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.3 WASirnsTGToy omTro city si'i:oi.ii.s. I'orc Conreetionorjr (inrtiioeW'r.hirnUIicJ l7 "Slioctt.llio Con fectioner," for Inner or mippr inrtlei to families Cull on Sir. lcelr.t Mio oorner of tlnn.llltht. n. nndHtMN. nie.ti. r near l.Mlist n. w., nnd bo satisfied ni to quality nndirleo. To Kent DiirliiK tlir Iiiittieiirntlnn. Cots, Mnltrcuc.. )m, nlanircM. Pillow.. I-licet, etc I'Ach .v !(, two TvrcUth t. n. v. Slake you cuulinots early. 1'nnrjr Curl. Thor nra rlmrmlntf HIioctJi'Mttli.tOsK n. vr. nnd 1 las N. " nor irlh ft. n. w. nirniiip a Co,, 401 nml mnseenlh street, will offer tliclr entire stock of ro,I. nt Anrt-vi. (mt. com minc.nif Momlny. Jniurv M. Ihw. mn.lst; in of Bilks nnil ciitln", Maes, nnl t'oloriM cashmere, iclicts nnd Plushes, I;IIm Ires, coous n specially lfolrry ( f nil kln.li. Gentlemen' furnlhinir g mils. . CIonk mill fhawls, cloth', clonklnits, lliitmel, blanket, towels, counterpane. Ilncn, doinetloi ,i full line. Lniris rlhho-i, k1oic, cor.cl. umbrellas unci howckccplnir qood., notion., ctp.eto Ourstixk It full otut complete to select from. NomlM.kn. unstiir A Co. Try .Slieelr, tlio t'linroctlmior'.," rnndles and you will buy nnntlVr. It M tlio btnlTliithouorM Coll and InM-eet. at cor ner of (I and Ulh Hi. n. w. nndlias N. . nvo. n. vr., neat 13th st.n, w. Don't miss tlio opportunity to pot n dl fount of 1" per cent, on linn parlor work, cabinets. tabic etc , hnnd-mn In works good renrkid In plain future.. Wi-hih-viai A Co , 010 1-th St., third door north of I'st. Iloiiulilmi .V Co, Ann It THE I'ltONTAflVIN, ' Gel their prices on Coti, lllankcts, Ac, bo lero you hiro or purchase. We also bine for snlo n South American nlMmlr Mallres, 10 ound for $1 l.iio. It will pay you to see , i Ills, V II llnrutiTox AVo 1218, 1!M V street northwest. Slireti'i) Candle, liave no superior. Manufactured and sold ntdst.. cormrvf lltlin. w., and 1126 N. V, nye. n. w., mar 16th st. Ilouso-Flttlni: Katiilitlalimcnt. Duddcn's Installment homos, centrally lo catcdnlliltO and lua Sorenth street north west, Is tho place to buy your housekeeping outfits. Holms Iholarceit stoeit of stovoi, carpetM, Inrnltiire. etc . that ho Inn over kupt. urn L doing nn Immense liu.lno'1 by sollliu them at rash prices ontho InsUllmcnt plan: easy weekly or monthly payments It Is tlio Host. ' Ask for It. Fcblltr.' Mllwaukeo I.ROr Deer. t'orsalobynll lending hotljci. Spcur .'lint nt Sheet?.', 11th and 0 sts. n. w. and 1 129 X, 5T. nvo., near 16th st. l'or WnililiiKlon.lresod Hoof ro to John It KcllT. stalls (U3, ruilindmo centro Jlurket anil "Jixi and wis Northorn Ubrtr. Cotntd beef n ipeciulty. DrrTEnCcrs nt Mieetz's. 11th and On. w. nna lvia r,,.i. are., near loin si. n. v. "Alderney Dairy Wntom." Fresh Attorney butter, churned every morning and diilTerwl In H lt "Ward" rmnu. ooc. per id. aiso cottage mceio, out ermlllc and sweet milk. Ho. nor ot. Cwim. lBc. per pt. A3lV)V3tl!XTa. Neilief McIIenry in "3 ot a Kind" at Albaugh's to-ul;ht. Battle of Shlloh every day and ovenlns, 0 a. rn. to 10 p. m. "llunch of Keys'' to-night at Harrlj' DIJou. Hyde's Big Specialty Company to-night at Kenian's. Professor (lleasoo'u IIorte-Trnlnlnp Ex hibition at New York Aveuuo ltlnk this evening at 8 o'clock. city yj;is rAUAOKAruH. Miss Nettle BayUooit 81 II ttrcct, is daDperously 111. Dr. A. 0. Warner lecturod at tho Y, H. C. A. last nlcht on scientific charity. Colonel Edward C. Wado and wife of (leorglu have taken rooms at COO V. etccct, for a couple of months. , L. II. Davis, ex-Attorney-aoncral ot Frlnce Edwatd's Island, has been at tho ,Arllngton Hotel for n wook or o. Dr. Casey's lcctuio to tho Lyceum of tbo Metropolitan Church has been post poned till tho 10th of next month. General Dan Sickles called at tho Sol fliers' Ilonio to inquire aftorCIencral Hunt's condition mtcrday. General limit Is still seriously ill. s,-;MH! -Marlon Norton slipped vrlillo de scending the step lu front of .Mrs. Admiral Boggs' home, in Georgetown, brcaklug n bono In her hip. The young peoplo of St. l'aul's EncllsU Lutheran Church will glvo a vocal and In strumental concert at tho church noxt Friday