, 1 JOR RENT — HOUSE, sale; a good opportanit thre. Address HOUSEL 15-3t" MONEX, 10, LOAN IN SMALL SUMS TO SUIT AT aonnk roth, ober ceut per month on endorsed notes, collaterals and chattel trusts. Business strictly conti: dental. Address Box Si, Star office. fS-at ENT— : = z= <sie.., ate JOR SALE—A CORNER GROCERY STORE: STOCK, Pet a wate 13t &c., will inventory over $1,000; good location? wood lively trade. largely cash; only reason for selling owner lust leave the city: price only $1,000; worth fully $1,500. U. L. Bove, 313 434 at.3.w. f15-3t ()ELAHOMA GUIDE-BOOK AND MAP, CONTAIN- ing full information as to the new territory, mailed to any on receipt of 30 conta, _fel4-14t* 524 Wyandotte st., Kau JOR SALE. BLISE oil store 4 PASE ER Brentaville, ange ct oee, nr Proved pattern. Ty ck. smith shop BOARDING. . of the yon my LL, TO KNOW THEY CAN GET THE books, For full List call st office. for bulletin ieened ier the Istand 13th. (f13) THOS: E- WAGGAMAN. 7 ticle at a SN Le tae JOR RENT_SEVERAL NEW BRICK HOUSES GIN | T™< — MANNY BORDERS WAN ee southwest section; 6 room, i EW PERMANENT ERS 4.50. TYLER & RUTHERFORD, 13 ASHE itera Renee 3 “ . ~ | JQXCELLENT TABLEQBOARD @4 WEEK K | RENT—CENTE. | EMocr sen. PER isa aide and SOE ate” haath” fated ant weet | [JOHN H. HUNTINGTON: Ja, WILL CALL AT : . b . Je painted ALBERT F FOX, 920 Bat new. ft Tiss Penn. ave. n.w. he will hear some ape RK RENT—1513 O ST. N.W.; ON MOST FAVOR. | pvp. —- Oe oe RENT IN THE NORTHWEST FOR TXAUGU- to BEALL, BROWN & COT rt fiat deeln ont ee ees: ae oS Ped ST 2025 9,57, AND 2012 HILLYER | table board to barty of six or more persons: line of Finsce: rooms, cellar, tries, furnace; | loth st. Herdics, usar cars. Address Box 77, ly finished in hard wood’ “i BUCHANAN: | Star office, — e102" ‘The Clarendon, 1401 New York ave. a Ss BENT—UNFURNISHED eee Visitors distance cap choice rooms a and comfortable board at 24° Madioon st., corucr 3 Paul; one block from Monument Square; convenien from Washington. pearls 9) 14TH ST. NW.; FINI y ue or ane! oh a day, €1 10 $2. JA DaWitt, eee : sa TANTON M. FRE s, woo og mio. toe..097 gp | Sy Pug ce eames GE - 7 : FPF sc8e FAVA, 3, £00, ened f.ime ATehiecte and Civil Easiness ae. FOR SALE — MISCELLANEOUS, FOR, SALE PEDALLEVER | DENTAL CHAIR: chet. Apply TS84 Pattaw. ns Mae R SALE SHOOTING GALLERY, WITH LARG- E out Fuage in thecity ; 523: at aw cppeene eee ‘SALE-SAFE, ; MADE BY YORK ‘Safe and Lock ke vania; combina- Recetas ‘Sth st. nw. 1t* FOE SALE BED ‘NEW AND CLEAN, toorder.. ; DUSTER Con £18-Lw* Hi st. ne. Fe SALE—AGENCY OF THE C. AND C. ELEO- tric Motor Co., small motors for running sewing F machines, fans. freeze inting presses, Sei Wir cob ote ar ELS anna st, Baltimore, £18,20,2t EPS Te rund fect, has all saddie yaite, isa first-class tle in harness and'sate fine ton, a Dayton wagon, six spring business rene We singls cone harioan’ ct Came artes Sold on account of owner leaving the city. Genuine be given if sold is week. Aj to GROOM at stable rear of 1519 K Bw. fl 9 {OR SALE—TWO GOOD FIRE-PROOF SAFES; one has combination lock and modern rove- imps has key Jock. Bargains for caah oF a ‘Address B. 0. Box 221, ey. 110 FOR SALE FROM VA—HANDSOME SIX-YEAR. ol the; will id mare: fine roadste: and without hitching: AVIS, Co- Jumbia Stables, rear 1716 f18-3t" and dri ree ; sound ani tle ; ice ). ‘Address W. Ar B., Btaromlice. "+ S°™Ne: PFigg i SALE—NO. Food as new, 8.) RIT lenge Bicycle, E GTO! Royal Chal 8-year-old Mare, good Dayton an ine! Barn for $110. Address BOX 47, Star office. it R SALE—ONE OF THE BEST-LOCATED GRO- cery stores in Washington; no better stand and jocation in the city, doing a strictly cash business, is offered, present owner retiring. Store located on 7th No small dealers ‘need apply. Oo street. CHEESE, Star office. 5 i SALE—A 52-INCH SAFETY BICYCLE IN oh dat once: Call or addres order. Cheap if sol th ot D1 le THE FURNITURE AND LEASE OF basement bay-window brick R SALE. houne, in splendid locality; marthwest’, three lines of in spler : * three lines of sev on Toon ra hot ‘goa cold water, beth, Kas, ‘sold cheap to a party who wilt take the furniture as a whole. as the owner declines to sell at public sale. “Rent of house iess than $30. A .. Will seli furniture apart from lease. Address TADEMA, Star office. 116-3t FOR SALE, THE LEASE AND FI fine law office, new carpet, paper, ‘Steam heat, water, statiol telephone, "speaking tu! 3 every cohventen Heat city hall’ new desks chairs: bookasess, &c.: everything first class: cheap to Purchaser. Rent of office, $19. Addi cars, latrobe, &e. ; will be Bt Fe SALE—AT A SACRIFICE, A PAIR SOLI- ‘over Si carats ; ey are left with tain nd Earrings, weighiiy Originally cost 8800. ee eieanbtoe ire Diamo' Nery brilliant absolutely perfec Toau Bunediate pruclaser 0 an im r cept $425. This is an unusual chance. JACOBS BROTHERS, 1229 Pennsylvania FO SALE-A SNAP BARGAIN—A BEAUTIF' nearly uew square piano, rich tone, fully war- ranted, for only $100, including elegant end. cover aud stool; payinents $10 per month, er. good discount for ail cast down. Sigges a NO EXCHANGE, fel G-3t 3 FOE SALECA, RARE CHANCE ‘wood upright piano; nearly ni tone unsurpassed; one of Boston's ch elegant condition. If sold at once, ci 8210 ¢ Owner ex-official, left ‘the city. Can be seen at THE PIANO EXCHANGE, 915 Pa, ave. £16-3t JOR SALE—A GREAT BARGAIN—ELEGANT AND very fine epeient grand 3 qualities, grand action, «rand ers, ihg expression; one of ‘the best