Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-08
The Arlington Hotel

the number of rooms for guests 10 FIVE hmm
dred; Mt; Corcoran has become convinced
lnal washington needs a hig hotel, and THAI
the Arlington Hotel can be made the Filth
Avenue of Washington. The present hotel
onlldins IS series oi dwelling houses joined
together aud built up. The new portion
OF the building will contain the hubble
oftlccS and waiting rooms, which will
be at the corner of street and Nrrmont
avenue. looking out on the handsome McPher-
son square. The carrying out OF these plans
will give 10 Washington the great hotel ~
long needed. The location II nut he brSI
possible, but there il no likelihood oi a grand
hotel being built in any more convenient
locality. The new Riggs House has reduced
the business ot the Arlington considerably,
ana MI Corcoran finds IL necessary - do
something 10 keep up the reputation of his
property. Still, the Arlington Hotel does not
io>e one valuable section uf its patronage that
ls, the railroad lobby. Jay Gould early I'm lhe
season transferred his hcadquarrpT,S' 10 tha
Riggs House: hut he has zone hack 10 th,,
ArIinSton, and around him rally the railroad
capitalists and the lobbyists who are here
LOOKING alter their interests. and rryiDr la oh
lam favorable action from Congress Gould
may be seen IN the lobby of the hotel any eve
ing. Ills small, SnakN eyes will peer AZ you
out OF their corners. and YOU may hear his
queer Nolce-a sort OF a drawing Snarl-Which
is as unpleasant 10 the ear a. iSthe face of the
man 10 pair ot honest eyes. I'm cOmp.ptp con
liast 10 him, 80 far as appearance goes isC T.
huntington. of California, the twin manager
OF the tranS-contlnental line with Gould Hun
llngton Il tall man, broad Shouldered. with
we'll developed head a pleasant fara and an
Hoh-GraN heard.-l Wash. Cor. BOStou Hsr0f8
IN THE DUEls OF THE STUDENTS of IN
herman universities cut or thrust that draw
blood IS usually considered a sufficient Atone
nent ior wounded honor. Two students i'm
lhe university II Huntsville, Ala. Who fought
last week, did not follow the custom of the
German students. w. w. AlSlon and X. 4
Harrison, both AlabamianS met with pistols
and fired eight or twelve shots at close quar-
tiers. Aston was wounded i'm the neck and
shot through the heart, and Harrison Was shot
through the shoulder and arm. Wounded as
they were, one of them mortally. they tbrew
down their pistols and grapped. ASi0p lived
but few moments after the affray Accord
ing TO the account of the Alabama newspaper
they were both brave young men. " hut iu-
dlcious parents viii feel inclined 10 withhold
their sons from the college society of Such
brave young men.-l ". y. San.
LITTLE MAGGIE'S FATAL LEAR - Maggie
Burns. pretty child of L.. stood on a nick,lt
lence that bounds the front yard of 4 cottage
AZ 18th street and llth avenue. on "Wednesday
afternoon. Little Willie Clancey had iumped
from The fence over low paling INTO the door
yard, and told Maggie that she could not beat
mat Jump, Il will" Maggie replied. and,
swinging her arms to get an impetus. She
Sprang forward. One foot caught between the
ncketS and she fell. the paing striking her
breast. Willie and little girl who stood by
laughed. SuppoSing that she was In fun when
She iell. she got up and walked into the
houSe sank IN a chair. and said I've hurt
my breast. Then she became unconscious
and soon died. She had broken several ribs
and ruptured blood vessel.-IN. y. san, sth
THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEG ,TFs have
instructed their finance committee 10 report a
blll 1Or the exchange of the bonds OF tile stale
10 ohoiderS ol coupon and registered bonds the
ponds 10 De given in exchange 10 be registered
or coupon (but the coupons not TO be- Tecaiya-
Die IN payment of any dues To the Siatpl Ia he
non-taNable, and having fifty years To run and
nearing not more than &65 per cent Interest
The exchange not 10 be made until three
iourIhS OF the holders OF the taX-TcceivabIe
bonds shall have agreed so to do.
