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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

Tine Markets.

CAIRO, April Title Egyptian troops
nave begun their homeward movements
rom Ab1 ssinia.
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BALTIMORE, April % -OOtteH quiet sad heavy
m.ddng, l2h Flour steady and nrm-Howard street
and western super. 3sOs4t0; DO. extra, 475a5 20 /,
90. family, s7sa7 50, City Mills super, 37es4 o..
do extra. 4.50s6sO: do. BIO brands, 75as 90, do.
family, 90. WheAt quiet aud 'steady-No. west
ern red, 50al 81 Pennsylvania red, 156sl IS; Mary
land red, Malls; do. smber Goal IS; do. white,
l.4Sal 81. Oorn-sOuthern firm; western active and
neutrality-suspicious. white, 6fx: southern yellow,
64hs6S; western mixed, g.; spot, S. April,
Oats stesdy-s0uthern gsoi 90 prime, 4sas2 western
white, 46e4s; do. mixed. GAIA. Rye firm. demand
good, tendency upwsrd-S3sa. Hay firm, demand
good-Marylsnd aud Pennsylyana. Il DIAN 90. Pro-
visions quiet aud STEADY. Pork, 90. Bulk meets-
shoulders. 81; clear rib sides. Il; loose, esl1S
packed. Bscon-shoulders ssSalO; clear RIB side<,
l3al:ia Hams, l5sl6. Lard quiet and vesk-rehn ned
Htsl4h. Butter quiet aud steedy-western prime
20 choice, Sass: do. fair 20 good, 1ess2 Petroleum
dull and lOwer-erude, 7Aa7f; refined. lg4aBss
Coffee dull-Rio csrgoes, B1s .isIl; jobbine, 6sls
Whisky nominslly Il.
BhLTIsIOpE, April q Virginia SKIES, old. 50;
do. consolidated, 81 WestNa..s: North Csrolina
Sc. old, B new, s. special tax, bid TO-DAY. Sugar
active and firm, szSal04.
NEW YoRK. April 2l.-stocks active, market fe-
verish snd unsettled. Money 2. Cold, In. Ex-
change, long, ass. short, <9p. Governments active
NEW YoRK. April 24-FIour duh and Declining
Wheat dull, one cent lower. Corn dull, one cent
LoSpoS. April a. l2.so .. m-Tne rate o. dis-
count in the open market for three monrhs L. ~ per
cent which Is 5 below the bank rate OOI soils,
IS 10 for money aud the account. u. :. bonds lsss,
old, l0sx ls67s, l0sl; 10 40s, l05< new hves. l06.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

A FIFTY MILE RACE.-Neli Mowry and
trict track, San Francisco. Saturday, the
former winning in two hours aud eight min
utes. MOwry will ride a One-huudred-mile
lace at the Centennial.
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"W'Hf MUIR rEw

HAVE YE NOT BEAD THAT GOOD SUIT
~ OF CLOTHES ean he bought for 9S,
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A Card from Mrs. w. o. Avery.

WASHINGTON, ID. G, AprlI y.
Editor Of the SfdT: The statement ma ale i'm
yesterdays STAR and this mornings RepUb-
tcdl, TO The effect that Mrs. Avery had ap-
peared before the Attorney General 10 plead
for mercy for her husband, is incorrect. | de-
sire TO say that | believe the President
already deems my hos band an innocent IN an
and uDjustly sentences; but should be mis-
taken, shall, at the proper time, although
have not yet presented myself before him, be
prepared to show clearly and cOnvincingly
the claims OF Mr.. W. .. Avery TO a pardon
In the name of justice and right.
Let me ask here that the newspapers OF
this city and elsewhere be as courteous as
pc Sslble IN bringing my name before the pub
lie. The remarks thus far made are entirely
untrue, and such as will only serve TO farther
inftct my much wronged, much loved hus-
baDd, and myself in my terrible distress
The reports of interviews with either OF us
are not in our language apd tone, but entire
ly sensational and unworthy OF credence.
MRS. WILLIAM o. AVERY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

MILLIONS OF PorAro BUGs.-The farmers
In Richmond county, Staten Island, on
were grown last year, ind many places
where the soil Ia crawling with potato buex,
and they hesitate about putting In q new
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

