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Doorioe Street statIon. Promoted to can,,,.
Aug. /, 1873. - N"''S'a
tapt. Jonas N. Johnson. horn In Sweden. mi.
aeas Fooruary, is NJ and i to Captau 4aS TO sf,
1875. No record Of INF charges. ' aug ~
Lieut. N. 4. Driacoc, born In Cauada. eorc,.
ter, appointcd May II, 1861, nt,l prou,utrd ="
Sergeant Aug. II, 19lB :"
Lieut.. Frank +. gerbinr, bora in Qc,monv.
brtek1ayer, appointed juno 0, lBG8. Dst" "s| "
promotion not known. u
Llout Thomns d. For, born in ireland, ,or,.
man IN livery. appointed April s, Is5o' 'po. ~
notcd 10 Sorgeant, 1865, and to Captsi1. taa9
request, owing 10 changes EXPECTED IL abs a1s oa ma
partnent.
Lieut.. Burr j. Wiley, American, cnrocntc,
appointed Dec. i. 1863. Appointed baiIili :,
Promoted 10 Sergeant, Aprl 81, ls75. AntI; s11s;
II, 1s10, tcprfmandcd for dEsobcdonce Of Or.
dcss and lnattuntlon to duty. We
rnouornn.
Frederick Eber,o,d. German. m.rcb,,.
pointed III 6entembor. igg7. md nro,nn,s, sa!, ~
Serrnnnt sinv iS71 Il nro"o,t " tp4TW,nuteu W.u 10
lin Sn1-w "' - A''~' @A' P'e'a"1 Saotalh At
Thomas +, slmmons, American. raltrooa NJ
gtnoer, appointed Nov. Q. 1850. Reprfnandsa
Nov. aD, 1872, for using coarse aud insui,nv
language and conduet unbeconlne police of.
lIecr' April 10, 1873, appointed roundsnan,
1t,a ~ promotsa 70 sorEeant April Il, 1876. Nov
Amos w. Hathaway. American, foreman
baker, appointcd Oct. 10, 1867. Promoted IN
Sergeant Sept. 10, 1865, Captain at Chicaro
Avenue Station.
pointed Oct: 8, 1870. Appointed roundsmsn
April 10, 1873. ReprimniNicd for disobedicnra
of otdose, etc., Oct. 70 1874, and TOR neglect of
duty anu sent on patrol duty July 1t, 1870. AID
third time, June 70, 1877, Tor leaving Ills post
Avcn9c Stallion.
william Ward, American, boiler-lnakor an,
pointed Oct. "a, 1870. Reprfmanded July d
, 1879-08-01
A PEREGRlNATJNG JUDICIARY.

lM,DpLEuoRo. Mass, July 3l.-Charles ".
Baker, counsel for Councilman Augustus +.
Clark, nude application ut Hlack Island to-day
to Justice Strong, Of tho Supreme Court OF tha
United States, for writ Of iabeaa CORPUS.
Justice strooE tintsEcd tho hearing OF the applf.
cation on the boat golng to Newport, and ,nads
tho following order:
Writ Of babsss corpus allowed, and directed 10
be issued BY tho Cssk of the Supreme Court bf tbs
United Status, Fututnabld bsfuFo tue forthwith nt
York. The writ tu ba directed 10 Joseph Z. Ullsry.
Esq.. United 6taiGa Marshkl for tho southern ulss
trfct Of QUO. ". STupNo, Ju4tlcs.
The nscessasy papers have been sent 10 WASH
inEtUus
, 1879-08-01
BIGGER GAME.
4 MEM DEAL ALL ABOUND,