mnakes ; bi owner left city; cost $50 one-half, cash OF time;, #10 pes Cun be seen at THE PLAN fe16- 91:5 Pennsylv Foe, SALE — QABINET UPRIGHT, PI largest scale; fine rich tone; exquisil Sean py © month, if desi NO EXCAAN quality; used bat four months. Only 8250 iments to suit. See this plano; it is easily worth’ Jozt as Ut glands. Ive a big barcain, CHE PI XCHANGE NEW WAREROOMS, 9135 Pa. ave. 1 JOR SALE—A VERY FINE STEINWAY Grand Piano, nearly new; really used but about s inonths; handsome rosewood; carved legs and lyre; aud all ‘in perfect condition’ and thorough musical order. Cost 8690, Owner leaving for Europe aud will sell for on to quick buyer. Handsome cover aud stool and music goes with it, Call at once at the THE-PIANO EXCHANGE, New Warerooms, 913 Pa, ave. ¢ 2 iT ARRI 5 HORSES. AMON them some draft and drivers ; also 2 mares in foald also several low-p it SCHLEGEL & QU! LEY, in rear of 16-6" it SALE—A FINE RIDING AND DRIVING Mare, 1 hands high and speedy can be seen. at Fashinwton Riding Academy. CHAS. E. BAN! ¥ RD STRA y MATT! ‘g ern :. per yard, 3 he government, per yen ioelot” O 7th st. sw. fe FIXTURES OF OLD OR SALE—STOCK and established grocery and provision store, 1600 V. SWAKT, Assignee, 1636 re 14th st. n.w. Apply to ‘9th st. now. — Fe, SALE-Hors! Ist st. ne. D-HAND in perfect order, ceptions and balls, as it large and roomy, and is the property of an army officer Z who has been ordered w He is desirous of a speed: Sale, and will close it out at the low price of #355, It is worth double the money to any one in need h acarriage. Can be seen at ANDREW J, JOYCE'S Car- Factory, corner of 14th and E st f13-1w SALE —10 FINE WELL-BRED YOUNG Horses from 4 to 8 years old. Apply or address BALLENGER, Mechanicsville, St. Mary's coun- ty, aid. f12-6t" ‘OR 8. SPECIAL! ‘Actual bargians in a number of slightly used Pianos and Onvans, in perfect onder.’ Sold on 8:3 paymen 1m a: ae =a MITH, 1 JOR SALE—THIS IS A ot Dod ‘3, 4 Coup styles. " atcost. W. F. GEYER, New York Carriage and Hi ness Repository, 466 Pa, ave. nw. rs fe FOE SALE SEVERAL GREAT BARGAINS used Pianos, fully warranted, from #60 up, on 89 Paymenty, at G. L. WILD & BKOS., 709 7th St. m. w. je JOR SALE—CYCLOPEDIAS, DON’T YOU WANT uct plaudard and the best; small monthly pay- ments. For ful iculars, specimen pages, etc., ad- dress B. 0. Box 300, elt ies FOE, SALE, SINGING BIkDs, BIRD FOOD, AN Cages, Gold-Fish, Aquariums, and Fish ‘Food, Largest assortment in the city at SCHMID'S Bird Store, 12th st.,2 doors south of Pa. ave. dm UPRIGHT PIANC cent above cost. We offer one Possessing un excellent tone, ‘responsive touch, Wing panels made of embossed brouze, wiving the Piano a rich appearance. ‘This instrument has also continuous German silver hinges at top and. bottom: sold in any other city for $42; our 810 cash and $10 per month. “If you waut the best Piano juade in the world examine our Sohmer Pianos, We have special in second-hand Pianos. HUGO WORCH & CO. ve ‘hb st. n.w,, Sohmer Piano Agents, ‘Tuning, Packing and Shipping. 13-6 IMPORTED HARTZ Mi ‘AIN CA- .fine singers, only $2.50, at the Bird 7th st. Bw. 8, HARTBRECHT. QOR SALE—THE “OTTO” GAS ENGINE RE- quires no boiler; avoids all expensive attendance Lo loss of time: no handling of fu and price list. "D. BALLAUF, Ag’ AT 12 PER tiful Uprigh ery rds, ‘Send for circular 731 Thee ule PERSONAL. J SFORMATION WANTED Of roving amateur photographer by the name of JOSEPH ABEL. He is supposed to be boarding with 4 Miss Schneider somewhere in southeast Washington. If this should come under his notice, he will hear something of interest by writing to his deserted wife and cl in Altoona, 2 1t* ANNIE L. ABEL. W332 DO GENTLEMEN GO TO 503 147TH 8’ opposite Willard’s, to get their hair cut? Answe Because he iss Philadelplia artist and understauds his business. Hard heads to cut solicited. fe16- CONTESERVICE EXAMINATION QUESTIC and ‘10e. to ‘auswers. Send W. FLYNN, A. M., Ivy Institute, val K sts, #1. W. _ Southwest cor. Sti and |. WILLIAMS, GEO.W. MCELFRESH, AUTHOR- ized Private Detective Agency. Comniunications promptly attended to and strictly confidential, Office open all hours. W. WILLIAMS, Manager, 926 F nw. my4-10m* Bee STAND I8 THE ONLY PLACE where first-class Second-Hana Clothing can be eS cepecteie pete. eee waht we my. ARTISTS’ SUPPLIES ILEY'S FINE GOLD LEAF, IN USE EVER ‘tors, Bool i ‘by Gilders, Decora kbinders, and uinters. Warranted pure; will not tarnish or change color. For sale by all the Dealers and and retail by Pr EN TE itihey. bean fe16-1m* 138 W. Fayetio ste, Baltiinore. J.C. Horcumsox, ‘ IMPORTER. NOVELTIES IN NETS, LACES AND DRESS TRIMMINGS FOR EVENING WEAR. PARIS AND VIENNA FANS, FOSTER KID GLOVES, NEW IMPROVED LACING. FROM $1 PER PAIR UPWARD. } SPECIAL SUEDE GLOVES AT 1.25, REG | ‘“ ULAR PRICE $1.75. FAST BLACK HOSIERY, 25 CTS. PER PAIR, ne 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, For Sr. Varese Du. ‘TIES. 16-20 428 7TH STREET. AN INTERESTING RELIC. The Confederate eral’s Check Book and Its Contents. CHECKS FOR FABULOUS sUMS—WHAT WAS DOXE WITH THEM—FINANCIERS WHO WAXTED SPEC- IAL MILITARY TRANSPORTATION PAID FOR WITH PAPER—THE LAST PAGE. Only an old coverless check-book, but there was a something about it that made the most careless look at it a second time when its iden- tity once became known. Nothing attractive in its appearance. It was evidently antique. The corners of the top sheets were curled up and the edges were graytwith