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WASHINGTON, U. 0., I-UIIDAV KVKSTNO, JULY !i!2, J 887.
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GOVERNMENT GOSSIP.
Events of Interest In and About
the Departments.
ANOTHER CAVALRY COMPANY.
Various Clerical Appolntmont3,
ItcslBiir.tlona and Promotions.
Another Cavalry Arrival. Captain
J .aw I em's Com fiacy, which recently had a
tout wltb the Indians Id Arizona, Is ex
pected to arrive hero to-day to completo tbe
garrison at Tort Mycr,
A Rtslffninff Chief Compllmontod.
Chief X. U Thomas oftho Ilecords Division
cf tbe llrst Auditor's oDlco, on tendering
his resignation last week, was presented hy
Ids lady clerks with a gold-beaded cano.
Ho rcclrrocatcd yesterday wltb a lunch
Counting tho Treooury Cash.. A
verbal report was mado to Treasurer Hyatt
yesterday hy tho committee appointed to
count the money In tho Treasury that the
woik was completed, anl that the ca&n had
balanced to n criit. Tho formal report
Mill ho submitted tbe middled next wick.
Officers for tho Atlanta. Tho follow
ing board of officers were to-day assigned
to tbe Atlanta for her sea trip: Captain, F,
L. Kamsey; CominaLder. Casper F. flood
rich; Lleutcuant, A. 11. Camden; Naval
Constructor, Philip lltchborn; Assistant
iN'aval Constructor, Lewis Nlxou.
Dr. Bacon's Accounts. Tho reports
published about tho accounts of Dr. Lnvl
Bacon, lato financial clerk of tbe Patent
Oflkc, are eald to ho misleading by Schuyler
Durjec, one of the committee who exam
Ined tho ncccunts. lie suys that the com
mittee has mado only an Inventory of tho
contents cf the safe, and that nothing can
ho determined until tbe Journal booic has
been thoroughly examined. Ho thinks It
very probable that the discrepancy will he
accounted for hy a clerical error.
Interior Department Chansos. Ap
pointment: II. Swearlnger, Qa .clerk; $1,200
hy trausfcr from War Department, under
civil service rules. Promotions: V. L.
Spalding, N. Y., $1,400 to $I,G0O; T. A.
Wosblcgton.Tex., $1,200 to $1,100.
Odlco of Indian A Hairs Appointments:
K. S. Murcbtson, tf. C, copyist, JiKK); , c.
Burnett, Iowa, special fluent for lovestlga
tlon of depredation claims, $3 per day.
Pension Ofllco Keslgnatlons: Marcus A
Kcuo, III,, special examiner, 5-1,400, Keo
r. Daolcla, Pu , clerk, 1,200.
Minor end Porspnal.
Mr. Gabriel U. Wharton of the General
Land Ofllce baa been appointed ono of the
commission to Investigate tho Oregon wagon
roads.
Colonel Fred. Ralne, Consul-General to
Berlin, bad a Ionic Interview with Secretary
Bayard yesterday. He seuured an extension
of bis leavo of absence.
Clerk Charles Frederick Adams of tbe
Civil Service Commission his accepted a
$l,bOO position In the local branch of the In
terior Department. It Is probable that Ex
aminer w. J. Vlckcry will bo promoted to
the position mado vacant by tho resignation
of Clerk Charles F. Adams.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Naval Cadet Thomas M. O'Hallorau has
teen ordered to tbo Trenton.
Lieutenant John P. Merrill, from the
Naval Academy, U ordered to the Pensacola,
August 21.
Pasted Asslstont Knglncer Iloiace K
Frlck of tbe Chicago has been placed on
sick leave.
Lieutenant S. A. btaunton and T. M.
Potts havo been detached from tbo Fenu
cola and ordered home.
Major J. U. Lop, quartermaster, has bjen
ordered from Chicago to Fort Wiuuibago,
VyTs , ou temporary duty.
Lieutenant William P. Potter his re-
fotted his return from the Lancaster and
iecn placed on waiting orders.
lhlgudler Gtrrral Orflway today sent to
tbebtcreUry of War, the names of nfflscrt
or Hie iJisinci iniimaio oocouiraissioncu
Captain G&lncs Law son has received
orders to establish aud eomraand tho Do
pnitmcnt HI Ho Camp at Fort Soelllu.r,
Minn.
Lieutenant John B. Milton, In chargo of
tLo branch HydrograpblcOnico, Sau Fran
cisco, will bo placed on waiting orders,
August 1.
Lieutenant Colonel A, K, Arnold, First
Cavalry, ordered to report to tho command
li'K gtLcral, Department of Dakota, for as
elgi merit to a station.
leave of absence for fifteen days, to com
rut-i.ee July 22, lbs7, h granted Second Lieu
U-tr.it William II. Allaire, Twenty -third
Infantry (Fort Wayne, Mich )
An hi my retiring hoard having found
Coptaln C. F. Koe, Dlueuth Infantry, In
(.i pacltated for active service, his leavo hai
l en extended until further orders.
Cadets John G. Taw ret cy, llohert V.
Ccontz, Armlatcad P.ust and Tbeodoro C
Ft i. ton ere ordered to report to tho chief o'
Bureau of Navigation, August 1, for duty
Leave cf absenco tor seven days' hss been
granted to Captain W. II. Crowd 1, bixth
Infantry. Iho leave of Lieutenant M, M.
Maxon, Tenth Cavalry, has been extended
two months.
Naval Orders. Lieutenant J. V, B.
Llccckcr has been ordered to duty as la
fptctor of etccl for tho new cruisers; Com
iLOdore James A, Greer, from duty as prist
dcut of tbe Examining Board to command
tbo F.uropcan Squadron ou the 21th of
August next; LleutcniLt Pawtn L. WlUon,
from toiptui) construction, plated on wait
ing ciders: Lleutentnt J. M. Kobtnsae.
from tho Minnesota to dutv as Inspector of
steel for tho new crulera; lljatswalu J, LI
Langtou, from Mare Island, Cat , placoi
on waiting orders.
Murrluco sMcoti&on.
James Langborn and Virginia Morgan;
I 'till tirdlgoskl and Cell no Mlehalowku;
Charchlll Carter, Washington, and Eliza
A. Paine, Cborlottsvllle, Va ; Wlllard Shcp
held and Mary Parker, Fairfax County, Va.;
J. II. Green, Carolina County, Va., and
Mar J. ICnss, SpottsjlvaiiU County, Va ;
Wilton Harvey and LlJa W. Custls; Uoni.
I, Drlce, Fnlla Church, Va , and AunloJ.
Williams; lVer liuiku of this city ami
Hitter Addkoi) cf Moutg&iniry County,
Mil ; Jurt'h II. Crlder and Citherluu
WcMfoot.
Icw ArinuuriiiftiiN nt Hay Itldjie.
After next fcundoy tho restaurant and
hetel tt Hty llldgo will to run under now
arrangements1. Ihe largo rutauraut iv 111
rcrve meals on loth tbo American uud
I'uropeati plans. Tne dluner on tho Amer
hn I'lan will bo one dollar, and will In
elude first-class service rind every delicacy
that can ho supplied. The hotel will also
te tun nn tbe American et)tc, uud the rales
lire very teasouaale.
Tim Todd Ciihu AkuIii.
Au Indignation meeting Is btlog hold by
fotnc of tho nsldeuts of Manasias, Va , this
tft crimen to t xpross their opinion as to the
iitaroge merit of tho Fresh) let Isn Chunk and
tie roper man for tbelr pastor.
W. J. Utlrd, the Uelt Lino car driver
vhcto ear rati otr and killed a t-olored
ct tld ou Wtdnifdn), was acqulittfl by the
CtHLir juterdpy.
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT NEWS.
Commlsslonera Lullow and Wheatley
(pent four hours ycstcrdiy mollfjlnjt tho
police regulalloDB. The subject uodcrdU
cusslon was pawnbrokers. They bad M ijor
Moore and Inspector Swindells before them,
and also somooftbo police records. The
pawnbrokers claimed that If the now Uw
requiring them to furnish tho police with
lie names of tho persons who left plelgu
was enforced it would destroy their hial
nets. They satd that if a gentleman founl
It Decenary to pawn his watch ho did not
waot a public record made of it. Tha com
missioners decided not to require the names
of these pereoua, but that tbe pawnbroker
thould keep bis hooks open to tho In
erection of tbe police and atoo tofuroUu
all necessary Information to tho police.
