Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-05


shirts 81 to 10 inches. Prices range from 15
cents to 60. GEO. @. HRNEING,
No. 40 9TH street y. w.
SEWING MACHINE SALES FOR IS7l-There is
a circumstance connected with the late dis Is
tTous fire IN Chicago, which deserves special
mention, as expressive of the comparative esti-
nation in which the various sewing machines
now in use III this country are held by the
Western people. IL is stated in the Report of
the Special Relief Committee of that CITY, as
published in the Chicago Tribune OF March 3, OF
the present year, thatsthe whole number OF sew.
ing machines for which orders have been Issued
to the date OF the report il 2,9H, on which the
committee have paid the sum Of = ,tj0.SJ. Oh
these the Singer Manufacturing Company sap
Piled 2, 40; Wheeler x Wi son, 2jj; Howe. 127;
Grover & Baker, A; Wilcox x Gibbs 30; Flor
ence, Is; Finkle X Lyon, %: BieeS, Il; .Etna.
IL; Wilson, 8; Western Empire, 2; Manhattan.
>; Davis, =; Elliptic, ]; Gold Medal, /; and
American Button Hole, ,.
This report indicates how well the Singer
Sewing Machine maintains its carly and we'll
earned popularity. 1t may be regarded one
OF the pioneers in the Sewing Machine manu-
factuTe, which is one OF the most remarkable
events in the progress OF mechanical invention,
and one OF the most striking features of modern
productive industry. Additional evidence, how
ever, is given OF the popularity of the Singer
.. New Family sewing machine, by the annual
returns made by the yarious Companies, and
sworn TO by them in obtaining licenses in ISL,
Those returns show that the Singer Ma1ufac-
turing Company sold, during the year, Isl .2G0
machines; the Wheeler * Wilson Co, 12S, 526;
Grover * Baker s. nj. Co., 50.S5s; Weed 5. NJ.
Co.. 50 ,655: Howe Machine Co., (January LIST to
July lst,) "a ,010; Wilcox & Gibbs, 30, l2I; Wilson
| s. M. Co., q ,153; American b. I'll. D. & ). VI.
Co., 2O,l2l; Original Howe s. NJ. Co., 2l,O5l;
| Florence s. NJ. Co, Is ,4g7; Gold Medal s. NJ.
Co., Is, 562; Davis S. NJ. Co.. IL 56s; Domestic s.
NJ. Co., 10, 391; Finkle Lyon & Co., ,659; .Etna
s. NJ. Co., 4,720; Blees $. N. Co., 4,557 Elliptic
| S. NJ. Co., 1855; Empire s. NJ. Co., 2 1865; Par
| ham S. M. Co., 9, 056; Bartram & Fanton Man
ufacturng Co., 1,O0i Bartlett s. NJ. Co., Oh; j.
| G. Folsom, go; Mckay s. M. Association, 2ls;
e. F. Thompson. IA; and the Union Button
Hole Machine, 12i; thus making the sales of the
i Singer Machines exceed those OF all others
52,OOO.-NeW York Sunday Ne'os
| MRks AND YoUrH's DRESS SUITS.
| Mems and Youth g Business Suits.
i Mems and YOUTHS Oyercoats.
Boys and Children's Clothing, at
H. EIsRMAN & BROS,
18th street, three dosrs above E..
LIGHTNING HEATERS and Parlor Sun La
| trobe Stoves; equal to any and better than many
/ ut Hamilton & Pears0n's maIftel and chande-
lier emporium, Y. NJ. c. A. Building. eo6
| LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: II you wish your
| wearing apparel cleaned in frst-c class manner
sent them TO A. Fisher, No. els 9th street. oppo-
site Patent Office. The Professor will give you
satisfaction without fail. s,2l,3:
RELIEF FOR THE FRKr-Fee, 81 per Vts;t-
CorrR extracted without pain; Bunions, Bad
Nails, g., relieved and cured, at DR.. Whites,
No. 5S5 18th street, opposite U. s. Treasury.
TIE NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK, N. Y. ave
and 18th ST., pays per ct on deposits. Nt3.14tle
THERMOMETERS and Bsrometers are repaired
and made to order by Hsmpler, near M ftreet