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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

TIE PEENsYLvAsIA Coal TRADE.-The
supply Of -al cent from all tbe reziJas 80 TAR
his year 20 s:9 2lj tons sgaust p 7jt ISL tons
20 cOTTCsI IOudii period last year saSE. ug a de-
crease CT Sll of5 TOis, OF which dscrease 1921
tons are EnthIaCite. The anthracite coal trade
from the Peunsylvsnia coal mines - pretty we'll
over for Tho current calendar year, except Tor
the liBe supply OF coal. The retail coal prices
are unchanged under about tue usual demand
for THE ssPson Of the yesT. Nothing has vet
been determined upon by the combined carry
ing companies, so far as we have hard. ia refer
ence 70 TIC next years trsde.-PAila. Ledger,
14rh.
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POLITICAL NOTES.-THE Hon. Francis B.
Bay; hGs been nominated mayor of ;o5ron by
tie people { reform party. '''.BI cons bio, d
IS family Up on tue question of having wome n Ou
the schOOl committee, and the .epubiCIps have
nominated seven TO be vO'c cd fOf at rhe comic
election. ''''DF. A. q. EgteTt, democrat
recently elected 70 Congrcs Irom the 27rh >
TIic6 OF PenDsyiy2 has had formal notiae
efyed upon him that his Sc II 10 ne .ith Con-
ero 5 will be contested by Hon. Clrletoa q.
Burt's, the defeated republic .cs n, grdids's. '.'-
Tie following are the more pom nent C ,ndj-
da Ss now mentioned in connect with the
Tenne. -ee SeDstOrship; Governor John q.
rowD, eX-PJeSiCent Andre " JohrSon Gansr. 4
w. A. Quarts, General II. 3. Ball, W. H
Stephers, Hon; Edwin M Ewing, Colonel John
Savage, Hon. James ID. Porter Governor elect
and Colonel GustIvus A. Henry. lt is hsvd %
predict at the present time who Is to I'LL the iu-
lnrtlnt position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

TREEEssER POLfTICs.-The Official vote os
Tennessee fCr Governor at the election New. 3
IL as follows: Porter. democrat, i03.O3l; May.
nard. republican, IS $50; democratic majority
I7.lCq. Two wears ago the democratic governor
had I3 eco msjarity. Even East rennc. zee, with
sn almost exclusively white I opu lstiOn, hereto
fore largely republic an. went democratic. EN-
President Andrew johnson y confident he will
be elected UDitCd States Senator In place OF
BrowBlow. Whoge term expires on the 4th OF
Msrch next IL is conceded that the race will
be between him and Gov. Brown.
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THE CENTENNIAL TIA PATTY.

To prevent cry nisnBd 4rEtaDding, re are re-
ueetsd 20 ztSSe thst iil be admitted 20 ths
OsEi Ol o. tie evening OF The l6 without ticseu
he pr o-'cs 81 he enIertaiEm nt after dedustiEg g
eNpeHs' = Will D. CeVsf-d 70 the Great Nation Il
C-Bts sDB1al Csiebrsii-n Of l.76. aeG be's of the
Gill feHr C9nteEnta Committees, and ali who hay
D. 90 iuyttsd 20 assist, vel the pubic at iarz
can obtain ttcks:5 81 eli tho Drug, BO <, Music
Dslisr.
The entrances will b5 the central door Of the
~ stern front aad tEe n sin eastern door OF the
Hons OF ReprCE EeBtetivos Exit al the main lt-ro
q OF q tLe SgLsJo wing All ether doors = IL be
ciO-ed. D0oTs epeU at O clock d-cIS 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

MINISTERIAL SCANDAL IN BALTIMORE
number OF perfOIs assembled at Eaines Hai in
Baltimore Saturday night 20 helr tLs R-r.
Daniel Sommer, pastor Of the Dolphin strl x
Christian church, read a stl'sment written By
him covering the charges ale ged or gro TN
morality and ministerial mis- Jnduct general Y
agsins the Rev. Alfred y. Gilbert, pastor rof & 40
Faca street Christian church. The aud .luCe ia-
ClUded members OF both Congregation, and
considerable feeling Was manifested. one Of
GibeTts friends arose sndiHteTrCpted the read
ing by prOnOuncing the statement al Infamous
lie. At the conclusion OF the reading another Of
GilteTts usI ishOReTs declared thst the charges
were WhOily false, and that the Rev. Ar. G lbert
would irigcod tine folly vindie ate his character.
Gone coPiusOD eDsUed, and at one time there
VS. every indication thst tue meeting would
wind mp N TOW. The ctergls brought are OF
cOnduct unbccomiug RRinisrer, the urOm=lgs-
tion OF fslzehcCds and OF improper tsmIh aTity
with lema'Ss- The statement embraces a vast
amount OF gossip and come direct charges on
the authority of errors who profe 8 70 have
ectual knowledge of Mr.. Gilhertis alleged fail
irgs. Mr.. GilbeIt publis, es a card in which he
denies all that is charged against him, and wiH
follow it with a complete vindcltion of big ,elf
that he declares he Is able to make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

