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The Washington critic., 1886-05-14
THos. BOWLING. Auctionoer. :
Dy Tuos. j. FISHER q co.,
ID Real Estate Auotoneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE, FRONTING PARTLY ON NEW
YORK AVENUE AND PARTLY ON FOUR
TEENTH STREET NORTIIWEST.
BY virtue of n decree of the supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia, passed In equity
cause No. 2373 in pursuance of the mandate
and order Of the Supreme Court of the United
States, I will sell In front OF the premises on
the 2sTH DAY OF MAY, 1886, at . o'clock p.
M, all that certain piece or parcel of ground:
situate In the city OF Washington, District of
Columbia, and known and described on the
plat o 4 said city as all of lot numbered seven
10, In square numbered two hundred and
twenty-threo (223), outside of and except that
part thereof upon which the building known
as the Palace Market stands.
Terms Of sale: One-third OF the purchase
money to he paid at the time Of the SALE and
tho remaining two-thirds In equal payments
In one and two years after the date Of said
sale, the deferred payments to bear six per
cent. interest per annum, and to be. secured
TO the satisfaction Of said trustee. A.depost
OF two hundred dollars required at the time
Of sale. Conveyancing at the cost of .pur-
chaser. Terms of sale to he complied with In
I ten days from day of sale, otherwise trustee
reserves the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser,
after five days public notice Of such resale In
some newspaper published In Washington,
d.
Trustee.
THos. j. FISHER g. co,
AuctiOueers
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The Senate will probably call an ex-
ira session to discuss the executive ses.
sion business. The Senators don't ap-
pear anxious to have 1t comeup during
the regular session.
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THE Pittsburg Leader is bowed down
with regret that so little enthusiasm is
displayed by the people of that city on
the subject of their new Exposition. 1t
is too bad. Why not adopt the New
York style and ask Congress for an ap.
propriation?
The Washington critic., 1886-05-14

THE 7imes.iStdr of Cincinnati wants
malignant Anarchism made odious.
The It's. should employ Chicago
policeman or two on its editorial staff,
and the contamination will occur.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-14

THE Overland Railway companies
want eighty years in which to pay
what will be due in eleven. They have
q juggling scheme which, 1t is to be
hoped, will be thoroughly probed in the
Senate debate on the Hoar Extension
hill.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-14

The Cincinnati Enquirer refers to
the present Ohio senate as the "Sen-
ate." 1t spells it, however, with big
S., which is probably an oversight.
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Precipitation

THE Boston Ecening 7raoeller, in
speaking of the fisheries fuss says we
should insist on the sacredness of the
common law of nations and the legis-
lative agreement of 1850. OF course,
but who's going to cut bait in the
meantime?
The Washington critic., 1886-05-14

THE philosophic and thoughtful
Etoning Post Of New York remarks,
Now, n lockout is akin to strike"
That statement has such tone of
sequence to 1t that we feel compelled
TO ask if the relationship is not that of
q step-farther.
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AUCTION SALES.
VNRUsTEES' SALE OF NO. 1907
l. MARION STREET.

by virtue OF deed of trust, dated Noveln-
Der %, 1853, and recorded In Libor 1862, folio
224, ct seq, one of the land records of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and at the request OF the
party secured thereby, we will sell at public
DAY, the cath day Of May, A. D. 1880, at 8
o'clock p. M, lot 16i in W. Y. Partello's sub.
division of square AS, improved by two
story brick dwelling.
Terms: onc.third cash within days of sale
and balance In 0, IL and ~ months, with inter
est. 800 deposit at time of sale. Convey
ancing at purchasers cost II terms OF sale
are not complied with In seven days, trustees
VIII resell Mt risk and cost of defaulting pur-
chaser.
WATSON j. NEWTON, $40 Il ~.
Il. A. MCINTYRE, 0i8 T. st,
fn...a
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TILE SENATE,S DUTY.

