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u H. WARMER, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF ATWO-STORY FRAME
HOUSE-NO. 1871 ELEVENTH STREET

BY virtue Of deed of trust to me, dated -
May IL, 1874, recorded in Liber No. 76l, TO a.
lilo 1853 enc OF the land records for the county FL;
OF Washington. District Of Columbia, shall sell.
ocock on 'front.' a Aiu 9be pSemses e.
numbered thirteen, in VIM. Wallis subdivision OF
and thirty -fve, with the improvements small
frame hOnSo.
Terms Of sale: One-fOurth cash; balance In six,
twelve and eighteen months after the day of sale,
with eight per cent. per annum interest," to be So
cured by deed of trust Oh the property. All the
the terms are not complied with In ten days after
the day Of SALE the property will he resold at the
risk and cost of the defaultng purchaser. after
FIVE days notice, to be published il the Evening
ane1s-d BUsHROD ROBINSON Trustee.
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r H. WARMER, Real Estate Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES sALEOF TWO-srORY FRAME
DWELLlNG-No. al n STREET NORTH.

KENNEDY,S REAL ESTATE OFFICE
~ oldest In the city.) No. $50 16tk o.
BUY, sell and rent hrst class Property.
Money Loaned on Real Estate.
Money safely invested.
Property Bought ana Sold on Commission.
Rents collected, taxes paid and Insurance effected
without Charge. fvI0-1V
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The MODE OF RECOGNITION AMONG ANTS
The combat and communications of ants ara
among the most interesting and mysterious
phenomena. The Rev &. III. Met pnN has
given an account 10 the Academy oi VA uraI
Sciences at Philadelphia OF some cXNe.l GrntS
he has made 10 determine wha il the .lude OF
recognition among ants. He has stuCiej the
pavement ants lTsirgmOriHW pitlnll,
which he has observed engaged in continued
combat for oven a fortnight, the warriors be
ing only the workers or ueuters There l. no
diStinguishable difference between the ants Of
the fighting parties, Vet they rec1gui a each
other infalliNly as friend or foe. TIL y c'Il-
lenge all corners with their antenHp: il tey
are friends. they pass on II foes they straight
way nterlock and IAN to-. Sometimes many
ants are congTegated agdinSr one, which is
being torn limb from limb. Mr. Mo- snk sur
missed that recognition was based upon GER
tain odor emi,+ed by the resp i've factions.
He found that if they We're enyelaped in an
odor of eau de cologne, while not al al d.
prived of activity, al. became harmonious:
those who wee previously engaged in battle
unclasped c2e another, and they went on for
several day amiclbly feeding, burfowiBg,
and building. The same experiment va, tried
on the carpenter ants, which behedd n ir enc
mics; their hostile proceedings were not
stopped by eau-de cologne.
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1910 GREAT 1910
ROUTE
JUNE 10TH. Is

TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST,
Double Track, Steel Rails. Splendid
Scenery, Magnificent Equipment.
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BANKERS.

S25, $50, 500. $500, $500
The majority of Wall street houses and men are as
honest as their neighb0rs and many OF them havea
world wide reputation for ooundae6S Ano honesty.
The old house of ALEX. FROTHIN6HAM d
Co., Brokers, IL Wsll street, New York, ts enti-
tlsd to absolute confidence. They state that an In
vestment OF about 500 M3de recently return ed
over u, 900 IN less than 90 days. Send for their
circular, free.-lEsO York Express. mar7-eOtr
A MEMBER OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE
IA will ecute orders for the pur chase OF sale OF
StOcks. Bonds and Gold on moderate margins.
Commissions S each 100 shares. Sock privileges
negotiated On responsible parties only: Correspon-
cence solicited. Henry Merriam, Member Am.
Mining and Stock Exchange, IS Wall St., New
York. Reference, d. &. Manyan, ESQ.,. President
National Trust Co.. New York. tan1
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STEANERS FOB NEW YORA
GEBILAN LLOYD.

EOUC6A1PT0N AND BRHADE.
The steamers Of this Company yin sail every Bat
street, H0Hossn. Rates Of passage: If&EA
From New York 30 Southampton, Lon ~Ae447A
cabin, $50 Eoc; steerage, $50 cnracy. FOR frei9h1
or passage scDiy TO OELRlCHA 4 CO.,
Ap1-6m ] Bowling Green. New York.
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THE NEWEST BOOKS.