RIAL AIHIEAL JOIN L. WORDEy. United
States navy, was heard this orning b. the
House Naval Committee ia advocacy Of pay
mCnt by the government 20 the officers aud
crew 81 the EIJtitor, vino rsuk rhs rebel IRON
clad MoTriU6c, aD amount equal 70 the value
Cf tie vessel tc-tTay 4. This would bo some-
WEtre m tbe ueighhorhC 0d OF tree million
dollars. 10 vote g9s taken ia the committee,
but there Is a aCispOsi'i0n - Te -Omm ea1 that a
sum not exceeding ei2j coo bs 4 -fri5uted
among the ottiCels and crew WHO participated
Ia Tie 6rELE ECnll Ut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF Col. LKRr's BRorH-
ER.-John Leet (brofher of Col. Leet, formerly
of Gen. Grants stlf0, who shot himself in New
York on the night OF Nov. 25 lfst, died Sunday
morning. The New York Tribune s8ys: "rhe
affair is mysterious, and the friends OF the fami
ly refuEe 10 furnish any particulars. All that is
known is that on the night above mentioned at
sbout 1880 O'Clock the report Of a p stol was
heard In MIR. Leet's room. His relatlv~s rushed
into the apartment and fourd that he had shot
bimeef with small seven shooting revolver.
DR.. c Iryw was called, and ascertlned that the
ball had entered the leI6 breast, passing In the
region ofthe heart. There are two stories told
about Mr.. Leets death. One is that he was EN-
barressCd BY fnarcial difficulties and committed
suicide TO rid tImself OF his troubles; the other
story Is that he was handling his pistol, and tha
it was accidentally discharged, lodgingits con-
tents in his lett breast 1t ie uaderstood that Mr.
Leet persistently refuoed to give any explanation
whatever OF the ect.n
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Spanish Cruiser Stops and Searches
an American NcnR mar

NEw lQEE, December 81 il- schooner
Wm. WI on, rom Turks Island, re.oTts that
or Nov yeulbtT 23d, six miles from Porto RiUO,
OF the pgsSs &c from Port Spain 20 rurk'r Island
~ Wa hove 20 by three biauk cartr .dg-s from
a Spanish war steamer. The 8 psri-b vess 4
sent oats crew along side, AMI sitter nufing
cut ;he cargo aud destination Of toe schooner
allowed ner % proceed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

TIE Goss CAsE-oublic interest in the irIal
of A. q. Coss in the United States district court
seems 10 have much abated, and the attendance
yesterday was CONF aratIvely small. Further
testimony WIS elicit-d by the government
showing the presence of W. s. Goss in Newark
in June, 1913, and that he was there visited ,
about that time, by Udderzcok. The fact OF
the recent of a long and narrow box by w. 5.
Cos and UdderZo0k, and its transfer 10 the
house on the York road. ives al gwen in evil
dence. The testimony for the government win
probably clo.e TO dsy.-Bdlt. Ga seite, I5A.
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A LIBKL SUIT in Lowell involves the question
Of how much publicity IL given In the eyes OF the
law, 20 matter written on q postal card and sent
through the mail. The defend ant wrote letter
20 the plaintiff on q postal card accusing him OF
forgery, and this defence is that, as the most
Office clerks are enjoined 90 secrecy, there wes
no more os publication than II the matter had
been sent in q sealed letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

A HEAVY DEPALCATIoN, amounting TO about
5000, has tSen discovered in the a counts of
he financial agent of the freight department OF
the Pennsylvania railroad company within the
plstfew days, in Plttsburg. The agent has been
in the employ OF the company for the pc II ffteen
yeai1, and eDjOySd d the utmCst confidence of the
IffreTsof The road. TIE looks were found 10 be
'oITect, but 'he c ,sh balance Gems OF - have
been on hand. 1t is stated that the deficit will
be mcde go by fis boncsmen, and no proeecu-
ION will 2 mace,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

