Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1889, Page 6

THE. EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON: ALWAYS ON THE ALERT. BUSINESS FROM THE GROUND UP. tienen MEN WHO KNOW WASHINGTON. Successful Careers of Well-Known Real Estate Dealers. A successful real estate man isa creature of many sides and facilities—a man of pluck, de- termination and energy: a man of nerve, decis- fon, and rapid thinking powers, and a man of | judgment. Bat, ebove sll, be is a prophet. He | lifts aside the veil that guards the futare and sees the coming movements of communities, calculates years in advance the values that will accumulate upon vacant property, and then uses his foresight to the advantage of those who trust in him and put their faith in the truth of his prophetic judgments. This com- Dination is seldom found ina man, and in the | real estate business, as well as in any other, there are failures because the men lack one or more of those requisites. But in this city, it | would seem success is by far the rule, and failure the reverse. and thus it is that Tue | Stan, after devoting two Saturday issues to the | lives of real estate men, still has enough, fully | up to the mark, to make a good showing to- e men whose lives are briefly sketched be- low deserve more credit than is generally given to the average dealer and broker in real estate, for they have had leading parts in the per- formance entitled “The Building of Washing- ton,” which is not yet concluded by many scenes, and as such are worthy of high consider- atlon. J. Riley Deeble. Mr. J. Riley Deeble is well known in this City, especially among the resident population. He was born in George- town, and was educated in the public schools. and subsequently grad- uated from the Colum- bian law school and was admitted to the District bar. He began his bus- iness career in the ottice { of the Potomac Insur- ance comp’y. of George. town, and while em- ployed there he took the law course. He re- mained with the Poto- company as assist- retary until May | 1, 1886, when he entered | into partnership with | s hed a real estate and insurance business F street. Shortly afterward he purchased the interest of Mr. Dodson and has carried on the business alone: retaining the same ofiice. with the Poto Insurance compan: manager of the Washmgton branch of ing a continuous service with that company | since 1876. He has developed a prosperous | real estate business through his energy and | ability, and traces much of his success to his EE Dedson, s the | mak- | | period, and hes always willingly aided every | time at 1008 F street porthw Pp | was formed with Mr. T. W. Hungerford, and th | He is still connected | * office, at No, 918 F, was among the first located on that street. His earlier days were nt in Philadelphia, where bis ‘father was well known for many years in connection with the Pennsylvania institute for the blind. He gradu- ated from high school of that city and then entered a conveyancing and real estate office there. Shortly after the breaking out of the war he came to Wash- ington, entered a com- petitive examination, and was appointed to a ~ clerkship in the office E. A. M'INTIRE. of Secretary Stanton, and was for several years chief of the di- vision of advertising and printing accounts of the War department. In 1870 he graduated from the law school of Columbia college, and soon afterward engaged in partnership in the real estate business with his fellow-graduate, Mr. B. H. Warner, which lasted until 1878. He bas been in his present location since that object intended for the improvement of the city, especially in the erection of houses and the grading, paving. aud beautifying of streets. Mr. McIntire is forty-five years of age, robust, hearty, and of that energy and vim that tell in his line of business. is long experience make him an authority in matters of real estate, and his exercise of politeness, promptness, and accuracy are fully appreciated by his many customers. He has always taken an active in- terest in the work of the several charitable or- ganizations of the city, and has for over twenty-five years held offices and labored efticiently in the Masonic and other orders and in the Methodist church. Like other success- ful men in business Mr. McIntire attributes much of his success to judicious advertising in Tue Stax. Rust & Hungerford. This firm has a cozy and well-appointed office. No. 624 14th street, between F and G streets, where the partners are kept busy by their hosts of friends, Although the firm is a comparatively new one, both members are men of large business experience and sound judgment. Mr. H. L. Rust, the senior member of the firm. was born in W moreland county, Va., and came to this city some years since and entered a real estate office, at the same time pursuing a course ot study at the Na- ional University law = 1. Ever. school, from which he graduated last year, After conducting a suc- cessful business on his own account for some rinership | ‘removed to their ansacting their busi- and where a increase of work resources judicious use of the advertising columns of ‘BE STAR. Thomas A. Mitchell is one of the best-known real estate operators in the District of Columbia, and has been closely identified with the realty market from the time when it first began to exhibit local activity. The business was originally estab- lished by the late George W. Mitchell im the vear 1859, and is unquestion- ably the first enterprise ever organized in Wash- ington which made the dealing in real eatate specialty. In 1361 the firm became Mitchell &7 Sons, Messrs. Geo. C. B. Mitchell and Thomas A. Mitchell becoming associated with the bnsi- Ress interests of thir tnomas a. xuTcHELL. father: and in 1369. on the decease of George C. B. Mitchell. and retirement of the senior member, the business was assumed by the incumbent. His nephew. George E. Mitchell, was associated with him from 1x81 to 1885. Mr. Thomas A. Mitchell is now the sole surviving