The Senate Committee on Public
Lands have agreed that the Atlantic
and Pacific land grant ought to be for
feited and the lands restored to their
rightful owners-the people. Now let
the Committee be diligent in pressing
it upon the attention of the Senate.
Senator Plumb will no doubt exert
himself at every opportunity to bring
the bill up for consideration. But let
other members of the Committee help
him. The corporation in whose name
resistance is being made to this just
measure lives only in name. Two
other great corporations have captured
1t, and are wearing Its clothes.
The attention of the people will be
extensively called to this measure, and
Senators will be wise to make the right
record on 1t.
1t Is the test of the power of railroad
corporations to control the Senate.
The people of the United States do not
want TO see the public domain appro-
priated by interlopers, personating de-
faulting beneficiaries of an enormous
grant
NEWSPAPER paragraphs detailing the
proceedings of the semi-weekly Cab
met meetings deserve place In litera.
ture beside the minute descriptions of
Senate executive sessions. Both are
alike monuments to the enterprise or
inventive genius of the newsgatherer.
The Presidents advisers do not rush
from the Cabinet room In brcathless
haste to divulge Its secrets to impatient
scribes, and the approaches to the
Star. chamber are carefully guarded.
Nevertheless the paragraphs about the
proceedings appear with unfailing
regularity. The reports do not usually
agree very well, but too much should
not be expected. They are interesting
and instructive. The Cabinet officers
themselves read them with interest and
derive from them, no doubt, much
useful information as to the topics
which they should have considered
BY the resignation of Assistant Sec
retary jerks of the Interior Depart
ment, the public service loses one of
its most capable and efficient officers.
Mr.. jerks is lawyer of first.class
ability and has handled some very i'm
portant legal questions since he has
been in the Department, in way that
demonstrates not only thorough mas
terry of his profession. but consclen-
tious fidelity to the interests of the
Government. IT. is no wonder that
Secretary Lamar was reluctant to lose
the services of his able assistant.
THE fund for the relief of the po.
licemen, who were wounded in the re-
cent riots in Chicago and for the bene-
fit of the families of those who were
killed, has reached the handsome sum
Of $75,0o0. The promptness with
which the business men of that city
took hold OF the matter, will, II such
an incentive were really necessary, in
sure continuation OF the efficiency
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HOUSES FOR RENT.
Northeast and Southeast
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

DOR RENT-An Excellent 7-Octave
II piano, only $40 per quarter. Inquire at
t21 18th st.
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ID EAL ESTATE.
AUSTIN P. BROWN,
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS,
Telephone Call. Office, 1926 F st.
O1lce, $685.. ( Northwest.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

