Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1891, Page 15

14 ~ Se A BIG IMPROVEMENT, fhe National Ball Team Again Victorious in Baltimore. HOW THE CLURS STAND—OTHER GAMES TESTER- DAY—THE NEW MEN OF THE HOME TEAM—MAN- AGER SHANNON RECOVERED—NOTES OF THE 8 YESTERDAY. non. Baltimore, 3. ‘At Boston—Boston, 11; Athletics, 4. « At St. Louis—St. Louis, 4: Columbus, 2 National League. At Cineinnati—Pittsburg, 2: Cincinnati, 0. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 8: Boston, 1. at jelpbia—New York, 3; Philadel 1 ‘At Chicago—Chicago, 9; Cleveland, 3. WHAT THE CLUBS HAVE DONE. ‘American Association. Ww. LP. 1 32 .689 | Columbus 38 642 Milwaukee. .. 44 556 Louisviile. Sy 57 .436 0.346 48-520 Washington.33 64 - National League. gaz w. L. P. 61 39.610 | Brooklyn 56 40 583 | Clevel: 58 38 582 | Cincinnati. THE SENATORS WIN. Yesterday's game was not expected to be vietory for this town, yet it was. Itis the un- expected that happens in base ball. The score was 7 to 3, and it would probably have been auch more in favor of the Statesmen had not grain storm occurred to put an end to the slaughter. The Nationais started out in the game as if they going to pour oil on the Baltimore waters by giving the Orioles the game, for they made four rank errors in quick succession that enabled the side to score three runs. Then they up, and by batting like fiends and play- Daemenaty well in the field they ma to pull ahead and geta good lead before the tain came in the seventh inning. BATTERIES AND BATTERS. Carsey and Sutcliffe and Healy and Robin- son were in the points. Carsey was very ef- fective and he pitched ball that made the eyes of the 500 spectators open in surprise. Healy was an easy mark and the Senators made merry with his curves and shoots. Sutcliffe cially was joyful over the presented him to fatten hi wound up in the game wit jouble and home run. HatSeld and Carvey were the only Statesmen ho did not hit wafely. | Hatfield had an_ of day all around, making three errors out of four chances. A BAD BEGINNING. The first inning had a black and orange tone about it. Baltimore certainly had the bulge on the game at that period. The Orioles first went to the bat and acored three runa. Welch was out on « fy when Van Haltren went to first on balls. Carsey thought he saw a chance to catch him off the base and his throw went wild, while Van went to third. Ray likewise waited for balls to pass him, and then he stole second. Sutcliffe threw over second to center, and Van Haltren scored, while Kay went to third bag. Warden hit for a base and Ray tallied. Murphy thought that it was his time to contribute to the last column in the score table and he let the hit go through his feet, while Werden scuttled around to third. Wise put a ball at Dowd, who returned it to the | Syracuse Stars last year, and at the beginning | joined the Duluths. About a week ago Man- ite in time to catch Werden, who hurt his Jot im sliding to the ‘rubber. Wise, who had gone to second in the melee, crossed plate on a rattling two- Dase hit to right by Johnson. Hatfield managed to fumble a groum! ball from Gilbert's bat and Johnson went along to third. It looked as if the inning might never end and the Senators were hoping that the black clouds that over- hung the field might pour forth their contents. » though, hit a ball that rolled into the hands of McCauley and the third man was finally put out. THat inning produced all of the runs and haif ot the hits of the Baltimores. In the second half of the first Washington gloved the gap alittle, and encouraged itelt Murphy and Dowd ecch put up a foul which was taken by the catcher. but Griffin reached first on balis and scored when McGuire hit for three bases. Sutcliffe foliowed with a double, and MeGuire trotted home. MeCauley sent one at Gilbert, who froze to the bull, ana the side went out. WINNING IX THE THIRD. Nothing was done in the second inning. In the third the Statesmen took a long breath and made three runs and won the game. Dowd we Jobnson an easy chance to catch a fly, Eicichnscn wee generous and dropped it. Griffin hit out a sharp single into left field. Dowd had gone around to third and crossed the rubber when McGuire sent a safe one spinning out to right. Sutcliffe placed a neat ball beyond the reach of Gilbert and filled the bases. ‘Then McCauley banged the sphere so hard that Ray, though he made a desperate effort to get it, failed to make connections, and two runs were scored. No one was out yet, and the batting streak seemed good for more runs, but the next three men went out im order, and no more runs were scored. Hat- field hit to short and died at first. Alvord struck ‘out, and Carsey sent an easy one to Werden. The fourth was unproductive. In the tifth the Statesmen went ahead one when Sutclitfe hita hard ball that Johnson tried to catch. It was a useless task. for the ball was not to be caught, and it rolled on and on until it reached .d Sut. was enabled to tally a home made in THE EVENING STAR: ' WASHINGTON. D.C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 22, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. Raper which informed the base bail Stan that the Franklin Base Ball Club de- feated the Young McGnires by a score of 19 to 7. Hereafter Tae Stan will not print the scores of amateur games unless they are signed and contain the date of the game. A good deal of gossip went out from Balti- more the other day to the effect that Suannon would hardly beable to play ball again this season. While this was circnlating Shannon was also doing some circulating himself and | was hustling around Cincinnati, as it was stated in Tue Stax of Thursday, in search of players. | Shannon is quite well agein and will play in the game Monday, in company with Curtis, | whose services he secured while in Cincinnati in place of Halligan. Curtis is a hard hitter | and has heretofore covered right field for Cin- cinnati league. He is thought to be quite the equal of ‘Halligan. He and Shanuoh are ex- this afternoon. The Baltimore Sun says: When Manager Bar- nie heard the report yesterday that the Wash- ingtons had signed Short Stop Ely of the Du- luth (Western Association) club he said. they | had no right to get the man until the ia | tions of the Baltimore club with him ended one way or the other. Bly played with the | was apparently authentic, came another slip of reporter of 4 of the present season signed with the St. Paul ¢lub. When the American Association decided to raid its western neighbor Ely was appor- | tioned to Louisville, and the latter lub’ sent him $150 advance money. The player, how- ever, did not come to Louisville, and Inter on ager Barnie received permission from Louis- ville to negotiate with Ely, and an answer was expected from him when ‘the news came that he had signed with Washington. Mr. Barnie says he will refuse to play the game if Ely ap- | pears in a Washington uniform today. | The young Carseys deteated the young Shan nons yesterday by the score of 25%0 14. This | is the second victory for the Carseys._ The win- ning battery was Vogelsberger and Wegal, and that for the Shannon's Burne and Hobert. pci WASHINGTON GROVE. Some Good Sermons Yesterday—A Great Day Expected Tomorrow—Notes. