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A Bogus Draft.

"A 1ORuS Dfa1t.
NEW YORKER CHANGED WITH RECEIVING Monty
UNDER FALSE PRETHNSEs.
Special Detective Mattfngly, about II 80 o'clock
last night, arrested DR.. VIM. b. Parker, alias H. J.
Witte, OF New York, on the charge OF receiving
money under false pretenses by means OF a bogus
draft for $50 on the Manhattan Savings bank
The prisoner is tall. handsome, weil-dressed
man. and Is said to be dentist with large bust
ness IN New York He arrived in this city on the
Hotel as II. j. Wtte. Since his arrival it is said
he has been driving double teams and spending
lots OF money. On1cer Mattingly states that last
Wednesday Parker went to Judge Noah. with
whom he Claims to be acquainted and had him
cash draft for $50, drawn to the account OF Fer
dinand A: Witte. ana payable to VIM. g. Parker
telegraphed TO the Manhattan bank, and received
the reply that no such person had an account
there When arrested last night he admitted that
his right name was Parker. In the Police Court
to-day he was charged with receiving money under
false pretenses. Prosecuting Attorney Moore
stated that 1t would take some time prepare the
case, and it went over till Tuesday under $4,000
bail He was committed In default OF the ball
After the court adjourned he stated to STAR re-
porter that lie was taken for another man. but adj
mttted that he gave the check to Judge Noah, and
that he has been stopping at the St James and Is
known WittA.
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soREI, QUEBEC. April lathe ice In the river
Klcheeu, opposite and above this town, is break
from the upper parts OF the river say that the
water has risen four feet since yesterday. The
water In the Yamaska river Is extremely high.
The southeastern bridge Is in precarous condi.
ton, and trains have stopped running over It A
mall carrier reports crossing on the St Lawrence
to be very uns9fe Grave apprehensions are felt
for the safety OF the fleet In the harbor.
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Gen. Dfaz Gone 70 New York.

BosToN, April 13-Gen. Diaz and suite, with the
exception OF Senior Quit, who Is to remain here
few days to arrange some business matters left
for New York on the $50 train via the Boston and
Albany railroad this morning President Nicker-
son, OF the Mexican Central railroad, and CITY
Messenger Peters, on behalf OF the city, were amonl
those present to bid the party goodbye.
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STRIKE OF BRICKMAKBRs-There Is a strike in
progress among the brick workers In the yards
across the river in Virginia The skilled workers
and the lab0rers demand an advance OF Is cents
upon the present rates Some OF the yards are still
In operation. but 1t Is said that the strike viii
extend to ali OF them. This strike does not AFFECT
the brick machine companies.
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctioneers.

LARGE SALE OF NEARLY NEW HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, BEING THE EFFECTS OF THE
S9NTENTs OF house or TwELyE Rooms s.
SITS SETS OF 3,6 GHA A. R, FURNITURE, SEVERAL
KITUkEs rI PPhA kIs DINING ROOM AND
plANO AND OTHER FIRST CLASS FURNI-
TURE. ALL PURCHASED NEW LAST JUNE.
By s virtue Of chae deed Of trust dated February
OF OF the District str Of Columbia in ber No 1os4 folio
APRIL SlAlEENIH, 1883, at TEN O'CLOCK A. M,
az mouse No I0l6 Massachusetts northwest, sell
the nst OF annexed to said deed OF trust
satisfy the debt In said deed Of trust mentioned
sistng OF several solid walnut OF chamber furn
.urg 6edsteads marble top bureaus and
sideboard sewing machine. cushioned chairs. lounge
center table lace and other curtains several sets imfa
ton walnut chamber furniture sets bed springs
musk mattresses carpets bed room aud dining room
chairs. large quantity Of bedding towels, pictures and
mantle ornaments large quantity of crockery. dining
room and kitchen furniture. besides numerous other
j. n. WITAKER. Trustee.
AT the close OF the above sale gentleman declining
housekeeplng Will sell, on the above premises the fol-
LOWING: oNe square seven octave piano. suite parior
iurnlture halr cloth covered chairs extension table
carpets &C. WALTER r. Williams CO
Hpll-u AuctiOneers.
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District Government Affairs.