The United Blatcs KIcctrIc Lighting Com
pany wcro granted a permit by tho Com
missioners to-day to lay several miles of
underground cables for Incandescent lights.
These cables will to different from the
cable latd by tbo flamo company on Fetm
sj had a AVenuo, Tbuy will bj lall In a
conduit, so that they can ho taknti out at
any time without digging up tbe street.
They will bo latd on Tlilrteeoth etrcet, from
tbo Avenue toG; on Ninth street, from 0
to tt. 1 tie underground system will bu ex
tended If It proves satisfactory.
Complaints have teen rcco'rel as fol
lows: George J, Hess of 1513 1 street south
cost objects to ccwi being kept on the
street in Its neighborhood. Henry Uur
rows of lSJJlhlrti-ntth street nud others
complain of tho Inadequate sowerago on
tuclrelrect. .1. H. llrjan Inquires why It
Is that Mr. Draney la nllowel tooccupy the
statics on II street, between Twentieth, ami
Twenty-first streets, with bis sweeping ma
eblncsand horses.
Tbo Coram! &loncrs have notified tho
managers cf Iho C. and P. and tho U. S,
Electric Llphtlog companies that unless
their poles are placed farther from the
centre of tho HenntDgs road without delay,
they will bo treats 1 m obstructions.
Iho second edition of tbo "magnolia
case,1' that caused Private Kollt to losohis
position en the pollco force, has been dis
posed of. Private Holtnorth.who was with
Kollf when ho plucked the llower from the
Capitol Grounds, has been fined $50.
Henry Burrows, inspector and measurer
of wood In tho Buck Creek district, reports
that during tbo last fiscal jcar ho measured
7,S23 colds of wood,
Iho Chesapeako and Potomac Telephone
Company has teen ordered to move their
poles on the Bennlogs road back so that the
road can be widened.
CITY REAL ESTATE.
Current Nbhi Abuut ItulldernSalei
of Propeity ltccoriled.
The elegant apartment houso to bo built
on tbo old baseball grouDdson Now Jersey
aveLUc, near tbe Baltimore and Ohio depot
by Mr. M. G.Lano of New York, will he
something of a novelty In Its way for Wash
Ington. Bobert Stead, tho architect, has
drawn up tbe plans and everything Is la
reudlness f or early operations. The con
tract for building has not as yet been
awarded, hut it Is possible that It vt 111 ba lu
a few days.
'iho house, or flat, will he seven stories
high, and will be fitted wltb twenty suites
ot rooms. Ihe material used will bo preesed
hr'ck, laid la red mortar and trimmed off
with Seneca stone. On each slda of the mala
entranco en New Jersey avenue will bo's
bay wltidow limning tho full height of tho
building, and at euch coint-r will be similar
windows. All of these nlll be round, with
tbo exception of an octagonal oae. Tbo
H outage cf the houe on NtwJruy bveuuo
is lo be 10S feet and on U s ireet 8 feet. 1 ti
i umber of bay windows on the Avenue will
lofhe, white B strut Is to havo but two,
'1 bese at the corners v. HI ho teppod oil with
tourd touir.
'Ihe roof Is to ha ot date. Directly In
front cf the mala entrance, and nt the
c-Ld of the hall on elevator, running tin full
height of tho building, will be locatol.
This ball Is to be my wldeardflolshcdin
iak, bs arc all tho otner halls attached to
tho different suite. The trimming on the
InFldo will bo of while and gold. A stair
case, six Utt wide, will leal from tho inalu
hall to the u riper etorles. In the InsenieuL
an imtuenso kitchen wilt be loratid.and dl
recti) above It, on tbo flrbt llor, will bj
the care, where the occupants of
the different cpntmuats are aip
pored to tike their mcali. Tuu
Hours are ti bs (Ute 1 up with
livli grooms. L&chsulto wlllcuuhtcf u
parlcr un'l flvo other rosins, incluling a
1-atb room, clcgauly fitted throuzbout
The whole bulUlug will bo on a supirh
teste, and It is ixpiett-d lhat, owlt'g t its
neariiess to tbe Capitol, Senators and Hep
resentatlves will bo tbe prlaclpul occu
pants, Ihecstlmated cost J1JJ,000.
Iho cxtemlve sales made by Uenjatula B
Wells to Curigrcstmun Arcblj Blls anl
ethers, which wero whimpered of la reil
estutoelreles eomo time ugo, are now an
aieomplhhed fact, Mr. Wells has sold to
Mr. JilK-s, for tho sum ot (-3,001), 'M lots,
'20 of which He In square 1010, OIntbe
square caBt of iqnaro IMS, 3 In square 10 H
and 1 In square 1077. '1 his property lies to
thesouth of Lincoln Park, and is In tbo ex
tremosontheastcru portion of tho city, Lo
lug directly fidjicent to tho Congresslonil
'emetcry uliI o few blocks north of the
Laetern Branch,
Tho property Is bounded by K street nn
Iho south, Kentucky avenue on the cant,
Pennsylvania and Georgia avenues on tho
north and Iblitcentb and Fifteenth streets
on tbo wett. Mr. Wells has also sold to
John 8. llllss of Danbury, Conn , for
f 35 COO, 21 lots In square loid, 0 lu square
10(1 1 In square 1077 and 0 In sqaare
10-15.
Per tho same sum he has ajM to Win
H. Talmage of Stamford, Conn , 8 lota
In tbo square northeast of square 1005; 5 lu
the subilMblon of original lots 10, II, 13
and 13, 'JJlota In squaro 10 n, lot 25, la
square 1C07, and Zi hits In square 101U All
this ptope-rt), Ircludlug that which Con
gressman ltllss has purcbastd, will bj Im
proved lo a short lime. IhU Is tho most
important lu l'&t Wast Ington realty that
has occurred fcr some time put.
There were eleven ealea of roal estate re
corded jetterdiy.
Up to 1 o'clock to da) seven dees wero
recoided, lriolvlii; eurrs amounting too
tolitlof$lI,5.
Tli Ijaiiini'-I.uiiuir Mrddlnc
There was a billllant wedding at Macon,
Ga , jeettrday tveulcir, tbe contracting
parties bclcg Miss Jennie L. Limar,
daughter of tho Secretary of tho Iutcrlor,
and Mr, W. 11. Liimar cf this city, Tho
ceremony was performed by Kev, C, Jl
Lamar, a brother of tho groom. Mr. Lamar
Is a flne-looklig )Oung man, and has becu
engaged lu tho ractlce of law hero for
eeural )cars. Mine Lamar Is tuo first of
the Cabinet fuinlly tu be married. She is
well known here, whero bhe his hoen
greatly admired for her charming grace of
mancr and ptrional atlraetlons. It has
bceu generally stated that Wl Limar was
a cousin of bcr husband '1 hli Ii lucornet.
Her great grandfather and his grandfather
were ball trothurs, so the relationship Is one
of namo only, not ot coneangultdty.
Man) handsome presents wero received,
amorgtLem gifts mni ecrttary Ilayurd,
Postmaster-General Vllaa and nthvr promt
rent Wnthlugtou people 'Iho brllal parly
lift Macon this morning for Atlanta, to bo
tbe guests of Governor Gordon for a few
da) a. 1 hey are expteUd In WahUgtniion
UediHfiday Lext, wheie they wilt rebldt) lu
the future.
John W, Hurley, a mounted messenger
In the Quarttimasicr General's utllce, had
bis lift leg bioktu below the knee hbout
10r0 u'elock this murolng by his horse
falling on Mm In front ot tho mint. He
wtssent to his home In South Washington,
An Effort for a Special Congres
sional Appropriation.
THH HAIlTFORD'a REJPAIttS.
Kocrotary Whitnoy PInood In au
Unenviable Position.
