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CUNNINGHAM. Departed this life August 18th,
1850, at IA O'Clock a NETTIE, infant dAughter OF
months and eight DAYS
Funeral rom the residence Of her grandparents No
40i sixth street southeast, Friday, August l4lh, at
3 r. 2s
IALLOwELI- At Falls Church. August 2 ss5
fRANCIS PEROr HALLOMELL, aged forty-four
years.
Funeral from the Church of the Reformation.
Penas yivsnia avenue and ID street soul beast ON
SATURDAY, at three y. IL lnterment a. Arlington .
HARNER ABRAHAM HARNER died nj Ia.
residence OF his son-Daw Emanuel Minicl, OOl 2ttll
81. n W; this morning. August Ia 1855, al s:3O q M
Aged 81 years
Funeral al Rahrersburg. Pa, Monday at 10 a. m.
Heading papers please copy.
HOFFMAN. On Friday morning August 1ltA
1885, at Sax O'Clock, Cha RENG l. II ERBEIiT Young
est son OF James A. and Mary l. Holman, aged four
months and hive days.
Funeral services at Oak Hill chanel SATURDAY. ar.r
noon tne Ioth Instant al five pm Friends and rssla
lives invited TO attend. .
La BARRE On Thursday, August H. 1885, nj
ESQ - H., OF congestion OF the brain. ELSIE MAX
Gl EklI H. only beloved child OF George K aud
Eulma La Barre, aged ID months and % days
Funeral nom her parents residence. l4zl Ohio
avenue northwest, sunday August 18th, at four D m
friends and relatives OF the family are Invited u
attehu. lhIerhent al Congr' sslOnAl cemetery. 2s
oNLRrON. On the evening of August 18Th $40
age - 49,
The funeral will take place from his late residence
34o virginia avenue. between 81 and AZ south
west, On sunday evening, a. four O'Clock Intermeut
Consf esSoi a. cemetery. Pre-
WILLIAMS on Angus: 18th 1SSs at half mast 2
oGock a-En LEWIS W WILLIAMS. in the seventy
thlId year OF his age at 1905 q street northwest
lives invited To attend 2s
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FnIoHrru1 C4sn Or A Co1onrD
NAN.

contracted fearful case Of blood poison In 1888
was treated by some Of the best physicians In At
lanta- They used the old remedies Of Mercury and
Potash, which brought on rheumatism and impaired
my digestive organs Every joint In me WAS swollen
and full of pain. When was given up to die, my
physicians thought 1t would be good time test the
virtues of Swifts Specific. When commenced taking
8 8. g. the physician said could not live two weeks
under the ordinary treatment He commenced to give
me the medicine strictly according to directions.
which continued for several months. took nothing
else. and commenced 70 improve from the very first
Soon the rheumatism le me, my appetite became all
right and the ulcers, which the doctor said the
most ghtfhl he had ever seen began to heal and by
the first Of October. 1884, was . well man again
am stronger now than ever was before. and weigh
more. g. s 8 has saved me from an early grave
LEM MCCLENDON.
Lem McC1endcn has been in the employ Of the
Chess arley Company for some years, and know
the above statements to be true At the time he began
taking Swifts Specific he in horrible condition
w. b. CROSBY, Manager
Chess Carley Co., Atlanta Division.
Atlanta Ga, April Is. 1886.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
N. Y. 157 W. Esd St IL
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RAILROADS.
Two SARATOGA.
II LAKE GEORGE AND

