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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

KNoCKED SENsELEss In THE PRIZE RINo.-
Saturday night between the feather weights
Thomas Barnes, OF England, and Chas. Mccoy,
Of New York. The hight was for $3.50, and IL
the second contest in which the two men have
engaged within the last forty days. In the tenth
round Barnes led out too short, when Mccoy
caught him on the nose with his left, and then
with his right hit him q terrible blow under the
Jaw, which knocked him senseless, and ended
the fight When Barnes was finally resuscitAted
he wanted to continue the fight with bare lists,
but the referee had declared the contest In favor
Of Mccoy, and the men were hurried on.
Barnes was presented with purse Of $40.
REWARDED BY THE PREsTDENr.-The Presi-
dent has made these awards: A gold watch TO
Capt Franzer, OF the German steamship Servia,
Cor rescuing the crew Of the schooner Baxter,
Q gold watch to Capt Crumore, of the British
ship Don ENRIQUE, for rescuing the crew 81 the
the French steamer Comte d'Eu, for rescuing
the crew Of the ship Alert gold medal to MT.
Norman Bell, mate Of the British ship Jesse
Burrell, for services to the crew Of tie brig
Jennie Morton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

A Woman Who Whipped Four Lions.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
One evening last week a herd Of Angora goats,
which are being herded by Miss Teresa Taliert,
On Little Lost river, Idaho came home early
and rushed for the corral, q heavy log concern,
eight feet high. They were shut in and search
toward the foothills developed no cause for
their alarm. In the night Miss Tallert was
aroused by her dog whining at her ear, and get.
ting up saw some wild animals in the corral.
without moments hesitation attacked them
with an axe. Two Of the lions Jumped the
corral and fed; the other two rushed toward
her, after the goats. She dealt one q blow with
the axe, laying its back open to the bone. Then
both fled. The next morning fifty of the valu.
able goats were found dead and thirty wounded,
and fourteen Of the latter died afterward. And
now the ranchers on Lost river are all crazy
over Miss Tallert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

Rev. DR.. L. d. Burchard on Sunday preached
his farewell sermon as pastor Of the Murray Hill
Presbyterian church In New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

UNWILLING THE Poe MEMoRIAL.-Three
thousand people witnessed the unwilling of the
Poe memorial in the main hall of the MetropOl-
itan Museum Of Art. in Central park, New
York, Monday afternoon. The ceremonies
consisted of addresses by Algernon g. Sullivan,
Edwin Booth, Louis P. di Cesnola and William
Housewife AIger. The memorial is q life-sfze
marble figure, loosely draped, holding . marble
wreath over the bronze medallion of POe
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Manners and Men.


prOverb. Manners make wealthy physicians
and influential bishops in very sober fact Who
are they that enjoy the largest practice and the
highest reputation for medical skill, whose
word is law to a whole host of dyspeptic dow
ayers and anxious mothers, whose visits are
regarded as favor and their saloons thronged
by crowd Of expectant votaries, and who suck
thereout no small advantage? Not ALWAYS the
men who have most completely mastered the
secrets Of medical science or who have cured
the greatest number of their patients Few
people inquire or care about that. The velvet
tread, the unctuous pressure of the hand
the silvery intOnation, the sympathetic vet
reassuring smile these are the infallible pass
ports TO many hearts, and, what is more,
to many pockets. The Jobs comforter who
insists with obtrusive honesty on telling dis
agreeable truths. who pronounces with mer-
CHESS fidelity the death warrant of the
patient whom no human skill can save, and
refuses TO be feed by the interesting hypochon-
driac who likes to combine the luxury of vale
tudinarianism with the luxury of health, will
too often at best be treated with cold respect
He will not be trusted or employed. Far other
Is the lot Of the pompous sciOlist, who knows, in
q different sense from the apostles how to be.
come all things to all men, and more especially
all women. His cures, where any cure was
needed, will be few. But he can whisper bland
nothings into the doting mothers ear, as he
suggests some new remedy, as futile as the last,
is never at loss when all is over to account for
his skill being baffied by circumstances over
which he had no control. The case was excep-
tional, or he was called in too late; and in the
airy ailments, he has won his income and his
name. We have heard of a physician receiving
10 guineas each time for q visit, repeated every
other day for years, his only real business being
wife of his ostensible patient, who was hope
less invalid,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

Miss Mary Crowger, the local beauty Of Bev.
day.
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The M0rmOns Protest.
A DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES AND A DE
TENSE OF POLYGAMY.

