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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

An exceedingly interesting entertainment was
given at Mrs. ]. L. McGees school for girls, lilo
l. street, last Wednesday evening. AS stated by
the principal. it was not a commencement. More
properly. it was the last of Mrs. McGee's even
ings with her girls, for the present, an evening
that was graced with flowers. that sparkled with
bright thoughts and showed most gratifying adj
vancement in the work of the year. The instru-
mental music by Misses Katie Gilman Mary De-
pew and Lola GOodall was excellent, the young
ladies showing great skill and confidence. The
essays. the short articles in the ''Weekly Re-
cOrder' and the Rotations were crisp and
bright. The Misses Mary King. Matte Barron
Maggie hammond. Edith Bailey Minnie Crow
ell and Meta NewbOld deserved the sincere ap-
plause they received. One essay, entitled ''The
Coded Age; or, When l Was a Girl" was q gem
in its way, and well read; also short and sharp
disquisltiOn on philosophy by Miss Mcdonald
Among the specially fine performances were the
Rotations In German and French. BY the pupils
who have been under Prof. Arthur Grabowsku's
tuition the past five months. These were ''Hek-
tors Abschied." Schiller by Misses L. Patterson
and Jessie Mcdonald; "Der Erlkonig" Goethe
by Misses Bailey. Jeffrys. Crowell. Patterson and
Mcdonald; '.LHirondelle," Lamartine, Miss
McCOllum; 'La Corbeau ct lie Renard," La Fon-
tame, by Miss Williams: La Tombe ct la Rose"
Victor Hugo. by Miss Jordan; hes Oiseaux -
Beranger. Miss Kent; 'Une etoile," Alfred de
Musset, Miss Patterson In the delivery OF
these, in expression and earnestness there was
evinced thorough knowledge of the subjects
gained through the language in which tley
spoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

They are delivered ut the packing-houses. where
they are packed In Ice and shipped to all the
cities In the country by railroad. By this way of
fishing not one escapes and CARLOAD upon cart
load OF small fish are destroyed at every hauling.
This process is repeated at every turn of the
tide by all the senes in the river night and day,
during the season of shad running. The seine
men try and make the public think that trap and
gill fishing Is the most destructive to the fish.
Gill nets are not so much used on the Potomac
as they were before trap nets came into gen.
eral use, but all of the gill and trap nets put to-
gether are not so destructive to fish as one
large seine. The trap net as now made aud used
Is OF recent origin. 1t Is made of the same kind
OF meshes as the seine. and offers only in the
manner OF using 1t, and is only little more
complicated. 1t Is usually flshed once a day
with dip net from boat, and the fish taken
out without any damage, and nothing but shad
and herring removed. all the small fish being
allowed to go free, the same as the gill nets.
The gill nets and the traps should be
the only methods allowed for fishing on
the Potomac, especially on the upper shores.
The size Of meshes to Gill nets for herring is 2l
inches, and 80 meshes on line from the corks
same for the catch of shad, So inch meshes and
from 60 to 100 meshes from corks to leads
There Is also a seine for the catch Of sturgeon,
the meshes of which are inch bar or diameter
These are fished from the bottom Of the
river, where they are sunk with floats at
top, to indicate when q sturgeon is in
the trap. These are the principal devices for
fishing In the Potomac. There are others used
in the Chesapeake bay; for instance, the 'buck
net" or seine to run around school Of fish when
seen on the surface, and which usually scoops
them all in. You can depend upon it that the
seine hauers are doing all the mischief to the
fishing interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