by Austin p. Brown, 1926 F st. n. W.
10th st n W, 40 feet fronting on ave, bet
M and NJ very low. Several squares and
parts of squares in the northeast section of
desirable & 81 lots on and near M Columbia road, not not
far from Boundary st; excellent Investment.
A large number Of superb lots in Mt. Pleasant
village N all ten
erty and several more are contracted for;
values will speedily increase when spring
building begins.
HOUSES FOR SALE.
brick houses o st, bet 18th and 18th,
each ................'....... .SlO,WU
Brick house, st n W, bet 9th and 18th. $4,000
Brick house, st, bet I'd and Sd n w...S8,000
Brick house, Corcoran st, bet 1lth and
13th....... .............. ...... .........S0uOV
Brick house, l3k st W, near Smithso-
nian lnstltute.... .............. .ST,VU
s brick houses, 2Sth st.........S5,5 500 to $1,000
Brick house, 9TH and n $4,000
brick houses, 18th st. near T n w.....S5,500
Large double house, Mass ave, bet 12th
ST and Thomas Circle .............S $4,000
Y brick houses, p st, bet 9th and 7th,
sts.. s.....................,.. $4,3UO and Sa,50
2 brick houses, st o, bet 9th and
1th, each..... ..........'.....'. ...''S3,oW
Brick house, 18th st, near Agricultural
Dept... .........'...... ',.Sa,VU
House and corner lot on Conn ave, suit
able for fine building. 3,5OO
Brick house, p st, near 18TH. ...S11, 900
Brick house, L st. bet Goth and ed .sG,5Oo
Brick house, NJ st, bet 10th and 11th,
with staDle....... ......''..'..,.....$D,VOO
Brick house, cor nth and R.............S,05
2 left out of Q new brick houses, Wal
lack Place, cor 18th st, each. .......S 80, 500
Brick house, 18th st, above Iowa Circle. SS,75o
Brick house, c st, bet list and I'd e...S6,OO0
sbrlck houses, vt ave, bet T. and W
sts............ 'S3,3oU 10 S3,ooO
I brick house, 10Th st, bet @ and R.....S9,t00
3 brick houses p street, bet 8th and
10th, each...,.... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Brick house, b st Q, bet 10th and 18th. 81, 600
Brick house, 10th st, bet T and o.. 1900
Brick house, M st, bet 18th and 2Oth.. ..S1s, 900
Frame cottage, large lot, T st, near N
IL Haye.,................. S4O0
Brick house, ! st, bet 18th st and Penn
aVe''..'.' ''..'''''.'...'''''"' @SuVV
Brick house, 10th st Q, bet and Co.. 81. 900
brick houses, Riggs st, each. $3.50
Brick house, cor Riggs and 1sth........ 900
Brick house, vt ave, bet X and L sts.. 5000
Brick house, N st, bet 18th and 18th
nW'.......'''.....'..'. .Slu,VU
New brick house, Iowa Circle. SIC, 800
Brick house, cor Mass ave and 18th st. $4,000
House, 2st st., bet II and D n W,
stories and basement, II rs...,....S $1,000
House, M st, bet 9Th and Sth W, 8 rs $4,000
House, 18th st, bet and @ n W, fin.
tshed basement. .............. 81, 500
House, l. st, bet 18th and 10th w.......$i,5 500
House, 9Th st, bet e and G Gnw.........$5,eoo 200
| House, 18th st, bet o and Qnw.........Ss,7 ,75O
| House st. bet 9th and 10th W, s.
story brick, rs, basement, all mod
| conVeMences '''''''''''''' ''So,VV
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TOR SALE-The North Washington
II Real Estate Company have a large and
choice line of improved and unimproved prop
erty for sale, offering rare chances for invest
ment Parties desiring to purchase or having
tion of the city will find 1t to their advantage
to do SO through this company, which gives
It's whole attention and energy to the develop
has seventy thousand feet In one tract on New
Hampshire ave. at bargain for Investment.
Also, 200 900 acres of improved farm lands
in Virginia for sale or exchange. $40 st W.
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THE KIRMES,
THE DANCE OF THE NATIONS.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 10 AND IL,
Sp. m. to Cpl m,
For the Benefit of
THE NATIONAL HOMEOPATHIC
HOSPITAL.
Two Hundred and Eighty Young People of the
National Capital win Participate.
THE MINUET,
TYROLEAN,
SWEDISH,
JAPANESE,
INDIAN,
FLOWER AND
GYPSY DANCES.
TIE FLOWER AND ORIENTAL BOOTHS,
GYPSY ENCAMPMENT AND
LEMONADE GROTTO,
With Their Charming Attendants, Form
BRILLIANT TABLEAUX
On the Stage.
KIRMES, TO 10 p. NJ.
PROMENADE CONCERT AND BALL.
Guests Participating, 1890 p. IN. to 2 a. m.
Supper, 1880 to 1890 q. M, In charge Of lady
managers.
Tickets for reserved seats, according to To-
cation. So, SO and S5. may be obtained of
Metzerott 81 Co., 903 Pennsylvania avenue,
and of the lady managers.
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Property and estates properly managed.
Houses for rent, furnished and unfurnished,
and rents promptly collected.
Money to loan on real estate security.
Large loans o speciality.
In preparation for distribution, q book con-
taining complete list of improved and unim
proved property, valuable statistics, sugges-
tions In House Building and Decoration, In
cluding series of views of city and subur-
ban houses,
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EOR RENT

THOMASJ FISHER & CO.,
1924 + street northwest.
E,OR RENT-By May I, 7-Room
II brick house, furnished. to g or 3 adults;
no small children 1923 1st st S Q. near Capltol.
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II IRMEs MATINEE.
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE,
Saturday, May 18th, 4:3O TO 1890 p. m.
K1RMEs-4:SO to O:3o p. m.
sUPPER-G;so to $3.50 p. m.
GRAND BALL AND PROMENADE CONCERT,
500 to 1880 p. m.
KIRMES composed and arranged by CARL
MARWIG of New York,
For the Benefit Of
The National Homeopathic Hospital.
Two hundred and eighty young people OF
the Natioeal Capital will participate,
The Minuet. Tyrolean, Swedish Japanese,
Indian, Flower and Gypsy Dances, the Flower
and oriental Booths. Gypsy Encampmont and
Lemonade Grotto. with their Charming At
tendants form Brilliant Tabeaux on the
Stage.
POPULAR PRICES.
Tickets for reserved seats, according to To-
cation 81 80, 81, 30 cents, so cents, for sale at
box office, National Theatre.
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LIVERY STABLES.

TEYOU Want to Buy, Sell, Exchange,
to VIM. +. Downey's stables, 1920 to 1924 l. st;
repository, 1877 and 1929 l. st n W; none but
reliable stock handled; everything guaranteed
az reuresentad. VIM II Downev.
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PERSONAL.

