Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-02


only over the instep but upon the ankle The
pIettiest are furnished with small pearl buckle
JENNIE USE.
An Open Letter 10 GOV. shepherd.
ror. 4. n. SLegbsTF.
III ! pride myself upon being a chrome
grumbler. IL agrees with me- and I am there
fore a regular and consistent memorials a.,
Congress mon the outrages perpetrateJ by Won
and the Board OF Public Works on the peope
OF this District
do not know that you have expended money
unlaNiully, or that any positive frauds have
been committed, and We I'VE been precious care
tul not 10 make such a statement IN ON last
memorial; but I know some fellows who -
they know some other fellows who think they
could name some parties who ought % know an
about frauds they being well known sfraudsr
themselves) il any have been committed aud
therefore u Is great piece OF presumption Oh
your part TO attempt 10 suppress Al irvestisa
tun with such glazing facts staring every on.
and especially int lligeut congressman, fgIl IN
the face. Let the investigation be instituted
anu let II show how, among other BASTARD,
acts, you have covered up that sWeet-sceutsq
meandeIlng TibeT, with all i'll Arabian. health
giving eNhslaiions; how you have deprived u-
OF broad carnage waNs lied with either beau-
ufuily soft, glntnOus mud, or angular noun i
ard TUfS OF well-pulycrized dust, that BID Iefi-
ance 10 doors, windows, eyes, SHIRT 'front.' ana
faillhg dresses And what have YOU A ven u
N their stead, and what has II sn been for
viii not trust myself 20 answer such A couum-
df uIn The re aSOn l. Selt-evldcnt.
Anu and few others want improvements a.
want nothing OF the sort. Are we any happter
because Of them? We might be, providing
they did not cost ANYTHING, aud providing also
they had been made by any Of cur SET
those hlgh-ton gentlemen who were "a .s 5..lf
with His ENCellency jefferson Davis. President
OF the late COniederated State OF North Nmsr-
tea, With whom II Il popularity believed we have
had some '' little Onpleasantness." But u n
hardly fair 70 accuse our secessiOnist friends OF
even thinking OF any Improvements. No. not
rrsHa naesF A.
at 10y every visitor, and IL had become the by-
word Il tie nation because Of the insctIv!-v o.
its people 10 keep pace with the other cite, 81
the Union? Is not Washington the warl OF
Congress, and should IL not therefore, be IN
ported entirely by Congress?
he idea OF our the very Old residents OF
!, something outrageous and preposterOIs.
Who ever heard OF any sane people
voting TO tax themselves Tho thing -
unnatural, and you think you will reconcile
Us with the prUni c tnat tie nit.a
States government will pay her prop, r
ton in the same ratio that you are charging
other property holders This is no comfort e.
US. The United States should pay every cent on
the expenses. Ii any one is 20 be tANei let Al
be the blacks and those who are in sympathy
with the Republican party, certainly not ~
who represent the chivAlry please don't print
this word chic0ReFyl of an age fast passing awzv
But, besides these good and sufficient reasons,
tate the public mind into the belief that Dis
ulct securities have little or no values which
VIII enable Us 10 earn few honest pennies by
shaving such PAPER at large disc cunts. You need
not claim Il a. the poor are the sufferers by tlis
proceeding. Not a bit of IL. Whoever heard
OF poor people having bonds in their posses
sacrificed for their temerity and blind CONT
dence.
The peorle who dare TO speak are aga!nst vou
70 man. Look at that large and highly re
spectacle meeting held az Legislative Hal on
Friday night last! Was not the wealth ana in
telligeIce OF the community there representedg
IL is true that all the officers and speakers wers
defeated candidates tor Office or disappO!uted
politicians, and all "barked at the same old
Eole' with discOrdance and psthos which was
at once cOmmendable for its perseverance and
touching-to their pockets; but neyertheless
they were all patriots 20 a man, and hal no
thought OF self tc-inf uence their pure acts.
1 m patriot and so are all my brother me-
morlalists, and We pray Congress 10 assist u
and thele are at least three among us who are
not 'curbstone brokers' by not MY not restrict
ing the sacred right OF petition, but by ordering
another investigation into District ahairs
which, If IL does not result in depriying yOu OF
ofhce Will, at least cause vexatiOus delays aud
make our influence OF to-day entirely consistent
with the purity of our motives as eXemPlhei in
the past. Very respectfully,
RIP VAN WINNIE,
February "a, ls7L OF Washington.
PRINTERS STRIKE IN INDIAEAPOLIs.-The
typographical union of Indianapolis last Sep
TENDER decided 10 raise the scale Of prices from
- TO 25 per cent. over the war rates. THIS was
done in spite OF protest from the Publishers,
and, after the panic, was suspended. saturday
night they again voted an increase, WHICH being
the journal, Sentinel, News ana indianapolis
Publishing company Offices struck yesterday.
The papers will issue to-day Is usual, though IN
a reduced form.
The above came to this city by Associated
Press. We have received the following in refer
ence 10 it,
Editor Star: A telegram from Indianapolis,
published in morning paper, states that Union
No. "lAst September decided to raise The
scale OF prices from l. to Is per cent. over the
war rates; and that this was done in spite OF a
protest from the publishers, and after the panic
lying! The facts in the case are these: When
the "panic," 50 called, first overwhe mel the
country, Indianapolis Union No. I kindly con-
sentod 10 q reduction in their scale of prices OF
rom Il TO - per cent, the reduced rates 20 hold
good for the period Of six months. The time
having expired, they now only ask that the em-
ployers s6a live up TO the dgreement eEtered tsts
he facts II. he case sarSIed teieeraphc re
ports to the contrary notwithstandine
February 2. 1874. IsplASAPoIis'
TapAsa.NTErs SUING PoR PEAcE.-A dis
match nom Care Coast Castle states that twelve
emhasssdors from the Ashantees recently ar
rived at the British camp sains ,SI ,Ss 81,
with the King himself 81 COON assle.
Arrest or A CoNxrxIsr.-The New York
police found yesterday morning In a basement
In Bleecker street, occupied by Desyie Debuihi,
a communist, a number OF hand grenadee I'M
loaded. Debuihi was arrested.
TEE spoTs on THE sus.-The astronomical
class Of yassar college discovered last Friday
heavy grouping sf spots on the sun, and msdes
ga Rochester paper declares that man
Who can't rent church pew hs. no right 70 be
Tious.