member of the firm. In addition to his real estate and other enterprises, he has suc- cessfully organized the “The Johnson Lumley cotton gin manufacturing company.” of which | he is now a director and the principal stock- | holder. Also the Hughes cotton harvester Company of Baltimore. This machine was built by Messrs. Merrill & Keyser, and was fully tested befo-e « committee of cotton plant- ers im North Carolina last season, and demonstrated in the field its ability to} do the work of one hundred expert cotton-| jickers and without injury to the staple. ir. Mitchell is of an old Virginia family, has long enjoyed the highest of reputations for his honorable methods and strict integrity, and | bral segs aided in maintaining that high standard of commercial probity which eharac- terizes the leading real-estate circles of the capital. is latest real-estate enterprise is the pur- chase and subdivision of 200 acres of land at Ardwick tation,on the B. and P. RB. R., known as Ardwick Heights. Mr. George E, Emmons has been identified with the real estate business {| wince the early part of 1872, when he began | business by opening an office on Capitol Hill, | and during the time he located there he pub-| lished the East Washing- ton Heal Estate Advertiser | Two years later he en- tered the real _ estate | ofice of Mr. B. H. War- | ner, He soon advanced | to the highest position in Mr. Warner’s office and then became a mem- | ber of the firm, In 1587, after a service of over thirteen years, he re- = tired from the firm i and opened an office at | GEO. E. EMMONS, 1213 F§street northwest. | Upon the compietion of the Atla: building | he moved his office there. In the erection of | this handsome struc Emmons took an | active part. being and treasurer of | the company through whose istrumentality it | ‘was constructed. Mr. Emmons, during his long experience with the firm of B. H. Warner & Co., had charge of the buildingZoperations, aud Successfully completed the erection of a great many dwellings of various sizes, and thus gained a knowse he now applies to the advantage of a& client He has formed a ction with Mr. C. W. King. « prominent bu: who has had a large etperience in building. and together they pro- gone to erect « number of large and small wellings in the diferent parts of the city. They are at present erecting for themselves sud clients ninety-two houses im the city. Mr. Emmons fully appreciates the value of adver- tising in THe Stan. aud credits his success in a GFeat measure to that, Mr. Chas. H. Parker, the well-known real-estate man of South Wash- ington, needs no introduction to the citizens of Washington. He isa living example of a self- mademan. He first saw the light in Chester Co., Pa., in 1844. cue win- ter months he attended the country schools and in the summer worked ousfarm. When quite young he conducted a on his own ac- Mr. Hun; junior =m n in this city. In he entered bur swith a prominent mercantile house and there remained for over twenty-three and? ars. Early this year he re ORD. his position and entered the real estate busi- with Mr. Rust. who had had several 5 8’ experience in this line. The firm stands high in the community and with their brother brokers, and they have an abiding faith in the re of Washington. Th re firtn be vers in judicious advertising. and in the efficacy of Tue Stax to reach the people. A. P. Hill & Co. Mr. J. Loring Whittington, the representa- tive of the firm of A. P. Hill & Co., is a Bosto- nian by birth. At an early age his parents re- moved to Washington, and he was placed in the public schools,where he was educated. When but fifteen years of age he entered the book store of Mohun Bros., and remained with them for nine years, when he embarked in the same business with Mr. John . Paret. The new firm (aoe rete and = Mr, Whittington purchased Y 3. L. WHITTINGTON. conducted the business on his own account for two years, when, seeing au opportunity to enter the real estate busi- ss. sold out his store and formeda partner- ship with Mr. A. P. Hill. He has now been in the real estate business for nearly five years | nd enjoys the confidence of a large clientage. advertising in THe STAR a sure way and attributes munch of Herron & Ramey. Mr. W. W. Herron is a Penusylvanian by birth, having been born at Newville, in that | state, In 1861 Mr. Herron was appointed by | Gen. Cameron, then See retary of War, store-keeper, and oF- dered to Pittsburg. where he assumed charge of all the mili tary stores as well as the transportation of troops, At the close of the war he moved to Chicago, nd was sppointed sistant auditor of custom-house, In 1880, having received an ap- pointment in the census oftice. Mr. Herron moved to Washington. During fi ar of govern- he was pro- moted four times, and was one of the chiefs | transferred to the land office, from which he was appointed special examiner in the pen- sion office for the District of Columbia, which | » he resigned te form a partnership with Daniel Ramey to conduct a real estate business, The firm enjoy a large and growing clientage. | hich th ttribute largely to their constant ig in THe Svan, y was bern in Indiana, Pa, rsa prominent builder and contractor there. At the breaking out of war he enlisted in the | army, and served as a| commissioned — officer. | When the war closed Mr. Ramey returned home and entered into_mer- cantile business, He has twice been elected to the Pennsylvania legislature 4s representative of bis y. In Feb- . 