TENSE OF POLIGAMI.
The Mormon authorities have forwarded to
the President a declaration Of grievances and
protest against the arrest and conviction of
Mormons on the charge of unlawful cohabita-
ton. The declaration is addressed to the Presi-
dent and people of the the United States and IL is
throughout a defense of poygnn1y. The docu-
ment, which is long one, concludes as fol-
lows:
Weprotest against unfair treatment on the part
Ofthe general government We protest against q
continuance OF territorial bondage, subversive
OF the rights of freemen and contrary to the
spirit of American institutions. We protest
prejudice and religious interference. We pro-
test against the conscience Of one class Of citi-
zens being made the criterion by which to Judge
another. We protest against the tyranny OF
federal officials and the continuance In ONCE OF
men who disgrace their positions and use their
official powers as a means of oppression. We
protest against the partial administration Of
the Edmunds law-the punishment of one class
for practicing their religion and exempting
from prosecution the votaries of lust and crime
We protest against the breaking mp Of family
relations formed previous to the passage OF the
Edmunds law and the deprfving OF women and
children of the support and protection Of their
husbands and fathers. We protest against the
prosecution of persons, many of whom are In.
firm and aged, who entered into plural mar
never violated any law. We respectfully ask
for the appointment by the President Of q com.
mission to fairly and thoroughly investigate
the Utah situation, and pending its report we
solemnly protest against the continuance of this
mercileSs crusade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

The death-roll at Plymouth, Pa, Monday was
the highest since the outbreak Of the epidemic,
eleven deaths were reported up to pm. The
yesterday. A large number of persons are now
seriously i'll and lying at the point of death.
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Field artillery-Pen'

This would give an infantry aggregate of
4Z,464 offlcers and men, cavalry aggregate Of
8,O41, and an artillery aggregate of $500
The grand aggregate would be 53,9O4. Hum
was present on the Goth of March. There were
some heavy artillery troops, naval forces, and
Richmond local forces properly not included in
this field report. The Army of the Potomac
Army of the James, and Sheridan's cavalry ag-
gregated a force between two and three times as
The confederate losses in the attack on the
Union right at Fort Steadman, and the Co
operative operations of March 25th, with which
the fortn1ght's spring campaign opened, we've,
according to Humphreys, nearly 1000, in
Guiding $40 prisoners. A very much greater
loss was suffered in the decisive operations at
Five Forks and Petersburg, on April / st and I'd.
AT Sailors Creek, in the retreat from Rich
mOnd, the confederate loss was about 5000
Iaktng all the final operations together it
would be easy to find more than 10000 killed,
wounded or prisoners, to be deducted from the
returns of February goth as confederate cas-
ualtfes of the campaign. But besides, there
was great loss from the hardshps of the re-
treat Gen. Ewell, in speaking of the bat
tie at Sailors Creek said that his corps had lost
nall lis numbers since leaving Richmond by
the fatigue of four days and nights almost
constant marching. the last two days with
nothing to eat.
Here we get, probably, the real source of the
discrepancies in the impressions as to the num-
per OF men who surrendered With the terrible
losses from exhaustion well as battle, no
doubt Lees available strength in muskets at
Appomattox to put Immediately into line of
battle, was very sma1l-so small that there can
render: But the number oftroops who actually
took advantage of the capitulatOn and were
parOled was no doubt much greater as the sta
tistics just cited would indicate.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.


