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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02
DOR SALE
II IMPROVED

For SALE IMPROVED.
A Bargain-Nice three-story and cellar brick
dwelling on the north side of Rhode Island
avenue, bet 9th and 10th SITS n W, containing
II rooms and every modern Improvement.
Prize $1,000; reduced to...,,. SO,3OO
4 splendid three-story and basement brick
dwelling ON Maryland ave, bet LIST and %
sts e, containing IL rooms and every mod
ern Improvement; large lot, etc; price. 81, 900
A nice two-story press brick house with every
convenience, on | st, bet 21th and 25th n W;
That elegantly-dnished dwelling on the W
corner of Sth and ! sts W; just completed;
containing 10 rooms and fine cellar; every
modern convenience; the only remaining
one of the four, the Others were all sold be-
fore completion. n..,.,,....,,.,.......,S 49, 500
A great special bargain Fine 3story ana cell
lar press brick dwelling on Columbia st.
near the cor of II | ave; contains rooms,
bathroom and every modern convenience;
bay window. Former price Si,6OO VIII be
offered this week only for.,".,..u",Si,00
UNIMPROVED,
A splendid lot on the north side of NJ st, bet
18Th and Goth SITS NV, 3exlOl feet. Price per
North side of Mass ave, bet 10th and 18th sts
NV, two adjoining lots each 29S II front;
Price per so II nly.,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,, 81
on the N Q corner of 10th and Sampson SITS,
-four adjoining lots, each 23.OxlOO, fronting
on 10th 81, Price per so ft.,.,,,....,,,...SS
corner Price per 50 IL .:,',;;.'.:';,.;Siina3 30 iaa
A handsome lot ON the south side of j 81, bet
lith and 18th SITS W, 29xlOO feet PricS per
[ihis lot adioins Lieut. slack's, residence,l
Also n long list of other desirable properly,
improved AID unimproyedi Cali "a or mNeW ssna Tor
0l6 81, n, W,
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FOR SALE-H0USES.


DOR SALE--House 925 22d st. n. w.
II s rooms, hall, water, gas-pipe through
out Apply at 2205 st n W.
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FOR EXCHANGE.

w ANTED-To EXCHANGE NEW STOVES
w for old ones at Buffers Stove Exchange,
corner 9th and X SITS. Smoky chimneys cured
or no pay; STOVES exchanged for groceries.
Old stoves bought.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02

The difficulty in obtaining iuries in
this District is attributed by an official
Of the District Attorneys office, not to
the large number of persons opposed
to capital punishment, but to the read
ing of the newspapers, whereby every
body learns all about crime before the
trial comes on. The real difficulty
consists in the absurd notion that be-
cause man has formed prior opin-
ion of n case. he therefore cannotdivest
himself of 1t and is not competent to
sit as a juror. Any man of intelligence
and honesty is competent to judge by
the sworn evidence presented to him,
whether defendant is guilty or not
guilty, irrespective of what he has read
or heard about the matter before.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02
LOR RENT

TIIUNTNS J, FTNHEt % NV.,
1924 Il street northwest.
DOR RENT-On Bladcnsburg Road,
II Just north of Boundary, near IL street
cars frame dwellings, o rooms; SS per mo.
Swormstedt ~ Bradley 92S Il st.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02

try and enterprise has begun to relax.
lie Joins General lIa1cn in the latter s
recommendation that the Dead Letter
Oficc be made a separate division Of the
Department by being taken from the
Office of the Third Assistant, rs it has
nothing i'm common with the duties AMI
functions Of that Office He also joins
in the recommendation of the Chief Of
the Railway Mail Service that proyi5.
ion be made for pen4ioning disabled
railway postal clerks and the widows
and children of those who may be
killed while on duty The creation OF
the office of Fourth Assistant Post
master General to divide with the First
Assistant the arduous duties Of the lat
ter's Office is suggested.
The Postmaster General repeats the
reasons why he did not cxpcnd the
$4,000 appropriated by the last Con
grcss for the foreign mail service. The
matter was in the appropriating act left
discretionary with the head of the
Postoilice Department, who found,
upon investigation, such difficulties a4
made 1t inexpedient and improper to
contract for ocean service upon the
mileage plan of compensation contcm-
plated by Congress To have done so
the total compensation for the last year
would have been $l02j, 600, or over
Nt,.tpp nfttlNVfynI fThp
true rule. Colonel Villas holds, where
Congress leaves the question discre-
tionary with the Postmaster General, is
to pay to the steamship companies sucl
prices as shall justly recompense them
for their services lie shows that the
compensation offered the American
companies and refused by them was
very generous, being twice as much as
they had previously received. The re.
port also very clearly shows that the
Postmaster General is not deeply in
love with the subsidy system. lie can.
not see why American steamers should
be paid many times as much for carry
ing the United States mails rs other
lines are willing to perform the same
service for; nor that any American line
be so greatly preferred that it should
be paid the full bounty, while Others
receive nothing. The Postmasicr-Gcn.
eral, however, refers the whole matter
back to Congress with recommenda.
ton that early action be taken by that
body.
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EnR REnT-MIsCELLANEOus.
BOARDING.