when vignaux made his big runs of so,
101 and 106. the cheering was terrific.
It is too bad that 1t will be impossible
to get up game. between vignaux and Slosson,
for; he billiard men, like the piano men, have
retained the services OF all the experts, and now
contests can only be had when they will result
to the profit OF the big manufacturers. This has
got to be so bad with pianos that it has lost its
force. We are so used to seeing every piano
advertised as the best fn the universe and the
recipient OF all the medals and diplomas that
have ever been issued that we no longer believe
the advertisements. So, too, when We see all
the prominent 6peratic peoples names affixed
to letter which states emphatically that the
piano In question, no matter what make, Is the
very best In the world. and inestimably superior
to any other piano, we smile incredulously, and
examine the piano for ourselves. But though
the piano has monopolized fair part Of the
singers photographic work, it has not secured
the singers themselves. That Is where the bill
liard-table manufacturers have got the piano
makers one better. The billiard table men have
now secured all OF the prominent billardists.
Vignaux is owned by one firm and Slosson by
another. Slosson will not play Vignaux unless
he plays on the table in whose interest he (Slos-
SOM Is hired; and Vignaux's owners make the
same restriction in favor of their own tables.
The result is that the two men will not be
allowed to cross cues.
A SWELL KLEPToMANIAC.
Some one ought to tell the truth about young
Irving Duer. Any one who has seen the young
man and talked with him will admit at once that
he Is not quite reliable. Although not abso-
lutely idiotic, he ia certainly frivolous and fool
ish, and it is well known he has been victim of
kleptomania for years. He is quiet, modest
looking young man, with clear brown eyes and
gentle manners. He takes the disgrace Of being
expelled from the Staten Island cricket club
very much to heart, but can offer no explanation
VariOnS thQffQ 6 q
sOnable to suppose that a man Of his high social
position and connections would steal little
things like silver watches and small sums OF
money from his fellow club members when the
chances of detection were ten to one. Duer's
thefts have covered a period Of four years, and
yet the amount of money taken Is very small,
when compared with what he might have done.
He has been disgraced. The chances are that he
will never get over it; but the fact is, as have
stated that he is not responsible for his actions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
ssNOt Guilty.0

From tho New York Herald.
This result Of 30 important and extremely
protracted trial will have various comment
throughout the country. The Herald was
among the first and the most persistent in ex-
posing the waste and NATURALIZATION In the
Post Office department Of which this trial was
the outcome, aud we propose to make our own
comments on the result Of the trial also.
In the first place we notice already . DISPOSE
ton to blame and to vilIfy the jury. 1t ought to
be said for these jurymen, who are for the most
part obscure men, without power 70 defend
themselves, that the prosecution wefe well
satisfied with them when they were empanelled
and long afterward; that the attorneys Tor the
government made no complaint, ct least Tor
months after the trial began that the Jury they
had accepted were either drunkards, or too ig-
nOrant to discharge their duty OF corruptible.
It is not proper now, when they nave rendered
their verdict to attack their characters or quail
fications. As to corruptlng them, the prosecu-
ton possessed and used all the means It re-
ouired to have the jury watched and Improper
approaches made impossible, and their Ia no rea-
Son to believe that any juryman was improperly
annroached or Influenced.
Nor r. lt allowable to Say, a. we eee II mo.
cested. that the verdict contradicts the evil
dence. The Jury was the final Judge Of that:
and the Jury, having read the charge. listened
20 ali the evidence which the poyernnent WAS
able TO produce, 20 minute and aImost intermin-
able explanations by the government lawyers Of
the bearings q that eyidsnce and to the charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

Judge Foraker. the republican candidate for
governor Of Ohio. says his youth has ALWAYS
been urged against him. any father declared I
was too young when, at thirteen, fell in love
With red-haired girl, and he stopped my court
ing her. He objected when I enlisted and now
other people say am too young for governor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
What the Jury Have Done.

From the Baltimore Day.
They have established the fact that no man Of
high position who robs the government with
liberal hand can be convicted in Washington.
If the thieves have money and position they are
free from punishment so long as the venue of
the Ofense must be laid In the federal capital.
1t is true rings formed for thievery, and which
did steal millions from the government, have
been broken up and the members thereof sent
to the penitentiary; but the convictions occurred
elsewhere; the government was not compelled
to submit Its case to Washington jury, and the
Post Office department did not enter into BUSH
ness relations with tho defendants q week be-
fore the close of the trial
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A Proper Object for Plumber.

A Proper Object for Plumber
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
There has long been an apprehension that the
star route prosecutions, which were begun with
such flourish of trumpets would end in q
feeble gasp. but no one expected an acquittal.
Few men have ever been punished for fraud In
washington, the juries Of that city apparently
having an Unborn conviction that the govern
ment is proper object Of plumber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
THE VERDICT UPON THE VERDICT,
WHAT THE PRESS SAY.

