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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

POLICE PRKsENTAT0N.-The police, lieuteu-
ants, Captain Brock and the detectives. called
at the residence OF Major Morgan yesterday and
presented Mrs. Morgan with q large cfay0n
portrait OF her husband, which the policemen
OF the several precincts had ordered TO be exc
crted. Maj. Morgan was not at home. and Nm
Morgan made the response to Capt. Brooks
presentation speech. The picture is the same
one which has been on exhibition at Eris'
music store. It cost x-5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

1GY CUSTOMERS EMBRACE NOT ONLY THE
M best and most intelligent people OF this IN
CITY and vicinity, but the nation. eYS}
Since 1861 have repaired so. 600 Watches tnkzi6&
n. JENSEN.
9l3 PennsylvaniA avenue,
mv1s Denpsey's Stationery Store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internal rev.
hue, $16s, .34 customs. sss7, ,154.69
FOUR PER CENT. retunding certificates
amounting to So, $50 were to-day exchanged for
bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

The FOLLOWING rs rHE LIST OF PATENTS
granted TO citizens OF Maryland. Virginia and
the District OF Columbia issued and bearing
date to-day:-Robert B. Donaldson, Washin0.
ton, DC, assgnor to S. 8. White, PhiladelphiS,
ton, DC, keleotrope; James N. Lewis, assignor
OF one-half interest to c. 81. Slcer, Baltimore.
Nd, roller skate; John w. Moore and j. a.
ter II. Tunis, Baltimore, Nd, paper box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

AN INNOVATION. Secretary Thompson d.
rects that "Vessels of the navy hereafter fitted
out VIII have sky-sa1l poles from four feet TO
seven feet in length"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

Mrs: w. w. Wood, wife OF Chief Engineer Wood,
OF the q. s. navy, who resides at 40 Sd street
northwest, had her satchel containing q one
notes, snatched from her hand by q negro, who
ran out OF the alley on f street. next TO Wesley
chapel, and seized 1t as she was passing there
last night The bold scoundrel Quickly ned
through the alley after obtaining possession a
his booty, and made his escape The police
authorites oner reward OF SIS for q clue to
the Villain and recovery OF the money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

CORBIN'S NOMINATION.-The Senate judiciary
committee has reached an informal agreement
to let the nomination OF ID. Il. Corbin, of South
Carolina, as chief justice OF the United States
court for Utah, go over without action until
next December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

IHE CASE OF LAMoTTE AGAINST THE W. e. q.
RAILRoAD.-Th1s morning, II the Circuit Court
Judge Wyh the case Of Lamotte against the
w. d q. X. X. Co. was called, and the trial Is In
paralyzed, was placed on street car, but Was
not put on at the place he wished TO get or
and so proceeded TO the Navy Yard, where he
toxicated, and the conductor put him on, and
lt is claimed that he was thrown down and
badly injured. IL will be remembered that on
verdict for plaintiff, but on being polled, some
OF the jurors declined TO stand BY the verdict
Mr.. HeHkle appears for plaintiff and Mr, Tot
ten for deferdant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-17

DUB GREAT SUCCESS In selma Soda and Min.
~ erM Waters Is extraordinary. Try them. Price
&c. Family tickets 81, good for 25 glasses DAVIS 4
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
A Second BOrgia,