1879, Mr. Ramey ved an appointment Pin the Treasury depart- ment, While ‘in office he took up the study of law, and entered the National Law college, from which he was gr: uated and admitted to the District bar. Mr. Rantey entered the real estate business in 1886, and the following year associated himself with Mr. W. W. Herron. John O, Johnson. Among the more-recently established real- | estate men of Washington there is none with | brighter prospects than Mr. John O, Johnson. He ts a native of Somer- W. W. HERRON DANIEL KAMEY, count, but, tiring of that, life. came to Washing- ton in 1462 and obtained employment on the Aquia Creek and Fred emeksburg railroad as rT. He soon drifted #8. CHAS. H. PARKER. back to Washington and secured a position in the commissary-geueral’s office as watchman. which Place he filled for two years, when he opened & grocery store in the old Grinder market, southeast. About 1870 Mr. Parker was ap- Pointed janitor of the Jefferson school building and remained in this position for six years, ~ bis leisure moments he commenced dabbling in real estate. Allof his ventures proved fruitful and his real estate business grew, until he was forced to resign his position and open an office. His long identification with South Wasbi: interests makes his knowl- edge of the value of Tty in that section of great value. He thinks Tae Star is the best adv. medium in the world. and says whenever he wants to sell a piece of property or rent a house he advertises in Tux Stax. and he attributes his success in life in a large meas- tre to Tux Stan. E. A. McIntire. One of the best known of Washington's real estate brokers is Edwin A. Mclutire, whose | Set couuty, Pa. and a | graduate Sof Franklin ‘und MarMhall college, Lancaster, and of the | theological seminary at | Mercersburg, Pa, After | @ successful career as | principal of Westmore- | land college, Pa., Mr. | Johuson spent sixteen | Years in the active work | Of the ministry and as | editor of several church publications. His state Mr. Paret’s interest and | P of health requiriag j change Cn [gis -everer y é early in 1887 he remov. | ross his pleasant home 789 0. JoHNSoN. | in Norristown, Pa., and came to Washington to engage in the insurance and real-estate busi- | ness. His investments for himself and his | frieuds ome successful, he has receutly, in connection with Mr. Samuel W. Curriden, pur- chased the Campbell Propert at College sta- | tion, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, about 125 acres of the Calvert estate, and also 50 acres adjoining “Chariton Heights” on the south. ‘the Col a] Park ation, now any og subdivide these proper- ties villa sites, ranging from one-half acre to five or ten acres, and sell desiring to have suburban homes with abund- ance of ground. Mr. Johnson will remove with his family to College Park in a few weeks, He has no doubt whatever that one of the strongest causes of his success has been his — ious use of the press to show folks what e has to sell, He confines his advertisements to the columns of Tae Srar, and says that in his experience nine out of ten bring customers. Staley & Barker. This is another of the recently-formed part- nerships in the real estate field. Mr. T. J. Staley was born in Marion county, Ohio, in 1833, and duated at the Ohio esleyan university. At the age of ningteen he went to Iowa, and as- sisted in the organiza- tion of Tama county of that state. He built the first dwelling in Toledo, the county seat, and was the first treasurer and recorder of the county. He served during the war and lost his left arm in the service. In 1865 he was appointed to a clerkship in the Treas- ury department and THOS. J. STALEY. four years Jater gradu- ated at the Columbian law school. He resigned in 1872and went to Kansas where he prac- ticed law foreight years. Beturning to this city in 1880 he held a position in the Interior department until 1886. when he engaged in the real estate busin at 1213 F street, After three years of successful work in this line he formed a partnership last April with Mr. A. F. Barker. Mr. Barker was born in Newport. R. L, in 1843, coming from one of the oldest families of the state. When quite young his parents moved to Fall River, Mass., where he learned the trade of a millwright. On the breaking out of the war he was one of the first to enlist, being mustered in April 14, 1861, for three years, in the seventh Massacha- setts regiment. He was in the army two years: was on the Orange and Alexandria railroad,and weut over with the first " train that crossed the A. F. BARKER, Long bridge. At the close of war he went south and entered the hotel business, and was for a number of years connected with the Na- tional cemetery, of Fredricksburg, Va, About eighteen or twenty years ago he came to Wash- ington and worked at carpentering and stair- building for quite a while. He then went into building operations, mostly in South Washing- ton, and built about one hundred houses, after which he went over into Virginia and bought a tract of land, now called Ivanwold, one of the most beautiful spots around Washington. over- looking the ahiats ef Nine months ago he | embarked in the real estate business, and this spring was appointed one of the assessors of the District. With his practical knowledge of the builders’ art and his keen acquaintance with the values of Washington property, Mr, Barker has a combination of taleat that well fits him for his chosen carcer and redounds to the interests of his patrons, The firm, too, re- alizes the advantages of advertising. and always patronizes the columns of Tie Stan, r. Chas, Shreve. Owing to his modesty and retiring disposition the public do not generally know that the nes- tor of the real estate dealers is Mr. Chas. S. Shreve, whose office, 1007 7th street, is now one of the best equipped a furnished in. the But it isneverthe- less a fact that Mr. Shreve has been in busi- ness longer than any other real estate man in Washington, and has succeeded, in spite of his conservative modesty, in establishing an exceed- i rge patronage in part of the city. He Wasbornon7thetrect, < just above K, about CHAS. 8, SHREVE. forty-six years ago, and was thrown on his own resources when but a small boy. He picked his way from one thing to another, alw making friends, until about 1867. when he ved au appointment as con- stable and collector for the District, aud in the same year, having obtained the collection of rents for several prop: . he opened a real estate ofice at 112 nh