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Wasutxotox Grove, August 22, 1801. The languor and unrest that follows Inte hours and an unequal expenditure of nerve force attacked many in camp yesterday and ac- counted in a measure for the noticeable deple- tion in the several congregations attending the day services of the sanctuary. ‘Thursday was so full to overflowing intellectual and spiritual energy and enjoyment that many spent the morning indoors or strolling sociably in the woods. Again we missed the gracious presence of President G. W. Woodward and Prof. H. Wilson, both of whom had gone home, accompanied by others of the camp meeting neers, to attend the funeral of the late [ers Birch of Dunbarton Avenue Church. Dr. Dalby preached to a fairly good andience inthe morning. At 3 p.m. Rev. E. H. Smith spoke to attentive hearers. “To Be Carnally inded is Death” was the text chosen and Laying Out the Lines at Antietam—Mr. Me- Comas Buys a Paper—Notes. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ; Hacrnstowx, August 21, 1891. Maj. J. C. Stearns of Vermont and Gen. Harry Seth, the commissioners appointed by Secretary of War Proctor to mark out the lines of the army of the Potomac and the army of northern Virginia in the engagement at Antie- tam, are now busily engaged in making pre- liminary examinations of that historic battle field. The Fifty-first Congress made an appro- priation of $15,000 for the laying out of the lines of both the Union and confederate forces ‘engaged in the bloody fight at Antietam. Under this appropriation the position of regulararmy commands and probably other notable sites on the battle field will be indicated by iron tablet the ground for_ their location to be pureh from the owners. | There were forty-three my organizations engaged tle. BieaFas, one of the sommiasioners de ted by Proctor, otticer in the ninth Vermont Gen. Seth one of Lee’ manders. Beard’s Lutheran Church, situated near Chewsville, this county,a building erected over a hundred yea ut recently remodeled was wrecked on Wednesda: ing. by astorm resembling a cyclone. ris was scattered in all direc- tions, covering several acres of ground. Geo. Harter of Edgemont is or was the pos- sessor of a wooden leg. While attending the reformed reunion at Pen-Mar he was struck by a train and his artificial member cut in two. This proved an occasion for much joking, in- dulged in especially by the local and Baltimore papers. A more recent examination shows that the man was seriously injured. His shoulder was dislocated and his skull fractured. His chances of recovery are quite slim. Charles H. Whiting’ wants to be divorced from his wife, Elizabeth W. Whiting, who has borne him five children. Mr. Whiting char abandonment without cause, and through his orney, H. H. Rouzer, esq., has filed bill in equity in the court of this county. Capt. Henry Haugh, a veteran of two wars anda city, died on Tuesday Inst at Winnemucca, Humboldt county, Nev. He was aged seventy-three years and a veteran of the Mexican war under Gen. Scott, who pro- meted him for bravery. He also served in the t Maryland infantry during the rebellion. He was buried by the Grand Army men. John C. Hess, founder of the extensive Hess Manufacturing Company of this city, has a pica for the benefit of the insolvent laws. The usiness, however, will not be affected by his assignment. ‘Miss Nettie Funk has sold her handsome two- story brick residence on Franklin street, this city, to Mr. Aibert Heard for £4.00. Money in this locality is evidently not very scarce." At public auction thirty shares of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, par value $10, sold for €26.45, the highest figure this stock has ever reached, Mrs. Louisa Wright of Funkstown, this county, and Mr. Josephus Ward of Hagers- ably discussed. Mr. Smith is the author of several besutifal hymns tobe found in the Emory Hymnal. Rev. Robert Moore led the singing in this serv- ice. Dr. Gibson preached at night toa very good congregation, who came through pouring rain to hear this strong pulpit orator. He took his text from Malachi, 3:xvi, “They that feared the lord spoke often one to another.” Three penetents knelt at the altar and three others arose in the congregation co prayers. A promising young man asked for the prayers of the young people at their vesper service at 6 o'clock. Since last Sabbath the people know that they are heartily welcomed to the camp meet- ing and the coming Sabbath, the last of the camp, promises to be a great day. ‘The usual scheduled trains and one afternoon special landed passengers here Inst Sunday. and even a larger gathering is expected tomorrow. Dr. John Lanahan of Baltimore will preach at 11 o'clock, und there will be two more able sermons during the day, aside from the prayer and praise services. ‘There has been just the tiniest bone of con- tention between the highly favored residents of Grove avenue and the large-hearted camp meeting folks concerning the Sabbath question, but the old-time Methodist orthodoxy prevail Several of the gentlemen have left the Grove for home to vote in the county primaries that are held today in ihe several districts. Amon, the number are Mr. Chas. Hyatt and Glen I. Poole. Prof. Chas. Chase and Master Hoyt Lamson, who were stopping at the Osborne Hotel, re- turned to the city yesterday «fternoon. W. B. Brand of Washington isa late arrival at the hotel. Dr. Carabed is the guest of Mr Leonard Chapman at his Ist avenue cottage. Mrs. Barker, Miss Maria Tomlinson, Miss Bettie Tomlinson, Mrs. J. S. Tomlinson ai daughter, Miss Blanche, will return to the city today. having spent a pleasant treek with Mrs. Dr. Chas. Keyes at the Osborne. The hotel folks much enjoyed the delightfal piano music played by Miss Fannie Riley in the | Osborne parlor iast evening. Miss Riley 1s visit- ing Miss Katie Choate. Sise Bessie