THE NEWEST BOOKS.
McPhersOn's Handbook OF Politics, 1878, forming
vol. of the series.... "a 90
nsen beI - 80 17b
Ems !ish Men OF Letters, Samuel johnson,
LU,ie stephen. ............ Is
Legacy. Miss MulOck. Observation-Disclosures. 1.6O
Margarethe, from the German, Mrs. Wistsr.. l.60
in the Wilderness. Chas. Dudley Warnsr.... rs
Pauline and Other Poems. Gordon. .......... 1.25
A Trip up The VOlga. IS
he Witchery of Archery. M. ThOmpSon... 1.60
Voyage of Paper Canoe. Bshsp. $50
The Exile. & tale OF st. Augustine. Francis
Play Day Poems, Leisure Hour, Harper Libra
ry Of American Fiction and Franklin Square re-
Ceived as soon as published. CROQUET at cost.
SOLONONS CHAPMAN,
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFT8RNOON.
ESON BROS, Auctioneers,
TRUSTEES SALE OF UNIMPROVED PROP
FRTY CORNER OF EIGHTH AND

ERT1 OUhN Lit VF EIUdId AND a
STREETS NORTHEAST.
By virtue OF . deed of trust bearing dateSoe
the 18th day Of 81, August 4. p: 1878 recorded
records of District Of Columbia, and ut the written
request Of the party secured thereby. we will
premises. on FRIDAY, the 3Oth day Of August,
ID ls1S; at S:So o'clock p m, all that piece or
District of Colu mbia, and known and designated
as Lot No; l. in square No. 896, according to the
original plat or plan Of said city.
Terms Of So e: One-third Of the purchase money
In cash; and the balance in six, twelve and eight
cen months, with interest from the day Of sale at
trust on the property sold. A deposit Of 500 win
be required at time OF sale. l. the terms are not
serve the right to resell said property at the risk
2ncng At purchaser 8 cost.
PHILIP +. LARNER, lrrr.taos
au1b-3taw2W CHARLES T. DAVIS, I Afu0'oo0'
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"ASH. b. WILLIAMS, Auctioaeer.

VALUABLE BUSIN E5S PROPERTY FKONT-
ING ON SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN
G AND STREETS NORTHWEST, BEING
On MONDAY, September 2, 1878, at $50 -
O'Clock PM, shall sell, in front of the pre-
misses. part lots No. and 8, In square 454, IA
having Fl feet front, containing ,882 square feet,
with improvements.
Terms: One-fifth cash; balance In enc, two,
7per cent. per annum from day Of sale, and Sc
cured by deed Of trust on property sold. All con-
veyancing at cost Of purchaser. 500 down on day
OF sale. aug16- eo1w, ed
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POYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
GraHd E1tr0ordJxary Dra,ct,so. Seose
Der 4th, 1878.
ONLY 1S, 600 TICKETS.

