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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02
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tional Capital.
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TIE EVENING STAR.
TIE WEEKLY STAR.
WASHINGTON. DC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

IRE OLDEST INHABITANrs' AssoCr.-
LIZ .Aet yesIcTday afthrCOOr. Dr. : Il
BltEe IN Tire chair, and Mr. III FsIby 80, -
t1Iy. a Telc!ul!On WAS adopted tl4I IN COZ
sequence OF the small number of nemhaTs
AZ tue c4Iy tA- election Of Officers Tor lac
ensuing year be postponed uutiI rho NJ,
ItsuIdr meeting o. the first Wednesday nm
septembsr, anc that tire marshal OF the So
card of the time and purpose of saIa N, aim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

THE HoBoFFN ELOPENEST.-The myS-
terry surrounding the elOpement Of Lieujen-
ant teTInau Nrye1buTg with Emma Land
nlark, al hubOken, was solved Yesterday
The parents OF the girl ina ,in / that the
pair mad gone TO Germany, but the post
brought them letter stating that they were
married and living with Mr.. Charles Frey
OF NO 20 rang pm street, Philadelphia. Tue
Year leave OF absence from ms regiment,
accorded TO Lieutenant MeyeubUrg expired
yesterday, and he is now CONSIDERED by his
government a. q ieserteT. Tue pSir. it is
taid, vii! soon start for FTaukfOr. On the
Main, 10 obtain the >SO,dG0 beqCeathei to
hllIl. lie IS the eljeSo son of The family and
al Inc deatn OF MS father viii be million
air. Il. ,. (IarlLI
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BILT. Captain EntwisIe. VIII lev. e. -
for Point Lookout and Msrshall's On Saturday
night at clock sharp, ana every Saturday there
aiItr' returning Monday morning at clock.
Fare round trip ) 7 80.
For state rooms, &C, inquire board or Il W
II. NilkeniDR's =, 300 9TH street 4 iue Iru5s LaLd
VIII accompany every excursion.
FAMILY EXCURSIONS
every Monday and Friday nights. Leaving 7th-
street wharf AZ go . H., returning at lU:3' Fare
q cents.
The steamer can be chartered for excursions.
iS20-if
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

IHE ARLINGTON EJECTEEST CASE
The case o. Lee agt- kaufman et al-the AZ
!hStOI e. ctmeHt suits now pending in
ut = circuit court for Inc eastarl. district
OF Virginia, and a suggestion has been fiIaI
oy tne Attorney General that tie govern
heht = IN possession Of the property md
iitIe o. record. aLu Judge - lilouglby sua-
cial counsel for the United States has fiieI
a motion to dismiss The case, which motion
mas Deen set fOr he3rSay on September 4'Fl
II Is expected thar Culef Justice Waita VIII
near this cause. Judge Robertson Of Char
lottesv!Ile, ami F. l.. Smlth, OF Alexandria
appear for tie plaintiff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

E0r All B0yel Affections ne pB. McOABEr
1.DOA LID bLACKB8RRY BRANDY. Is b
guaranteed 20 do all that Il claims
1or sale q Druggisfs and 0rocers, and wholesale
Sx ~, =; SOv16 eoFasr Aosth OsDit0i and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

A CORRESPONDENT who has been study
ing political economy sends US the follow
ing:
"Now look here, let us make this thing
general. There are lots OF people besides the
railroads who are making too much money.
Look al this:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

The SCHUETZBN FEST was continued YES
ieruay and last evening. On account of the
increment weather the crowd in the evening
~, - no, so large as usual. the prizes for tie
auIeS shooting were awarded To MeSiames
u' hHesen, JotU L Nogt ard z Eng rg
LIZes were awarded 10 gentlemen for ma
sShg ths most huliS-eyes on Tuesday and
Buschman, F Kramer AM {, Ian OF PsIti.
more; W. FsndneT, Louis Beyer' Charles
Eoel. EiWard SbneT AM John l. IJppnid Of
this city. FI'o-H5 u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

NORTHERN FETTLERS. number OF
families from Michigan have recently pur-
cha> Cd farms in the vicinity of Peters burg
and become citizens of Virginia. There are
some eight or ten of these families, all gooi
and worthy citizens, who express the nselves
much pleased with our soil, climate and
people, and who Will prove an acquisition TO
our population. We gladly welcome them
10 our section, and are pleased to learn that
there l. a prospect OF considerable more i'm
migration from Michigan. Our lands are
cheap and good, and offer great inducements
10 energetic, Industrious settlers peters
tItrO Ia , IHlCf- df5negg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02
YOUNG PEOPLES EVENING EXCUR.
SIONS.