Daw of West Washington is a guest at the Choate cottage also. Miss Capt. Ripley is convalescent and so far recovered 28 to be down among her friends in the Osborne parlors. ‘Mr. Alfred Welling, accompanied by hissister, is stopping here. ‘Mrs. Chilton is with her mother, Mrs. A. Kilgore, on 2d avenue and Broadway. Miss Bessie Muilen is still quite sick. Dr. Platt attends her and ts upon perfect quiet, as her present condition is critical. Kev. Mr. Gill of Frederick will arrive in camp today and Rev. Richard Norris of Cumberland iss Thomas are occupying the Hill tent, 3d avenue and circle. Miss Emma the sixth. Carsey took advantage of a wild throw by Gilbert to go around to third base end Griffin weat to his assistance with a two- wt that let him cross the rubber. seventh bad been begun when the rain came and Yan Haltren had gone to his base on bails, and Umpire Kerins called the contest to close. Washington made 11 hits and 7 errors and Baltimore 4 hits and 3 errors. OTHER Games. The first two Athletics who went to the bat in Boston it the ball for home runs, and it looked mightily like = Waterloo for the Beaneaters, but after that nothing could be done, and the Hubites were enabled to win from the Phila- deipbia men by the score of 11 to4. O Erien and Kelly and Sanders, Chamberlain and Milli- $A Mere the batteries. | Boston made eleven itgand noerrorsand the Athletics ten bits and four errors. St. Louis made three runs in the first and the lead was never wiped out. Columbus played food uphill game, but it was a hopeless effort. he score was 4 to2 in favor of the Browns. McGill and Darling and Gastright and Dono- hue were in the points. St.Louis made six hits and one error and Columbus six hits and ‘three errors. Notes. In Baltimore today. Orioles have lost five straight. Carsey lasted just long enough to win. Halligan has refused to come to Washi Duke bas reported for duty and may pitch today. The Statesmen are six points behind the Colonels. Barnie is madder than the traditional hen that bas been near water. Washington may not get Ely. Barnie claims him and says that he plays in Baltimore if with ‘any association club. toarrive today or tomorrow. Shannen wil also come from the west with Out- fielder Curtis, whom he corraled in place of ngan. 3 The talk of the ‘Regotiations that are expected to be held bere next Tuesday does ‘Dot seem to be at all ture. The magnates ex 8 well-fe surprise, but most folks that something 1s going to happen in the way of a talk between the associa ton. Tux Stax bas been and the Beall, who was called home by illness of a friend, will join them soon. A party of young folks from the hotel, chap- eroued by your correspondent, went’ for a straw ride in Mr. Woodward's scenery wagon yesterday forenoon, and stopping on their return at the picture man’s tent, they were photographed, team an dali, a grotesque mirth- provoking group. eee eat DEATH OF PARNELLISM. One Patent Fact in the Perplexities of the Irish Préblem. A London dispatch says: Mr. Parnell’s let- ter, admitting the inaccuracy of the amount at- tributed to Mr. Dillon's drawing from the evicted tenants’ fund, has brought to a pause the wretched controversy in the Irish com- moner’s ranks, which really centers in the de- sire of each side to obtain control of the Paris fund. Mr. Parnell, brought to bay, is meeting out the same treatment to Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien which he has already meted out to the Healyites and the liberal leaders, but he is fighting an impossible battle. Nobody doubts the scrupulous integrity of Mr. Morley, and on the question of veracity Mr. Parnell, with his record of the wildest statements, stands no chance of credence. However, he’ still knows the weak points in his enemies’ armor, and compels them to wince and take refuge in am- biguities. ‘his unedifying spectacle, which gains unde- served attention, occurring as it docs in the deadest part of the political season, can have but one result—the destruction of Ireland’ chances of home rule. The tory press and party are delighted that Mr. Parnell has sue- ceeded in drawing from Messrs. Gladstone and Morley an admixsion of anxiety to reach Mr. Parnell through secretchannels. Lung leaders in the tory papers dwell upon the discomfiture and humiliation of the a rs while the liberal press Cc ty leave Mr. Fornall alone.” The, clerical are in- censed at Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon for adher- ing to the plan of campaign in defiance of Rome. Altogether the position of the Irish form, are the latest government pensioners of at local 8. Wright gets €8 per month and Mr. Ward $12. sso a Miss Julia E. Wingert of this city has re- turned from a three-year visit to Europe. Much of her time was devoted to the study of malo Leip r. J. H. Roons n a practicing physi- cian at Ringgold, this county, Yor fifteen yours He left, however, yesterday morning to ‘make his home at Seatile, Washington. A syndicate composed of Hon. L. E. Me- as, Hon. Edward Stahe, Postmaster James T. Hunter, ex-States Attorney M. L. Kecdy and other’ prominent republicans bave pur- chased the Herald and Torch of this place, & weekly paper, owned by C. W. Adams, door- keeper of the'U. 8. House of Representatives, and James T. Matthews, a special agent of the nsion department, and will convert the same into a daily publication—whether a morning or evening paper has not been decided upon. The price paid was $6,500. With the Gazette, another new daily democratic paper to be started here September 1, Hagerstown will have five laily papers with as many weekly publica- tions, more than Washington or Baltimore can support; but then it must be known that Hagerstown has s “boom” and proposes to maintain it with all the adjuncts of a metro- politan city, even if some one must suffer. here are “no flies” on the average Hagersto- nian from his own standpoint. Mr. Henry Dellinger, a well-known Washing- ton contractor, who owns a comfortable clab houseon the Potomac near Downsville, this county, is now there making some needed re- pairs and getting everything ready for the entertainment and enjoyment of a number of his Washington lady and gentlemen friends, who expect to spend some ten days along the Potomac in fishing and other kindred. sporte. The Jobn L. King residence on North Poto- mac street, this ci been sold toMr. J. 8. Esholman for £3, Mr. Zacharias ggett of this city has gone to Washington. where he has accepted a position as clerk in the Beltimore and Obio railroad oftice. The Crawford bicycle works, recently