evening. St. Mark's Church, ot Second and A Streets soutbeuit, is rapidly approaching completion, and the members expect to bo Bfn worship lu it soon. It will cost $3o,000. A gospel evangelical meeting was bold at tho Congregational Church yostorday under tho auspices of tho V. 0. T. U. by Ilovs. Dr. Gldion Draper and W, Warren Ventley. I csterdav was devoted hvthoTwi-nllelli trctt Union M. E. Church to missionary iuiTi'iDutj exercises, in mo evening aeu or Vance and Civil Servlco Commissioner 'yrnan mado addresses. ' 7-Ofllcer Austin, Saturday night, found loun Minister, ono of tho eseaned nrlsoii. Avm I4 41ia l,fAj,l.A...k fc iL- .i..i jt tx. i "wn-uuuse, on mo airoei, uu mo omccr pui mm unuer arrest, i ne inaoner was yesterday sent back to the uruuuusc, William Walker, enlnrd. was ilrnnrnml rt James' Creek Canal esterday by tho cap ilrtng of a boat, in which bo and a whltn nau named Georpn Dnn.ititinn worfl rniv. JoFi -1" oWy w removed to his home, at iJeIbird street southwest, 'Mathlas Lodge of l'crfectlon, No, 1, i A. A. M., has elected William Oscar lloome, vencrablo master; Francis J. Woodin,seulor warden; Thomas I). Singleton, Junior war den! Henry S, .Merrill, orator; Edward Pltikl, olmoner; A. J, Marsh, secretary; iimitu u. Luna, ircasurcr: Aouer i, i.an gle, trustee. A flood Templar lt.llly. Good Templar Hall, lato Odeou, and later Prohibition Hall, at Four-and-a-half street and tho Aunue, received last evou Ing Its christening. Tho inoctlug was pro 6lded over by Grand Chief Mnbonoy, and on tho platform with hlin wero Past Clraud Chiefs A. Kalstrom and C. N. Whitney; Alts. Chambers. Past renresentntlvx In Ihn Klght Worthy Grand I)dgo; ,Mr. Alexander, ,..ji charter member of tho rloncer Lodge In lino uisinci; uoloncl Carter, and Hon. yieorgo V. Potter, ox-reprcseiitatlvo in tho niinucf ta Leeiilaturc. Addresses wore lliado by the chairman. Mr. Whltnm-. M 'Chambers. Colonel Carter. Mr. Alivnnilr ; and othors, all in tho best yclu of these favorite speakers. A Child's Terrible l'ull. Marlon, the S-vcar-old daucbter of K. A. Lutx, corner Four-and-a-half and 0 streets northwest, had a dangerous fall on Satur day at her home. She was sliding down luuoiuinuu jrura mo tuiru story, all me whip looking over tho balustrade. While maUlllC loom for r. vounm-r ulslpr tn nasi Jlariou lost her balance and fell hoad first to the floor below, a distance of about thirty feu. The child was picked iid un conscious. Tho little girl was almost life leas, and ti as with dlfUculty, by tho uso of stlraulanti, kept allvo until tho arrival ot the family phjslclan. The llttlo siiffcror's tkull Is fractured both lengthwise and transversely, Indignant Colored Citizens. A uieetlueof clllzeus lulerestcd In tho od 4Jcatlon of the colored jouth of tho District lias beou called for next Wednesday night nt the Flfteeulh Street Trcibytcrlan Church lo discuss tho proper mcaus to bo used In preventing tho Wormlcy School building from belnif takcu from tho colored chlldron hy the Commissioners nud used for othor purposes. Colored Criminal.. J. W.Cromwell lectured to tho 8unday tyceum of tho Second llatist Church (col pred), last nlcht on tbo "Colored Criminal Classes lu tho District of Columbia." Mr. Cromwell said lo Intemporanco was trace able most of the crimes, 1'ltOVKSSnn fftntilo 111 n t - ..u i. lyow ilriiBUu:" ua,ulul "'" ww a smtiois ffr;.if.v.i. Tlio District I'rexrnteil t'riim llttpnil Ini; Its .Sjslini of M'lrrs, Tlio present aw forbhts tlio erection of ovcrlicml eleclrlo wlrci, ntul n tlio Comtnlsftloticrs linvo no nppinprlutloti out of lilcli to Iny titulorgroitnil wires tlio elttmllon 1m getting Homoivhnt ccrioiis. Stipcrltitcnilcnt .Miles of tlio District l'lru-nliinn unil Telcutnpli Serv ice 1ms culled tlio Commissioners' nt lent Ion lo tlio necessity of lobiillitlng tlio brnncli lines of tlio flio nlnrin t-crv-Icoirom licailqniirters nt Fifth ntul I) sticctM through tlio northwest put of tlio city nnil Georgetown. Ho snoots Hint If thcro Is nny rensonnblo doubt nbont thu Rcctiting of Biilllelcnt npnro prlntlon nt the present session of Con giess to put nil tlio wires underground t lint nt least $75,000 should bo seemed nt once, eo Hint tlio iiscfulnci1? of thu llru-nlmui ntul police telegraph ni.iy bo Iccpt elllclcnt In Hint portion of thu city, llo" stiys ho knows of no other wny by which Us clllcioiiey e.m bo lntiliitmnctl. 