THE CATCH OF SHAB AND HERRING-FISHER-
MEN HOPEFUL OF A GOOD SEASON.
Reports from the fish wharves this morning
represent that herring are in profuse supply of
excellent quality, and that shad are scarce
with indications of a more plentiful supply and
or very fine quality. One of the principal
dealers told a STAR reporter that he thought
the fishing prospects were good, and that next
week they would have no lack Of shad and her.
ring OF excellent quality; that he had never
up the river. There are not less than $50 gill
nets now In operation in this river, of an aver
age length of 200 yard. These all span the
width Of the river channel and lap the shoal
parts Of the stream, and they are all doing well.
There are also many trap-nets, which are doing
well Mr.: Geo. b. Faunce has been very sue
cessfui with his nets, and during the past fifteen
days as many herring have been caught as the
packers could well attend to. Ragged and White
flsh, and they are still sending up large quanti-
Hes. The dealer received from Piney Point
yesterday nfty-one barrels of herring. already
In good condition. These places are now used
Ior packing for the sake of convenience. He
states that the cold weather has kept the
luck for the next two or three weeks
The weather has had too many cold waves in
.ntaries: the fish are abundant in the bay and
lower river waiting to get up. Other dealers ex-
Neess themselves differently, and think the run
some of the fish landings heretofore working
with diminished gangs of men to save expenses
are sending for more men. The number of men
At Freestone Point has been reduced this year
70 about seventy, but It is thought that more
men will have to be employed. AS the case
stands this morning the prospects are good for
the future, and herring are particularly abund-
ant. Herring are selling at from 50 to SO per
thousand. Shad are worth from S15 to $40 per
hundred. Seine fishing is not so popular as it
used 70 be, and has to a great extent been aban-
6oned, while other devices are more popular,
and gill and trap nets are more in vogue They
are worked at much less expense. The knight
Brothers are reported as doing well, and hope
iul state OF affairs prevails at the lower land
inRB,
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self.made Men OF Washfneton.

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record
Washington has her ''Silas Laphams" al.
though You don't hear much about them. The
general idea seems to be that everybody in
Washington who has money brought it with
him when he came here. This is not true, OF
course, there are only one or two people in
Washington who could be called rich in New
York. But of the men who are called rich here
only very few came here rich. Most of them
made themselves and their fortunes right here,
where you hear young men say every day: "Oh,
You can't in the way they set about to do it.
But ". W. Corcoran, our banker benefactor
soth Il sa
The three Wizards Joseph, Henry and Caleb
= who seem to be gradually acquiring all the
tSs
president of one OF the best banks IN town, and
largely interested in half q dozen enterprises,
was poor plumber here before the war. Alex
ander X. Shepherd, the re-creator of the city,
was his apprentice, and successor In business.
the men, in fact, who control the important
financial and com mercial concerns of the city
who who knew what poverty was twenty or
s IN the Ire ee8n we e9esps
self as any Of the successful ie m e. eon
Of a respectable degree Of success, too, are just
gested to me by the death, the other day, Of .
fine old Irishman-a paving and building con-
tractor who had accumulated O quarter of a
million by many years Of hard work, and at
the same time q somewhat remarkable degree
OF influence In his quarter Of the community.
He could scarcely read and write, and knew
practically nothing of theoretical arith.
metic, yet as he was shrewd and quick at a
contract like a lightning calculator" He was
not only bright, quick and energetic but daring
and venturesome, and made money often out
OF projects which his friends predicted would
be failures: He was q success and a standing
contradiction TO the theories about the "busi
ness opportunities" of Washington. With all
his success he lived very simply in his big,
handsome home; his wife was dead, his chill.
1t. He thought more about his church than his
home. He was largely instrumental in the
erection OF the fine cathedrallike edifice known
as st. DOminic's church, recently damaged by
fire, and he met his death through exposure to
wet weather in the attempt to collect subscrip.
tons toward its repair. In all that is written
about Washington you see very little Of any Of
the phases of its real life.
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Why They Cant Catch q Ball Thrown
from the Top of the " Washington Mon.