the dust of quarter of a century. Why was it interesting? Well, because it was the last check-book used by the quartermaster-general’s department of the confederacy. ToaSrar reporter who saw it as it lay on Mr. E. E. Wheeler's desk Satur- day, it was of great interest from a news point of view, but to the ex-rebels who saw it recalled memories of the days when the south in its pride and self-conscions- ness arose to hurl back to the north the masses of boys in blue, which the federal gov- ernment fh into Dixie in order that the re- ublic should continue, more firmly than ever, be the “one and indivisible.” It awoke for a moment the old indomitable spirit and caused sunken eyes to flash and age-palsied hands to contract as they did when ie south aspired to be a nation. ¢ check-book was something which had once been a tangible part of the confederate government; it stood in the place, to a very great extent, of that cash which has been denominated ‘the sinews of war.” FOR TRANSPORTATION. The book was found in a lot of old papers purchased by Mr. Wheeler, and its discovery was accidental, On each sheet there are three checks, The printing is of the commonest description of letter-press work and the ink used was blue, but the paper is of extra- ordinarily quality, white in calor and of very fair finish. The checks are all on the treasurer of the confederate states. The first sheet of stubs is missing, it having probably been torn off by rough usage; the first stub is therefore numbered 4. It is dated January 26, 1865, and shows that on that day the sum of $1,170 was paid to Broadus & Baughan on account of stage-hire during the months of October and November, 1864. On the next day another stage account, that of Lewis M. Vest, was settled by a check for $2,285, while the bill of E.T. Clemons & Co., also for stage transportation, was closed up to the first day of January by a paper payment of $4,150. The first big check No. 8, dated January 28, and the stub shows that on that day R. L. Owen, presideht of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad company. was paid $120,000 in full for transportation furnished troops in December, 1864. Mr. Owen did not, however, get cash for his check, for a note on the lower edge of the stub states that he accepted, in lieu of cash, call certificate at 30, 60 and 90 days. PAY DAY. January 30 was pay day in the quartermas- ter-general’s office in Richmond for a check bearing that date called for $981.33 with which to pay salaries, The force was evidently not large enough to be cumbersome. On the same day, while the headquarter’s officials were hard at work trying to find elastic arithmetical rules, which would admit of expansion to such an extent as would enable a man to buy anything at all with his month's salary, George Yonge, superintendent of the Georgia Railroad com- pany, secured two checks, one for the modest sum of $136,000, the other calling for $838.70. These were the last checks issued in Januar, and the footing for the month—carried foi ward on each sheet—showed that the amount checked out during January was $374,217.49- #188, 154.67 being for transportation of troops; not an extraordinarily expensive month. The calculations, which are on the backs of the stubs, are signed “Hart.” On February 3 John B. Crenshaw got 2162.63. Mr. Crenshaw was president of the Richmond and Charlottesville Turnpike company, and the check was to liquidate a government in- debtedness for tolls. Next day R. B. Snead, collector of tolls for the James River and Kanawha canal, swooped down on the quarter- master-general, and when he left he bore away paper to the extent of $7,087.28. A CAREFUL FINANCIER. One of the careful creditors of the confed- eracy was the Richmond and Danville Rai road company, and its treasurer, Mr. R. E. Hughson, seems to have been a skilful finan- cier. Checks were as nothing to his business- like soul unless they could be traded off for cash. Therefore when the quartermaster-gen- eral, on February 8, wanted to give Mr. Hugh- son a plain, ordinary, everyday check for $362,343.75 he demurred, argued, and compro- mised on the condition that the amount be in currency in five instalments. On February 13 E. G._ Ghio, — treasurer of the Seaboard and’ Roanoke Railroad. dropped in at headquarters and suggested that it was about time to settle up their little ac- count. It amounted to $30,459.54. A check was promptly thrust under his nose, but Mr. Ghio insisted that no railroad could be run on checks; he must have something more solid than a single slip of paper. The quartermas- ter-general was obdurate for awhile, but he finally offered Mr. Ghio $459.54 in currency, and the little balance of $30,000 in call certifi- cates at thirty days. But few of the men who made legitimate at- tacks upon the confederate treasury were more successful than Treasurer James H. Reid, of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad com. y. He had a little bill amounting to $66, bond, and this was settled in currency. Mr. Reid was delighted. He had become accus- tomed to checks and the change pleased him immensely. No sooner had he been paid the $66,392.47 in currency than he resented another account, this time for $66,000 ev He wanted hy a for he could atleast paper a few rooms in his house with it. A check was no good, because it would not even serve to stop up a hole in a mutilated pane of glass. The quartermaster- general, however, objected