3iit. m.Ai.yii's xmr 110311:. Ho Will limn Hip IHil Snwnrd Man. nloii ltenoatil. Mr. Dlnlnc, it Is staled by a friend, lms lukcn the hotiso formerly occupied by Seorctmy Sownrd on Lnfayotto Srpinro, dlngonnlly opposlto tho Whlto House, mid next door to Senator Cum cron. It lina been used for years m tboiflico of tho Commissary (lonural of tho Army, mid ns mich liaa fallen into bnd condition. Mr. illnlno will improve it so nn to tnnka it better than It ever wns before. Tliuro Is no houso between tho Sownid mansion nnd tho AVliIlo House. Tho house is directly ncross the park from tho ono in which Mr. lllninu formerly lived. Tlio A)i'nnilrla Wlilto Caps AkiiIii. According to the statement ot Mr, Wil liam Webster ot Alexandria, son ot tho Captain of Police, ho was standing nn tho corner of Itoynl and Queen streets on Friday night last when two men npproached him wealing wlilto caps nnd masks. One, a tall muscular fellow, with a deep bass voice, procccucii 10 maKO nimsoit ittiown ny seiz ing Mr. Webster by tho collar mid telling him that ho had been Idlo so long that tliu association doomed It necessary to give him n moro ncllvo circulation of tuo Mood by administering thirty lashes upon his back, 'lhe two then started to lead him off, when Mr. Webster, who was at first Inclined to submit to tholr demands and seo tho mtttcr through, struck tho foremost lu tho faco, loiiiug uim 10 mo grounu. a scuuie cnsucil, when six other men, wearing wlilto caps, turned tho corner coiuIuk toward their com rades. At sight ot tho reinforcements Web ster broko away and ran to pullco head quarters whero ho reported tho clrcum staucc. Lecturo on Tompernnce Miss Julia llalcb delivered a lecture bo forotho temperance, aocloty of tho North Prcsbytcrlau Church last night, on tho sub ject of "Tho ltolatlon ot the Church to tho Tcmpcrauco Causo." Tho lecturer opened by eajltic that the tempcrauco worker had much to bo discouraged at. alio had ro llectcd upon tho purposes and hindrances of tho woik, and had ioug sluco concluded that the best means of promoting tho cauio was to bring all to rcllcct upon the evil of Intemperance, and tho Imnortnuco ot tho work. Tho church could do this. There fore tho church should Interest Itself lu the tompernnco movement, which was a philan thropic effort to clevato and ennoble man kind. Newspaper Men ut I.uncli. Colonel L. (J. Washington of Virginia en tertained atluncheon on Saturday a number of gentlemen representing tho United States Senate, tbo Houso of Representatives, tho liar, nnd the newspaper profession. Among tho guests wero Senators Stewart, Coekrell, Dolpb, Walthall; Representatives Hltt, llut tcrwnrth, Thompson, Gibson; Messrs. Goode, Bradford,. Wnrdou, Itlchardson, Ogden, Nixon, McKco, Lmau, Do Graw Notes and Wllklns. Tho fcaturo ot tho luncheon was the Introduction by Colonel Washington ot several dishes ot Sinlthfleld ham cooked specially for the occasion. Dentil of n 1'orincr Virginian. Jlon. Nathaniel C. Clalborno, n promi nent citizen ot St. Louts, died In that city Friday last of pneumonia. Ho was born In Franklin County, Va., In 1822, graduated from Washington College, aud was thrice elected n member ot tho Virginia 'Senate. Ha was In tho Constitutional Convention ot 1650. In 185(1 he went to Kansas City, moving to Bt. Louis in 1801. Ho was lu the Missouri Lcglslaturo n number of times, and was delegato-nt-largo from Missouri to tho Charleston convention ot 18G0. Tho Womnu'H Christian Association, Tho nineteenth annual meeting of tho Woman's Christian Association was held last night at All Souls' Church. Tho pas tor, llcv. Dr. Shlppon, read a report ot tho woik accomplished by tho orgaulzatlnn dur ing ths year just passed. Ho stated that with a fund of $4,000 from Congress, tho total Incomo of tbo Tblrtconth Street Homo for tho jear had been $10,000. Nearly all ot this had been expended. During tho year -3 persons wore admitted to tho homo and