Whflo the detectives were hoarng Ut their
fase, Alr. Doyle nnd Atr. linrrlson remained
locked up, applying the kntfc. Outsiders had
thought that tic work ol decapttat!on lind cnded
With thu sacr!llce OF tho detectives. but they
were greatly mistaken, for 1t proyui tllat tin
Topping OIL 0f d few hs..ls had only put uu csigr
upon the knife, and tat the gui1otlno lsad only
fairly commenced. The door was opened now
and then, aud lutters were being dispatched, assd
the TELEPHONY Was called Into reqaisltlon to
facilttate natters, but all tint could bu lcarncd
OF what was going OH was that designations woru
1etn. tuylted, md that the delay was un account
of Tie fntlnro to recetvo illctIl. AM0lg tho
designations askel WAS tllat Ut
GAIT. JOHNSON,
and II lio had beun inuru prompt, considerable
tl.Ao would lave bstn snyeI, fur, somehow,
untHCig cuahl at given uut uMtll ho hui tccr,
t,eaId lrou,, Which, WIS nut Until uuoutU o o'clock.
Ills answer tAu,s lIaaIly ~ loituws:
c,rA.o: !uly IT, 1s7'a-;stMo" = sn; ho"1e't E.q:.
nnnttluH Ecuesttay n!9 IL sestgH lur tue good OF
tns ao:'sc. nat hcea recu,yetE. a. y Man having
an4 nbs IL nLoW suol record tlurns my arfylc,.
iAudt RESPECTFULLY decline ~ ssnd IN miy rDslsna.
lson aud await your fnEthas acttun. Iu4pec.tusjy.
JuNAs n. JnilSsox.
Captain Tnirl Precinct.
This pcreH,ptory order fur his removal followed
Ht osi:e. al"l alun: win It catnu au urlrr TOR tu
ren'oyal Of Capt. ltooI. null i.fouts. Bsis.
uver tisr W,ros. but Ia ,so ease Nus uHr cause
elyen, nor GUILD my bu guttsa. f0lluwil,. lilcsu
gutltu solile iurl!lrr Observation-Disclosures uI!u
traus!cra. and the tlIls VI yacarles. wI.trl. nEp
glVen LcloW, Asld thus c.ldcll lle u4Y's work;
THE CHASuRs.
Tic officers now IN rslar.u at tl!e various sta
t!olla aru As follows:
FiFxt l'rfelHet-Liout. EbcFso3d promoted 10
Eapsatn J1an !I5rna thew app0Intcaj aud Aug.
, 1879-08-01

TAyLoRv1LIs. Pa, July 2A-Henry MserA
md Peter Wykoff, Of New York, havN been
spending few days hunting Tor woodcogk IN
thls part of Lackawaxcu Township. Last We'd
Mesday they Started guuntug Ia HhoholA
Township. so!og 10 tllo direction ot lia
old Milford unl Osweeo turnpike. Neacil-
ing iho pike, two uflcs west Of 8llohn'a
Falls. thry stouped at a we'll OF water
iur . drink. Az Myers took hold Of the
crank his aitcnton wus directed to b!E rattle*
sluke cullcl upon nut stone only few tect
distant. setx.ng missile 10 dealt ths reptile
fatal blow. Reaching tbs wuoas half mile dl'.
lant, tlIcy we're again suddenly halted b.
loud satti!tg. und golng atop Or two fur!tlxr
tlcy taW lying colIea upon st0nes anl stIcks
hundreds OF rattleauakcs OF all sizes. The men
both approached cautiously until withfG rcaru.
lug distaIlce. Then Mycrs opened tho aght ny
laYlng out tlvc-lootcr ut hts right, Bath struck
right md LETT, anu, at nearly every blow, rst"
tier WIS killed. The battle lasted only q short
ttne, for WlIat suakes were not killed escaocd
Into thu thtckct. As result ut the batttD thlf+
ty-cIght snnkts were killed, Sumo OF them Heas'
ustng ,curly SIX ieot long A .nuios1ty Of them
were about four tsot long. llloT took VIZ Of !l!a
!arsest bavk to u,elt boarding place. The !ol-
lowing tlaorn!Isg anutaleF party visited the place.
but they saw slx s.lakes only, two OF which lley
Killed. it IL thought there Il a large den near
BY.
, 1879-08-01
TIE RECORDS,

