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The Weather.


OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICBRl
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. 25 ISL, $50 a. m. {
FOR the middle Atlantic States. Clearing Wea-
ther, preceded iD east portions by snow varia-
bic winds, mostly northerly. stationary and
lower temperature, higher barometer.
RANGE OF TIE THERMOMETER
TIE following are the readings of the ther-
Hcmeter at the Signal ONCE during the day
7 g. n.. 80; II g. m, 39o; p. n, ago. Maxi
mum, aga; minimum 25o.
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RBBEARING ORDEsED.-This morning In the
Court Ia General Term la the case OF Baker
against the schr. Wright, In which the decision
oelow dismissed the libel, a motion was granted
for Tehear1ng. IL appears that some time
since the case was argued 10 General Term
and, as was understood, the court affirmed the
: decision below. Judge Hagner subsequently
discovered that he had used The word affirm Ia
place OF reverse, as he intended and so inform
ed the clerk, and the amendment was made
When this was aScertained motion was made
20 correct the minutes, and while this was pend
Ing 1t was ascertained that at least one or the
three 1udges-Wyiie. Hagner and CoX-dis-
scented. An application was thereupon made
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TIE ROAD ON GOOD HOPE HILL-The Jury
convened yesterday by the marshal to condemn
and assess damages by reason OF the mainte-
nance OF a public road through the lands or j.
T. jenkins, On Good Hope Hun, awarded Mr.. j.
s5SS. This road was made by the government
during the war, and has since been used By
the public. Mr.. jenkins once before had q
Jury 70 assess the land and they awarded him
5000, but both he and the District appealed he
Claiming that his damages were above 81 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-25

Buy BOTTLE OF EuCALYPTlNK, and read the
Circular explaining It's uses. Is cents.
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NEW SUTTs.-ChaIleS Bowen has entered suit
against William Smith and Rose Smith his
wife, for SANDER, claiming So $50 damages. He
charges that on the l5t instant they publicly
declared that he was an immoral bad nan aud
hot proper person To associate with ana that
he was married nan, and had run away from
his wife.
Mrs Emma '. button has filed bill in e1ulty
against Mary NJ. Lewis and others PRAYING rbaS>
the property OF her father, Thomas Lewis. de-
ceased, be sold, ali valid incumbrances paid
and the surplus proceeds distributed according
70 law among the heirs
Messrs- Edwards and Barnard. for Louisa T.
and John W. Schaefer. have filed Oil in equity
against Bernard and Ida Geier for an account
as guardians OF the Woods estate, ana asking
decree TO sell the real estate.
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CHANGE OF PRISONs-To-d day the District At
torney presented TO the Criminal CourC letter
from Attorney General Devens directing that
whenever male prisoner OF the United
States shall be cODvicted or crime and whose
punishment shall be Imprisonment six months
or over, he Shall be sentenced to confinement
IN the Auburn State Prison. at Auburn ~ Y,
and that he has designated the Erie COun v
PcntteItiary for the confinement OF female
prisoners. In the Criminal Court TO day sew
eral sentences were made TO Auburn instead
Of Albany penitentiary as heretofore.
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AEo-JER SERIOUS CUTTING ARRAY took place
III south washington last evening about i've
O'Clock. at the corner CT I and x streets SOUTH
west ThoS. VERIFY ana Henry Green coiore1
aged respectively IL and 10 years. had dis
pute AZ The place named about girl when y
pulled out a large penknife aud cut Green ia
The left side. lie was taken 10 his home, No
222 L street southwest, and DR.. HaZen was
summoned and rendered medical aid, aud pro.
nounced the injuries dangerous. The wound
IS On the left Dre asst, several inches IN length
ard very deep and ii Is feared that one OF the
riSs Is cut ana the lung Injured. Officer How
ell arrested VERIFY In South Washington shortly
after the cutting. This Is the second time that
tbis soy cut the other. and he acknowledged TO
the officer that he did the cutting. and IL Green
fools with him he viii Kill him. In the Police
Court 70 day, the case was continued until The
iOi b OF March.
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POSITIVELY, only o-morTow you can buy fine
porcelain and china decorated chamber sets,
containing ten pieces. which are worth from IS
toS' set, for So so; and great bargains Will be
offered In decorated and white chtnaWare. at r.
Goldschmids Mammoth Department Store, No
Sl2 Ith street, between q and northwest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-25

