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The Washington critic., 1886-10-26
The Weather Hurcau,

The Signal Service, or Weather Bureau, Is
about one hundred yards west of the state,
Wal and Navy Departments on Il street. II
Is one OF the most interesting places in
Washington 10 visit The observers in
charge, when at leisure always take
pleasure in showing visitors how they
HmanufaCturg weather.
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The Louise Home.
The Louise Home Is a beautiful building

The Louise Home is beautiful building at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle, II has
extensive grounds, beautifully embellished,
and is unique establishment. 1t Is a
memorial to the wife and daughter of Mr.
W. W. Corcoran. and is intended as a home
ment, who have been reduced to poverty
from nfllupnCe.
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Arlington.

Across the Potomac, opposite Georgetown,
and reached by cab across either tho Long
the home of the Lees, and now the largest
national cemetery in the country, over
lU,OOO soldiers are buried here. The place
Is exceedingly beautiful and the view of
Washington grand,
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Gcnrrctnn.n University.

Georgetown University is the leading Catholic
College in the United States. II Is Gated
on the west side of Prospect street, George
town, on, perhaps, the most beautiful sits
on the Potomac. Its buildings ana grounds
are very handsome. Reached by the Met
rpDOlitan street cars
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The Deaf Mute College.

Returning from Mt. Olivet the visitor will
pass near by and in full sight of the Deaf
Mute College, which is on the north side of
street northeast. II is reached BY cab or
the II street line of cars. IL Is the most
prominent Deaf Mute COLLEGE In the Worll.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-26
Dayy Rurns' Cottage.

One OF the curlosites of Washington IL old
Dayy Burns Cottage, ON Seventeenth street,
near the river. 1t may be reached by the
drive south of the Presidents House or by
the Metropolitan or Avenue line of cars.
Next door to IL is General Van Ness once
stately mansion, where he brought his
bride, Marcia Burns, one of the original
heiresses of Washnrton
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Howard University,

Howard University is the first place in this
country to provide for the higher education
of the colOred people generally. 1t Is on Sew
enrh street extended, just above Boundary,
and occupies a high ami picturesque site,
overlooking the whole city. 1t is built Of
large cream.colored brick, specially manu-
faCtured for the occasion.
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Commissioners.
Unprecedented Attraction
over Nunrtcr Million Distributed
Louisiana State Lottery Co.

Incorporated in 1865 for % years by the
Ippistsiure tor pdugatIouaI and Cbn IN n bIe
purposcs-with a Capital of $1,000, ,0O0-to
which reserve fund Of over sj50,Oo has since
been added.
by an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chise was made n part Of the present State
Constitution adopted December 9, A. ID. 1879.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings will take
place monthly. n Ntr,r ae1i', or pOstpOHts
Lock at the following Distribution:
Grand Monthly Drawing at the Aoad-
en.y Of Music, New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov.
9, 1856.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-26
The washington Monument.

south OF the White House stands
the Washington Monument, the lOftiost
structure erected by man, and the most i'm
posing obelsk ever constructed. 10 II bj5
feet above its base, which Is d2 feet above
tide-water. Its cornerstone was laid July
4, 1913, and the cap-stone forming the apex,
was placed In position December o, 1881. In
II are 1s1 blocks of inserted stones or cop.
per, gifts from various countries and so.
cicties. The total cost will be over $780,
GOO. il Is situated in what will ultimately
be beautiful mark
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st. EIiZnllctll'a

Across the Anacosta River, due south from
the Navy-Yard, is st. Elzaboth's or the Gov
ernmcnt's Hospital for the Insane. 1t lies on
the top of a hill having beautiful view of
the surrounding country. There are over
one thousand patients in this asylum. II Is
reached by a pleasant Carrlngo drive.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-26
Mount Vernon.

miles below Washington down the
river reached bY boat, is Mount Vernon,
the home and grave of Washington. Nis-
itors can reach II by the steamer CorCOran,
Captain Blake, every day,
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.sudiciary square.

