Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-28
Wall Street 'EO.Ssay.

NEW f0HS. teO ~, p.!n.-ll he Post says: va
retv OF circumstances nave combined to ain in CIV
Ing The stcCh market a downward turn 10 the last
lew d@'>-the uileaSineSS caused by the agitation
OF The silver question. the advancing rates Tor ster-
I'M, cXc2ar:,r, there b Ing another advance OF i
cen. Gu Co-"ay bits this forenoon, the rumOrs OF
rate cttlHg by Tie WESTERN trunk line roads, and
this morning the rt.olte Of IA" heavy SHOWS inter
rupting traffic on na ooN II IN IDS in Minnesota
aid all that part OF the northwest The weakness
OF the market In the last two Gays has encOura- Il
the pears. ana the short interest is now l::':..
enough 10 ne the market Il very strong upH;,.i
turn as SOL. AS an attempt is made TO coVeriL
THE Markets.
rt1.TrT6I,T, i. y IS Virginia SKIES consolidated
o. "a,rue coii sc; do. new threes. 5,f. I'll
nALTrNiHp2. r. or-Cotton steady-lnildlinv
1875 F"nr o9l,t a1,d ~:eaay whcas-southern trrner
sonhsr red IA. ~ @ a sasne IN i5il Tor 80
Marylan d ,tHalils y" . Wesse; winter red
hay 10 .e;l,s coy,I-soutinerl finn and active;
February soa62; Aiasch, 593ea 5gfl; MAY, 62a1s21f:
v wr WIT Ans s ' o as d All Faa t
4aals Ryo g,li,t f7ar9 Provisions quiet aud steady.
t. IlScr!o2i per sisa'r ;lall-sotton SEA sHr
VIII S 81 go b,. G t Rifs'sta b.ts i rs d,
bushels; re. 100 bushels. Slliplneuts--co,u, oGy
bushels.
BIDS were opened at tire Treasury department
to-day for TIE con- truction of eXtPnsion t. IT,.
Buffalo pubic building. The lOwe9U b. l.er was "
d. Ccllingwool, at si3000
GUESTS OF THE PREsIDEHT.-Nlme Nilsson. Mr.
Henry WaterSon and Mr.. Murat HalStead will be
guests at the Presidents dinner tonight.
LETT RnODEs.-It is learned at the Treasury
department that Lieut.. Rhodes. of the revenue ma
r1ne steamer Dexter. has not made request OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury TO permit him to di5
tribute among the crew the money $1,000 Which
was presented 10 him for heroic conduct ut the City
OF Columbus disaster The money is his own. and
he can make any disposition OF 1t lie chooses and
request Is therefore unnecessary.
WILL OF ANNE z. pOTCHFORD.-The will OF Anne
E. Rotchford, late Of Fairfax county, Va, was
filed to-day. She gives one dollar TO her daughter
Mrs Eliza Ann Williams, OF this city. and the
balance of her estate to her neighbor, A. J. Taylor
IN trust, for her granddaughter, Emma F. VIII
possess it absolutely In case OF the death of the
granddaughter. without issue, the property goes to
her sisters, Marx and Clara Williams
WHY TIE TRAMPs ARE SCARCE.-The remark was
MADE last night IN group or gentlemen in front OF
one OF the principal hotels that there were no
tramps and beggars to be seen on our streets this
year. and, In view of their frequency last year. In
quiry was made by one why it was so. 1t was ex-
planned that the inauguration OF the chain gang
had driven the trampS away from this city, they
detest laboring work. There is now at work an
IN M IN dee al R1 a
In cleaning up the streets and cutters Of Southeast
washington; The work done already in that Sec
ton OF the city attracts general attention
PEANUT VENDORS IN CouRr-Several peanut
vendors were arrested last night and In the Police
Court to-day were charged with obstructing the
street They stand on the corners with hand
wagons and sell peanuts, for which privilege they
pay $25 year license The court told them that
they must not stand in one place any longer than
to make sales ten minutes being reasonable time
He released them on their personal bonds
RANGE OF THE THERxoMErRR.-The following
were the readings at the Office of the chief signal
oncer to-day-7a m, $50; II am, 362; pm, 3O8
Maximum 09: minimum 3O8
THE POwHATAN MUD GEysER.-A telegram from
Wheeling, West Va, Feb. q, says: The Powhatan
mud geySer still remains mystery. The discharge
OF matter from the Oriice, which is ebout two feet
In diameter and smoothly drilled in solid rock, has
ceased, but the evidences OF phenomenal action re-
main Al efforts to measure the depth Of the shaft
have failed because OF the force OF the gaseous dis
charge. Heavy tmbers dropped endwise into the
aperture, after descending below the surface were
hurled into the air with great force. About the orr
fee is a considerable mound OF mud stones and
coal thrown out by the gaseous disch.rye. AS the
nearest coal vein Is 60 feet below the surface the
wei must be at least 60 feet Deep Ali Efforts to
lre the invisible discharge OF force have failed, and
the water thrown out is as cold as Ice thus making
it certain that heat and natural gas have nothing
70 do with the mystery.