THK NKMOTHb ANl3 THE AVpOINTEp.
THE following, taken from thu records at bead.
quarters. will glyo sote dea pf the service doue
by lhu victims an1 tLe Yctors In YESTERDAYS
contest:
Capt. Edward Hood, born 10 New York, drug
elst, uupoiuted Juns U, 1871. Promoted to Bcr-
geant Oct. Il, 1850 Reprmanded for furnish
iDg, having, aud drluklnK lager-beeE in the
, 1879-08-01
WAR in PROSPECT.
Tho Wcstorn Union Telegraph Co,npan,
md Its Iinted NlFni, tho "Aincslcan
IIultttt

md Its IiatcI Itlvni, tho "Ainertcan
Un!un."
Special DfEpatca TO 77s 7.4ouae
srnENar,EtD, ILL.,, July 3l.-'rhc Illinois
Division OF the Jay Gould 'tAmesicau unibu
Telegraph Company" began legal existence
on the 25th OF Juls. From the papers in sha
easo tho following summary IL made:
David s. Ives, bookkccpcr to Superintendent
Chappct, Edmund Dresser, tratn dispatcher,
Jol,n N. Walker, telegraph operator, NEyen Q.
Phillips, Secretary to Superintendent ChappelI,
md A. III. Gregory, legal agcnt, all employees Of
tho Wabash Company Mt Springfield, ycrc tho
Commissioners empowered to organize tho
Company. After organization the stock was
subscribed ns follows:
D. u. lsutes, 145 Broadway, New York,
Rsda RSyia = iyss spfingas.a: SHARE: ~
Edmund dresser, ono sl.aro ~. .,,.,,,. 100
John II. Walker, one share ........ ~, 400
a. M' ufe:ofy, ono sharo ............ 100
lola4. .''s-.s. ..s.s......+s. $780, Uuu
Although tho papers do not state, yet It is I'm.
dcrstood TINT Bates, who takcs tho principal
amount Of stock, IL Jay Gould's agent. He Is,
however, Now YorK millionaire, and abundau&r
ly able to hulld d telegraph limo himself
Tho object for which the corporation Ia created
ts to build from tic Indiana and Illinois State
limo to Quincy. With lateral branches from
Decatur to St. Louis, Bluffs to Hannibal, Mars.
yll!c to pIttstictd, Clayton to Kcokuk.
Tho situation to-day Is promising OF much
litigation. Briefly it Ia this: When the Great
Western Railway Of 1850 began business It llsd
also telegraph charter. Being poor, this
charter was sold to a Judge Cation, mud by him
transferred 10 tue Western Union when be went
Into that organizations. The Western Union put
up the poles, struug tho wires. aud put In the
instruments, anu has always been charged With
the rcpatrs. As a consideration for the uso of
tho charter tile Western Union has allowed tho
Wnbasn TO put tonoperators and move ita tratns by
telegraph, do company business aud personal
mcrcial business acCrucs to the Western Unlon.
Tho organization 0f this now Company IL held
by this Western Ulion u be al, infringement Of
u,clr vested rights. Hence divers suits OF In
junction arc already fled. Judge Treat, pt the
United Stntes Court. tn Missouri, has already
held In a similar case that tho Directors OF
railway corporation cannot bind by contract
~ successors as to perpetual franchise
Should Tic other United Status Judges hold
tile same, the new Company will have no dtt!i-
Guilty IN 1nonouolizlng the Wabash Linc. But
thu Western union, owning tho wires, poles,
nild instruments, will still have the new Com.
stock, ,0o0, will nut be sufficient to build aud
equsp the proposed new line. The new Company
llas already purchased, and taauu hanl, q fargo
amount of material, ready to Put In operation
LlIe new Hue. Its projectors nro In eurnest,
backed by money und tht nbltst of legal talent.
However the contest may end, oue thing ID Ger.
tain: vast chcaponng of Telegraph business.
, 1879-08-01
Mayor Harrioon Makes a Clean
Sweep OF It.
Captains Hood and Johuaon Arc Ro-
qussted to Resign,
As Arc Also Four Lieuteuants and
Sevcn Detectives.
The Lucky Fellows Who Stop into tho
Vacancies,
Capt. Rood Dots Tot Think tho laJor Dealt Fairly
With Him.
THE DETECTIVES.