The City Hall stands on the south front of
Judiciary Square. one of the finest parks In
the city. The city Jail used to stand on the
from Fifth to Fourth and from street and
and Louisiana avenue TO q street-threo
long full squares.
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Thc Interior Department.

or, as II is popularly termed, the Patent OF
fee, occupies the two squares between Soy
enth and Ninth and + and @ streets. II is
built IN the poriC style, and Is an admirable
specimen OF the buldest and coldest of the
Greek styles. II contrasts finely with the
General pOstonicG, which Is COrinthian, the
most ornate of the pure Greek modes of
architecture. The CuriOsites of the Patent
onlcc are the model rooms, where many
thousands of ideas have been materluli2od
and exhibit themselves 10 the gaze In every
stage of invention. This building, like most
OF the Government offices, Is open TO the
visitor from . a, m TO . p m, Tho libraries
of the Interior Department are well worthy
of visit The great Inauguration ball Rt
Lncon's second term took place In the
lutpnt Once
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The Geological Bureau.

Tho Geological Survey is located on + street,
near the Ebbitt House. The Interior Dc.
partment building, immense as II Is, is on.
tircly too small for the accommodation of its
bureaus, two of which, besides the EduCa
and Pension) are located in other quarters.
These two last bureaus are among the larg.
~ IIIlllI flIIL lLLA.. .Il lInl.Ai
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st. Jacobs Oil secures you rest,
AS q healing balm 1t ranks the best.

More than 100000 copies of General Lew
Wallace's "Ben-Hur" have been sold. 1t
probably would not have run as well II it
had Ben Him.
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The Government Printing Oficc.

The Government Printing Office Is in n north
east direction from the Pension Office, at
the corner of II and North Capitol streets.
ment In the world, and Is full of interest to
visitors. The cost of running II goes up into
millions annually, and the money Is well
spent. II would take columns to merely
outline the gigantic establishment which
employees In It's busiest season over 1000
people. 1t is reached by the Columbia line
of street cars.
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The Centre Market.

The Centre Market occupies the squares
south Of the Avenue, bounded by Is street
on the south, Seventh street on the east
and Ninth street ON the west. II Is very
handson g market building, cx)ollel In
beauty, and probably in 10, by none In the
vorld. II Is the ClcaneSt and the bost,
" lille also the ChcaDest market In America
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Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered In Ii. "Ward"
prints, 45c. per ID. Also cottage cheese !;
buttermilk and sweet milk, SC. per qt..
Cream. 1hc DER ut
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"AIhcrney nniry IYnrona.n

Bronchitis and asthma promptly sue
cumb to Red Star Cough Cure. No de-
prpssion
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Mc,IicnI NImaci,nt.

Medical Museum.
on Tenth street, between and +, round the
corner westward fr, m Masonic Temple, Is
The famous Medical Museum. This buill-
ing was once u prominent Baptist Church. 1t
was converted about the beginning ut he
war into theatre. known the country over
as Ford's, and II was in private box there
IN April, 1865, that John wilkes Booth
Killed President Lincoln. Tho latter was
carried to house, just opposite, whore he
died. A marble tablet In front of the house,
No. BIG Tenth street, commentaries this
fact. The theatre was then sCquestratcd by
the Government and turned into the Med
ical Museum attached TO the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office. II Is full of interesting surgical
relics Of the war, and has the largest mcdi.
ca library In the world Among the curl,
ositics within its walls Is the articulatcd
skeleton Of Guitcau. the assassin Of Pre'i.
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from the Medical Museum the visitor will
not fail To inspect the massive and bcauti-
iul Post Building, in which is situated the
oilice of The Critic. This IL the largest
newspaper establishment south of Philadel-
phia and cast Of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. -Four Of the leading and most inilu-
entinl journals In the country two morning,
one evening tTnE CRlTIC) and one indepen,
dent sunday papor-havo their home In this
cstabli lighmpEt,
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Masonic Temple.

Westward from the patout O0ice across Ninth
street at It's intersection with Il
street Is the handsome Masonic
Temple, erected In 1893. This build.
ing Is one of the most complete in It's ar
rGngemoEts of any building cOnsecratod to
Masonic uses In The country.
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Lafayette Square.
pne north rrom tne White Ilonse IS Lafayette

Due north from the Whlte House Is LaIayotte
Square, the first public reservation In Wash
ington that was improved. 1t contains the
equestrian statue of Andrew jackson, by
Clark Mills. Many of its trees are old forest
monarchs, hundreds of years old. IL is In
part a specimen of the old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable in England two
hundred years ago, "a style that was i'm
ported into this country. Lafayette Square
was. one hundred years ago, part Sf grave
yard that enclosed the square north, on
which st. Johns Church Is built and the
square east, on which are situated the At
tornoy Generals Office (formerly the Freed.
mans Bank, the Surgeon Generals office
and Riggs Bank tbothM IN in the building for
Commodore Decatur's house, corner Ff-
teenth ard a.half and II streets, and the
old Club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was killed by Daniel E. Sickles, Mem.
Der of Congress from New York. The last
bodies from this graveyard We're not re-
moved until 1919
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DIED..