O~hittenango, N. Y, has another sen.
sation, and Of a similar kind to the
last-namely, a poisoning case. It has
grown out of the discovery Of the poi
soning Of Mrs. Laney Barnard, who
died Sunday morning, September %,
and for whose taking off her daughter
and son.in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Shrou-
der, are in Madison county Jail. 1t is
nov believed that a Mrs. Pope, an
aunt Of Mrs. Barnard and great aunt of
Mrs. Shrouder, was also poisoned to
death by Mrs. Shrouder in the last
week in JuIyo # 1876. The body Of Mrs.
Pope was exhumed last Tuesday morn
ing at Truxton, CORTLAND county, and
the nodded remains 70 ind in the coffin
were placed in glass jars and taken to
Syracuse for chemical analysis by Prof.
Manlius Smith, Of the university.
The suspicion of poisoning in the
case Of Mrs. Pope has arisen from the
fact that she was possessed of consider
able property at the time of her death,
which the Barnard people claimed was
given to them, but which by her will
she devised to the Presbyterian Board
Of Home Missions. A part of this pro.
perry consisted of a mortgage Of 81 COO
which after Mrs. Pope's death Mr., Bar.
nard claimed the deceased gave to him.
There was $500 in United States bonds
which had been called in by the gov
ernment, and il is claimed that the
Barnards received and made away with
the avails. The question is, who pre-.
scented the bonds for redemption ? and
this query the authorities are deter
mined to answer. Mrs. Shrouder, a
short time after the death of Mrs. Pope,
was seen in possession of bills of a large
denomination, which she had exchanged
at various stores in the village.
Another ground of Suspicion Is that
the old lady died one night, and her re.
mains were Immediately hustled into a
coffin and taken away before light the
next morning and buried in less than six
hours after her death. 1t is also be.
lieved here that Mrs. Shrouder not only
poisoned her mother, Mrs. Barnard,
but that her father died OF the same
cause about a year ago. His body is to
be exhumsd aud a chemical analysis
made in order to determine that ques.
ttnn
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
A Death-H Haunted Farm.


There is a farm near Evergreen Park,
Chicago, known as Ships Place, that
bears the reputation Of being fatal to
nearly every one coming within its
boundaries. The last incident was the
death of the owner, Mr.. Alfred Shipp,
on the first instant, by being impaled
upon the horns Of an angry bull. He
had gone into the field to feed the ami
NAL, when he was pinned to an upright
post by a thrust of the horn that passed
entirely through his body. This i'll.
fated locality has within the last ten
years been the scene Of seven violent or
sudden deaths, without counting a
dozen narrow escapes from horrible &C.
cidents. About three years ago, during
the absence Of the family, August
Franks, q hired man, was killed by VIM.
Orvitt, a fellow-laborer, for the purpose
Of robbery. Franks lived twodsys, and
Orvitt is now in prison serving a term
Of two years. Six years ago two brothers,
laborers, who occupied a cabin, were
found dead, each with a bloody knife in
his grasp, while the scattered cards gave
the only indication of the cause of quar-
rel. The last incident was preceded by
an Irishman perishing under n OF the
trees during a violent snow storm. An
accidental discharge Of a fowling-piece
caused the death Of q man at the hands
OF o brother sportsman while aiming at
a rabbit. A few years since a MIR.
Smith, a lawyer OF Chicago, purchased
ten acres of the farm, and commenced
the building Of an elegant country resi-
dence. After the house was partly up
the purchaser brought his wife to view
the premises, and she was to stay q few
days ut the farmhouse. She was sud
denly Frustrated with illness, and, not.
w%ithstanding the best medical attend
ance, she survived only afew days. The
unhappy purchaser never finished his
suburban residence, and the unfinished
barn still stands lonely in the grove, a
melancholy evidence Of neglect, seeming
a silent witness TO some sad and mourn
full history. The farm seems, indeed,
to be fated. Its history is a history Of
tragedies, each one sadder than its pre-.
decessor. The last one breaks up a
happy home and s~catters a happy family.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
Progress In Iceland,

