Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-07
Triumph for the Knabe Piano.

A DIPLOMA OF HoNoR-MEDAL OF MERIT
AND CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION AT
THE CENTENNIAL.
PHILADELPHIA, october q 1s76.-Messrs.
VIM. knabe & Co. have won great victory,
and they are to be congratulated. They
triumph over all competitors In the Piano
Forte Department, and have been awarded
the highest honors in the power of the Gen.
tennial authorities to bestOw. the judges of
awards and the Centennial Com mission have
unanimously decreed them the diploma of
honor, the medal of merit, and, In addition,
certificate of distinction. The reports of
the judges specifying the elements OF merit
are the only reliable opponents of their deci-
s1ons, and their report on the Knabe pianos
states that their instruments possess the
highest excellence, and that they more nearly
approach perfection than any other in power,
richness and sympathetic quality OF tone, In
ease and certainty of action, and in elegance
and durability Of craftsmanship. This leaves
nothing to be desired, and in recognizing
and commencing this rare combination OF
qualities in all their styles of grands,
squares and upriehts. the judges have acted
the opinion of the great majority Of the visi-
tors The Centennial. The Messrs. Knabs
20. have made less noise, and have been
more spariDg In the use OF bOmbast than
some of their competitors preferring to leave
with the judges the duty of determining
which pianos were really the best. The
judges were all experts, and they have hon.
estly rendered their verdict in favor of the
knabe plano. The public will doubtless
commend their action.
BOARD OF HEALTH-ConCienmed as N,as-
dnceS- DuGi Statistics &c.-At q meeting of
the Board OF Health last night, the presi-
dent, DR.. Verdi, in the chair, premises in
alley between X and 9th and K and l. streets
southwest, the property OF Henry Haney;
premises in same alley belonging to s.. III.
Howell; premises In same alley belonging to
Alice Kelly; premises No. 1921 MRssachu-
setts avenue northwest; two frame houses
and premises on B, between 18th and 18th
streets southeast; and premises No. 1921 18th
street northwest, were condemned as nuis-
spnces and their abatement ordered.
Mr.. Marbury, from the sanitary police
committee, read a report on the expenses of
the sanitary service, and recommended the
discharge Of one sanitary inspector, In order
not TO overrun the appropriations. The
report was adopted.
The report OF the registrar of vital statistics
Tor the week ending September 80, was read,
showing: Total deaths, "A; white, sc; colored,
SO. The principal causes of death were scar
letina, q diphtheria, 1; congestive fever, 2;
typhoid fever, l; remittent fever, /; typho-
malarial fever, 1; phthisis pulmonalis, 10;
apoplexy, 2; heart disease, 4; pneumonia, 5;
violerce. 2. For the same period there were
81 birfhs-male white, q; female, Is; male
colored, 20; female, a. The mortality was
increase OF population by births over deaths
was AS per 900 per aurum. Toe deaths
by classes were-zymotic, 81 10 per 1000 per
annum; constitutional, 2027; local, s.. Il; de-
velopmenial, 9.44; and violence, go. The
rate OF mortality of the white population
was 10 NS per GOO per annum, while that
OF the colored, was 439l1. The rate of in
crease of the white population by births
over deaths was 6Si per 900 per annum
Willie the increase OF the colored was 933.
COLORADO saph1res, Lake George dia-
monds, cameo, Roman gold, coral, silver aud
onyx jewelry, in all the new styles, received
at Pnge's jewelry store, No. 457 Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, near \ street.