HEMPHILL.-kt O'Clock on Monday morn
ing, october 20, 1886, ORC 5. liemphill, wife of
Lieutenant j. n. llcmphill U. s, N.
The funeral services will be held at the
Church of the Epiphany on Wednesday at
2 p, M, which friends are invited to attend.
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The Peace Monument.

Just half way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden.
And at the west foot of the Capitol Grounds
is the Peace Monument This was de-
signed by Admiral Porter In honor of the
dead soldiers and sailors of the late war.
IL Is of marble and cost with PEDESTAL and
platform $4,000 II is proposed to remove
this monument to one of the squares on the
northwest section.
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The District Findings.

The visitor, after leaving the Centre Market,
will proceed down the Avenue to Four.and-
half street and notthward no that street
q few yards, when he will be In front Of II
dingy block of damp, dark old bricks
whci elm the officers of the District are com
PEELED to sacrifice their temper health and
good looks while attending to business.
These buildings are SO utterly untitled for the
purposes TO which they are put, and so
thoroughly ahominable and insecure that
they form, perhaps, the greatest curiosity
IN Washington. No visitor should fail to
insppnt tbppn
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The NaynI Ohseryntory.

To the West Of the Washington Monument,
on the highest elevation that borders the
north bank of the river, between ST. Eliza
teth's Heights and Georgetown College,
stands the Naval Observatory. The hill on
which II stands IL famous for having been
the camping ground of Washington, Brad
dock, and the latter's army, when on their
march to- the fatal field. where the English
General fell victim to his selfcOnCet and
vanity. Tradition also points out this hill
as the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susquo-
hannas. This observatory contains the
largest rciracting telescope In the world,
next to the new equatorial just built for the
Lick Observatory. by its aid that most in
toresting, u not greatest, astronomical dis
coycry of the country was made, the moons
of Mars. The entrance to the observatory
Is at y and Twenty third streets northwest.
The llerdic cabs 90 to Twenty-second and
q streets,
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NVlTUUI1IH OUT SItNS VIC HIlu
The Printing and Engraving Bureau

The great money mill OF the Government Is
street southwest, southeast from the Monu-
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. IL Is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and Is Onened to Yistors eYerY daY
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The BOtanicai Gardens.

Passing eastward from tho Museum, over
the railroad bridge that spans sixth street,
and through the pretty park lying between
Maine and Missouri avenues the visitor
comes to the entrance on Third street, Just
south of Pennsylvania avenue, of the Bo-
tanical Gardens. These interesting grounds
are open daily from 0 In the morning to
In the evening They were established
80 years ago. The conservatories are filed
with the choicest and rarest foreign plants.
Around the gardens are extensive collec-
tions of trees and shrubs. In the centre of
the lawn facing the centre conservatory Is
tracted so much attention at the Philadel-
phia Cpntpnnin1.
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81. JOhn's r.. ". CHURCH.

st. Johns =. Il. Cnurcn, which mas been often
called the state Church because more Presi-
dents have worshipped there than at any
other, stands at the corner OF u ana SIN
larged in 1920. In It have worshippod Pres
idents Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams (though the latter was Il Congrega-
tionalsD Martin Van Buren,, though he be-
lOnged to the Dutch Reformed Church. Har-
rlson, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore (though
the latter was a Unitarian, Pierce, BuCh-
anaH and Arthur. Presidents Lincoln,
Johnson and Grant have also attended Di-
vine services here although not steadily. Its
interior reminds one very forcibly of the
old, dim English country Episcopal churches.
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War, Navy and state Departments.

This edince, once named by n Washington
journalist the "rriuno Building,n occupies
the west side of the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west OF the White House The
state Department occupies the south part,
the Navy Is located north of the State, while
the War Department occupies the entire
northern half. II Is anew and very hand
some structure. The most beautiful room
In the whole building Is conceded To bo the
library of the State Department, with south
front, from whose windows tho eye can
sweep uninterruptedly down the Potomac
TO MI. Vernon and far over the Virginia
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The Isurcnu ort:nucniion.