"Aiderney Wagons
Fresh Alderney butter churned every morn
Ing, and delivered In = lbs. Ward" prints, 45c
per 10. Also cottage cheese, buttermik and
sweet milk &c. per of.
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me number OF ordinary postage stamps Is
sued in 1881 was 954. 12S 40 and value
SS4,o40,6 CAB. The method of printing postage
stamps is as follows: The printing is done from
steer plates, on which 200 stamps are engraved,
ana the paper used is of q peculiar texture.
somewhat resembling that employed for bank
notes. Two men cover the plates with colored
INKS and pass them to man and girl, who print
tnem with large rolling hand presses. Three of
these little squads are employed all the time
although ten presses can be put i'm operation if
necessary. The cOlors used in the inks are Ill
tramarine blue, Prussian blue. chrome yellow
and Prussan blue (green,) vermillon and car
mine.
After the sheets of paper on which the 200
stamps are engraved have been dried. they are
sent into another room and gummed. The gum
used is made of the powder of dried potatoes
| and other vegetables mixed with water. Gum
arabic is not desirable, because it cracks the
paper badly. The sheets are gummed sepa-
rately. They are placed back upward upon
flat wooded support the edges being protected
by metallic frame. and the gum is applied with
| wide brush. After having been again dried,
this time on little racks. which are famed by
steam power for about an hour, they are put in
between sheets of pasteboard, and passed be-
tween hydraulic presses capable of applying
weight of 1900 tons.
The sheets are next cut in halves: each sheet.
Ol course, Wnen cut contains a hundred stamps.
This is done by a girl with large pair of shears,
cutting by hand being preferred to that of ma
chinery, which method would destroy too many
stamps. They are then passed to the perfOrat
ing machine. The perforatons between the
stamps are effected by passing the sheets be-
tween two cylinders provided with series
of raised bands which are adjusted to a distance
apart equal to that required between the rows
of perfOratiOns. Each ring on the upper cylin-
der has series of cylindrical projections which
tit corresponding depressions in the bands
of the lower cylinder; by these the perforations
are punched out, and by simple continuance
the sheet is detached from the cylinders, in which
it has been conducted by an endless band. The
rows running longitudinally of the paper are
first made, and then by similar machine the
transverse ones. This perforating machine was
invented and patented by Mr.. Arthur in 1852.
and was purchased by the government for
5000 The sheets are next dressed once more,
and then packed and labeled and slowed in
another room, preparatory to being put up in
mail bags for dispatching to fill orders. If a
single stamp is torn or in any way mutated
the whole sheet of 100 is burned. Five hundred
thousand are burned every week from this
cause. The sheets are counted no less than
eleven times during the process of manufacture
ing, and so great is the care taken i'm counting
that not single sheet has been lost during the
past twenty years.-Scit,atitc American.
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None