From the Sporting Life.
AprOpOs Of the attempt of q number of ball
players to catch ball dropped nom the top of
the Washington monument, and the opinions
expressed as to the ability Of any one to accom-
plfsh the feat the question arises If any Of them
has an idea OF the velocity acquired by a ball
dropped from height Of $50 feet by the time it
strikes the ground.
THE 5ed b Psui Sam
but none succeeded in holding it. 2Ym
Now the fact is that ball 80 dropped has a
the ground. This velocity can be better com.
pretended by comparing 1T with a batted bail.
ns aSngesf nit Which I'll the writer has any
indianapolis. when the ball struck the ground
few inches over 200 yards. The ball. In this
about 45 degrees-the most favorable angle for
Without giving the formula, will state that.
as near as can be calculated, the angle and the
distance being given, the initial velocity of the
ball in this case is found to be about 100 feet
Allowing the same ball to have been hit in
the same dimctiOn, at the same angle with
sufficient force to give it the same velocity at
544 yards.
Would any of the players like to take h old of
line hit, Of the same force, at short field?
In regard to the above the New York Com.
me s1 Adrerfiser SAYS .,..,,.s ,,:.a.
catch ball dropped from the top Of the WASH
lngton monument, writer In sporting news:
paper tells Of the "ongest hit" at base ball, and
says that the ball on that occasion "was hit
into the air at an angle Of about As degrees
the most favorable angle for a long hit.h The
only trouble with the statement In the last
clause quoted is that 1t L. not true. Both the
theory and practice Of artillery firing show that
the most favorable angle for Q long shot, with a
given initial force, Is not As degrees, but about
% degrees, to the plane of the horizon. Given
specific charge Of powder; q ball viii be sent
further afield from . cannon elevated TO % de-
grees, or about that, than from one elevated to
any other angle whatever, and the same Is true
OF q base ball projected by the stroke Of bat"
TWO HUNDRED AND FoRrY-EraHr FEET QUITE
ENOUGH.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Whether or not one could catch q ball thrown
from the top Of Washington Monument led the
catcher of IL local base ball club to make sirni-
lar trial recently from the top of the water
works standpipe in Erie, Pa The height was
24s feet. and upon the seventh attempt the
deed was accomplished, but the catcher declared
"a tCv,
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The Visit to Gettysburg.

RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE ExCUR-
SION PARTY.
- The President and party and the excursion
lists who visited the Gettysburg battlefield Mon
Gay returned to the city at $50 O'Clock
p. m. The train reached Gettysburg about
noon, and great throng of people were assem-
bled at the depot to see the President. Upon
: leaving the train the presidential party were
driven to the national cemetery, where the ex-
: ercises of the day were held, under the direc-
ton of ex-Gov. Curtin. Gov Pattison made a
brief address on behalf of the commonwealth,
welcoming the President and veterans.
The President did not respond but left the
going over the whole field of the three days
lighting at Gettysburg; task for which the five
i hours OF time allotted was all too Short
% After the departure of the presidential party
happy and stirring address by Hon. Martin
Maginnis, of Montana, who belonged to a Min
nesota regiment in the Gettysburg campaign.
r Gen. j. c. Black followed in an address well
coming the veterans. and speaking at length of
the historical memories called up by the scenes
about them. He described in eloquent language
the conflict between the two armies. and paid a
glowing tribute to the valOr and devotion of the
combatants on each side. 1--WE rise today" he
nees and devotions Of that past, which, by the
tremendous energies of our institutions and
into the adamantine monuments that mark the
TALL OF error and the establishment of right.
Here, towering higher than Cemetery Hilf or
the Round Tops into the blue Olympian sky of
deathless aud sunny glory, rises the Gettysburg
Of freedom, liberty and law. No confined forces
threaten eruption" In conclusion Gen. Black
said: "Chief of the great republic, they who are
about to live, salute you. You impersonate the
new and noble order Of events, AS we turn
away from this place, they who here fell that
liberty might endure, that freedom might
become universal, that the nation might grow
Kind, speaking by their surviving comrades
feeble lips, cry hail to the incarnate power of
Hc"
Mr.. j. II. Slime read a letter from the Comte de
Paris, who had been invited to be present, ex-
pressing regret at his inability at this time to
cross the ocean. as he wrote, sin order to wit
in the bloody history of mankind / believe it
has never happened before that the military
leaders Of two armies should, after twenty
years, meet in friendly converse on the battle
held to discuss every debatable point in the his
toryg the great struggle in which they risked
their lives, the one against the Other'' =
Monday night camp fire was held by the vete-
rams In the courthouse at Gettysburg. Gen.
&ocufn presided, and Gems. Rosecrans, Carney,
Robinson and Doubleday delivered Orations
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22

