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The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Lyons. share q Go.

Some Of the letters received at the city
post-ofiice for delivery here represent
stupidity which would seem to be impossi-
BILE to any person sensible enough to write
or post a letter. A marked illustration has
occurred within the past ten days. Some
five or six weeks ago New York periodi-
cal caricatured Mr.. Voorhees, as champion
of pension attorneys in cartoon, in which
one corner showed the United States treas
ury as an immense safe, upon which was
put a fac simile of the engraved letter-head
of leading pension firm. with some eXag-
gerated advertisement of the skill of the
firm in procuring pensions and charging
fees. This was signed Lyons, Share 4
Co., Pension Attorneys, Washington, ID.
g." The cartoon was evidently taken by
some as an advertisement, and within the
past tive weeks fifteen or twenty letters
have been received at the post-office here
directed Lyons, Share & Co., Pension
Attorneys" If any of these letters contain
fees the owners will get their money back
through the head-letter office.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
in TROUBLE AGAIN,
Sergeant Mason Likely TO be Tried
by Amnfher Courf m nrfinI

Sergeant John Mason, who distinguished
himself in history by trying to shoot the as
sassin Guitoau, is again in trouble. 1t looks
now as II he will be tried again by court
martial on the charge Of grossly insulting two
superior officers. The facts in the case arc
about as follows: During the late court-martial
TO the Washington Arsenal, ut tho request OF
Gen. BIgelow, MasOn's counsel, went TO tho
latter's cell In the guardhous for the purpose
OF examining The wound received by the ser
geant in the late war. Gen. Bigelow's object
was, II possible, to establish the fact that
his clients wound ought to have barred him
from q re-onlistment In the army. Mason
treated the surgeons with great indignity anu
dlsrespect cursing and swearing at them. He
positively refused to be subjected TO n minute
examination, and it was only after much per
suasion on the part OF Surgeon Gibson that
no consented to bare his arm and show HIS
wound. He would not, however, permit the
surgeons to touch him.
Yesterday Surgeons Gibson and Reod drew
up fermal charges against Mason, and the
probabilities are that he will be tried by court
martial. Gen. Bigelow visited the Arsenal
cept an apology from Mason, whom he thought
would make n satisfactory one,
To this proposition they made no direct reply,
and II is TO be inferred from their silence that
they intend 10 call for a court-martial to try
the offender. Mason was asked II he would
not mako an apology for his conduct and re-
Piled emphatically that he would not.
Mason is believed by most of his comrades
TO be crank of the first magnitude. Some of
them say that he was never at any time bright,
but since his confinement on the charge of
shooting at Gulteau, he has developed into n
should be sent to an insane asylum instead
OF a prison,
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Was II a Forgery?

The case OF Bradley and others against
William NJ. Gait, tho feed dealer, now going
on in the Circuit Court, commands consider
able notice and has developed serious situa-
tions. The suit is against Mr.. Gait, as bonds
man,with S. g. Mcdowell and Robert G. Hewitt,
on the bond of Mark Young, for $4,000.
Mr.. Gait has no recollection OF signing the
bond, and Messrs. Hewitt and Mcdowell posi-
lively deny having signed 1t.
Mr.. Young testified that he took the bond to
Mr. Calf I'm blank, and it was handed back to
him signed, and that Mr.. Gait sub
sequently, when an adverse de-
cision had been made of the appeal case
in the United States Supreme Court, conversed
with him as to his liability. That he took the
bond TO Mr., Hewitt, who took 1t In the house,
and 1t was signed when he got the paper back.
He also says that Mr.. Mcdowell did not sign
il, but that his clerk, who had power of
attorney TO sign his name, did It. This
the clerk denies.
Thus 1t will be seen from forgery the case
changes into perjury, and the. question Is, by
whom is IL being committed.
AS all OF the parties are well-knOwn citizens,
and the case is a remarkable one the interest
Increases as the case progresses
This afternoon in this cause the plaintiff
voluntarily took non-suit to renew the action
In q different form,
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
MR.. HAVENNER DEAD.
The Suicide Prem mettftatcd-His Rea-
sons for Committing the Deed
Letters Written ON Monday Last.