Upright Pianos for Rent;
~ tuning and repairing specially, At H.,
\. Urso's Piano Rooms, 187 9th st W.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02

ROOMS ana Good Board
4 at reasonable rates for a few agreeable
parties ladies or gentlemen, one door from
pa ave, at l01 I'd st n W.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-02

Vacant property In all sections of the city
and suburbs.
Several houses for rent, furnished and un-
furnished.
Money to loan on real estate security.
Large loans a specially.
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1.-THE Richmond" )" cor 1ilh and II SITS n W, de-
sirable apartments tdr rent.

In sums 20 suit at per cent,
The above rs only small portion OF prop
erty on my books For full list call at ollloo
for bulletins issued on LIST and 10TH
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,~5saTO THE STEAM ENGINEERS
~ OF TIE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

There will be q meeting held Mt Richardson's
Hall. corner 9th and / SITS $ w, Thursday even
ing, December B. at o'clock, for the purpose
OF forming protective union. Every Engin
Ger should consider 1t a personal necessity TO
nttpnI
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PERSONAL.

w ANTED-Hou to Call and See Our
w embroidery; two fancy letters stamped
for FIVE cents. sos II St.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

IF YOU want to buy, Sell, Exchange,
i or hire horses, carr iages, harness, ETC. %
to VIM. II. Downey's stables, 1922 to 1921 T. st
repository, 1877 aud 1852 l. st n W; none but
reliable stock handled; everything guaranteed
ns rcUrcscntod. VIM. " Downey.
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WANTED. MISCELLANEOUS.

VOUR Order for Pennsylvania
J. crushed coke will be promptly filled at
l0c per bushel. A r Williams ~ Co, Bi5 1th st.
w ANTED-ALL TO KNOW THAT DIR.
w Taylor, 934 + street, near Tenth, makes
beautiful sets of artificial teeth for So guar
anteed to give full satisfaction; extracting
with gas, cbloroform or local anesthetics, 30
cents; without, 25 cents; filling at very low
prices.
7 RICE, NO. 400 MAINE AVENUE; CAR
IL. pets TO clean, mattresses remade;
feathers renovated. Telephone call,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28
Democratic Rally at Goshen.

The reports from the State Executive
Committee represent Rockbridge as one of
the best organized counties in the State
Col. j. K. Edmondson, the county chair
man, has given for eight weeks his whole
time to the canvass. He bas had his speak
ers out for half that time, and every neigh
borhood has been stirred with their appeals
for action. Clubs have been formed at
every practicable point, and the registration
of voters by the COMMITTEES in charge of the
work of getting out all our forces, complete
ed. Goshen, large and important pre-
cinot on the border of the county, hitherto
stronghold for Frazier, was thoroughly
aroused last Thursday night. Hon. John
T. Harris, who is making vigorous can
vass in several counties, came to the help
of Colonel Edmondson in that section of
Rockbridge, and made one of his rousing
speeches to large and enthusiastic audi
ence, who cheered him all the way through
its delivery. Solid argument, clear state
ments of the issues, wit, anecdote, and
winning appeals moved the crowd. Old
gray-headed men, friends and former con-
stituents of the speaker, came from many
miles around Goshen to hear, and, when
parting with him, said he had given them
fresh courage and renewed zeal.
The meeting was lively and tired not
Colonel .Edmondson having desired Mr..
Houston Lee cher and Col. J. c. Shields to
accompany Mr.. Harris, they did so, and, in
| reponse to}calls, made brief addresses.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28
John Sherman in Virginia.

As the Richmond State says, "John Sher-
man comes to Virginia to ask the people to
vote for Virginia's vile traducer and mo-
nopoly shark, Malone. He is announced
to make his opening speech in Petersburg.
1t was only on Saturday last when Fitz Lee,
the sturdy standard bearer of the Demo
cracy, made in Petersburg a manly and
patriotic speech, speech infused with the
spirit of peace and good will. Now the
people of Petersburg are asked to listen to
a demagogue who deceives the ignorant by
telling them that the war is not over; man
who tells his constituents that the South is
in open rebellion against the Government
a man who hates Virginia from the bottom
of his heart.
John Sherman was in Richmond with
President Hayes. He was Cabinet of
ficer then, and he was received cordially,
without regard to party. But his presence
in Virginia now, under the Circumstances, is
an insult to Virginia freemen, and his
speeches will only make the Democracy
more solid +"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28
Local Option.