nJyM n1rrtcfvryvEe
.u,.-n -. o.r.v
yca+or,ov ~. a aota.d,, or,,,,,, H.. r,o,,o-.-
and ,,, ,,-o,n,.o5 o,,1,,,, m, ~ anti, q, ha,,a
como ,,th ri, f,.., T., ~ t...n.. .r...
thin, wo. ca,n, an,, reacooi,to ~, ,ho on,,1fo
hnt tnstdo tho ~ ~, III, IL r.~,s oos .a~.
vo. cnn.t,1o,.;,,n .vo,,.,ro,,, ttt.-,o-, -or.
rnshtuo IN md o,,. ,o,.ro,I,,e a,r. ,r,s,,ro ~
mn, frn ,ri, .,tn.a,hor Tia ,r,no ~. un,,.esI
Evcryhn1v wna ont1clnatnr tho occnrrc,co NJ
something on t,f ,bo ordinary run. and. for
nnr.. m ma va. d3snnnotntcd.
n,,r,u, t},e pftrrnoon Tia Movor .vo. c,oae,c cd
with Can't. 1,nnnnc,l ou1 arx,,n =, r,oy,c
nrnc,,,o,lv tho ,o,fer .r,, +boro m. oyo-v tnd,.
ca,,on that .ono,l,,rg ,,n,sno, was ~ ort.,r.
-'"s sua'otu'ns a4u'ua vas ~ oe."'.
the Superlatendcut's private office, and thero
unao ,onoraI ,,tr +, r,,1,,o c,rcio. NJ m.
would AZ. s. mi evnn t h. nonor not. .
syilhstaudttat hIs usual realncsa TO tulk, md
thu resnlt yns all. csneciallv tin rennrters. ware
nntic,natfnr eo,nethtup treadful, Dut
Il was not untIl nnout 4 o'clock
that tns a]tphtest Information Of
,y,,.. vo. ,,,,,, ~ 1,,t,d mi mi,
then u VIVA t'lrougn ono of thu MAYORS "lnti.
besn @ agreed In council to make ha VOC roc with thu thr
Detectives, and be cycn payo tho namcs. The
s.,s-,.,, ,,sn.a;,,tos H. ....,o. ,,.,.o~sa ,ox
Ispos'e,s N a'sc1ea'seo W. esossa, no"ssss' , !oa
while, but 1t was not long bcIoro they 1ounu
them more than confirmed, and that the
threatened cyclone,vas about to commence its
,1,.trrct,va ,v,rL tro ,pot. 1oor a,,rv at, ~
$3.50 .e aso'. 49,, s"S 49,,
they learned thronQh devious why's that The
council had resulted in the dismissal OF
SEVEN psrrcr1yEs-
, 1879-08-01