SIONS.
The Barge COChAnE CITY will give select tx
cursions ENEBY WEDNESDAY N
EVENING during the season. leav- 8 : s. 4
ing her harf AT clock 2. IN .se<scrr<7zsEl<ss
SHARP. returning at IL clock remaining al Mar
shall II ali 81 minutes each trip. Music and Dancing
Ticket, % cents.
81 Regular Sunday Excursions for Ladies and
Children, leave at ~ and return at O'Clock
Tickets, Is cents, Children free.
Freund In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02

lighting Of the street lamps al I.05 p. m,
extiuguiSh ing ri y r. m.
From j. &. Parker We have the New York
paVers in advance Of the mails.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-27
The Yel1o~.tone Hay Contract.

140 0u0WSt00o nay contract.
Our Buford correspondent explains
why it cost $3.50 per ton to land hay
At the Yellowstone posts last wintor,
and in our opinion furnishes = very
good reason Why the Yellowstone con.
tracing company, Ar. c. K Peck and
associates, should be paid for the hay
and wood they did furnish, instead OF
having all withheld because they could
not accomplish that which it was i'm
possible to accomplish. No interest
of the government can be subserved by
Withholding just dues from those who
have served it faithfully, or in oppres
sing those who are in no wise to blame
for failure to perform their obliea-
tions. In closing this business, the
destruction of grass by the Indians and
by the troops, TO drive off the Indians,
and the necessity for On ;cort which the
government could not furnish, should
be regarded. and It should not be for
gotten that the contract was awarded
so late in the season. that compliance
with its terms was Impossible for that
reason, IS the result proved. Before
it was let the writer expressed
the opinion tina: q uan would get left
who would touch it, even At one hun
dred dollars per ton.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-27
BISMARCK.
Writen Down ~ the City ef tbs
Northwest,

"Kuhamah," who has beer, writing
80 glowingly to the st. Louis Globe,
Democrat, from the Northwest an do
ing our country simple justice, has ar
rived in Washington and is writing
gossip" for the great St. Louis paper
In her Introductory letter, sne makes
the following opening:
Leaving Dakota with its pure air,
bracing cold, and live people, and com
ing to this forsaken portion Of the
Ststes," one experiences cbsnze aud
realizes more than ever the difference
between ''o1t West" and down here"
Bismarck, when last seen was Il IsbIng
under the light Of winters sua, horses
were prancing along impelIed to Iivsness
by the keen sir, and Its inhabitants,
lost to sight III their bufslo coats ans1
fur wrsppings, strobe around with an
infinite z-st in the mere fact Of their
living. Soldiers, Indians and Black
II ;Iers aided little more 70 It's mi
mated scenes, and with its many at
fractions it is place one is 10th to
Ieays, once having beon there. Twes:y-
four hours by rail to st. PssI and
twenty four hour to Chicago,
brings Bismarck i3to such close com
with these two ceDters Of
the universe, that it must soon loose
its claim to be called frontier town.
This new metropolis Of the Northwest
is the livest town within oar borders.
a I'd with = hand free from bTibes or
real estate, write it down as the city,
now and to come. Happy be the in
babitants, prosperous Its future, and
great let its name become in our land.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-27
baby and through his wife, causing the
deat!, of bo,F, in few hours