TOO families had been usslstcd. Droit noil In the Canal. William Walkor, a negro, nnd George Donaldson went boating yesterday morning on tho James' Creek Canal. While on the water they attempted to change positions, but In so doing capsized tho boat. Donald son swam to tho shoro without observing bis companion, and when he lauded tho negro had disappeared beneath the surlaco. The hotly was rccoveiod, and removed by tho police to the negro's former home, No. jimi imru sireci soumwesr, wuero mo cor oner will hold an Inquest to day. James II. l'eck and Ills Child. James II. Peck, a mulatto, bad a hearing beforoJudgo Montgomery on Saturday last on habeas corpus, which bo has Instituted to recover possession of his child, who is with Its mother. Ho mndo various charges against his wife, saving she had left him, but there wero va rious circumslaucos In tho possession of tho court which showed that she had some rea son to leavo him. Tho custody ot tho child will be a aided uext Satuiday. Trip of the Vorlctoivn. Tho official examination ot tho machinery and trial trip of tho gunboat Yorktown will takoplace at Philadelphia this week. Tho board of navy olllccrs already announced will assemblo nt Cramp's ship-yard to morrow and begin tho examination on Tuesday, The contract calls for an esti mated horse power ot 3,400, but tho con tractors are sanguine that this will be ex ceeded. Will Hold nn Iiidlirniillnu Meetlnir. Tho T. M. Ilcaly llraneh of the Irish Na tlou.il League, at n rueotlng held last night nud presided over by Mr. P. Ward, adopted resolutions expressive ot their Indignation ot tho treatment ot tho llrltlili towanl tho fiat 1 lot William O'llrlen, Airangoments for loldlng a mass meeting relative to tho ar rest of O'llrlen wero made. Mr. Morton Secure JIln I'ermlt, Vlco Presldcut elect Morton has applied to tho Building Inspector for a permit to maico 601110 changes lu the elegant residence ho has purchased from Professor Alox, Graham Hell, Ho evidently proposes to linvo somo largo dinners thcro, because the principal chaugo proposed Is tho enlarging ot tho dining loom, Mr. Drum's Itetlrmneiit, The ictlrcmcut ot Adjutant-General Drum In May next lias started applicants aud aspirants for tho position to renewed cxcitlons. It Is bollovod lu army ctrclos, that tho contest has narrowed down to Generals Helton and McKeaver, both at present assistants to General. Drum, Trousers to order, 9 1.00 and S3. ElseruartV, 7th and U. Iti'ttlo Hti-uiirt 1 Isiir I'riiin tlio HITvct uf Her I.ntrr'fi Asimilt, Ildwnrd Nnllor, a big negro, is hold nt tlio J'irtit I'reclnet Station on tho charge of nssnttll mid buttery with in tent to kill. Tho nssaiilt occurred thrco weeks ngo nnd his victim Is his mis trow, lletllo Stewart, with whom ho hnd been living in Nnllor's nlloy. It nppenrs Hint Nnllor uns drinking with n number of companions nt Thirteen-nnd-n-linlf nnd 1) streets wlicti thu .womnii entered tho saloon and naked him for soino money. Hu refused, drove her from the plnco, nnd followeil her to tbo street Then oho turned to him nnd mado n final nppenl, whereupon ho kicked her In tho Btoimich. She fell to tho pave ment nnd Iny thcro Buffering until n negro m ointiii carried hnr homo. Din ing tlio linst-lhri'o weeks phu hai boon in n ethical condition, but kept Uiu mntter ntiict bocnuse of her brutal lover's llircats. 8bo was Informed ycHtcrdny by lier physician that hor chances of recovery wero very slight, nnd shu sent for Olllccrs Holler and Kills nnd confided to thorn tlio story of the nssault. Thoy ut onco sum moiled tho nmbulnnco nnd convoyed her lo I 'reed in oil's Hospital. Tho caso against Nnllor lms boon continued, nwniling the result of tho woman's in juries. jr7;.i, i'.statv axh nuir.iuso. Trnnfnr of I'ropnrlj Lclghton t Palro, trustees, tn George P. Merrill, lot C, block 21), Jliooklnnd Millard P. McCormlck to Wll ll.ini Mnjso, lot 14, square lUPft Julia M. Stout to Woodbury Illalr, trustccintercstns heir of J. Wi ley Aullck Mary .1. DtClaudy to II. C. Ilor den, lots 3, 1 aud ft, blrck G, lots 7, 18, lit, 20, 21. 