A TEACHERS SANDER SUIT.-Adelaide w
Smith has sued David Bennett and Adam B
DenySe. each for $500 for alleged SANDER
She says she was expelled from her position as
school teacher in New Utrecht Ivy tile false
reports OF the defendants and 10y their obtain
ing signatures To a petition falsely charging
hef with neglect of duty and improper conduct
as a teacher. The defendants say that baiug
parents they merely did their duty The case
came before Judge Lawrence, yesterday, on
motion 10 change the place OF trial To Kings
county. Judge Lawrence reserved his de
clsion.-LN. \. Tribotre, Jth.
BEECHER's NOTIoNs OF SPIRIT IIFF-Nr
Beecher preached SpiritualiStic sermon Last
Sunday tie said: THE air around me is
peOpled with SpiTitS-with an invisible life
invisible Ia our bodily senses, but TO be seen
with The eye of faith: and who shall say that
the spirits of our departed friends do not
Sympathlze with us i'm our struggles and trials
OF earth. We think this earthly life is
real, but the spiritual life is the moSt real uf
the two. Here we have no abiding place. but
the Heavenly Father has prepared for ms a
new existence where all VIII be peace"
Miss r. NJ. J. COOK, a young school teacher
in Holden, Mo, has brought suit against the
school board for $1,000 damages for being sum
mariiy dismissed from service. Her offence
was delivering physiological lectures 10 girls
in which she diScoursed on the evils Of tight
laclng, as affecting anatomical structure, and
the hygienic rules best calculated 10 promote
health and tit them for the duties of maternity.
Some of the parents of the pupils were horror
stricken at this innovation upon the eStab-
lShed curriculum, and, having decided that
Miss Cook was no better than She should be-
/ procured her discharge.
"ONLY BURY ME BY LIZA's sSTDE''-There
was negro marriage i'm Talladega, Ala. a
fewdays age. and few minutesafter the cere-
mOuy had been performed rejected Suitoro of
the bride threw his arms around her neck and
IN the presence OF a number of persons infiict-
ed upon her eight or nine Stabs, from which
she died almost instantly. He then mounted
the court house steps and proclaimed: Il done
il hang me, or Kill me just as you please only
bury me 10y Liza's side. II RusSeH Register.
Fatal HORSE observation-disclosures 5. Stry-
ker, farmer of GrayeSend, L. l., has, within
a week. lost four horses. including a Jrottiug
mare, valued at Sl,000, by a distemper resem9
bling that which caused the death Of 20 or 90
horses in Brooklyn car stables about months
ago. " T. Sun.
AN ENERGETIC MOVEMENT is being made
Tor the transfer OF the Indian bureau 10 the
War department; and, strange To tell IL has
the fay6r of the powerful combination of I'm
dian contractors and iObbers who have al
ways heretofore opposed such transfer The
reason OF this change of front on their part is
that the Interior department. and the Indian
bureau are now administered by Secretary
SchurZ and Commissioner Hayt-twO men who
have laid heavy hand on cheating plunder
and all manner OF abuse in dealing with the
lndians.-G Phdd. Ledger.
The GREESBACK PARTY has developed suP
prlslng strength i'm Maine. At the recent local
elections its candidates carried several towns
and defeated an election in many others As
IN New York, the party Is the refuge Of all the
dissatisfied voters in the state. They are not
so particular about having more greenbacks
as they are about securing better times. AS
the Old parties have failed TO give them what
they want, they are trying their luck with a
new One-[N y. Tribune.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.-The Anchor line river
steamer City OF Chester was burned at Mem
phis, Tenn at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, with valuable cargo. Two lives We're
lost. AT Spartanburg, Pa, yesterday morninp
every business house was destroyed, Including
the Masonic lodge, the post Office and depof
The loss is estimated at Sl00.OO0 The fire is
supposed to have been the work of am incen.
diary. The fire originated i'm the store of w.
nj. Jacobs, and he has found it necessary to
seek The protection OF the authorities 20 avoid
threatened lynching. as he is suspected of the
iheendlarlsm. Not store or business house