street, When the | time came when his business justified and de- manded the change he opened his present office, asquare below. ‘The office 1s fitted with a hand- some banking counter aud other appurtenances of a well-arranged establishment. There are several factors in the success of this “self- made man,” as he can truly be termed. One is a strict business temperament. another a cour- teous and polite manner, and the third an reciation of the immense advantage of having access to such a mouthpiece as the advertising columns of THe Srar, which he uses freely. Charles A, Shields is a quiet man, who hasan eye always out for agoodinvestment, He is comparatively young, and has built up alarge business during the three years that he has been dealing inland and honses. Mr. Shields was born in New York city, and during the late war servedaterm of enlist- ment as a private soldier ina New York volunteer regiment, After dis- charge from the service he was appointed an agent in the freedman’s bureau, and continued in that capacity several years, Later he served in the Treasury depart- ment a number of years, and resigned to take a position with the + committee on relations, This posi he also resigned in April, 1886, to enter the real estate business. Mr, Shicids has made a specialty of real estate in the castern section of the eity, and for the last four years has been a director in investment companies which have done much to improve that portion of the city. He, like most of his colleagues in the business, see the necessity of advertising to insure any life to the traftic of real estate. and his good judgment leads him to place hi: | nouncements where they will do the most good— } in the columns of this paper. J. R. Hertford. In the handsome stone building, 1419 G street. is locuted the office of J. it, Hertford. aN He established himself in the real estate vusi- ness in 1884, and has re- ceived a gratifying share of the public patronage. Mr. Hertford was born in England, but has re- sided in this country since 1851, and in this city since 1861. Pre- vious to embark business for himself he was for over twenty years employed in the Treasury department. He represented the treas- urer in witnessing the destruction of United 3. RK, HERTFORD, States securities, and also held a position im the cash-room, He has a good knowledge of real estate values, and his judgment is relied upon by his customers, H. has been concerned in several large transne- tions. Mr. Hertford isa national bank agent andthe president of the Hartford Loan and Savings association of the District and of the Manhattan Life Insurance company of New York. He is well aware of the advantages of newspaper advertising, especially in Tue Stan. : oi Se Affairs in Prince George’s County. Correspondence of Tue EvENtNG STAR. Hyarrsvinie. June 6. APrince George's physician says he will vouch for the fact that the seventeen-year locusts are with us again this spring in considerable num- bers, regardless of the fact that a report to that effect seems to come every year.— The houses in Bladensburg have been undergoing a gen- eral airing and drying-out process since the flood. Insome of them fires have been kept up constantly, but having been under water for forty-eight hours, it will be some time be- fore they will be safe habitations. Some of their occupants are still with the friends with whom they took refuge when driven from home by the water.—A fisherman here says the pools along the Potomac are filled with ony tet were ieftin them when the recent hig! wh Bore and that — of be ™m are being caught by the people liv: along the river ——The shoo! tonal has pee) a county teachers’ institute to be |held in Marl- boro’ on the 19th and 20th insts.——Episco} Bishop Paret will hold confirmation exere in 8t. John’s church, this county, to-morrow, ——The prospects of a heavy peach in this county are the finest for years.—A Catholic NCousty buperiniendent Stone is. making in mi luasencaen visitations of the schools in Mr. Truman Cross, of in| BEAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Erection of Handsome City and Suburban Homes. BUSINESS PROPERTY ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE GRADUALLY ENCROACHING ON THE RESIDENCES— SOME FINE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CjTY. The recent purchase by Hon. 8. 8. Cox of the stone residence No. 1 Dupont Circle included the yard at the side of the house, which ex- tends back to 20th street. This was one reason why Mr. Cox bought back his old house, for it will be remembered that when he wasappointed minister to Turkey he was occupying this house, whieh he had then recently purchased. He sold it to Mr, Padelford, furniture and all, for $50,000, and when he bought it back he paid £40,000, without the farniture. Upon his return from Turkey, and also to his old seat in Congress and a residence in this city he pur- chased ground adjoining his former residence, where he built the elegant house which he now occupies, In order to avoid having his neigh- bor some day or other build up the side yard to his old house and thus shut off the light from his present residence, he decided to become his own neighbor, as far, at least, as the own- ership of the property was concerned. He now controls both properties, and, as the 20th- street front of the side yard is of no special benetit to either house, he is having plans pre- pared for the erection of a house on that por- tion of the lot. The rest of the side yard will be divided between Mr. Cox and his neighbor, and, as they are on very good terms with each other, Mr, Cox’s peace of mind is not likely to be disturbed. His neighbor on the south, Sen- ator Hearst, is having very extensive altera- tions and changes made in the house, which as the home of Secretary Fairchild was one of the social centers during the last administration. ENLARGING THE METROPOLITAN CLUB HOUSE. Plans have been prepared by Mr. Potter, a New York architect, for an addition to the ciub house