ANOTHER SENSATIONAL WITNESS COM.
ING.-A long story comes from st. Louis,
originating with Sergeant George Prender I'm
charge ofibe signal service station there, who
was formerly public debt statement clerk iu
the Treasury department under Secretary
McCull0ch. He alleges that while he was
engaged thus In the Treasury he al scovered
great frauds; that each public debt state
ment reported money in the Treasury that
was not on hand, while the government was
paying three per cent for money TO meet
temporary necessities. He also says he dis
covered that hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars OF government money was placed 10 the
hands OF parties outside, who loaned IL back
10 the government as Individual funds, and
drew interest on IL. Prender is 10 ventilate
his sensation before the Committee on Ex-
peDditures in the War Department, getting
a ride toWashington at government expense.
THE EXPENSES OF Mr.. STEwART's FU-
NERAL.-The expenses OF the late Alex. 4.
Stewards funeral are not believed 10 be
more than $4,000. Many persons thought
they would reach from so, 900 70 s50, 900. The
estimate Includes the updertaker's bill. the
music, flowers, attendants, etc.-lN n Telc-
gram.
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HURLED TO INSTANT DEArH.-whils
i've persons were descending q coal shaft at
Browns station. on the Columbia branch OF
the st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
railroad on Friday, the rope broke. aud all
fell 10 the bottom, over one hundred feet.
Two men and boy were instantly killed AMI
two fatally injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

ELEGANT BUSINESS SUITS, OF Imported
IL Moolens, Tor only s14,
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A FINE SPRING SUIT, fifteen different styles,
"A for OILY $40,
At liable BROS.
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REsT AND NOBBIIsT SUITS ever offered in
ID sshingtOn, for ol2,
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4 IGHT Oh DARK SHADES FINE CAssI.
AT ABLR BROS.
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A BILL To abolish the Board Of Health was
introduced In the House by Mr.. Stevenson
nm Saturday
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Mr.. DAVID l.. GIFT of Missouri, formerly
chief of the mail division in the Pension OF!
fee, was to-day re-appointei to that position
by order OF Commissioner Bentley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL was on the
floor OF the House for some time to day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

REAUTIFUL ENGLISH Oh SCOTCH CASsI-
IL hERk BUSINESS SUITS, only SIS,
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To -DAY.-Iuter-
nal revenue, $3.50. is2 95; customs, s4;J,6559l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Grant visited
tie Centennial grounds at Philadelphia Sat-
urday, ard were shown through the build
ingS by General Hawley, Mr.. Goshorn, and
some members OF the b1ard OF finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

RICH AND ELEGANT BUSINESS Oh DRrSs
~ SUITS, for only tl6,
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TEE FINEST LINE AND BEST STYLES Of
IL Imported Cas-. Suits ever displayed, AZ $40,
At liable BIOS.
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OWE ONE HUNDRED VARIETIES OF
" BUSINESS Oh DRESS SUITS, SIS,
at HAbLE BIOS.
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THE WARDEPARTMENTIN vEsTIGATIoN
James G. Pitts, post-trader at Fort Rice,
testified before Mr.. Clymer's committee this
morning that his application for the place
was based upon the statement of John Tom
linson, who was a clerk for him at Putin
Bay, on Lake Erie, that there was money In
trading posts; that his Congressman secured
dollar to any one for the place. Tomiinson
was brother OF Mrs. Belknap. Witness
wanted a partner and took John Tomlinson.
Both contributed equal shares of the capital
and divided the profits equally.
The committee adjourned until Wednes-
day next, when ii. c. FAINT, of this city, is u
TESTIFY on the moth contract subject OF in
yestigatiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

~ EGULAR CUSTOM MADE SUITS OF the new
AtHABLE BROS.
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SUPERB LINE OF OUSTOM-NADE SUITS Of
- the hEest Foreign Fabrics, 81 $50,
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GIN. Comfy, of the Ohio Sid'e Journal
says, since il seems to be settled that no
man can be elected President whose name
begins with c, that Mr.. Conkling and HIM
self think Of spelling their names with a X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL AKERMAN was
before Mr.. Caulfield's Committee on Ex-
Ierditures in the Department OF Justice
this morning, and testified that he had paid
portion of the $4,000 10 Mr.. Davenport as
Testified 10 by the latter. He was asked
whether he had had any conversation with
the President in regard TO the matter and
requested time TO consider how he would
answer that question; which the committee
granted. The committee then adjourned
until To- morrow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