Ciucac.o, I ix July 22. A San
X'rancUco epcclnl to tho Herald snys
A number of iIljpalchcsfromAVasblng
ton haro been printed hero slnllng that
tho work of Tcpnlrlng Admiral 1 arra
gilt's llngshlp Hartford, now lu pro
grcsa nt Iho Maro Island Navy-Yard,
won lil soon he discontinued, as Secre
tary Whitney bad learned that the
amount Dccessnry lo complete It would
exceed by 20 per cent, iho limit. It
was also stated as possible that nn aJdl
llonal special appropriation might be
requested to com pie to tho repairs.
Spcuklng of this, a naval officer of high
rank eald to day.
"Tho telegrams constantly tcfor to
repairs on tho galhnt old battle ship
No icpalrs are In progress. Tha con
fttruclion ilepailmenl nt Mart) Ulaud
turned a lot ot vandals looso on the
vessel, and for weeks they have been
busy ilcelri)) log her. You shoal I set'
her now. There Is nothing left of her
but ft mere shell, and at the present
rnto of progress eun that will soon be
turned Into wreckage. Why, It will
coil, a small fortune 'to repair tho dam
nge dono by tho construction depart
nicnt. Xot content with removing tbe
masts anl gutting tho vessel, tho fcl
lows havo shipped oil tho serviceable
ehectlug on which there was no strain,
tore out n cabin that answered every
Eur pose, and now havlog destroyed all
ut tho frame the conspirators are
waiting for an order to ccao repairing,
pending n, special appropriation. 1 nm
sorry for Secretary Whitney; ho has
been placed In n very unenviable) posi
tion. If bo allows tho liar l ford to bo
wholly destroyed ho will fall Into gen
eral contempt. If ho allows himself to
be used for the purpose of engineering
a special stealing appropriation, ho will
be n disgraced muii.
'Whot should bo do?"
"Hofehouldlnvcsltgatc this Hartford
job, expose tbo Jobbers and place the
fault where It belongs."
"Then oit IhluU this Hartford re
pair enterprise Is a part of a con
pplracy V
"Why, It is the biggest job Iho navy
has ever known. Talk about Kobcson;
his repair lobs were nothing la com
parlson to this."
COLLAl'SE Of THE HEAL.
Maw tho Enterprise Fulled To lie Ac
cutu illicit cd.
The much talkcd-ot Baltimore and Ohio
deal Is oil at last ard tho New Yor!
rtcck market, with the exception ot West
ern Union, ha. n't suffered a Jotbythj
collapse of the hi bubble. Lvcu W u stern
Union Isnct down more than a halt cent
1 ho deal originated la&t Mareh,af ter a dinner
glun by ltobort Garrett to Alfred Sully,
Austin Cor bin and others, In a ilia to sell a
i controlling Interest cf tho Baltlmoro and
Ohio stock lo the Blehmond and Danville
1'fvUroad Company, '1 1.1s plan had a brief
(xUU-ncc, when It fell through, Messrs.
ivestl Stajccr, tho Ch. clnn nil, Hamilton
uid Dayton Uttirnad Compauy and the
andalla esndlcntc next began ncgjllatloos
with llobert Gatntt, and things looked
fuvoibblu for eonsolld ttlon, when It was
repelled that the Ives party couldn't ralsa
rtiRIcleiit funds to cIomj tbo del, Ihouh
ihtj had pull over fSlflCOOe-iAb and flUJ,
Hi) lu C, 11 hi d 1). stock tu Mr. Gatrult on
aceLiiLt of Iho deal
Messrs Ives A, Stayner then agroel to
fill tlti 11. Hid O. telegraph to Jay Gjuld
for (J,CU,tru, and bcaneleia thought thU
rrart-nctlou a near eotiMimmatlouusthpy
htd ilecmcd tie ollur, wben the bubb'e
again burst ed; the little Wall street auto
crat drew In his horns and Messrs. Ives &
blajiitr found themselves In the pleasant
poeltlon of havlr-g ald $2,000,000 to Mr.
Garrett with nothing to Bbow for It not
ttn u char.co.of getting tho $?tO00,OJO
borl:.
b ruler tlcso circumstances two suits wero
bitujjbt to day t. gainst K Garrett la tbe di
preme Court of New otkfor breiklg of
contract. Mr. Garritt Is a lighter of long
slaidlrg, and as be Is now thoroughly
riled, the light promises to be u lively one-.
Wall street generally thinks that Messrs.
Ives A Blajner have undertaken a b'g job
to try and buck against Mr, Garrett; but, on
tbe ether haul, there are entno shrewd
fellows nmorg them who think that the
reckless twain, schooled as they haobceu
tmoig the "bulla and hears," with every
thing to gain and ihcir bridges burned be
bled them, will cot eomo out of tho contest
at the little end of tho horn.
lilt. KKAXEM'S WILL,
Numerous lleqiiontx to llln Family and
IlelHtltpit,
The autograph will of Joseph C. G. Ken
nedy, for whose murder Johu Daley Is run
awalllDg tilai, was (lied today. Ilele-CK
toblswlfuull his property lu feo simple;
a Me estate In cither the Fountalnsvale
ropctty in Baltimore and Howard countlss,
Md , to 1.1s sol, Josrph M. Kennedy, or a
fbttu near McadWIle, Pa ,us ho may prefer.
lie provides that so u.uh nt the estate as
tball itmaluuut'lfpositl ut at aud after the
tlteetse dl hli wtfv, flun and daughter shall
be Clvldid rquully among hli urand chit
diet; If ioi.u be lUtiuui! the remainder
i,ois to 1 is daughwr Annie, to bo enjoy nd
(I Ltrardbj hUiUuhtfr lu law, Cora W.
Ktitulj, tb'juld the turvlvo, so long as
the it mains the widow of Mi son Jamei
He also wills that hli wife and dtujhtcr
mo j at any time t ou y to his son. Joseph,
lu fie tlmpie, Iho pruput) la which he has
allfetstbte. lie leaves tu Mi daughter,
At nle, tbe gol 1 mulal granted him by the
Klrgef Diiiiuaik, to become tbo propertj
c f Lis grardson, Go r M Kenned); also
tLeehitlr ; teseiited him by Daniel U titter
'ihe will Is witnessed by ( usrlui C
Glover, Orsou It llubhr at.d Harrison II
Dfilge,
The will wasadaiUled to prr.h-vto anl kt
Ura tiBluiueiitar) crontid tudauh J, Keu
i,idj under a bond ot $13,000
1 lm Itiiimtnto I'oi'imlNMloii,
Ccmplftliits weie beard today from tho
Poston Chamber of Coicroerco alleging un
juit discrimination lu freight rates against
that clt, uud lu favor of
Mw Voi I., en roads running
east from Chicago; also from G 3. ltlco of
Mailctta, Ohio, charging certain roads
wilb similar ofleLcca in tho matter of oil
rates.
Ihe Commission, without rcudcrlog any
decision, ndjourud till Monday,
Tbo ono thousandth boat left Cumber
land yetteiday morning laden with coal for
Georgetown. Onthosatno date last ear
onlv slxibuudred and six had been con-
I signed, an Iccreaso this ) ear over last of
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mns. Iticiuim Suvciacroitn has ra-
turned to St. Louis.
Mm Katg Pcott ts visiting Mrs. Gil
bert at lakoma Park,
COOHESBMAN HcutlEUT Of Alibauil
sailed for Kuropo Wednesday,
MimNoiitok of Nineteenth street U at
Lconardtown vlltlug friends.
Cinrr Ci.niK Houa and family are
pasting tbo summer at Bockvllle, Md.
CoiONrt, W. W. DcmET, extension
Commissioner, Is at KIchfleld Springs.
Mb. Ou Nicholson is with acamplng
out patty just below Colonial Boacb.
Lditok Ioomis of tho Pittsburg I'umy
Vugs passed through tho city yesterday,
J. Pickekst Dodge wilt go down to
tho seashore In a few days to recuporato.
Hecuetmmt WniTNnr has been eloctcd
au activo member of the Columbia Athletic
Club.
Mil. A, T. Buitton left thl mornloa
fcr u w eck's Ult to his family, w ho aro at
Lfcko George.