TO SARATOGA.
LAKE GEORGE AND
x. CATSRILf MOUNTAINS
ONLY ALL RAIL AND PARLOR CAR LINE
wEy. hy West shore of picturesque Hudson River.
follows:
SARATOGA SPECIAL. $40 am. arrive Saratoga
ciO pm: Caldwell, Lake George. 40 pm: Montreal
IV.so pm Elegant Pullman Buffet Cars TO SaratO-
&. Then 10 Montreal. Pennsylvania Railroad trsa
leave Washington Feb TO connect.
tAi>kILL MOUNTAIN SPECIAL- $40 Am,
arrive at Hotel KaaterskII 2:ll pm, Grand Hotel
I:sD pm ParlOr Cars Pennsylvania RAJ road
tram leave Washington 1915 a m. 20 connect
DAY EMPRESS go H., Arrive Albany 3 pm,
Utica !I.4l m ~ 1.O5 m, Rochester 1O.SO
pm. Buffalo l2l5 AM. Niagara Fails l2:43 An
Parior lars 70 lbany and Niagara Falls.
SARATOGA AND CATSHIII. MOU IN En-
PRES-. 1885 am, arrive AZ HOTEL KAATEESS
KILL 5clU pm, Grand Hotel. $40 pm. saratoga
6oO m. Lake George p m. farlor Cars Long
Branch and New York 10 saratoga and Lake George.
Pennsylvania Railroad trsin leaves Philadeipha
30
SARATOGA AND CATSRILL MOUNTAIN LINZ
TIED, I'D p n, arrive ct Hotel kaaterSlll Ss1I p.
m. Grand Ote S3t pm. Saratoga 3:IU pin. Mon
tTfd a ~. with parlor cars 10 CisSil N0unin and
SARATOGA Buffet parior cars leave Washington
PennSy tvAua Railroad train $50 Al ratoSa;
sleeperS thence IL Montreal Ask for single round
trip tickets bv Vest shore Route avoid long
fer through New York City. Apply TO city depot
agents of Pennsylvania Railroad for complete time
tables. tickets and parlor car chairs
Paror car chairs from Jersey City Station reserved
Company. Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Jersey City.
New Jersey. HENRY MONETT.
General Passenger Agent,
ty1Ssi5 No. $50 BROADWAY. v. Y.
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The Forged VIII.
THAT FOLLOWED AN INsUR-
ANCE CONTEST.

DEVELOPMENTS THAT FOLLOWED AN INSUR-
ANCE CONTEST.
A telegram to the Philadelphia Times from
Wilkesbarre August 8, says:-About the year
1868 Beckerwith T. Brockway. of Salem town
ship, Luzerne county, had three life insurance
policies upon his life, aggregating aboutS4o 900.
distributed as follows: $4,000 in the Etna
Life, OF New York; $1O 900 in the Connecticut
Life. of Newark, New Jersey. Soon after his
death Daniel +. Seybert, with whom he had
been boarding, presented TO the registrar OF
wills a will which made him sole executor and
legatee. No caveat was filed, and letters Of adj
were regularly issued. Seybert de-
manded the amount OF the policies, but the in
surance companies refused to pay on the
ground that he had no insurance Interest in the
life Of the deceased. The case was referred.
under the act Of 1868, to Alfred Hand, now
judge of the Lackawanna county court, who
sustained the defendants in their view, and
Seybert was non-suited.
The case had almost dropped ont Of recollec-
ton, but has since been revived by the heirs OF
Mr.. BrOckway, who had a citation issued to the
executor, and the case was heard before Regis
ter Boyd yesterday and to-day. The drift OF
the testimony shows that eybert wrote the
will himself and forged the signature Of de-
ceased. One of the witnesses to the alleged will
signed II as q witness knowing il to be SUCH
During the examination Seybert was present,
but took no part in the proceedings and offered
no objections. The heirs at law are Charles b.
Brockway, OF Bloomsbury, and F. E. Brock way,
OF Salem. The counsel Is Senator Hughes, of
Philadelphia. The register decided that the
will was forgery, and the heirs will now take
steps to recover from the insurance companies
the full amount OF the policies, with interest,
which will amount TO nearly $4,000,
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From the Hartford Times.


lady at the South End was enjoying a visit
from her mother, who had been stricken with
paralysis some years previous. As soon as she
arrived at her daughters home she stipulated
that she must sleep down stairs, as her health
would not permit her to climb up stairs. The
man of the house, like dutiful son-in-law gave
up his bed below and went up stairs himself
Finally severe storm broke out, and the light
ming and thunder were terrific. The lady of the
house, little timid, thought she would light
the gas in the dining room. As she b ad done so
and turned to go back TO the bedroom she was
startled to see the face OF a rough-looking man
peering at her from one Of the piazza windows
The woman. clad In her night clothes. was
chained with fear for only an instant, and them
awaken her husband. In the mean time the
old lady, her mother, heard her daughters bare
feet swiftly pattering across the floor, heading
for the stairway, and tntuitivey feeling that
something was wrong. and entirely forgetting
her own condition, sprang from the bed and
fairly new after her daughter. She reached the
stairway, and, In spite of her paralytic in1rmi-
ties, which she had so carefully nursed for
years, found herself rushing up stairs Her
daughter heard the steps behind her, and sup
posed that the man she had seen on the piazza
an instant did she imagine that her invalid and
parslytic mother could move 40 rapidly. This
added TO her fright and increased her pace She
rushed up TO her husbands bedside, shouting
Save me! save mer and, looking round. saw
her invalid mother.
Why, mother, Is this your thought you
couldn't walk up Stair"
fore"
Then the man Of the house went below to re.
as to the visitor on the piazza, and
grandma crawled into bed. She always went
up stairs to sleep after that.
A squad Of fifteen gypsies had taken possess
sion OF the piazza to shelter them from the
to turn them out until the rain was over, al
lowed them to remain.
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SQuelching q Toad.