baby and through his wife, causing the
death Of both in few hours.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT,
at Yankton, on Monday, the jury in the
libel case against the propnetors OF the
Dakota Herald for publishing libelous az
ticlcs againt Governor Pennington brought
in verdic1 Of guilty.
ICE WENT OUT
Yesterday from the Minnesota and from
the Mississippi rivers above the falls.
Steamboat excursions were had here
yesterday and to-day. The farmers in
this vicinity are still blowing.
SUSPENDED.
Sr. PAUL, Dec. 27.- Meter & Co.,
Wall Street operators, suspended yester-
day. The members of the firm were re-
ported wealthy but it is suspected they
kept up appearances by rehypothecating
securities left with them as collateral,
and their customers are in a flufter in
conseq uence.
BLACK RIVER,
Wisconsin, loggers are bringing down
drives hung up last spring by low water.
At CENTRAL CITY,
Colorado, yesterday morning, the house
of Thomas Terrill was set fire by un-
known persons and four Inmates, Mrs.
Terrill, two boys and hired man were
burned to death.
Its. RUcKER AND TOuREYS,
sixth cavalry, nave returned to Camp
Barre, Arizona, from successful chase of
Indians into Mexico They destroyed
Indian camps and recaptured horses,
saddles and other stolen property, inclu-
ding mails.
SKOBELOFF
with two regiments Of cavalry. and artil-
lery has occupied Tragon, commanding
pass of Balkans.
HUNDREDS
of the Turkish sick who were abandoned
when Pleyna was evacuated died before
the Russians reached them. The latter
found also thousands of unburrjed bodies.
Plevna is described as vast charnel
house, with horrors surprising magma
ton. s...
is invested and its] bombardment has be-
gun.
EDWARD TREMPY
went to Pearl Saloon, Deadwood, yester-
day, quarrelled about missing money
with Kitty Sparrow, better known as
s'Tricks." The quarrel finally resulted
IN shooting Trempy by 'Trieks, the
bali striking the right cheek, passing
through the back of his head. The wound
is considered fatal
FRENCH REPUBLICAN, PAPERS
continue to assert that coup-d-eltat was
preparing during the recent ministerial
crisis. Troops were under orders to
march and officers resigned rather than
take part in the expected movements
Other officers who demonstrated have
since been suspended. MacMahon is
thought to have been ignorant of the plan
which was to have been sprung by the
ministry had he resigned.
GOV. DREW,
of Florida, is in Washington to get him.
self out Of scrape. His son-in-law and
partner in lumber business has been ar
rested for stealing timber from govern
ment lands, and Drew, though not IN ac-
tive partner, is in danger of arrest.
UNOFFICIAL REPORTS
from ElPaso county say the regulars were
called to assist in the arrest of members
of the mob which shot Howard, agent of
the salt company. Resistance being Off
cred two persons we're killed, subsequent-
ly two of the persons arrested were
lynched by Texas militiamen.
FARMERS AT MUsKADo,
on the N. P, celebrated Christmas by
plowing.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-12-27
DETECTIVE PRIDE.
Special to tie Essmarcf Tribune.

of Memphis, imagining he heard burglars
at his window Sunday night took pistol
from under his pillow and attempting to
cock it discharged it the bullet passed
through the body of his FIVE months old
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
A Man Who Never Told q Lie.

Yesterday afternoon an old oil man
with crude petroleum dripping from his
clothes and legs inclosed in high boots,
entered the Derrick office and said:
"Want an item %.
"I've got the biggest item you ever
heard tell on. l struck an lie well on my
lease Monday, an she flowed stream of
lie one hundred feet high straight up for
half an hour. Then she kinder died
down-one of my drillers was standing
over the hole, when she suddenly
spurted up again, and if it didn't take
that driller right up with it. The stream
was powerful one, you see, an he went
up hundred feet. You've seen those
little balls as dance about on the top of
those little squirting fountains such as
they have in the cities Yes, waal that s
theway this ere thing acted, an there's that
air driller right up on the top of that
hundred fut column of crude lie, an he's
dancin' about like chatf in tanning mill.
What do you think of that un?"
"How long has he been up there? ?"
"About four days and four nights"
"He must be very hungry by this
time. Doesn't he come down to get
something to eat?"
"Why, we 'uns just put plate of hash
in this stream of lie, and it takes it up to
him, you see. An it's mighty handy, as
he finds his victuals already creased, an
he doesn't need any butter. "
"But he must have frozen to death
before this time"
"Why, man, we've sent him up on the
same stream, bed and bedding, a small
stove an wood. an we're goin' to build
him a small house, an then he can live
there as comfortable as prince"
His face was as innocent of deceit as g
piece of tanned leather, and whom he
asked to have his name put down as {
deadhead subscriber for information he
had given we didn't have the heart tc
hurt his feelings by refusing. oil CITY
Derrick.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
A Prairie Minuet.