Col VIM. @. Moore and Mr.. Chas. Ruon, OF the
Washington Light Infantry, with Major Dye OF
the metropolitan police, had long interview with
the District Commissioners to-day upon matters
connected with the coming fair OF that corps They
stated at the close that the interview was for the
purpose OF arranging for detail OF police to keep
order at the fair, and for the purpose OF inviting
WANT THB STREET GRADED.
large number OF prcperty-holders and citizens
on 10th street northeast IN a communication to
the commissioners, request that that street be cut
down to the level OF the pavement, and suggest
that the clay obtained by cutting down be used In
filling in the reservation between street north
east ana Lincoln Park.
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The Kentucky Prohfbitionists.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April i3-The prohibition con-
vention called for April 10 has been abandoned.
The reason assigned is opposition to third party
carry on their appresve Wnr Sy th beey mI
committee has called ministers convention, to
meet April rs.
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A Receiver for the Greenhrter snr

"A Neceivef Tor the Greenbrtef Spfin9S.
RICHMOND. Va, April 1a-In the United States
court here to-day. before Judge Bond, sitting as
circuit Judge for West Virginia, w. A. Stuart,
bondholder to the amount OF $4,000
in the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs com
pany, through counsel, moved for the appoint
ment OF receiver for said property and the court
ordered that the papers In the case be prepared
W lille he examined the law on the subject
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CHARLES ". HANDY, Real Estate Agent.

TRUSTEES SALE G VALUABLE IMPROVED
BuH1NEsS pKOPhRIY ON SEVENTH, BE-
BEING NOS. 1929 AND l229X. 1 -
By virtue OF deed in trust, dated July Goth a
1ss and az th recorded % in bsr No s folio so4
bn. and by direction of the holder Of the proms-
sorry note secured thereby tho said note being
and unpaid the undersigned will Offer at public auc-
ton IN front Of the premises. Tuesday, The
SEyLNIEEN!H DAY OF APRIL, 1885, AT HALF
PAST pa touk O'CLOCK NJ the following described
south half of Lot numbered twenty COZ, in square
anbered four hundred and forty eight 448). sub
divided by act of corporation April 4th 1S45 fronting
about 50 feet on 7th street and running back that
width about lO5 feet to an alley. The improvements
attached. ~ ~
Terms Of sale: One fourth cash. and residue in equal
1nstaments at six. twelve and egh cen months from
day OF sale, to DO secured by the purchasers notes
bearing interest. and deed Of trust the property
sold or all cash. at the purchasers option. deposit
OF 200 must be made at the tune Of the SALE and the
the day of sale the Trustee the right to resell
me property at the purchasers risk and cost after
three days notice iD The Evening Star newspaper
Conveyancing and recording at purchasers cost.
u 49,, RUDOLPH E1CHHOIiN, Trustee.
.. I. COLDHELiA Auctf0neer. ap3-d&
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Card From the Female Doctors.
1102 STREET NORTHWEST, !
WASHINGTON. April Is, 1883
To the Editor OF The EvKNISa STAR:
In your issue OF the 18th instant you state that
we have applied to be t'physicians to the poor at
the central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital,
and to visit station houses" Permit us to state
that we have not requested to be connected with
the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
or to visit station houses. We simply asked to be
appointed District physicians.
ANNIE e RICE M. D.
JEANETTE j. SUMNER. M. D.
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MEDICAL. &c.

