The Evening critic., 1882-02-15
Trouble Between Employees OF the
Mint.

Yesterday morning E. Leech and Frank p.
Gross, of the Mint Bureau, walked into the
store of the Importers Tea Company, $40
Market Space, to purchase each of them
can Of tea. Before entering the store Leech
was heard to say: "If / could only find
nice chateaine watch in the can purchase
how / would like it. and how 1t would
please my wife," while Capt Gross said
nice diamond scarf-pin was the very
thing Of all others he would like.
Both made their purchases, Leech buying
the third can before he got anything very
valuable, which, on opening, proved to be
an elegant diamond scarf-pin, worth at
the least calculation $50 while Gross bought
four cans, and in one of the four found
beautiful chatelaine watch worth S1S. Both
were immensely pleased with their "luck,"
but the "trouble" between them, referred
to in the headline of this notice, is owing
to the fact that Leech got the scarf-pin,
which Gross wanted, while Gross got q
chatelaine watch that Leech shortly before
said he wanted so much.
When our reporter last saw them they
were trying to convince each other that
there had been a mistake somewhere, but
how or where or when neither seemed to
know. Business is booming at the I'm
porters' Tea Company's place of business,
$40 Market Space. Hundreds Of cans have
been sold, and are sold daily. A
great many orders are received by
mail, and large number of presents
are sent out Of the city every day, at the
uniform price to one and all of 81 per can;
cans for $5, IL cans for $40, 25 cans for
$50, 65 cans for $50, and a present, ranging
from 10 cents up, either in money or jew
elry, in every can. Step in and try your
luck. Remember the number, $40 Market
Space.
A list of the following.named people liv-
ing in the city or in towns or villages not a
great distance away, who have received
valuable presents within the past 4S
hours, may prove interesting reading to
the recipients as well as their friends. Read
the list. Perhaps you may have friend
among the number:
Watches Found.
John c Ingersoll, nephew of Col Bob,
solid gold watch, Is carat, 500, in coffee !;
Charles Burke, 1880 Boundary street north
west, employed by Hon Scoville, NJ c
from New York, LADY, gold watch, $50, in
tea; Mrs Charles Dearborn, Alexandria,
Raynor, 3O02 M street northwest
West Washington, watch, $40 in coffee
Rev w S Hawkins, Hayes store,
Gloucester County, Va, stem-winding and
stem-setting watch, $25, in coffee; James
+ Bell, superintendent letter-carriers, City
ost.ofice, residence $50 G street north
west, stem-winding and stem settiug
watch, S25, in coffee Miss Lizzie Flerner,
$40 Indiana avenue, gold ring, with pearl
setting, S15, in tea Sisters of Charity,
Tenth and G streets northwest, watch, $40,
in tea; Capt Helm, A, Fort Meyer, Va,
chatelaine, SIS, in coffee; Mrs Harris, 900
o street northwest, watch, $40, in tea
Mrs Jackson, West Washington George
town., watch, S12, in tea; III L
Polkinhorn, the well-known news
dealer, $50 Louisiana avenue, neal
the Post-office, chatelaine, S1S, in coffee
Edith Cropley Ciaggett, years old
| S13 X street northwest, chate
laine, SlS, in tea; Samuel Stafford, bushes
manager Sunday Capital, chatelaine, $18, il
| coffee; Fred Smith, Oakland, Nd stem
| ericksburg, Va, open-face silver watch, $40
in tea; NJ A Miller, Frederick, Md, stem
setter and stem.winder, $25, in coffee
Major T A Smith, Annapolis, chatelaine
| $16, in coffee; William o Smart, Leesburg
Va chatelaine, $1s, in tea; Mrs Robinson
Staunton, Va, stem-setter, solid coin-silver
| $50, in tea; Mrs ii L Lee, near Dayton
Va, stem-setter and stem-winder, coin
silver, $25, in coffee; Miss S st Clair, 81:
ring, $40, in tea; Robert Graham, nea
Orange Courthouse, Va solid coli
silver watch, $Is, in coffee; Mark Fee, nea
Culpeper Courthouse, Va, stem-sette
and stem-winder, coin silver, $25, in coffee
Henry Martin, Danville, Va, chetalaine
| SIS, in tea; Daniel jerks, near Gordons
| vile, Va, solid coin-silver stem-setter ant
stem-winder, $25, in coffee. II addition
the names given above quite large mum
ber of watches and various articles @
| jewelry and silverware were sent out of tn
city by mail or express. Send 81, $5, or 81
and try your luck. Address Importers Te
Company, $40 Market Space, Washington
| ID. c.