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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-19


Sd Citizen -" Why, send our chill
dren to Middletown, of course.
4th Citizen - "To the dell wi yer
edicati IN it only aggrawates and
spiles our youngsters, and keeps lot
of lazy teachers dom of nothin' +
Probable result-no school house
during the present century.
Tonic, alternative and cathartic; read
the advertisement of Simmons Liver
Regulator.
On Saturday morning last number
of our young people, consisting of
Misses Nettie Mayors, George Tyler
and Minnie McArtor, and Messrs. E.
A. Mayors and VIM. Eubank, repair
ed to Cedar Creek for the purpose of
fishing, boating. rusticating, and en-
joying themselves in any innocent way
whatsoever. At Middletown they
were joined by Misses Susie Harris
and Jessie Rhodes and MIR. q. D. Har-
ris. The day was beautiful, and they
report splendid time. The boys say
that the repast spread before them
about twelve clock by dainty little
fingers was 'just sumptuous," and we
believe it, too, for committee of ar
rangements composed of the above
named young ladies is fully competent
to the task. This was the initiatory
picnic of the season. May there b.
many more.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

Wash. Cor. Baltimore sun, 2lst
u turns out that the managers OF the pro
posed Garfield Memorial Hospital and the
GARFIELD Memorial Monument Association are
both without sufficient money to carry out
their purposes, and another effort Will be
made to get the hospital association 10 turn
over TO ihe monument association the money
they have on hand, so that the monument can
be erected as kind OF Joint enterprise. II Is
urged by the monument association that there
aro already enough hospitals In this city,
there being seven different institutions OF that
kind, four of which are entirely supported by
congressional appropriations and the others
aided literally by appropriation, and that
II would be much better for all con-
cerned II tho memory OF Garfield was the
only thing to be considered, II the monument
was built; then the original expense OF erect.
Ing the monument would be the only outlay IL
monument was built while II the hospital
was started, there would have to be annual
appeals to Congress for Its support, II is said
that Mrs. Garfield prefers the monument idea
10 the hospital. In corroboration of this It Is
pointed out that Colonel Rockwell, General
Swain, Colonel Corbin and others OF General
Garneld's most intimate friends, have worked
assiduously for the monument fund and
against the hospital proposition. The hospital
managers do not appear to be willing to give
up, and only last night decided on purchasing
building In which to start the hospital. They
have also decided to ask school children for q
ten.cent contribution toward raising the
money to complete the purchase OF the prop
crty,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
Gambetta as n Journalist.

NOihniii l1hShHiHts
Gambetta was not n good writer. The best
OF his articles read like written speeches, and
were turgid many of them, too, were of inor-
dinate length. He used to come in powerfully
excited after great debate, and say, 81 shall
want abouthalf column tonight, 'and, sitting
down, he would begin TO cover page after page
with his close, cramped handwriting. For so
impetuous man he wrote u curiously stiff
hand, and, though his fingers moved fast,
their motion was feverish and spas.
medical. 1t could mover be said
of him that he "dashed or" any of his efru-
sions; he rather jerked them off, swaying the
upper part OF his body ponderously TO and fro
as he wrote, and now and then collecting his
thoughts by passing his large left hand rapid
ly through his hair. Black coffee would be
brought him, and he would 60 on writing;
and gulp down two or three glasses, MUNICH.
ing sweet biscuits afterward, or else sticks OF
chocolate in lieu Of dinner. The editor, who
had been making allowances for half a col.
umn, would see Gambeta's article over.
low one column after another, washing
away all other articles and notes,
till II spread like an inundation over the en-
tire front page of the paper. Then, with a
hearty "Oufl" the French exclamation ol
relief, he would throw down his pen and say
'There, think those few lines viii state oui
case plainly; what do they really run TO five
columns Sacrebleaul II seemed to me as II ]
had only been writing ten minutes" and
upon this he would break Into laugh thai
resounded all over the oflice, and partly dis
PEELED the gloom OF his contributors, who had
been pulling wry faces at seeing their even.
ing's work lost, 80
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
EsineraIda.