to cutting down his stock of currency so much in one month, so Mr. Reed had to be as near contented as any man could be who had to load down his clothes with 66,000 worth of 60-days’ call certificates, Mr. Reed had those certificates in his safe when they matured, but it is understood that he made no effort to present them at the confed- erate treasury. E, Saulsbury, general agent of the Georgia Relief and Hospital association, got 12,546.05 worth of check on February 18, and right on his heels came A. 8. Buford, army agent for the state of Virginia, who took a slip of paper in lieu of $4,790.24. On February 27 Capt. D. J. Hill, of the steamer Shultz, was paid £1,800 for the use of his craft as a flag-of-truce boat, and then he gave way to the representative of the Atlantic and Gulf railroad ations fi who Bottwo checks, one for $20,000, payable in currency, and one for #583,857.46, payable in transfer drafts on depository at Macon, Ga. The following day saw a big account with the Piedmont railroad company—settled up by four checks — $20,000, $40,000, $40,000, and $19,496.81. The month of February was balanced up on the back of a stub and the somewhat indistinct figures show that the currency balance from January to the credit of the office was $66,217.- 34; the warrants drawn footed up $1,654,736.31; checks drawn, $1,311,647.58. On March 4, 1865, while propessons were being made in this city for the second inangu- ration of Lincoln, the captain of the steamer “Bonita,” T. M. Southgate, was doing his best to negotiate a check for $2,100 which he had on that same day received from the quarter- master-general The “Bonita” had been at work as a ‘‘flag-of-truce” boat, and so had some of the crafts belonging to the Virginia towing company, for on that same 4th of March Presi- dent. A. Myers got away with a check of $12,000. Two days later there was a heavy draft on the office. President R. L. Owen, of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad company, secured three checks—$50,000, $50,000 an 869,756.96—and on the same day a oe, pro- prietor with the appropriate and euphonious cognomen of Trotter was paid with a check for 4 MAMMOTH CHECKS. Tho quartermaster-general’s telegraph bill was no small affair. On March 21 Thomas H. Wynne, treasurer of the Southern Telegraph com} it for official messages €47,754.54. Ppelonburg railroad company was one of the few large corporations which was willing to be paid entirely in checks, and in its benev- olent way it receipted on March 21 for $104,- 278.90, that sum, for some reason not apparent, being divided into four checks. These inno- cen! of paper had lughson, of the » He al- was and as a rule a ithe two biggest checks in on March 24. The first note on the 15,000 of the of 40 per The be paid "The ince poets St upon the i for $72,048.97, Sees rind So cent, was paid in specie. The ‘Conkral 1889. ita, asa flag-of- o . and President 8. A. M: : irginia Towing company, sec’ $25,050 for the use of the steamer William ‘Allison’ on oe- casions when a truce-boat was necessary. NEARING THE END. The office pay-roll for March was $901.33, and a check was made out for the same amount, but it is probable that the employes were paid directly in ‘ie or currency, for across the face of the stub is written, “Not used, but de- stroyed.” The end was drawing very near then. Grant was closing in on Lee and shut- ting out every avenue of escape, while Weitzel was pounding away at Richmond with a per- sistency that discouraged his ——— On April 1 E. Saulsbury, the general agent of the Georgia Hospital and Relief association, had checked out to him the sum of $10,000 to repay for “‘advances on transportation of soldiers’ ‘kages,” and then, for no stated purpose, 10,369.25 more. THE LAST CHECK DRAWN was No. 79, dated April 1, 1865. It was one of two paid to the Western North Carolina rail- road company. No, 78 was for $10,954 and No. 79 looked as though it might be responsible for $34,478.13. The two remaining checks on the same sheet as No. 79 were also numbered, but never filled out. The official charged with that duty probably had other and more pressing matters to attend to. He realized that there was a time for everything, and in pursuance of this line of thought he concluded that when the Union troops were within a few hours’ march of Richmond, with nothing to prevent them from coming in, there was’ no time to write checks that could never be cashed. The wheel had turned, and all the rebellious mill- ions of the south were checked, and the stubs of the dusty old book are now leaves in the history of the greatest civil war the world ever saw. GEORGETOWN. Frank W. Bapen TorowN From A TRAIN AND Kiiep.-—-Frank W. Baden, of this place, a tele- graph operator employed by the Baltimore and hio railroad, was thrown from the platform of a train yesterday morning, and instantly killed, near the Bayard-street crossing, in Baltimore. He was on his way from his home here to re- port for duty at the Lee-street_ tower, in Balti- more, where he was stationed. As the train neared the tower he stepped on the vestibule to get off when the train slacked. At the Bay- ard-street crossing there 1s a very sharp curve, and at that point he was thrown head first on the tracks, and his neck was broken. Baden was a native of this Districtand had been im the employ of the company for a good while. He was twenty-eight years old, and was a young man of excellent habits. His book gave his home and address as Prospect cottage, George- town, D. C., where his parents reside, His body was brought here last night. He was the opera- tor in the tower when the collision occurred at the “Y” in this city, and was a nephew of Mrs. E.D. E. N. Southworth, the novelist. Missiosary Day.