re- moved from Washington to Hagerstown, has received an order from the United States gov- ernment for printing presses to be used in the bureau of engraving and printing. This will keep the factory ranning to its full capacity for several months. Ira Hollinger, son of Mr. Simon G. Hollinger, residing near Waynesboro, was kilied a day or two ago by a team which he was driving running away. This sad casualty calls to mind others that have happened at the same farm, making an unusual chain of tragic events, ‘The first was a daughter of Daniel Hollinger. who was kicked by « colt and killed. ‘The sec- ond was the death of Jacob Gebr. who was run over by a wagon loaded with wheat and killed. e third was the shooting of John Hollinger, son of Daniel, while protecting his father's premises against a band of midnight robbers a few years ago, the sad ending of Ira’s young life marks the fourth in this grim category at the Hollinger plantation. Miss Kate Blake hrs returned to her home in Washington after a five weeks’ visit to this city. —Miss Cecelia McLaughlin of Washing- ton is visiting relatives here.—Miss Nellie Lang of Washington is visiting her mother on Potomac street, this cit ‘Miss Annie France of Washington is visiting Mrs. Wm. Crowe at Williameport.——Mr. Wm. Alvey of Washing- ton is visiting his father, Chief Judge R. H. Alvey, th ——Mra. David Shank is at Smithsburg and J. Welsh Wheeler at Boons- boro.—Frank H. Clark and wife, Mrs. C. E. Owen, Miss Owen, Will B. Davis, Hugh L. Thompson and wife, all of Washington, are among the latest arrivuls in Hagerstown. ’B. pet elem An Aged Statesman. From the Des Moines Capital. There could be no more suggestive picture presented to an Iowa audience than that of Gen. Geo. W. Jones of Dubuque as he presided over the festivities of the Indiana Society at Prospect Park yesterday afternoon. Well along toward ninety years’ of age, he enjoys supert health, is litie and active, and as fastidious in his dress and personal appear- ance as when, in 1852, he was one of the aictin= guished members of the United States Senate. He seems as quick in apprehension, as prompt in repartee, as wide awake and active as at any time during the past twenty-five years. He had pleasant words for everybody, recognized all his old friends upon the instant of meeti and was compli- mentary to the ladies as we can imagine he was hvlf a century ago. He presided with spright- liness and the most perfect self-possession He never kept his audience waiting an instant— Fecognizing motions and putting questions like the readiest parliamentarian. What a memory that man must have—going back to tee days when there were neither railronds, steamboats nor telegraphs! It was in his boyhcod that the battle of New Orleans was fought. He knew intimately and well Jackson, Clay, Webster, Benton und Calhoun. He eat in theSenate with Henry and A. C. father ond gon, the first from Wisconsin and the latter from Iowa. He was by far the most prominent man in Iowa problem, from whichever side it is viewed, is MeGuires defeated the Yi other Keifer, third; Thomas, left; Bogan, center; Miles, right This club is ready to play others composed of members under thirteen of Address challenges to E. it i fi Hi tt io extremel, lexing. The onl: tent fact is that Parnelliin is “dead. ‘The apathy of the Parnellite organization and the constant acces-" acees- sion of Parnellites to the national federation have induced the latter organization to instruct its registration agents for election lists to make no distinction ‘between Parnellites and Me- Carthyites. Spain Anxious to End the Treaty. A special to the New York Heraid from Halifax says: It is stated upon unquestioned authority RUNAWAY MARRIAGES, ‘Why So Many Couples Come Here to Have the Knot Tied. “Marriage licenses $1 each and no questions asked” is what brings many runaway couples to this city and swells the fees of the clerk of the court, and in addition to the cheapness of the legal document and the easy manner of procuring it there isa minister employed in the building, who is often called upon to per- form the ceremony, ao that if there should be any one in pursuit of the fleeing couple they would certainly have to make fast time if they. succeeded in preventing two hearts to beat as one. The excursion season brings many persons here who are willing to share the joys and sor- rows of life together, and those who come on cheap excursions get the trip thrown in for what the license alone would cost in many places. Persons who come on such journeys always inquire for the court house as soon as the reach the depot, end when they do soit is Pretty certain that they are bent on matrimony. ‘HOW THE HACK DRIVERS GET THEM. Many such persons come from Richmond and other places from where excursion trains usu- ally reach here in the morning, and the an- nouncement of such a train on the road causes the “night line” hack drivers to remain about the depot and watch for the loving couples, be- cause some of the drivers will not hesitate to charge several times the legal fare, and the pas- sengers being strangers, and in love too, never stop to dispute the bill. Someof the drivers declare that they can always pick out the lovers who come onamatri- monial errand, and the first thing they say is: “Here you are for the court house.” ‘He’s just the man we want,” they think,and without stopping to see whether the vehicle looks good in tie sunlight as itdoes on adark night enter, and after a circuitous route is traveled the court house is reached, and there the people who know nothing but ‘‘we want to get married” are ushered into a vacant court room, where an audience is scon obtained, and there, in the presence of witnesses, they are made one. The hackney drivers tell some interesting stories of these couples as to how they con- tinue their courtship in the carriage or cab. They tell how the prospective groom takes the fair one’s hand and squeezes it tightly until she gives some sign of pain. “That don’t hurt?” he has been heard to ask, and of course her reply is ‘‘No, dear.” Then their lips meot, and if they don’t meet several dozen times it 1s not their fault. At the end of the journey the cabby draws on the purse, and he sometimes gets more money than the cost of the ceremony and li- cense. FEES OF THE MINISTERS. The ministers do not always get their pay in ready cash for services rendered, although they get good promises, and sometimes the amount of cash is so small that it would not buy the minister's family a bushel of potatoes. City