EVERY VARIETY OF SHADE AND STYLE
IL Of Cut N fine Dress or Business Suits, at S23,
At HABLE BIOS,
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HAEDsOME. STYLISH AND ELEGANTLY
H tlnishSc Business OF Dress suitsa at s22
at liable BIOS.
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CONGRESSMAN HAYES, Of Alabama, has
written letter to the chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee of the House requesting
an immediate report On the charge OF his
selling cadetship.
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"E ARE RECEIyInG DAILY From OUR
Factory, IN Baltimore, fresh ppliss Of those
ELEGAHT e1a CENT UNFINISHED, and a
. rINISHED SHIRTS, made OF the Best w amsufta
Muslin and TweDtY-one Hundred Linen, At the
J. W. DARE. Manager.
EIEEsT DKEss SHIFTS MADE TO ORDER
Of the very best material and In the most elegant
manner fer % Is, At the BRANCH BALTIH0RE
Shirt FACTORY, 1912 street.
nSrle-tE wv. DARE, Manager.
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TIE CHARGE AGAINST CONSUL BRIDG-
LAND.-lnternal Revenue Commissioner
Pratt has written letter TO Attorney Gene
raj PieTrepont, generating Consul Bridg.
land. formerly supervisor of internal reve-
nue. ior the fourth Texas district, from any
intentional fraud on the revenue, and rec.
ommending the dismissal OF the charge now
lending against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

Col. PIATT AND THE MOTH ExrERNI-
SAToR.-Some OF the published reports OF
he testimony OF Dom Piatt in the Cowles-
blega case have done him injustice. The
20 including pOI ton uf MS testimony shows
what were his relations 10 the parties in that
matter. He closed as follows
''This is all that | know about IL. From
this IL Will appear that / was employed by
Cowles TO appear for him in procuring a con-
tract. After becoming discontented with
my treatment, and alarmed at what [
believed fraudulent expenditure OF money,
i withdrew. i notified the Secretary OF this
that mil bt have record and considered
IL my duly 10 notify Mr.. Garfield. This is
all that did. never have interfered in the
AFFAIR since, in one way or another; never
have thrown straw In the way of Cowles,
or made any demand on him, directly or
Indirectly"
OF course, a good many OF Piatt's adver.
saries are delighted with the opportunity of
getting q dig at him, but the Investigating
committee. after hearing the whole testi-
mony, hold that his connection with the
matter was altogether credita6le TO him.
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THERE X STILL GREAT PRESSURE brought
To bear upon the Treasury Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, there being about
twenty applicants for every position, which
can be filled. Superintendent Jewell Is doing
the best he can under the circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

As a MEASURE OF ECONOMY the demo.
Gratis have under consideration PROPOSE
ton to abolish the Office OF doorkeeper OF the
House Of Representatives,, and place the
duties now performed by that officer under
the direction of the Sergeant alarms, as is
now performed by the same officer for the
Senate. By thus consolidating the offices,
the salary OF the dOOrkeeper and his assist
ant, quite an item can be saved to the gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

ARMY ORDERS BY direction of the Sec
rotary OF War, Captain w. A. Elderkin.
commissary OF subsistence, will transfer all
funds, stores and property IN his possession
belonging TO the government, to Captain j.
h GlIman, mmtssary OF So Osistence, and
thereafter transmit his accounts and returns
10 the conniSsaTy general Of subsistence
as soon a. practicable.
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SUPERVISOR HEDRICk ASKED To STEP
Down AND OUT.-By direction of the Presi-
dent, the commissioner of internal revenue
has written letter TO Supervisor HCirick,
asking for the resignation OF that gentleman
of his position as internal revenue super
visor.
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GEN. RUFUS INGALLS,, who was indirect
Iy implicated in the moth contract through
The testimony of Dom Piatt, has telegraphed
To Chairman Clymer, desiring TO be heard
He is expected to arrive here tomorrow for
that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW
That tvo or three swallows Of Prof COOKS
BALM OF LIFE will stop bad feeling after
meals. No injury debility results from Ia. Used
externally stops headache, neuralgia and vitalizes
the tired brain and body. As dentfrice IL purines
the breath and preserves the teeth In their peary
wbftepes-, makes the fsce far IS IIiiy aud rem
ders the Lody iaGdOTous. Ny reputation Is staked
1oE The uuth Of the above.
II. A. COOK,
Discoyerer and Manufacturer,
Corner 9Th and II streets.
void " quart bstiles only. Ep4dS slim
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SCHELL, the little giant OF the House, has
been reinstated. He was dismissed il is said
for too frequent Indulgence in the Kentucky
staple. But he has probably "swore off,
and viii Low resume the duty of calling the
House 10 order at fifteen minutes before
twelve O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-24