Mr.. @. W. Havenner, who committed suicide
Monday, died quietly and rather suddenly Mt n
few minutes before 10 o'clock this morning. His
son had left him shortly before, with the
impression that he would be able to return
before death occurred. Mr.. Lee, the under
takcr and DR.. Patterson, the Coroner, were
Immediately notified
II was accertained this morning that Mr.
Havenner shortly before shooting himself I'D
dressed letters to Mrs. Rowe, his sister, living
at No. % street northeast, Mr..
Charleton, his brother-in-law, who con
ducts the Havenner bakery, and a third
relative, as well as to the Coroner. The lettor
to the Coroner states that the act was premedi-
tated, and had been performed as relief from
life OF trouble but ascribed no other motive
or cause for the deed. The letter was evil
IDENTIFY written for the purpose of clearing up
any doubts that might arise as to the perpe-
traitor of the deed. The other letters are OF n
private nature, relating to family affairs, and
are written in an affectlonate, sorrowful style.
The letter to Mrs. Rowe states, among other
things, that the deceased had developed so
strong craving for drink that he had only
had the choice between filling the grave of a
drunkard or that of a suicide, and had chosen
the latter. The letters are all dated on the
9Th instant, and all state that by the time they
are received the writer will be dead. The let
ter to Mr.. Charleton is the longest, and is q
very sad review Of the latter days OF Mr.. Ha-
vennerS life.
The Coroner this afternoon, after reviewing
the body, deemed an inquest unnecessary, and
gave certificate stating that death had re-
suited from suicidal pistol-shot wound.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
PERSONAL.

MURAT HALsTEAD is called the political
Guiteau.- GoicestoR Journal
Mr.. II. A. PRESTON, who has been seri-
ously III, was out to-day for the hrst time In
six weeks.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY. GENERAL FREE
MAN, of the Post-office Department. arrived
home to-day from Tennessee.
CONGRESSMAN DuGRo, of New York,
and his wtfe are the youngest couple among
Congressional families, he being only 26 and
she several years younger.
CAPT. My ERs, postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio and proprietor Of the Columbus D1spatch,
is in the city. The captain is an affable gen.
tleman and has many friends here.
SENATOR HoAR has an idea that in being
classical of style he is without faults His
manner is entirely without color or warmth.
He is as cool as iced vinegar Baltimore Amer
lean.
Mr.. j. ii. Foss, of Newbuyyport, Mass,
has been sent South by Commissioner Loring,
of the Agricultural Bureau, to report upon the
results OF Gen. Le Dues experiments In tea
culture.
FRANCIS MURPHY, the Pennsylvania
temperance advocate and originator OF the
"blue ribbon" movement, has been conducting
successful temperance mass meetings In Man
chester, Eng.
On the house 7 Craven street, Strand,
London, a circular tablet has been fixed with
these words: "Liyed here Benjamin Franklin,
Printer, Philosopher and Statesman. Born
l7O0. Died $780,"
REV. GEORGE HILDT, the oldest member
OF the Baltimore Conference NJ, Z. Church, and
who filled many prominent appointments In
this city, died at his residence in Baltimore
yesterday in the s0th year Of his age.
JOE HOWARD writes that John Russell
Young waits, although he can have either the
Chinese or Japanese mission, and then asks :
"why doesn't he go and give somebody else
his roomY This query must be read under
the line-Howard means Young's room In the
Herald oflice.-Iruht.
BELLE BOYD, the Confederate spy who
died recently at Plymouth, England, is living
at Corslcana, Texas In easy circumstances.
She is also living In a garret In Baltimore,
whore she makes a seanty living by needle
work-so the papers say. Belle Is beating her
Confederate record OF being In two places at
once.
MR.. +. c. WELsCH, an American artist
who has achieved renown I'm the Old World,
has arrived In New York after an absence OF
twenty years. Mr.. Welsch began the practice
OF his art while living In Cazenovia, N. ",
and subsequently, established himself In Syra-
cuse. OF late years he has lived chiefly In
Rome, where his studio was we'll known 10
American visitors. His studies for landscapes
were originally made in Northern New York.
Then Alpine scenery engaged his pencil, aud
Venice, Rome, Egypt and the Interior OF Africa
have furnished the themes that appear on his
canvases. There are several OF Mr.. Welsch S
pictures In the private galleries of New York,
and n loan exhibition OF his works has Just
been organized as a compliment TO him by his
old fellow citizens Of Syracuse.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
A Veteran statesman.

Simon Cameron, the veteran statesman,
reaches his eighty-third year to-day. He
is hale and hearty, and is enjoying latter
days of a useful and honorable career. He
was born in Lancaster County, Pennsyl-
vania, March s, 1893, and spent his early
years in a printing office. He was at one
time typo in the Government Printing
Office. In 1S45 he was elected to the
United States Senate, and resigned in 1851 :,
when he became Secretary of War under
President Lincoln. He resigned that posi-
tion also and was appointed Minister to
Russia. In 1867 he was again elected to
the Senate, and in 1873 was reelected for
the fourth time to a seat in the United
States Senate. He resigned again, aud has
since been in private life.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
District government Notes.