The sale OF seats for the Madison Square
Company's "Esmeralda" performances com
mences tomorrow morning at o o'clock, and II
indications go for aught the engagement
promises to be decidedly profitable one.
"Esmeralda" is conceded to have been the
most instantaneous OF all the Madison Square
Theatre successes, and is regarded by that
theatre as Its pet production, not even except
Ing that phenomenal success "Hazel KIrke."
Next TO "Hazel Kirke' 1t enjoyed the longest
New York run OF any play on record, and Its
success ION the road" has been verv great. The
play was originally written by Mrs. Francis
Hodgson burnett, now OF this city, for Scylb-
neI's Magazine, and will be presented here by
the original company which lent such
lustre 10 lis long run In Now York, including
John L. owens, Annie Russell, Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles Walcot and others. This cast speaks
considerably for itself. In 'Elbert Rogers,''
John L. owens is said TO have found a part
which flts him quite as aptly as Solon Shingle
or Cdleb FEuDlDter Annie Russell created the
part OF ESmerdtda, and has been playing It
ever since. MIR. aud Mrs. Walcot VIII bs re-
membered as GeOrge Washington IHlpDs aud
Mrs. Bf0DHe-igih an Elm the "Banker's
Daughter" Besides these, Kate Denim. wills son,
OF the formerly famous Denim Sisters, Louise
Dillon, Charles u. Welles, W. II. Pope, G. W,
Presbrey and L. G. spangler will be found In
the cast.
Special attention Will be given to the studio
scene OF the play, and special ladies' pro-
grammes will be provided.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
Vital Statistics.

Health olicer Townshend report for the
month OF January shows that during the
Columbia, giving death-rate Of 2119 per
1000 per annum, an increase OF 10 over the
death-rate of January, 1882, but being loss
the past nine years, and and S5s less than the the
mean death-rate for January for the past
nine years: OF the decedents, III were
males and SO colored females, giving total of
1s2 white and 157 colored persons, and a
death rate for the former OF 1928 and 2S.GS
The deaths by classes and proportion in
1000 Of population per annum were as
follows; Zym0tic diseases, 42, 262; constitu-
$50, 1885, deyelopmental diseases, IS, 9 SO;
violence, ID, IS. The chief causes OF death
were from diphtherla, @; scarlet fever, Ii;
Ss diseases OF norSCas
system, 43; diseases of the circulatory
organs 20; pnsam97nIa, SO; br9nohlis 81
Sesfssa Se Of on G 9mas m 7s assasf' a
eases Of children, 90; diseases Incident
to old age, 1s; and Violence, IA. The
syerags age OF the white decSdents was
was less than % years. OF those dying OF zy.
motto diseases, "a per cent. were under 10
years of age; 55 per cent. Of the deaths caused
by constitutional diseases were of persons be.
tween the ages of 30 and 60. About onehalf
OF the decedents were natives of the District,
while less than 30 per cent. of those dying of
consumption were natives Of the District. The
greatest daily mortality 40 was reached on
the 1th Of the month, the lowest C7) on the Sth,
9th and 25th. Sixty-six per cent. of the white
males, 90 per cent. of the white females, 16
per cent. OF the colored males and 33 per cent.
OF tho colored females were over 20 years of
age. The greatest number ef deaths (i3) oc-
Cured in the fourth sanitary division.
The total number OF marriages reported was
so, of which 81 were contracted between white
and 10 between colored persons.
Births reported, 81 white males, So white fe-
males, 4S colored males and 63 colored fe-
males. There were IS white anG 15 colored
stillbirths.
During the month o permits were Issued for
the burial Of persons dying outside of the Dis.
trict, and II white and SO colored decedents
We're buried at the pnbllc expense.
Tho mortality report OF the city of Baltimore
for last week shows 81 deaths to have resulted
from SMALLPOX and 10 from dlphtherla.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

THE death of school children in New
York, the particulars of which are pub
lished elsewhere, is one of the most heart
rending calamities Of this year of calamity
and sudden death. The cause of this ter
rible sacrifice appears to be
chiefly the faulty construction of
the school building, which was
five stories high, with narrow stairways,
doors only two and one-half feet wide and
opening inward, and in opening left space
Of only eleven inches between the door and
the nearest bench, and the classrooms were
crowded witfF benches and seats. There
were 500 girls under twelve years ofage
and 200 boys crowded into
this death-trap. All that was needed was
for fire to break out, or an alarm of fire
causing panic, to fetch about the horrible
scenes of yesterday. Teachers should con-
stantly and carefully instruct their pupils in
the fire drill, which, with wide stairways
and misunderstanding doors, form the only
effective fre-escapes from lofty school build
ipgs,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