ONE BY ONE THE ROSES FALL.-It is I'M
derstOOd that Hon. Morgan Rawls, OF Ca,
late NJ. c., but at present superintendent of
the Clerks document room of the House has
teen requested TO "step down and OUT by
Clerk Adams.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05
A Treatise on Hoses.

cambridge youth, old Ryder's boy,
is the author of the following in crest
ing effusion: Hoses is useful ter draw
hacks an milk wagons an hearses an a
great many useful things. They eat
hay an oats for fodder, an don't eat up
linen busters an door mats like a marsh
goat does. A boss will kick awful with
his hind feet. Balzie Sours tried ter
hitch a close line round a mold car
bosses huff once, al the old boss k cked
him soz his folks had ter have a funeral
for him. Its fun to ride on a bosses
back. 1ngins is the best, riders in the
world. They skim over the perraries
an shoot buffalers an Peace Commits
sioners. / wish / was a Ningun. I'd
scalp my school teacher awful quick.
When a boss gifts scarf he'll sometimes
u a thousan miles an smash thunder
out of everything. A HOSES tail is the
usefllest thing in the world to keep flies
off on him. Their tails is handy to
make fiddle-bOws out of When a boss
gets sick 0 he can't do no more work
he is sent ter Wards bone factory an
made inter toilet soap an ivory an a lot
OF things. Mean mother teller throwed
a lot of red pepper inter ole Aliens
bosses nose one day, while he stood in
front of the fish market. He snorted
an run an thrOwed some fish out of the
wagon, clear down to Fort Washington.
like ter own O. boss.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05
Foreign Notes.

The Japanese are subscribing to
American story-papers. h. e.
The French executioner is training
his son to the business.
Both the Empress and the Crown
Prince of Germany have asked the
Emperor to pardon Count Won Arnim.
The Empress Eugene has pur-
chased as a winter residence the villa
IN Florence which has hitherto been &C.
cupied. by the Grand Duchess Maria of
Russia.
The visit of the son of Napoleon III
to st. Petersburg has been indefinitely
postponed. A council of the Bona
partist chiefs has advised against it.
The English nobility are very attentive
to the young gentleman.
-Field-Marshal Wrangel. the oldest
military man living, who was 80 years
IN the military service OIL the 18th of
August, received on that day from En-
peror William a sword of honor, of the
finest workmanship, the handle studded
with brilliants.
FROM London comes the report
that Mrs. Hicks, the wealthy New
York widow, who was at one time
reported engaged to Minister
Schenck, is about to marry
Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, brother of
the Duke of Richmond. Lord Henry
was recently a member of Disraeli's
government, and is personally ve,y
popular i'll England.
They have had some experience of
hot weather in Paris this summer, as
well as elsewhere. Winter continued
through spring, and then came heavy
rains, after which such hot weather as
no man living eve experienced before.
Sun strokes averaged 50 daily for two
weeks, and the hospitals were crowded
with people suffering from congestion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05
Two Persons Riddled with Bullets
One Killed.

