Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-12-13
The Holiday Trade.


The Holiday Trade.
A. a general rule, the most extensive and lib
eIsI buyers Of holiday goods do not put OF their
purchases uutf The stocks have become low ard
re crowd 20 gress that they are unable to make
satisfactory selections. Indeed, as We happen
20 Know, some Of the most desirable customers
N that branch OF trade are already on the look
set Ior sssresjTs Of the coming season. Dealers
~lo propose TO engage in it-and viii N OF them
docs not?-should therefore announce their az
Dasnens without delay, If they wish to reap an
We need Es-dk add, what they already know,
uat tie aavettkins columns Of TEE srAr, al
ways 4 reflex 6'the business OF the city. are
tessaltea now more than ever by those desiring
bargains in any branch OF trade.
TIE Corporation AND THE BALTIMORE AND
SEIo RkILKoA d COYPANY-EWrtser Meeting and
ssfsoa # Citi-eBs-C6 spT0BssSe Resolutions, Gc.-
4 further meeting Of citizens of Washington
~as held on Saturday, TO effect a compromise
between Mayor Bowen aud the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, in the matter OF the
ITsoe Of the road IN the streets OF this city.
Col Randolph. who appeared in behalf of Mr..
-fctG ". Garrett, whom he stated was prevented
-aid in speaking Of the grade of the track of the
Baltimore and Ohio railraad in this city, that
he company, he believed, was willing to COM
promise by making any practical change OF
grade. 20 rs 90 leave no obstacle to sewerage.
.in this he thought the city should meet them.
The proposed change, he said, would involve a
grave OF seventy-eisht feet, besides an elonga-
ron Of three miles by coming in a different way.
report was submitted signed by Gen Mich
Ter, hessrs- cooke, Humperies, Todd, Corcoran,
l'hiiP and Kennedy, embracing the resolution
OF the Previous meeting Of citizens, recommend
ing that the railroad company connect the pres
snt Washington branch road with the Metropol-
itan or Point OF Rocks road at some point most
frA-ible and convenient to the company outside
cf rse city, and Tor the present enter the city 10
their present depot by that route only. This was
adopted.
Col Philip, in supporting the above, said he
DID not wish Ia see the pending suits go to trial.
Wien they did not know the result would be sat
riactory 70 either party. The question Of grades
vHa serious enc. He thought Congress would
pes an act To condemn another route by which
20 enter the city.
Air. Cooke believed that the removal of the
cepot OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was A
mere question of time-two, three or five years
at Isost- Ii would have to give way for an ex-
tension or the Capitol grounds. The question
khOnii be settled now. They should have a union
DEPOT, accommodating also the junction road.
This would cost 100000, independent of the
right Of the way and the necessary elongation,
and, before this could be effected, IL would
require - separate act OF Congress before a
hight Of way could be condemned for a new
route. The present route, he thought, could be
made 10 accommodate both parties at a much
t"ss expense. The suit pending in court was as
hECh against the Metropolitan railroad "a it
vas against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
and II the court should declare the first named
route nuisance. they could not come into the
s1sy even ON that line of road. 1t was in defer
snce 20 the wishes OF the citizens expressed
through The mayor OF this eEy, that the Metro
Iolitan read was built where il now is IL was
org E9lly intended - run il by Bladensburp
mi although It would have , few miles longer
distance. VA
BY kthre'ly wante, union depot also, but
N.lGu We f"rce these roads :5ut OF the CITY. il
Neaid damage property here from five to ten
~ cent IN foTty-eight hours
eoInmittee vas appointed, consisting of Col.
FA.,iP, Mr. III d. Cooke, Mr.. Todd Mr. Ken
hscy ani Mr. Emery, Ia visit Mayor Bowen and
NJ Garrett 20 ascertain il the resolution above
lab lted viii not be acceptable as a basis for
>stsienfrt.