\ \ ~
:" ANTED-By u Young Man of In.
w tellIgence to form the acquaintance of
an accomplished lady; object, mutual i'm
pfovcr-ert and pleasure Address G. E. D.,
Critic Office.
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lWANIED...HOuSES.


WANTED--To Rent-SmaIl House of
w or rooms; family Of adults; state To-
cation and rent. Address HOUSE, Critic
Office. -.. -....
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AMUSE N e NTS.

NEW NATIONAL THEATRE.
Monday, May II.
ALICE.
ALICE
"OuR ALICEl"
"OUR AIiCEw
ALICE HARRISON
ALICE HA1tRISoNi
"The American Judlc y,
"1he American Judic ~
Greatest Living Star Soubrettel
Grpntpst Living Star Soubrpttal
The Washington critic., 1886-05-14

The Indianapolis Times gives diagrams OF
its contemporaries profane puns in order
to make It appear as an immoral element in
the social economy of the town. This is a
species Of cruelty as ingenious as it is re-
fined.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
Papier-Mache Collins.

Some one not long since invented a
papier-mache coffin. Among the adj
vantages claimed for it was its close re-
semblance to wood, its lightness,
waterproof quality and incombusti-
bility, though why ills latter quality
should recommend the new casket is
not apparent. The paper casket has
been patented, but has not been put
upon the market. Iron and bronze
baskets have been for some in favor,
and recently marble Baskets have come
in. They are practically indcstructi-
bic, being made of composition of
powdered marble dust and Portland
cement, and moulded and baked like
pottery. A certain peculiar post
mOrtem vanity has found qualification
in transparent glass collins, but hard
wood is still more used than any other
material, and for all practical purposes
it is, doubtless, as satisfactory as any
thing else. On the score of health
fulness, indeed, the less durable the
casket the better for the surviving pOpu-
lation of the earth.-IndianapOliS Sehti-
mel.
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HUMOROUS.

We witnessed fowl proceeding
from the window of our office one day
this week. A hen walked by.-NeU-
man Independent.
"A lover, who evidently wished to
be economical in time, wrote: Not
having seen you a week, am look
ing forward 2 seeing your dear face. !"
&c John, it is quite dim in this room.
What is the matter" Il don't know;
1 lit the gas half an hour ago and it
should have made plenty of light by
this time. - Perks Sun.
Lady lin shoe store)-"I would
like to look at some cloth slippers for
myself" Clerk until recently in the
dry-goods line)-" Yes, madam; some-
thing all wool and yard wide?"-
Harper'S Bazaar.
Fish dealer" Have a nice fish,
ma'am?" Housekeeper-''Why. this is
Tuesday. That fish wouldn't keep I'M
til Friday" Fish dealer--"I know
it, a'am; that's why L want to sell it
now. It'd Bits.
After terrible struggle party of
men on a Western train succeeded in
disarming a lunatic, thereby savAl g
other lives. 1t was close call, though.
Later advices show that the lunatic
was armed with an Prairie
Farmer.
-"Ephlum, what makes so many cat
tails grow in dis heah pon'?'' Well
would say! Doan you know? Why,
dey grows up from kittens dat people
hez drowned in de pom, of course.
Pears like you wimmin folks dOan
know muffin bout aglicultshah. Life.
True to the letter: Slowdrop-
"Got my cabinet photos ready?" Pho
tographer- Next Wednesday week"
"See here, this a swindle. Your adj
vertisement says: Cabinets finished
while YOU wait. ." "Well, you're
waiting, are you not?' Eth? oh, yes
I see. "-Philadclphia Call.
An outside passenger by coach
had his hat blown over a bridge and
carried away by the stream. is it not
very singular said he to gentleman
who was seated beside him. that my
hat took that direction?" Not at ali"
replied the latter; lit is natural that
beaver should take to the water -
N. y. Telegram.
The London Times prints the fol-
lowing story of "a certain Irish NJ. p. >
who had been describing his travels in
the far West and the virgin forests"
there: ''What is avirgin forest?" asked
an auditor. ''Phwat is vairgin forest is
il We whant to knowP A vairgin forest,
soor, is one phwere the hand of man
has never set fut, bedadI'
AT home and abroad: Hos
tess (to Bobby, who is dining out
with his mothcr)-''Will you have
another piece of pie, Bobby?" Bobby
- ''Yes'm." Hostess (slnilingly) =
"And 50 you are one of the fortunate
little boys whose mammas let them
have the second piece of pie?' Bob
by-"Yes m; she does when we're out
visitin', but at home Inever get but one
piece. "-Harper' Bdzar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
A MYSTERY REVIVED.

