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And while, in its zeal for public education,
1t has granted, as will Be seen by the last re-
port Of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Territories, 7s 1870 90 acres of the public lands,
which, at the minimum value of 81 rs per acre,
would yield the enormous sum Of $97, So, 500,
to be under the fostering care Of the General
government, where, by the Constitution OF
the country. Congress has exclusive control.
and whose people it now lnordinatsly taxes
70 educate the thousands of cOntraba nds al
lured to this paradise of Freedmen" by the
temptations to Incidence offered by the gra-
tuities of the Freedmen's Bureau, it has never
given a foot OF public land or dollar Of
money.
The property holders of Washington, there
fore, while they cannot, and would net, deny
an equitable share Of the fund for public edu-
cation to which they contribute, protest against
the injustice Of beng compelled to furnish the
means for educating the thousands Of contra
bands forced upon them by the events of the
rebellion, and insist that the welfare Of our
city requires that the management and con-
tToi OF its institutions, as well as the interests
and property of it's citizens, should be confined
to those only who, from habit and education,
could understand them. ....
The whole number Of schools now author
lzea by law Is ninety I'm, OF which sig are not yet
operation, forty have been organized under
the present School, Board.
In 1861 the whole number was fifty.
schools was 1921; the average number on the
roll was AIDS; the average number in daily at
tendance, 1896
The whole number Of school-ho uses is forty
four, OF which twenty five are owned by the
city, and the others rented.
The amount expended through the
Treasurer of the School Board for
the fiscal year ensing June Both.
1866, was. Observation-Disclosures. $780, 81
TIE amount disbursed by the Mayor
during the same period, was...... 1882 %
S6S, 3iS 81
The receipts during the year from
all sources, were. 23,59i Is
Leaving deficiency of. ............. Si4,754 30
to be paid ont Of the general fund.
The average cost to the city for tuition of mn.
pills in the Public Schools during the same
period was. ...................... S14 IS
In le41 the average cost was. ....... 10 90
Increase in 10 years. 81 rs
The current expenses for the year
1905 "clo. ....',............. S2f,l4f IS
or lob5 they were. ................. 6e,955 81
Increase in years .................. $50, S1l 81
ttn
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THE REPUTATION achieved by Henning's
Blue Flannel Suits for gentlemen and boys is
a sufficient guarantee of their superiority and
worth. large supply at mis- One Price Store
on the corner OF Seventh street and Maryland
avenue.
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CITY ITEMS.

DESIRABLE DWELLING AND LOTS AT AUC.
GENERALIZATION is invited to Green & Will
llams' advertisement in another column, of the
sale, tomorrow afternoon, at six O'Clock, on
the premises, No. 200 9th street west, bet o and
T streets NORTH and of three building lots on
h, between Sd and Attn streets east.
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QUICK SALES AND SMALL PRoPITs.-Good
White Shirts, 81 25aS150; A. No. Fine White
Shirt So. 50aS3; Good GauZe Undershirts, SO
cents; Fine GauZe Undershirts, 81; Fine Lisle
Thread Undershirts, S1.50; Good Cotton Half
Hose, 10, Is, 90, and 25 cents per pair, Best
English Half Hose, SO cents per pair. at
francs Gents Furnishing Store, 49i 18th ST.,
between ID and E, three doors above Odd Fell
lows Hall. 1.
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PANIc-STRUCK BRAUTY.-It is q terrible
shock to charming woman-indeed, to anu
woman,-to find that her teeth are "beginning
to CO." Never will any human being who
uses the fragrant Soz0dont, while the teeth are
still sound, make that discovery. Even when
decay has commenced,l 1t Immediately stops
It's progress. go
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LQwE-W0oD. On Sunday evening, June 9th,
Episcopal ChurIh, GEORGE w. LOWE to ELIZ-
ABETH WOOD, daughter of Thomas Wood
TIPTON-TALBOTT. On the oath inst. BY Rev.
Mr.. Leech, WILLIAM Upton, OF Baltimore.
Warrington D. q. -
. ~ baltimore papers please copy.l
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JEWELRY.-Crystal Sets, Jet Sets, Amber
Setts, Jet Chains, 800 styles Sleeve Buttons,
Chalns, Pins, Studs, Silver Plated Spoons aud
FORKS received this morning at Prlgg's One
Dollar JeWelry Store, No. 43s Pennsylvania
avenue, near i street.