The casual traveller, unless he passes
q longer time in the country than tourists
are wont to do, can hardly estimate the
progress now making by the people of
Iceland. Many cause are contributing to
this advancement besides the new consti-
tutional government. Thepurchases Of
horses for the English market have
brought into the country considerable
sums of money. The growing demand
for Icelandic goldfish in Spain and the
establishment of several flsh.oil manu-
factories on the northern and western
coasts have enhanced the number of
boats engaged in the coast fisheries, and
have, Of course, tended to increase the
national wealth. The farm products
sheep, wool and tallow-have increased
in quantity and value in consequence of
the introduction Of better processes.
There are likewise now many more
eider.down establishments than former
~, the down finding an increased sale in
Russia. Until the present year there
has also been a steadily growing hay
crop, but the northern districts have
suffered this summer from droughts,
Salmon, which formerly was rarely sent
from the country, has lately been largely
exported, although the season just
closed was an unfavorable one for this
product also. AS O result Of all this,
the h~abitations of the farmers and fish
ermen are rapidly becoming better
greatly to the Improvement OF the physi-
cal condition of their occupants. The
number Of houses Of stone and timber
built within the last six years is very
considerable. Small towns are rising at
various points on the northern and
western fiords, Akureyri, the principal
port on the north, Isafjord on the north.
west peninsula, Stykkisholm on the
great Breidaljord, Skagi on Akranes, a
busting hamlet Of fisherman, and Rey-
kavik, the capital, are fast becoming i'm
portant centers Of industry and trade.
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portant as this, aud room ought to be
made forit.
Aman with a written account o. a visit
he had made TO Boston, being mostly a
complimentary description OF the hotel
at which he had stopped, with the pro
prietor's name, and the hotels terms,
which the article spoke Of as being OK.
ceediDgly reasonable. When published.
he wanted a copy sent to the landlord,
who would probably subscribe.
A nan With sixty dollars worth Of ad.
vertising of patent medicine, 10 be in.
serted for eight dollars; also a five dollar
editorial. to be published in consider
alton Of getting the contract.
Aman who had taken the right Of the
town to sell a patent window fixture,
and came in to tell it, as he knew items
Of e local nature were always accept.
able. Having a fixture with him, he
kindly gave fifteen minutes Of his time
to explain its workings, and was partic-
ular TO see that the half.numbed editor
got his name spelled right.
A man who was an extensive grower
OF strawberries for the market and
brought in ten cents worth of the fruit
for the exclusive behoof and enjoyment
OF the editor, and who thoughtfuIly sug-
gested that in case mention was made of
it in the paper, it might be added that
he chad plenty Of the article on sale.
A man who supposed the editor was
glad to get anything to ill up the paper
with, and so notified him that he had a
few choice cabbage plants to sell--afact
many Of the readers would be glad to
know.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
The Deaf Made TO Hear.

At the Indiana institute for the deaf
and dumb, at Indianapolis, there took
place on Sunday last q most interesting
experiment. This was a test Of the new
audiphone, conveying sounds to the
auditory nerve through the medium Of
the teeth. A class Of girls, from welve
to eighteen years old, entirely deaf and
dumb, were provided with audiphones,
and a cabinet organ was brought in use
for the first time in the history of the
institute. A bright girl Of ten or twelve
years wal the first to whom the test was
applied. She had not heard her own
voice or distinguished any sound for q
number Of years, and was regarded as
stone deaf and speeches., She had not
listened moro than q minute when her
features lighted up with g smile which
told the whole story. Several other
children listened with like result, all
beng able to distinguish some sound,
and most of them following the different
sounds Of the scale. Several deaf mutes
also noticed the difference between
different letters of the alphabet. Only
one, an adult whose auditory nerve seem
ed to be quite destroyed, failed to hear
at all. A Young lady who had not
uttered an Ineligible word since she was
quite young, was induced to speak. She
had been listening, with the aid Of the
audiphone, to others talking, but when
asked to say something herself wa very
reluctant. Eventually, however, che
WAS induced TO make the effort, and
although she spoke quite low, being
nervous ard afraid to talk loud, she
heard her own voice quite distinctly.
The JOY which the young lady felt at
this glad discovery can be imagined
better than it can be described. Mr..
Richard s. Rhodes, the inventor, was
present to superintend the test.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
Formally of Entering London Society.

Presentation is naturally a matter of
extreme moment to every young girl
just beginning social life. Her name,
together with that of her chaperon, must
be sent in in advance, each name on the
list being duly inspected by the queen
herself. The extreme particularly Of
her majesty regarding the character Of
those who seek admission to her pres
ence is we'll understood, but perhaps it
is not as generally known that if by any
chance any woman Of furnished reputa.
ton succeeds in finding entrance to the
court, she is cashiered at once, as soon
as her antecedents are known. The ne.
cessary notice to the public, running
something in this wise, may occasional
ly be seen in the Court Circular: by
mistake, Mrs. NJ was presented at
the last drawing-room.' Poor Mrs. NJ, |
her worldly ambitions ara blighted. But
the integrity Of the court is preserved
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
4 Case Of Mistaken Identity.