—Yesterday was missionary day at the Dumbarton Street M. E. church. In the morning an appropriate sermon was de- livered by the pastor, and the evening was de- voted to exercises the children of the Sab- bath school, consisting of music and recita- tions. Remarks were made by ex-governor of North Carolina R, B. Vance, and the pastor, Rey. M. F. B. Rice. The collections amounted to $508, an excess of £102 over last year. Tue Space between the car tracks of the Metropolitan line on_P street is in a bad state. A Vaorayt.—Priscilla Vass, a young colored woman, whose name appears on many pages of the police records, was Before the Police Court to-day, charged by Officer Fisher with vagrancy. She was given the extent of the law—20 day on the farm. Sr eee ANACOSTIA. Escarep axnp Recarrurep.—Dr. Geo. W. King, who was adjudged insane last summer and was sent to St. Elizabeth hospital, compen last week but was captured and returned last Saturday. Last summer Dr. King was accused of assault and a warrant was issued for his ar- rest. When an officer went to his home, on H street northwest, to serve the warrant he (Dr. King) drew his revolver and fired at the officer, but missed his mark. He was taken before a jury and adjudged insane and was sent to St. Elizabeth. = Te: Watxixc Matcn.—On account of the rain the contestants in the walking match to Baltimore did not leave Anacostia until 8:30 o’clock. Mr. Arch Helier took the place of Mr. W. K. Baxter, who did not go on account of sickness. The contestants, Messrs. Dunning- ton, La Verne, Helier, and Lighthell, will re- turn by rail to-morrow. Nor an Escarep Luyatic.—Last Friday, Charles Eidlen, Milton Goodloe, and Jona- than Butler, colored, went to the house of Charles Butler, colored, where his niece, Mrs. Betters, was staying, and stating that she had escaped from St. Elizabeth insane hospital, took her there expecting that they could get the $5 reward paid to persons who return an escaped patient, but found to their disgust that they had made a mistake. Their would- be patient, Mrs. Betters, swore out a warrant charging Eidlen. Goodloe, and Butler with assault and battery. They were arrested by Officer W. T. Anderson, and escorted to the station, where they were detained until $25 collateral could be obtained for them, ENTERTAINMENTS.—Naomi, Ladigs’ tent No. 3, Independnt Order of Rechabites, met in Masonic hall last week, and remarks were made by Messrs. E. R. Mahoney, Cordell, Clarence Mills, Misses Rosa Poates, Ella Frye, Maggie Canter, and Eula King, Mr. Leonard Main sang, and readings wgre made by Misses Mary Hall, Sara Poates, Bertie King and Mr. E, R. Mahoney.——Salem tent, No. 154, Inde- pendent Order of Rechabites, held avery inter- esting open meeting last week. An’ excel- lent program was presented, in which the fol- lowing took active part: Messrs. A. Davison, Wayne W. Cordell, J. L, Poates, Dr. H. E. Leach, Jno. M. Minnix and many others, Maw Carryine Contracts AwarpEp.—The mail Regie 3 contracts for Anacostia and vicinity have been awarded as follows: From Anacostia to Shrift, to Z. L. Carpenter, once daily, for $342; from Anacostia to Upper’ Marl- boro’, Md., once daily, to C. G. Stelle, for #463; from Anacostia to Washington, twice daily, to 8. E. Carpenter, for $275. * Reav Estate Sace.—Mr. Wm. H. Chew has sold to Ellen F. Loudan and John Loudan part of lot 3, block 9, sub Barry farm, for $2,500. Personat.—Lieut. Carmody, who has been in charge of the Bellevue magazine, has been transferred and assigned to duty at the navy- yard as executive officer of the Alert.—Mr. J. Harry Shannon expects to return home dur- ing the early part of March with his mother, a will take up the study of law.——Rev. W. G. Davenport as_ been confined to his resi- dence for the past few days with an attack of neuralgia.—Fred. Douglass, who has been spending some time in Arkansas, returned last week, and says that nearly the entire state is stirred up over the Clayton murder.——Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Cook and J. E. Cook. jr., left on the steamer George Leary-last evening for Norfolk, Va., where they will spend a short time with friends of Mrs. Cook before they seturn to their home in Texarkana, Arkansas.—Thos. Grifnth, who has been employed as janitor at the public school, has been dismissed, and Benj. F. Allen has been appointed in his place. Tue Anacostia BurLpING AssociaTION met Friday evening and decided to receive bids for three new cottages to be erected on Avalon terrace, near the German orphan asylum. — Maryland Jockey Club Troubles. IT HAS NOT BEEN MAKING MONEY AND MAY HAVE TO GIVE UP PIMLICO. A Baltimore dispatch to the Philadelphia Press says: The Maryland jockey club is ina bad way. Itmay not only be compelled to give up its magnificent track at Pimlico, but also to sever its connection with the eastern as- sociation, The troubles of the club date back from four years ago, when an effort was made to displace Gov. Bowie, the president, and put in his place Frank Brown, now the postmaster of Baltimore. It was a fight of the young men against the old, and the latter won by one vote. It had always been understood that the jockey club had been making money, but it now turns out that during the four years not one meeting was financially success! ts leaked out since it and keeps the a attributes the falling odie horse ABOUT 200 PEOPLE KILLED. Earthquakes Wreck Costa Rica’s Capi- : tal City. DEATH, DARKNESS AND CRASHING WALLS—Two VOLCANOES BECOME ACTIVE—-WHOLE FAMILIES BURIED ALIVE—STRANGE GEOLOGICAL PuE- NOMENA. ‘From the New York Press, Sax Jose, Costa Rica, Jan. 10.