CAFTIvK WRITE GIRLs WITH THE lSDIANs.
The st. Louis Globes TOpeka, KanSss, special
Says informal HIS been received from GEN.
Mics headquarters, In Wicheta, that the two
ecer German girls sisters OF fhs two little ones
recently rescued from the Indiars, are in the
baI ds OF White Birds band OF Cheyennes, aud
y scout has been sent 20 white Bird's camp TO
treat TOR Tie relefse of the cRpfiNea
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1A flock OF 10, COO sheep arrived st Omaha
on the 18th ultimo, after travelling 400 miles In
As days. They were the property or Mr.. Perea.
by whom over 600 eWes-not a black one
among tbem-were hEddled together, the move
Dent Of their cdies, ss the sun shone across
the esR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

TEMPERANCE RrsrAUIANTs.-A large pub
lie meeting wes held last night at Mt. Vernon
M. r. church in Baltimore, under the auspices
Of the Maryland State temperance alliance and
the ladies temperance ac-ociation, for the pur-
ICSe OF aueurating a movement ID establish
temperance restaurants in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

ChCEcH SECESSION In BALrIxoRR-The
troubles which have prevailed for Some time
LIST in the Ere ldway Me bod st Protestant
church, Bal.uore, have culminlrsd in is vol
un',iy severance liom the Maryland annual
"onfeIer e. A preamble and rc-olutions ID that
effect were unanimously p-->ed At q full meet
-embloa in the lectarc-room Of the church last
niuht
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ANOTHER BLOODY MYsTERY.-Nesr Nashua,
N. H, where q woraan's head wac found last
fuesGay, officers have disroverSi a chemise
marked 'Mary Walsh, {" stockings, q valiss and
Other articles of c'oshing, stained with blood.
The skelt1n OF q horse tx 70 q tree, was found
clue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

COME AND WITNESS

.TOSET'S
NOEBERSUE Il aHlE lEhSTATTDH5
He CO. tTO's ens Of The gsrst werfGl MeiiuE15 in
are Va, " for d iElu~' raliaH . {
eflEI1 UALIcM BY PHYSICAL NANTES
TATfUSS
The following are JCne e the tests thai u-UlIiy
tFk- Bls. IN or euce u this SedtuH: Table rs, ?
80 fSet- az tO4ts III uiid air; Spirit Hauas srd
= .s- are pialHih tF6n R3t IcCDgu a by their
ace AS, a GOItar - Diaye1 passed a-ruld she
''' q l. he inSl-itls rpwer; flowers b,Uus %
eIp > --' O. = aatiauc- by ~aads gtlinlJ u,
.ir sTF ruI <, 1r play ed aud ~tner tht8gs
. 'rl.'IR ra5ur" ttEs pisCs while the M ion
So -Ufrt- tGI ant h-li BY tWO peTs Chosen by
'te tud'el c" No Pc. soa has ever yc' been al4 %
e OF hsEeCEH thi- M dIu;n ms. tAe tni5es.a
- No>lh 1t take place, Tn coat - AK -B II
tGr N 10 - e-d "ts trgr rhs aud -Gc" sTJtlirrt
y tii' tn VI. GiUra / seCUreiy hsLrCuf O. Sc las
"' ctCtEstd frtesGs y" Eivr iy In pres
'Ece Il The whole su6ieEce. This il l-vly g.. ei-
CI'f NJ dlum the"aiy "i.e ~ this COa,try who Can
n CGce Spirit Power in A. IIshr.
=. WaNREs, MEDIUM
There will he = Scare 1T
q Z IN NALL,
Sfh re-.. b -r. u ard r str-sts,
NkDEESGAG AND THURSDAY EVENINGS,
IL tsmrrF3 cling g. = c'Clsck
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MIxRD SoEooLs-How 1T woExs IN NEW
ORLEANS Yesterday, At New Orleans an ef-
fort WIS msde 20 introduce Eve or six coloref
girls a. pupils into the upper high school OF that
city, which resulted In the Withdrawal OF over
fiffy Of the graduating Glars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

Ewomen are eligible in st. Louis for ths
position OF street lamp lighter.
@There is q vide spread impression now
that the earthquake, about which the New
nothing but the reverberations OF certain blss.-
ing operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