From the Cincinnati Gazette
BelIbbed, de worlds pretty hard place
Fl yer hasn't got plenty OF cash:
But ebbery one says, sWhat beautiful facet"
When dey sees yer diminS fish.
Dom yer seer
When mans homes an likewise poor
He hasn't no sort Oh show;
He Will be dyuv TO &c wall, for sure,
For dat mans vulgar an low.
Dom yer see?
NOW, eff your pocket is VERY well filed.
An you owns lots OBJ lam,
Although yer honor has all been spilled.
Deyii take yer by de ham.
Dom yer seer
De good Lord He looks inter de soul
An nebOer asks IL yer rich:
He says, says He, ssEf yer wholesome an, whole
MY Kingdom Is made OBJ Sich."
Dom yer seer
Den you muss choose putty quick, my lad
FOR debbil or Lord nluss hab yer;
De Lord, He wants yer awful bad,
DE debbil STAINS ready to grab yer.
Dom yer sect
Better go In rags to de 'ternal city.
Whar de angels forehbar dwell
Ian traDDei IN style, oh, what pity
On Dc downhill road TO hell
Doa' yer sect
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1901 THE GREAT 1901
s,, 800, DOUBLE TRACK, sTEEL RAILS:
TRAINS EtFF SaE S2SFES frsn bsSs
,,, OF Sixth and streets, M follows:
press OF Pullnsn Hotel and sleslnv Cars at 500
Am. daily; 10 q. m: daily VITA Sleeping Cars
sS to ds R f Fl o S.r. .na %
Pittsburp.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
Ain. daily, except SUNDAY: $50 p.in. daily ex-
oeIt Saturday. with Palace Cans to Canandaisu.
For Wiialnsport Lock Haven and Emira at 10 80 ..
For New dSa aEf s ss9e te sunday fnas
cIs s q Pullman R.rioE cs sns
For Brooklyn n; Y all through trains connect at yer
ser City with boats Of Brooklyn Annex. aftoriinx
ferriage across New York city.
For Phladelphia 800 IN. $50 200 40 10 Oo
loi5 p m Limited Express. $50 g. Ia. daily. eK-
For Baltimore. $40, $780, $50, 1880 am, and 200.
4:20, 4:40, $40, $50, 1000 aud l0:l5 pm. On
sunday, 500 1880 am. 200. 5:4o $50. 1000
For Popes Greek Line. GAO an and 4;Ao pm. daily
For Annapolis. $40 Am and A:lo p. IN. daily exospt
ALEk ,sS1skki AND ERERERrcksBune RAILWAY,
k Raj al1AANDhiA AND "A'hiN"ioN
For Ale1andris, $50 1905 20, and IL 80 Am: 40
S:S. $40 and ii 80 !; M; and !; 20 ,; M,
For Richmond and the South. ESQ and ii 10 am.
Trains leave Alexandria for WasknstSn 900 o5 and
ana IN i1 isu s S S SUNDAY SS and !. s seS and q
1000 am. z 100 aud :O5 pm.
Tickets and information at the office northeast
where orders can he eft for the checking Of to
destination from Ro %o sp5 ssTs AGENT
FRANK THOMSON. General Manager. nov2s
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baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.

V(ALIlMbRE OHIO RAILROAD.
THE MODEL FAST AND THE ONLY LINE
BETWEEN
THE EAST AND THE WEST VIA WASHINGTON.
DOUBLE TRACK! JANNEy COUPLER, STEEL
SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY. NoyEM-
BIER 20Tn 1881.
A.; n. LEAVE WASHINGTON.
t2;s5F,c q y. AGO CINCINNATI. AND ST. LOUIS
ECO Btalltimore, Elloott City, and Way Stations
strasbars. wincheser. hasefsto%n and @ay vi:
t7:.sH i BAL TIMoRE EXPRESS
q 1pd Wy st STK AND sosroN
$40 sTAUNToN AND VALLEY EXPREss ICON.
nects for Hagerstown and at Point Of Rocks for
.s;Oouon sunday only. for Baltimore. Annapolis and
1000 ShLrrS9RE EXPRESS cstop. a. Hy.t.-yil.s.
etHf sBd hsnG SscAGo CINCINNATI AND
n :, ST. Louis EXPRESS. avn --''D
l2:lo Baltimore. Ellicott City. Annapolis and Way
fs ssaf fSpS H ES 2F Bnors and Way
hf fafEs6EIrH AND NEW
$50 Baltimore Way stations Winchester. Fred
4:sO BAiTiNoIE nHNrTStnIE AID LAUREL
d ~, Frederick. Via Relay. stops at AnnAp-
+ baltimore; Annapolis and Way Stations.
chester and Way Stations. CON sunday TO Point q
Rocks and Way Stations uTly.D
IS: 45-BALTIMoRE EAPlESS. (Martinsburg and
Way, via Relay. STOPS at IA. ats, lille and LaGrel.D
6:05-Pont Of Rocks and Way Stations
f6:43-Baitimore and Way Stations
f7:4o-BALIiMoRk, HiATTSNILIE AND LAUREL
.XPRESS.
ts:lO-IITTSBURG. CLEVELAND and DETROIT
1896 fHILADEIPHIA. NEW YORK and BOSTON
EXPRESS. Sleeping Cars 20 New York.
f9;4'DnHiCAGo CINCINNATI and ST. LOUIS Exr
lOO0-BALTIMORE. EVANSVILLE and LAUREL
EXPRESS. STOPS on signal or 10 let of passengers
at any station between Washington and Annapolis
Junction
tDaily. .SundAy only. Other trains daily. exceIA
Sunday.
All trains from Washington stop at Relay Station.
For further Information apply ut the Baltimore and
Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Station. 6ls and l35
pennsylvania avenue, i4th street, where orders
viii be taken for baggage t. be checked aud received II
city. NIL
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How WOULD you like to buy tract of first
class land In Texas?" asked stranger the other
day OF a Philadelphia Speculation swell. I.
don't know" was the mesiitatiye response
How much do Sentipedes bring bushel
nQW7.
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nR MOTIFS FRENCH POWDERS CERTAIN CUR8
Syfor Kidney pissases Gravel and I'll unnsry DlSsA
6cro1ula. 6y1tiae end al HOOD end H1dn D.
speedily cured. 4onoExh0a 0uzed IN - hOuxs. YR
so1e 6y WI. y. ENIWIG11 QEuggigt cugn0 h
yEeet end P1nnsy1vnnja syonuA Price 8 Pr - -
b. msn uUder soal On receipt Ct prieo. ~
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The best sermon in the world never yet recon-
eiled the proud man, trying to curl his feet up
and cut OF sight under the pew to the pain
Fi,lly ottTusve and evident fact that the wife of
HE bosom had used his blacking-brush to polish
the Kitchen stoye.--BWtia9ton Hascksye
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GERMAN LLOYD