Charles E. Whitehead, in the course
of an article in Scri6ner, says {: One
autumn day, watching for ducks while
ensconced on a muslrat house in the
great Mendocio marsh, which extends
back many miles from the Mississippi
river opposite Clinton, I noticed some
objects moving ON the summit of a
knoll. By careful watching discovered
they were prairie-fowl, and, moved by
curiosity, carefully approached them.
AS 1 drew near 1 discovered fifteen
prairie-fowl apparently dancing minuet.
They were scattered about on the short
turf, twenty yards apart, nodding their
heads at one another, and presently two
would run out and perform the figure
which in country dance is known as
"cross over and back to places" all the
while uttering a soft note of 'coo-cooe, u
the last syllable being much elongated.
Then would follow "salute your part
ners" and "dOs dos" This scene of
merriment was sustained for half an
hour and until shot from neighboring
gun caused the birds to run into the tall
cover of the weeds. The bright sun
shine of autumn and the conspicuous
group of native birds impressed the
scene wildly on the spectators mind. A
neighboring farmer to whom the circum
stance was mentioned, said:
Yes, them same birds skye around
there mostly every day."
The other varieties of prairie grouse
indulge in the same kind of amusement
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
Sound Sleep.

1t is wonderful how much may be done
to protract existence by the habitual res
torative of sound sleep. Late hours I'M
der strain are, of course, incompatible
with this solacement. On this topic DIR.
Richardson says it has been painful for
him to trace the beginnings of pulmon-
ary consumption to late hours at Gun
earthly balls and evening parties" by
which rest is broken and encroacbments
made on the constitution. But, he adds:
eff in middle age the habit of taking de-
fcient and irregular sleep be maintained,
every source of depression, every latent
form of disease, is quickened and inten-
si6ed. The sleepless exhaustion allies
itself with all other process of exhaus-
ton, or it kills imperceptibly, by rapid
introduction of premature old age, which
leads directly to premature dissolution. !"
There, at once, is an explanation why
many people die earlier than they ought
to do. They viol~te the primary princi-
pile of taking a regular nights rest. If
they sleep it is disturbed. They dream
all sorts of nonsense. That is to say,
they do not sleep soundly, or for any
useful purpose; for dreaming is nothing
more than wild, imaginative notions
passing through the brain while hall
sleeping or DOING. In dreaming there
is no proper OF restorative rest.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
BE Something.

Man was not made to rust out his life.
1t is expected he "should act we'll his
part" And is it not the duty of every
one to assume some part as actor on the
great stage of life? Many think they
can vegetate, as it were, without being
anything in particular. This is a great
mistake, and one very common; man has
work to perform, which it is his duty
to attend to-he must be somebody. 1t
is principle in the creed of the Moham-
medans that everyone should have a
trade. Is man to live upon the wealth
acquired by his ancestors Is he to pass
through life as an automaton? AS q
citizen of the world has he nothing to
perform? A man who does nothing, is
useless to his country as an inhabltant-
he is q mere cipher, he does not fulfill
the obligations for which he was sent
into the world, and when he dies he has
not finished the work that was given him
to do. He is q mere blank in creation.
Some are born with riches and honors
upon their heads. but does it follow that
they have nothing to do in their career
through life?
Be something. There are certain
duties for every one sent on this EARTH
Ion Z live ike IL uerlnlt allet ule uh-
gretted.
Be something Don't be drone.
You may rely upon your present posses
sions or on your future prospects, but
these riches may fly away, or other hopes
may be blighted, and if you have no
place of your own, in such case, ten to
one you will find your path beset with
many thorns. Want may come upon
you before you are aware Of it, and hav-
ing no profession of any kind, you find
yourself in anything but an enviable
condition. 1t is, therefore, important
that you should be something. Don't
depend upon fortune, for she is a tickle
support, which often fails when youlean
upon her with the too greatest confidence.
Trust in your own exertions. Be some
thing. You certainly have part to act,
and the honor in performing that part
depends upon yourself. Everyone is
capable of learning some cart, trade OF
mystery" and can earn competence fol
himself. Children should be taught to
be something; to know how to provide
for themselves in case of necessity, and
to act well their part they will reap the
honor that therein lies.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
EIenhantS in q OnickSand.