hard work and anxiety no doubt hastened I the disease that prostIated him immediately following the fall election. Yes l terday morning post-mertem ex- animation revealed the fact that death was caused by tuberculosis, there being tubercles in the valves of the heart and lungs and on the 'larynx, which weakened the heart to an extent that it ceased to perform it's functions.
 Fer many years Mir. Jackson was a prom-
 iuent merchant of Derby and had been 8
 successful business man. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the First Connecticut
 Heavy artillery, although but sixteen years lican, but numbered many friends in the op- posing party, his popularity always sec securing him many votes frem the opposite side. He served his town for two years, 18S4-s5, in the legis- lature, the last year being chairman of the Committee on Cities and Boroughs on the part of the House. He was member of nearly all the prominent secret and benevolent so- cletles in the town, which are as follows: Kellogg post, G. A. R.; Ousatonie lodge, l. O. O. F.; King Hiram lodge, F. and A. M: Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor He was also member of the Hotchkiss Hose company No. 1. For long time the de- ceased was the Derby correspondent of the COURIER and until his health failed him faithfully reported everything that trans pired of interest in the town His funeral will be attended tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22
The Late Frank B. Jackson.

Representative Frank D. Jackson, who died at his home on Sunday morning, had suffered for several months with throat trouble which finally attacked his lungs and culminated in his death. Last winter during the session of the legislature he was ire quently detained at home on accoant of ill- ness which et the time wes understood to have been caused from nervous prostration, brought about by overwork in his legislative duties. Last fall he ran for Senator in the Seventh district and was defeated by General E. E. Bradley, of Orange. He was in poor health at the time he was nominated and his
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22

District of Milford, ss. Probate Court, l
 Milford. Dec 21. 1885. UPSTATE of ABIGAIL PLUMB, late of Milford EI in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the district of Milford hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to hibit their claims for settlement. Those who neg feet to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 HENRY PLUMB, d22 2d1w Executor
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22

Ayers Sarsaparilla makes the blood pur rich and vitalizing. Sold by all druggists
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22
A Sensation Among the Ladies

Was created yesterday on Chapel street. Throngs locked to see the wonderful and beautiful art display at the New Home Sew ing machine parlors in the Elliott House block It is wonderful collection of en- broideries and has challenged admiration in the East and West from art critics. It is all done with the New Home machine without any attachment. Go and see the beautiful work done upon elegant portiers, bannerettes, curtains, scarfs, etc., on which are tiger lilies, callas, sivans, peoples, palm trees, snow balls etc
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22
The New England Society of Brook

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-The New England society of Brooklyn celebrated tonight the 256th anniversary of the landing of the Pill grims. An elaborate banquet was held at the Art association rooms on Montague street, three hundred guests participating. President Silliman headed the table and among the well known people present were President Noah Porter of Yale, W. w. Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, George William Curtis, Mayor Low, Mayor elect Whitney, General Stewart L. Woodford, Judge Calvin E. Pratt, A. s. Barnes, General Tracy, Gen eral H. w. Slocum, Colonel W. c. Beecher, Austin Corbin and many others. Among those who responded to toasts were Mr. Beecher, Dr. Porter, MT. Astor and MT. Cur
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22

About our mark-down on overcoats. Wt have too many of them and too little money and pretty soon we shall need the room, SC we make this sale two weeks ahead of usua time. The reductions run from S1 to S5 according to quality. Childrens overcoats at prices never named for same quality ii Connecticut at the
 "HUB' CLOTHING HOUSE,
 110 Chnrch Straat
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-22
It Must IncIude the Police.

LONDON, Dec. 21.-hIr. Parnell has stated that he will oppose any scheme of home rule which does not allow the Irish government the control of the police.