nks BRoTHEKs AND GRAY GIVE NO FREE
- pIrsscriptions and send you to some sde-s show
ddinSsist who divides profits with the doctor. Those
assPponsd OF cure OF private diseases should con-
s.ut DTS BsoTHERS and GRAY. 9O6 b st s.w Win
suI.alsn nedlcines guarantee Q cure pay. 50
jean experience. spl2-lm'
AIDES, YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY CONSULT
- DIT bkofHEkS- 900 b st. sw. Particular attcu-
noo Peio 20 Al Diseases peculiar ladies' married or
Thirty five years experience. mh3I -Ims
MANHOOD RESTORED BY USING a BOTsTIE
Axk or two Of DR. BROTHERS. Iuyf9oratin1 CORDIAL
Will cure any case Of Seminal Weakness Nervous De-
billy and iinpotency- II irnpars yiKor to the whole
- WELT. vVo ID 81 sN RS 2ms
nK JOHN Trips BLOOD PURIFIER is . cert.in
~ cure .or syphilis Scrofula. Ovarum Tumors KID
ney Diseases and all Blood Poison Cure Of Syphilis
guaranteed In either stage Send two stamps for tum
Phlet- Revere House. Boston. $500
kI3-ecdly On. JOIN TRIP
MADAME DE FOREST HAS RFMEDY FOR La
W. dies. AHfeuIsie COMPLAINTS quickly cured Can b.
consulted daily at l2&5 eth street northwest Oicehour
ffcm to O'clock y. IN with ladies' Only. f6-Ame
DEAD. RsADU
pR. AOTTra FRENCH POWDERS
Certan cure for all Urinary Dascaeon lmpotcncs. des&
kyPnsia 20: 0onorrADs cyret IN IS lcurs. WM
,. ENTWlSIEA corner 18th street. aud Penpsylya3la
oyenne northwest Rrcs s. psx boz sant BY
s0oo iscaps o. ps1ee. aull
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THE NEW FIVE CENT NIckEL-The first install.
ment Of the five cent nickel piece Of the latest de-
sign was received by Treasurer Wyman to-day
from the Philadelphia mint 1t amounted to only
$780, More are expected soon, and they will be
put into circulation when received. This issue OF
the nickel piece has the word cents inscribed un-
der the Roman mineral v. and is intended as q
substitute for the new nickel piece. which bore no
inscription to designate its value beyond the figure
v. There are already about 900 pieces OF this
coin in circulation.
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CIVILIANS ON MILITARY REsKRvATIoNs-The
Secretary of War directs that NO civilian will be
permitted to reside upon military reservation un-
less he be an employe of the government, and his
residence thereon must cease upon his discharge
given any one to cultivate any portion OF militia
~ reservation, to Craze animals or TO cut grass
thereon.
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Companions.
DENVER. COL, April 13.-At Lane City, this
morning the jury in the case OF Alfred G. Packer.
charged with numbering five companions In San
Juan county in 1872, returned verdict Of guilty.
motion for new trial, on the ground that the
murders were committed on an Indian reserva-
ton, and that this court has therefore no iurtS-
diction, win be made this afternoon.
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Verdict Against Long Island City's
MaYOr.

NEW YORK, April lathe jury in the case OF ex-
Mayor.de Bevoise, OF Long Island City, who was
tried for wrongful conversion OF city bonds to day
found verdict against the defendant for 500 700
motion by the defendants counsel for a new
trial was denied, as was also motion for q stay
OF proceedings.
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LABOR NoTEA-The cigar manufacturers OF Gin
cfnnau have made proposition to the strikers TO
pay ninety cents per thousand advance, which
was refused.--A large force of Italian immi-
grants direct from Castle Garden have gone 70
work on the Atlantic and Danyflle railroad.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTEREOUN.
nUNCANSON BROS, Aucdoneers.

nUNCANsoN BROS. Aucioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE, No. 1888
MARYLAND AVENUE EAST
Bv virtue of deed of trust, recorded in Liber No
s39 foo leo of the lsnd records the District
of Columbia surviving trustee, will sell I'm front
Of the premises, at public auction, on FRIDAY, THE
THIKT ZENITH DAY OF APRIL. A. D. 1888. Al FIVE
O'CLOCK p. NJ. ali that certain piece parcel of land
situate and lying IN the city Of Washington, c. being
known and described lot numbered eight tS). in
james F. Wollsrds subdivision of part of square
bered ten hundred and six f006) recorded ID Iiber
r. L. H., folio 800 &c. in the surveyors Office Of the
District of Columbs, tor ether with ali the improve
mens ways, easements rights. privileges, and sppur
tenances to the same belonging in anyWise appertn
ing,
eighteen mon hs-notes to bear interest and be
cured Dy deeo OF ust on al eash at option
to be complied with in days otherwise the Trus
tee the right to resell at the rak and of
defaultng purchaser, after five days. public notice In
some newspaper published in Washington. u. G. de-
posit of 800 required at sale.
JAMES F. WOLLARD. Surviving Trustee.
ap2-d&ds
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MURDERED FoR his MoNKY.-The body OF Fred
Wagner, brother OF the late Senator Wagner. q
native Of New York, and for whom an extended
search was made last fall, was found BY emigrants
last Sunday on the bank OF . creek eight miles
from Powers station, Colorado, on the Santa Fe
railroad, with bullet hole In the neck He had
been Murdered for hts money.
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WATCHING THK I.oNpON sHwRRs

Weeks Business Failures.
NEW YORK, April 13.-The business failures TO,
the past seven days, as reported to X G. Dun 4
Co., OF the Mercantile agency, numbered 1879 as
against 197 last week, and 1872 the previous week
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gH- THE ABOVE SALE rs POSTPONED UNTIL
SATURDAY. APRIL FOURTEENTH, 1883, at same
milo s5tAd3t BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, Trustee.
az THE ABOVE SALE Is FURTHER POST
poned at the request Of parties interested until THURS
DAY. APRIL NINETEENTH. lBS3. at same hour and
place. BENJAMIN r SNYDER
apI3-ls.l9 Trustee
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RANGE OF THE THERMOMETHR.-The following
were the readings at the ONCE OF the chief signal
onicer to-day: Tam 5o4: II am, 525; PIN
623 Maximum, 63 0: minimum. 49L
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Local Notes.