CoonSMiAV Glovku of Qt. Louts
arrived In tho city jcsterdiy from Mon
mouth Beach,
Mns SetcmonA Hitows, wlfeot tho
Chief CUrk of the State Department, Is 111
wltb tjpbeld fever
Mr.IL M. Kdi i.v his returned to the
city aftiran ubferrent tcvcral weeks look
ing as brown as a birr).
Mil Bidcweli, Kiiiwcti,, with a num
tar of frterds, has gone down the Bay on a
yachllcg tilpof two weeks,
llccrim. It, C. DntM nod family are
passing the summer months at their subur
btu lesldencc, Drum Hill.
Miss IIklcm McCMttv of this city
and a well known cornsjondent is at the
Charlrg Cross Hotel, London.
Hit. CoitEl t,f the Patent ORleo has Just
n turned from a IWiIng Jaunt, about tho suc
cess of which be tells great stork s.
CoMMonoitc ami Mns. Nicuoisos anl
Miss Meholson have gnue to ttio inountalos
of Virginia to stay until cook r weather sets
In.
ItCV. AM) MllS. ClIVlt!,M U. ltAMSUEM.
Irove tho city njit week for a visit to
Judge Jones, who has a cottao at SI a Isle
City,
Mn. Cmaries ricKETT, who hat been
vtsItlpgMr. ! elf air Hodgson In JefTersou
flare, left last night for bis home la Mobile,
Alabama.
The fancy dress ball at Forest Glen Ion
to-nleht promises to bo an unusually suc
cessful affair A number will go out from
this city,
General BiiEnioAN aud family left
tbe city yesterday for Nonqult, near Now
Bedford, Mass. Ihcy will be absent about
two weeks,
Mr.. Hemiv K. Eianp, correspondent
ot the Memphis pcat, leaves the city on
august o ior Europe 10 auenu tue weujing
of his sister.
The financial embarrassments ot Jam
W, Btld, ex-Member of Congress from North
Carolina, havo been satisfactorily adjusted
by bis friends
Cn. wiles K. Hooker, Jit, of Jackson,
Miss, son of Congressman Hooker, and
formerly of ills tit), la a candidate tor the
State Legislature.
PiiotEsenit G. Buown Goooc, director
of the National Museum, will pass the sura
mer wltb his family at his suburban real
dence on Lanier HclirMs.
Mrs. Welt u a A. Kmuons, who sailed
from lioston last Tuesday, arrived la the
city this morrdng and will rcmatu here
several das, atteudlng to private business.
Mil Thomas B IHi'itvv, formerly of
the burgeon General's Ofllro, and well
known here. Is doing well at Los Angeles,
Cal , where he has fu'lrega'ued his health
Mn FhANkKeis who wns tho wkiaer
cf tie tournament tt I')ret GIsfii, oi vVcd
need ay last, has take-never) ptto put up
fcr a number nf jj-rs lu WashlPjtton
County,
Mn. Piiflan rf tho Fiftieth Coneress
Is the joungest Member 'f ihn IIou-o. at
tLlilv-one, end Gtmrul Vindever of CUI
forufa, formeily a Member from Iowa, Is
neienl) one.
Tiiulnfant son ot Mr P. Ilarrli, mina
err ot the Academy cf Music, Baltimore,
Md., atidllunU' Bijou Theatrulu this city,
aged ten mouths, died last eight at Haiti
more cf cholera Infantum.
E-GorjtN0R SucriiEnn left tho clU
jcftndij for fcprlng Likr, N. J , with his
dhbghtir tirafn. lie will be ibaent for a
ftw weeks, vlbllli g the (hlef wateilng
plates en the AlliiitK1 coaM. Mrs Siep
bttd and tho rett ot the family are at Bleak
Hcurc.
Sinatoh Saun is getting out rf bis
Ilnanelat dlU'cultlcs lu the put j car he
las sutceedtd tn meeting oil tho pressing
el lliratlons rtteiidant upon bis quitter of a
million r.illutc, and bU present luvestments
In MlutiesotA Industries prt.mtao to make
blm a triple millionaire N V Graphic.
Mn. Jons Tiieii, jr., who was taken
ill last 1 1 Ida) tit home anl ugula oa tho
day follow Jig at his ofllce, Is In a very
irlilrel condition this afternoon. Tho at
tinllDg hyslclans, Urs Ijler and Ilusey,
give but little hope ot bis recovery. Mr.
l)ler iavery wHi known hero. Ho li tho
eon of the late President T) ler,
Mi.s. Bcive A, Lockwood and her
HiclLer, Mrs. Hauuab G. Beunelt, leave
W atblpcton this cvenlog for Hemlock
Lbkc, N, Y. where Mrs. Loekwool will
addrees on Saturday aftcruoriu u miss
meting on tbe ' Woman Quest loo," kuI on
Sunday aftcrnoou on the "Moral and Polit
ical Aspect of the Temperance Question "
Mr. L II. Yoimvns, Chief Clerk of the
Treasury Department; Mr. uVnedlct, the
Public Printer; Colonel John 3. Williams,
Ihlrd Auditor of tbe Treasury, aud Generil
George Williams, his brother, aro at Gov
ernor's Island, New Hampshire, tho guests
cf Mr Btlleon Ilutcblns. lhey will vlttr
Motion next week acd bo guests of Col
lector SaUoostall.
Secretary Jons T, Doyie of the
Civil tmlce Commission will leavo August
1, lo bold examinations over the Pacltlc
rente. Including points la Minnesota,
Dakota, Montana, Washington Territory,
Oregon, Calffori.ta, Navkla, Arlzana, New
Mexico, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and lennesceo. Tbo tilp, whkh
IsrreoftLe plcasantest in tho service, will
occupy over two months.
&i:y.irau s,iu;iniA"s suilv.
I'lfly Thouonril Coplca Ordered for
Citmimlcn ltirpiKP4.
P&)8 a New icrk special to tbo Clocln
nntl J'nqmur Senator Sherman has do
Wmitiifrd toue ull tho modern appliances
of political warfare In bis canvass for the
KtpuhHcaunoraliutlon In tbe Homer Lee
llaik N(teCompaii)'s ofdeo to-day 1 sawn
tiro twothlrdsrUe roitialirt the l en at or,
which, on Uqulrv. 1 leirncd was the copy
fnm which l!u,U0i Utrograohs had jast
tceusttuck tor circulation lu bis lute rent
Tbe pictures reprebtrt tho Senator lu his
bapplest mood, with ihe tnee ot a smile in
tbo cornci s of bU tbtu lips Tho lltho
graths tie to beclreulatid for tho purpose
ef dispelling iho Idei that the Senator Is an
telclo who rever smiled. Tbo banlt roto
ccrupony expects to Ismio Mt(M) of the
lit 1 ograibs before tbe (dates are destroyed.
As thi) cost ab mt datt oi ten cents ap'ece,
whole salf, Itcau readily bo figure lout that
tnator fcbermsn Is not utggHrdly In spend
It ir money for bis advancement to tho
Ib'ct Magistracy nf tho Nation. These
Ihhocrnpha wilt cnt him, postage and all,
about $0,000 10 4,0,0.
IliMith olM.i'iard II. Allen.
Gerard H, Allen, ono ot tho oldest and
mrtt prominent cltlxens of St. Louis, died
unexpected!) ot Kkbllcld springs, N. ,
)tsterda). Mr. Alleu was thu founder and
president of Iho bulionlron Works ot bt.
Lculs, ard president nf tho Mlasoml Itepub
lii?nu new -nailer. He assisted verv larcelv
In tboerectlcn of the famous bridge built
by Captain Fades across the Mississippi
liver at tit Louts. Mr Ollvar Fltley nf hi.
Louis, for many years associated with Mr.
Allen In the Fulton Iron Works, aIo died
very suddenly at the same place about three
weeks ago.
AN LLLdANT KQJUt,
The Inltntlon heiit Ily ttio Pooplo or
ICuimnsClty
IAMflCiTr, July 2J. Tho Cleve
land Invllallou has Just been com
pie ltd. Tho Invitation ts la book
form, making a oluuio eleven Inches
long, sixteen Inches wide and four
Inches thick. The binding Is of teal
skin On the front cover of tho book,
sunk In tho binding, Is a square of
whlto sattn, bordered with blue plush.