From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Mark Twain, in opposition to the burial of
Grant In Washington, assigns as q reason the
probability that at no very distant day the
west, grown strong, rich and populous, will
demand and secure the removal Of the national
capital 10 some more central spot.
The probability Of such a thing is very remote
Were the country without railroads and tele-
graphs, q more central site for the national
capital would be desirable, and there would
long ago have been q formidable agitation OF
The facilities for travel, however, are so great
and the Transmission of intelligence by tele-
graph so immediate. that It is of small import
ance whether the capital is on the east or west
side Of the continent or at an intermediate
point. Less Inconvenience. expense and fatigue
Minnesota, Colorado and Montana in reaching
Washington city than was experienced by Rep
resentatives of Massachusetts, and New York
munication, the telegraph absolutely annihi-
lates distance and makes Washington as near
as though it were in ones back yard.
Washington, to begin with, Is the most beau
tiiul city on the continent, aud destined 10 be
one of the loveliest in the world. Its situation
there is almost ndenite room 1 for its ana
sion. Rich in historic and political associations
it is accommodating them as the years pass by,
attractive than any other city in the United
States-Boston and Philadelphia not excepted.
Its great government buildings, its multiply
lug uAouuuiculs, Nhst llbrdTy, lts collecllOn
of works of art-all these things combine, with
its natural and artificial beauties, to make it
the representative city of the nation and its
proper capital.
Mr.. Clemens Is mistaken. The west will pre-
fer to have the capital remain where it is. 1t
affords the western man having business with
the government an opportunity to make q
pleasant excursion, giving him a change Of eli
mate and scenery, and a chance to see multi
tude of objects dear to every American heart,
and rendered supremely interesting by associa-
ton with the greatest events in the history of
the nation.
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TO COMPLETE THE CRUISERS.
Tho Compromise Arrangement Made
by Secretary Whitney. with the A.
signeeS Of Roach Il Son.

Under the compromise arrangement between
Secretary Whitney, OF the Navy department.,
and the assignees Of John Roach & Son, con-
tractors for the construction Of naval YES
sells, the work is to 60 forward without
loss of time. The following board has
been appointed to take an inventory of all the
materials on hand, and to direct the prosecu-
ton of the work: Naval Constructor r. w.
Steele, president; Assistant Naval Constructors
j. F. HanscOm, ]. B. Hoover, Richard Gate
wood and Lewis Nixon were appointed to take
steps for the prosecution Of the work of COM
pleting the cruisers in accordance with
the specifications OF the contract. The
chief of the bureau Of construction
and repair is to overlook and supervise the work.
The compromise between Secretary Whitney
and the assignees has been put in writing and
all the details set forth. The assgnees are to
by Secretary Whitneys special board of in
spectors, none of which Is costly. According to
Mr. Roach's figures prepared about the time
that the assignment was made 1t would cost
less than 1925 to put Into effect upon the boat
every distinct suggestion made by the Whitney
board. 1t is said that schedule OF the altera-
tons has been prepared, and that, these com.
the Dolphin.
No definite time has been decided upon for
the resumption Of work, the aSsknees with the
instructions of the department. being them
selves prepared to go forward at moments
notice. Unless extensive changes are made in
the plans of the cruisers, and progress delayed
on that account, the vessels can easily be
finished in five months except the Chicago,
and 1t is estimated that it will take at least q
year to finish her.
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A Monaco Victim.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AFTER LOSING 5000. 600
The NJ. Gagarin who attempted suicide
at Monaco belongs to one of the best
families OF Russia. He lost three millions
of francs at the gambling tables, complete
ly exhausting his resources. He then asked
the manager to lend him sufficient money to
travel 10 st. Petersburg. This the manager re-
fused to do. whereupon NJ Gagarin retired 10
his apartment and shot himself with a revolver
The ball entered the temple and travelled round
the skull to the neck, iLhicting a severe and
dangerous, but not a mortal wound. Finding
that he had failed In his purpose. NJ Gagarin
then dragged himself toward a window and
tried to throw himself from il. He was by this
time too weak, however, from loss OF blood to
effect his Intention, and fell back to the floor
he was found lying there, weltering In his
blood, and was taken to the hospital. The
would-be suicide is a descendant OF the noted
Mattel Petroyitch Gagarin, who was governor
general of Siberia under Peter I, and was exc
cuted for a conspiracy TO make himself sover>
eign of that province.
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TJ,HOs ]. FISHER q CO,