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Down WITH HIGH PRICES !-PatroniZe onIv
those who sell cheap! Buy your Gents Fur
nlshing Goods at Francs, 49i eth street, be-
tween ID and e, three doors above Odd Fell
lows Hall. Gray's Collars, 1Sc. box; Gold
smith, Byron and Garotte, 1Sc box; Imltatioa
Linen Goldsmith, Byron and Garotte, lsc
box. And all other goods cheap in proper
ton. I.
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GENTLEMEN can find a superior article of
Fine English Melton Goats, as we'll as French
Tricote, at A. Saks & Co., 517 Seventh street,
adjoining National Bank of the Republic.
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VAST QUANTITIES OF IVORY DEsTRoYEp.-
thousands OF teeth that might last life time
are lost every year, simply because the par
Ties concerned either forget or do not appre-
clate the fact that Sozodont, duly applied, rem
ders the dental substance proof against de-
cay. eo
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For CoRNs, Bunions, Bad Nails, Enlarged
Joints, Warts, Moles, vascular Excrescences,
&C, consult Dr. White, Chiropodist, 424 Penn
avenue, between ~ and 9th SITS. Once hours
from q. m. to p. m, and TO p. m.
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To THE LADIES OF THIS Cry AND 6poRer.
TowN.-Do you wish to save money! Go to
Lewis Bars Fancy Establishment He sells
cheaper than any other house. a. =. = III
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POUR Co.'s, Duriilons ct Ongles rentres
dams Ia chair, consulter lie Docteur White,
etabli depuis 1e61--a son ONCE No. 42i Penn
sylvania avsnue, entire la quatriene ct Ia
Sixieme rue. sigRI .. Il
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more Of those fine twenty-five dollar suits, al
the Great Central Clothing House, $50 9TH
street, opposite the Post Once.
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JUST RHCRIvRD.-Three hundred Boys
Suits, latest Spring styles from ten to fifteen
dollars per suit, at the Great Central Clothing
House j. II. SMITH,
.. 400 9TH street, opposite Post Ofice
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60 AND SEE those fifteen dollar suits, re.
ceived this morning, at the Great Central
Olothins House, Aeo 7th street, opposite the
Pest Once.
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ON1 HUNDRED Suits at twenty dollars just
received. Cau and look at them at the Great
Central Clothing House, $50 9TH street, oppo-
site the Post ONCE
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This city, which now passes intoiyour hands
with every attribute of rapid growth and pros
perity, and debt greatly less than that of any
the end OF your term, be transmitted by you to
your successors as it has been to you by those
who lately vacated the seats you now occupy,
with that consciousness OF a faith al discharge
OF duty invariably consequent upon careful
consideration of all measures requiring your
action, and an earnest solicitude for the public
good.
And while the people of Washington, he.
in their generous confidence and the exercise OF
their right OF suffrage, have committed to your
guardianship their interests, have right to ex-
pect that caution in your deliberations, and
careful examination Of all subjects requiring
your action, so essential to their advancement
and prosperity, 1 confidently look for that
courtesy and cordial cooperation on your part
SO necessary to a proper discharge of the duties
incum bent on this office.
Very respectfully,
RICHARD WALLACE, Mayor.
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No BrrrsR INvnsTMKNr can be made than
In Clothing at the present reduced prices at
the Great Central Clothing House, $50 Seventh
street, opposite the Post Once.
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DIEB.

LILLE. In Rhinebeck, N. Y. April 10th,
HAiTIE AMELIA,only daughter Of Amos I. and
Mary Lille, aged years, q
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In this connection L furnish herewith
statement OF all the real property owned by
thi Corporation, exclusive of the City Hall,
Market Houses, &c, with the nature and char
acter Of the improvements thereon.
In doing SO give the actual cost 10 the Cor
poration OF the grounds and the improve
ments, which, as much OF 1t was purchased
many years since, is put down far below its
real value.
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Vou what was done in the city in the way of

You what was done in the city In the way OF
paving and sewerage.
Street Pegsng:.f7s7 running feet Of blue
tiers made; 1 900 do. flag footing laid.
FIRST Ward.--i.566 running feet of brick pave
ment laid; 5,6a do cutters made; 1859 do. curb
stone set; rs do. flag footways laid
Second Wdrd.--4,77S running feet of brick
pavement laid; 5,lls do. cutters made; Sis
do. curbstone set; 1850 do. flag footways laid.