—The capital of the republic has been completely destroyed by a series of earthquakes, beginning on the evening of December 29, and the latest of which passed over us yesterday. Further shocks are expected every moment, and the horrors of the hourfare increased by the prob- ability of an eruption of the voleanoes of Razu and Boas, showering down fire, bowlders and molten lava on the valley, in which a popula- tion of 80,000 is centered. Both these volca- noes have shown signs of growing activity in the wreaths of blue smoke ascending from their craters, As nearly as can be ascertained, about 200 lives have been lost thus far, and the injured number nearly 1,000, The homeless multitude of terror stricken survivors wander about in astate of demoralized consternation easier imagined than described. At every point one is met by scenes of convulsion, ruin, destruction, desolation and death. IN THE MIDST OF FESTIVITY. In all Central America there is no more pic- turesque and delightful city than this little cap- ital of Costa Rica, upon which has come this sudden and terrible devastation. The town is the home of a population of nearly 20,000 souls, a busy commerce, a charming Andalusian 8o- ciety, and a center of advanced progress and culture, Its regularly laid out and well paved streets, lined with handsome residences, its Magnificent cathedral of classic architecture, its big busy market with glass and iron roof, its splendid a nacional, palacio de jus- tica, palacio Episcopal, and palacio presiden- cial, its square, white walled turreted and mul- lioned cuartels, its university and schools, its plazas and ancient churches, its flowers and fountains, its theater and its bull ring, its mills, factories, and brilliantly-illuminated stores with plate-glass fronts. all evinced the com- paratively advanced stage of development reached by the Josefinas. All these are now amass of ruins. The city's destruction is as complete as that of Pompeii. At o'clock on the evening of December 29 the inhabitants were in the midst of the cele- bration of the civic and religious feasts. A con- cert by the excellent ~e ! band was in prog- ress im the beautiful little Parque Central, whose walks and lawns were odorous with the scent of rose and jasmine and oleander in full bloom and illuminated by thousands of tin; colored lights strung from the branches of pal- metto and cedar and mahogony and ocote trees, and circling the great marble and bronze fountain in its center. In the streets the rays of the electric light shone down upon the viva- cious, laughing, and gayly dressed men and women coming from a banquet at the Grau hotel. or on their way toa dance in the patio of the national palace. Everywhere the festive spirit of the season pervaded the city’s life, and the Josefinas laughed and chatted and feasted and danced, all unconscious of coming danger. THE FIRST ALARM. Suddenly ‘a clap of thunder out of a clear sky, a tremendous shock of earthquake put the city into a state of the wildest alarm. During the early days of the month there had been a few quick and barely perceptible mo- tions, apparently more atmospheric than seis- iaioal. “Thess Gall cen seeeedl sulnepuehan save by the older residents, who recalled the beginnings of the last great earthquake in Sep- tember, 1541, Latterly, too. there had been much discussion over the discovery that the voleano of Razu, rising above the old capital of Cartago, 20 miles to the northeastward. had shown signs of activity,though it was supposed to have been extinct for a quarter of a century, Now, seized by a common impulse, people rushed to their homes to provide, as’ far as possible for the safety of the children and the aged. The dread words: *‘Viene un temblore terible” (“A terrible earthquake is coming”) were on every lip. THE SECOND SHOCK. The first shock was repeated, with even greater force, at 11 p.m. For the first time, a fear that the low, solid adobe structures, tradi- tionally regarded as capable of withstanding any possible shock, and veritable havens of refuge, were unsafe, spread among the inhab- itants. People rushed out of the houses and assembled in fear and trembling in the Plaza del Merced, the Plaza del Carmen—opposite the churches of the same name—or in the Plaza del Mercado, between the market and the hospital. Three hours of anxious expect- ancy passed without a recurrence of the vibra- tion, All thought of sleep had been given up, and, unmindful of the chilliness of the night air at all seasons here, thinly clad men and women; old, young, rich and poor, threw them- selves at full length on the ground and waited; or, kneeling, sent up prayers for preservation to which fear lent fervor. Children cried pite- ously or held their breaths, awed by the strange uncertainty of it all, while here and there wo- men screamed and struggled in hysterical paroxysms. At last came a hopeful feeling of i “Es acabo” (“It is all over”), said the robed priests, and the hope was quickly transformed to conviction. Relieved and grate- ful, the people returned to their dwellings and sought repose after the weariness and excite- ment of the night. 