First Capital Prize $500, 600.
,ss g. 8 'Ds s:ss and
w. Whole tickets go: hall. 40: quarter. 80;
Send tor plans to
MANUEL OBRANTIA
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By virtue of an order issued out OF the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as
Bankrupt Court, dated August 10Th. 1878, and
TO me directed. Will sell at public sale for cash.
~ street northwest, on MONDAY, September
9th, 1878, commencing at 10 o'clock m, the fol-
ing ana CT o to VII Counters Shelly
CeIies, consisting Of Wines. Liquors, Sugar, Tea.
Coffee, -Four Spices, Canned Fruit, &C.. &C., &c,
taken and seized as the property of Charles B.
Humphrey.
FRED'K DOUGLASS, U. 8. Marshal, D. C.
JOHN SHERMAN, AuctiOneer. aug3O-d
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ONE LEG BLUE AND TIE OTHER GRAY
Marx 1saacs applied to Justice od, rbourg
yesterday for a warrant for the ARE st u Nose
AbrahamS, a tailor. Why asked Justice
Otterbourg "Nel, your honor II H. tor a pair
Of pants" began lSaacS. You see 4 20 TO
make me a pair of pants. He says: Il viii
make you pair for 81 Vel, / pay him - in
advance, and last Saturday pay him - more.
On Sunday morning open the bundle, and
takes out the pants, and find one leg blue
and the other leg gray. / 90 to Abrahams and
say: What for you make me two diherei5
colored legs: VEL he says you paid me g
make another leg. You come for the pants,
YOU take the bundle. you go home. L have
nothing more to say Vel, / tell Abrahams
pants. He says: Il paint the grav leg for 50
cents, and he paint the leg blue. But. Judge,
the blue painted leg don't match the other leg,
and i want warrant for Nose Abrahams.
Justice Otterbourg advised ISaacs TO begin a
civil Suit.-(N Y Sun.
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seems to be lucrative employment, at least
with the celebrated shots, Capt Bogardus and
DR.. Carver; Bogardus made 5000 by his last
fered 5000 in gold for four weeks tour in
Canada, but is obliged to decline on account
OF an engagement in England, for which he is
to receive $4,000. -
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TAMES GUILD, Auct1oneer.
will sell, for H. X. Fulton, at his store, at n
1&lo Pennsylvania avenue, commencing on &3A1
Monday, september I'd, at 10 o clock a. M fEls3
aid O'Clock p. m, large and valuable collection
If
FORFEITED PLEDGES,
and continue said sale, MORNING and EVEN.
ING, until 8ll lots are disposed of.
rms sale includes all forfeited pledges to date.
sales OF Clothing mornings, Jswelry, &C., even.
JAMES GUILD, Auct.
d. Il. FULTON. aug29 3t*
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A WAY PASsENGER,-IIe was a "cule'd
tramp" and approached Capt. Jase Phillips
as the train hauled up at Pewee. lis You Dc
captin' OBJ de kears?" Yes" replied Jase.
ye?" mo! I'm not running steamboat"
'''Zac'ly, Mout / ride StraGdle Oh de cow
snatcher to de mex landin'-Tse busted an a
long ways from homer" Get on. All aboard"
anu the negro Straddled the ''cow snatcher."
Ed. Gilligan pulled out the throttle wide open,
and the train had not gone more than half
mile before the engine cOllided with cow,
throwing il over fence into a corniieid, and
the negro after the COW. Next day, coming
down ~ Cue negro limped up to Jase at the same
cepot and said: BOSS, didn't ride fur wild
YOU on dat cow-snatcher. kaSe You see de
cow wanted to ride dar, too, an dar want
room TO- bofe OF us, so We got OF tog-dder up
con field TO TO rest. DE mex time 1
mere IN Wi frl eZe to de tail, gate oh de
wagon - hits safer. =.
I01IT nnf
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SOMEBODY thinks he has finally discovered
what kearney means by the expression "lech-
erous bondholders," which he is SO fond of re-
peating. The general SuppoSition has been
the villains who own bonds are given to licen-
tiousness. But it turns out that the sand lot
orator choose the expression ''lecherouS'
aud that it indicated the blood-Sucking habits
of the ..slimy imps'' who have put their money
in bonds
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TIE CAPTIVE BALLOON. which is one of the
attractions of the Paris Exposition, is said to
have cost nearly $l50,G00. and the proprietors
pay ground rent of 5000. The price for
Twenty minutes ascension is 81 head Miss
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress. makes
three ascensions daily. 1t is reported that
after the close of the Exposition, the balloon
is to be brought to this country
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nUNCANsON BROS, Auctloneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF FIVE TWO-srORY
COTTAGE FRAME DWELLINGS AND
LOTS AND NINE BUILDING LOTS. SIT
UATEO, RESPECTIVELY, ON II STREET,
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH STkEETS