22, 27, 2d, 211, BO.block 7, section 3, "llurr lllo" Soiildo G. Cnsoy to William II. White, sublot 07, squaro03 William F. Low Is to Honry G. Lowls, lot lll.block S, Trliiltlad William A. Do Groot to Henry O. Lewis, sublot 101, block 20, "Long Meadows," .., Watson J. Nowton to William Z. Partcllo, sublot lBI.squaro 11.1 Philip II. Chrlstman to Thomas 430 00 275 00 10 00 1,1)00 00 7,01,1 75 2,050 00 1,723 00 7,000 00 A. Mitchell, sublets 23, 21 and 29, squaro (KX) 1,800 00 Eliza L. I). Payne to Henry A. Seymour, lot 11 and part 10, squaro 137 11,101 CO Philip G. llusscll to Sarah J. Hall day, part lot B, 6quaro 101 3,520 00 Mary A. Ogden to Alexander II, ft mines, pari tuuioi ii, squaro GO ... Hochel K. Trlmblo to Lucas (I. Mllovlch, part lot 3, squaro 231 llltta G. Williamson to Danlol ltcrtwcll, lot 10, square 0, and lot 10, squaro 8, Trucsdcll's addition to Washington .... Mary K. Freeman to Francis Dan zeubaker, lot 1, block 41, Col umbian llnlvcislty sub Samuel V. Lowthcrto Arthur T. llrlcc, lot 12, squaro 211 . , Thomas A. Mitchell to P. II. Chrlslmau, lots f3 nnd Gland part D2, siiuaro HOT ... . Wm. Waltor Phelps to Wm. C. 1 00 7,400 00 10 00 0,373 00 1 00 0,000 00 11111, pan lots vj and Ul, block 0, Meridian Hill 4,019 00 Tho ComlnK l'rlzu t'lRht. Sporting men about town aro discussing the coming prizo fight betweon Child-; and Northridgo. Both men aro In oxccllcnt con dition and training assiduously. Although Chllds is comparatively an unknown, his friends aro so sauguluo of his success that thoy aro oflcrim: odds on him. Moro tnoney has been wagorcd on tho result ot mis cotucsi man ou any previous ono lor somo time, and so much interest Is taken lu It that already half 11 dozen men liavo de clared their Intention ot challenging the wiuncr. Until tho Chllds-Northridgo light Is settled, thcro Is llttlo possibility ot ar ranging a match between Young and Mc Millan. Young has challenged tho English man twice, accompanying his challenge, with a forfeit, and offering McMillan overy advantage that ho could ask. So far Mc Mlllau has not paid any attention to the challengts. Death or T II, H. Miller. L. I). S. Miller, formerly ot this city and lately ot Salt Lake City, died tn the latter placo on Saturday night from paralysis ot tho heart. Mr. Miller had boen living In Bait Lake City for teu years. Ho Was ox pectlng to visit Washington noxt month. Mr. Miller was woll known and highly ro epectcd In this city, where ho resided for mnny years nnd where his family still ro sides. Ho was a lawyer by profession and came hero from Wisconsin lu 1801 to accept a clerical position In the Treasury Depart ment, and for many years heswas chief ot tho Judiciary Division ot the First Auditor's Odlco. During our old municipal form of government Mr. Miller was for somo tlmo n member of tho city council from Capitol Hill. Mr. Miller was a man of much ability and of lino porsonal qualities. His remains will be sent at onco to Washington for In terment. Thn Columbia Club. The Columbia Athletic Club Is consider ing n change lu Its plaus for n now club house. It was Intended to erect tho now club houso at Fifteenth street nnd Ohio avenue, but Mr. McLean has offered a lot on G street, between Seventeenth aud Eigh teenth, and tho cIud will moot to consider tho cbango next Monday night. AiHIcu to Mother. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should always boused for chlldron toothing. It soothes tho child, softens tho gums, allays alt pain, cures wind colic, and is the belt itnicdy for diarrhoea. 23c. nbottlo. Murrliigo Licenses. "Wm.lt. Johnson nnd Martha Hopkins; Charles A. Jones and ltosa Campbell; Joseph Lano and Mary Washington; George 8. Sinclair, city, and Annlo K. Keagan, Fair fax County, Va.; Joseph It. ltobertsou aud Floicuco II. Herbert. Win. A. Merchant Assigns. Wm, A. Merchant has mado an assign ment to James L. llruco ot his stock of groceries, etc., at 831 Sixth street south west, for tho benefit of ci editors. Hu pre fers Kllen .Merchant for fSOO. l'liorESson Cook's Halm of Life will euro all skin aud scalp diseases. