Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-27
Garfield Souvenirs
A DEMAND FOR EyERrTBING--How Hrs PHOTO
GRAPHS SILL

cents copy. The shelves Of the booksellers are
already loaded with souvenir volumes. One OF
.hese volumes was prepared long in advance on
the snpposition that the President would recover
ana closes with congratulatory poem The
author however. has added postscript setting
matters right Busts medallons and every
sort OF likeness of the late President can De seen
on every hand. The great haste with which they
nave been gotten up is the only excuse FOR the
miserable appearance Of most of them. There
are very Few really good hkenesses of Gen Gar
neid TO be seen anywhere Some of the plas-
yer meuallons, busts and figures made seem
almost ridiculous
A STAR reporter askeda '5th-street bookseller
IL there was much OF sale Tor General Garfield's
pictures. I've can't get enough of them was
the reply. I've could sell many more than we
do both Of General Garield's and Mrs Garheld's
pictures We could sell the whole family IL we
had them. The demand for Mr. Arhurs pic
lures is also picking up"
An E-street statoner said: Most Of the mic
lures are miserable, bat they sell well Every
thing pertaining 10 President Garfield sells we'll
Have You seen that Yet ?" inquired the book
seller. holding up photograph of a man with a
square head and a little black moustache.
lis it Mason?" asked the reporter.
Yes. Ii Is singular, but there is little call
for his picture. ] don't think it has paid the
photographer for taking them"
How about Guiteau's pictures?
wen. there has been good demand for
them Bell has made money out of them. /
understand he kept eight men at work and vet
could not print them fast enough
THE COMING NATIONAL FAIn.-A meeting q,
the directors of the National Fair Association
was held last night at their rooms Mr. w F.
Clark in the chair, :. A. Cox secretary Mr. e.
W. Bauer being the highest bidder. was awarded
the restaurant privilege at the Fair. Mr. Kern,
OF New York, was awarded the restaurant for
the running meeting. A proposition from the
owner of a pair of steers weighing seoo pounds
to exhibit them was accepted. as was also
one from the owner of phenomnal calf having
a double head. An offer by a lady bicyclist to
give an exhibition was refused. Mr. j. u. Fer
guson reported that the program for the steeple
chase would be announced in a few days.
GROUND BROKEN FOR A New CHURCH BrIIp-
NG.-To-day ground was broken on the lot cor
ner 10Th and streets northwest for the erection
oil chapel for the use Of Grace Reformed mis-
sion OF this city. of which Rev c. r. Sontag ia
pastor. The chapel will he of the Queen Anne
style. 52x2S OF brick. laid in red mortar. The
audience room will be well arranged with ey-
posed rafters and walnut pews. TO seat about
215 persons, and the whole edfce will be Of the
pest material Cost. about $500. Houts q
Shane are the contractors.
SHOOTING AT BENNING's YESTERDAY
Twenty members of the National Rifles took
part IN the 200 yards rifle match at Bennings
yesterday. and OF this number IL made scores of
70 and over out OF a possible 81. as follows:
Sample, LauritZen, Burnside (J.o.P.) Vale and
tombstone 30 each; Abner. Fuller. Keech and
Pollard, -; Johnston. Oyster and Barnes. %;
Manson. Nicholson and Paige. % and Macleod
and Story, 26 Mr.. Sample having the best 80
was awarded the first prize, and Mr.. Lauritzen
the second.
RUSSIAN WHO HAS EVIDENTLY BEEN SOLD
To-day. in the Probate Court, Judge Hagner
paper was filed as having come from LODI Rus
sia. IL bears date of September 5th ard is ad-
dressed to the Judge Of the Orphans Court The
paper says: In the years 1887 and 1888.
and subsequently in lS67-70. there appeared
in the German papers notice apparently
from the American government. in which the re-
laflons of the deceased ship chaplain. Johann
Gotleib Schnabel. were requested to establish
their claims TO his nine million dollars estate.
l nave been lawfully authorized by several of
the Schnabel relations residing in Russia to in
vestigate into and collect their legacy aud I
therefore take the liberty TO politely request
you to give me information 10y return mail of
the status and condition OF the Selma
bel estate, concerning the will Of
the testator and where the estate ID
and the will is deposited. or kindly advise me i'm
What manner can obtain this information and
one OF the papers in which the notice formerly
appeared. In respectful expectation of your
KIND communication. JOHANN RoHNER."
GETTING READY TO INDIcT GuITEAU.-ColoneI
Corkhill is preparing a list of witnesses in the
case of Guiteau to-day. and the order for sub
pPnas will probably be given TO the clerk this
afternoon. This morning. Col. COrkhill received
notification from the telegraph company that
Mr.. ScOyille. Guteau's brother-in-law. TO whom
he yesterday telegraphed at Chicago. was not i'm
town. but the dispatch had been forwarded to
him.
A RECKLESS DRIVER FINED.-A colored man.
named Charles Golden. was charged in the
Police Court. this morning. with assaulting
little white boy. named Patrick Henry Loughran,
who lives at 207 10Th street southeast. The
testimony showed that the little fellow was
playing with his velocipede on the street and
Golden Grove his ice wagon against the yeloci-
pede and completely demolished it, aud the boy
was injured by being thrown against the curb.
stone. Officer Shelton testified to having a
great deal of trouble in getting Golden to the
Judge Smell gave him a good
lecture about reckless driving and fined him $40
or 30 days in jail
TORRD SEPTEMBER.-The summer-which
was remarkable for lts long line of excessively
hot days-bids fair TO lap over into October, not
yennor's assurance when he was
here i'm the early part of September that relief
would soon come. The oldest inhabitant and
the weather-bureau man-who always agree on
things that are past.unite in Pronouncing
it remarkable September. The morning
bulletin from the Signal office shows that
there has been little change i'm temperature i'm
any part of the Union. In upper New York. New
England and the northwest there had been fall
Of from one to five degrees during the - hours.
La the south and southwest. generally, there had
been a rise of about two degrees. At Omaha
here was a fall of 16 degrees. and at Leaven-
worth a fall of 10 degrees, while at Wilmington,
\. e., therewas a rise Of IL degrees. these places
representing the greatest variation in teinpera-
ure The temperature in Washington this morn
ng was two degrees higher than yesterday
norm ing, land still a-heating."
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WONAS's CHRISTIAN
UNIoN.-The annual meeting
# the Wonan's Christian Temperance
Union of the district, was held to-day at
Masonic Temple. The attendance was
arge. The devotional exercises with which the
were opened this morning. were
conducted by Mrs. Alcesta Bailey. The morn
ng session was taken up in hearing the address
# the president. Mrs. Clara l.. Roach and the re-
'Orts of the corresponding secretary, Mrs. Anna
=. Davidson, and the treasurer. Mrs.
sarah ID. La Fetra. The afternoon session
vas devoted mainly TO hearing reports
rom different departments as follows:
sunday school, juvenile and scientific, Mrs. Rosa
!. Hartwell; young womans work. Miss Anna
Indprhil. femDerance literature. Mrs. pkebo