LADY FRANKLIN AND TIE NEW ARCTIC Ex
PBDITIoN.-The Dund-e Adversieer announce
on authority that the reward Of s2000 offered
Gcme years ago by Lazy Franklin Tor the re-
covery Of the Official records OF her husband q
expedition still holds, and hat over and above
thst che viii be prepared 70 remunerate any one
who may succeed in recovering them for any
outlay TO which his research may put him.
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District 8 GaiIs I'm Congress

In the Senate this morning Mr.. Mitchell in.
troduced bill to incorporate the Mutual Protec-
tion Fire Insurance Company, of the District
Of Columbia. 1t namt7 Ss incorporat9rs Wm
Sl,ckDey, Wm. Ballantync, John 4. Given, y.
W. BUTchell, j. q. HaIkneSs. Ciinf1n Ilovd
JAS. V. A. Shields, John Wilson. Augustus r..
Perry, John Ii. Semmos, John a. Stewart.
Robert .. Fox and Il. ii. Warner. The amount
OF c.-pI ii stock is not indicated in the bill.
THE DISTRICT DEBT.
NT. COnkliDg's bill introduced in the Senate
to-day with reterCuCe > fGe District dsbt AZ
thoriaes the Secretary OF the Ire Jury - cap g
10 he Issued slo,CO,OC0, or so many bonds, rot
exceeding that amount, - may be neces sary
hIOwn ss the four per cent DO nds of the UnIt:d
state; that said four per cent. bonds shall be
eXcLfnged at any time within one year etter tn a
p" age Of this act dollar for dolIar the differ
'>ce in interest to be aiusted by the Secrei a ?
CT Treasury 10 he amcU ut, and 1or the follow
ing Gle sea of b. ends:
Cist1 act Of Columbia DeJk.-Permanant inn
Ptovt ment six FER cent. "oin bonds, 81 coo D
due July l, 1891; do. do. per cent, do do ,
sIs0,Ot9 due July 1st. 1881; water stock bones Of
1T, 1901 and 1908; market sock bonds,
sl53 GO; Chicago Relief Bonds, 800, ,O05
Sslxiy-hye bonds, ,SS,OC0,GGO Funding
loan bonds, 81, ,150, ,CJO, do. do do 6 per can't
coin, due November /. 1882, si,Ss 5Icp; ,oIn.I
school bonds, $4,000; Georgetown steam
toTce-pump bonds, $500; tofll, sI6,Sr5, ,GC0.
Ci!y OF washington debt per cent. s;ock,
Oh; 1apeake and Ohio caDal stock, sis Sr1:
water stock, $50, ESQ; ten-year bonds, sS5l, ):
three and hye-yelr certificates, Emery bonds,
s2.0 800. TOtII, SHIP 500.
City If Georgetown DeGs-SiS per cent gem
ersl stock, SlS2,sC0; eight per cent., $50 OOO sax
per cert. tounty stock, So, GOO; six 3r cent.
market stock, tx, 500.
The bill provides that the difference in inter
est between what the United States have t. paw
on the sis, Geo OF four per cent. bonds issued
by tbtm and the amount they ere entitled to
received on the debt OF the District OF C1lUn,-
bia, Washington and GeOrgetoRn, tlken by the
United States in exchange therefor, the sum OF
s|OCO0 Yer annum Is plSdged a9 q sinking fund
, re applied toward pay ment of principal OF
the Sl6tI0,Ct0 OF debt; that the secretary OF
the Ire :ury is directed to invest said S200CJO
iu said CnitCd StItes bonds for the Dis
tIict OK Columbia, Washington and George
town debt whenever aud 10 long as thew
can be purchased at or below tleir
tee value. Whenever sIid debts clnnot
be UUrCbescd at their par value he may in rest
a l'se amount in purch sc OF any Of the funded
debt OF the Uni'ed Sat-, which inv. -tmsnt,
s. III be for 81 king fund, with which > can
eel 2rtiOn OF slid lSf@Qf. J Of touds. v tn
boIcs OF I'd District aHd elites, irOm tfDs -
tine, whenever he cen DO D at or tslog thsir
face Va!ue,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

ETbe arrest of member OF the Germ an
Reiebstae has caused an unusual sensation and
the deputies have unanimously united 10 de-
; -maBding his reiease because of the irvssio of
privilege. Even Bismarck may find 1t Is easy
to 60 too far.
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EoR BALLS AaD PARTIES.
MADAME c. BASTIEE,