Upon the Baltn, elegantly cngro33cd, Is
tbo follow lug
Knnias City.
To tho rroililont and n. CTovchnd,
(jicetlne -iv-r.
Upon the back of tho book In goU
leltcis Is
Kansas City Greeting.
And below It
To tho President anl Mrs. tToveliud,
Tho water color pictures, bv Mr.
Barnon, ato bunched together follow
log tho tlllo pigu In the following
order:
lviansas CItv, Kansas, Mhiourl,
Tcxm, Indian Territory and Coloralo
Thta comes tho tnrlullnu btgncl by
21,000 cltl7ens. Tho book Is Inclose !
In a cnc of Imitation sealskin, cm
bospcd with gold and lined with gold
plush.
Tin Voluntt irnt Aurlinr.
MviiiiLEiiEAD, Mass., July 2. General
Pclio Intended to sail for liostou this morn
Ing, but a southeast ralo-storm has sat In
aid the Volunteer will Jay at anchor hen
until the weather clears. As tho Voluutcci
Isjsat anchor off the Pastern Yacht Clul
bouse she sicmi tobeatillle LI berth a
tLe Mayflower btio floats more evctil)
and shows her shcir moro than the My
flower or Purltin. Htpcrlencidyachsut;u
aroiiLd hero S) that tho Voluutet-r appears
to bo a better bnAt thin either of the other
crack sloops, and w III tirnve a better but
lu heavy weal) er. A largo number of
Tiletrls congratulated General Palce and
Mr. Burets
Tim Aev YiitU CiiHtnm-ItuitHis.
New Yoi-k, July 2J Collector Magone
stgted an order ) ettcrilsy ulternooa, direct
Ing that the reorganization of tho working
forco In tho Collector's department, re
cently approved by Secretary FalrehlU,
should go lato effect on August 1, Toe re
oigBiilzatlon makes extensive cbauges, but
no ttuiuvats. It will t-ffect an annual
savlLg of from $lfl,0Q0 to $iy 000. Cleric
shirs widen, used to pay $1,200 a year aro
rtuuiui 10 i,uoo. naicnineu wdo gol
fl,Cuo a )iar and &3 50 a day for extra
wotk nn Sunday aro reduced to $310 a year
and 2 a day fur Sunday, etc.
Itarlns nt Warntnsn.
Saihtooa, N. Y., July 22 Tbo opeatog
day ot tto races hero Is very warm. The
track is sloppy and slow; attendaueo largo
First race, fire furlongs Fcnelon won,
(ilranerseeon.1, Colonel Owens third. Time,
1 QA Odds 10 to 1 on Fenelon. Mutuels
ialdS-0 7p.
rici.nd raep, U rnlle Aurella won, Del
Norte socord, Biscuit third, time, 2 01
Post odds, 1 to t on Aurella. Mutuels paid
tO 05
Third race, Traverse Stakes -7 miles.
Cany wdd; Oarsman second, Pendennh
third; time, 3 IT. Pont odds 2 to 5 on
Carey, Mutuels paid $3.
TlmHlimit Cue ruttpotid.
Nlw York, July 23 Tho argument on
the motion for a stay of proceedings In the
cufo rf Jacob SMrp has been postponcl
urtll Tuesday At the sh:rifta ofllco It was
said that hnrp will be lpt In IUlow
ftrcet Jail utdll Tuesday and net sent to tbe
Tombs, bharp last ulnht wad very restlni
bi d moaned coutlnuaMy. This morning ho
got some sleep and teemed suoiewbat better.
I.rc for li'o ln MUrmt.
Pr.TER8i.no, a., July 2-3, Tho h Us
Aji tnl will pnb'Ish to-day an tnteniew with
Mr. Jehu M. LnDfieton, one of tbe leading
colon d men In the country, on tho subject
of tie tenituith n by the Democrats ofu
S uihi-rn iQtn 'om the Vice lVesllmcy neit
j-ar, tn ihe ccurso if which bo says It
wriild ilTord th colored ueople of Virginia
m Ilitli pleasure ilouUGaveiuor Fltbiiih
Licetiurc the Lliilihonoi.
A Tt imcro .litortt.
Lot i- it lb Ki , July IT. There Isn
brim la the tobaeeo market hero. Trices
have advanced ?3 0 fir 100 pounds fu
tLreeCays. Tbo rise Isdw to a sbortcrop,
on sceoutitof reduced acreage anl unfa
vrrablb weather. Uuyers for Kastern faj
torhsaru scrambling to nil larca order-.
audit lcoko as if Cureawoull go sill 1
hlgter.
A Death end a Hit I c hie.
Bai.timokc, Md, July 23 Lambert
Glttlus, agedM, a prominent citizen, die!
tc-Oaj cf paralysis
John Gcorire HofTmir, the well known
brewer, shrt himself In iho right tempht,
wtib suicidal Intent, this morning, In his
tMh year. He had long sulTercd from
iheumatlsro.
Tim Ainutrur Iteuuttn
CnALTAiqLA, N. Y,, July22 The great
rbjectof Interest on the lake at present Is
tLe coming regatta next Tuesday and Wed
tesday, and tbe long list of entries prom
Ites some cxcelleLt races. Many of tho
oarsmen aro alrcaly here, and tho re
mainder aro expected to marrow and Sun
day. I'.Tf lr.dlnjr I'mlpHlrnltlr IteMldfiitn
New York, July 2"3 Jiulco Lacombe,
In the L'nlted Stales Circuit Court, to-day
drclded that wheu the Commissioners ot
Emigration order that certain persons who
emit to this country and are liable to bo a
marge ou this country must return w hence
tl.ey come the order is absolute and the
eeuit has no Jurisdiction lu the matter,
Corc't'HM.itm CoIIIiim Honored.
Di iil.iv July 23 The freedom of the
eliy cf Dublin was conferred to day upon
Mr. William O'HrLn, idUer of 'mVi.f Ire
In , nudltin. Paitlek A. Oolllus of fioi
U'V Miss.
Tin Newport Vae-lit ILk-oh.
Nlwioht,H I , July 23 Tho sutncrlp
tlons for the CltlxetV i acht t-lub races now
hL'ingate atoutKJO It Is expected that
tho ri-ns will bu oj en to all yachts,
Mnllcil nt tlnk rirtt ImiuiftNihr.
Several io.vboys enlisted In tbe army ia
oce of the Western lornpardc recently or
deredto Fort Mytr. Vihllo they may not
kiow much about tho conventionalities of
life, they can give tin Ir fellow-soldier
jolntsut plslol pmiL'ee aud tldhtljg on the
I laics One ut ihei libers having occasion
lo mull a letter, list did It to v cowhey anl
told him to tnall It ut thi first lamp post
The soldier ludllo from the pi ilns Jumped
ou his Lorsf, gallupi-d to i ho first lamp-
iosr, uismomuiu, inmoeu to mo iop,
opened tho wlLdoiv and put tho letter in the
alio ;e'tM ilio Jevvolryf
Tbo diamond pin for iho larceny of which
May Cat roll wuatikd aud acquitted was
to day oidered lo I e returned to the ptwn
Irckcr blelLcm from whnm it was taken
by ihedetfctivis. May holds the ticket,
tut Urn. lluutemon owns the pin. The
question is, who gets tho Jewelry r
A Timt'-Yt urn Tot.
''How old are you, my sou v" asked an
old getitletnsu of a "tot" who was cele
t rating his birthday "I'm 4 " was there
ply, "and I'm inljity glad of It, 1 was get
tine very tlrtd et befog 3 all the tlmo,"
LLc!eute Hours.
JEDGE WAXEli ABROAD.
He Gives Up Ills Country Villi and
Goes to Naples,
A VISIT TO VD9UVIUQ.
Tho Joelgo'a Aelmlratlou for
Italy's Beautiful Women.