Requests have been received for the
erection of hydrant in the alley In square
Doctor Chapin's gang of street laborers
were being paid of at the Columbia building
to-day. .
Daniel Toomey will invest $3.50 in the
erection of brick store on L street, near
Third.
james II. Richardson has applied for
an extension of his time in which to grade
Half street.
Supplies and utensils of various kinds
Were sent to the Smallpox Hospital to-day
from the Health-ofiice.
j. +. Forsyth received permit to-day
10 build frame dwelling on NJ street south
west. at a cost of $500.
DR.. Rauterberg received q permit to.
day to build brick dwelling, at an OK pense OF
$1,000, on Third street, near G.
John Miller will build row of five
Trick dwellings on Rhode Island avenue, near
Fifth street, at an expense OF $500.
John Frazer received permit to-day
TO build two brick dwellings, on,Tenth street,
between q and ii, at a cost OF $4,000.
The Water Registrar is in receipt of
another voluminous petition from Capitol Hill
complaining OF the scarcity of water.
The Water Registrar to-day received a
number OF applications for the erection OF
hydrants In alleys In various parts OF the city.
Il. b. Hadely was arrested by Henry
Ran this morning for doing business as a
book agent without a license, and released on
taking out his license.
The safety committee started at noon
to-day ON tour OF inspection of some churches
in the northwest part OF the city, the Smith
sonian, the Corcoran building and the Light
Infantry Armory.
"A petition signed by about twenty
property holders asking that Fourth street,
between New York avenue and street, be re-
paved with concrete and graded, has been re-
ceiyed by the Commissioners.
The liquor license committee, at their
weekly meeting, this afternoon, disapproved
the applications of Dennis i. Keady and Fran
els Leonard and approved those of Frederick
Atzel, Catherine o'Brten and p. II. sheehy.
Special License Agent Henry Raft
Today swore out warrants against Il. W. Gid
dings and j. j. De Forest for evadlng the Ii
cense law OF the District. These men are two
among the several hundred unlicensed
brokers who make II a business TO cash census
thai the number OF these brokers is exceed
ingly large, and the amount of license tax
which they should be obliged 10 pay 800 per
nnnum) would form an important Item in the
District revenues.
The vital statistics of the District for
last week, Issued to-day by the Health Oflcer
show that there were 1O2 deaths, an increase
OF over the previous week. OF the decedents
26 were white males, 80 white females, 4
colored males and % colored females. There
were 3 deaths by violence, malaria, scarlet
of which 81 were white males, 10 white
females, ~ colored males and II colOred
females. There were 30 marriages reported,
OF which % were among the white population
and among the eolored There were still
births, OF which were whito and colored.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
COURTS.

COURT IN GENERAL TERM-Chief Jus
tice Cartier and Justices James and Cox
Mcpherson vs.. Lowell argument COM
menced.
CIRCUIT COURT Justice Macarthur
Ogier VS.. Harmon Judgment by default.
Harris d Schafer VS.. Taylor same action.
Bunting's Sons & Co. vs. Richold same
action. Higgins, Cobb & Co. vs. Richold
same action. Bradley ct al, VS.. Gait; on
hearing.
EQUITY CouRT-Justice Hagner.-M Nor
ril VS.. Gatchell; auditors report confirmed
Middleton VS.. Gibbs ct al. ; pro confcsso
against defendants Green. and Stone or
dered. Brindley VS.. Jones title Invested
and vested in II. G. Thorn as trustee.
Burlls VS.. Burlls; testimony ordered taken
before Irving Williamson. Decker vs..
Decker; divorce decreed. Rainey VS..
Green; Thomas J. Myers appointed guard
ian ad litem. Fayman VS.. James rule on
complainant returnable March 20, 1882,
ordered
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
CumberIand Coal Trade.

The shipments from the mines of the Cum
terland coal region for the week ended Satur-
day, March 4, were 4S,410 tons, and for the
124, $40 tons over the corresponding period Of
1851. The coal was carried TO tide as fol-
lows: Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad-week,
3d. tons; year, 5,541; Increase over
1881, S6,343 tons. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
week, 1874 tons; year, the same; increase
over 1881, 1874 tons. (rhis is still on wharves
at Cumberland) Pennsylvania Railroad
week, 1908 tons; year, 63,467 tons; increase
over 1881, 34,94S tous. The year 1880 so far
has been one of great prosperity TO the Cum
berland region, the shipments to date aggre-
eating 100000 more than during the CORE
spending period of any year In the last de-
cade. The shipments for the first nine weeks
OF each year of the past eleven were as fol-
lows; 1872, 177,776 tons; 1873, 226,4i2 tons;
1874, 195,944 tons; 1876, 147, ITO tons; 1876,
165,059 tons; 1877, 106,695 tons; 1873,
l06,63O tons; 1879, 136,2f0 tons; 1850,
263,042 tons; 1851, 237,717 tons; 1882,
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
NObby Spring Pants TO Order. $3.50
Losses by Fire.