Interest Revived in the Fearful Crouch
Murder i'm jackson County, Michigan
Evidence Discovered Pointing Directly tn
Jud Crouch as the AssaSSin-The Flood
of Eunicc White VIII Not Lie still.
JACKSON, Mich. May l9-EXcitement
over the rouch-iamily-murder mystery
has been much intensified by the report
that the hlood-dycd garments, found in Il
stump on the Crouch line fence Monday
by Gilbert Wilson, bore marks pointing
to a well-known farmer as the murderer,
or at least the garments belonged to and
were once worn by him. This man is
Jud Crouch, q relative of the murde red
family, who has long been suspected of
the crime and who is now under indict-
ment. In a former trial it was proven
that certain tracks leading away from the
Inflated Crouch house were made by Jud
Crouch'S peculiar boots, Jud being lame
and unable to disguise his footsteps if he
wished. 1t may be only 4 coincidence
that the stump in which Wilson yeStcr-
day found the bloody clothing is on
direct line with these tracks, hut in the
present state of popular excitement the
fact is not regarded that way.
he evidence Ut Tie lTl;ll Oh f.llcll Nit;ill-
non, IIolcOmb's hired girl at the time of
the murder, was to the effect that the
bloody garment in Il trunk in Jud'S room
at Holcomb'S house had disappeared.
Jud claimed to have had the nose bleed
on the morning of the murder, hut after
that denied ali knowledge of the shirt
when it had disappeared. Miss Shan
non has been shown the clothing, and
positively asserts the shirt is the same
one she saw hidden behind the chest on
the morning after the murder. Prose
cutor Blair has no doubt the clothes
were worn by the murderer of the Crouch
family. The white shirt bears evidence
the theory of the prosecution has always
been that Eunice White, murdered
with the family. had made s desperate
struggle for her life, and The superstition
is that the shirt was worn nv the man
who killed her. One thing which goes to
prove that the clothing was not bloodied
in a natural way is that the shirt has
blood on the inside of the sleeve. This
looks as if it had spurted up there. Be
sides all this, there are other marks Of
identification, which the prosecution
wisely refrainS just now from making
public. Blair. the prosecuting attorney. /
was formerly Governor of Michigan, and /
is a clear, cOol-headed lawyer of grca I!
ability. He lays the utmost lmporianc' /
on the "find," and confidently saws the I
foul mystery will soon be cleared up. (
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
SUGGESTIONS.
We Laugh at Other Peoples While We
Nurse Our Own Pet Ones.

We Laugh at Other Peoples While We
Nurse Our Own Pet Ones.
1t is very wise to set our faces
against superstitions, but who in secret
heart does not encourage favorite
one? never met the person that did
/ not.
There are many people who hate to
see the new moon over the left Shout
der; if they do, somehow something
always goes wrong" they declare.
They do not believe such things, of
course; but so it is.
Another can not endure a stranger
who parts him from a companion with
whom he is walking in the street;
others will not raise umbrellas over
their heads in the house, and there are
men who turn pale if they spill salt
A dry-goOds merchant of great
wealth believed that his fortune would
depart when he ceased to patronize an
old apple woman on certain corner.
and there are many who would fear for
their lives if they lost certain trinket
or jewel.
1t is said that the mother of the
ROthschildS always lived in her queer
little house, in a crooked street, Ito
keep her sons their luck" Every
morning servants took her to their
splendid houses in Sedan chair, but
she always slept in the house where
they were born.
Most people have a special dream
that forebOdes evil; and l know many
who declare that it is fact that one
who boasts of being $50 very well' to-
day, finds himself i'll on the morrow.
There may be some good reason for it;
1t actually happens so often.
To tumble up stairs is supposed to
postpone a wedding. You'll not be
married this year." cries some one.
And to turn back three times is re-
garded by many as warning to re-
main at home.
Terror seizeS brides heart if it
rains on her wedding morn, and to
wear the marriage ring for moment
before it is put on for good is believed
to bring very i'll luck indeed.
As for an opal-the prettiest stone
possible, though a very minor jewel
l confess to being superStitious about
that. 1t is the silliest fancy in the
world, but l would not put one
on my finger for any thing. Its
baleful way of changing from red
or blue to stone color is fienCtish. and
its fire, that glows and grows dim by
turns, is uncanny.
l believe a superstition or two to be
as natural to every human being as are
those little sparks of vanity which we
refuse to acknowledge, but which,
after all, help to keep us alive.-N. Y.
Ledger.