THEY ARR ASKED tn MAKE IT MORE DEFINITE.
Mayor Harrison yesterday sent thu fullowil.
communication 10 t'lu cxptrts, whosu report o,l
thu Eew Ctty.llall hua stirred up such bcaust-
tul n,u.s:
HxIrLAxEN: Your report has called attontioa tu
number " dr!Ecss iH the Huw city hall i,uw III
pFocess u construction, Wtld. whtlu uxplIcll
enough IL souin particulars. vet in utnass It fals
IL indicate ~ Iux ~ It mGht thu real conclusion.
5uu NAY aaTe Reached. hare, therefore,, Lrciicl
" ask yDn In Ecfcreucs tu sHta Ut the state
III your report. md ypu will consequently ublIse
iAu Wy Answering tho following questions:
tu%t-Hheihur. in your up;l1Iun thu sand .hales
In llu ss0as Will materially ~euxen tho bnl!dn1
ur NUt3
SseoaA-N hethsr the failure To lay number Of
thu stonea on thur natural lied will wrakgn lhu
bHILiny OR huly
IAEa- Whether tho neglect Of tho contractors
10 IIEnlsh luz auchuss according IL tho spectdca-
t!nns WI nave tellarncy to tpatt thu .tablllty
VI tha building Or mt. AMI. II W, bow iars
tbuf1h-Whet!er llp ihliuru u carry tAo brick
woFE up aluHs with thu slols wufk Aas causs1 tuc.l
danlhxx ~ 10 WcaxvA the buIiltnx materially "
uotE
, 1879-08-01

tstftrn 1rtnHt-LIcut, E, z, Lloyd, tfaus.
fcrtctl from Madison street.
70 tho stnttons not mentioned, tic present
officers In charge we're retained.
, 1879-08-01

:. The g1oateat Rppetlzsr. ato1,seh, blood, tns
Liver regulator On saEth-11Vp 1iltAla.
, 1879-08-01

DkpEET1oN4.
taE5AtHs4sns. ts+s .st$1fs U1D
nGH|plHeo on pcHmehta,. ..u........ -. U.uM
!!&hIa ana h1o|u'hGs.. .....,... ... <, IGa
Ae"c5at l@ooE *ss - t.-+sss.s.,.s... 81, t!W
4otat''.s..'s.s.. ...s..,.. ...s.-. .S75, D3u
ADDITIONS.
iolsnsnE onu MONO .'.'..s '........s....3lu,U UNI
!!u3l1ik HlQ0 stone .s...,...,............ 1.D00
FDnnuati0n tuF k(ens... .......... :, 200
coping " hsC1 walls 8..................4,. 1,ly5
Addition OIL "a" courae fur granite. .... ., i75
'rhia showed difference Ut 857,090. Tile
Item Ut 6iB, ,DJ was what would have heen pa!d
ou. for labor on sustiea, podlsncnta. ctc. As to
different stone being used, stolle was bought ut
Eiertsylle, Ind. fur an Eastern Drslcr u,nl two
car-loads catno to Chicago u.l4 went into thr
ynrd uf rhomlnson il leecI. When hu hcaru
OF thu l,lssuke hp tried to lind t1le atone, but
couldn't for tic lifc OF him ltll tl,e hilEcrsncu
between that and the Bedford stone. Nor could
any trhyc u It !,u found In tho bu!ldfns. Tho
granite course III the building WIS sueli as ls
llE1lred on 'Ilu width WAS rral!y greater tllntl
TINT called for hY tAu specifications.
These caI!ed fur ten inches, wul,e The
aetual width WAS between sixteen aud seventeen
tuvhrs. Noth:ilg but Rr.nlsc would hold Its
polish ous of doars. Ia polish unarblc ur line
stonu was like backlng h,ota. Ills figures tur
thu ssone-woFx we're *5i9,0u but tll, bid was
not put In, thu Bullurl directors dcctIiiIy not
to eomptte. The nwArtl WIS tnutia for Sl710O0
slr. Ronf1aa called fur 'Ie experts. Nouo
were present. 80 Thu culn,i,Gte adjourned until
10 o'clock this morning.
, 1879-08-01