2 HOUSES OVERTHROWN. At 4:30 a, m. on the 30th a third shock, more awful than th® preceding ones, awoke the sleepers, rudely dispelling their new-born con- fidence. The city was violently shaken from end to end. and words feil to picture the terror that ensued. Down went the houses in a deaf- ening din—wall crashing upon wall, with the roofs of heavy tile sagging and sinking between in inextricable confusion. Women’s fierce, fear- stricken shrieks, the screaming of strong men and the piteous wail of little children mingled with the dust, darkness and din, was a scene of demoralization frightful to witness. The ex- perience of that awful hour will not soon be effaced from the memories of those who passed through the ordeal. Even as your correspon- dent writes these lines in a tent on the Plaza de Merced, rated peed laid out flower beds and the wreck of the beautiful church of La Senora de Merced; a grewsome chill runs up his spine and makes him shudder with the rec- ollection. Nearly every house in the older central part of the city was abandoned. The soldiers and lice displayed praiseworthy activity in help- ing the wounded and helpless. Many thoroughly frightened and superstitious people took the roads leading out of the city to the westward away from the dread volcano and fled until day- light, reaching Alajuela, 30 miles away, only to find that town suffering similrr disaster. Others kept on running southward until they reached Carillo, near the Atlantic coast. Those who had escaped from their houses unhurt walked up and down the plazas in feverish agitation until dawn made it possible to ascertain something definite as to the extent of the disaster. With the coming of day it be- came apparent that the taller buildings had naturally suffered most. The splendid stone, structure of the Banco de la Union, recently completed at a cost of £300,000, is an utter wreck. Scarcely a building above one story on the ground floor remains intact to-day. ‘The beautiful dome of the cathedral, with its wide Corinthian portico, looks like a house of cards crushed in a giant's grasp. Bray chanel in the city, and there were about twenty lofty structures, many with ambitious cupolas and belfries, though steeples are unknown, is more or less ed, and they have been conse- quently closed to public worship. Those ac- uainted with the important played by = e ancare of ——— in yo life of e feminine part of i Central American countries will” = what this means. Gen. A. de Jesus Soto, father of the president and acting executive, narrowly escaped being numbered among the The phenomenon was gaye in vary- central section, ing severity throughout which includes the volcanic cordillera of Costa Rica. Travel on the central'railway between and juela is ernmentengineers. At the former place, ‘which is distant about 14 miles from the capital, and % but the earth seemed to rise and fall all around me. For five terrible minutes, which seemed = Istruggled through the moving mass, which came up to my hips. Little Juanita was qnickly torn from me, and all I could do was to save the baby by holding him as high o# Icould, my one desperate resolve being to reach Alajuela.” She reached Alajnela about an hour after the shock, ly exhausted and more dead than alive. is now in the care some relatives, who are doing everything to assuage her grief. Her terrible experience has turned her hair from jet black to a snow white. Remounting, your Wy the scene of thi a little out of the way louse and tation have completely and wifere they once were no pears = ® waste of earth likea new ploaghea field. A hill that bounded the west lantation a week ago is now on th: east side, where before was a grass plain. words can conv: pression made by this change on the who have been familiar with the old landscape from childhood, and oe now come to gaze horror stricken on the change. _At another point, named La Laguna, less tham six miles from here, a women with her four children, asleep in a cabin, were entombed im the earth waves, and it has been impossible to discover any trace of their remains. ‘The father of this family was on his way home when the first shock passed through this region, causing the whole surface of the earth to assume the al of @ storm-tossed sea, He struggled helplessly for several minutes, then, becoming almost unconscious, abandoned himself to bis fate. The earth waves threw him to a point nearly 1,000 yards distant, and lodged him in the branches of an old oak, which, strangely ow sh, withstood the agitation and saved his fe. A remarkable result of the phenomenon is reported from the neighborhood of the copper mines of Don Francisco Maria iglesias on Mont - Ina deep igneous strata, thrown to the surface for nearly three miles along the mountain slope, a vein of rich quartz, contain- ing native silver in large quantities and prom- ising indications of g. $a, Las boon discovered. Exemplifying the “ill wind” proverb, this bursting fourth of mineral may give a power- ful impetus to Costa Rica's infant mining im- dustry. if Tone. A Mother Who Spanks. THINKS THAT THE SLIPPER OK THE HAIR BRUSH SHOULD BE FREELY USED, Letter in New York Sun. Among many things in your paper I read the article headed “To Spank or Not to Spank.” Although I was amused by it, I must take