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A msrvot of purity, fctrciiKth nud wholcsoineucss. lloro iconomliul tlinii thoordlnarr kinds, and van not bo sold In compttlou with tho multitude of low-test, short-weight alum or phosphate powdets btjil only tn cam. ItOVAI. IIAKINO I'OWUISIt CO., 100 Wall street, New York. W LRpYALMS'.'IrJI " Ba--j"iiptvf rTi POWDER Pomp of Mm AVondiTftil Performances f Darby, tho HiirIMi .lumper. Joo Darby, tho recognized champion jumper of tho world, nn oxchango says, Is now giving exhibitions at tho Westminster Aquarium In London After each perform ance his manager choltcngos any man in tho is 01 Id to jump from tuo to twenty standing jumps lor nny amount ot money. During tho week John F, Hartnclt. tho great Lnsteru juniper, who halls from Docdhnm, Mass.. has accepted this swoon ing ehallmgo. If Daiby will glvn him ono foot In tuostnudlim Jumps ho will mako a match for $IXK n side, nnd glvo or talto $100 for expenses, llnrtnott will Jump lu nuy city In tho United States within two months, but can not go to England before March. The fact that llartnctt will not Jump an even tuntch shows what a champion Darby Is. Whllo HufTnlo Hill was abroad this oar ho had with him tho recognized standing broad Jumping clmmploir of Amorica, George llnmlllon, who holds tho world's riconl. Cody mado n match with Darby for Hamilton and Darby won easily, During his cxhlbltloiis'ln Lofidou Darby has cleared lu two standing Jumps twenty six feet two inches, making 11 now record. In two back jumps hoclcaicdulnotecufect. Ho has cleared six feet In a ruunliig hip Jump. Ills most wonderful performance was thrco Jumps of thirty-six foot thrco Inches, on tho last Jump clearing tho head ot n man seated on n chair. As a trick Jumper It Is doubtful It Darby over had nn equal, In a broad Jump with weights ho has cloarcd seven chairs In n row. One of his favorlto tricks Is to Jump from nn ordinary brick, Jumping over a chair, nnd landing on an upturned brick without knocking cither down, Dnrbj's challcngo Is open to the world, In enso 110 ono lu Kugfand Is anxious to Jump this wonder, ho will visit America and glvo Hnrtuclt ot llostou nud Hamilton n chauco to mnko money and glory. STORE IEWS I! ii BY & Stock-taking is over the result very satisfactory and we shall open the Spring Campaign at once. Not that we haven't been show ing new goods since Christ mas we are usually first but the bulk oi the new goods were bought for de livery at this time and are ready lor your inspection. Here are the lines that will make their best show ing better, we might add, than during nny previous season thus early. There is a freshness, a piquancy a brightness about them that is welcome and extremely pleasing to the eyes that have so long feasted on the dark-appearing fabrics ol winter. They apprise us of the approach of a new sea son ere we can lay aside the apparel of the old. Now Spring Dross Fabrics. New Spring llroadcloths. Nowcst Trench Sateens. NewSprlngDrossTrlminlng. Now Stock of Spring lluttons. Now Mock of I.aco Ooods. New Spring I.aco Flouncing. Entlro Now Stock of Fans. Spring Nowmarkcts and Jackets. Also here and there throughout the store are things newly arrived, new ly made that herald the coming spring. We want lookers now, not buyers, unless you can't resist. We are striving to do the business better better for you as well as for us. fill Cornor 11th and F Sta. N. W. xS ew JjjuitopiiAN Cotton APmcs skaton runny. (Successor to l'orrv & II ro.) HAS NOW OPEN HIS "ENTI1H1 IJII'OUTA- TION" 01' ritENCII AND SCOTOII COTTON DItESS 1'AllltICS. "HIGHEST QUALITY" FMlNCIt SAT MKN8 IN KXOI.UH1VK DKSKJNS AND COL OltlNGH. MADE TO MY OHIIEIt 11Y KOKCH LIN, llAIIMUAICTNr.lt A CIE, QltOI UOUAN 4 CIK AND DGLLFUH, MI ICO & CIE. "CONl'lNKD HTYLKH" IN OUOS ItOJtAN FItENCII BATEENtS, WITH l'EUSIAN 110U DK1I.H. Kio pieces nr.NniNi: scotch gino- HAMS, MADE TO MY onilKlt LY 11. A. WHYTLAW. SON A CO. OV (ILAbdOW, !JO INCHES Wll) E, ATSAuA YAltl). NOVELTIES IN ANIJEltSON'S SCOTCH ZEl'IlYltS. "NEW 1'ATTnnNS" IN SCOTCH TLAN NULS, STJITA11L15 FOlt MEN'S SHIltTS AND 1'Y.IAMAS. NEW ALL-WOOL I'nilNCII TLANNELS IN M'ltll'ES, l'LAIDS AND 1'IUUItES, FOlt WHAl'l'EItS AND SACOUES. "CHOICE STYLES'' IN ALL-WOOL FltENCH OIIALLIS ATfiOo AND (100. NEW 1'ltINTEI) ENOLISH MOHAIRS AT coe. "NEW