Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-13
TennaIly, Tenley or Tenly9

Tennally, Tenley or Tenly9
To the Editor of THE EVENING Star
While fully concurring In the first paragraph of
the editorial in your issue OF Friday last with re.
ference to TenleytowD, allow me to take issue as
regards the second paragraph thereof.
While the terminal to,on might be omitted al
surpusage, yet the emitting OF the sc" In the final
syllable Of the proper name to which It is Affixed
would certainly defeat the object had in view as ef.
1ectualy as would fort both cases the
family who settled the place claim it should It
would hardly be right II the name under consider
Of the "r's" for brevitys sake, or, to get nearer
home, to drop the 'g" In washington. In the lat
ter case by emitting the .g" you stu retain the
in emitting the sc" from Tenley but In both cases
you destroy the identity of the individuals after
the right to name his child what he Will none will
dispute. So with communitiaS, and the commu-
nifty Of TenleyUown have not petitioned for the
town they know the villa b. the sh name wet Of
7enteytOscn, and simply desire that Others should
SO know it. Their petition to the Post ONCE de-
partment Is not that a subordinate thereof be
delegated to examine records to find out how the
settlers originally spelled their name got others
prayer 'Spell the name of our post Office Tenlev-
tOWn," and as they say 1t by an Overwhelming ma
}oty the department. 1 has on the ground that
Is: "YOur prayer is granted"
1.-THE difference between The STAR and its cor
respondent is that the former aimed to secure a
short and euphOn1ouS name for post ofice, solely
in the interest OF the public while the latter seems
anxious to perpetuate the name OF person or
family, for whom, so far as now appears, the pub
lie knows or cares very little. Reference to "Mor-
rts" and washington" are, therefore, not peril
nent to the case. Whether the e be retained in or
omitted from the second syllable, really matters
very little; but certainly the superiuOus affiX OF
town" ought to be dropped from the name. II
this be not done it would seem to be hardly worth
while for the postal authorities to bother with the
MARRIAGE LIcENsRs.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to Robert
Harry Turner na and Ra ae q Ct 81
No.; w. II. Hardy and Emma " HUM OF Wheaton
Md; H. I. Walcott and n. E. Thomas; John
Parker Stith and Ida Minor Wright, both OF Rich
tOpher C. Truxeu and Eliza &. Davis; Charles
Duokett and Mary Douglass; w. N. Larman and
Annie 3: G: Truesheim; Richard s. Anderson and
Jennie 4 Young, both Of Montgomery county, Md.
Col. MOoRE's SUCCESSOR IN THE BANK.-Mr
Joseph w. Howell, who was formerly assistant
chief Ssk Of the Pension once has been
made vacant by the resignation Of Col. VIM. G.
Moore, the new major Of police.
Criminal Court, Judge Macarthur, called the petit
jurors to-day and the following reported to I'LL
vacancies: w. f. Masten, Chas. c. ClOkey, John
Misead oes Dement'S vi! sSee1 Eo aes
C. Newton, Lyman A. Littlefield, d. NJ. Felt X. NJ.
A. Fenwtck Ludwig EiSenger and ThOs. H.. Jam
Tarr az the nane, sima5 Hn ain ond
VIM. Neitzey were accepted to NIL the vacancies.
RANGE OF THE THERMoxETER.-The following
were the readings at the signal ONCE to-day: a.
m, 3s; a. m, So; IL a. m, SO; p m, 80; maxi
mum, 40; minimum, IS.