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FANCY GOODS AT AUCTIoN.-Messrs.W Walter
-. Williams & Co., auctloneers, will sell within
their salesrOOm tomorrow morning, commend
Ing at 10 O'Clock, a consignment of dry goods,
fancy goods, show cases, etc., removed TO our
salssroom for convenience of sale.
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READ SUB Rosa for sale at all news stands.

FINEST GLASSES in medium priced frames,
spectacles and eye glasses at Vienna Optician
Co., 800 Pennsylva avenue northwest
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DRY GOODS.

GRrAr REvoIurros In SHrnrs
Having been successful in closing IN entire lot of
Shirts nom large manufacture, We enabled to
offer the Gents of this town Monstrous Barrains
THE CONTEST SHIRT,
:ns offer s ss Is %.s Ds Quality
Linen bosom and wristbands. nicely finished
THE "GRAPHIC' SHIRT,
cotton, 21OO Linen bosom aud wristbands handmade
button holes reinforced felled with stays and
therefore VIII sell our regular 7S shirt IN sh: io
OUR "L" SHIRT
Is made of wamsut.a muslin. 200 Linen wristbands
and bosom backed with heavy Butchers Linen, hand
worked button holes felled seams and fully rein
ns
for $780, 50 this don't need any further recommends
sb Now we have also special hsrSsn in Ianndrisa
rs made S Ser
Co, Of baltimore, and by them sold originally for
sell Think Of this Rememser. We have s only "
s~ASSS S&~SS 49, III Az Ao12 AZ
NIGHT SHIRTS.
fine grade of cotton felled seams nicely stitched
and fnsaed full length and BREADTH sizes from II to
Also nice line Of fancy trimmed Night Shirts, In
all colors for 15c.
GENTS UMBRELLAS,
In Silk, Alpaca and Bingham mt the lowest prices.
GENTS TIES
An immense variety of Teck Pulled Scarfs for Csc
GENTS HOSE
promised to be the LOWEST.
GENTS UNDERWEAR
We have Shirt and Drawer which we sell at Soc
each which is silk bound regular made shoulders and
cuffs which cannot be bought elsewhere for less than
Our Scotch Wool Underwear at 81 Is is worth fully
We haze XSa. sSmp,ese line Of leahread BALBRIG
Also. . fine line of Gents Csmcrs Hair Underwear.
our 81 oo Red Underwear has been selling all along
Gentlemen wanting odd Shirt or Drawers to COM
As we have quite npansy 70
and are very anxious to dispose of them, we marked
them out at 80 per cent below their actual value.
BLUE FLANNEL SHIRTS.
We only have few of these. and very DESTROYS to
GENTS COLLARS AND CUFFS
The latest styles in the best and cheap makes
GENTS JEWELRY,
Such Cuff Buttons Scarfpins ETC., in plated and
pearl, at taking prices
BOYS LINEN COLLARS
For 25c. per dozen These all linen and range in
size from II to IA.
And all other goods for Gent that is necessary to
complete his Toilet. The same quantity and variety
you find at Gents Furnishing House you can find
here,
BUT AT LOWER PRICES
LANSBURGH BRO,
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"SouND TuE LOUD TMRRE1,