Mr.. sALM1 MORSE is having an exag
gerated parrot and monkey time oft with
his Passion Play" The Mayor of New
York refused to grant him license to pro-
ducc it publicly. He appealed to the su-
perior Court for mandamus to compel the
Mayor to issue the license. Judge Ingra-
ham refused to issue the writ. Mr.. Morse
says he will take the case to the higher
court. In the meantime he is going right
along with his dress rehearsals.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

THE announcement of the promotion of
Lieutenant +. V. Greene, of the District
Engineer Department, to the rank of cap
tain will be good news to all those who
have taken an interest in the improvement
of the city, and have its best interests at
heart. Lieutenant Greene, though encum-
bered at times by inefficient superiors, has
been most active worker and able and
energetic official. To him, more than
any one now connected with the
District government, is due the
praise for making the city what
it is. The beautiful avenues and streets
which give the city its prestige as the most
picturesque on the continent, have been
his special care. Under his direction and
guidance the unsightly wooden pavemcnts
have rapidly disappeared and been sue
eeeded by streets which are the pride of
our citizens and the admiration Of visitors.
As an official Lieutenant Greene has been
active, intelligent and energetic, q foe to
the many evils from which the District has
suffered and the monopolies which have
sought TO oppose it.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
The Rest Place.

The Congregational Church is probably tho
pleasantest, best and safest audlence-room for
public gatherings In Washington. 1t is most
substantial, has broad aisles, plenty Of Wide
doors and no sky parlors, and the church
excess. For these reasons and because the
Golden Cross concert Will be tho best OF the
season, that is the place to spend tomorrow
evening. Reserved seats at Ellis Co.'s musi
store, only so cents,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
ADJUSTMENTS
NATIONAL THEATRE. TONIGHT
ADELINA PATTI.

hDE1lNF TIA ~.
HER MAJEsTY'S OPERA COMPANY.
THRkE NIGHTS ONLY AND ONE MATINEE,
THIS WEDNESDAY, Feb. q. Rossini's opera,
SEMIRAMIDE.
Arsace, Nine. scalchi; Assur, N. Durat; Idreno,
Sig Costa, and Semramide, Nine. Adelina
Patti Director of the music and conductor, Sig.
Arditi.
TOMORROW,
THURSDAY, Feb. ~, Mozarts chef d'ocuvre,
DON GIOVANNI.
Signori Rayelli, Cisippi Callaj Corsini. Nine.
FRIDAY, Feb. 23-ALBANf,
RIGOLETTO.
slgnori Ravelli, Galassi, Monu, Nine. Scolchl
and Nine. Albnn (her last nppearance) after
which the Ballet advertisement, La Surprise, -
in which Mime. Cavallalzi will appear.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Feb. q, At . oclock,
GRAND FAREWELL MATINEE,
Verdi's opera, LA TliAVIATA.
Prices for this evening and Saturday matt
nee TO Orchestra and Orchestra Circle 81; Dress
Circle, 50; Gallery (reseryed) So Gallery (unre-
served, ~; General Admission. Y. Prices for
Thursday and Friday evenings TO Orchestra and
Orchestra Circle, So; Dress Circle $50; Gallery
reserved), 81; (unreserved), jOc General Admis-
Reserved seats on sale daily from s to . at Met.
zerotts music store
SPECIAL NoTICE.-All tickets purchased for
William Tell will be either exchanged or the
money refunded on application Mt Metzerotts, rs
they VIII not be admissible tonight for Adelna
Patti.
Feb. 2G-LAWRENCE BARRETT as Lanciotto
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