Condemned at the Bar Of Public Opin.
iOns
From the Philadelphia Press.
Acquitted though they be by the jury, the a.
PENDANTS were long ago condemned at the bar Of
public opinion. Whether the technical o1fense
of conspiracy was fully made out or not, the
evidence established early in the trial that
Brady, Dorsey and company were engaged for
several years In the business Of making. and
afterward manipulating, star route contracts
with intent to defraud the government and line
confessed his guilt, and the attitude of the other
defendants throughout has been one Of con-
scious guilt. anxious to suppress the truth. A
weeks trial, with the evidence and argument
limited to those dealing with the government
in connection with single route, would have
secured conviction from an intelligent and
honest jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

At last woman has been sunstruck While
shopping. (Cut this out and paste Il IN your
wifeB hat. )-Pxck. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

It Is understood that rule OF art is reversed
In the burlesQue actress. She must leara to
paint before she can draw.-Neu Orleans Pica-
yxne
The umbrella is the check-rain OF the human
animal.-Bostow Trmsmipk
Our esteemed local contemporary, the Times,
had a editorial yesterday morning headed,
"What can We have to drink" When you arc
drinking with "a, brother, you can have Just
what you call for, II the sp0thecary has It In
stock.-LosccQ CaiseA.
Old gentleman In beer garden near the rail-
road depot, waiting for his wife to arrive on IT,
next train, complaining to himself-"Hers I
have already drank six glasses Of Pilsenee, end
Cooking at his wxtch) the train win not b
here for one hour to como. This win compel
me 20 drak six moro glasses. It's eenlnoe.
EI,,..hr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

Mr.. mc0l0ry's GlOFy-Mrs. Vandefbilts
Currtcle - The Club Troubles - Mrs.
Captain Padget and the Prince-Al.
bert Weber's Failure-A Swell KIep.
tOmaniac-rhe Billiard Champion.
ship, Etc.
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"A Dfsgraceful vcrdict.0
From the New York World.

The false verdict rendered by the jury in the
star route prosecution is more than a failure OF
justice. 1t Is public calamity. The fact that
the government has been robbed OF more than
g. 600 In the star route contracts by fraud,
forgery and perjury Is a. clear and as well
known as the fact that Dukes was shot and KILL
ed in the streets OF Uniontown last Wednesday
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
The Popular Verdics.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The popular verdict says guilty. II is I'M
written In the records of courts. II is based
not upon long harrangues of cunning counsel,
but upon the testimony that bears upon the
plain charge 1t has not been effected by qub-
bles. pretenses, and delays Of the law. The star
reuters will find 1t difficult to get away from
that verdict. 1t cannot compel them to make
restitution Of their ill-gotten gains. It
cannot imprison them. But it will follow them.
Whenever they come in contact with the people
they viii find that they have forfeited confidence
From the Philadelphia Times.
1t would be idle to attempt to treat the yer
dict Of acquittal in this case as entitled to any
measure of respect, and the grave reproach &c
puts upon the government demands that the
public press shall call things BY their right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
The Remarkable Verdict.