II the trunk manufacturer do not quit
making so many thousands OF velises
exactly alike, somebody is going TO get
into some awful trouble about il some
time, and some trunk maker will be sued
for damages enough TO build a court
house.
The other day an omnibus full Of pas.
sengers drove up town from the Union
depot. Side by side sat a commercial
traveller, named William Maokaby. and
Mrs. WinnieC O. Duubleton, the eminent
lady temperance lecturer. When the
omnibus reached the Barrett house the
commercial missionary seized his valise
and started out. The lady made a grab
after him, and he halted.
Il beg your pardon she said, but
you have my valise.'
You are certainly mistaken, madam,
the traveller said, ~courteously, but firm.
", this is mine.'
NO, sir the lady replied drmly, 1T is
mine. / would know 1t among a thou
sand. You must not take it,
But the traveller persisted aud the
lady insisted, and they came very near
quarreling. Presently one Of the pas
sengers pointed to a twin valise in the
omnihus. and asked.
Whose is that p
1T isn't nine said the traveller; it is
iust like it; but this is mine.'
and it isn't NINE said the lady; he
has mine, and I'll have it or I'll have the
law on him. It's a pity if a lady cant
travel alone in this country without be-
ing robbed Of her property in broad day
light
Finally the traveller said he would
open the yalise to prove his property.
The lady objected at FIRST, saying she did
not want her valise opened in the pres.
ence Of a crowd OF strangers. But as
luOIO Nuo III OUuOL uIChuo VI pCbtlluB tuS
dispute she at length consented. The
traveller sprung the look, opened the
valise, and the curious crowd bent for
ward 10 see.
On the very top of everything lay q
big fiat flask half full Of whisky, a deck
Of cards and one or two other things that
nobody knows the name OF.
The traveller was the first to recover
his self.possession and speech.
Madam he said, you are right
The vslise is yours. I owe you a thou
sand apolo'-
But the lady had tainted, and the
traveller relocked his valise with a quiet
smile. Early in the afternoon q sign
painter down town received q note in o
feminine hand, asking him to come to
the Barrett house to mark a red leather
valise in black letters a foot and a hall
long.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
Harper,s nn1ar rashIons.

A Marguerite o~yerdress of brocaded
cashmere with a garnet skirt, is a hand
some visiting dress.
Gathered ~lounces or fans Of lace ar.
ranged in the shape Of the train which
they are to trim are imported, ready 10
sew on, in black aud in white lace.
Embroidery is used to cover lambre-
quin paniers, apron d~raperies, sashes.
and the half vest that is inserted below
tfe square neck Of evening dresses.
Few striped velvets are used for parts
OF costumes, those with set figures hav.
ing already found favor, especially for
coat basques with satin de Lyon skirts.
New Derby hats for ladies have a silk
cord wound five or six times around the
crown. Sometimes q rosette made OF
humming.b birds heads, with their bills
in the center, will trim one side OF such
q hat.
There is far less lying back OF trained
skirts than when princess dresses were
in vogue, yet many trains are still held
in set shapes by having their draperies
set in mammoth bows, either one or three
down the middle.
An especial novelty is the opera coat
OF white cloth, with the gay Indian
tambour needle.work forming a Direc-
toire collar. revers, cuffs, lappets for the
back, and pockets on the hips. This is
to be worn with any dark costume at the
opera or theater.
Tall slender ladies who need fullnoss
on the hips have the paniers short, and
drawn back suddenly, while stout figures
have long curtain drapery, with longer
curves down the sides, falling in with
the very slightly draped flowing trained
breadths, and furnished with the rounded
apron at the foot OF the front.
-Four bouquets Of flowers are used for
dress garniture. The smallest Of the
four is placed at the right side Of the
neck just back Of the throat, the second
at the left corner Of the open square in
front, or else Of the waist line; the third
is at the foot Of the front breadth Of the
skirt, and the fourth low behind On the
train.
Reticules OF satin or Of the dress trim
mings are now made TO match SUITS
They are suspended by long ribbons that
have u bow at the top for fastening TO
the side of the dress. Black satin reti-
cules painted by hand, or embroidered
with colors or with jet, or else merely
linen with old gold or cardinal satin, and
finished by a tassel at the lower end, are
sold to wear with any black dress.
The newest fancy for trains is to
gauge them at the lap in great plaits,
arranged in the way old-fashionea gaug-
ing was done, which differed from shir
ring by being made OF alternate long and
short stitches that hold the fabric in
close deep plaits. These trains are made
Of three or four straight breadths that
may be square-cornered or rounded, as
the wearer chooses. Sometimes the train
has O breadth each side, and again the
middle is brocade and the other breadths
plain.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
FaIse Cupid BY a COttage Porch.

