Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-12


STRING Is CoNINe.-There is no mistake
about that, and farmers and gardeners should
govern themselves accordingly. Now Is their Z
time 10 call ~ Mr.. John A. Bakers warehouse,
So and 90 Louisiana avenue, between 9th and
10Th Streets as with such good tools, seeds, and
fertilizers, as he has hand. filling the soil
can be made TO pay. His stock IS not only ex-
tensiye, but is of the best quality, and COM
prises in part: CaIactacus, Dilestones extra
early peas, import ted from England one week
earlier than the earliest known; imported Dan
ipl O'Rourke, Landreth's extra early, Tom
Thumh, dwaff blue i'm perial, and other varie-
tbs of peas. Eaily beans, limas, onion sets,
c. bbagP, lettuce, corn. tomato. egg plant and
all other seeds in fun variety. Lists forwarded
varieties of imported English grasses, mixed
for lawns, according to Flints Formula. Flow
er seeds in full variety; Bird seed; canary;
hemp, rape. nav, &c. Fruit and ornamental
tn es, plants, etc. Kentucky blue grass, white
clover, sweet-scented vernal, and other varie-
tics of grasses. Seed oats and corn. Early
Goodrich and Harrison seed potatoes, and many
otnsr varieties. A complete assortment OF hor-
ticultural implements; hoes rakee, pruning
saws and knives, avarantatore. hedge shears.
&c. A full stock OF agricultural implements
and fertilizers; guano, bonedust, plaster, &C.
BADRoAD -Lsuin Grille Fdirfdr county, Va,
March TO- ls6s.-Editor Star: am induced to
apps al to you to take some notice OF the con-
dition Of the road lying between Georgetown
and the Chain Bridge. For the past two weeks
the travel on that road has been partially sus-
pended, and unless some action is taken to
make the necessary repairs, and that speedily,
the farmers in this section will suffer very ma
terially. At the present time it is absolutely
necessary that we make provision for supply
ing ourselves with fertiiZing material, and 10
do this our teams must be constantly on the
road. AS it is, the supply in our hands is en-
enabled to increase it. Very respectfully,
--.- MASON SHIPMAN
THE LINCOLN MoNUhEsr.--To-day,M Mr.. Fore
syth, superintendent of streets, &c, fixed tn
points for the foundation of the Lincoln none
umeni which is to be erected in front of tn
City Hall by the Lincoln Monument Associa-
ton, of which Mayor Wallach is the president
The foundation is TO be twenty feet square, and
is 10 be laid exactly in the centre of the inter-
section of Indiana and Louisiana avenues with
AZ street by the contracters-the brothers
Flannery-who expect to have the work ready
for dedication on the i4th Of April-the ami
versary Of the assassination. Mr.. Lot Elan.
merry is busily at work on the statue of the la.
mented Lincoln, and is rapidly bringing out
fine counterpart of the original.
SALE OF MoNEY.-The Washington Co.
operative Building Association at it's fifth
monthly meeting last night sold Ave shares
of $1,000 each at the following premium: I76
(2) 19I, 1876, 19S.
At the 18th monthly meeting of the Northern
Liberties Building Association on Monday
night, shares were sold at an average Of 81.
The Mechanics Building Association No. 1,
last evening in German Hall, on 18th street
between and G streets. After receiving of
the monthly dues, g, 1868 were sold at a
To PREVENT COLDS we must dress to suit the
weather, and the sudden ad vent of spring with
in the last few days, with the great rise in the
temperature, has forced the lea wing of ofheavy
winter coat, while the air is too cool morning
and evening for single business or dress coat.
What is to be done in such a case7 Clearly
there is but one course for a sensible man to
pursue. and that is to repair at nee to Noah
Walker q Co.'s elegant emporium, 35s Penn
SVlyanla avenue. afr
and buy one of their fine Spring Oversacks,
which are just the garments for the season.
HRYACHTING SEAsoN.-Among the number
OF new candidates for the prizes at the forth
coming yacht races this spring, none are supe-
rior In point of design and finish to the John
n. Sessford," just built at Monument Point oy
Mr.. VIM. r. Frayser, and rugged by Mr.. w. E.
Mooney. She has been entered for the coming
contest and after to-day can be seen at Watts
Bay, between Sixth and Seventh streets. The
little craft sits iauntily in the river, and looks
as If she would prove a formidable rival for
any yacht Of her size.
TIE CHARGE AGAINST THE FIRE DRPARr.
MENT.-Dr Boyd having at a public meeting
been understood 10 charge that he had been
assaulted by members of the City Fire Depart
ment, some of the commissi toner's have in vesti-
gated the subject, and state that they find that
the parties who made the attack We're not at the
time, and never have been in any manner con-
nected with the department.
D
RIGHTEOUS SENTHNCE-Yesterdayo officer
felt arrested man nearly fifty years Of age
who gave his name as Henry Donaldson, on
the charge of indecent exposure before a num-
Der OF school chiidren, and also with having
made a haeit of it, and Justice Harper fined
him S25.
| ANOTHER Observation-Disclosures have been
| received at the Navy Yard for the discharge of
| number of men working under the Burea u
| OF Employment, and it IS said that there will
De about 200 men DISCHARGED under them on
Saturday including machinists, boiler makers
| foundrymen, pattern makers, and blacksmiths
Il 0
| FoUND.-Detective McDevitt, at Police Head
quarters, has In his possession a pocket-bOok
| with sum of money, for which he wants an
owner. Mr.. Joseph +. Hodgson also left thus
morning at Police Headquarters, a key to one
OF Marvin q Cos. safes, which he had found
| CARRYING A CONCEALED WEApoN-Fred.
| erlck johnson, colored, was arrested yesterday
| evening for carrying a concealed weapon, and
| came before Justice Tucker this morning
when he was fined $40.
| WHILE STREET CAR No. %, was comm o
| from Georgetown this afternoon and passing
the STAR office, one of the axles broke, by
| which the car was disabled, and obliged to te
| run of the track.
ALEXANDRIA ITHMs.-The Gdsene of last
| evening has the following:
| Dead Infant Found.--Yesterday about twelve
| O'CLOCK, little colored boy named Angus
| Brown, while playing in the lot Of the building
known as the slave pen, near the depot of the
| Orange, Alexandria and Manassas railroad
| discovered lying against the western fence of
the lot, dead muatto baby, apparently about
| three or four weeks old, wrapped in a linen
| sack, and without other clothing He told his
| mother, Alice Brown, living in the vicinity
about what he had found, and through her the
| Coroner was informed Of the circumstance
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