NOt"o'er Egyps dark sea- but through thelength and
breadth of the the District of Columbia In our efforts
to keep pace with the heavy demands made on our
sources by the constant rush of business during the
past four months. we find ourselves i'm the second
week of the new year with superb assortment Of
MEMS. YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDRENs
CLOTHING
presenting almost unbroken front. In accordance
with progressive methods it will pay us
better in the end this immense stock into cash
(even loss now than follow the weIl-trodden
track of slow goers and carry over to next season
Therefore, we have
SUNK THE KNIFE OF REDUCTION
up to the ht in the already low prices prevailing in
our house Now is the time to clothe your boy in
elegant attire at mere nominal prices Now is the Or
pOrtunity to provide yourself with winter Overcoat
Stylish Suit, a perfect-ftting Trousers at prices
some clOthers would consider suicidal We will not
quote prices here, but will ask you to note the
goods and prices
EXHIBITED IN OUR SHOW WINDOWS,
or pay US visit of inspection. You will be pleasantly
received and cheerfully shown through and before
you leave you will vote lis public benefactors
THE GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING COMPANY,
NV. CORNER OF 7TH AND sTs
I'M. GRADY. MANAGER
jail GALL BLUE SIGNs)
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SENATORS AND CoNGREssMENs should use only
Or. Chifman's pills for biliousness, dyspepsia
and biliousneSs
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Do Nor FAIL to hear the celebrated Megs
Bstsrs Quartette tomorrow evening.
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i CONNECTICUT PIE CO.,
BAKERY l4O7 32d street, West WASHINGTON
These Pies are made and seasoned by persons OF long
experience In one Of the most celebrated Pie Bakerie
In the country. Ask your grocer for them. Persons
buying Pies should take notice that our mark is on
each Pie Look for the Star and Crescent and the ini-
tials H. e. & CO.
Dealers supplied at short notice
d24-lm* IL. COPPERTHITE d CO
John I. D. .PYLES, CIGAR MANUFACTURE
q er, offers to deliver C. O. D. to any person send
ng order BY postal card one box OF more Of his
box, $l.50 Address ]. 7. d PYLES. Ala 4th st.
ke. dl4-lmH
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WEATHER STRIPS of all kinds for sale and
put up by W. b. Moses & Son, corner 18th and
r SITS. n. w.
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FUssELLs Ice CREAM and Charlotte Russo.
1927 New York avenue.
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Elections Of Officers.

National council No. 527, Royal Area
mum has elected and installed the follow.
ing officers: Charles II. Brown, regent; Joseph
Noble, vice regent; Jno. C. Baxter, past regent
3 >. Gardner, orator; Edward L. Mills, secre-
tary; Jno. w. Harsha, collector; n. G.. Martin
guide; T.. e. Fawcett, warden, and Charles A.
Darling, sentinel.
The Bakers Cooperative association has
elected the following trustees: MeSsrs. Conrad
Schwab, Louis DOrr, Charles Schafer. George
Wick, Charles Specht, John +. NOght and 6. H.
SchulZe. The trustees elected Conrad Schwab
president; James Fl. DOty, secretary, and Louis
DOrr, treasurer.
The board of directors of the Washington and
Georgetown X. X. Co. yesterday afternoon
year: Henry Hurt, president; c. NJ. koones,
secretary and treasurer, and c. c. Sailer, super
intendent.
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CITY ITEMS.
We Shall Include In Our Special Liner
Sale TO.mOfrQN MQrning=

We shall Include In Our Special Linen
Sale Tomorrow Morning.
Large White Blankets, at csc. a pair.
IFS best Calico Comforts, at Sl.15
Lonsdale, Fruit of the Loom and Andres
coggin Cotton, at 6a4c.
Splendid yard;wide Cotton, &c.
"a Bleached Cotton, lac.
1O4 PeQuot Bleached Cotton. 22c.
Good Kitchen Crash, at 4c., and
ThOusands of Remnants and Odds and Ends
from every department..
LANsBUReH & BRO.
slaughterins Sale Of Boots and shoes.
Prior to taking inventory every pair Boots,
Shoes and Rubbers will be sold regardless OF
street NV. i
Read the City Items Of Tomorrow friday
EVENING STAR for r. Goldschmids, S12 7th st.
NV, special advertised sale on Saturday.
WilbOr's Compound OF Pure Cod Liver
Oil and Lime. The advantage of this COM
pound over the plain Oil is that the nauseating
dered palatable. The offensive taste Of the oil
bnt in this form the trouble is obviated. A host
of certificates might be given here to testify to
the excellence and success of aWilbors Cod
Liver Oil and Lime" but the fact that it is pre-
scrbed by the medical faculty is sufficient:
For sale Dy A. b. W1lbOr, chemist Boston, and
all druggists. co
Headquarters for Rubbers.
Family Shoe Store. $40 Seventh street NV. 1
Browns Bronchial Troches will relieve
Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive
and Throat Diseases. They are used always
with good success. co
81 for 6l.0S.
Our Gents 50 shoes, in button, lace and Con-
gress, are reduced to $1.9S. Look in our win
dow. Family Shoe Store. $40 Seventh street
II. w.
CastOria.
When Baby was sick
When she was child
She cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss
She chung to Castoria.
When she had Child en-
She gave them Castoria.
When Baby was sicls
We gave her Castoria.
She cried for Castoria.
When she became u Miss
She chung to Castoria- th,s,tk
Embroidered House Slippers IL Cents
at the Great and Only Family Shoe Store, $40
Seventh street NV.
DIR. David KenMedy.s
FavOrite Remedy cured my wife of General De-
bility and Liver Complaint. Gratefully yours,
VIM. Lundy, Baltimore, Md. 60
Pick wick Club Whisky is the best
Gents 81 Calf Roots
Reduced to $2.49 at the Family Shoe Store.
Fresh Attorney Putter churned every morn
ing and delivered in n ID. WARD prints 45c
per 10. Also cottage cheese and butter milk;
sweet milk sc. per quart. Cream Is cents.
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LOCAL MENTION.
The Weather

