Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-20

ard SEQ -four and truck barrels per weak,
leaving out his tight and sugar barrels. He
would probably average 800 -four barrels per
week, and of This number he might get 21l
u 10 Use for -four. Those imperfect barrels
are put UndercOyer until an Older is received
for -four barrels, when men are set to work
repairing them Il is found. then, that rats
and reaches have been in them, and that
they are dirty. Sometimes q little flour is
SITinkled in them and the filth covered over
lie worked on some barrels about two
months ago that had been slowed in n stable
and were very unclean, and these weT3 re-
paired, Sprlnkled with the Hour in the bot
tom, ard then let go as fit for packing. The
TilleTS did not know anything about it. His
object was 10 keep the road clear at The mills
Tor The packer and not spend lis time IN in
STeCting barrels. The speaker was working
at the present time with Mr.. Ridgeway max
lnS new barrels. nuf would TeiteTdte before
nm What he had said 10 tie committee. II
the members of the board had visifeI other
shops than Mr.. Ridgcway'S they woui have
probably found a different state of affairs.
IleCCeS not end ali the Old, dirty barrels 10
Noriolk' many of them are fixed up for flour
barrels. and others used for truck. In most
instances Mr.. Ridgeway does not know the
condition OF The barrels coming from his
place, IS he trusts 10 his wOrkmen. Some of
them certainly 20 TO the mills dirty, and
they are % surely packed with -four. The
IlillGTs lay great stress ON the fact that their
- ne IS ON every barrel turned out at their
mills. That is untrue. rs they only brand
tieir name on the best -four they mauuf.c-
tyTe. There are many grades OF Hour that no
one can tell hy looking at the barrels what
NIL. u came from or who made il.
Mr.. BreEmcrman said that Nj. James 8.
v CicI- the We4.-kEOWn flour merchant, aud
ms SUCCESSORS at tie mills, sided with the
CCC{-T~ in This matter.
Gr. E!i,- desired 20 know if the use OF seq
CEc-ra.d barr Is was hot allowed what eject
= would have on the cCruering trade?
Ny. ETeUTcTnau thought il would in
crease the manufacture of new barrels be-
tween thirty thousand and forty thousand
FER annUm.
Or. Bliss desired the locations OF some Of
the cOcpeTing establishments, that lie might
personally make an il EpeCtiCn.
lie was furnished with several and 1T the
same time told that he would mad the best
and cleaHeSt barrels placed 70 he fro.t now
and 7 would continue that way until this
trouble had blown over
BUILDING AssOCTa TIOSs.-The second
annual meeting Of IL Metropolitan .BuiId-
last night. The following officers were
elected for the enSCilg year: " iIliam Dick
son, president; JObE Cook. vice president:
James F~aSer. treasurer: John \ Prescott
secretary; NJ. Il. CailaE. l.. e.. FCkIoT l. O.
Thompson, G.. II. Wool. J. Il. Edison. r. NJ
I'-Wclier. j; ". Wallace. William r.
Browne and William NJ. White director
IAs report Of The secretary s"ovs Treas
uTtTs receipts. sol - with treasury
oNrrITaEn, ~i..;rc.1Jj; disbursements
>-',l55--l. AdNdf re arCnuct-TDtal az
vaucod on LIS : res. SlG1 SaI.Gg advances
reTald, On 90 81. .eS. - SifeJ: arlouut now
~. Nsuced o. a. .t@reSs - ,Sii-C0: dues paya-
l.
q tai share o. lD.I. 1e',, actual W Ue ofeach
snare, ito, average premium iJf the year
~fN--. p-E cent pTOiIt male per stuIun. 70 g..
Ter cent. The report concludes as t,,fo.ys.
The nominal value OF Cdcn STARE il 500
less &C. Isr cent. CT Slln-Ictu3l value. Vhe
number OF shares how holding advance :. 49,
recOue,, II their actual value 81. 100 towilfci
aid ~S-'i&-ret balance Of assets. = per Ie-
IoIt. making Tie total OF aSSers 80 To-. di-
N.usH ~ is"s. nun Der OF shares nD- o. tn
ro-i to- n, WoTld' show the present yaIue L
= . +.
and above tie amount pad in"
THE PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAx Ass0-
tLATIOS Ia evening elected the Fl!IowIuy
C+.CeIS for lie eESuIns sly mon Ic - y
tl2.Irsn. president; J. I. Power. J. c. John
sen, J. - i "yIe, vice presidents; Jas. Cross.
reCGrullg secretary; W. Burke. cOrreSpnDd-
III secretary. Committees were a,uo,T .,.'f
IS follow s.-ENecUtivC-F.I L. Griffin. sam
re- Houston; r II. Thomas, K. J. WoOJburT.