of the Metropolitan club. It is pro- posed to occupy the space between the present house and the Bachclor flats, on the west, with the new addition. While the new part will be t it will add considerably to of the rooms and will also pro- rooms, which are greatly the present siz vide additional needed. DR. BURNETT'S DINING-ROOM. The dining-room in the residence of Dr. Swan M, Burnett, on Massachusetts avenue, between 17th and 18th streets, is being en- larged by the addition of a very graceful circu- lar bay window. The window, which will be quite a large one. will be filled with white leaded glass from special designs prepared _b: the architects, Messrs. Hornblower and Mar- . The room when completed will be rather odd in shape. but it will be adapted for entertaining large dinner parties. A HANDSOME STONE RESIDENCE. The group of fine residences on 16th street, jnst north of Scott circle, is constantly receiv- ing additions. The stately residence of Mr. A. T. Britton has just been completed, having preceded by a few months the building of the spacious home of Gen. N. L. Jeffries. ‘There is {a vacant lot between these houses, upon which is now being built a residence for Mn J. Fairfield Carpenter, a wealthy gentle- man who has been living in Germany for some yeurs past, but now proposes to have a home in this city. The material used in the con- struction of the house will be somewhat of a novelty in this city. It will be white Indiana lime stone, and the architect, Mr. H. '. Wendell, has prepared an effective design, There will be two arches in the t story, and | coming out from these a balcony with an open loggia in the second story. The stone forming the story above will be laid in diaper pattern. The entire front will be elaborately carved. There will bea spacious interior which will be fiuished in hard wood. The ceiling of the dining-room will be sixteen feet high, of cove shape, and paneled in quartered oak. The oak wainscoting, eight feet high, will have a broad band of carving,around the top. Mr. Wendell is preparing plans for the erec- tion of three houscs on 16th street, which Mr. Carpenter desires to build as an investment, BUSINESS ON CO: ECTICUT AVENUE, The west side of Connecticut avenue between K and M streets is gradually being transformed into a business street. A number of stores | have been built there recently and several owners of property are contemplating improve- ment of a similar character. ‘Lhe residence oc- | cupied by the late Mr. Spaulding is being remod- | cled for store purposes and will be occupied by | Mr. Geo, E. Kennedy, the grocer. who now has abranch store a few doors below. Mr. John H. Magruder, the grocer, has a branch store inthe same block. The old building at the northwest corner of Connecticut avenue and L street, occupied by the drug store of Mr. John Drew, is tobe enlarged aud improved. ‘The owners, Messrs. Dulaney and Whiting, have had plans prepared by Mr. Wm. M. Poindexter, ar- chitect, and when the work is completed, the remodeled building will present a handsome | appearance. Mr_ Poindexter is also preparing plans for the erection of two small store buildings for the sume gentlemen on the ground immediately to the north of the drag store. A lotowned by Mr. William F. Mattingly on the same side of “Co necticut a ze is also to be improved by a small store building, which will be erected from plans prepared by Mr. Poindexter. What is | nown as the Casino property, on the west side of the avenue, between K and L streets, is still unimproved. |The owners some time ago con- templated the erection of 4 number of store buildings. It is probable that something of the kind will be done before long. SOME SUBURBAN HOMES, A pretty suburban house is to be built by Capt. Coltin, in University park, just west of ith street extended. The plans are being prepared by Wm. M. Poindexter, architect, fhe upper part of the house will be of wood and the lower part of brick. On the opposite side of the street are the residences of Mr. Justice Woods and Justice Harlan, and in the immediate vicinity are the fine resid cently built by Mr. W. C. Hill. Another pretty suburban residence will be built for Col, Rhett at the corner of California yavenue and Connecticut avenue, in Washington heights, Anumber of improvements are in| progress in this locality, including the fine residences of Prof. C.'V. Riley and Admiral Quackenbush. These houses have been de- scribed in Tue Star. The residence of Mr, Frank Presbrey, which stands in the line ot | the proposed extension of Connecticut avenue, and which has not been fully completed, will be removed farther back to a {fot near the residence of Mr. 8, W. Woodward, MR. FRED PONDORFF’S RESIDENCE, Mr. Fred G. Porndoff has purchased a lot on Hillyer Place, and will build a cozy and very artistic dwelling from designs by TI. F. Sehnei- der, the architect. It will be three stories high | and will stand at the corner of an alley, giving | the advantages of light for a large square stair- case hall, ‘Lhe tront of the house to the parior | sills is to be brown stone, and there will be a { stone porch with steps at one side, ‘The first | story of the cireulur bay wiil be stone, and the | second story of the bay will be a very hand- some copper design. Tie front terminates with a gable and high slate roof. ‘The interior finish will be equaily as artistic as the exterior, { SOME NEW HOUSES. j Messrs. King and Emmons will begin next | weck the erection for a chent of ten three- | story and basement brick dwellings on the west side of 15th street, above K street northwest. | The honses will be complete in every respect. They will also commence the erection on A street, between 2d and 3d streets northeast. of seven dwellings similar to those they are now finishing on the same street. The same tirm are bt ifding for private use a large stable, 28x50, in square 518, between 4th and Sth, G and ff streets northwest. They propose to erect on the 5th street front of the lot two