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CENTRAL DRUG STORE,
OPPOSITE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
Main Street, Westminster, Md.
JOSEPH b. BOYLE,
SUCCESSOR TO WELLS BROS.

nEALER in Pure Drugs, Medicines,
IL Chemicals, Perfumery, Fancy Articles,
Hair and Tooth Brushes, Combs, Toilet Soaps,
Segars, &c. Also Trusses and Shoulder
Braces.
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Tomorrow is Whit Sunday, one of the
most important in the church calendar.
Augustine Arnold died in Taneytown, on
the 9th instant in his SD year. He was a
good citizen.
Richard Harden, colored, was arrested in
Hagerstown. on Tuesday by Constable Diet
riech. of Mt. Airy, and lodged in Jail here on
Thursday. Harden escaped from the Carroll
county Jail in 1879, while being held on a
charge of larceny.
The annual May procession at St. John
Church, this city, took place on Thursday
evening. Sixty-four girls and 30 boys march
ed around the aises several times, singing
hymns appropriate to the occasion. Banners
were carried BY Emma Case, Mamie Henning,
Louie Lynch, Celia Bowersox and Annie
Sinnott. Madaine Shriver was queen, with
Hilda and Helen Shriver as assistants. Sew
eral presents were laid upon the altar OF the
Virgin Mary The Misses Mccall teachers
of the parochial school, had charge of all the
arrangements. A large audience witnessed
the exercises.
Count Leonetto Cipriani, member of the
Italian Senate, died of a9oplexy on the Island
of Corsica, on Friday, the 11th instant, and
his son, Leonetty Capriani,who has Tor some SO
years lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Mary
c. Worthington, sailed from New York on
Wednesday for Italy. Count Cipriani was a
general in the Italian army with Garibaldi,
and had been active in the struggle for II
united Italy. He lived in California in 1s49,
and owned property in that State, in Corsica
and near Leghorn. He was seventytwo years
old and was twice married, his first wife hav
ing been Miss Mary Worthington, of Worth
ington Valley, Baltimore county. Both of his
wives are dead, and one son and two daugh-
tiers survive him. His first wife was cousin to
Charles Hood, of this city.
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CHILDREN's SUITS.

We sold twice as many last year as We ex.
peeted, and now are selling them much
cheaper. Beauties from $3.50 to S., and
don't forget we are giving better Base Bal
and Bat with every suit
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Memorial Services,


Col. VIM. A. McKellip, Commander, and
George c. Hartman, adjutant, have issued the
following in regard to memorial services:
Burns Post No. 10, G. A. R., will meet
promptly at2 clock, P. NJ, at Odd Fellows
Hall on Wednesday, May 80. The Sabbath
and public school children will assemble on
the east side of Main street, in front of the
NJ. E. church at o clock, and the procession,
headed by the Westminster Band and Drum
Corps, with the visiting comrades, will move
at o'clock, P. NJ, to the cemetery. Arriv-
ing there solemn dirge will be played by
the band, after which the following programme
will be adhered to - Singing-''My Country"
by choir under Prof Geo c. Hartman;
prayer; music by the band; singing; address
by Rev. G. W. Cooper; music by the band:
singing-"Star Spangled Banner;'i prayer;
doxology; benediction: strewing of flowers,
during which the band will remain at one
point and play dirge.
From the Westminster cemetery the Post
will march to the Episcopal and Catholic
cemeteries and strsw the graves Of comrades
buried therein. 1t is requested that all who
join in the procession carry bouquet of
flowers, contributions of flowers (which are
earnestly solicited) can be sent to the Sentinel
Office.
We hope and trust that all soldiers and
sailors in the county, whether members of
The G. A. R., or not, will feel it duty to be
present and unite with us in doing honor to
our dead comrades, and we cordially and
heartily request the public generally to turn
out with us.
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QOG ESTABLISHED 1925.
SPRING.....lsss. ....:SU MINER
NOAH WALKER & co.

We are now prepared to offer to the public
a complete line of
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SPR1Ne is HERE

And SO is our Spring Stock of
Clothing, Shoes. Hats and
Mems Furnishing Goods.
We aim to show better line of these goods
than has ever been shown in this county.
Beautiful Cashmere and Cheviot
Suits for 90, So, $40.
Elegant Black Corkscrew Cutaway
Suits for $3.50 and $40. Best SIS.
just look at our Nobby Stiffand Crush Hats
for Men and Boys We sell the Best Shoes
for Men, Ladies and Children sold in the
Coanty. Look ct our S1.25 and $3.50 shoes
for ladies, and our $1.OO and SIPS Plow
Shoes for Men.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