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Jan. IA, 1856, a. m.
For the middle Atlantic states fair warmer
weather, northeasterly winds, generally shift
Ing TO southerly.
For Friday, fair, warmer weather is ind-
Gated for New England, the middle Atlantic
states and the lower lake region.
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FAMOUS MEIGS SISTERS Quartette at COngre-
gational church tomorrow evening.
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Ladies' and Cents Cafe.
141O Pa. ave., opposite Wizards Hotel.
Meals and luncheon at all hours. Open from
am. to IL pm. BOarders takenby the week
or month. Oysters in all styles. Open Sundays.
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READ SUB Rosa for sale at Ill news stands.

C.. w. DYER, No. As Fulton market, New
York, q gentleman of seventy-two years of age,
has been using Brandreths Pills for upward of
thirty years. He says they have cured him Of
1nfiammatery rheumatism three times when
ply sicians' prescriptions were in vain. He
took one or two pills every night for u fort
Yi1
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Pick wick Club whisky is the best

FIcKWIcK VIUD " HISKy IS Tue beSL
Gents 81 Calf Boots
Reduced to $2.49 at the Family Shoe Store.
Fresh Attorney Putter churned every morn
ing and delivered in n ID. WARD prints, 45c.
per ID. Also cottage cheese and butter milk;
sweet milk sc. per quart. Cream Is cents.
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BANK OFFICERS ELECTED.-The board of di-
rectOrs of the Farmers and Mechanics bank
met this morning and elected the following
officers for the coming year: H. NJ. Sweeney,
president; W. Laird, jr., cashier; r.. f. Frey,
bookkeeper; f. P. Berry; teller; Mayhem Platter,
discount clerk; l.. s. Frey, assistant discount
clerk; c. w. Edmonston, clerk, and c. NJ. Mat
thewS, attorney.
A CHILD BADLY BURNED-The clothing of
colored child, about years Of age, named
Blanche Honesty, living with her mother at
1920 Saith street, caught fire yesterday during
the mothers absence, while the child was play
ing around the stove. 1t was terribly burned
about the legs and body. DIR. Suter rendered
medical aid.
DIED OF HEART DIsEAsE-The coroner
viewed the remains of Mrs. Kate Nauman. and
gave a certificate OF death from heart disease.
The deceased kept a butcher shop at No. 3O4S
NJ street. and while waiting on a customer yes
terday noon dropped dead, as stated in yester-
days STAR.
Notes.-The second anniversary of the Inde-
pendent Order OF American Mechanics was
held last night at Crouleys hall.-A number of
men are engaged in eating ice on the canal to
be used by butchers and confectioners. The ice
is fully five inches thick.-A slight fire yester-
day at No. 1854 y street, a frame dwelling, oc-
cuped by Mrs. NJ. f. Shipley, was extinguished
by Fireman Young and others.
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Transfers Of Real Estate.