ASp SALE Of sE
sfkERE Nss 81 AND so i Eah hSN sTsE Fl
BY virtue of DEGREES passed on the 18th day of ~.
July 1ss5 and the 2s,h day Of July 1885 in ~:
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, numbered
g1Sf ha9isy S9ckes r. we shall On
HALF-rAsr FOUR O'clock PM, Offer at public c
ons Of the ana e s
square numbered nine hundred and four (9O4l, be
feet south from the no2thest corner Of said LOT iwen
SIX 2S and running thence south along said street
hundred and nine doS feet one inch to an aliey
thence north fSrtysx 46 feet six 90 INCHES and
inch TO the place OF beginning partly improved by
two-stOry brick house No. 81 18th street southeast.
improved and unimproved portions Of this property
And on THURSDAY, the TWENTY-sEvENTH
Pm, we will offer public auction, in front of the
street east BY the depth Of one hundred and twenty
four Q24l feet one ~ inch of Lot numbered six 49,
the east ten feet Of the north line Of part
brick house No 80 s,h Ga Street Southeast 0s
And on the SAME DAY. at FIVE O'CLOCK PM,
eastern feet oflot number ed four 4)by
shs depth thereof p square numbered eight hundred
third cash; the balance and two years from the
the deferred payments, bearing interest ii six per
cent per annum. interest pay able semannuay and
post of one hundred dollars viii be required on each
purchase at the time of sale If the terms of
serve the right resell risk and of the de
fs,uitng purchaser. All conveyancnx At the cost of
H. RANDALL WEBB, Trustee,
cHAs A. WALTER, G T1a aae s''ee"
au4-2taw 342 ID street NV.
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4 CARGO OF SILVER.
The Swatara % Convey 5000. 900 in
silver From New Orleans 70 New
YOrk-PrecautiOns Against Capture.

The vaults of the mint and sub-treasury ut
New Orleans are overloaded with silver dollars.
and about five million are TO be brought to
Washington and placed in the great vault in
the Treasury, where there is plenty of room. The
naval vessel Swatara, now In port at New York
Is being cleared OF her guns and ammunition,
preparatory to going to New Orleans after this
money, which will be placed aboard Of her and
brought to Washington. The Swsrtara will 90
to New Orleans, stopping At Key West for coal
At New Orleans she will probably be joined by
the Yantle as guard, and will bring away tho
S5, OOO, 900 at q load.
1t was not the intention that the purpose ofthis
voyage of the Swatara should be known. The
days of pirates have passed, but 80 rich prize
might call up the shades Of some "terror OF the
sea-" Besides, the traditions OF the south.
ern waters IL full Of Wild romances Of
richly laden vessels overhauled by the
"slouching black pirates" and 1t was thought
safer to keep the voyage q secret. But since it
has become known, there will probably be some
precaution taken against being run down.
There is considerable money being moved by
the government just now, and owing TO the
heavy charges Of express companies these &C..
cret means OF conveyance are being resOrted to-
Commodore Harmony says the Swatara is
being cleared OF ammunition, &C., only to the
extent necessary to make room for the ship
ment of silver. She will be we'll enough armed
during the trip to be an efdcient man-ot-war,
and If any pirates should show up they would
meet with very warm reception. This means
OF conveying the government coin ID looked
upon as the safest, cheapest and best
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