In the Police Court to-day Adrew " Rohey was
charged by Geo. w. Smoot with assault and vice
versa: the case went over.
The grand jury to-day returned an Indictment
against Joseph NJ. Baird, charged with petit lar
ceny, second offense.
Jno Leonard was fined twenty dollars by Judge
Smell to-day for keeping hfs bar open on sunday.
Smoke from furnace flue caused an alarm OF
fire at the Interior Department building yester-
day.
Ezekiel Cade was charged before Judge Smell
to-day with writing policy, and the defendant
was represented by Chaa Pelham. The case
went over for one week
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Latest Foreign News

BRADY TO BE HANGED MAY 14TH.
DUBLIN. April 13-The date fixed by the fudge
Tor the execution OF Brady Is the 18th of May. The
jury were out 40 minutes
RACING IN ENGLAND
LONDON, April 13-This the fourth day OF
the Newmarket Craven meeting. The race for the
Newmarket handicap, for three-year-olds and up
wards, was won by the Duke OF Beaufort's four.
year-old chestnut colt Faugh-a-Ballah Lord
second, and Gen. Owen Williams three year-old
brown colt Cohort third. There were seven start
WATCHING THK LONDON sBwRRa
LONDON, April lathe Metropolitan board OF
works has recommended. because OF the danger
10 De feared from explosives. that workmen enter
Ing the sewers Of London be carefully watched.
Week's Business Failures.
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apl3-3t

TRUsTEE's SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
l. PROPERTY IN MT. PLEASANT, KNOWN AS
s. p BROWNS HoMEsTEAD;
BY virtue Of deed of truat dated the thirteenth
day Of April $780, and recorded in Iiber No. $40 IA;
folio ~ Ct sea- one OF the land records of tho Dis
r1ct OF Columbia and at the request holders Of
re notes secured thereby having been made in
the payment thereof yl sell ct public auction the
RTenP mise, s on sATURDAY The TENTH DAY OF
all that certain piece parcel Of ground
or tract OF land lying and being in the said county Of
Washingon in said District, and adjacent said city
OF Nashnston containing seventeen and half Q7tl
acres OF land more less, and being the which
was conveyed and described in certain deed in trust
recorded III 1ber d, No. 4. toto 49, &C.. of the land
records for said county said District saving and ex
certng so much thereof about five t5) acres
conveyed In certain deed. recorded in Liber No 800
folio 400. &c, of the said land records.
The premises above described being the homestead Of
s. p Brown and improved by three-story frame
dwelling, stables and other buildings
Terms of SALE One fourth cash balance in six twelve
and eighteen months. with interest at the rate of six
per cent the deferred Payments to be secured deed
Of trust. al cash. at the option Of the purchaser
5000 must be deposited the day of sale Unless the
terms of sale complied with within days the
Trustee the right to resell at the cost Of the
detaulting pu rClaser.
BENJAMIN P. SNYDER Trustee.
j. 7. COIDWELI. Auctioneer fI7.eoEds
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WASHINGTON AND CHESAPEAKE RauRokp-ftf "a
SAID the Washington Chesapeake railroad, q
projected road from Washington TO the Chesa-
peake bay, is being pushed through to completion
rapidly. Ties at the rate OF 5000 day are being
delivered at Marlboro. The road Will be completed
to Drumb Point by August 1st
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THE WILL OF GEN. BARNEs-The will Of the late
Joseph 4 Barnes, ex-surgeOn general U. S. A., has
peen MED IN the register of Wills once. Ii is very
brier. concise instrument in the hand writing OF the
testntor. on half sheet OF legal cap, and the
material portion is as follows: So give, devise and
the property, real, personal or mixed. of which I
ole seized or possessed, or to which shall be
entitled at the time OF my decease and nominate
my said wife, Mary Thornton Barnes to be the
executrix OF this, my last will ana testament" 1t
bears date Aprfl IL. 1887
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DRUGGISTS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE PB.R
MACY LAw.-License Agent RAN and Oflcers
Block and Carter have made an extensive raid on
the druggists who have been violating the phar-
macy law by employing unregistered drug clerks
There has been q good deal Of complaint about
this violation OF law, and the officers secured a
list OF the druggists who employ registered phar-
maciSts. and discovered that there were about
twenty who had not. and made 1t point to call
In person or send some one to their stores to
ed MI. Ran and his assistants last night and
yesterday made tour OF most OF the twenty
cists, and made cases against fourteen. and state
That In some cases they were waited on by mere
boys
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-29