folks usually give the minister a dollar or two and once ina long while it isincreased to five, but this seldom happens, and when it does the minister has good grounds for the be- lief that the bill is a counterfeit. Charles county people have a superstition that an apple and 87. cents will bring them good luck and scldor does their donation go higher, and theapple must come from their own farm. Those who come from other coun- ties in Maryland give according to thé thick- ness of their purse, while the Virginians vary in amount, some’ patterning after Charles county and some doing even worse. A great many, however, do considerably better. A BARREN ENVELOPE. The man who came from Green county did the worst. He completely fooled the author- ized minister of the gospel who performed the ceremony, and he so arranged it that the latter could not make the discovery until it too late to call attention thereto. A closely sealed envelope, which was sup- posed to contain a $5 bill, was handed to the minister when he had said amen, and, of course, he felt a delicacy in opening it before the happy couple, and he also, no doubt, did not care to have those present ‘know the exact amount he was given. The size of the envelope was enongh to gl: den the heart of the miuister for the instant, but after the guests had departed and the envelope was opened there was an emptiness about it that made the minister think that the man from Green county was not as green as his county. patois = aiaoe NEWS FROM’ ROCKVILLE. Excitement Over Democrati: Primaries— Tickets Tampered With—General Notes. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rockviiie, Aagust 21, 1891. The excitement in regard to the democratic primary election to be held in the several elec- tion districts of the county tomorrow was greatly augmented here today when the discov- ery was made that the tickets intended for the voters of Potomac district had been tampered with. The custom heretofore observed in re- gard to primary elections is to have about 10,000 tickets printed und delivered to thechairman of the state central committee, who divides them into packages in proportion to the vote of each district, which packages are sent to the mem- ber of the county committes for that district for distribution to the voters on the day of election. This year, in the absence of Mr. Spencer Watkins, chairman of the state central committce, the duty of sending out these ages was intrusted to Mr. Sp jones, who attended to the business with his usual promptness and all the packages appear tu have reached their destination except the one for Potomac. ‘This package was intended to be de- livered to Mr. Philip Stone. who resides at Po- tomae, where the election but jit was accidentally day that it had not been delivered to him, but bad been carried to Great Falls, the package opened and the name of Philip D. Laird, one of the candidates for nom- ination to the ‘legislature, had been scratched from all the tickets. A report had also been circulated in the district that Mr. Laird had withdrawn from the contest. of these scratched tickets have since been found in the district by the friends of Mr. Laird. It has been evident for some weeks that deter- mined and organized effort was being made both secretly and openty to defeat him on all manner of pretexts, but his friends claim that they never expected the opposition would stoop so low as to reeort toa trick of this kind. All hon- orable members of the party here. both friends and opponents of Mr. Daird, are loud in their denunciation of the outrage. and further inves- tigation will doubtless detect the perpetrators, Mi mas Rawlins, a prominent farmer of Poolesville district, died yesterday evening at his home, in the eighty-cighth year of his age. Mr. Rawlins was well known as one of the first agriculturists of this section of the state and was also prominent in all measures looking to the improvement of the county. He was for a number of years collector of taxes for Pooles- ville district and had also held other public tions. He leavesa large number of relatives in this state and Virgin’ Yesterday evening Mr. James Gingell, a well- known and popular citizen of Potomac district, died at his home near Cabin John in the eighty- first year of his age. Several years ngo the de- ceased suffered 1a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered and which was the ultimate cause of ceath. He was the father of a large family of children, and his home has for yeqrs becn known as the seat of generous hospitality. ir. Thos. Dawson, real estate broker at this lace, yesterday sold to Mr. Jonathan W. Baker the farm of Mr. Lee Offutt, known ag the “Robertson place," about four miles west of thia place, for $6,610. ‘This is a highly im- proved farm and ‘has on it a gouddwelling and necessary outbuildings. Garrett Park was last night the scene of a brillint hop, which was largely attended by for a lifetime, and in the broad northwest was not his superior in commanding in fluence. : Emily Greenwood, the Actress, Dead. Emily Greenwood, the English actress, better known in New York city as Emily Donagh, died at her apartments on 126th street in that city yesterday afternoon. Emily Greenwood came from London twelve years ago. She first ap- in “The Babes of the Woods” comedy at Riblo’s, Of late she has been with, Kiralfy's jorado tion. Thursday Persons trom all parts of te county and the trict. The dancing pavilion snd grounds Quite a-number | ©. RAMBLINGS. Senshi Old Sone. A glance at one of the recently issued maps of the District and adjacent territory can hardly fail to suggest to a reasoning person the desirability of a reform looking to curtailment in the names of some of our nearby settle- ments, both existing and prospective. In this respect there is great room for improvement in the euphony of applied nomenclature, as well asan economy of words, which latter point is no small item in the use of language nowadays, whether written or spoken. Take Bladensburg, Hyattsville, and Tennallytown, for examples. Why not call them instead Bladen, Hyatt, and Tenley, respectively? The name in each case would then be shorter, pret- tier, and actually more distinctive than now. wa add the unsightly and unné- cessary suffix? You might as well say Wash- ingtonville, Chis emt or Cincinnati = % why Twining City an Park? “Phere leno city af the feat phoeani ns Park at the other; and, even if there were, the simple name Twining and Armsleigh would be better in every way. And why “Pali- sades of the Potomac?” There are no prlisades there, for that matter, and, there were,’ the single word "would be suflicient, without adding “of the Potomac,” since there is no other river here and no other ace hereabouts pay to be called Palisades. 