The Bureau Of Education IS In brick building
due north Of the Patent OUiCc The visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
TAIL to visit this bureau, which contains "a
complete collection of objects illustrating
the progress and condition Of education
tlrattuItut tI, tg,vlI
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CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.

49, ne 40 hsrebg cefnIg nat 1Oe stperUtss thedr-
tdngetHeH@ for al Ns Non{ilV and oDgrtsr.
y DrGUings Qf NE LOvisignd STATE Loitety
company and t0 person HmBdge and control ne
DtoUtHGs WsinSdUos, dDd that he same arc con.
dUcted 3giM hOBestV fairness ant In good f1ih
tO7Gdrd all D1rtiCs and noe authorize ne Com
pdnvto uss his ceyH dcats, tOiL fde.siB,iles Of
our St1HdtUrCS dttdchcd, IN us ddUetttsenonts." b"
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hills. The building is in tho italian Henals.
sance. II is 567 feet long and 3i3 feet vide.
Its greatest height Is 12S feet. and the dag.
floating over the central portion, faunts IN
the breeze higher up than any other flag In
the city, not excepting those above the
Senate and House Of Representatives. The
cost of the building was five millions Of dol
lars, about three times as much as the
White House, and, we think, as much as
the CaDitOl
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The National Museum.

The National Museum is in the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east of the Smithso-
nian building. 1t contains thousands of the
life, customs and history of all nations. 1t,
as well as the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
the public from a. IN. to 4 D. m.
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The Pension Office.

The new Pension Building extends nearly the
entire width of judiciary Square from
Fourth TO Fifth streets and from &, nearly
TO Il street IL is by far the largest
building in the world devoted to the exam.
sions. II is built of red brick, and cost
several hundred thousand dollars. In IL
was given President Cleveland's Inaugural.
tion Ball. 1t can be reached by the Metro
politan and the Belt Line cars.
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The Treasury Department..

The Treasury Department Is east Of tho White
House and extends the whole length of the
front between Pennsylvania and New York
avenues, II Is bS2 feet long by 800 feet wide
The central east portion Is built of freestone,
rebuilt In lS36-il, while the otherparts were
commenced in 1858 and built Of granite.
The Cash Room In this building is beau
tiful apartment In the north wing, the en-
trance TO which is from the north porch.
The vaults are under the Cash Room and
can be seen on written permit given by
the treasurer of the United states, whose
Office is in the north east angle on the first
floor. This permit must be shown the cash
fer who will detail guides 10 take tho vsl-
tor into the great bullion chests of the coun-
try, The old State Department used to be
on the site occupied by the northeast COR
ner of the Treasury
The Washington critic., 1886-10-26
Department of Juaticr.

north Of the Treasury Building
and just across the street II the Depart
ment of Justice. This building was origin.
ally erected as the Frecdman's Bank Tho
square In which IL is erected Is historic
one. on the same street, at the east corner,
stands Riggs Bank, which was built for the
accommodation Of the Washington branch
of the old United States Bank. The greater
part of II Is now occupied by the clerks Of
the surgeon Generals Office. Around the
corner TO the west is the Commissary.Gen
erals Office, formerly the old Washington
Club House, In front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Sickles. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay is still
standing, although It's bark had been com.
pletely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square, above the
ommissary.Gencral's Office, Is the house
made famous by the ownership of Commo-
dore Decatur, and where dolly" Madison
lived and reigned so long social Queen
after her husbands term as President OK.
pirad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-03
CAUTION OF THE ANARCHIST ATTORNEYS