Col, a few mornings ago by the caving-fn
of one of the Iron Hill consolidated mines.
BY the explosion of the engine at the
Red River bridge at Shreveport, La, the
other day five wOrkmen were killed and
five others were injured, one fatally.
ON the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Road fast train few days ago dashed
into a stationary freight at Talmadge, O.,
killing the engineer and seriously injuring
many train men.
THE Sixth Iowa District Greenbackers
have nominated W. S. Kenworthy for
Congress.
TICKETS from Chicago to indianapolis
were on the oath being sold for five cent
by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road
The Monon route was selling round trip
tickets between the two cities named for
two dollars. Tickets were also sold TO
Louisville for eighty five cents.
THE youngest daughter of Cephas At
kinsOn, who resides near Oxford, Ind, +,
was found in a field on the 24.h with her
throat cut from ear to ear. Who commit
ted the crime was mystery.
A HAIL-sToRM swept over the southeast
ern section of Indiana the other afternoon,
which ruined standing crops. From two
to four inches of hail fell.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture
on the 24.h placed the corn yie'd at over
two hundred and six million bushels-fifty
million bushels more than last year.
JACOB II. CRONISE, mailing clerk in the
Roanoke (Va.) Post-office, was arrested a
few days ago for robbing the mails, and
confessed. He had three hundred dollars
in his pockets.
FIRE recently destroyed twenty-six
houses in New Orleans.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-29
Foreign Intelligence.

IN the hospital Mt Sligo, Ireland, a death
from cholera was reported on the Goth,
IT was announced on the Goth that Mas.
sau, in Cuba, had been swept by a hurri-
cane, which destroyed many houses.
wrecked about fifty vessels, and it was es'
timated that about sixty persons lost theiI
lives.
DURING a quarrel recently at Southbesk.
N. B., about a dog, man named Mullen
struck John Hubbard with stick and
killed him.
ADvICEs of the Goth report two addition
al wrecks in the recent great gale off New
founJland. Thirteen lives were lost.
FIFTEEN coal miners near Unna, in Cor.
many, lost their lives few days ago by a
fire-damp explosion.
NORDENSKJOLD and his expedition were
reported on the 21st to have penetrated
Greenland a distance of three hundred and
sixty kilometers, and found the whole
region an ice desert. They attained a
height of seven thousand feet above the
THE soldiers at Farkaswinch, Croatia, o
few days ago fired upon n mob, who
shouted: We won't belong to Hungary, )"
and who previously had repulsed body
of troops. Ten of the rioters were killed
and many others Were wounded.
THERE were thirteen deaths from yellow
fever at Guaymas, Mex, during the twen-
ty-four hours ended on the 2lst, and four
new cases were reported.
IT was stated on the 21st that ten thou
sand weavers were unitel in the long
strike going on in Lancashire, Eng, and
they had appealed to other trades unions
for assistance.
ADv1cEs of the 23d from Vienna state
a.. ,-1
being made by Russia along the Austrian
and German frontiers.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended on
the 23d nine deaths from yellow fever oc
Cured at Guaymas, Mex. Del Vale, a
millionaire, recently fed to the country
and died there. Tho scourGc was said to
be spreading rapidly.
TWELVE deaths from yellow fever oc-
Cured at Havana, Cuba, during the week
ended on the 22d
AN English army officer recently made
a dynamite belt, fastened it to his body,
and blew himself to atoms.
THE Montreal meteorologist, Henry G..
Vennor, makes the following prediction as
to the coming winter: The weather will
be warm, open and wet, with little or no
snow during the close of the year. The
winter will be an exceptional one, with
severe storms on the lakes.
AT Casamicciola, Italy, two severe
shocks of earthquake were felt on the 23 l.
One house was wrecked, but no lives were
lost.
THE Gibraltar authorities removed the
cholera quarantine on the 24th.
AT the arsenal in Woolwich, Eng, the
rocket factory took fire recently, causing
succession of explosions. Two persons
were killed, and great pecuniary damage
was done.