The New Jersey Central Railroad Depot
at Valley Station, about ten miles from
Easton, was destroyed by fire at five o'clock
who lived in the building, loses all his
goods. The fire was caused by sparks from
locomotive
A fire carly yesterday morning at
Strathroy, Ont, destroyed the building
owned by ]. and J. English, occupied by
G. p. Heale & Co., dry goods; r. De-
PROSE-, grocer, and p. Ii. Matthews, tailor.
Loss $4,000. During the progress of tho
fire the front wall fell out, burying several
people who were standing in the street.
taker, was killed. Ten were seriously, and
others slightly, injured.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
BENJAMIN'S BOOM.
How an Ohio Democratic Statesman
ROOmed Himself and Raised IIades
Among the Delegation.

"Say, there, Mr.. CRITIC man, hold on, have
got a good thing for you on one of our states
men," cried a politician to THE CRITIC re-
porter this morning.
swell, who is he and whore is he from ?"
"From Ohio"
"Hold on, Ohio is played out. THE CRITIC
has no time to waste on dead issues. If you
have a good thing on statesman from live
State or Territory, Indiana or in the Territory
of Dakota for instance, out with it, but don't
waste time over the corpse of Ohio"
"But this is too good to be lost, ana you
ought to hear it,"
swell, out with It,"
"Now, II is this: Ben LIE Fevre voted for him
self in order to get TO be a member of the Con-
gressfonal Democratic Committee, and It has
raised a hi of q row among the statesmen
from that State. Nobody wanted Bsn but
himself. He is as cunning as a fox and as sly
as a coon, and tell you that this action OF
Beniamin's has got up a hi of a racket, ana
old fatty will get left, mark that"
Saying this tho gentleman left by suggesting
that, in his opinion, Indiana and Dakota were
not the only sections of our great and glorious
country entitled to consideration yet.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Schooner, hamburger and Rats.

VIM. Howard, young white man, charged
Ellen Banks, colored, with making an assault
upon him. The Gaze was heard In tho Police
Court this morning, and among the witnesses
who testified against the defendant were
George Schooner, George Li1abuf0er, and Mary
Rats, queer combination OF names, TO say the
least. Howard's witnesses all testified that
the assault was bona rde one while the wit
nesses on the other side were equally persis-
When Ellen was put on the stand she said she
thought II n great hardship for Howard to
have her arrested when she had been so good
and kind To him as TO take him into her house
and wash and pick the bugs off him time and
again. She swore positively she did not touch
Howard. Judge Smell thought different and
fined her IS.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
COMBINATIONS.

The Senate In executive session yesterday
confirmed the following nominations: Con
suls-L. j. II. Du Verge, of Maryland, at st.
Paul De Loanda; Horatio n. Beach, OF New
York, at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Navy
Lieut.. George d. Livingstone TO be Lieuten-
ant Commander. Postmasters-Wm. Ward, at
Newark, N. j.; George NJ. Wise, at Bellaire, o.
Clarence l.. Chapman, Great Falls, N. H.; Al
fred w. Converse, Windsor Locks, Conn.,; Isaac
Cumberland, Nd; Charles W. Buckley, Mont
gomery, Ala; Mary e. Wiley, Huntsville, Tex.
Charles Griswold, Guilford, Conn; Daniel e
Cooper, Winterset, Ia; VIM. II. IL. Dickinson
MiesOula. Montana
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
w hy He Fell,

At social gathering a few nights ago,
at house on Austin avenue, they were
talking about lucky men, when Bill Prior
spoke up, and said that he knew man
who had more luck than Gen. Grant.
"Who is it," asked several.
"It is Seth Craig, the president ofa tenn
perance society In Waco. He was carrying
three or four bottles of beer across the
street, when he fell down with them, and
he didn't get hurt at all
''Didn't he get cut with the broken
glass?" asked another Of the party. shud-
deriDe.
mo he didn't. You see he was carry
ing the three or four bottles of beer in
sidev
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
The Most Numerous Member.