Sewers-2,509 running feet Of sewer, 3 feet @
inches in diameter; 1850 do. do, 3 feet in d.
ameter.
Taird Ward.--s,osa feet of brick pavement
land 1894 do. cutters made; 5.264 do. curbstone
set; 914 do. flag footway laid.
Fourth Ward.-5,75S running feet of brick
pavement laid; 9,400 do. curostones set 9,696
do. cutters made; 1887 do. flag footways laid.
Sewers.-l,296 runhing feet of sewer four
feet in diameter: 2,56l do. three feet In diam
eter; 259 do. two feet six inches in diameter;
1,54O do. two feet Ia diameter.
Fifth Wards, $50 running feet OF brick pave
ment laid; 1887 do. cutters made; 9S7i do.
curbstone act; =. 1i0 do flag footways laid; 2,513
square yards Of stone pavement in alleys; 1910
running feet of gutter stone in alleys.
Sizh Wards, 1872 running feet of brick pave
ment laid 1922 do cutters made; 9, 322 do. curb
stone set; 2.5O0 do. tagging: 7,li9 quare yards
stone pavement in alleys; 1851 cubic yards Of
grading.
Serenh Ward.-a,773 running feet of brick
pavement laid; 5,aGl do. cutters made; i,9l7 do.
curbstone set 1,139 DO. flag footways laid;
$500 square yards OF stone pavement laid.
Total amount of Sewers-,1,296 feet of sewer
feet in diameter; 2,5Os DO 3 It. in do; 6,Gi1
2 IT. in do; making ISIS feet.
ESTIMATES.
The following are the estimates for the indis-
pensable wants OF the corporation for the fiscal
year commencing on the LIST of july, 1867 to saw
nothing of the additional expenditures winch
Will necessarily have to be incurred during the
year, provision for Outstanding obligations of
the corporation, and for building q new Jail re-
CURED by act of Congress, &c, &s.
Salaries OF officers of the Corpora
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or the property enumerated above, much OF
il, as embraced in the statement following, has
been purchased or improved during my ad-
minIstration of this ONCE:
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i's8 isfsS Sl- - 1871 se8s
ras szlaf lisa stssfo
~as s9A $3.50 ass tsz,s
Sf&At assif .Ea.fs
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l9sffE assss 3 AL
s'a- - u VI
Esa7l 3fsl so Z - fa2
.,, fs Il 3sg-,
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/ ,595 l3ll44,262 8;
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having city laid of on these and their own
LANDS, but likewise in expectation that the por.
non OF II reserved for the purposes and uses Of
the General Government would be improved
and beauuhed by that Government, at least to
the extent OF what was realized from the sale
OF the TO- 1876 or fifteen hundred acres OF build.
ing lots.
Not only has this reasonable expection not
been realized. but all improvements in front of
the very property Of the United States, until
recently, have been made At the expense and
from taxes accruing from the properly OF indi.
viduals.
With q rate Of taxation for general purposes
limited by the charter to three quarters OF one
per cent on the one hundred dollars, precisely
the same as that levied on property in the
rural portion Of the District Of Columbia be.
yoHd the limits VI the cities Of GEORGETOWN ana
Washington, the Capital Of the nation has
struggled on from its earliest ex istence In the
hope that Congress would bear portion OF
the expense Of improving streets and avenues
over which II has exclusive control. at least to
an extent equivalent to the taxes on the prop
erty OF the General Government.
The extension likewise, from time to time, of
the chartered powers Of the corporation, has
been followed by corresponding increase of
1n o expenses. TO sustain these and
Its illustrious founder, it should be- a source of
pride to the nation, taxes have been uneouallv
leaving unburdensd that Of the GenslaI i Hox'
eminent, tor whose especial purposes and CON.
venience 1t was laid out on so extended a
scale.
The increase of appropriation necessary in
every department Of the municipal govern.
mept TO meet the enhanced cost OF all Kinds OF
work and material will, apart from any unu.
sual demand on the means Of the corporation,
cause the expense Of carrying on the City
Government for each year to exceed that OF the
previous, be appreciated in comparing the diff
ference In cost in sustaining such ndispensable
Institutions as the Fire, Police and School De-
partments Of the year 1861, when was induct.
ed into Office, with that OF the last year, as
follows:
1861. 1866.
