Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-24

ana IO-lHOrrOW night.
| THEATER CoNICUE.
| Jim BIudsOe," which is proving such q
success at this theater; is full Of interest and
is very well performed throughout. The va
riety entertainment is a firsf-class one and
large crowds are attracted nightly. Perform
aEces tonight and TO morrow night, and
matinee Tomorrow.
Retail Prices, Center Market.
MEAT Beef, porter house, 2Ia25 per H.: sirloin,
ried sliced d Grippe 'I PaTs, 1915 1915
9orned sel27S6 Mutton, l5a3oc; Lamb, lSaaO Veal,
sliced, . MadiinSs, IS: cut rsls; saond i%f Il
whole, Is cIt; Tongues, saso EACH Lard Sc per ID.
pair red saa S Pc: pair
fridge, sc. each; pheasants, 75s each; woodcock,
sVc each Vsnison, SOC. per pound.
Catfish per ri buDsh Ha SFS S'a pr Rei
Perch, yellow, 40 per bunch: Salmon, iCslifornis, }
is;Hs per r. MaasosE z s5se per is Lobs,sr,
s oa sspGt' c per ST9Sd Blue
EeETAsLKs-Potatoes, Irish, 2,per PIX do sweet,
SaSs5 PR ffSsss s
Ts5nirs Za49 per PIX Squash 2ai per ID; SPINACH
OK s RaiG so csch
| fRpiTs-oranges 2laI5 per dozen, Lemons. 2a5
Gra per ps pef boa
bf Tptsn L per- Gt; Gbesnut ,o. e OF
peeled d.; %; unpeelod, Is; Blackberries, 10; Cher
YORK Creamery s. Choice pl rolf sr do o. Say SsS
| Eggs. ~ per dozen, Cheese. Ela.5 10.
| PoULTRY-Turkeys, 20 per pound; Geese, coal 50
Zach: Chickens, live. 75aI Is per pair: 20 dressed
7saI GO Per pair Ducks, 75al 90 per pair do dressed
| 'oalOo per pair.
TIE FORT FooTE HoMICIDE-The trial
| OF John \. kenGrick and Robert Rogers
! pTivates company Z, "a L. s. artillery at
| Fort FOOte. for the killing of Geo. w. Moor
| an engineer Waterman, on the wharf at Fort
FOote, on the Potomac river, Prince George s
| county, Nd. came up before Judges Bond
! and Giles in the L. s. Circuit Court IN Bal
! timOre; yesterday morning. Capt Chifelle,
| an architect of this city, was the first wit
ness, and he testified that he was called
| down TO Fort Foote on business on the morn
ing Of June p, 1875. Got Off the steamer
| when II landed, and saw two men in a al
| tercation with one George w. Moor, the en-
/ glneer Waterman OF the wharf. Saw Moor
either push or strike Rogers, the smaller of
| The two soldiers; kendrick then interferei
| and got the same treatment as his comrade:
| linen saw kendrick strike Moor, and some
| thing glitteTed in his hand "a the blow de-
| scended; Moor left them suddenly and went
| wards pile of bricks; Moor came to-
wards witness with the blood squirting from
| his arm.
Major Breckenridge. the commandment of
! Fort Foote, testified that Capt. Chi1elle told
him of the cutting Of Moor; and had the two
! soldiers placed under arrest; asked which OF
them did the cutting; Rogers denied IL, bu {
kendrick confessed to have done il; told hi N
10 give up the weapon with which he had
| wounded Moor. The knife, a steel-blaied.
IRON handled pruning knife, was produced
! and recognized.
| Capt. Hcllingshead, of the steamer Arrow
! which stopped at the wharf few minutes;
Isabella Fellows, stewardess on the steamer:
| Jas. a. kenney, a hand on the boat; Jas. a
| Kirby, justice OF the peace, who ne Id the
| inquest. and VIM. Morris, cOlorei, gave sim
liar evidence, and the court then adjourned.
BoXING THE EARS EXTREMELY INJU-
| RIoUs.-Edttor StOr: AS THE STAR always
! favors the right hope you will print the
following sensible and truthful article upon
me pad consequences resulting from the
reckless practice OF boxing the ears:
The clipping sent Us by "a Boy" is as fol-
lows: There are several things very com
/ monty done which are extremely injurious
| to the ear, and ought 10 be carefully avoided.
! One OF these is the practice of boxing chill
dren's ears. 1t is known that the passage of
! especially adapted to be Influenced by every
| impulse of the air. and with nothing but tue
air to support IL internally. What, then,
/ than a sudden and fOrcible compression OF
! the air in front of IL? If any one designed to
break or overstretch the membrane, a more
| than to bring the hand suddenly and forcibly
/ down upon the passage of the ear. thus driv-
ing the air violently before 1t, with no posi-
giving away. Medical authority asserts seas
| that many children are In this way made
deaf by boxing on the ear
| MR.. PRIGG has just returned from New
! York, where he secured many choice novel;
ties. in the way Of fashionable jewelry,
| among which we notice superb Lake George
| diamonds, set in jet and gold, ear-drops at
| 50 and SO, very beautiful solitaire studs and
earrings 10 match, and magnificent tray of
french amethyst rings, set in gold, at IS.
| He has also very attractive assortment of
| bracelets, gold lockets and chains, and sill
veq, gold 10 and jet collars, now SO much in de-
ceived superb line of French gilt jewelry
which promises TO be more than ever desira-
pie this winter; The designs are copied from
| the newest natfprnS in GOLD IND This
is so well adapted for full dress purposes tina
! IL has been generally adopted. Mr.. Priggs
sore, az f5' Pennsylvania avenue, is always
attractive, inasmuch as he receives new
| goods every day, and he has already ar
ranged for splendid supply of hold ay pres
! ents.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to
George T. Shepherd and Julia w. Hays, of
| Z. q. Co., Md; jeremiah K. Knight and
| Amelia Il. Ferguson; Bernhard Brecke and
| Gesine Baumann; TOlliver Bailey and Ra-
chael Snowden; James A. Walker and Sarah
! Wardell; Robert Turner and Charlotte AL
| lens; Samuel r. y. Raub and Emma J. Ma
| teer, both or Fairfax Co., Va; j. +. Cum
minis, of Philadelphia and Fannie a. A.
| Lear Nm- Allison and Ida c. Adams; Doug
| las V. Morton. of Richmond, Va, and Car
| RE V. Tucker, Chss. III. Sawyer and Edna
Wlcox, OF Georgetown; Chas. Wye and
GeoTgianna Gross; John H; Knight. Of
alexandria, and Martha E. Scott; John t.
Herbert, OF st. Mary's Co., and Amanda
| l.. kidwel.
l FINE ART5.-One of the finest collections
| OF OIL paintings Will be On exhibition at the
| auction rooms OF Duncanson Brothers.
| corner 9Th and ID streets, on Monday, the
| 18th, and the collection will be sold at public
auction ON Wednesday, the list. This sale
| choice Christmas presents The majority of
| the paintings are from ell-known artists.
| being collection from PHILADELPHIA.
/ TRAVELLERS should not put up with the
/ badly washed collars that are sent To them
| by hotel laundries, but wear the Elmwooi,
/ which always looks well-Adr.
| Gov. CHAMBERLAIN's MESSAGE The
annual session Of the legislature of South
Carolina opened yesterday at Columbia
| The message of Governor Chamberlain rec
| Ommends the passage of a supply act, the
| enactment of a law requiring the disburse-
| ments OF public funds to be made under war
HanfS and xorlcharx