THE correspondent of the New York
Tribune, speaking of the star-Route trial,
said in yesterdays paper:
1t is said by well-informed persons that two
Of the defendants have boasted that they have
the jury fixed.
This is, in condensed form, the same
statement that was published in the
National Republican yesterday and which
we gave the lie to in last evenings
CRITIC. We reiterate that this statement
is bald lie. And unless the Republican
and the correspondent of the Tribune want
to rest under the imputation Of
having deliberately and maliciously
lied about the defendants in the so-called
Star-Route cases, they will furnish the
names of their authority or authorities for
these lying tales. The Republican has had
a day in which to set itself right, and has
failed to do so. We trust that the Tribune
correspondent will speak up frankly and
promptly.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

The rooms Of the Washington Chess and
Checker CLUB Will be closed this evening on
account of the dramatic entertainment aud
dance which will be held this evening at Ab-
ner's Music Hall for the benefit OF the club.
Jacob Frech has made the best score In the
chess tournament, which will be reopened
this evening and continued every evening.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

MR.. SKINNER, of New York, is states
man. That is, he is a member of the
Lower House of Congress, and are not all
members of that body statesmen? If they
are not, they ought to be. 1t was the in
tention of the Fathers that they should be.
Now, Mr.. Skinner has recently distin-
guished himself by introducing into the
House q joint resolution which recites
the fact that the revenues now
collected are largely in excess of the needs
of the Government, and after asserting the
propriety of doing away with all internal
revenue taxes except that on whisky, pro-
vides for the payment to the States ofS100,-
100000 of the surplus in the Treasury.
This would undoubtedly be good thing
for the States, unless they happen to have
Folks or Vincents for treasurers, but
it would leave the General Government
in the middle Of bad fix. Deducting all
liabilities, the net reserve held by the
Treasury in coin and bullion is Sl25,6iS,-
194.35, a fourth of which is in the depreci-
ated, s5-cent standard silver dollar of the
daddies. After the ''divvy" proposed by
Statesman Skinner the Government would
have S25,64s,1 ,194.35 wherewith to redeem
$3i6,740,2G6 of demand notes. We fear
Statesman Skinner will have to try again
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
Wednesday, February 2l, 1888

THE work on the Potomac flats should
not be permitted to stop next fall for lack
Of funds. Let Congress act at once.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

"owISG to indisposition" Madame Patti
did not sing at the National last night.
"lndisposition' is what is generally known
in this city as malaria"
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

We refer TO the new lino OF spring oyercoats
at Likes, Berwanger l. Co.'s, 80 Seventh
street. s. Katzenstein, Manager.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-21

The Rochester E5preSs wishes people would
take 10 English sparrow eating contests aud
give the quails rest. The idea deserves on
cOuragement
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
West and South.

A FEW nights ago a triple murder was
committed at West Union, w. Va, the vic
Tins being Barney Doyle and his two
daughters, seven and five years old, respect
lively. Robbery was the presumed mo-
tive of the deed. One of the children. who
retained consciousness when the tragedy
was discovered, said the crime was com
mitted by vagrant named Harper, who,
together with two other men, was arrested.
On the 9th Of June the Anti.SIonopolists
of Indiana will meet in State Convention
at Indianapolis. "i s9''-~...
AT Baton Rouge, La, recently w. A. Le-
Seur, editor of the Cqpitalidn Advocate,
was shot through the head by w. T. San.
ders, broker and died two hours after
ward.
In a recent report the Pool Commissioner
Of the Southwestern Railway Association
makes a striking exhibit of the growth of
the carrying trade in the territory of the
association. In the first year of the exist
ence of the organization (1S76) the business
done aggregated 81, 900, 900, while in 1SS2the
revenues amounted to $10,00O000. M
THE debts of c. H. Coy & Co., bankers.
of Toledo, Ohio, who suspended few DAYS
ago, are reported to be $16S,OoO in excess of
the assets.
THE coroner's jury in the Braidwood mine
disaster has rendered verdict generating
the managers of the mine from blame. and
asserting that the accident was such as
"might happen at any mine under similar
circumstances"
THE international balk-line billiard tour
nament closed in Chicago on the 9th. DAILY
and Dion were matched in the afternoon,
DAILY winning with an average of IL 5-35,
mis- highest run beins 50; Dion's score, $40;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
A Big Deal.