For the information of many inquirers
we will state that it has been thought best
not to let this issue come up in this falls
election, but to look to the Legislature to
have day set for a special election in the
spring, as both parties are committed to
the policy of hereafter granting to any coun-
ty asking it, the privilege of special cleo
ton on this subject.
By the special election plan all ccmplica-
tions with the political issues of the day
are avoided, and this is much to be desir-
ed arrangement,
Unfortunately, designing partisans are
taking advantage of the anti-liquor feeling
in some sections to bring out candidates to
split the Democratic vote and sec=re the
election of Mahontes. No true friend of
the great moral reform can desire its being
dragged into politics now, the more parti-
cularly as both parties have done the sensi-
BILE thing of recognizing the power of the
sentiment which has called so long in vain
for fair play. Fair play it is to have in the
future and no more can any fair man ask
1t IS an old Democratic principle to leave to
the people the control of their local affairs,
and CHS principle, SO far as liquor is con-
cerned, has also been recognized by the Re-
publicans in their platform.-Amherst
NeU Era,
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$1,000
Come On.

We trust that when Joseph Bombastes
Foraker comes to Virginia for the purpose
of disarticulating the vertebre of the solid
South he will make the same speech be
made in jamestown, N. Y. Nothing
give our people a better idea thai.
speech of the hatred, malice,
mendacity of the malignants.
tissue of falsehood, libel, vitupe
and moral treason from beginning t.
a propaganda of hatred and incenc
which traduces the living and insult
memory of the dead. And this do,
knight of the political graveyard,
apostle of falsehOod. this would-be stir
up of strife, is he that was congratulate
upon his election to be Governor Of Ohn.
by John s. Wise and, William Malone
This is the man whose utterances Virginia
will endorse if she goes Republican on the
3rd of November. By all means let Fora
ker come down and deliver his jamestown
speech for the benefit of his Virginia friends.
Mr.. Wise and General Malone could not
object. If, however, Vrginians enough
can be found who, after hearing the speech,
are willing to give the State over to Fora
ker and those who make common cause
with him, then, indeed, will we have touch
ed the lowest depth of self degradation
Richmond dispatch
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28
ATTENTION, COLORED VOTERS.
A GENUINE YANKEE TRICK.

Messrs. Sherman, Foraker and Logan are
making great ado about the colored PEG.
pie being cheated out of their right to vote
in the Southern States. Every colored mar
knows, and I may add, Messrs. Sherman
Foraker and Logan know, that there is moi
a word of truth in this statement. Every
colored man knows he is as free to vote
without let or hindrance as any white man.
What, then, is their object in persisting
in this false statement? There is evidently
"a rat in the moaLtub." Men don't resort
to these low devices without some purpose
in view.
What is that purpose? 1t does not re
ouire the wisdom of Solomon to discover it.
In their eagerness to villify the South,
they betray their own ultimate object.
They say that as the South gets addition.
al representation. by reason of the colored
population, they intend, as the colored pop
ulation are not allowed to vote freely in the
South, to take aacay. from the Southern States
this increase Of repres entation!
What is the meaning of this? 1t is az
plain as a pike-staff! It means that as il
their opinion the colored people cannot vote
freely, they will see to it that the colored
people shall not vote at all !!
This is remedy with vengeance !
What will the colored people say to it? Are
they prepared to give up the right to vote
like other freemen? Are they going to be
''tricked'' by these artful Yankees to sur.
render the dearest right of citizen?
The plain English of the matter is, thai
as Foraker, Sherman & Co. have found that
the colored people cannot all be driven
like cattle, to vote for the Republican par
ty, they intend to contrive that they shall
not be ollo,ced to pote at all!
They expected to manage the colored
people SO as to secure power to their party
For this purpose they gave them the right
to vote Finding they cannot do it, they
are trying to find an excuse for taking the
right to vote at all from them, on'the film
sy pretext that they are not allowed TO vote
freely! Let the celored people look sharp,
or they will find themselves caught in 6
trap!
Foraker, Sherman and Logan are great
friends of Yankee tariff. 1t is more i'm
portant to the Yankees to increase theil
strength in passing high tariff bill through
Congress, by cutting down Southern votes
in Congress. than to hold on to negro sat
froge, which counts nothing in promoting
their party interests; hence they wish t.
trade it off. It is shrewd trade, of negro
suffrage on the one hand, for increased
strength in passing high and oppressive
tariff bill to tax all the necessaries of life or
the other, so as to put money into Yankee
pockets!
Look out for the Foraker-Sherman loco
motive, colored voters, or you will find your
selves run over and crushed by it
A LOCKER On.
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FOR THE SENATE
ABSALOM KOIN Err.
FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGAEs:-
EDW ECHOLS.
ALEX. B. LIGHTNE Il
AWAKE, ARISE AND WORK!
THE EFFECT OF FoRAKERS VISIT.