80 on one might go through along list. As for the divisions of the city now commonly designated as Georgetown or West Washington, South Washington, and East Washington, they ought to be spoken of simply as west-side, south-side, and east-side, respectively, thus identitying them as integral parts of one city, as they actually are. About the only reason that can be urged in favor of retaining the Present names in any of the instances cited is that people are to them, and it would be difficult to make the change. ‘The reason is not Worthacent. A man may be accustomed to carrying @ corn on his too or a wart on his nose for along time, but iikewise he soon gets ac- customed to being rid of it, once it is gone, and feels better for the riddance. As to mak- ing the changes, if the city papers were toact in the matter the public would soon get into the way of using the new names, and in a little while would be wondering how the old ones held on 80 long. xe OK OK AThis word “palisade,” by the way, seems to be about as badly misapplied in ordinary usage as that other word “lurid,” which isalmost never used to express ite exact meaning, and gener- ally directly the opposite. In this instance the name was probably borrowed from that rocky shore of the Hudson so styled, above and on the opposite side from New York; but why that was so named it would puzzle somebody wiser than the dictionary makers to tell. O08 ke A railway division superintendent has been discovered out west who recently made an in- spection of his division on foot! As the rules of the organization require that this work shall be done ina well-stocked private palace car, with congenial company, it will go hard with this unprincipled villain'when the Federation of Associated, Amalgamated and Affiliated Rail- fay Division Superintendents meets in the ke KK Many things they dobetter in France. Among them, conspicuously, the matter of passenger travel in cities. In Paris, for example, no pub- lic conveyance is allowed to carry more persons than can be comfortably seated therein, while fares are considerably lower than the average rates in our larger cities It is constantly said that the eame thing cannot be done in this country. The answer to this is that it can. The difference, in this re- spect, between France and the United States is that there corporations of that character have to be, and therefore are, satisfied with divi- dends on the capital stock actually invested, whereas here the public is obliged to pay a handsome dividend, not on invested capital, but on watered stock, exceeding sny- where from two to fifty times in amount the original bona fide invest- ment. If the street railways of Washington were run 80 as to pay only a fair return on their original cost, instead of on their present inflated value—due of course to excessive profits earned—passengers could be carried anywhere in the city at a rate not exceeding three cents, and possibly as low as two cents, each. Take the avenue line, for example. Ite actual cost per share originally, that is, the amount actually paid out as its capital stock, by the original holders, was, if reports be true, about twenty dollars per share, or something less than that, whercas its shares now command about twolve times that figure. The differenct between 20 and 240 in this case is therefore water. But you will be told that the stock is worth much more now, because the company has a much larger and more valuable plant and a more profitable business than it had then. ‘True. But who paid is? Why the public. to be eure, in f needlessly large fares, which, in the form of unpaid dividends, went for better- ments. The stockholders never put thei in their pockets for a penny to pay for this. It all came out of the public, which is thus made to pay n heavy interest on the money it had it- self contributed. it's a good deal ‘like making your mother pay you a round sum for having taken care of you while you were little. **_ * & * A correspondent of one of the New York Papers suggests that cards with the legends following be placed in tho vacant advertising spaces in the street cars of that city: “Hogs defile this car with tobacco juice. “Cads stare impertinently at ladies in this car.” “Swine cross their legs and sprawl sidewise on the seats in this car.” “Blackguards use foul language in this car.” arry ill-smelling cigar stumps in this While there isn't, perhaps, the same need for such signs in Washington that there is in New York, they nevertheless wouldn't begreatly out of place here. This is getting to be a pretty big town, and there are lots of fellows here who think itis a great thing to ape the bad manyers and vices of larger places. It shows that they have traveled and observed things, you know. xk OK x “An Afflicted Household” writes to say that “if the Entomologists who are or have been in session here with the other renowned scientists of the world will kindly explain to the suffer- ing public where the prevailing and pervading invasion of fleas came from, where they are going to, how long they are likely to stay, and, above all, how to get rid of them, then and in that case the names of the Entomologists, like that of Abou Ben Adhem, will ‘lead ail the Tost cine subject is accordingly commended to the careful consideration of Professor Riley aud his learned confreres. x ee OK - A quarrel that promises to bring out some interesting disclosures is on between the writer and the publisher of that trashy book “Society as I Have Found It,"—the bone of contontion being « question as to the division of profits of the book. It doesn't speak very well for the literary taste of the country that there should beany profits to divide; and while business one will be rather s good thing if its retections should have the effect of cowgnieercee eg te now, and there is just a bility that the proceedings talked of may bea shrewdly scheme to give a new boom { : : @ Tie point of the experiment was to show that I with a horse of ordinary spirit. tal Ss JROADS bg re ig- rg lee SUMMER _RESOR’ _RATLROADS. point is an illustration of its ; and the ATLAN Wonder is not that it occurred but that one | Daapy novse, tees does not occur there every day or two. The | BS? %aal R railway oficials ought to fate stape 10 lensen and Tee ¢ evil without delay; if they do not, then