On the river Ganges, says a military
journalist, there are many quicksands /;
and during our expedition somewhat
distressing scene happened. An ele-
phant incautiously y came within the vor-
tex of one first one foot sank, then
another and in endeavoring to extricate
himself, matters became worse no por-
tion of either of his legs was at last visi-
BILE, and the bystanders had given up
the poor animal as lost /; being, fortu-
nately, unusually powerful, he three
several times, with what appeared to all
supernatural strength, drew foot from
the closely-clinging earth, placed il
where, by sounding with his trunk. he
found the most solidity not until the
third time did the ground bear his pres.
sure, when he gradually released him.
self. During the whole period of his
troubles his cries were exceedingly dol
orouss, and might have been heard
couple OF miles his grunt, when the,
were at an end, was equally indicative O
satisfaction. The internal application
OF bottle Of strong spirits soon dissi
pated his trembling rand restored hi
equanimity. Many unfortunate ele
plants are lost in these treacherou
sands, when large quantities of grass o
branches OF trees are not at hand to form
an available support for them. After
certain time the poor beast become
powerless and the owner can onl
look with sorrow at the gradual disar
Pearance of his noble animal. an
lament the peeuniary loss he thereb
suffers, for all human aid is tutiI,
tney have been known to be, twely
hours before entirely sinking. ~
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
The COnYict,S PET.

A convict in the Richmond (Va.
penitentiary has rat which he has
tanned and domesticated until he will
come to him when he whistles, and
follows its master about like a dog. The
little animal sleeps by the prisoners
side at night, and will never be away
from him longer than he can help.
When the man goes to his work in the
morning, it matters not what portion OF
the prison lot it may be, this faithful
little pet will certainly follow and re-
main-near him. The animal knows al
of the prisoners, and does not exhibit
the slightest fear when any of them ap,
proaches him, but will dart away int
his corner in his masters cell at tho
sight of any one who is clothed different
ly from the inmates of the prison.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
ELK COUNTY, PA. THURSDAY AUGUST g. 1877.

of veteran soldier. Then the watch
fires are lighted, and the GOODNESS of the
air becoming more intense, groups as
semble around them, listening to some
story of an old soldier about former bat
ties fought and feats of valor achieved,
and dreaming about the future which
lies in store for us beyond that river
flowing through the plain before us.
One hour later-and all is quiet /; only
the drawling, sleepy cries, Slooshai !
(hear) of the sentinels disturb from time
to time the profound stiffness of the
night. All these are pictures and i'm
pressions, the remembrance of which,
as have said above, will never die out ;
hardships and dangers shall be forgot
ten, but that quaint, wild and pathetic
poetry of soldier life will remain one of
the fondest memories of my life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
The Instinct of Mosquitoes.

An exchange says: The mosquitoes,
it has been discovered by learned pro.
fessor, are possessed of great powers of
observation and penetration. Down at
the seaside we notice this fact ourselves.
When big trunk was landed from an
express wagon into the entry of hotel,
the nimble insects usually made for it
and crawled through the keyhole for the
purpose of taking notes. If the clothes
within betokened that fat person was the
owner, the mosquitoes would stay within
and be carried up to the room, where
they would lay for the fat person until bed
time. If the garments belonged to thin
person the insects would pile through
that keyhole in double-quick order.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-09
Florida Snakes and Mosquitoes.

They do occasionally have some mos
quitoes on the st. Johns river, Florida,
and sometimes they are SO ravenous as
even to interfere with the religious
meetings. During the late session of
the presbytery at Palatka a minister,
while occupying the pulpit, was SO
forcibly attacked by the mosquitoes
that he was compelled to pronounce the
benediction and dismiss the congrega-
ton rather hurriedly. They became SO
numerous that the ladies could scarcely
protect themselves wi h their fans, and
even the lamp chimneys were stacked
with them.
The Sumter Adpance contains an ac-
count of the destruction of rattlesnake
nine feet long, and the crawling forth
from her mouth of eighty-two Juvenile
serpents.