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
A. T. Bradley, trustee, to John f. DOnohue lot
5, So. TO, $500. II. W. Barbour to B. II. War
ner, lots 3, y and 10, so. 4IO; S3,511. George
"A. Scott to T. w. Scott, lot q, SO. $40; 81, 200.
f A. Keyser to NJ. j. Weller and G. X. Repetti
lot 1, so. SIS; $. II. Taylor to Elizabeth B..
Russell. sub lot 80, 50. S6.; $50. Mary r..
Harry 10 Mary j. WOrmley. two acres in the
county: s.. e. +. Banes to Elizabeth l.. Rich
ards, lot 126, SO. 621; 5000. \. l.. Barber TO f.
Caverly, lot a. blk. 5, LeDroit park; 81 635 80.
H. B. snyder To A. p. Snyder, sub. 21. blk. Il,
Meridian Hill; 500.
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OFFICE OF W. w. LAMB, MD,
" l249 HANOVER ST.
PHILADELPHIA. DECEMBER q 1854
MESsRS EIsNER d MENDELsoN
SOLE AGENTS OF JOHANN HOPS
MALT EXTRACT U. s. OF A.
$40 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA
DEAR sIRs-I HAVE USED JOHANN HoFFs
MALT EXTRACT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS
IN MY PRIVATE PRACTICE AND HAVE
FOUND 1T TO BE THE BEST HEALTH RE
STORING BEVERAGE AND TONIC NUTKfTIVE
KNOWN. L HAVE FOUND 1T ESPECIALLY
GOOD In PERSONS CONNALESCINS FROM
FEVER, IN CAsEs OF DYSPEPSIA, FUR
MOTHERS NUksING, AND IN CASES OF
MEAkLI CHILDREN, AND ALSO IN LUNG
TROUBLES. MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN BY
THE IMMENnE IMPORTATION nEMIMoNTH-
LlyAND Ai:asIT A MILLION OF BOTTLES I'M
PORTED BY VOC RAVE PASSED NJ lNsPkC-
TlON In THE CUsIGM-HOUSE sATIsEAC.gue
RILx FUR THE PAST FIVE YEA aa
YOURS. RESPECTFULLY,
W. W. LAMB Nd
CHIEF DRUG INSPECTOR u. s.,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
BEWARE OF IMITATION. NONE GENUINE
WITHOUT THE SIGNATURE OF JOHANN
HOFF" AND "MoRI1Z EISNk k" ON TIL Mex
OF EVERY BOTTLE ie2o Ia
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THERE will be a grant concert at COngrega-
tional church tomorrow evening by the Meigs
Sisters Quartette, of New York.
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I'D annie bundles of
t.--- -. :. s.--s ., ,-....;- us. Its.
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u RocHoS. coRcoRAs BUILDING
First-class Hair-dresser from Paris Three Patents
and Five Medals from expOstions Of Paris Lyons and
Vienna Manufacturer aud Importer Of HUMAN
HAIR and Fine HAIR WORK.
Ladies' fine Hair-cutting and Hair dressing
Hair Dyed and Shamp0Oed In hrstciass mauner
Wigs TO order
Rrsnch establishments ol2 llth street. ocl7
LNLECANPANE AND HOREEOUND
~ 70 prevent Coughs and Colds
ELECAMPANE AND HOREH0UNDt to stop Coughs
ELECAMPAfyE AND FOREGROUND to cure Sure
Pop Every ime. all ailments of Throat and Lungs
ELECAMPAEE AND HOREHOUND best Cough
Remedy in the world.
ELECAMPANE AND FOREGROUND. try them. use
them; very pleasant to take No nRuseouS doses 26c
ARTHUR NATTANS, Pharmacist
j0 1lth and stA and I'd and D st. NV.
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CIIAs. FLEIsCHMANNs