DESIGNS'' IN 1'ItINTED ALL LINEN LAWNS. NOVELTIES IN r-MlIIIOIDKUEl) HA TI8TE. MULL. I'KJUE AND (1INOHAM H01IES, IN 1IOXES WITH l'ASHION PLATES ATTACHED. "SPECIAL HAlttlAINS" IN riNKiT HAND-1'AINTUD Fltl'.NOH SATEEN 11011ES A1' SH NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK OP ENG LISH AND l'ltENCH WHITE GOODS, COM I'JIISINO ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES. TMY DlltECT I.Ml'OUTATIONS OP SPUING NOVELTIES IN SILKS AND ALL WOOL l'AJIIHOS AltE AllItlVINU DAILY. CXri'LAlN 1'IUUItES AND COllItEUI' rmoEs. SEATON I'EItllY. I'crry nulldlng, I'eimsiUiuiln avenue, cornor of Ninth slroet. IMubllsliedlSH). UNDERTAKERS. J WILLIAM LEI! (Successor to Henry Loo'd Sons), .Tjr t TAKHB 032 1'ENN. AVENUE N. W., SoutliSlde. llrnncli oflloe. -108 Maryland nro, s, w. AUGUST IIUHODOHP, 1'UltNIBHINO UNDKItTAICER. UIU I'cnn, ove. n. w.. between ud and ! ts Everjthlns drat class. & CO., 937 Perm. Avenue, NEAR TENTH STREET, The Oldest nnd Largest Music House in tlio City, OFFEHS EXTItAOKDINAnV BARGAINS III GOOD SECOND-HAND -AND- Parlor Organs. Now in stock and will he sold at a sacrifice, Steinway, Weber and Other Square Pianos. Mason 6 Hamlin, Estey and Other Organs, Please remember we are overcrowded and need the room, and therefore for the next thirty days will work off our second-hand. instru ments for what they will bring. We will sell on easy monthly payments or at a big discount- for cash.. F. ELLIS & CO. 937 Penna. Avenue, NEAR TENTH STREET. MEDICAL. -BIrT.s.. CATAR R H CHlANI BALM.I J tiai ntrpriied after vtlng i.7y Cream Halm two months to find the tight nosti it, which uiu closed for 2( years, uas open and free as tht oilier. I feel ten thanlftd.ll. ll. Crcsscnghum, 376 ISth sheet, llroohi HAY-FEVER lyn. Anftrtlelals nnnltpil tntn nnnh nostril nml Isnerccablo. l'rlcoGOcontnt DruirelstH; by mail, registered, (10 cents. ELY UHOTUERS, fid Warren utrcct, New York. HEALTH ISWEALTHI l)n. E. O. West's NKnra and llnlttj Tbbit xsnt, a KuaruntooJ snoollto for Hysteria, DU slness, Convulsions, Pits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headaelio. Nervous prostration xsauacu by tlio uso of nlcouol or tobaooo, Wakof ulnoss.Mon tal Depression, nouoiiitiff or tlio tirata ronmiuff in Insanity and loadlni; to misery, dooay and death, Premature Old Ago, llarronnoss, Loss of Power In clttior uex, Involuntary Losses nnd Spermatorrhoea caused by over-oxortlon ot tlio oraln, nolt-nbuso or over-lndtilKonoo. Eaoh box contains ono montliM treatment; 81 a box, or six boxes for 85, sent by mall prepaid on rooolpt of prloo. WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES , . to cure any caso. Willi eaoh ordor rooolvod by us for Blx. boxes, aoeorapauled with 85, wo will send tho purchaser our wrlttoa Rtiaranteo to rofund tho money It tlio tro.it inent doos not offcot a cure. Guarantoos Issued only by C. CHltlSTlANl, lirimjUt. Boi-b Aobnt, '181 l'enua. nvo., bolweon -Hi mid (Itli sts. A roSTIVE CURE FOR LOST or Palllne MAN- .11 ODD, Nervousness, Mind, Lack of Slrongth, Vigor and dovolon ment, causod by Errors, Kxeossos, .to. Modo of Self Treatment nnd Proofs mailed (soalod) free. Address ERIE MEDICAL CO., I1UP l'ALO, N. Y. DEXINKBNNESS ORTHE LIQUOR HAniT OAN HE CURED 11Y ADMINISTERING DIt. HAINES' GOLDEN SrECU'IC. Caiooglvenltiacunotcotroo or tea with out tho knowledge ot the person taking It. It Is abtolutely harmless, and will oiToct n per manent nnd spoeily oure, whether tlm patient Is a inoclerato drlukor or an alcolmllo wrook. It lms been given tn thousand ofoasos, nnd In every Instance a perfect euro has followed. IT NEVER PAILS. The system once Impreg nated with tlio Spoolflo, It booomoj an utter Impossibility for tho liquor appetlto tooxlst. Por sale by S. P. WAItK.umtor tlio Ebbltt House; It. K. HELPHENSl'INE, Fourteenth street and Vermont avenue, Washington. r v. ', O1 I) SUPERIOR BIRD FOOD. fV4i. UsyklncblrJ FoJ, IllrJ DaUllci, HIM Ilolth luiwrtr, Hit ' 7lrvl.l4 fowl A r AqvuU 1 Ut. ll. mnJ lj illtSUOr. tbn tllrrt Ml of lUllliaoif. IJ AmtW'$ moil fit-fiWiott Ulrl Ciftckr, At 101 lutkot'i, 1W ttbtr, W.a?s: i te:M4jj -" 4 fl-PHOTO- ENGRAVINGS Having recently fitted up n PHOTO-ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT In connection with iny PATENT PROCESS, 1 am prepared to furnish ILLUSTRATIONS AT NEW YORK PniOES. Photographing on Wood for tho Trade. iw"c rtxa:m oro-srai, 418 Ulereuth Street N.U. HRTfLvsH rj&AMBdl wm -rH We have just opened another lot of Silks, which we have purchased to great advantage, and offer su perior qualities at wholesale prices. Gauzes, Nets and Illusions at reduced prices. Elegant China Silks, evening colors, at 65c. , W. M. SHUSTER & SONS 919 Pennsylvania Avenue. AUGUST W. NOACK, President. 