CHICAGO, April 6.
The interest in Texas lands in this city
was greatly augmented yesterday by re-
port that the Panhandle, comprising the
northern arm of that State which extends
into the Indian Territory, and is owned by
Chicago parties, had been sold to a London
syndicate. The report was verified by the
personal statement of Congressman c. B.
FarWell.
One year ago this spring was chronicled
the transfer by the State of Texas to
Messrs. G. B. Farwell, John Y. Farwell,
Abner Taylor and Colonel A. G. Babcock,
of Chicago, of the tract of land known as
the Texas Panhandle, in consideration of
the purchasers building a Capitol for the
State at cost not to fall short of 81 500, 900.
1t was the comment of the newspaper world
of England and America that the State
should let this valuable property, amount
ing to 100000 acres, or some
5000 square miles, out of its hands
at the small sum of fifty cents
an acre, when railways were rapidly increas-
ing the value of property all over the Texas
domain. Itwas further matter of specu-
UAAeA0 ol1Ao N1AoIAIOu3 ~
in arabic and growing lands, and watered
and timbered to such degree, had not been
advertised for sale, and spectators given
the chance for buying it in at something like
its real value. The fact, as authoritatively
stated, that it has now been sold to Lon
don syndicate for the snug sum of $4,000
600, or 1888 1-3 per acre, will show how
just these criticisms were. a,4
Mr.. Farwell, in answer to query, said:
"Some time during the holidays telegram
was received from London asking if the
lands were for sale. We replied that they
were when reasonable figure should be of
fered. A cablegram came back stat
ing that messenger would follow to confer
with US. He came not long ago, stayed two
weeks, and has just started back. He made
us two propositions rent the privilege of
grazing stock or buy the land outright. We
accepted the latter on condition of a salts
factory price. The price having been
agreed upon, the sale was closed in this way:
If a first payment is placed to our credit in
the Bank of England by April Is the land is
his. . el &
I
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.


{ JOSEPH K. BARNES, Brigadier-Generalo of
the United States Army retired, and lately
Surgeon-General of the Army, died on the
9th, of Bright's disease, in the sixty-sixth
year of his age.
THERE were 1877 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended on the 9Th, being fifteen more
than during the preceding seven days.
A LATE Washington paper prints letter
from the wife of Sergeant Mason in which
the statement is made that j.. G.. Bigelow,
the lawyer who had attached the "Betty-
anel-the-Baby" fund for legal services, was
never employed by her, and had rendered
no assistance to her husband, who is
serving out his sentence at Albany for
his ill-considered shot at the assassin
Guiteau.
On the 7th the baseball season opened at
Washington with a game between the
Cleveland League Club and the Nationals
of Washington, the former winning by a
score of seven to four.
On the 7th, Secretary Folger had so far
recovered that he was able to take horse
back ride. He is once more giving his per-
" 0OA'OiOAi W OllO DuoIIl0So VI HIS OIIce'
A DECISION has been rendered by the
United States Supreme Court, in the case
of the Cook County National Bank against
che United States, to the effect that when
a National bank holding funds of the
United States becomes insolvent, the United
States has no preference over other credit
Ors. At the time of the failure of the Cook
County National Bank General John A.
Macarthur had several thousand dollars of
post-otfice funds ON deposit in the bank,
and it was the effort of his assignees TO re-
cover this money that raised the issue thus
decided,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
Funeral of the Late Peter Cooper.
New YORK, April 9.

NEW YORK, April9
The funeral of Peter Cooper took place On
Saturday, and was largely attended. All
the seats in the church not reserved for the
family, friends and delegations were
filled at noon, and many secured
standing-room in the rear of the
church two hours before the services
began. Shortly before three. o'clock the
bells began tolling, and the Rev. DR.. Robert
Collyer, the Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, and
the Rev. Thomas M. Peters took their places
in the pulpit. The eulogy was pronounced
by the Rev. DR.. COllyer, and it was followed
by brief address and prayer by the Rev.
Dr.. Crosby. afe H.ss hi
The remains were taken to Greenwood
Cemetery. The bells of the city tolled as
the great procession moved to the ferry,
where it was dismissed. It seemed as
though the population of New York not in
the procession had gathered upon the side
walks. They respectfully uncovered as the
body was borne past. Only one carriage,
containing the male members of Mr.. Cooper's
family, accompanied the body to the Gene
terry, where it was deposited in the vault.
The remains will be inferred the coming
week.