FINE PORTRAITS. Kets Kemethy, 11Os Pa. av
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SUITS AGAINST RAILROAD COMPANIEs.-Yes-
terday suits were filed by Messrs. EdmonstOn 4
Kent, administrators of G. A. Frere and A. J.
Augur, against the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad company, the Virginia Midland Rail-
road company and Du Barry 4 Green, trustees,
operating the Alexandria and Fredericksburg
Railway, for $4,000 damages in each case, by
reason of the collision at FOur-mile Run, Feb
ruary 10Th last
B. AND o. To THE WEST.-Travelers to the
west, northwest and southwest can consult the
agents of the b. and 0. railroad, 619 and
1851 Pennsylvania avenue, and station cor
ner of New Jersey avenue and T. street.
Rates via this line to Chicago are $13, to
Louisville S14.5O, to st. Louis $3.50, to Gin
cinnati S11, to indianapolis SIP and Detroit
$12, with corresponding low rates to all other
points. Fast limited express trains, with
through parlOr and sleeping cars to destination.
Time TO Chicago, % hours; Cincinnati, 16
hours, and st. Louis, 81 hours. Limited for
Chicago leaves Washington at DAB a. m; for
Cincinnati and st. Louis 3 pm. daily.
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FoR THE NIGHT LODGING HoUsE.-"Pills,"
East Washington, sends So to The STAR for
the night lodging house.
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Our Gents 50 shoes, in button, lace and Co
gress, are reduced to $1.9S. Look in our wi
dow. Family Shoe Store, 80 Seventh sire
II. w.
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Read the City Items of tomorrow Friday
EVENING STAR for X. GOldschmids, S12 7th Ct
NV, special advertised sale on Saturday.
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Slaughtertng Sale OF Boots and shoes,
Prior to taking inventory every pair Boots
cost at the Family Shoe Store, $40 Seventh
street NV. i
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DR.. David Kennedy.s
FavOrite Remedy cured my wife of General De-
bility and Liver Complaint. Gratefully yours,
VIM. Lundy Baltimore, Md. co
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IL KENN Ess,
OR THE LIQUOR HABIT. pOSITIvELY
CURED BY ADMINISTERING DR.
HAINES' GOLDEN SPECIFIC
Tfcan be gwen in cup Of coffee or tea wtthoutths
knowledge Of the person taking Il; Is absolutely
harmless and will effect a permanent and speedy
cure. whether the patient Is modera5e drinker or an
alcoholic wreck Ii has been given In thousands OF
cases. and In every instance . perfesa hss foa
lowed III NEVER FAILS The system once impreg-
mated with the Specific. it becomes uAApvsr
binS aor the liquor appetite 70 exist
FoR SALE BY
DIR. g. +. WARE,
EBBITT HOUSE DRUG STORE
Corner 18th and + streetx also, r. X. HELPHEN-
slime, corner 18th street and Vermont avenue.
Washington, DC
Call or write for pamphlet containing hundreds Of
testimonials from the best women and men from al
arts OF the country. oc24&tu.th
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C0StOri0

Embroidered House Slippers IL Cents
at the Great and Only Family Shoe Store, $40
Seventh street N W
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FAST TRAINSERvICE BETWEEN WASHINGTON
AND ANNAPOLIS.-Toa accommodate the rapidly
growing business between Washington, Balti-
more and Annapolis, in addition to the regular
echedule, the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
has put on new train. leaving Washington at
D am, Baltimore, 9.O5 m. arriving i'm Aunap-
OILS at 10 am. Round trip tickets, $500.
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Headquarters for Rubbers.
Family Shoe Store, $40 Seventh street n W.