four- | story dweliings, which, when completed, will make « handsome improvement. cis Bata Siow Live and Learn. From the Terre Huute Express, If a woman would believe less of what a man tells her before marriage, and more of what he tells ner afterward, the wedded state would be a much more harmonious affair. —— eee Why He Chewed Coffee, From the Denver Times. Miss De Pink—“I will be so glad when George and I are married, and he can have a home of his own.” Friend—“He boards now, I suppose.” “Yes, and such a time he must have. Even their coffee can’t be anything but hot water and burnt peas, because he has to chew real coffee half the time to make up.” What Brandreth’s Pills Do. In BRANDKETH’S PILLS the true life medicine has been found, composed as they are of numerous vegetables so combined that each multiplies the virtues of the rest. They never can do any harm. jee teeeern ener Seoaees or ey are taken. away the waste particles of the system. ‘They recruit the animal vigor and arrest the Veto d the blood. | ‘They stimulate ot | forms the main feature of | eeiveopponentsabound. |For instance, a player | has caught their man they tind that he was the | | wrong one, and that the bali has been thrown | | through the goal and a point won, | OUTDOOR SPORTS. Some Popular Games From a Specta- tor’s Standpoint. CRICKET, BASE-BALL, FOOT-BALL, TENNIS AND Lar CROSSE CONSIDERED AND COMPARISONS DRAWN— CRICKET IN AMERICA AND BASE-DALL IN EU- ROPE—TENNIS NOT A SPECTATORS’ GAME. In the matter of athletio sports there are al- ways two sides to be considered, the players and the spectators, for games of athletic skill have nowadays become as much entertainments as pastimes. Therefore it is that there is more popular interest in, more real enthusiasm over sports that give the on-lookers excitive enjoy- ment generally than in contests of skill where the play is of such a close, technical character that only players themselves understand and appreciate their good qualities, The fate of | cricket here and base ball in England is a marked example of the tendency of national | taste in this respect. Cricket is full of close points, and the play is of a peculiar character that has never caught the general attention of | the sport-loving public on this side of the | water, while in Pngland it always draws crowd. Considered on an essentially American | basis cricket is “too slow.” meaning that the | lays in the game do not offer sufficient variety of interest or foundation for excitement. Monotony is the death of interest. but cricket seems to possess the additional fault of being | played so far away from the spectators that the fine work of the bowier and of the batsman | in defending his wicket is lost. ADVANTAGES OF BASE BALL, Base ball seems to offer every advantage to the spectator, The play is rapid, and there are now but few long waits. The element of ex citement is amply supplied in those moments when the difference of a ball’s width in any | play may change the entire result. In addition to this the American public have grown up with the game and have developed with it, see- ing its growth from the old game of “two old cat,” where the runner was hit by the ball, to the present stage _: scientific work, through the various degrees of slow pitching, swift underhand pitching, under shoulder throwing. and finally full, free’ throws straight from the shoulder. THE EVOLUTION OF THE GAME has been marked, but so slowly was it accom- plished that the world of spectators did not | fully appreciate the great change that finally took place, and now the public is up to the | game, interested in every point, awake to every possibility, ready to yell when the occasion | warrants, and to. sigh and say unmentionable | words when misfortune falls. Asa matter of | fact, it would be difficult to establish any new | or old sport in this country that would drew the crowds or sustain the interest that base ball does, although in some sections this sport is slightly overshadowed by local preferences for cricket or foot ball, FOOT BALL. The latter sport possesses all the necessary elements to excite and interest spectators, and indeed is a strong candidate for favors along- side of what has been dubbed the “national game.” It has, however, one or two objection- able features that have brought it into disre- pute. First of all the game—the Rugby or run- ning game, which is played here almost en- | tirely—is essentially rough, and several severe | accidents occur each season. Then the play known as the “scrimmage.” when at least haif | of the twenty-two players are struggling for | the possession of the ball, makes it impossible for the onlooker to see what is actually done in what is really the most exciting part of the game, The operations of “lining-up” and “snapping-back” make uninteresting waits that detract from the general interes:, LAWN TENNIS, Base ball undoubtedly cannot last forever as @ leading sport, although it has a strong and long lease of life. Yet there are many people tiring of it now, and looking around for other ames—not to play, but to watch, for, as be- fore mentioned, in the matter of athletic sports there are twosides to be considered, ¢ players and the spectators. Lawn tennis— or tennis for short—has secured a great hold on the peorls of the castern section of the country, but only asa players game, It can} never be so popularized as to become a draw- ing card for great crowds under the most favorable circumstances, The recent tourna- meut of the Southern lawn tennis association, held in this city, exemplified that fact. for | although there was some of the best talent in the country present the playing did not at- tract more than a small handful of spectators any day, The game is extremely monotonous to the watcher, and the plays are all very much alike. It is only occasionally that a’ pretty stroke or along rally draws forth applau aud never does the pulse of the o-looker | quicken beyond ite normal gait because a close | point is in pi Of