Fire Department. S1,6l0 65 S3i,522 IL
Police Department. ASST 25 TO,924 80
Schools ................-.27,064 OIL 107,32i 90
And while II affords some idea OF the growth
OF our city as well as Of the dif6culty OF keep.
ing It's expenditures within Its means, will i'm
press upon you the importance OF great DELHI
GRAFTON In your action, urgent economy In the
application Of its revenues, and the necessity
for depressing the growing tendency towards
profuse expenditure OF the peoples money.
DEBT.
Inc funded debt incurred for special pur-
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-, 8
The amount SO realized was placed to the
credit OF the several funds from which it was
originally drawn, as follows:
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Will also at once make it an important source
OF revenue to the city.
POTOMAC WATER.
During the last year the amount of main
water pipes laid was 22,35l feet, of which
1921 feet were Of inches and $40 fest Of 4.inch
diameter. The number OF fire. plugs erected
was 81, Of which IS were In place OF the same
number Of the under. ground fire. plugs, which
the experience OF the fire department has con-
demned, and in pursuance of the act OF the
corporation are being removed. All the fire.
plugs erected are OF the kind knsWn as the
Mcclellan plug, manufactured and patented
by Washington machinist, and. after three
years Of experience, recognized by the water
better than any other 'fhs branch pipe laid to
amounts to 1888 feet, all Of 6.inch diameter.
The rule adopted in the water distribution Is
to connect all tntersecting mains and to control
them by one four-wsy step. cock. This limits
arise from shutting of water for repairs or ex-
tension to the smallest possible space. In dis
tributIon OF fire plugs the general rule is to
Each fire plug affords three independent and
distinct hose connections. The idea which
governs their location il that wherever the
water pipes are laid six streams Of water shall
1t becomes constantly more and more evil
dent as the pipe distribution extends, that the
main pipe supply from the reservoir at '.Dro.
ver's Rest" Is inadequate to the necessities Of
the population. One main pipe Of 30 inches
and one Of - inches diameter convey from
that reser voir all the water that Is consumed
In Georgetown and in Washington.
II the whole Potomac emptied itself into the
reservoir, the discharge therefrom would be
limited to the capacity Of those pipes. North
OF the line OF X street and Massachusetts ave.
nue., where the 30-inch main is laid, and east
OF the Capitol where there is no great main ex-
cept the 12-inch pipe which runs along Penn
sylvania avenue and sth street east to the Navy
Yard, there In constant complaint OF the de-
fciency OF water. The remedy for these COM
plants is to lay large water main OF not less
than 30 inches from the "Drover's Rest" reser-
voir, through Georgetown and through the
northern portion OF WAshington, continuous
to boundary street, - far east Is 10th street
east, and then connecting with the 6-inch
main which runs along e street south, from
9Th to 18th street east. This can b done only
by the General Government. There 10 no mat
ter Of greater importance to our people or the
accomplishment Of which we should more es-
pecially urge upon the national authorities
PAvING AND SEWERAGE. s..,.5
Without pretending to enumerate all the
works of last year, 70 enable you to form some
idea Of the extent of the improvement, give
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~ e e s Z "a -gEIEzsEL4qga ~ agqacrI
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-13

rat skins in one week.-A great many
Americans have been visiting Russia during
the past season, aud have received marked
attention from all classes of the population,
from Car to Observation-Disclosures in the
regular army Of the U. s. have been sus.
pended for the present.-rhe Boston Dai-
u Adreyfiser has msved into q magnificent
new building.--Thcrc are sixty different
entrances to the Catacombs Of Paris.-lt
is proposed in Paris to transfer the seat OF
the Papacy 10 Jerusalem. -Bonncr prom.
ises a series of Twelve papers for young La
dies by twelve Of the u ost distinguished wo'
men in the United Statcs.-Ohio has
also miles of railroad.-The vote on im>
peachment stood in the House, yeas s.,
nays, 1855 Of the nays Republicans
ten. Howard is only ,hir,y>scven years old.
-Longfel!ow. Whittier and other Ameri-
can poets, nre becoming popular in Russia.
-vic,or Hugo is going to write the Life
Of John Brown.-There are 100000
drunken women in the U. S.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-13

The London Recier commends DR.. Hol-
lands KATRINA" very highly.-Harper's
Bakar has already reached q circulation Of
a hundred thousand.-Charles Dickens
is to furnish the atlantic Monthly new sto-
ry, to be entitled "George Silvermsn's Ex>
petition -Eseyy Saturday is 10 have .
new story by Charles kesde, to be called
"Foul Plsy.r-Harriet Beecher Stowe
will publish . new novel in the spring, emit,
tied " Old Town Folks" . New England
story.-A new comic paper, called Toby,
has appeared in London. The ~Tomiahark,
another comic paper, is said 70 be . success.