The apathy that las strangely prevailed
in this good old county during the present
canvass up to this time, has excited the So
licitude Of many who duly appreciate the
present crisis. We believe that such will
no longer he the case, and that the appear
ance Of Foraker here on Monday last, will
do what the most earnest appeals of the
Democratic Press and speakers failed to
do, to wit Arouse every Democrat to do
his whole duty from now till the close ofthe
polls on Tuesday next. In this way they
will resent the introduction here, by the
Malone slanderers of Virginia, of a ''bloody-
Shirt waver from Ohio, who secured his
election there by exciting the prejudices
of that people by the most slanderous misre-
presentations of the people of Virginia.
And now he has the effrontery to come
here, among the people he has thus injured
and abused, to instruct them how they
should vote in their own State election
He insults them, by trying to deceive them
with honeyed Notwithstanding that they
are SO weak and foolish as to be flattered in
that way. He "roars them as gently
as a sucking dove''-he is as mild as
a lamb-as meek as Moses-as humble as
Uriah Heep-as treacherous as Iago. If
the Democrats of Augusta are such as we
give them credit for-and we think we
know them pretty well-they will now
shake off all lethargy, arouse themselves
from ignoble supineness, grid up their
loins, and make such fight as is due to
to their character and the vital interests at
stake. We are sincere in the expression OF
qualification that he came, for we believe
that it will do more to bring out the
strength of the Democratic party in this
county than all the speeches of the canvass
ers, or the stirring appeals of the Press
The people of Augusta know how to meet
foes as we'll as friends-and they have sense
enough to know who are friends and who
are foes--and they believe Foraker to
belong to that class of pretended and
treacherous friends who will look smilingly
i ITO their faces, give them one hand liz
t,ken of friendship, and blandly ask--"How
is it with thee brother?'' whilst with the
other, Joab-like, he will will ''stab them
under the fifth rib" The people of Augusta
know with what kind of hospitality such
friends (?) should be treated, and they will
not fail to dispense it in a manner worthy
of themselves and of the occasion. Let the
patriotism and just resentment of the
pie be expressed in the voice of the u
Democracy of Augusta proclaimed
the ballot-box. EUery democrat a
cote.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28

ALL TO GAIN.-No matter what may be
the character of Foraker's speeches in Vir-
ginia, the Democrats have all to gain and
nothing to lose by his efforts to help his
friends John s. Wise and William Malone.
If he is case-hardened enough to make a
speech of the same character as that he
made at various points in Ohio and at
jamestown, N. Y, where, as the Baltimore
Sun says, she threatened revolution and
war;" he will arouse the Indignation of our
people. If he does not make a speech of
the same character, he will disgust all right
thinking men with the miserable hypocrisy
of the malignants. In any event he will
speak for the Virginia Republicans. They
cannot escape responsibility for his utter
ances Their leaders, John s. Wise and
William Malone, have endorsed him =
VIII ther he resorts to bitterness, libel, and
incendiarism or to cajolery, he will place
the Virginia Republicans between the up
per and the neither millstones. Richmond
DISPATCH
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28

REMEMBER that if you fail to have ev-
cry Democrat at the polls around you, on
Tuesday, Malone may carry the State. Re-
member that when he had the power, until
checked by the Big -Four, he marked out the
most carefully planned partizan tyranny for
this State ever known to our politics. If
successful, what he then foreshadowed will
be carried out next winter. Remember
that should he elect his ticket, and the Leg
islature, he will fill all the judicial offices
IN this State with his men. Is not that of
sufficient magnitude to rouse you to your
duty, and lead you to devote your time,
from now until the election, to work the
party up to poll its full vote? Come, help us
in this critical moment for our State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-10-28

CHURCH NEWS IN RoCKBRIDeE.-We
copy the following paragraphs from the
Rockbrsdge County NeUs of Friday last
"There was a protracted meeting at
Elliotts Hill church last week, conducted
by Rev. V. W. Wheeler. The congre-
cations were large and attentive.
A protratcted meeting is in progress in
the Methodist church in this place, services
every night this week, conducted by Rev.
DR. Vale, assisted by Rev. V. W. Wheel
er.
A religious meeting of unusual interest
has been IN progress at Emory church near
Vesuyius. There were over 20 penitents
at last accounts. 1t is under the direction
of the pastor, Rev. G. NJ. Rollins.
Rt. Rev. John J. Keane, D. D., Bishop
of Richmond, will give confirmation and
preach in st. Patrick.s Church, Lexington,
on Wednesday, October 2Sth, at 1880 a. m.
He will also preach the same night at
7:3O."