st skzM 2F EVE 2Eb
H$54 EHsszzs&iv fi$RS II S sHHEEE
Nay 1st ,d 1879 o and d, duly recorded In Lssr
secured, We S yin sen st public auction, 81 tKs
all those certain pieces parcels Of land and prem
q ne city q = Being LOS SSs;
gether with all the improvements, ways, ease
msnts, rights privileges appearances and her
editaments 70 the same, belonging or otherwise
Lots 10, II and IL are unfmproved and front on
Lot IL being at the corner OF H and 7th streets
Lots ID. 1e. II and 81 are unimproved and front
~ Lots Of. Z, Is and % are improved by two-story
Frame dwellings, fronting on TIN street. between
Lots s. and IS are unimprovsd aud front on 9Th
Lots 81 and "a are Improved by two-story Frame
Dwellings and front on 9th street. between and
TERMS One-third cash; balance In six and twelve
months; notes bearing interest at per cent. until
Chaser deposit Of sfoo required on each lot as
reserve the tight 70 resell the property At the rsk
i've days pubic notice y such resale. u''H giving
aug,2-a o e9ss B G EXUFrMAs, }rrustees.
STHE ABOVE SALES ARE POSTPONED,
on account OF the weather, until WEDN ESDAY,
the 4th day of September, A. u. 1878, same hour
JOHN H. CLICK. )r,,,+.os
aHg30-d CONRAD KAUFMAN, Aius'ees'
10y VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST,
ID dated December Goth, 1877, and duly re- -
corded in iDer No. 876 folio 200, of the land
records for the District of Columbia and by -
the written direction of the party thereby secured
will proceed to sell at public auction in front of
the premises Oh MONDAY, September oh. 1875
at 8 O'Clock pm, Lots Nos. 160, 16l and 1872, in
b. r. Gilbert's subdivision of square No. 676 in
the city of Washington, in the District aforesaid
Terms OF sale: One third cash, and the residue
in three equal instruments, at six, twelve and
eighteen MONTHS with interest for which the notes
OF the purchaser will be TAKEN secured by deed of
be not complied with within five days from day of
sale, the property will be Iesold at risk and cost of
defaulting purchaser, after three days notice in
the Evening Star newspaper. Conveyancing at pur-
chaser'S cost. K. NJ. MOUSSE, Trustee.
W. B. WILLIAMS Auct'r. augso-eo&ds
TINTED STATES MARsHAL'S BALE.
By virtue of an order issued out OF the Supreme
Bankrupt Court, dated August Goth, 1878, and
to me directed, VIII sell at public SAFE for cash
at store No. 1854 Pennsylvania avenue, corner OF
* street northwest, on MONDAY, September
9th 1878, commencing at 10 o. clock a. m, the fol-
lowing goods and chatteS, to wit: Counters Shelly
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THOs. b CALLAN, r,n.+.o,
aul8-2aw3w PHILIP r. LARNER, trustees.

m e. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Aucti on eer
On MONDAY, September 2, 1873, at CD. II
m, will offer for sale on the premises. 10 s.j
23x10O.
80 Terms; One,qnarter cash; balance in 8. Ii and
18 months, with interest at per cent.
aug28 -d&dS THOS. e. WA&GAMAN Auc.
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FIGHT WITH SHARK.-Capt. w. l.. Pattison
had quite fight with the gray maneatins
shark which he caught off short Beach, Bran
ford, the other day. The monster was nine
feet four inches in length, and was as big
around as a. -four barrel. His jaws We're nine
inches in diameter, and alter his head had
been cut off The captain put his head between
his two six rows of formidable teeth and
thrC ugh his throat. The captain has been on
the water for twenty two years, but this is the
FIRST time he has ever known of a gray sharks
visit TO the waters of the sound. When he
found the ugly fellow in his fishnet he had
him drawn 10 his yacht, and grabbed him by
his top fin, as he expresses it. The shark was
Gecldedly opposed to this method of treatment
and snapped viciously at everything within
his reach, occasionally taking something ont
of the gunwale of the boar, and twice biting
the captains leg. Finally his capturer got a
line around the monster and hauled him on
deck. Here he took his long knife and cut his
back bone IN TWO. Even this severe treatment
did not cool the rage of the man-eater.
for, two hours and a-half afterward, when a
pine plank, an inch thick, was presented him
be Immediately bit it in two. The swapping
OF his jaws could have been heard distance
OF ten yards He lived four hours after his
back bone had been disjOinted. He weighed
considerable more Than four hundred pounds.
NelC EdCen (fonn.) REGISTER
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:. Dead on the Field OF Honor"