IN STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK. HAvRE
LONDON SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
Tho steamers Of this company viii sail EVERY SAT.
URDAY from Bremen Pier foot of Sd street Hoboken
Rates Of passage:-From New York 70 Hxyre, London,
SOUTHAMPTON and Bremen, first cabin, 500; second
cabin 500 steerage, $780, prepaid steerage ceuncases
SIS. For freight or passage apply to OELRIChS Co,
CO.. 925 Pennsylyania avenue northwest. Agents for
Washington. tanl2
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yTARTLING DISCOVERY!
HEALTH rs WEALTH !-DR. T.. @. VESTS
III NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENTc sneci0e


ache. Mental Depression. Loss Of Memory Spernstor.
rhss Lmpotency. Involuntary Emissions; Premature
% Age, caused BY oyerexertion self abuse over.
mdulgence which leads to misery, decay and death.
One box VIII cure recent Each box contains one
1xe dol,.ss sent hS mail prepaid ON recsipt q pck
order received by for ok boxes scco1npanisd viii
nve dol.xs We YIN send the puEchaser our written gas
effect cure. Guarantees issued by STOTT GROIN
NELL. $50 Pennsylvania avenue Washington, d. c.,
Whoesaeand Retail AeentA % whom I'll orders shoulA
be addressed. 0c16-a t1,s
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RAILROADS
SHENANDoAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE
CAVERN OF LURAY.