Nf - tNNNHbN WINS
False Cupid passed my road one day
Clamoring for an boar
lied him 10 my cottage porch,
Where roses blushed In flower.
Then pleading hands he wrung and said,
In tones half sad, half play;
Give 10 me but one blossom, dear,
And shall stay Away
Ny heart / laid within bis palm,
Ny true heart full-And free
lifted loyal lips 10 his,
For love meant. loye-to me.
Devoid was 1 Of all Loves art
l only knew 10 love and give.
Alas be taught me- my sweetheart
Loves common sequel: grieve And-liyt
Oh. love poured out like vineyard wine
oh, kisses wanting vile or guile,
gave my past, my all TO come
He-moeks smiles for a little while.
l can not change my wounded youth,
Non hour Of bleak hereafter,
For love 10 me proved tears and ruth
For him twas lea and laughter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20
An Interesting Family Circle.

The royal family of Denmark we're re.
Gently gathered at Bernstorif Castle,
with the exception of Thyra, the young
duchess Of Cumberland, whose little
daughter keeps her at home. The flu
ture queen of England and empress of
Russia, with their husbands and chill
dren, are together again in their child
hoods home, which, though small and
crowded, they have preferred for their
visit to any otherof the royal residences.
The two princesses, Alexandra and Dag.
mar, insisted upon sharing the same
room as when they were children,
brought up under the tender eyes of
their parents, but in a house OF the most
frugal character. The children Of the
two sisters have been very happy to-
gether; and under the lime trees OF the
avenue are often to be seen the king,
and on his arm Alexandra or Dagmar,
while before or behind ~grandpapa runs
a bevy of healthy and rosy.cheeked
children, playing and laughing and ask
ing questions about everything. In the
daily drives the carriages are filled TO
the brim with noisy youth, and often
the king himself, an excellent driver,
holds the reins.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-20

II not enough ie given, the strong ami
mails get all they want and the weak, OF
course, must go without. Not shelteriDg
sheep is still worse. Perhaps nine out Of
ten farmers allow their sheep 10 occupy
the same common yard with other stock.
Nothing can be moro unwise or unsafe.
The possibility Of injury from horses
and COWS is the least evil 10 be appre-
hended from allowing sheep TO run with
other stock
Plaster on Potatoes.
A correspondent writes: AT the time /
commenced farming, in 1886, having but
little dressing TO feed any crop, althoul b
IL was then the opinion in this locality
that potatoes would succeed without
dressing, I concludedI would use gyp.
sum on three. fourths Of an acre. The
ground having been furrowed and ready
to plant, in the first four rows on the
west side Of the land, plaster was drop
ped where the hills we're intended to be;
the next four were not plastered; then
the remainder Of the ground plastered
the eame 81 the first four, potatoes
dropped and all covered alike with the
hoe; when they were Of sufficient size TO
hoe they we're all hoed alike, but the
tops in the four upholstered rows were
much smaller and color not nearly SO
dark; after hoeing / threw upon the
tops Of the two middle rows which we're
upholstered at the time OF planting,
about the quantity Of plaster per hill as
put in the hill of others at the time OF
planting; the two last plastered rows
soon changed shade to those plastered
when planted, and soon there was no
perceptible difference in size of tops
The two upholstered rows continued to
lag behind, both in size and shade, until
Jack Frost (rather an early one) made O
change. l did not think il severe
enough to kill anything, but a few days
after ! went toward that part of the field
where the potatoes were, and found all
that had been plastered killed by frost
and leaves turned black; while those that
had not been plastered at all (the right
and left Of the two middle rows which
were plastered after having been hoed)
remained as green and growing as before
the frost, and continued 80 until the next
frost, which was about three weeks after
the first. To determine the result at
digging, l measured the same number
ofbills of each from rows side by side, and
found the plastered hills yielded the
most, Notwithstanding the effects of the
early frosts. The more vigorous and
tender growth of those plastered made
them susceptible to the early %frosts,
according to my reasoning. Had there
been no frost until the upholstered ones
we're killed by it, I think the plastered
ones would have yielded a fourth more
than the upholstered from an equal
number Of hills,