CHICAGO, July tSpeciaD. Judge Gary de-
cded to-day the effort secure jurors the
Anarchist by holding court to-morrow and Nom
day. despite fact that Monday Is designated
National holiday This agreed to by both the State
aud the defence. The counsel for the prisoners
more cautious the trial proceeds They are rapidly
approaching their limit OF peremptory challenges. one
OF papers to-day prints interviews with number Of
men excused. OF whom state that they had
desire to serve on tue jury as they eare that they
would under the bau OF the Anarchists and be
subjected To personal injury
Among those examined to-day was slender young
with alisht blonde mustacne and suDDurnt face
He SAID that his Orton W. Folsom and that ho
here from his fathers far IN.
miles outside OF Buffalo, ono OF the Anarchists counsel
asked Mr. Folsom whether he related 10 Mrs. Cleveland
He answered dstanty,' and tugged At his mustaehe,
that the eyes OF everyone IN the court room
bent with curious stare the young who
claimed knsbip with the wife OF the President He s
about twenty-five. and for the last twelve months has
been weighing hogs at the stock yards Mr. Folsom
challenged pere remptOrlly because his mind ~ biased.
After quitting the courtroom he lost
back yards lie asked wnat the Relationship
between himself and Mrs. Cleveland is, aud answered
"Ob. third or fourth cousin"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-03
THE PHILADELPHIA BOyD ROBBERY.

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 Especial. The new
In the bond robbery from the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal Company to-day are that tho two
expert accountants engaged in going the books got
deeper aud into nre OF crooked figures They
lind that the irregularities date back probably twenty
five years. and In that interval the loan has
derfdlly tangled. President Gnghsm said to-day:
"Of the entire stolen II is probable that one half
pay interest Tho average market price OF tho
bonds for years about 75 per OF their face
value. It possible that than $500 900
in used by the two men. II Is generally
conceded that the greater part OF this BY Les
10y who OF Ipensve habits aud bad morals"
The Guarantee Company OF North America, which was
Wilson's bond for $40. 900, 10 Canadian concern.
and II no is found ir the Dominion he will arrested
for violating his bond. He left HE wife destitute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-03

~ vested 10 me by The laws 2, ,ne II sny
blame car be attached To- the COMPANY any QUE present
KNOWS any reason Why the company should he hea resp0s %
made out Tor calling inquest.
NO one venturing to the company Of careless
Justice declared that no blame could be- attached
company and that no papers would be issuod Inis
None Of the victims carried NE INSURANCE. .'.s:
work and the fasillss OF the married men are eit al
p,nSSg eney o a1te Their wages were mot m s5ss
with fhe exception OF aubsl mad been enough
to sayo The scenes the houses me
horohers the Laubacks. and a husband. and Is almost
ustracted All the men are spoken Of in the highes1
terms by those VINO knew them
X. :. Pennmap. the chemist of the company, was on
teleTram a. summit announcing the accident and I'M
meds,cy re,uned He could give no idea OF the cause
nat c the soms ,p0'S but the sS sSS
q nitro.sy eerins on tho oi'" ncor while mixing KING
All the employees yesterday stated that every pre-
caution is taken by me company to prevent ac-
ever occurred on the promises was on
My blown c IN Ss So sn IA, ,s 5Gs S
ncss OF the company was mach smaller than now and
Sns two were %orEn5 9 IN oo 5G house B0s we're
made each month Including seven grades OF giant, four
grades OF Juiron AMI two grades OF ammonia powde.
the latter having been invented by tGe companys
chemist
Mr. Small of che firm OF Small & shrader at No. PAS
Broadway this city, general agents for tue sntc Com
pany to McCainsve receipt ofnews OF the
disaster Ife ordered Undertaken j. Jardine To make
arrangements for the funeral and to buy lot In either
the Presbytora the Methodist cemetery a. the
families OF the victims might elect majority favored
the Methodist Cemetery The recov-
cred Will be placed in handsome zincllned
coin upon which will be plato bearing tho names OF
all the Victims with appropriate Inscriptions The burial
viii DO made al 10 o'clock this morning the services to
be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Reed. OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The funeral services Will
be held In tho Methodist Church sunday
afternoon at o'clock, when the Rev. Mr..
Reed and the Rev. Mr.. Stoddard Of the Presbyterian
Church. will deliver addresses. zimmerman
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows and
that organization has arranged to hold memorial
Vices in the Methodist Church on Monday morning at
10 O'Clock
McCansville Is hamlet OF about TWO hundred lnhaoi-
tants near the centre OF the township or ROXbury.
and four miles from Dover, the county seat
or Morris County, on the Morris and Essex
division Of tho Delaware. Laokawanna and Western
Railway. SuccAsunns contains about GOO Inhabitants
aud Drakesvs about 300 Both are In Roxbury Town
snip. tho former about two miles from McCansve and
the latter M