Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-19

which patent was issued In July last,) which
for the amount Of heat IL gives out from single
ordinary chamber, parlor or store gas burner, il
the most remarkable thing In the way Of gene
sort Of iron screen; perhaps three feet hip four
feet long, and four inches thick vundefneath
which single gas light is applied by means Of
one applies the light to ones movable centre
table or desk gas burner, by connecting II for
the time being with the fxed gas arrangement on
the wall. he patentee says oft: -
This stove was patented July 18th, 1853, and
Is altogether different from the steam radiator,
patented June 80, 1857; the boiler being dis
pensed with In this stove, and the gas burned I'm
acondensing chamber, where, through the as
sistauce ofdefectors and wire gauze dia phrapms,
the heat Is equally distribu ted, and the steam
from the burning gas condensed, absorbing the
earoonic acid, and Is discharged into cups
through large openings at each end Of the stove
No one having gas in their house
can afford to be without one or more of these rn
diators, az a common gas.burner is SUFFICIENT TO
heat an ordinary sized room, more uniform and
pleasantly than can be done in any other way.-
''When IT is seen that there is no more trouble
or xpense In heating a loom than there Is in
lighting it-that the labor and Inconvenience of
coal and ashes are avoided, and that the health
fulness and cleanliness of the room is greatly in
creased, no one can question the advantage of
this method Of heating
This is the only gas stove that condenses the
steam from the gas, thus, not only utilizing all
the heat but preventing excess Of moisture IN the
stoves % g.
We see no reason to doubt the accuracy of this
description OF its operation, or that Il Is not
adapted TO be ating any description OF room In
10 this time il has been objected that the amount
OF carbonic acid absorbed from the atmosphere,
anu turned loose, we suppose, In condition to
serious drawback to the common use OF y as stoves
With this stove, however, it appears to he passed
through water before being disengaged from the
whit ah af.sr "a
AT any rate, we are very sure that no one ever
saw so much available heat for warming a room
got on. Of ire that did not cost five times a.
much, perhaps, as is required to make this stove
OF great surface too hot for one to touch il with
the hand In a large store on Pennsylyapia avenue
with the keen wind blowing half a hurricane I'm,
at the wide open doors. We should like much
TO hear the opinion Of men Of science upon the
arrangements for increasing and rsdiating h, AZ
through and from II, which pro duce the results
really rendering it an extraordinary affair
liz The CIRCUIT CoURr, yesterday, PRAYER was
made for the issuing Of a writ of mand anus upon
the Secretary Of the Treasury to compel him to
pay over sum Of between thirty four and thirty
five thousand dollars alleged to be held back by
the secretary from the amount recovered and d.
Tected by Congress to be paid under the r ee.id O
claim against the United states The uronrd
taken for the withholding by the Secretary Ia
understood to be that the amount withheld is TO
be deducted from the appropriation by reason that
after certain trial in the United States circuit
court for the eastern district Of Pennsylvania in
lS4l, certain drafts had been paid or were in part
paid, by acts Of Cong ress, or otherwise, which
must star against said appropriation
Ii Is said that Mrs Reside, the executtjx. de,
MES the OF the Secretary to ma ke the deduc-
uoh OUT OF the appropriation, on tbs ground that
TIE trial in 1911 was held und.r a special act Of
congress provifing for a more effectual settle
ment Of such accounts; also, that the verdict of
the jury, and the judgment Of the court at that
time, settled the whole matter Of indie on
ei'her side. And, further. that the said verdict
was sustained in Pennsylvania by the oyerruling
OF motions for new trial by the dismissal of writ
OF error, and In this District by decree of the
court OF Claims, and, finally, by Z positive and
direct law of Congress; and that accounts Tins
settled cannot, after lapse of so many wears. be
reopened FOR the purposes of charge or discharge
OF any description. The prayer was supported
before the court by argument from James Cooper,
Esq, ex Senator from Pennsylvania, J b Stew,
art, and ] M. Carlisle, Esqrs The court hold,
the matter under advisement
An Interesting decision was made by the Court
Yesterday in the case Of Doe, dem, Washington
ct a., heirs Of William Campbell, late Of Fred
erlck City, Md, agt the present poss,ssors OF
square 465 on the Island, numbering between
my and sixty persons. The case may be summed
This square Of ground was purch based by G reen-
leaf at Snerif7s sale, in lsOl. From that time to
me year 1857, controversies were brought into the
ChanceTy Court affecting the interests Of certain
-
decided In December, lc5:
The defendants claimed title by adversary DOS
session under James Greenleaf, who IL was con-
tended enclosed the square and went into posses-
sion Of 1t In the year 1915, and continued in
possession by the Of enclosure until hi, death
In the wear 1913, when his heirs went into DOSES
sion, and so remained until lsiG, when thew con-
Veyed the whole square over to w. b. Todd and
under that purchase Ii has been subdivided' and
Is now held and owned by the present holders in
separate lots .....t !, .. -
The Court decided that this adversary nossex-
sion was not available against the heirs Of Camp
bell, Campbell himself having been a partv d.,
fendant in bis life, and his heirs since his death
to bill In Chancery fled by the United States
In 1913, affecting the title to said square and the
the filing Of that bill.
RETAIL PRICE LIsT.-The following Is a list
OF prices Of groceries furnished by the Messrs.
s. Bacon Co since the reception Of the winter
supplies by themselves and other merchants II
has been our custom at this season Of the wear N
publish for the ben. 1T Of the thousands of house
keepers, readers OF the Star, list Of the retail
prices Of groceries, &c, In constant demand bv
Them, always obtaining our information from
the most reliable sources. We conpratuIafe ON,
those OF the last season:
Flour-family twelch), per Dbl; ........ ss SO
other brands, bbl.. 81 50 a OO
-" SACK. 200
Extra, per barrel. 7c0
sSck--...... 81
Superhne, per barrel, ......s5 rs a 8 OO
Sugar-brown, per lb................ 8, 9aIO
CHARMED. .................. III a IL
pulverized and crushed ..... ~
NoHee-n nto,, ''''''''............... %