The Luray Cave and Hotel Company have noti.
fed this company that they have introduced the
ELECTRIC LIGHT
into the Cayerns and they daily illuminated by
the aha of this powerful agent
NO OTliER uLUMINAToI BEING ADEQUATE
20 penetrate the cbTcurties Of these subterranesp
nails and grottos or to properly reveal th,ir
MAGNIFICENT ORNAMENrATION.
No similar taNerns known clseN here No Cayerns
have ever before been illuminated by the aid OF
Tlcity.
The effects produced fully meet the authorization and
are arNelonsly hsautitul and present visions
which have been heretofore unsttainahle under the
feeble illumination I'asSibs.
No extra charge Is for the illumination by the
Electric Light and Guides furnished free usual.
LCRAl Inn
Will remain CIen at AL the year. yisitorA
may feel assured of procuring Superior and t-c&ss
accommodations.
THROUGH TICKETS
are on sae by connecting roads.
JOSEPH III. SANDS CIAS. +. HATCH
superintendent Genl Pass'r Agent
Hasefstown. Md. Philadelphia 40
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observation-disclosures.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
ROGERS Il BROS. PLATED WARE.
TABLE CUTLERY. best makes.
DECORATED DINNER, TEA and TOILET SETS
German Students and other LAMPS.
CARPET SwEEPERS. STEP LADDERS.
DOOR MATS. TIN and WOODEN WARE.
And full line of KITCHEN UTENSILS at low prices.
Novelties in JAPANESE and CHINA WARE for Holt
day Presents.
GEO. WATTS.
n3O-1m 3l4 eth street. S doors above Pa. ave.
NEW GOODS.
DECORATED DINNER SETS.
DECORATED TOILET SETS.
JAPANESE PoRCELAINS.
AND
DECORATIONS
AT EXTREMELY Low PRICES.
All kinds Of COOKING UTENSILS and KITCHEN
FURNISHINGS OF the best class.
wILMARTH g. EDMONsTON,
n19 700 MARKET SPACE.
IF YOU WANT HEATING OR COOKING
Do not fail to call and examine large assortment Of
both. Agents for the
RADIANT HOME HEATING STOVES AND
FURNACES,
The best of their kind made in the country. Also,
LAIROBES, SLATE MANTELS, CRATES AND
BRICK SET RANGES.
~ '''' ~ W. S. jerks & CO..
o12 7l7 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST.
DINNER SETS,
DESSERT AND TOILET SETS.
IN FNGJ JSu AND ERFNCIJ CuINA
OF OUR DIRECT IMPORTATION.
AT LOW PRICES
ms wv BOTELER 4 SON,
GERMAN STUDENT LAMP,
NICKEL LATED.
LARGEST SIZE.
WITH NEW IMPROVEMENT,
ONLY $780,
wv. SCHAFER,
1920 7TH STREET.
nj ABOVE NEW YORK AVENUE.
POTTERY AND PORCELAIN,
ENGLISH. FRENCH.
DRESDEN AND CHINESE.
RODGERS ENGLISH CUTLERY.
FINE PLATED-wARE.
AND FULL LINE OF KITCHEN UTENSILS.
M. w. BEvERIDGE,
LATE WEBB Il BEvEEIpGE.)
o29 No. 1909 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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4 NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.

4 tUNAhD LINZ.
NOTICE!
LANE ROUTE.
THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER 40. N. r.. NEW YORK.
Parthia. Wed. Dec Gallia Wed. 4 Jan.
Servia Wed. IA Dec Catalonia We'd II Jan.
Bothnia We'd. % Dec. Parthia 80. We'd, Is Jan.
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM NEW YORK.
PASSAGE.
$50, $50 and 500, according 70 accommodations
1icke to Paris, SIS additional.
Return tickets ON favorable terms.
Steamers marked do not carry steerage.
Steerage ut low rates. Storage tickets from Lv
erpool and Queenstown and all other parts Of Europe 1t
lowest rates.
Through bills OF iaoen given for Belfast Glasgow,
Hayre, Antwerp other portson the Continent and
for Mediterranean ports.
For freight and passage apply at the Companys ooe
No. Bowling Green, both steerage and cabin to
OTIS BIGELOW CO.. COS 7th street. Washington
Orto Messrs. OTIS BIGEIsOW CO..
janl2 COS 9TH street, Washington.
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STEAMERS, &c.
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

N0TlcE.
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
On and after NOVEMBER 3D. 1881. the steamer
At q; m. every MONDAY. THURSDAY and SATUR.
Raa S all 5 or apds % M0NRA9 far
man. On SATURDAY. Currioman and Leonardtown.
o2S JOHN X. WOOD, Agent.
FOR S MaNSaH I P9ETs SH9NT FORTRESS
Si FONT tS Loo E0ISE AMI
coNNEGTISNGG Nc, WITH VIII THE, The BOSTON F AND PRovI-
Steamer EXCELSIOR on TUESDAYS THURSDAYS
and SAT URDAYS at 8 pm.
FALL AND wSY STg a AERASs EN- BEGIN
First class fare to Norfolk and Fort Monroe 50 so
Second class fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk.
Second class to Piney Point and Point Lookout IS
Tickets and staserooms for and information fur
b. O. Ticket office, 1851 Pennsyivans avenue north,
IL c nsa s e e f ~
fee; and at Company's Office. 18th street wharf.
GEORGE MATTINGLY. General suPt
VIM. p. WEIGH. Agent. oA
NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE.
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, Il oslssE pm, touch
b :.
MENCING OCTOBER l.
First class Fare to Fortress Monroe aud Norfolk 80
Second Fare Fortress Monroe and Norfolk so
First class Fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout l. so
Returning, leave Norfolk, TUESDAYS. THURS
DAYS and SATURDAYS. at four o'clock Pm.
Office 6l3 18th street. in the National Metropolitan
Bank Building, at the Office, 9th street wharf.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS
.pS s sr
m. and Georgetown every FRIDAY. at am. For
particulars apply to agent GO Water street Georgetown
ALFRED WOOD. Secretary,
o22 613 18th street. opposite u. s. Treasury.
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Horse Returns to Ahis Early Home.
From the Manchester IN. H.) Mirror.
A horse raised in Norwich, VT, but used for
family purposes in this city for several years,
was recently sold to a party in Oxford, N. H. In
slipped away from his owner and disappeared
going at high rate of speed. A diiigent search
In the morning on all roads for circuit of sew
eral miles failed to reveal any trace of the
day by his former master In this city, asking If
the horse had made his. appearance here, in
reply to which the owner WAS directed to inquire
at Norwich. The horse Was found there and
appearance in the place at o'clock In the morn
ing, after his escape from Orford having in six
hours crossed the Connecticut river and travelled
q miles in the darkness over a road he had not
seen since he was year old colt. To make
this distance in the time mentioned he must
have avoided oil crossroads and without delay
gone BY the regular route.
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NOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRES
II MONROE, PINEY POINT AND
POINT LOOKOUT