Mary Somerville, author of "Physical
Science" has published . work on "Molec-
nlsr and Microscopic Science."-A new
edition OF the works of Alexander Pope, will
contain 500 letters not heretofore published.
Hiram Powers has for sale the last
Greek Slave be will ever make.-Gen.
Hancock occupies the same apartments in
New Orleans used By Sheridan.-"Ned
Buntline,' the novelist. formerly . terrible
drinker, is now . Deputy g. w. p. Of the
Sons of Tempcrance.-Tickets for stand
ing room are sold at the Dickens readings
in Boston.-A recent legal decision de.
clares that chickens are not live stock
England pays . tax on $4,000 dogs-
Vermont ta xes 1881 dogs.-The num-
Der of dead letters returned to the Office in
Washington during the last iscal year was
4, 306, 508.-ExPesiments in smelling iron
by the use of peat are being made in the
shops Of the Pacific railroad at Minneapolis.
recently shipped p, 200 muak.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-13
STATE NEWS.

Black Hank Co.-The Cedar Falls Cd
zstte saws that the drama Of Uncle Toms
Cabin was 90 we'll performed BY the ANA
teur Club of that place, that it, REPETITION
for the third tine was well patronixed. The
proceed. amount to 5000 which goes to the
building fund Of the Episcopal Church.
Webster Co.-Elnur Stewart, a young man
Of good character, accidentally poisoned
himself q few days since. and died on the ID
inst.-l7,o00 acres Of laud were sold at
the land Office in Fl. Dodge, in October.
Fayette Coo Cole has again got the
editorial pen between his fingers. At the table
of the Fayete Obsoro. He has . dashinR
way Of aonrishng his pen which makes the
fur Ay.-The brick school house st Fayeste
is being rapidly completed.
The Press-Ws learn from the Favette
Obserrer that the press and fixtures Of the
Clermont Leader have been purchased BY j.
w. Shannon and c. H. Talmadge, who viii
soon the publication Of q Repub.
lican paper at West Union. A Democratic
paper is already published there.-J. G.
Armstrong, late Of the Lansing Journal. has
become consected with the Dubuque Her
ald.-R. Crosby has retired from the edi-
torship Of the Pelia Blade aud u succeeded
By Fl. G. Curtis.
In Geneyal.-Two drunken men in Keo-
kuk, the other day, driving furiously along
the street, ran over . little boy, instantly
killing him.-A protracted netting is in
progress in Iowa CNy.-Rev. 3. Rickord,
the Baptist Revivalist cf Ostunwa, has pubs
lished 8 work called " The Autobiography Of
. Pioueer."-Madison county has recent
" laid The cornerstone Of . beautiful SOL
dien' monumeut.-The Congregational
Society Of McGregor have completed . 6ne
house Of vorship.-Prof. Perkins, o. Bas-
ton, has been holding . musical convention
ct Newton this xeek.-Des Moines now
boasts = free bridge.-A new town, called
Ridgeway, has sprung up in Winneshiek
Co, eight miles east OF Cresco,-seven new
buildings have Just beer put up. So says
the Cresco Tim<s.-The boiler in DR.. Nc
Cribs steam saw mill at Albion, exploded,
. few days since, making . complete wreck
Of the mill. Three men we're Wounded
Prof. Perkins has been holding . very sue
eessful musical convention ct Marshslltown,
Is We SEQ by the Tmes.-The Upton ID
~rertisev records the dedication of . new
| Methodist Chusch at Red Oak.-Some
| burglars at Leon, in this State, stole . safe,
carried il several miles, broke it open, and
gos $500 for psins.-Keokuk has m ope-
"a house.-A distemper among horses ex'
ists IN Chickasaw county. So says the Post
- fine school house il being built d
Winterset.-A new Presbyterian Church
win soon be dedicated ct GAINESVILLE, But
Ter county, as We see BY the Star.-Th,
|ARsicultural Association Of Belle PLANE,
Benton county, has purchased 20 acres .
land for fair grounds, ~ We see BY the Tran
script.