II. IOUIa IttIuDHCun.
Holman Is always In session when the House
IL, and Speaker Kiefer has doubtless found out
by this time that the rugged old Hoosier is, by
the dispensatlon Of nature, a member of ali
committees, and by virtue OF his own indie
faiigable Industry personally In charge of all
bills that have money In them. Holman
doesn't sit In the committee r0oms, but whom
any committee tries 10 bore a mole Ia the
Treasury they are sure 10 nnd Holman around
when the boring begins. and lust as we'll in
formed as any member OF the committee about
the size and purpose Of the proposed hole.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
AnIusspe Mans Freak.

On Friday evening last John Murphy,
living near Salem, Va, attacked his wife
with q bootjack made of seasoned oak an
inch thick and beat her to such an ex-
tent that her life was despaired of. Her
cries attracted some workmen near by, and
on seeing them approach Murphy, making
passing dash at one or two of his chill
dren, rushed to the wood pile, picked up the
AK and deliberately cut his own right
hand off, chopping the arm clear through
twice. he is a well.to do. thrifty, hard
working Irishman, and has always been
considered an unusually kind and affection
ate husband and father. But some months
ago he lost two fingers by accident and the
fear that their loss would prevent his max
ing provision for his wife and ten children
so preyed on his mind that it has been evil
dent for some time that he was demented.
His insane idea was that he would save his
family from suffering by killing them all
outright. He was on Tuesday pronounced
insane by committee.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
The Fruii-Growers.

The regular monthly meeting of the Po'
tomac Fruit. Growers Association was held
last night in the chapel of the Young Mems
Christian Association, DIR. McKim, the
president of the association, in the chair.
DIR. Needham read very carefully pre-.
pared and interesting paper on plum cul-
ture, which was listened TO with marke
attention by his audience. At the close of
his paper he replied to questions put to him
by his auditors, and explained several
points in plum culture. He then exhib
tied several cuts of grapes and gave short
description of each variety, and lucidly ex-
plained the peculiarities Of each. A scien-
lifc committee was appointed TO examine
into scientific subjects connected with fruit
growing. The members of the committee
are Drs. Rowland, Needham, Augusta, T.
C. Smith, and Professor Taylor, Several
new members We're elected. The meeting
then adjourned to meet on the first Tues
day in April, when paper on the apple
will be read.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Garfield Memorial HospitaI.

Treasurer Gilhllan has received the follow
Hospital; o. Nj. spencer, United States Consul,
Melbourne, $40; J.. A. connor, Postmaster,
Varnville, s, O., 1910; Jacob Rohrbach, Post
simms, Lawrenceburg, Tenn, SIS; Sixth Pres
hyterian Church, Albany, N. y, So; N. Vennor,
Postmaster, Comersville, Miss, 81; j. Il. Fir
Numbers, g. A. r., Post SO, Harrisburg, IS
African NJ. e. Church, Greenville, S. O., S1.35;
New lork-avenue Presbyterian Church, Wash
ington (additionaD 80 cents.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Relieving the sufferers.

The Secretary Of War has received a tele-
gram from L. H. Mangum, Commissioner for
Arkansas, at Memphis, Tenn, stating: ''Have
Issued 100000 rations throughout the over
flowed country In Arkansas to about 5000
sufferers. Will last seven or eight days.
Affairs very alarming suffering on the in
crease. VIII continue so from forty to fifty
days, under most favorable circumstances.
There are not less than 10000 destitute suf-
ferers in Arkansas"
He also received a telegram from Com
missioner Hemingway, of Mississippi, as fol-
lows
eighteen thousand persons are without
supplies or means for procuring them. The
number.will increase rapidly during the over
fiow. Rations issued will be exhausted by the
18th instant"
Gov. Hawkins, of Tenn, has telegraphed as
follows:
II have appointed Ia. James, Commits
sfoner for Tennessee, to receive and receipt
Tor stores at Memphis, Tenn. Other points In
Tennessee will be supplied from that place.
Number of Tennesseeans made destitute by
overflow, estimated at from three to five
thousand.v
The secre ary to-day telegraphed to Gov
Hawkins as follows:
"Telegram received; twenty thousand
rations have been ordered to be sent to Com
missioner James, at Memphis"
The Commissaro-Generalo of Subsistence was,
to-day, instructed to have the rations referred
to sent to Commissioner James.
The Evening critic., 1882-03-08
Another shooting scrane.

fght occurred last evening at New Jersey
avenue and street, between Cyrus Dwyer
and Edwin Clark, two brakemen on the Balti-
more X Ohio X. r., when both were under the
influence OF liquor, and Dwyer drew pistol
arm, INJECTING a slight wound. Dwyer was
arrested. In the Police Court this morning
Judge Smell heard the evidence In the case
and held Dwyer for the action OF the Grand
Jury.