The Atchison (Ks.n.) Champion says:
J. Ell. Ricksecker, of Sterling, Rice
County, writes us, under date of the
18th inst, an account of q cold-blooded
murder committed within four miles of
that place, on Monday morning last,
about sunrise. ~ sE Ay -
1t appears that two prisoners were
arrested and in charge of a deputized
official, en- route from Wichita to Great
Bend. One of these prisoners made
his appearance at Sterling on the
morning of the 18th, and tells the fol-
lowing story: - sH#
The two prisoners were shackled
together, and were lying down in the
bottom of a wagon The official rode
up behind the wagon, on horseback,
and shot one through or in the back of
the head. The ball lodgedi in his neck.
The other then jumped up, and while
begging for his life was shot dead with
a ball in his right temple. The officer
then unlocked one of the shackles and
threw the bodies out of the wagon.
While SO doing they lost the key, when
when one remarked, "That shackle
will give us away" The man Patton
was not dead, but feigning, and when
they discovered him breathing they shot
him again, with the remark, take
that, you--Of a." the ball taking
effect and lodging in the cheek bone.
They then dragged the bodies through
sand, burrs anu weeds about 200 yards,
and left them for dead, after ritiing
their pockets. The man Patton retain
ed his senses all the time, but did not
cry out. The murderers then took
their departure westward, and after
they were out of sight Patton got UP,
waded the river (the Arkansas), and
created quite a sensation by his bloody
appearace in u quiet little town this
morning about 9 o'clock. He then
headed a party of citizens, who went
out and returned with the body of the
murdered man.
A Coroner's inquest was held on the
body this evening.
Patton is 0 completely exhausted,
and lies in a critical condition at the
Cottage Hotel. The authorities have
been telegraphed to at Great Bend and
Wichita. Patton is now under arrest,
by authority of the Sheriff of Sedgwick
County, and is here awaiting his ap-
pearance.
Patton's story is that the man that
did the shooting is M Myers, who
is, he says, the captain of a band of
horse thieves, of which he (Patton) was
a member, and he (Patton) peached on
him. When he found out they were to
be taken to Barton County by Myers,
Patton told the authorities he {N1yers)
would kill them when he got them out
on the prairies.
The murdered mans name is A.
Douglass. Patton's father lives in Mi
ami County, Kan. Douglass lived in
Texas.
Myers is from Dodge City, formerly
of the firm of Myers e Leonard, Dodge
City. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05
FOREIGN.

The United States steamer Franklin has
oeen ordered to stop at Vigo, Spain, and
bring home Boss Tweed.
Numerous meetings throughout England
have passed votes of thanks to Schuyler, of
the American Legation at Constantinople,
for the promptness of his report on the Bull
garian atrocities.
: While a number OF officials and others
were witnessing the trial of some cannon on
the beach near Panama, recently, one of
the guns exploded, killing four persons and
injuring a number of others, among the lat
ter being the President of the State.
The United States steam frigate Franklin,
with William M. Tweed on board, sailed
from Vigo, Spain, on the 9th, and is ex-
pected to arrive in New York in about 80
days from that date. It is said that the
Government was severely censured
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-05

by the populace for ~surrendeling. Tweed in
the absence Of any treaty of extradition.
Hunt, Tweed's companion, was released
from custody upon the transfer Of the latter
to the Franklin.
Recent advices by mail from Panama state
that in the engagement on August q, at
Laschansos, on the Conca, between the
rebels and the Government forces, the
rebels lost more than 1 Zoo killed and
wounded, while the Government forces lost
200 killed and 800 wounded. The rebels
numbered $500 men,, and the
Government forces $500.
AT q council Of Ministers held at Belgrade,
ON the Goth, over which Prince Milan pre-
sided, it was unanim ously agreed to reject
the conditions of peace recently elaborated
by the Powers and the Porte. The council
also resolved that Servia should not submit
except in the event on foreign occupation,
and to fight d'Iouta'Gnce until the indie
pendence of servia, and Bosnia is secured
The correspondent of the London Times,
in a telegram from Belgrade of same
date, says, "There is much reason to
fear tina Prince Milan and his Ministers are
no longer their own masters in the question
of peace or war. If wal is continued, and
every thing points in that direction, it will
be aRussian war in Servia until it becomes
something more. 1t is believed the only
chance of peace lies in Turkeys prompt ac-
ceptance of all the conditions of the Pow
ers. Hundreds of Russians are arriving
daily. The situation is most alarming for
the peace of Europe
The steamer Lady Franklin was burned
at the dock at Amherst, Ont, on the 9th.
The first mate lost his life by drowning.