> !. DC'y, FlndnCe-H. y. COUau-n u. d.
sli-, son, William Plat Political NFae.~s
u. y. Myers. chairman Lac.art, Wallace.
Prison, LipI!ncOtt, HaEAC.. Jaquette. Rover,
DtH&Ttr SSeen, HaZen- SWAMI, CyDiius. j.
". ShOTS. Yeager. EiugSblrt- Slnr,.s-,e
M2ther, Blair, Catucart, GregE. I:ghb. Short
thompson. Grant, M!Iiar. Resolutions a.
-eItd ~ Mr.. SHisslcI we're adOp,eI uua,Ii-
MouSlE iudOISiIg the sc ION CC The Uuior
republican COugreSS.O-sl committee i'm
making political Assessments. aud calling
Tor tac appointment o. "a couIiafttca To con-
Slst @ one from each department to call
upon al. P5UuSE lyJsIGE~ and solicit vOIl,u-
tary contrIhu;ion#, % De used for political
purposes ID Ike state OF l. .uusylvlafs in the
interest Of the republican party.
ATTEYPTFE SUICIDE oFA PooRWo,fAE-
4 Case joEH, C.sts,'. .,'sfl,g " tie CsdrisuJ1e-
Last ul9ht poor Co.oreJ woman. named
I6tSy MOzee, living Ia slaaty I'm Dranar'S
aIiSy, hetEeeA lt'I and 18Th and b and c
streets southwest. &Jtelnpf 1T to commit sui-
eide by drowning hers t. at the I2th-street
WialI while tailoring under temporary lit
OF insanity, brought on ~ the sudden death
q -.
Was terribly Ei4H-let i- a circular saw IN
Tie nil-l OF Draper q TO-, where he WAS
employee S+ .atorer. causing his death in a
EGi EeGF a.terw2rls. Tlis woman j. LEFT
IN i've little chi laT-i3- ard. in her destitute
condition, tsC teaT that they will die or
starvation has driven Eer ~ distraction she
lie, previously attofgpfeE SelfLcs tructiCu
aE4 last night was fastening towards the
river TWO separate times to drown herself
when caught. Tie last lime Lieut.. Vernon
took Ler 10 She lst precinct station-house
Where she was ioobcd ~ for safe keeping.
THE GFRMANIA SCHUETZFS FFsr nj
Gales woods, at the head OF New York ave
nue, commenced yesterday. Capt Bauch.
j. a. Seller and Mr.. Wheeler made tue great,
AZ rest. The prize bowling, in which about
forty competitors participated. resulted as
follows: The prize OF SO, for the largest
number OF ten Strikes, to George n Eis6er
who scored five. The first prize went 10
Fred. Schmidt, second TO George Fisher,
third TO Louis Baier, fourth TO H. Grover
man. MIN W august SIKH 10 Geo.
Schulz, seventh 10 George Bradengeiar.
eighth 10 Henry Xander, and ninth to Mr.
FueTsinger. Besides the shooting for the
crown to-day there is of-hand shooting and
bowling for valuable prizes. The prizes for
Octing and the kings crown will be con
ferred this evening.
THE MARYLAND SIXTH REGIMENT COM
iNT.-The Baltimore Gazette, of this morn
II says that the 9Th regiment NJ N g.,
&c 'larence Peters, will on Friday next.
Tue = INST, leave Camden station Balti-
more Z ~ Ohio Railway, for this cty in n
sPecla5 n az $40 O'Clock a. m, numbering
aOoCt $50 1skets and accompanied nv their
iuIi band a! drum corps, numbering fiftv
with Capt. Hoffman leader of the band a,;i
Drum Major Hrffington OF the drum corps.
Tie comm and will march through tn street
NaSi ington, 10 the steamer Arrow and prS,
coed 10 Mount Vernon. On the return of The
command from Mount Vernon to Washing
ION they Will be received and entertained hv
The Washington Light Infantry.-Ban. Ga.
zC'te, CON.
THF ANALGAMATED CARPENTERS and
JOiners Association met at Mechanics mali
last night, ID. A. Brannon. the president in
re chair. and j. Z. Mcmahon secretary.