yay wy TRAINS LEAVE. WASHINGTON PROM STATION District authorities should take the ai 7 CORNER OF DS Sore en gee fora | HOTEL CHARESDON: ATPASTIGGITE © | wor lnjnne am tie Nest Chicas Lamia Raom coroner's verdict, which is sure to come at the rate things are going now. Col. JOHN M. CLARK. Hor EERSON, ATLANTIC CITY, X. lina ave. neat 3e23-2m eS Sut Hou, DaeRIAT atiantic airy, 5 Maryland ave., “facing the ocean , lncne of the Prettiest houses at this favorite resort. I somely decorated and furu shed i. modes 4 RUSSIAN BASTILE Some fifty miles from St. Petersburg, upon the lake of Ladoga, there is a small granite island, entirely occupied by a fortress, says Free Russia. It is Schlusselburg, the dreadful Prison of state—woree than the French Bastile, Worse than the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, with its Troubetekoi and Aleneevay ravelins and its underground cells. The most resolute of the revolutionists, men and women who have taken part in active conspiracies, whom it is not considered safe to keep in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, are sent there, The absence of any inhabitants except those for Itimore. eek, $10 to 818. toes by ab nay 0 prortswe, ATLANGIC arate house to the beach. JOSEPH ENGLE,. proprietor, WALT a 7 ow. Season, ENGLE, "SE ELRTON, ATCANTIO CITY, tucky ave., near the veach. conveniences year. &. WIL! Ty, NJ. NEW s convenient to dejote; employed in the renders it possible to terms tnoderate. 2 inate’ the prisoners to a degree unattainable | Eas 1A ACE AREAND anywhere el No one lowed to land uj has, NEAL, ATLANTIC CITh. \ik- tho Liana. Gentine ipo enalers Oo neers | Leinis aves neatbacce Evetcas Seer he era uuprovemeuts. er) ALEX. M. OPPENHEIMER, Prop. ([H= cHALFosTE ~~ a Salt water baths in the b te hs in the bow: Send tor circular. ve ‘one who approaches. ives acct ramen ore Prisoner inquire concerning him at the police lepartment in St. Petersburg they are some- times told “alive” or “‘dead;” sometimes no answer is given. The soldiers and guards are themselves prisoners, who mingle only with | _%30-2m E_ ROBERTS & SONS. each other and are carefully watched on the YP ** MANS ans a a rare occasions when ther are allowed to make THE LARGEST HOLEL. ® visit to the mainland. It was establish secret communications with even the most jealously guarded ravelins of the St. Petersburg fortress. But the fortress of Schlasselburg remained dumb, like the grave itis. The journal continues: Though some of the best-known men of the rovolution party, in | ‘ whom the greatest interest was felt among the whole body of revolationists, were kept there, we rarely could even tell whether they were alive or dead. A few months ago, however, our friends in Russia received some this place of endless misery. It only such as enn be conveyed upon a bi per smugglod test danger through fome frndly hand. 1s merely tells which © the prisoners are dead and which are still alive. But even this summary is eloquent enough. We learn from it that out of the tifty-two pris- oners sent there in the course of the last cight years twenty or about 4¢ per cent are already lead. Several of those who survive should be added to the list of the dead. ‘They are insane and have lost what is as precious, if not more Precious, toa man than life. ible to Open all the you Je11-3m, ‘Tas WEE Pacific ave, below Ken te, ML Terns, 31-0 to eek. M. R. LUNGACKI. Sr. *PHE WEcciseros, B OCEAN END OF KENTUCKY AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, ¥. 3. OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. (ASBURY, PARK—THE GUERNSEY, STH AVT. delightfully located ; near beach and Sanitation. yas, wire sprinss an. benor tables ops, venuis, boa season, former ————— THE BLUE SKY. Ways in Which the Changing Tints of the Firmament Are Produced. ‘From the Yonth’s Companion. Every one admires and talks of the blue of the sky, but how many bave observed not only that the sky is sometimes of a deeper or richer blue than at other times, but that its changes of tint occur in a more or less regular way. Such is the conclusion of M. Crova, who has ‘Open June & to October 1. iy of Waskinstor SAINT CLOUD, Park. Accommodations tor lights and giodera improvements. auld-lin* u. LE} SEA-SIDE—JEKSEY COAST. (TB THEMONT HoreL, Albrooms have ocean view. Telegraph office In house. ‘PH Abenpegs. SEA GIRT, N. 3. eal5-Im “s LONGPORT, XN. 3. reported to the Paris Academy of Sciences the | Directty on the bench. Hor smi cai sea baths. Un- result of his systematic observation of sky color | obstruct ee yg from December, 1889, to December, 1890. He finds that the uky 1s most intensely blue in December, January, March and September and paler in July, August and November. Observ- ing the changes from hour to hour he found that it was more deeply blae in the morning than during the heat of midday. This indicates that, since the deepest color is seen, generally speaking, in the coldest months and during the cooler part of the day, heat is an important clement in determining the depth of the sky color. This recalls one of the most brilliant of the LLANBOUS. BAT BIDGE HOTEL, BAX RIDGE, MD. OPENS June 13. Finest location on the bay. Convenient both to Washington and Baltimore. Best of salt-water Lathing. “Bosting and fishing. Steam lauhch makes hourly trips troin ove, Foringoruuation abd circular gps to WM SULZICK, Supermiendent, Bay idee, BY Se BREXTON VILLA, CAPE MAY, N. J. ocean. Ha piazza, ‘ACH, *n June 23, ISO. trom the surf. Huh will re many experiments with which Prof. Tyndall | Hot sa bs Hotel sixty yards trom the surf. Huet used to illustrate his lectures. By projecting a | "sisus3.Nit # eed outiook Circulars as Star oth beam of electric light into a cloud of invisible particles of vapor in a glass vessel he was able CONGRESS HALL, OCEAN CITY, MD.. SELBY to imitate the finest azure tints of an Italian & and Sept. can yet_be made upon application ; ba fishine and gubning Wuexcey tionally fine. the sky tint is caused by the reflection of the blue waves of light from minute particles float- ing high in the air. The, waves of bine light are shorter, than those of yellow or red, and consequently axe more easily arrested and re- flected back. When the sun is blazing hot high in the heavens it dissolves the tine particles of vapor toa great extent and leaves fewer of them to split up the scattered daylight aud soud ite soon blue beams back to the observer's eyes. It will be easy and interesting for any person to observe for himself the variations fn the color of the sky. Perhaps new facts may thus be discovered that men of science will be glad to learn. BEDFORD, PA HOTEL OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER, ‘Write for pamphlet on this qreat resort, and the famous BEDFORD SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. 