Home, Italy, July 11. Yourcorro
ppondent received quite a voluminous
package this morning from Jcdgo
Waem, tho Member from Wayback,
dated at Naples, In which bo narrates
at great length his experiences In and
about that Interesting, though In some
respects uuattraclhc, city. Tho Jcdge
begs pardon for not sooner Joining me
ut Home, but Mates tint his Xjp.e
"Jig" will noon bo up, mid ho will uu
mediately thereafter taVc pas-a,p' fm
tho "Vullyl.nu " Tho following e.
tructs from hU letter may be ot in(ere3t
to tho Jcdgc'a American friends
I date this letter "Napperly," because
that Is Iho bum namo uv the place. I had
been eddicated to think It was Naples, but
wben I went to the rallrodo tlcklt oJllcoto
git trausioilaahuu here (this Is a sort ur a
Interstate kommcrsa country no passes for
statesmen), I ast fur tlekltstu Naples, and
the blamed young man at the wilder didn't
no what I was talklu about 1 liked to
teles cd the trano try In to git him to under
ttand, and flueily I drawed a map on him,
and when I plctcd It out bo sail, "Oh,
Nappetly," and give the tteklts to me In 2
mltmlcs. I alo'l shore I've got It spelt rite,
Lut tLkl's what they call tt. Another tLIo.
I got fookd on w sb Ihe name of Juno I
seen 'Glugnu" wrote on the bulletlng
bords at every deno w o p issed durhi three
days uv travel 'Wie fust two days I kipt
wutdtrln nt the slmmylarrlty ot names for
stashuns, ou wben 1 ast-a mao tint spoke
Frgllsb who Giuguo was, and wtnt he had
dun to have everything named after him, I
disk I vend that "Giugua" wasKjttalhufgr
June. 11 a few more uv my colleags lu
Congress would visit this country I tblok
w c mlht pass a bill to Introdcw so Lye tall an
In the public schools of Amerlky,
Wehavaglve up our vllty-by thoneoanl
it was by Maudy's request. It dono very
well for tho fust three or fourdays, but
nhen MaLdy went to town oLodaytodoa
little shopj In, and wlmmtn like begun to
tauk to the clurks about bcr vllly and how
"charmlnly deliltful" and "pulTectly taag
ulfericnt" It was "to lugzurlato in pesetut
iustlserty urder these lovely sutheru
skits," prices Ugun to go up oa her, and
hobadtopay so much for whit she gut
that she was plum disgusted, and when she
kum homo she told mo to git reddy to
move as soon as our wcko was up.
tiic jenac'a rmi hat.
The plug hat, which was my Joy and pride
In London, has graderally bekuman objek
of eusrhbun. In Paris plugs was about as
frequent as they was la London lo Lyons
Inotist aslUofallln oil In popcrlarlty, aud
it keens on dwladlln awav till I am nfipr.I
I shall havo to pit another kind of hit or
levo Italy. 1 am llvlu la hopes that In Kime
there will be a kind of a "reuassenco1'
(that's a art ttirm Mandy has got
bcldof sum way ) of plug hits anil will
be still wunst more, fu Marsalas and
Genoru I dln't Eeo a half duzzeu on the
street; in Piezynot a slmzul roun, and In
this town, while the silk batted man la not
merlested or dun bodily lupiry to, ho coos
about with a kind ot a fetlln of a king kort
In u thunder showre with his best crown on
anl no umbcrella. Tbe straw hat aud the
darby (slhe poperlarthliii, and I may ylt
have lo git a Paimmiw, like 1 ware In the
teclu'l uti ct the sacied preeluts of my Way-
chi t i arm.
Seneo movln Into town Mandv out mn
has chanced our doMie far noonday ithat'a
lyetalljti for liziuesst sort of IK hi for u
more uctlve life, und bave beea elto teelu
very b zzy
ASCTM or VC0VI13,
Ueweitt up esewvIous run diy and
Maudy kum purty nearehoklu to deth on
tbe trlmstuu sm ke Vetewvlou is u
gieut suikcess as n awlk ino, and it has
lueiidtlu a good llzrtsi In eiupa'au'i n
st i 11b for severul thouaan yeres It's a e,oot
tLIig lo go to tl e tup ubout wuat a week
lo (,lt fumer.'utel uud dhcoiufrctud after
llvlu hmoi.gtbe bidbus und lleeze, tint
keep the tewn In a conataLt statj of ae'lv
rit Lite end da
Tluit's no ttlltn tow much larvy has run
out of Vcscwvloui aud piled up nrounl ft
It is tbe biggest bile on the hull face ol
Later, es fcr us 1 have scene
Money got quite cnthcusastlck over tin
vui, aid so nld 1, fcr diAtuuts lenlicn
(bsntiiiULt to Naples. Our gjed said whuu
u Narhs man got drunk they tuk him up to
tie crater and let blm wske up ttivr, and
Ihe itoshun tbat he had gut to tbe great
chcwLor, on the under side, was so strong
that to went rite bail; homo and BlnM the
pleg I hoo no vawlkauozo will bo Intra
dewred about Waihlngtoa; not bukuz I &a
piEoiiblly It-terested, Lut on account of
time rf my cfllshul frlcLds. Tho bhoek
wou'd kill 'em, shurc.
A HACK M'MUnH TOW V,
Another plntuv Intrust was Pompey-eye
Tils Is a back number town found in look In
over seme old flies, as you would say lu
tew apir laoguldge, and there is const 1
at le la It uotwlthstandln it Isle under an
osh piU for about IMWyers. It looks trurc
like u town In my deeatrlck that trlel to git
the county seat, when Wayback Center got
It, than any place wo have vleltll.
Tbe F.yttallan silver muuney In romo re
gards remlrds me of our owne. Wcmako a
dollar with Scents and call it a dollar.and
In Italy lhey simply call thelrn a lire aLd let
It K" for what ft will bilcp,
I lave been study In boss flcth on my
travlls, aci' 1 Hod the best hos'ea la lig
kind, In France they air scrubby, and In
Italy they air wusn Tho donkey U the
most useful beast of burdlng that goes on
four legs, I have frckently saw
lies ri rags ai.d stacks of gir
dtu truck, and bales ot bay
goln alone: the streets, end by a kcerful et
amtnathun I have alluz found a U on lay
somcwhuruudemcthfortheruotlv power. A
good sirvlssab'o woman can carry purl)
nlgli as much as a donkey, but bhe Is more
Ilble to kite out if tho trases, so an Lj tall in
told me that had bis wife and donkry brlnfn
a cup le of toads of truck to marktt.
11EAVTUTL WOMHN,
Tho purllest wlmmen I have ever scene,
not tun cxceptln imnny beutttul wuus 1
have met In the Capital Cit) uv our great
td gallorlous rt public, I have found In
aplt s and surrotindln v Ulnlty. 1 v en
Mandy gits lutLujtasttc cumtlmes. and wbou
sho does I branch out aud koto ull tho potry
fl at my kum in and ou that most Intrusting
I subjeck In a moment of forgltfuhiess tbo
otherdty l chucked wun under tho cam
tLat offered to nil ute a box of matches
and sense that time I have noticed
that Mhi ilj Is less ndmlrln thin sho
w is. I fuiud one on tho Ulatd of Cappry
last weko tbat could speak Inclfsh, and
wheu 1 had talked to her awhllo la the
sweet fiibliiewaUi g wuy that hums nateral
to me wheu a Udv I nruiutd, sho sed I wis
Jul like au "AmirlMn e'eiiiumau or con
gress " 1 rtikotdied that she meat a Mem
ber of toi)grib, uu 1 havo heu wonderln
which won or mure of mv llliutrous rol
lings has been dotu this Uud ot bewty. The
dlEulpMinn fits o meimy uv ihein that I
alii tdeteniiliied vet on tbe gllty pvrtlcs,
I p to date 1 ain't truck neither
I uli'b er an Aiimiklu mwpiper,
ncd I am glttln runty but my pattroilsni
groee in mo tho more 1 eo uv the iron little
uv upprrssloti and I wood n't give ono wave
uv the Amerlkln flag for a whole othun uv
tL rcui.es and soljuz, and the royal procos
shuns end the toUrr trapplns of a king
T lie only objectsbun I luvo tu tbo otd ll ig U.
nisi tiicy uou'isee it oiten Lnuidown hero to
tell It from a piece of rid and whlto callker.
hut sbo waves all Iho same.