.BF, IN BaifimCr-,l
ks EleaaUTe iUtst ming ths IIzdiSz Of Washing
Ton ttst she he's # this taken charge OF tae
HAIR DEPsRTMEEr AZ CH4s. BAOa'5 AID
being exrvripT G ] IN this business fIr the IA.
tae . ysars guarantees fun sa.sla5ti0a in HAI
IkEsSIhG, II HAMPOtISG, AEd CUT ING
CRILDREh'S HAIb aid B z / ID rs HAIK
DIE >sIhG so' cjaliy. Lad es will b- attsads 3
T. IN their own houses by lPaviUS tn ir ordeIsat
CHAS. BAUA'5 CJrs-t FACTORY,
dCCl5 &c. 7ih street
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DECORATIONS IN THE ROTCNDA.-The De O.
fatiors for the Totunda Of the Capitol for the
centennial tea party tomorrow evening are
beiES rapidly pushed to completion under Mr.
W In. r. Schleble, decorator, or Philadelphia.
Ibsre Will be thirteen tables arranged in the
circle zone Ter each of the thirteen rigtnai cJI
Ohit-), over each Of which will be placed a
hAnCs0m9 banner having upon it tts coat OF
arms OF the colony represented. There are also
TO be banners for all Of the states ranged around
ihe walls, which will be prOfusely hung with
nses on al nations. The work will be com
plsted during this forenoon when the ladies' will
take charge.
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Hing kAaiak 3ua.

HIS TECLrT IN BY ThK p EsIDBNT ; DAY.
kirg Kaiakaua arose bright and ec-iy this
no urng ard 'yel,Dg We Y much he tc- sitsT
- OF NIGHTS TCsS. Although the Kings cOndi-
Ion Is much improves lis physicians Ghipks il
wCuld be decidedly 'mprudent Ior him to ver-
,ure out ai,er right during the present severe
sEeIl h. We the.
During 'Ne mo ming his meiesty's cough was
% very t'OuhlC on hat il " ) puC artaa ~ ,
whether be '7Ould - able D make his off al
yis.t - he VIM EOU :, nut at a little Al :r II
O'Clock he sHHOuE. tsat he iolt b3tT 3r, ID
sent woId - the President t"Ct he would be
hsppy - ply his RESP scfs gt 9Ty t:me hat
YOU'D suit his IDyenIence CsT II o clock. In
- ply The Pre- ,ldeHt cent word that ns 5pld he
Ilea>Cd TO receive bIs ns je y between ore ari
rwOO'c!Ock.
at 2 O'cl, ck the King and his PAL = arrived at
The Executive austou, and were met ON rle
month pOTtico hy Secretary Fish, Lledr. Colonel
Fred. Grant, and Bieuts. Hooker and rOttsn.
the latter ia full uniform. Secretary Fish re-
'eIytd tbe King and escorted him , the vcS.i-
hule Ct the Executive Mansion. The President
met him at the door OF the VI stibule. shook him
cordially by the hama and bsde hiIn welcome
Heant1 by the President and the kjug, the
pL.ty then moved into she Blue Room. where a
eneral Introduction took place. Ali the men,
beTs CT the Cab net were present. The int.r-
view v 8s brief, and at its cOncu-i0n His Msissty
and ~ retired 10 their hotel.
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PRRsoEAL.-The following are registered at
W'llaTd's to-day: Hon. Thcs. A. Scot, P. r r.,
MI Green, secretary; Hon. j. o. wbitehorse,
\. /; j. s. Fullerton, st. Louis; Robert
SqueIs; \. Y ID. NJ. Boyd, ir., Phil, 1elpaia;
+. ID. May, Philadelphia; Hon. r. L. Wood
bridge, Vt; j. w. Besttr, Pa; j. w. Graham,
Canada.
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N,
Canada
PETITION OF A New YORK HOLDER OF Dr..
TRICT BONDS In the Sensfe this morning NJ q.
Conkling prccented tue pc .t.On OF n. A. Cow
drey, of New York city, praying the enactment
OF "A law authorizing the Secretary OF the Trees
nIy 70 tsSue TO him ard other crcdirors Of the
District OF Columbia and Washington and
Georgetown Z, bonds of the Uni, ed States bearing
four per cent interest, aud ruDuing 80 yelrs, in
lieuof the certificates Ofindebtedness heretofore
Issued ~ tbem by the BARD OF audit create by
n act OF CoDgrS:5. Petitioner repre- ents that
the Only subtraction he can get for his indebt-
Sdness are 3t5 bonds, and that their guarantee
Is 20 vague and indefinite mat capitalists and
and in in some instances bankers and
brokers decline 70 lend money upon their
hyI othecatlon: that their market value is be-
low 40 per cent; that compelling a creditor ID
take 10 per cent of his debt is rot payment of
the same, and in the cese OF petitioner is over
10000 less than the payment of bis debt
q. A. WKTMoRR, ESQ, well known here as a
Washington correspondent or the Pacific coast
press, arrived this morning frem San Francisco,
having been delayed In making his appearance
by Illness he has organized association,
styled "1he Western and Pacific News Assoct-
uoD," the Office OF which will DO to collect and
transmit by telegraph and mail news of special
Importance TO papers published west of the
Rocky Mountains. The services of Mr.. Joseph
Irwin, commercial editor of the San Francisco
Ezominer, journalist of high character and
aollty' "no Is oHc Oi ming haifkaua's party,
has been secured to assist In the Washington
service Of this association. Besides furnishing
general telegrsphic reports for the Pacific
papers. the special Washington correspondence
of the Alta California, San Francisco Erening
Post, Territorial Esterprise (Nevads), Oakland
Daily Meas, San Diego Daily Union, and other
California journals, will be furnished under tie
special superintendence of Mr.. wetmore. An
agent in San Francisco Is engaged TO prepare
and furnish telegraphic reports of news per-
tanning to the Pacific coast, the isles of the
Pacific and the Orient, TO eastern journals
requiring the same. MIR. Wetmore has estab-
lished himself during the past tvs years in this
city, as the representative of leading Pacific
journals, and has won good reputation through
his work.
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AOPiPfE.