he terrible news from the Injected dis rictS
comes 10 Us with ore glimpse of cheerfu!nesS
ard hope-tke coGdUci OF the noble men. both
White and black. who have gone 10 nurse the
SICK. We want our readers TO stop just one
moment and look az this matter. These nurses
Who have gone out of the pure air of their own
homes to the plaeue-Stricken towns, TO handle
and tenderly care for the dead and dying men
Who are utter strangers to them. need a higher
courage than any soldier marching into the
mick OF battle. They gain nothing, neither
pay nor glory. Their victories are moi watched
by proud country for whose honor they sac
rlliee their lives. If they die, no weeping
nation will, year after year, hang laurels
en- their graves. The Howard nurse is
only mentioned in the papers as zone
OF twenty-five arriving on such a
date, or, lone of twenty" who are
dead. His name nobody knows III he falls.
his friends only learn of il because he fails to
return. There Is no burst of battle-cry or mar
tial music to cheer his soul in its last struggle
with death in the future there is TO be no roll
call OF victorious army, with the proud aus
wer to his name. Dead upon the field OF
honor" He gives his life for some poor,
plague stricken wretch, probably of less value
10 the world than himself, in the poisoned air
of solitary chamber, where there is none but
God to know. He is buried hastily in a name
less grave, with Shuddering and fear and
quicklime is thrown upon his body. This sac
iIfice he makes out of pure love to God and
humanity, and this sacrifice is now making
not by one man but by the Howard AsSocia
ton. Every one of them carries his life in his
hand as he eoeS.-I Nelc York Tribune.
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HIS SIN FINDS HIM OCT.-The San Antonio
fexas) Herald of August . says: There
was sensation in religious circles at BRYANT
on Sunday last. Rev. Z. +. Grant, an evange-
list who has been preaching at the PresbyIe-
ny MIR. Draper, from Canada, as an ex -Bap-
fist minister named George Holmes, who had
abandoned his wife and several children i'm
Canada. besides swinding the church out of
couple OF hundred dollars. Rev. G. f. Grant
or George Holmes. acknowledged that he was
the man. that he had good reasons to leave his
first wife, that he only married the second six
months after the death of the first, and that he
bad left property to the amount OF $500 TO paw
his Indebtedness to the church, the balance to
SO to his wife and children. The reverend
gentleman left Bryant the same day."
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Wads On the Law O, Notice. 30
Res kdiudicafa and stare Decisis 90
American Reports. Volume 81. 90
Wells Separate Property OF Married Women 90
samuel johnson. Leslie Stephen. 75
The China Hunters' Club. 70
West Point Tie TAGS .........................6 90
NOfton's Astronomy > 6O
All the latest publications received promptly.
We have very select stock OF STATIONERY In
all its branches.
W. H. 4 o. H. MORRISON,
Law BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERs,
augl-tr 47S Penn. 0rentSes
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

NEW BOOKS FOR AUGUST.
sanity Workers BY Canon Farrar.
Sensible etiquette. By Mrs. Ward.
The Cossscks. Translated by Schuyler.
The Witchery of Archery. 6y Thompson.
import. By E. L. Bynner.
'"fritOns. BIZ i. L. Bynner.
Bourbon Lilies. By Lizzie w. Champney.
PiIlone. BY Trans ated by Hubbard.
WIN. BALLANTYNE & Son,
au9zS-u 1873 Seventh 1t. Ss.e0s
UTOMAN'S WORDS-An Original Review
w of Whist Women are Doing In Art, Science,
Literature, Education, Industry, philanthropy,
full record Of what mon are Going to advance the
interests OF women. Eusry household should
monthly Price Der year, 81; single copies, 10
cents. Theresa Juan Lewis, Sara Andrews spen-
Ger, Publishers. Mrs. Theresa Juan Lewis Man
aging Editor, 626 Walnut street, Philadelphia,
pa aug6
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-22
important 10 Business Men.

l., ,I., c,r,,-, ,o,,,s Of ,hc south i,
ms p''h Iof fh"t! Yeas inc ""'\ vi ''."'
journals to teach merchants and Others the
hcu.G,, Of advertising. Here and there
"''">''"'"S h'' 81" ''"'" an '"''' I''-
ing business man with more foresight than
utl,,s. who uuick 10 500 the aIya,,ta Los f.
IA : P'''"'''1 VI I'i"'''' ''''' pay
has filed ITS columns with standing ads
and locals. and MS rocl,ts with III, lno-,
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-22
Democracy Triumphant.