"
WAS brtrk wl,eru there siluul4 hayo been stone.
That IL wlcro thu extras wero supposed to culno
IN. II q building weru d psrlla,lGnt ons 1t
should have no eracks, With cracks Il would
terror wal! Tint carried un weight made M dii.
ference. lie thnusht 1t possible 10 erect a
building fn chicaso that woulda't favo cracks
III thu walls.
~ don't know that tu.t
"Do you know ol any building OF the sEze
aud shaps Of The clty.uaIl that hasu't my
craeksi"
~ mcan liz county's half"
"0h: iorgot that" Il.aughterl
"fou wouldn't want to tear down tho
county'a building hseauao there is Ii crack in
VI would want 10 take the matter under al.
ylselncnt.". lLaughter.]
AZ tll!a juic.urs news of The falling derrick
WA brought IN, and Walker grabbed ils hui,
but. on i,slng told tlat ITO ono was hurt, he cou-
IFS molaory WAS TINT the ru.ttcs wore to ba
316 INCHES In depth.
4 detatlcd rustic plan was produced In order
tn got at tl'u eurrcct invasurcEnant. Walker
;toked It Dytr ntll sal,i It tlud ucen tatupcrel
at.h. Thu 1n:,:h hAu heen shortened, n1ii thu
;,iaM" represented nothing. Ils liad nsssr
,'.. il bufurr. ts f!..ur,y Uu rlstics wn8 done
f's'n The elevation, rcteftlt's 10 tlu County
auy l!ail i sle Council E,anlnrr, wlcn figuring,
1,t depth ol tfc russc-. lls .lllerrcd tra., ito
appearances ll1ut the detail hlau hatl bees tam.
pered With. liz could nut tell sl.u depth ot tlu
!ust!cs By .a.,y thcasutrtnent on tic elevation,
lu Its opinion, tlu uetui rustic was taken FROM
p1uua N!nIu bY Architect Egan un1 brought bp-
fore shu building Cotntnittee and passed upun,
anl tue changes inade Tor lAe beHollt Ut sumo
onu tcEorc lile work Was lot,
AID. Law!cr REMARKED tlllt lo vas present
wheu tho changes wrre ,na1c, but Ho cul,ldnt
trll whether # WIS bcluEc Ut utter tl.o work WIZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

The republican state convention of Louisiana
nominated good ticket, composed of old citi-
Zens and men who are interested in the material
prosperity of the state. They evidently intend
to make fight, though the odds are all against
them. The composition Of their ticket indicates
that they are bidding for the support of indie
pendent democrats who have grown dissatisfied
with the rule of that party. For governor they
nominated a prominent business man Cf New
Orleans; for the next place an old planter;
another nominee Is prominent lawyer, and an
educated native colored man also has place on
the ticket. 1t is apparent that the managers
sought to keep the SO-called carpet-bag element
in the background. The friends Of Secre-
tary Sherman as the republican nominee
for President were largely in the me-
jory in the convention, which goes
long ways towards insuring Sherman
delegation from that state to the national con-
vention next year. The permanent president
was an out-spoken and ardent Sherman man.
and, as ii that were not sufficient to denote the
preference of the convention, 1t was emphasized
by the adoption of the resolution thanking the
secretary for the resumption OF specie payments.
But the friends of Gen. Grant will not surrender
the Louisiana delegation without a contest.
They have control of the Grand Army of the Re-
public and ex-SOlderS and sailors union In New
Orleans two organizations that embrace up
wards of two thousand men who served in the
union army and navy. These organizations have
declared for Gen. Grant, and they will do their
best for him; but it will hardly be possible for
them to overcome the Sherman element after
the victory it has just won In the state conven-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

The bad effects of the withdrawal OF, the
chariot line from Pennsylvania avenue and the
complete monopoly OF the heavy travel on that
thoroughfare by the Washington and George
town horse-car company are already being felt
by the public The old system of giving transfer
tickets by conductors at the Seventh-street juno
ton has been abolished, and now It's forced pa
irons who wish to change cars at that point must
hunt up the transfer agents on one side or the
other Of the street, and take the chance Of miss
ing the first connecting car, instead OF being
able, as formerly, to step from one car TO the
other without delay or trouble. This vexatious
imposition is bad enough under the most favor
able circumstances. In bad weather, and amidst
1t will be almost unbearable. The like arrange
ment Of the Metropolitan line at the
F and Ninth street crossing is bad
enough, but this will be infinitely worse
The Metropolitan transfer agent has the author
fly to hold cars at the junction until transfers of
passengeS can be made. The Washington and
Georgetown Company have two transfer agents
at the 9TH street junction, neither having the
power, apparently, to detain cars, and as result
passengers are subjected to the delay, first, OF
hunting up the right transfer agent for their
route, and then of waiting for car. The least
the company can do Is to establish a running
schedule by which the cars shall 1ntersect on
exact time at the junction, and the transfer
agents shall be empowered to hold cars there
until transfer of passengers Is. effected. Next,
the company should supply some shelter at the
junction fof passengers In bad weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