Among the pleasant receptions yesterday was
that OF Mrs. Waite, wife OF the Chief Justice,
who received alarge number of visitors. Chief
Justice Waite has taken the haadSoms resi-
denCe of Mr.. Bancroft DAVIS, ami his wife ably
sustains the reputation of the mansion foT ele-
CANT hospitality.
Mrs Judge StrOng's parl0rs were filed with
guests all the afternoon. Mrs. Strong was as
sisttd d by tue Misses Strong.
- Mrs. Judge Hunts pleasant receptions will
he missed this winter. Mrs. Hunt has rsc-ntiv
lost = sister, AM Ler house Is closed on Mon
uays.
- MIS- Judge Richardson in January VIII re-
GIVE on Mondays. instead of Wednesdays,
which has hltt ertc been her rece uti0n day.
Mrs. Chapman COiemau, dau ghter OF the
lstr JOhn j. Crlttcnden, arrived in the city Il
few days ago, ana with her two chirming :
daughters viii spend the winter at tue National
Hotel ar.. Cole mans Goa Is secretary OF leg l.
ito AT Berlin.
-Amorg those calling yesterday were Mrs.
aud mIss Jewell, Mrs. Sen.t1r Sherman, Mrs.
Cusi msu Coleman, Mrs. Ashton, Irs. Juis
WyiIe. Mrs. IL. y. MUDsn AID. Mrs.. Gene al
hcketts, Mrs. Redeem, and iu1rt of the ta.h-
Ioraties whu:s rCceP' On day il not Monday.
The baZlr which closed Saturday night
i!real.ze ovfT "A thousand dollars to the Chit
dien's bosp ttl. There wys an .rmcnSe cru~y,i
az atienuauCe. II quI's r.val~1 the teI pGlty
which Viii axe pa, t. mOTrOw evening".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15
COMEBIxs FBANOAIsEs AND HOP.

Doors opened at 7s3O O'Clock; performances to com
mCEce a. s, Dsnci3s ~ TO-
Tickets for sale st Ellis ard Eetzerott's Music
ORES; PBil p's, sOiOmS 3 and BslISntynss BOOK
-, rss- and Brad. Adams. declI-5t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-15

TIE HOUSE, POSTAL COMMITTEE this morn
irg ssrecd to TIE bill introduces IesG scion by
Ma. Platt, Of New York, inCrCc sing the l!gr;es
Of the -tm - sIs at the Cts n relua, -,-
named a, ioiiOws At New YORK, Ss C. }: Phti,.
dr iPh'a, 6CCb; l.. 10, $500; Chiga.) .aqr
II LCu'-. $500 each; Brooklyn, Baltimore, S4f
t-ic' co, and L-nCiDr Itit, $3.50 eaca, With
= prov, nat such .l'aries al be paid from
TIE monies received l.om box rep+s. saI~s o.
IostaSe stamps, and Other ioUrc-. il exceJs o.
ne expendituTcS.