Tlitiriunti on tiro omlnee.
Nr.w Voiik, July 23 Hon. Allon G.
Thunnan arrived at the Fifth Aveuuo Hotel
yesterday, and will leavo for homo to-day,
lie said to a reporter that tho nominee ot
tho Ohio convention was n capable nun an 1
would make a very strong run, All three
of the candidates wero good men. Ho sail
that Mr. Cleveland was popular In Ohio
and throughout tho country. He wm
slreigtr low than In lSl, and could cer
talLly beat Mr. lltulno or Mr. bhermin, Ho
was, In fact, tbo strongest man In tho
Democratic party. Kury thing woull de
pend upon the labor vote la New York un 1
Ohio, If tho labor men run a candllate,
no went mild predict the result. Tho labor
roto wan very bcivy la Ohio aud ho thought
It wssfavorabto t3 tho Democracy. Ai to
himself, Mr. Tlmrman said: "I will never
tun ft r a j olitteal ofllce ugaln, I am only a
poor old jihost wardering along tbe banks
rf tl r rivx ard waiting for old Charon to
mac over lu I Is boat fur me. My day is
gi i e."
A Ufhirnltlr Tost to Itrllrvr.
Mao un, is , July 22. It has leaked
rut that at a lito meeting of Wasbburne
Post, G A. It , In this city, of which Com
tumuli r ln-CLIcf Fulrchltd Is a member, ao
olhi r fltrco row occurred. A veteran of the
Arrny of Ihe Potomac bclI In a communica
tion asking for his (ll'cburco from the pott,
Hiding the diUH A illctusitou followed,
wh'ch eoijii took a political turn, rinmtj
were 0 posed tu grafting an honorable dls
i barge. T his t rcu.-bt to tbo floor n v ete ran
w ho lias been for some time an oflklil or
tLe post. He stripped olf hli sword,
sssh mni bfldce, handed them tolbequsrler
tuastei, paid bis dues, und, bl I Hug farewell
totbottist, ttijjel out TLe meeting
broke ep lii a roA Mutiy otherfl are sildtj
be pr paring to withdraw Others, tt Is to
poried, will ict wlthlraw, but will not at
Hi d uiy mure iiucllngs
A AouriK ttlooit'H I'npt rn.
New ioiik, July 23. A special to tho
7i mr from Loir Hrarch says. "George
oik, eon cf Frank Work, whohts been
itopplrg at the F.lberon Hotel thi j season, un
dnlock to break the monotony yesterUy by
itdh.' 1,1s hoisu up tix steps acd into the
West Fiidllolil bar room, wl ere ho anl bis
horro bad several drinks togciner. Hu then
went tothellowlai.d Hotel, where the same
sniks wero petfnrmcd On returning lo
ihe Witt I ml an 1 iutt In front of tho mala
LLlraiiir, Ihe Lorso reared, throwing bit
rider. Mr. Work was only slightly injurtd."
TIm lhl flrtn Ihrta.
CiiAiTAKiue, N. Y July 2J Tho Put
Heta Tbeta Woclety Is now la session at
Wooglln, a point on the lake a short dls
taucu from here. The convention, which
began on Wedncslay, will contluue
tbrouchout tho week. Yestcrdavattoruoon
the prlielpal ivintof tbo mtotlaoccurreL
wben Governor Heaver of Pennsylvania de
livered an address and L K Hamberlaln of
Freipoit, La., read a poem written for ttio
occasion. Many members from distant
Mutes bio prercut,
4eit(-tal Nlicrldiiti In ivv orle,
Nlw Vohk, July 22 General Phil Sheri
dan was met in tho corridor of tho Filth
Avenue Hotel Ibis morning by a lultel
Press reporter. In answer to aquery us to
tho robablllty of an Indian outbreak, ha
satd Lo did not billeve ono would occur,
Hedentrd the say Ing attributed to hlni that
ILo lebt Indian was u deud one.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Arranennents hive bien completed foi
tl e Kilralu tiultu tight In Spate.
Dealing In Mvcr bullion icitllleatcs began
on tho New Vuk Muik Fiehacge yester
day. Dr II lUvcmd, the eminent South
Catollm hut vnlst, died at Aiken, In that
Muti, sutday lait.
1 Illy detdgn f r a monument to Geucral
diact buvo Tie c n nt lived by tho Grant
MonutiitLt Association.
TLo ilag-hfp Irenton made a trial trip to
sci iroiii tort Mo i. roe, a, yoi'.erUny,
Mith Admiral Juue-U ou board.
Tin mus Mi Lurch, one i f tho best known
and ldrget dNuIlira in Lentuekv, died at
Owcitl-oro', Ly , yesterday, sgel Al.
Ibtittiilers bro rifiunlrg work In Pie
coke rti,luiis, aid by Mur.day it is evpictcd
Ui .t ail tLewoiks will bu Inoperail ji .
Mueli iiliresi M nihiificl l,i tb raci
fi(;in ukobdi.u to Nc v oi li.-tneeu ttjk
teahtditi stiAiiuis .Moeuiu'Ublrs aui
GleLbhlie
Frai k J. Taylor of Georsit, a newspaper
mi.ii, dhd Widicsd.v nlglit bt the IVlace
Hotel, In Llueleuutl, frm the e fleet or
Liet.
Tbeiehave been ten uewcascsot yellow
fever at hiy VUet, IT a Of the seventy
i en snow under treatmeut sixty, at least,
aie chlldnu.
Don btuou Cameron and party arrived
at (..uctitlovn yetterday from .Sew Vk
en lb steamship Prltamtc, and proculul
fwr Liverpool on the same vessel.
Tte fly-wheel at tho Uoane Iron C un
i my's steel weiks, at Chattanooga, Teuu ,
luitt, yenterday, killing Lnglnecr 11 or J anl
micul) h junng tnolhcr workman.
Fire last Light lu lLo m&lt-house cf V. C,
bwcatiouu, L'blladelphla, caused by sputa
iietiBcou,butlon, caused a lussof jJl.OCO
un tLe bulldlrg and ,030 on stock.
Lx-CcrgrcEsman Asa II. Glover died at
Georgetown, Ky., yesterday, after a llnzcr
till Illness, from heart disease, aged ?o He
w ss a relative of Presided Cleveland acd a
i atlvc of New York.
J. M. White, cashier ottho Philadelphia
7iHifu Publishing Company, was yesterday
held for cuurt on tbechargo cf embezzle
mentcf between $0u0 unl ju.OOO of tho
lunds of the company .
Peter Hurkhbidt, agid TO. a wealthy
fmruir near lVirthurg, I'd, havfjg bo
eeme jealoii" of Lla young .ire, dellbirately
hot her dead Wel'n s.Uy hi the t resenco of
tLclr fomyeiru'd boy, und then kilted
h'leself.
Oflit-r John Thonipsor, who shot and
killed Wndeii, Iho pugilist, lu Pittsburg,
Wtdtitsday eight, was acqultlel by tho
cerotir's Juiy ycbterday, the evldeuc'4 go
lie; lo ihow that be had killed Wecdcula
self defirse.
Mrs W II MUI, her two daughters anl
a sou in-law went Into the lake near A Men,
Old., YWduc&doy light to bathe. Ouo of
iho df-uehters get bijond her depth, and
11 e otLera weLt tu her reuto All except
tbe younger daughter were drowned
The mortality among chillrcnln Pitts
Lure otd Alhgbcuy during ttio paU Blx
weeks is appalltsg. IuJune, Wj children
in t'er .1 years of agedlid, at J tltce tbe lit
Irstai t there have lcn fUb deaths, mikfaj
a total ef 1,137 la tho six weeks, Of this
ruinlbr teurly ?" (ercent wtrochllJrea
ulUu -years cf age.