The tone of Justice Fields dissenting opinion
In the Thurman railroad bill case recently de-
cided by the Supreme Court furnishes to many
minds pretty strong internal evidence that that
gentleman is keeping an eye on next years dem
ocratlc national nominating convention.
Whether this impression be well founded or not,
1t Is greatly to be deplored that the slightest
ground for it should exist. 1t is Of the highest
importance that that tribunal should not only
be kept above all political ambitions, but
that it should be kept above any suspicion in
that regard. 1t may also be observed that
whenever the public entertain the belief-and
such beliefs do not generally exist without some
foundation-that Supreme Judge has Presiden-
ual aspirations, his usefulness and influence as
a member OF the court are gone from that mo-
ment. Who wants to repose unlimited conf
dence in tolerably virtuous woman or mid.
ding good egg?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

The energetic citizens managing the National
Fair have so vigorously overcome all the vast,
difficulties OF organizing an enterprise of this
extensive character, in limited time that there
is no doubt now that the exhibition viii he
great success, both In the interest and i'm.
portance OF the display and in the numbers in
attendance. An immense amount of work has
been done within few days in preparation for
the opening, and the finishing touches will be
rapidly supplied. The successful operation OF
an exhibition OF this character, serving to draw
throngs Of visitors, must have material effect
In advancing the business prosperity OF the city;
and the public spirited gentlemen who have un-
dertaken the labor and responsibility OF the en-
terprise viii deserve to rank as public benefac-
tors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

reports of the commercial agencies which collect
all the business disasters in the country show
decrease during the third quarter of this year,
as compared with the corresponding period in
1878, OF 1881 in the number OF failures and a
falling Off OF over 81, 100000 in the amount
involved thereby. In other words, during the
three months ending with September, 1879, the
failures were not quite half as many in number
as during the same months last year, while in
money amount the sum was less than one
fourth what it was during the corresponding
period in 1873.
People who refuse to accept any other evil
dence than figures are commended to this graft
tying exhibit. 1t speaks more forcibly than the
language of any campaign speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

A new board Of aldermen is to be chosen at
the coming election In New York city, and there
seems to be pretty general desire to select men
who will look out for the interests of the city
and not politicians. The Eeeniny Post advises
its readers to vote for the '.best men," without
regard to their opinions as to the next President
or next governor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

The annual report of Health Officer Town.
shend, of which synopsis is printed elsewhere
shows the result of much industry on the part
OF that Official and his suggestions and recon-
mendations are of great Importance to our citt-
Zens. The sanitary condition Of the District is
truly subject OF vital interest and the fullest
light should be thrown on everything connected
With IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

Out of "a yellow fever patients received and
treated at the st. Louis quarantine hospital
during the past summer, only four died. This is
a much larger per centage of cures than is shown
In any OF the localities where the fever pre-
vailed, and it is worthy of some inquiry. Perhaps
the physicians OF the St Louis hospital have a
mode of treatment that might be adopted with
benefit In southern cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-22

When the news OF the result in Ohio reached
Austin, Texas, the republicans there deter
mined to celebrate it. They applied TO the dem
ocratic governor for the loan OF the state cannon
to fire salute and he courteously granted the
request Its well enough to make note of
such an occurrence in southern state.