7-208 L. B. DOTY, Manarsr. AIRFAX INN-DEST SEKVICE. PRIVATIS Select; one square from park and baths. ‘Terias, 8? 20 SD per weeks" A few more gneste cat be aceon suo- tated “Alaress d+ W. ALDERTON.broprictor. Berke: eS eee ‘The Cuckoo and the Sparrow. Inan article “concerning the cuckoo” in Longman's Magazine an interesting account is given of the cuckoo's well-knownand seldom- Jey Springs w HENANDE UM SPKI seen performance. The surprising and ex- | mou ceptional nature of this phenomenon, and in | 22"! 2 ae ee some meafures also the diftculty of accepting | [HE BERKELEY, SPaI the explanation usually given of the origin of | -4,,0Pened watil the instinct in the young bird, must be held to | PREESAS Pres account for the disposition shown to accept ac- counts of it with reserve. One of the most rence by an eye- “Birds of Great ‘The account by Mrs. Blackburn, who watched the movements of the young cuckoo, is full of interest. The nest under observation was that of the common meadow pipet and it had the first two eggs in it besides that of the cuckoo. “At one visit,” continues Mrs. Blackburn, “the pipete wore found to be hatched, but not the cuckoo, At the next visit, which was after an interval of forty-eight hours, we found the young cuckoo alone in the nest, and both the young pipets lying down the bank about ten inches from the margin of the nest, but quite lively after being warmed in the hand. ‘They were replaced in the nest beside the cuckoo, which straggled about until it got its back under one of m, (ACBORA HOUSE. Av ‘A SELEC ‘On top of the Aliogunnies fferers from bay fever zet eu’ when it climbed backwards directly up the | F[GiEL ESSiCK — HLA open side of the | nest fend pitched the | piiet M. Essick, Pru pipet from its back onto the edge. It then | s¥10: Highland Lake. Lycoming C a stood quite upright on its legs, which were K% 'S MORRELL HOUSE, HARPER'S FERRY, straddled wide apart, with the claws firmly wefonis, bouse “on Casup Hil under fixed half way down the inside of the nest | Pete ena ee ee eoneaue cud teceay among the interlacing fibers of which the nest | Sienandoah, For torus aply at the piaceor KOLE'S was woven, and, stretching its legs apart and Est Wasbington, D.C. KOLB, backward, it elbowed the pipet fairly over the — margin so far that its struggles took it down | J) OCKWOOD HOUSE, HANPEIS TERRY, W.VA. the bank instead of back into the nest. After | 44 | MES. 8. E LOVETT. Propretress, 1. this the cuckoo stood a minute or two, feeling | tore poh my 1s sem back with its wings, as if to make sure that the pipet was fairly overboard, and then subsided into the bottom of the nest.” ‘The rejected bird was eset but on again visiting the nest on the following morning both pipets were found dead out of the nest. Mrs. Blackburn continues: “The cuckoo was per- fectl without the vestige of a feather, boating, bath “class orchestra; t HARKISON 8. DOWNS, Lone Point, Lake. Foweli,Props.— Favorable enguctments for Avis. | Peres ‘say ¥ H Oy 4 i Pr $24" ouia count det at He m0 fers orLouritican Ban Dining Gar Pritsoure te. Riche ch fare. Tactbe Es “i ri end Pirtsbunt to Chicane = ALTIVORE AND POTOMAC RATLROAD. va A Fr aa wait beter dy rt ny Car Washineton to Kohester ioc mertonts pan, pt saturday, with Sleepime Car ce a ai) ems Eats RS ert Sunday seed New Lork only, Limtted Express with Dini (Car froin Baltunones 4-009 tan - Fast B Papress, Accommoaation, city m, Weok days, 11.35 p.m. amt 3%: 20. Pe RAILWa’ ‘GTON SOUTHERN: IN EFFECT AUGUST For Alexand: Oa, Py ‘¢g. 12-0 boon, Ta or, 430, ao va = eRe abd 10-00 pte suas Accomodation for For ji Vanond "and - a va 4 “ *. and m Sunday at . 5, 8:00, 708, 7 40,8 30. and information at the office, northeast cor Der O1 Lith street and Penbsyivamia avenue, and at ‘here orders can be leit tor the clverking hotels and remides noe. 4. K WooD, Pameenscer Lada. m. 52 a ‘on, Niavawer.” (aut) General ; | RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILBOAD co. Dee ea moder nae na Dae 08 netou, D. — iy S30 a.m—Paily, except Sunday, for Manassa, Front Hopi and sttwscu aiged i10-am r to New Orleans via Montgomery and M and Full a ey ok a iiatetat rate aeyeeetacaa ee at Gree! ore with Pulls Sieeper for suave Reuse i staenae for Front Ray at a Rico Royal end Screstrame” Daily -WASHENGTON 4 ESTIRCLEDLIMITED.-Ataguiticens bieeper No extra tare leans. : TPs, m cba, soutien Peps fx Western Norti Carosina Division, te Cuion Station for all } Through coaches ind at. Svante potarones, tation, vans aul” GAMES Le TAME Gee bese. Agent. 20: ‘or ol aim or hewport lk, dally "Arrive et’ id’ Foust S08 apt Nori at 635 pom = _ ae pom, Cincamats ally for stations Gila, Rent Rentuchy and Cncinast, fentbvule sleepers and cutive tral without canny to ‘uring? ‘a + buled Lisuiteu 330, For Pittavune au’ Cle om edsaspe For Lexington and Staunton 1) bor Winchester. For Dbtladeiph: daily, 4-05, 8:00 G0 oll 8 and the! Starnes a a “saa tne "ax For Atiautic City, 4-05, 8:00, 10:00 and 15am Sundays. 4:0, 11 550.u. Jor tunir 0; suburbeu trains see time tables, to benad, of aii ticket agente. Except Sunday, % for and i dcucee Uy Union Tranaier orders ieft at tices and Liod Pa ave, apd at js 3 A AS. ©. SCULL, hiyli_ Gen. Gen. Agent. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. or oven a hint of future feathers: its eyes were | WHITE COTTAGE. « AKYER'S Fradky, W.Va. | SipAaeR Joas W. 7ioarsun Pom ALE not yet opened and its cacael ton wank! 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ACCOMMODATION OF TRANSIENT GUESTS. ‘This house is located four miles northwest of Wash- ‘ngton and is reached by Woodley lane via 19th st., Broad ‘Pierce's mill and any of the drives lead- ing north from the city or by the electric cars out 320 st., Georgetown, cars leaving every ten minutes, and Visiting The Willows enjoy the finest drive afforded anywhere, can bave a good supper and return to the city in due season. Ico cream and other refreshments. Bar stocked with sim liquors beers. “ye air as much as. possible and "“Laccar maves The Willows for Weshington at 12.30 wear as little clothes as you can—|pm COLUMBUS KikK WOOD, these are he 4 idinal | doctrines of |? eeioam Proprietor. hygiene, according to Khorf. Paes) WOODLAWX, “ROCKVILLE. MD. 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