course, to the players themselves this is different, indeed, aud for them there is no more charming geme in e¢x- | istence. But as a form of entertainment lawn tennis is not 4 success, LACROSSE IN VIEW. There isa sport in sight, an old and re- spected sport, a native of this continent, prob- ably here when Columbus discovered America, | that promises to supply the want some folks | feel for a change of amusement in the line of athletics, and to rival even base ball in its hold on excitement-loving peop! Its name is lacrosse, and generally speaking it needs no | further introduction, but it should be brietly characterized asa field game played with a aball, It originated among the aboriginal in- habitants of America, and was first brought to the notice of white men as asport by its play by the Iroquois Indians in Canada, It is like foot ball in its elements of counting and play and | ¢ tennis in its method of handling the” ball, That is the game is to drive « ball between the gouls of the opposing sides, but the ball cannot be touched by the hands, being carried on or thrown from a long stick bent at the top like a bishop's crosier, and the hook strung loosely to the shank. forming a slightly baggy net several inches loug. POINTS OF THE GAME. The game is full of running, which, indeed, the play. Great skill is obtainable in handling the ‘“crosse,” | catching a ball in swift motion, twisting it out | of reach of an opponent, throwing it high or | low over the heads of the crowd, in fact mak- ing the sticks supply the place of hands. There are about as many men on each side as in foot | bail, perhaps less, placed about the same. The excitement in lacrosse is continuous and great. A good thrower gets the ball and. by a neat | turn of bis wrist, sends it spinuing through the | air towards the other goal, A skillful player jumps forward as it falls and catches it dexter- ously in his net, starting forward with the speed | of a deer, with the entire opposing field charg- | ing down on him from all directions. He dodges one and another,this way and that,ab i nent scoops the ball out of the net with his crocse. before it can be thrown, and is off in the oppo- | site direction like a flash, Or, maybe the first | runner, finding himself at bay, tosses the ball | back to another, who has a clearer field. and | the latter starts in another effort. ‘There | is ample chance for strategy, and tric will exchange the ball to a partner quicily, and both will start out at a deud run, oue pretend ing to have the bail, the other seemingly run- g to help his brother, and when the crowd | CODE OF CALLS. Captains have cries to their men, signals of of instruction or warning, acode of cails is | used, and the most perfect team-work is possi- ble. The entire game is motion, activity, life, with the shouts of the players stirring the blood of their watchers toa point of excited interest seldom attained in the veins of spec- tators of an athictic game. The sport is sim- ple, the rules are few, the play is gentle and rarely causes accidents, and the capabilities of the game allow considerable science, so that, taken altogether, lacrosse is eminently titted to vecome more generally played and more nu- werously attended than it has heretofore. THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COLLEOES have done much during the past two or three years to popularize the game, and there is in progress this season an interesting contest be- tween several college clubs. There has never been a game played in this city, but it is safe to predict that once having been seen it would be a success. BASE BALL IN EUROPE. The sporting world will watch with interest the efforts to transplant base ball into English soil, for the failure of cricket to become “the rage” here has rather given strength to the idea that the feel like retalia on our goat Gen The romeo, it deed, seem to care but little asa nation for field took The Golden Rule, From the Omaha World. Judge—‘‘Is there any reason why I shall not Mpstene ots &n Gy oe pas aie Oa “No; yy me as you yourself were you in my position.” | heard and concluded. D. C.. SATURDAY. Sune 8, 1889—TWELVE_PAGES. LATE MARYLAND NEWS. Reminders of the Great Flood—Wed- dings—Deaths—Educational Matters, etc. Correspomience of the Evexixe STAR. Frepsricx. Mp.. June 5. ‘The weather in this section remains gloomy, with frequent showers, greatly interfering with the work of restoring toa habitable state the desolated region along the valley of the Poto- mac river from Point of Rocks to Harper's Ferry. Several days of sunshine would be very welcome to the homeless people, but in spite of the adverse elements they are picking up courage to pursue the work of restoration. The wrecked property of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company and Chesapeake and Ohio canal is being cleared away, but the wreck of the canal will remain for an indefinite time to remind the people who depended largely upon it for support of the rnin of this once promi- nent source of income. The destitute and needy inhabitants of Point of Rocks, Knox- ville, Weverton, Berlin, Sandy Hook and | Harper's Ferry are furnished with supplies each day by the people of Frederick, who have con- tributed largely for this canse. This morning an entire car load of goods was sent from here. The greatest need is for provisious and eat- ables, INCIDENTS OF THE FLOOD here come to the surface every day. The Mo- nocacy Valley railroad, which extends from Catoctin furnace to the Western Maryland road at Mechanicstown, was damaged to the extent | of $3,000, The Junior fire company bas ap- | pointed Gen, John A. Steiner, Jas. P, Perry, and Jas, Gilbert a committee to draft resolu- tions on the death of Henry Goldenberg, who board of was drowned at Johnstown, Pa. Th county commissioners have been in sion for two days past endeavoring to devise a means for the restoration of the coun bridges that were swept away by the dood. committee of A promine nt citizens appeared