1881-188U. THE SHOOMAIvER COMPANY, (Succcrsors to Shoomakcr & ltertzog), IMPORTERS AND JODDERS OP piftc Urines, Iiiqaos, Cigars, &c, Nos. 1331 AND 1333 15 STREET NORTHWEST, Tolepliono Call, D17. WASHINQ TON, V. C. ALL GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK TRICES. Assorted Cases of ono dozen Wines, Liquors nnd Cordials at dozon prices. Gas Stoves for Cooking! Oaa Boilers at 81.15 nnd $1.50 for Instantly making Toa or CoffM. GJ-.A.S COOKERS. I For largo nnd email famlllos. ,1 ust tlio store for;-mmmor inn. ns yon extinguish tlio (tro tho Instant tho oooklng 1 dono. Por salobythe WASHINGTON -GASLIGHT COMPANY, 413 Tax-tax. S-tareo-b UST. W REMINGTON Toronto Speed Contest. (INTERNATIONAL FOR WORID' CHAMPIONSHIP.) Business corrcpondenco and logal tostlmony: GOLD MEDAL, 98.7 words per minute. SILVER MEDAL, g5.11 words per minute. MAE E. ORR -and- ; FRANK E. McGURRIN, WINNERS. WYCKOIT, SEAIAIfS & BBMDICT, Corner 8th and F Streets N. W. em POLISH. Ladles, we respectfully call your at tention to the following FIVE FACTS : mnE DUnADlLITV of tho finish nnd color J. nro marvelous, ono bottle going as far as two or thrco of other brands. IT IS COMPOUNDED with oil, and cirei nn old shoe tho nnpenranco of a iwy one, and picscrvcs It at tho isamo tlmo. IT TVII.T. NOT TltEEZE In tho coldost wcathor, mid Is perfectly water-proof. Weaiuno itUDiiEn snons win not do ctroy Its gloss. mnE 1'ItIC'E IS ONLY 25 CENTS, and, as A. economy Is wealth, wo rellll tlio bottlos form cents. Chalk will remove It from tlio linuds. DEPOTS: 710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 27 Bcekman Street, New York. 124 Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md. 198 Clark Street, Chicago, III, FINE FAMILY FLOUR. USE Oliltl'.l. blKlir.lNO, BUNNKOr.A, OILX I'.DOi: or I OOLD1SN mt.r. PXjOTJ1 And you will always hare beautiful Dread, Dolls and Ulsoults. Wholosalo Depot, cor ner l'lrut street aud Indiana UYeniio. WM. M. QALT & CO. DRY GOODS. - Wm. R. Biley, Corner Ninth and E Streets N. W,, Is closing out all kinds of DRV G OODS At Very Itoduood Hates. PIANOS. Orand, Untight and Square PIANO0POB.TES. Special attention ot purchaser 11 Invited to our "NEW AUTISTIC STYLES," Finished In designs of "HIU1IEBT DKCOllATIVE AltT," riANOS FOlt KENT. Second-hand l'lanos at All Trices. WM Knabb So Co., 817 Market Space. J0, thn WHT-Srk GENT'S FURNISHINGS. I CERES HI! A, TRANCIS OARL1CKS, Secretary. llstitblMicd 1HS0. T ANNUAL rag -AT- King's Palace. 814 Seventh Street. GREAT SLAUGHTER -OF- MILLINERY, CHILDREN'S, HISSES' AND LADIES' CLOKKS Don't fail to call and inspect the groat "bargains offered. FOR MEN. Nothinc pleases a man so much as a PERFECT FITTING SHIRT. If you areln need of such an article go at once and have'your measure taken, They will cost ,50, $2 and $2,50, TYSSOWSKI BROS Importors Men'3 Woar, Cor. 15th and C Sts. Will' 011 CoubIih, Cold, nnd Incipient Consumption, &i ONCE TltlliD ALWAYS PRUPCKRED. rtspinl 1 siuxt manor, Btltlmete, m. Largo UottlM onlr sso. Tor sale by all Urufc'glsts. Sale lea njir? ! 1 a I! ik iffSi "b. ESTATE FOR SALE BY Washington ! (Succossor to Dancnliowcr A Son.) Real Estate AND INSURANCE BROKER. 1115 F Street N.W. WASHINGTON, I). C. 8cnd for MONTHLY LIST, jiiit out. TELEPHONE itcsWcnce'es, Alexandria, Va o W 01 o Eh O o G (3 ft w G G w m (3 WASHINGTON CITY . EflU ESTATE TOU SALE IIV Washington r 1 (Successor to Daucnliowcr A. Son.) ReaJ. Estate, AND INSURANCE BROKER, 1115 F Street N.W. WASHINGTON, I). C. Bend for SiONTWA' LIST, just out, TELEPHONE JiMlSeaccse, Alexandria, Va Danenhowe n Danenhowe 'l 'ri vi V