After further deiiberation the following reso-
lsticn was adopted, and the meeting thereupOn
aGiCHrned:
he,o5rss'. That in view Of the great interests in
rsN~d in th settlement If this question. both the
Eart vf the civ ard thu Baltimore AMI ohio Railroad
'ehEsny. Committee be appointed to urge upon
.eui u the pending suits between the two CORPORA
iisrs until action can ne had ~ them respectively
HPSn the oasis 81 settlement proposed by the meet
Irs oT some other basis l0OkiDg to sni-alle al
JHs!IssHt.
TEE SCHOEPPE-STEIyECKE CAsF-After our
rercrt, in Saturdays STAR, Of the proceedings
OF the meeting OF the Medical Society of the
District held on Saturday afternoon TO take ac-
zion in the above mentioned case closed. a me-
mortal was adopted for presentation TO the Gov
<rnor Of Pennsylvania asking him 10 exert ex-
eeptive clemency towards DIR. Paul Schoeppe
and was signed BY Drs. G. e. Cox, j. III. Toner
q III. Le5ermann, Thomas s. Samson, ESQ,
Drs W. II. Johnston. u. johnson. Il. b. Hood,
Francis Salter. G. v. Brown. X y. Southwortb
r. p. Darby, ID. X. Hagner, j. 5. Bracket, Esq,
DTS L. Newton, Thomas AntSell, Charles r.
Nalley, ;. T.. Hall, Thomas Miller, y. C. Riley
w w. Potter, Samuel ). Bond: J. W. Il. Love
JOY, j. French Hartigan. y. T.. Tyson. r. How
ard, Chas. NJ. Tree, - Y. y. Callan, George A.
Fitch, William III. Ross, j. Lee Adams w e.
III. Newman, Robert Reyburn, Daniel s. Lamb,
a Behrend, NJ. Bruckheimcr, NJ. McEwen,
..Iohn Walter, ROthweIl Brown. John Edwin
Mason, ,. Ii. lie Compile, Jos. 1aber johnson
- W. Porter, II. Robbins. q. N. Dove. Robert
son, III. W. SawtelIe.
FUNERALS YEsTERDAY--The funeral of the
venerable Mrs Henshaw, mother OF Mrs. South
north, the novelist, took place Yesterday after
~fotn, from her late residence, in the eastern
section Of the city. and was very largely attend
funeral services were conducted BY Rev. j. q.
SIaltk. I'D. d., a member OF whose church the DE-
erased had been for over thirty years. The re-
mains were inferred in the Congressional Gene
Trry.
Tie funeral of the late A. i. Dessau took
place yesterday, and was attended by the
SfLcltZen erein. headed by the Washington
Brass Band, the Columbia Turner yefein,
scaled 10y drum CORPS. Gernania, Capitol
and Irving Lodges of Good Fellows, the Grand
lodge OF the same order; and Hope Lodge No.
~ p ~ A. NJ, headed by a section Of the Ma
Tine Band The remains were taken to Pros
peci Hin Cemetery for burial. The deceased
MAS manufacturer Ofpianos, and a. such had
sia'le himself quite reputation.
SwlNDLER FOILED.-Dn Saturday a we'll
dressed md yidual registered himself at the Me-
hopohtan Hotel as Wv. T.. Perry, Va and
inquired the charge for rooms and board lor
himself and two ladies Tor one week soon after
ne went 70 the National Bank OF the Republic
and deposited certified check on a New York
eank for twenty thousand dollars, registering
his name a. above, with his residence in New
York, and the check was taken ON deposit and a
cheek book given him. Later in the day he
again appeared At the bank with a check on his
deposit Tor six thousand dollars; but Mr. Fitz-
hugh Coyle had taken the precaution to instruct
me receiving teller to telegraph the bank at
New York concerning the check, and had
teAined That no such check had been issued
aSl>e1uentiy no money was paid ON the check
nc Nocld-be swindler has not been seen since
oht retained the bank book, and NAV succeed
IN Sronging other parties before he is appre-
InfsRnNck MATTKRs--At a meeting of the
HSsonai temperance Society last eye5,no q
resolution was adopted calling upon their yai
low-eftfzens who MI Official positions 10 cons;aer
The propriety Of declining to furnish intoxicsts,,
drinks as . beverage az their receptions The
yarioas Temperance organizations or the Ms.
frist were invited 70 send delegates 10 n nubi;.