be- fore them to-day to urge, in the interest of the business community, the immediate recon tion of the county bridge over the Liberty Georgetown turnpike. A number of promi- | nent bridge builders are here in bridge inter- | ests. Col. L. V. Baughman and a p. ot | friends were on board the Chesapeake and Ohio canaicompany’s pay-boat, Maryland, above | Point of Rocks, when the storm of | Friday evening was at the worst, and! \ os witnessed part of the destruction of the canal, Jos, O. Guker, one of the principal owners of the massive iron turnpike bridge across the Potomac at Point of Rocks, with a party of friends, stood on top of the bultimore and Ohio tunnel Saturday night end witnessed the de- struction of the bridge, span after span, until the four on the Virgi side had gone. Wm. Miller, of Re Ridge, was compelled to seek the top of a pine tree to escape the tlood, and remained in that position for eighteen hours, The proprietors of Shriner's ville, will lose #2 J. The contractors for the new iron bridge across the Potomac at Point of Rocks, four spans of | which were swept away, to-day decided to re- build the bridge at their own expense, to be | completed in ninety days. The Ie nnsyly; railroad is now open to Walkerville, se from here, and will be open through to Fred- erick by Suturday morning. At Shookstown and Woifsville, this county, the flood destroyed | everything in its path, At Mechanicstown the losses will aggregate €20.000. The Adams Ex- | press company is employing a four-house team | to convey its matter from the sylvania | railroad station at Walkerville to this city. WEDDINGS. Miss Eula R. Burgen, daughter of B. W. W. | Burgen, of Liberty copper mine, this county. was married this week to Mr. J. Nelson Baird, The Rev..Osborne Ingle, rector of church here, officiated. The : edded couple came to Frederick and took atrain over the Baltimore and Ohio for the southern cities, Edward Payne, son of Joseph F. Payne, of Frederick, will be married _in Baltimore next Wednesday to Miss Laura Martin, of the latter lace. The ceremony will take ‘place in the immaculate Conception church, Clarence, L, Hartsock. well-known insur- ance agent here, was married to-day to Miss Etta Mathias, of Mechanicstown, this county, in the Lutheran church, at that place. Rev. Lloyd E. Coblentz, of Middletown, this | county, and Miss Minnie Apple, daughter of | Rev. Thomas Apple, president of Franklin and Marshall college. Lancaster, Pa., were married | at the home of the bride's place a few days ago. The bride's father per- formed the ceremony. The wedding was largely attended and was very feshionable in all its details. After the ceremony the happy couple ieft for Boston and other enstern poinis, They will reside on their return at Altoona, Pa. Magistrate J. Henry Stokes, of Emitsburg, this county, and Miss Carrie Kefauver, of Harmony Grove, this county, were married last night at the home of the bride, near this city. The Rev. E. A. Erchbach, of Frederick, performed the ceremony. PERSONAL, Angell has arrived at his home in ville, this county, after an absence of two J. D. Brier has also arrived home, here, from the west after a long absence,——Mrs, | Luther Kulhman and Misses Eliza Hardt and Lovie Englbrecht are in Baltimore as delegates from the Lutheran chureh here to the state convention of the Women’s Home and Foreign ' Missionary society . Dr. Geo. Diehl, of | a church here, is at-| teuding the aunual meeting of the board of | directors of Gettysburg college, Gettysburg, Pa. Rev. Dr. Bergstresser, of Middletown, will to-morrow attend the meeting of the board of directors of the — Lutheran theological, seminary at Gettysbur, Dr. Wm. H. Purnell, principal of the Freder- ick Female seminary, is enjoying a visit from his daughter and Dr, Caroline M, Purnell, of the Women's Medical ‘college, Philadetphia.—— Yargie daughter of Gilmer Schley, a prominent resident of Frederick, fell down an open cellar-way on East Patrick street to-day and sustained severe injuries.——- Miss Katie Tabier, of Washington, is the st of relatives here. Miss Katie Hopkins, of Washington, who has been visiting the Hon. F. T. Nelson here, has returned home. Major ce and wife, nee Chine. of the Salvation Pittsburg division, and formeriy of ederick and Washington, will sail for Europe next week. CONTEST FOR POSSESSION OF CHILDREN. In the circuit court for Frederick county yesterday, the habeas corpus case of Lewis H. Staup against his wife, Caroline Staup, was Staup some time ago obtained a divorce from his wife and atterward petitioned for the custody of his children, The case was decided in favor of the plaintiff. DEATHS. George V. Smith, widely known throughout this county, died at his home, near Ceresville, last night of heart disease. He dropped dead upon the floor, The deceased was fixty- four years old.——Mrs. Julia A, Lildebrand, mother of Lewis H. Hildebrand, a well-known grocer of Frederick, died last night at her home near Hawsorville, aged eighty-four years, EDUCATIONAL. Miss Maggie Osler, of Mechanicstown, this county, a student of Lutherville seminary, has been awarded the gold medal for being best in | elocution, Miss Eve L. Shater, daughter of Peter Shafer, of Middletown, graduated at the Maryland institute, Baltimore, last night, and re ed the medal of honor for highest aver- age in the full course of four years, The board of county school commissioners are making preparations to build a number of new school houses in this county. Yesterday they visited Mt. Pleasant and selected a site there for a school for colored pupils and sur- veyed two sites for a school for white pupils, SHOT BY 4 WOMAN, Geo. Diggs, colored, of New Market, this county, was skylurkipg with a female com- panion in that neighborhood the other day. The woman became angry and picki a loaded shot gun fired the contents at Di ‘The shot took effect in the victim’s right arm, inflicting severe injuries, ‘MISCELLANEOUS. G. 8. 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