Browns Bronchial TrOches will relieve
Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive
and Throat Diseases. They are used always
with good success. co
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SECOND, WE OFFER:
One lot Of MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, comprising
Night Gowns, Chemises, Drawers, Skirts and Corset
Covers, made of fine Muslin, latest styles. trimmed
with rows of Embroidery and Torchon Lace at the
uniform price of
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

The union picnic to be held at Raccoon next
Wednesday promises to be largely attended.
factional fght in the New York e.. A. r.
delegation defeated Corporal Tanner for COM
mander-in-chief
Comrade r.. E. Hawley, of Washington, Da-
viess county, past department chaplain, has been
authorized to establish g. A. r. post at Oden.
The soldiers at Castleton, Marion county. pro-
pose reunion at an early day. Attorney Bob
Smith will probably act as chaplain for the occa-
sion.
Comrade Strickland, A. d. G. on the staff of
the department commander, organized q new
post at Hartsville Bartholomew county, on the
3lst ult.
General Fairchilds, of Wisconsin, the newly
elected commanderln-chief, used to buy gloves
by the box, in partnership with General STAN
nard, of Vermont, recently deceased, they hav-
ing lost different arms.
After the new commander-in-chief announces
his appointment of quartermasser- general, it
will be easy for those not in attendance on the
national encampment to form correct opinion
of how Pennsylvania voted with relation to his
candidacy
The next national encampment is to be held
in the only place that can compete as to temper
ature with what the revisors eliminated from
the New Testament. Had they substituted ''St
Louis the original idea meant to be conveyed
by the eliminated word would have stood with
out change.
Two of the Indiana delegation to the National
encampment have. since their departure to the
land of big fruit and bigger lies, been nominated
for Congress, namely, A. ID. Vanosdal, of Madi-
son, and Rev. Ira Chase. of Danville, the pres
ent department chaplain. 1t is hardly necessary
to say by which party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-08
Cable Notes.

Prof. VIM. Scherer, the German historian and
author, is dead, in his forty sixth year.
M. De Giers the Russian Foreign Minister,
will not visit Gasten, but will probably meet
Prince Bismarck elsewhere.
The memoirs Of the Able List are full of pi-
quaint details. written by himself. They will be
published soon. under the title of ''My Life"
Progress is being made in military ballooning.
in,Germany. Subofficers being trained in
balloon steering, aud two sergeants have been
awarded certificates Of efficiency in the manage
ment of balloons
The Earl of Iddesleigh, the British Minister
for Foreign Affairs, yesterday received the resi-
dent representatives of foreign governments.
United States Minister Phelps did not attend,
being absent on a visit to the Rt. Hon. George j.
Goschen, at his country seat in Kent.
Mr.. John Deasey will attend the League conven-
ton at Chicago in place of Mr.. Edmund Leamy,
who cannot CO. Messrs. O'Brien, Redmond and
Deasey, the three delegates to the convention,
will go to New York on the steamer Servia,
which left Liverpool for New York yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-08
Obituary.

CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Philo Carpenter died early
this morning at the residence of his daughter,
No. 432 Washington boulevard. He contracted
a cold some time ago, which resulted in conges-
ton of the lungs Mr.. Carpenter was one of the
oldest citizens of Chicago. He was born in
Savoy, Mass. in 1906. In 1923 he removed to
Troy, N Y, where he was clerk in drug
store Later he emigrated to the West and
finally came to Chicago by the way of Niles,
Mich, reaching here in a canoe towed around
the head of the lake by two Indians They landed
near where the Douglas monument now stands.
Mr.. Carpenter was taken to Fort Dearborn,
whore he found Joel Ellis living in a logcabin
near his place of landing Young Carpenter
secured log cabin on Lake stress, near the
river and opened the first drug store in Chicago.
To his stock of drugs he added general mer-
chandise and continued in business until 1872
By judicious investments in real estate In Chi
Cages infancy, Mr.. Carpenter soon amassed a
fortune He was member of the Board of
Education, from which he retired in 1865, and as
recognition OF his services one of the citys
school-houses was named after him. He was
always an earnest advocate of education, tenn
perance, religion and universe, liberty. He
wrote and circulated, In 1882, the frst total
abstinence pledge in Chicago, and, so far as Ia
known, delivered in Rev. Jesse Mathews's log
house, in the same year. the first temperance
address in the city. He was an early opposer of
slavery, and close friend of John Brown.