William Johnson, a desperado, shot and
killed Italer, a saloou keit er, at Mlneola,
Texas, Tuesday night, and (led the county
The shu UT puutd blm with bloodhouul,
end found the criminal In a swamp He
shot thite of the dogs uud one of the depu
tlis, lut was final tv catund, and, without
fuitLer urcn.ony, wus lynched
PresldiLt llroadwater cf tbe Montana
Centra) brareh cf tbo Manitoba system, who
Is now pushing to the coast wltb 7.00J meu,
laid, Mi ijday, civeo miles and 1,000 feet ot
track, lentil g tbe record for rapid railway
rtrmrucuon aiierujowiu ream lie ioa
Octcl tr 1, butte May 1 uud tbeu bo pushed
rupldly ou to Auueond anlthocoait.
In Cltictnnatl )esterday Miss Jodo
Holmes, who whs tho cuhaDgc clerk of the
late lldtllty National Dank, ant whoso
vii-ftcuid (onsuliutfiiDS wltb Mr I L
f iur . i liilu vit e presbtent of tho bank,
ui his remuvni u tw l)v. t in jail m
fiivtdwitha warrair hurglog tier wtm
aiding und abetting Harper to his Illegal
conduct, for which he Is now aw altlug trial,
HIS POPULARITY WHIG,
Eoulanger No Longer tho Idol of
the French.
C01MENTS OF THE PARIS PRESS.
Lord Salisbury Outspoken Agamst Injus
tice to British Workmen.
OTIIEK FOREiaW INTELLIGENCE.
1'aku, July SJ. Comments of tho
prcslrtllcatun falllug olT lu General
Houlunger's populatlty.
hi J m tin , Clemmceau's piper, says
that the population of Paris has pr jved
In vvbdoni by not allowing Itself ti
tarnish nn ovullnn to republican prln
elplcs by un outbreak lu fuvor of n
private ludlvUtiat.
I. u llipuhUijm I'rttimtim siys that
(Jeneriil lloulutigi r Is uu able, cnercllc
Lelieral, but ll Is u pity ilut bu ever
allowed nolltlos lo ruti Hwray with him
The Oonscrvallvu I) hits sivs that
tho man who-c lutlm nee mted a n
provncallon to premature war bis now
sunk below tbo polltlctl horlon
'I bo lEcpnlilIcnii 7Vmii sas t'jat
Gmcral Houhngf r's political collapaj
ilHinrtly slrengiliLns the Jteptihllc
l.'Antviti, nrt'dii f Paul Casitgnif:,
iliilciiles the CientTal's tdters and teto
lmdh Rent to l'arls fiom Clerm mt
Pi nn ml
Tbo i'tytiro pours rlJ'rulu upon tho
c Minister or Wnr, calls blm tc is.
t ral tleii MirUUm, and aays 'Trance!
IttUu upon tnii' thing only that Is
tho lti'publlc. Never was It dearer
that tho policy of violence has not sue
e ceded Unnncially or politically at noma
or abroad."
SALISIlUltY AKOUSKD,
Ho MroriRty t'nntleitiiiH tbo InJiMtlca
of dm llonnty Syhtum.
Llmmi.n, July 22 Lord Salisbury,
In leplylng to a depulatloti which
waited upon him to day, said that It
was Impossible to spetik too strongly
r-gnlmt ihe Injustlco which the foreign
hiumy sjstem InlllcUd upon Urltlsli
Iho premier added tbat n Kuropcau
conference would Ebortly consider Lh'j
rrntttr, and meanjvhtlo ho could su
gesl only two ways of dealing with tho
usnllnt one was reason, and when
rt ipon failed, hu thought, nue was nt
liberty to return blow for blow
.o .Noun or I nit try.
Lomion, July SJ Neither tho Churcti
Missionary boclety nor tho JJapUst MIt
itriary Society has received any tidings of
Mr Mai ley, although there ll a IJapilst
Missionary Society under Atnerieao auspices
ntMutadl.
lt orlili k oft!n Crimps Vrt.
Lom-ov, Julr Si Mr Jiairuur, cntef
icictar) fjrlrelaid will leavo for IJiiblln
lo riny to meet their Mi migllrayat)l con
f r with tbein regarding tbeopeiailan of thj
Crimes act.
AIcmhmIi la .tv4t
Alcamuu, v, July 22 Mr Fran'c
Enter ued klstcr, have icturned from a
pleasant vli.lt to Allantle City.
Messrs. HeiLeit Stiowdtu and Gcorgu
Mcnroe hive bien eluted to represent tho
I'rat ward In tliu lloiLoku Couveanoo,
Ltotiuiil Muriury und . F. Cox, the see
oid; I U Huir, S tl llreLt, C. r Snurt
and K W. llallu c r. the third, and Mayor
I It bmoot aid Lube it I to I aud (ur ihu
Mull.
Mrs. K W. Avery and eon left last even
lig fer Cfpon Spilrgs.
Hi suid Hist tho llfcbmond Chu will
not aeeet t the thilleuzc ot tbo o d i imia
i i n ii account of their lovt belug lisi-del
b tl o roi.gh watrr of July 1 I wu at
Hr-r ll'oiiL'tit that the Utehmnnd ha 1 sent
the Oil iMmlnlors a challenge, t ui U li
gmeiullv n.pprjsed that they havu diter
mlnid to accept their defeat rather ilua
tut ict themselves to another.
A largo i umber of people left here to-day
lo witness the races at Ilrlehtw ood between
the horsis ow ned by tho dl Her cut gen tit man
cf thlscltv Tnotirst race, between Kob')
Burns ami Clarence, Is the one la wuleh tha
most Interest Is taken here
Tbo Alcxandila MuMcul AcnclatIon aro
I tilldh'g a bib nny lu front of their h ill on
Mi ir ituet, and, when V ilsbed, will daily
give evenlLg conceits.
Tie Court has sppolt tea P. D IVytoa,
' harlic King end A. W Hi all trnilecs of
Gri cc Church, to I luco of Charles Horry, J.
Lnlwlsle aLd Ch rles Hoot, resigned
I mill iiiirntH by tiio V holeale1
PnTCiibiiLiie., V , July 23 Tho graid
Jury yesterday Indicted ecventyuf tuo moot
pronduent business men cf the iry for
carrying on buifrics wlttiout i licenso.
lhey had prcvlnu-ly tenderel coupons la
paymcLt fur Ikeuses.
A lrociircs Niritinco.I
Nii oiik, July ii. Mrs, IJorothy
Horn, waito day sentenced to States prison
'i.r a term of three years and tight months.
l e pruclieed her trado ot a pro arcss
uudir tho gulacot keeping an cmplu u
bureau.
. llm.Miriry jluil.e-t.
New uiiK, July 23 Money
cent. Fxel Biigc steady, 4lifi45l
triitnent firm, rurriBcy I'd, l.t
couiou, 127' bid, .$, do , 112 bn
Tin ( Icnuiiill Sedition I'onTi. -u
New YuttK, July 2J. Tbo ciec
Mrs. Cblarl Clgtarall was set fu
but hs her counsel hiidun appeal
course leen ludelliilttly postpone!
TlH- htCDtl 'H0Oltl" t w
CiiieAuo, In , July i 1
"ouiLltus boodle ' c uu has at '
OptLCd ;
GEKERAL TELEGRAMS COSUlSSfli
New Yohk, July 2-J Cbartcs W l -
rged 23 )vurs, employed af hi I
goods store, shot hi mull this m -i i i
Jealcusy of Lis wife.
PiTTBtin n, Mass , July 25 -
Oakley of Windsor, charged
with blstwodiughters, Alfreds
was to day conv leted and sente
tun years lu tbe penitentiary.
Nrw Yohk, July 2J Oi
breakfasted early Bt the Il
ii Is morning ard went on
ltrandreth'a yacht, bound t
camp at Peeksklll Ho w?
Twenty third Kcgtment an
.icauy.
WEATHER INDICAUuj
"'Indications for tbe twenty-tour hoars
commencing at 3 p m , Fridav, July 2i
For tho District of Columbia, fair weather,
variable winds generally westerly stationary
followed tn lower temperature
innervations taken at Tue Ckjtm Me
teorological Bureau, Ull Uitrcet northwest;
V a. m., tict Pi m , 67 ,3 n, ni., 31.