The Remarkable Verdict.
From the Baltimore Sun.
In spite Of the complexities of the case, pub
lie opinion has settled down very generally. on
the strength Of the testimony for the govern
ment. to the belief that the charges against the
accused were proved by the testimony adduced,
In spite of the verdict Of the jury to the con-
trary. That verdict was the more remarkable
from the fact that the testimony brought for
ward by the government on the trial just closed
was much stronger than that at its command at
the first trial, on which the charge of conspiracy
and fraud was declared by the verdict Of the
jury to have been made out against two OF the
accused: The review Of the Testimony and the
law OF the case by Judge Wylie in summing
up, few days ago, seemed to be favorable
to the government. The Jury, nevertheless,
do not appear to have been impressed by 1t.
The extraordinary conduct Of the juror Yer
non, when he, with the other jurymen. was
summoned to return into court on Wednesday
to receive further Instructions from the judge,
has given rise to too much comment. II 1t be
true that he was really on the verge of delirium
tremens, the q0osti0n rises as to the effect which
that circumstance might legitimately have upon
the verdict that was returned some hours later
and In which he joined. We need not, however,
enter at this time into any speculations on this
subject. 1t il suficient to know that in two
trials. the second lasting over six months and
costing more than hundred thousand dollars,
that Its defeat In spite Of ali Its efforts to con-
vict, will give point and strength to the opinion
that has long been prevalent that the govern
ment almost invariably fails In its efforts when
1t endeavOrs to bring to account, through the
courts Of the District, either individuals or COM
binatiOns OF men who have their Headquarters
at Washington. and who are charged with mall
feasance In Office or with plunderfng the Treas
ury under cover OF law.
n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
The Jury System I'm Danger.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Whether or not the failure OF justice in these
star route trials has been due to the ignorance,
mental imbecility or rum soaked condition of
jurymen, or to bribery, or to what not, the YER
dict will be received by the American people
with Indignation, disappointment and disgust.
1t would not take many such costly and dis
graceful failures to put the ancient system of
trial by jury. as 1t now stands. in danger. The
highest end Of government is justice. When
Justice is threatened by corruption, by diabol
Cal resources of defense or by the ignorance
or unfltness Of Jurors. the very foundations Of
government and society feel the shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16
| The Whole Thing a National IJumilia-

From the Baltimore American.
The trial which has just concluded began, one
may say, with two defendants already convicted
and one who pleaded guilty. The evidence was
fuller, the charge Of the judge more seyere-and
yet the jury finds them all not guilty.
Still, there will be feeling of relief that il is
all over. For more than year these exposures
have been kept under the nostrils of the public
The whole thing has been q national humilia-
ton.
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Not Proven.

New YORK Sun.
1t is mistake to suppose that either in Eng
land or America the people undertake to punish
by legal process every man who may have COM
mitted a crime. Only those are to suffer thus
whose guilt is so plain that twelve men sitting
In Judgment have no doubt Of it. If the defend
ants in the star route case could not be brought
within this category they were entitled to go
free; and we can only regret that the proof failed
to establish their responsibility for crime OF
which We believed them to be guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

Albert Weber has declared himself insolyent.
and the magnificent Weber ware-rooms are in
the hands Of the sheriff. This was result long
foreseen. When the elder Weber died his son
was just beginning to learn the trade of piano
maker In the factory. The old man intended to
give the boy thorough grounding in every
branch of the business, just as the Harpers have
always educated the younger members Of their
hrm. So he put Albert into the machine shops.
so that he could learn to make piano. but
Albert had not fairly started when the old man
died and the boy came into possession of his
vast business. In two or three years he has
managed to run it all into the ground. Young
Weber was foolish. He plunged into q round
OF dissipation as soon as he could lay his hands
on the money that his father SO patiently accu-
mulated. The young mans recklessness was
| the talk OF the town. He would give away
pianos as though they were bricks. and snenf
money as though backed by ESQ 600 COO OF
course In the end he got swamped. He is man
OF medium height, with side whiskers and
| makes pretensOns to swelldom, but somehow he
never looks like q swell and never will. There
Is an intangible something about the man that
prevents 1t.
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP
good deal OF money was lost when Shaf1er
suffered his defeat In the MACH for the cham
pionship with Maurice vignaux. It was some
| what OF surprise, as expectation ran very high
on Shader. He is very brilliant player, and II
| he could only hold himself together he would
undoubtedly be the best man In the world; but
Vlgnanx has reserved power, and when he does
not get ratified, plays long and brilliant game.
ine ers. were over thousand people In the
they sat through 1t all with the utmost in
terest. It was . brilliant and exciting
contest, and during the last Of the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-16