WtHuNDIuN May l7.-lIut-r-T The
long prItla'r'L trugGh ia tho il"u-r over
fultrr'> resolution iuI 4 select committee
- eleven To investigate alleged lr,,.lr'.-
tai f'lud, 30 IiullI anal l.uu.-l..t t.
suited lu :. victory tIr the b3nu,.l' and
~ IL" adoption 81 tir Ir~nu'Irr. Hr!Io-
,,I'.r u''ubcl, who ,ru been th-rnt 81
l.li,i on Nu'.., last y +. .. TIE =, .,ut.nu
NIa r.i,t'd, Lad l.,u $50, .l.l. ,Iliri 60
H., city or had given ',u'.sr al tt ,orut-
nation e thor pairs. and to-day tirr"
N,lr rtr-c', IN ~. llou,.. fr,, from G.
tlm.llr. alliance. IT. Degenerate, l.t,1l,:.,
m'lV,.aL the Speaker. Ait'r ,aI'uu~ pr
!m.nArN movements. runpI - a cal. of
III" House. 'lr closing Of IN duu:~. tho
'~suirI Of Warrants inr aha,utcc-. none q
whom were IN the city, etc, 4 hnal vote
was taken on the adoption Of thc lI,am-
! hlr AID resolution. Not single Republic
| can had Ut, vote recorded. and hut two
/ Democratic members, Mill, Of lcNa,. and
] Morse, Of Ma. -a,l.U~'ttS, voted IN the ucg-
dtiNr. The affirmative vote was | f. and
! the lr,amhl. and resolution were declared
| adopted. Their" Was a good drtl ct youiu-
I ~'un, urroar ANT excitement & ruu. huut
! the iuhh,, h.' no demonstrations attended
/ L.. uHrt.,ru,.'t g tho result.
Nj. Stephens ~ Rot waite, a. |. vas
paired. An incident occurred over the
question If pH.r.. which ~ one i.IHr
Threatened Ia hc serious. Gprlo. ot N'r-
-In't had bacon pair'i With I.nrii L. ui
Ma>sI Nu~rft., H'u vd~ 10 ih. cats, hu,
SICK. AID when Good, stated tie fact tia;
hr had given notice to Nh Luiius Of tri-
IMITATION Of pair. and tina. uul,l the en-
cuur-,anc,, hc irlt II h> duty to vote, 4
~nc"i.uG remark that 1T vas simply a
question ot hoa"i, va, uHIc 10y Cou.,r.
.
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An Outrage.

On Monday Mr.. Stanislas Plassan,
an cstimablc gentleman and rcputa
bic merchant of this city, was arres.
ted at his Office and dragged before
Recorder Smith, hy Gaspard j..
Schroeder, one of Charles L. How.
ards pimps and private detectives,
on n trumpcd up charge OF selling
Havana lottery tickets. The charge
is an infamous lie, rs Mr.. Flassan
has no more connection with selling
Havana OF any other lottery tickets
than Howard and his brother thieves
have with dcccncy and honesty.
The purpose of the lottery company
III making an arrest like this Of u
man of Mr.. PlaSsan'S standing and
character is. no doubt, to create an
a"gcratcd idea in the public mind
of its power and influence, and to
strike terror into the hearts of all
It's opponents.
1t Is high time that n stop be PIT
TO outragcs Of this kind on the part
OF Towards swindling concern. If
they 20 on, We shall hot be surprised
to see, some fine morning, the Lot
terry CompanS's imposing palace OF
vice torn down by u band OF rcsolutc
citizens and Howard and his pals
treated 10 a short slIriit and long
rope.
In the meantime we suggest TO
Mr. PlaSSan 10 institute ut once
against all OF the parties concerned
III his arrest. "A suit for false arrest
ana imprisonment. And if Recorder
Smith, in violation OF article 9: of
The constitution, assumes iHrisdIc-
ton OF the ease, We further advise
him to bring against the Recorder
an action 70. damages. In making
this suggestion We arc not prompted
ly any ill.tcoiing toward Judge
Smith. We simply desire to see
Justice and right yindicatcd. and
We urge the recorder 10 refer 70,
read and ponder well toe above
mentioned article - o. 1 be cOnsti
tuition, and ass himself III ALI sober.
hess; whether, III assuming iuriSdlc.
ton Of these lottery cases, he i, not
actilg III open Vocation If that ar.
ticlc and exposing himself 10 action
lor damages and to dcSt.tutlon i'lom
oilirc.-N. u. B,motr0t.