nAILY LINE TO NORFOLK AND FORTRESS
STEAMERS GEORGE EI IE EIE AND EXCELSIOR
one of which leaves 9TH street wharf DAILY, except
Bsso ana al @ aqe w and
rooms at 1851 and GIG Pennsylvania ave, st. Marc
Va.ia ave who Viii also check baggage rom hotel.
and private residences.
E7 W.P. WEIGH. General Agent
T Ow FARE TO NoRFOLK.-sTEAMER LADY
En-; FlIss.sias; Ears. 500: Round RIP $50
1ssReslso y AZ daE Ss.
DAY ana Friday, am jelS
EoR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
NEW IRON STEAMER 1sat s SWAKEFIELD
DAYS and SATURDAYS at am Returning
ing at River Landings as far as Nohini Creek.
Curricman. Va, and ST. Clements bay. Nd Connects
CIV. RIDLEY. Manager. spII
nIRECT TO NEW YoRK--FREIGHT. STEAM:
p Pier al a. East RyeI N syery sATnRpAY az = e
T TS a, 1ST.s, rates Ap4
STEAMER SUE
Will resume the route between BALTIMORE AND
kgs1 %aIe5 leaving
River Freight received SATURDAYS ONLY. and
must be prepaid
All accommodations frstclass. Apply to
STEPHENSON BRO, .th st. wharf
Oflica:-12th ST. and Pennsylvania w. mil Lem
CTEAMER MATTANO LEAVES .THSTREET
- wharf Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, at :
O'Clock am, for River Landings as far IS Mattox
Creek, returning on Wednesday, Friday and Monday
afternoons For information apply to
Z. l. SHERIFF., lila Pa ave NV.
mh9 G. T. JONES. Agt, 7th-st wharf
Mt VERNON! Mt. VERNON
STEAMER W. w. CORCORAN
Leaves 7th-street wharf daily Except Sunday foe
Mt Vernon at 10 o'clock d m; returning, reaches
" ashington about $50 p IN.
se16 L. I. BLAKE, Captain
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Badly Spelt FOrgeries.

From the St James Gazette
Ii liars should have good memories forgers
should certainly be able TO spell. To embark
on the profession of an utterer OF forged checks
fyou are not quite certain Of your photography
is always rash. This is shown by an interesting
case at present occupying the attention OF the
Paris police. One OF the banks has lately been
defrauded by an ingenious gang OF forgers
Ihey used TO get possession by some means OF
toners. which they proceeded TO Initiate with
such skill that their checks were paid without
question. The used even TO write business let
tiers to the manager. This betrayed them 1t
was noticed that the word ''annule" was mis-
spelt on one of the forged checks. 1t WAS also
letter OF Guinet, one of the suspected persons
The manager was struck by the coincidence
and NJ. Guinet was arrested and put on his
trial. This simple story shows how necessary
education is. even In the easiest professions.
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A MISTAKE MADE IN 1T DELAYS THE WIDowER
IN MARRYING AGAIN.
A arm OF Syracuse lawyers, Messrs. Jennet,
Brooks, Marshall and Rogers appealed to the
board Of health in New York Wednesday for
relief for client who finds himself in q peculiar
state Of embarrassment through a mistake in
the departmsnt's records for which he is in no
who in 1889 lived in New York. In November
Of that year his wife Meta died, and by some
mistake her drst name was recorded in the bu-
reau of vital statistics Is Margaret. The mis-
take remained uncorrected. The widower went
70 Germany, and lately undertook to marry
again. The authorities required proof his first
wife was DEAD, but refused to consider Margaret
the equivalent Of Meta, and declared ofhcfally,
for want Of eol1icial evidence of Meta's death,
that she vas still living. Protestations did not
avail, uud Werfelman remains unmatched. II
his second love has patience and faith enough
70 walt until al the necessary formalities and
legal teChnicalittes requisite TO make O change
In the omcial record are gone through with, she
nay ysa I P e Mt. Werfelman, and her hus-
tended 70 commit bigamy.
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District Government Affairs.

SIXTY NEW GAS LAMPS PROPOSED
Capt +. A. Mahan has submitted application
to Ma. CD. Lydecker, engineer Commissioner,
for sixty gas lamps for the streets which it is
proposed to he erected, payable from appropria-
tons for street lamps for 1885.
FOR OFFICER GoRMAN'S FAMILY.
Major Dye has recommended to the District
Commissioners that $50 per month (e1O for
each child be allowed from the policemens
fund, under the provision Of act Of Congress APP
proved March 3. 1885, TO the family OF the late
Policeman German.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: W. Farley, re-
street between and K streets. north west, 5000;
l.. Peyton, erect two story frame, D street be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, northeast, $500;
I. ]. Mills, erect two story frame, Columbia
road, between 10th and 18th streets, county,
$1,000; w. Conner, erect frame dwelling,
Nicholas avenue, Anacoetia, 81 900.
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OFFIcIALS.-Secre-
tary Lamar has given no suggestion as to the
time of his going away for his summer vaca-
ton, and the Interior department officials, tired
of waiting for their chief to withdraw from
official duties are preparing to go themselves
next week for his home, and the Commissioner
of Patents, Mr.. Montgomery, expects that his
fore the end of the month. Capt Hassler, the
appointment clerk, still eats his lunch at
the department and thinks OF the cool air OF
wood, the chief clerk, will take his leave later
in the season. Mr.. jerks, the assistant secre-
tary, will remain here until September.