tEan any other way used to catch fish. Why
just look at the mesheS OF the seines: they are
SO sEiall-abOut 20 inches-and they gobble
up everything, even little perch eels cat fish.
CRABS, mlnnows-from the smallest to the larg-
est-nothing can escape, and they are all killed:
Very few. at least, make their escape: and for
the cruelties of the seines as compared with the
gu nets, know all about them; they are miles
lie length and take in all things movable: and
you ought to be present at these big hauIs
wien Hail d dozen sturgeon and perhaps as
many sarge rock fish are brought ashore Their
struggles for liberty sometimes endanger the
nets. when the Older men will wade ont with
sled@e haI9mers and knock them on the head
thus q1ieting them until they can be caught and
hanied ashore OF course all the small fsh ara
Dragged by the net IN with the large ones. and
mcst of them perish by being smOthered and
are thrown overheard with other debris, and are
cafted OF and thrown on the poor lands by the
farmers. Some or these seines are seven to
eight miles long, and will stretch across the Wild
est parts OF the river All are not of this length;
they are made to nit the shore. Some fishermen
prefer snort Sefnes. Others cannot afford to have
then, as the cost of working them is correspond
Ansiy great, and they say it don't pay.
THE HEAVY FREsuErs
"a the river annually make changes in the river
coetoins and on the shores by the deposit OF
ofis wood, sinking Of old logs and stumps. and
20 ooSeruct the trailing Of all kinds Of nets that
Portions OF the shores have to be dragged with
gmpfnng Irons until cleared of these obstruc-
t uohs. large seine requires fifty and some
tines near hundred men to work IT, The
utilization Of steam power Is of recent da.c in
seine-hauiing. but Is OF great use where lone
nets are used. Boats, known rs lighters ar.
Drought up when the seine arriges at the shore
aud the FISH are all separated and Tut on these
1ggnress and towed up to market rs tug-5oats.
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LITERARY NOTES.

PASSAGES FROM THE AMERICAN NOTEBOOK
OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Boston: Hough-
ton. Miff1in Co. Washington: Robert Beall.
PASSAGES FROM THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN
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VI UTVOSUl VI
OF not guilty.
That seems to us final. IL does not prove
that there were not gross waste and maladmin-
istration In the Post Once department That
was shown long ago by q committee Of the
House Of Representatives. composed Of men,
bers Of both parties, some of whom went so far
as to lay the result Of their investigation before
MI Hayes, then occupying the ONCE of Presi-
dent. with the urgent request that he remove
Mr.. Brady, then Second Assistant Postmaster
General which he did not do. But the verdict
must be held to show conclusively that the gov
eminent was unable to prove q conspiracy to
defraud 1t between the defendants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

Chas. E. Conrad, amember of the firm
of I. 6. Baker & Co. was yesterday APP
pointed county commissioner, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of JOS. S.
Hill. Mr.. Conrad is one of our most
successful merchants and will no doubt
be as successful in managing the county
business as he has his own. ~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

Al. Barnard, of Sun River is in the
city. He has been with a drove of
.FloWerree's steers to the Yellowstone.
Out Of a drove Of I GOO aNethethree~and
four year olds, about one hundred, were
shipped east while the remaining two
and three year olds were turned loose on
the range to winter there. -
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

A new arrangement has gone into eff
feet by which Wells, Fargo & Coz ex-
press will forward express matter from
Salt Lake to all points in Montana.
The arrangement does not give Monta-
ma competitive rates, as the business is
said to be pooled between the express
COMMUNICATIONS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

John Lep1ey;~one Of our cattle kings,
is with us once more. He has been at
White Sulphur Springs. trying the cur
alive powers of the water on his rheu-
matism. His faith in the medicinal
properties of the Springs and the future
of the town may be inferred from his
investing still more money in the
Snrinp's Association.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

Some Of our influential citizens are
making q strong "kick" against the
bean shooter" Of the Fort Benton bad
boy. This weapon in the skillful hands
of a practiced Juvenile is sure destruc-
ton to window glass at either long or
short range. These injured ones, who
have had their window lights knocked
out, will 1mplore the city council to pass
IN ordnance restraining the aforesaid
bad boy from practicing hereafter with
his LITTLE bean shooter on the most sus-
ceptible part of their buildings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
LOCAL NOTES.

From SATURDAYS DAILY
Oats are reported slow sale at II and