CONNECTING WITH THE BOSTON AND PROVI-
DENCE STEAMERS IN NORFOLK.
Steamer EXCELSIOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS
and SAT URDAYS at pm.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
MR.. PLATT'S FALL.

ITrey Times (Dem). July ID
Mr.. Platt and q woman who ID Oe-
lieved to be a resident OF Hudson occu-
pied room in the Delavan House for
several hours. During that time sever
al prominent republicans who oppose
Mr.. Platt's re. election were acting the
part Of spies. Senator Woodin, Assem-
blymen Hustled, Skinner, Waring.
Steele, Holmes and Potter, and the no.
torious Barber and his lieutenants, Abe
Disbecker, OF New York, and General"
Richardson, OF Syracuse, are mentioned
in the newspapers rs persons whs
watched the ex-senator on the occasien.
1t 10 only just to Senator Woodin aud
General Hustled ito repeat their state
ment that they did not jsin the othsrs
until late hour. The probability 10
that they were sent for and obeyed the
summons without knowing why they
we're wanted. We confess that We are
surprised at the appearance OF Mr..
SINNERS name as one Of the party ana
hope that 1t will transpirs that he joined
the others without knowledge OF their
object. Mr.. d. s. Potter, Of Schuyler.
vile. Saratoga county, has realised the
anticipations OF many OF those who know
most about HIM. He knows how It is
himself and ought to have kept ont Of
the dirty spy business He would not
care to have all his doings published
maybe. Between the republican who
was caught in his immortality and the
| republicans who used q step ladder q
secure evidence, there is no need IN de-
cent peoDle taking sides,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
A SOLEMN sOENE,
From the Musical Herald. ]

There was the Queerest scene At
ono Of the churches one Sunday. 1t
seems that during the vacation the
seats had been newly varnished. and
somehow the varnish was not right,
as 1t was terribly sticky. You know
when you pull anything off from
sticky varnish, that it cracks. Well.
the audience had all got seated. when
the minister got up to give out the
hymn, aud as the basement Of his
breeches let loose of the vsrnish of
his chair, there was noise like kill
ling fly on the wall with paln-leaf (
fau. The minister looked around ut
the chair to see if he was all present.
and that no guilty mans pants had
escaped, and read the hymn. The
choir rose with a sound of revelry,
and after the tenor had swallowed u
lozenge AVID the bass had coughed up
piece of frog, and the alto had hem
med, and the soprano had shook out
her polonaise to see if the varnlsh
showed on the south side, the audi
ence began to rise. One or two dea-
cons got up first, with sounds like
picket firing in the distance on the
eve of battle, and then a few more
got up, and the rafting of the un-
yielding varLish sounded as though
the fight was becoming more animat-
ed, and then the whole audience got
gu it's feet at once with a sound of rat
tling musketry. Then the choir sang
"Hold the Fort" When the organ
had concluded, the people sat down
gingerly, the services were short, and
all went home praying tor the man
who painted the seats.