the affirmative of the question, and if more’mothers held the same views that I do we should not see 80 many saucy and bad children as we do on every hand. Pert and forward boys and girls are an annoyance to all around them and a disgrace and sorrow to their parents, I have brought up four in all—not different from the — run, I presume—both boys and girls, ealthy and full of life and mischief and a tittle of the “Old Adam,” with which we are all supposed to be endowed. I have found that they needed training just as much as th ry education; have tried seclusion, onstrance, rewards and coaxing, particularly with “Nam_ ber One,” but have found that nothing was so good or effective as a good and timely spank- ing, well en goes according to Webster, up to tive years oid, with the hand, and after t) with a wy or hair brush. I have seen a child as willful and peevish ag possible changed in three minutes by this process into a loving and lov- able one. Have tried an hour rocking and story telling until both she and I were tired out, and then put my youngest girl to sleep in five minutes by rolling her over and giving her a mildspanking, just enough to get up counter irritant and divert her thoughts. If children are brought up this way, and learn obedience young, they will rarely need any punishment after six or seven years; and £ would advise any mother of young children, either girls or boys, who are trying any new | way of bringing up children, and find them provoking, to surprise them by a sound spank- ing or two, and I will guarantee its effics I really enjoy benefiting a nice plump youngster by giving it a good spanking when needed, and have no sympathy with a namby ment that cries hands off. many spankings myself in my youuger days, as well as some switching, and I now know it was good for me. THE STORY OF A FAMOUS BOSTON AUCTIONEER, From the New York Tribu: ‘Some years ago,” he said, “Horatio Harris and I were sitting on the piazza of a Newport hotel. The conversation turned upon the sue- cess of individuals in public life, and thatof merchants and business men. Harris remarked: ‘I will briefly sketch my own career; I give it to you as nearly us I can from memory. The following is Mr. Harris’ story: “I was, early in life thrown upon my own resources, I was placed, as a young man, with Thos, W. Sears, who was a neighbor and friend of my father in South Boston. When I entered his employ every possible work of drudgery was imposed upon me. I did not complain, as I was determined to master the business; and I did, from the minutest detail upward.’ I saw myself, through my own industry and perse- verance, advanced from one step to another, until I had displaced my seniors. Thea I was trusted with what was then known as the New York consignments to the firm. This was a responsible position, and I carried it on to the satisfaction of all parties.\ My ambition wastosee my name appear as ‘Horatio Harris, auctioneer.’ Well, the deaths of, Sears and Robbins placed me in that position. Iwas determined to do my best and act conscientiously up to what I considered my duty. The first great sale I made was the turning point with me, although the result, in the estimation of my numerous friends, would cut short my career. 1 will give it to youasitactually happened. It was cargo sale of coffee at the end of the wharf, There was a full attendance of all the grocers, The bidding was lively but prolonged. I finally decided the bid in favor of Mr. Joshua Sears stepped forward and claimed th bid as his, I told Mr. Sears it was not so; that Ineither received a bid nora nod from him during the sale. Sears insisted that the bid was his; so did all the grocers present, except the one to whom I gave the bid. The sale was dismissed. A few hours afterward the grocers “Harris, came to the counting-room and said you have made a mistake; the Sears’, and yor 3 I told them I could not help it, and that the bid was not his, All the rest of that day and during the night I pondered the matter over im my mind. I said to myself, “Harris, you have not only lost a powerful friend, but ade @ great enemy; but, Harris, right.’ Early the next morning, as I was stand- ing in the doorway of my store. along came Josh Sears, his hat cocked ‘on one side and his hands under the skirts of his coat. shuftied up to me I said to myself, ‘Now I a to catch it! What was my surprise to see him turn square around and face me, and in his curt lan address me thus: “Harris, you were right yesterday, and I was wrong. Count on me for your friend.’ Well, he was my friend, and with him came the floodtide of my success. His money, his influence, and his capital were always at my disposal. I never forfeited his friendship, his esteem or his confidence, and he made me one of the trustees of his large property. = ie neta —— —— see A Hint to Ice Consumers. From the New York Tribune. There are now good prospects of an excel lent crop of ice, judging by the reports that come from various points. Everywhere there is extraordinary activity in the effort to make up for lost time, and unless there isa sudden ly the usual quan- ill consumers must years to recover from the effects of this open winter. In recent graduates of the Yale university to the number of 400 Saturday night vena monico's. athletic club. At Ga., the Capital bank caused war- rants to be issued against John L. Adams, of Adams & Son, cotton factors and warehouse- £ ‘men, for swindling.