Rev. II. r. Shipper lcctured on Hol-
land at All Souls Church last night.
Logan Camp Guard, Company b,
Foult tn Battalion, will attend the G.. A. Il,
Fair tonight. -a3tit
Tomorrow and Saturday nights an
entertainment will he given under the
auspices of Chinese st idents.
Special Officer John Branson, who
was paralyZcd while on duty last Satur-
day morning, died at his home last night.
Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost will lecture
tonight at q. A.. II, Hall for the benefit
of the Anti-Poveity Society on ''Ihe Pro-
posed Solution fthe Social Problem"
John 4. Costin, a prominent colored
member of the G. A. X, and one of the
Districts oldest residents, died at his
home, 1872 Eleventh street. ON Tuesday,
John Mack, Robert and Grant John
son will take trip to Albany for break
ing into the store of Abraham Herman,
73S Seventh street northwest on Decem-
ber7.
The Hon. Frank Y. Shaw addressed
the Maryland Democratic Club last night.
Five new members were elected and sew
eral applications for membership were re-
CeiVcd.
The property-owners along the Four
teenth street extended line of the Wash
ingon and Georgetown Railroad have
petitiomed the company for better street
ear facilities.
AT a meeting of some of the members
ofthc Light Infantry Corps last night
committee was appointed to procure
portable apparatus to be used in the pro-
pod gymnasium.
"a, iLArt.e9 i Brice, young white man,
N;nl Miioll lr,g Judge sht'l says has been before
IN hill G 0itener thah ncy other one man in
cnr Si'c ins,nGt, was inns a ?rning sent to Jail
Peter Motion, q colored barbCg
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
Mrs. Brown Pottcr's Row.

Mrs. j. Brown Potter now in ST. Louis,
IS in the throes of a mighty row with
Harry Miner her manager. Hor original
engagement ends March 10, but Miner has
an extra contract for twelve weeks longer,
and Mrs. p. asserts that being mad with her
on account Of her engagement to Mr..
Abbey next season, he is doing all he can
to injure her by forcing her to play in
Loyal Love-" which she calls n "chro.
matte tragedy in rheumatic blank verse;"
which enables her neither to display her
ertory, the company is rehearsing
"M'llc. de Bressier," for production in
Chicago, and Kyrle>Bellow is trying TO Sc
cure. people to properly present it. Bar
ton Key, Mrs. Potter's personal represen-
tatiye, quits her service this week
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
RALRolns.
The Great Pennsylvania Route.
z

~ u asfst l..ss v 9isA.ss,sss
TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Double Track iSplsndtt scenery.
std Rails Raoii ifcsBt Equlpmsat
In EFFECT NOVEMBER 10, 1887.
Trains isdts Washington fron Station, CorHet
of Slnth and n Streets. ds BoiiOWs:
For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express Of Palace Sleeping Cars at $500 o
M daily; Fast Line, $50 m daily to GIN
cinnat and So, Louis, with sleeping cars
from Harrisburg to Cincinnati and buffet
car 10 81. Iouis; daily, except saturday, to
Chlcag3 with sifsplng ear aIi,0Vna ~ =, u, Tii
with sleeping cars Washington 90 CHI
eago and ST. Louis and except Batnrdnys
datr atTsgprK at KarriSburg iib thron"~b seep
ers for Louisville and Memphis; Pacific
Express, 10pm duly for Pittsburg and
the West with through sieepers to Pitts
burg and Pttsburg TO Chicago.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie Canandaipua, Rochester, Buffalo,
Niagara, 10 y m daily except Saturday
with palace cars Washington TO Rochester.
For WilliamspoE. Lock Haven, and Blnra at
O;5O m daily except Sunday.
For New York and the East, TOO, -, IL and
11.dO IN, 2, d:10, 40 and 11;2O pm. ON
Sunday 81, 11;dO am. 2, d:1O lOand II 30
pm. Limited Bxpress of Pullman Parlor
and Dining Cars od0 a m daily except
Sunday and $40 m duly.
For Boston without cnange p m every day.
For Brooklyn, NY, all through trains connect
al Jersey city with boats of brooklyn An.
mex, ahOrding direct transfer to Fulton
=, street, avoiding double forriago across
For Philadeln6ia. 100. o. II and 11:dUam.,2 q
f:10, q, 10 and II 30 p m. ON sunday. y,
11:1O O M, 2, d1O, q, 10 and 1920 p m.
Limited Express, parlor and dining cars,
D.1O m week days and 3ib y m daily.
For Baltimore, 03b, 7:2O, o, o10, 900 II
and II 40 m, 1905, 2, $40, 40 d:2O,
d40, q, $50, 10 and 1t;2O pm. ON sun.
day, -, 0:Ob, 900, ] 40 u m, 2, 3I5, d1O
q, $40, 10 aud | 200 pm.
For Pope's Creek Line, 700 a m and fiO
2 m daily except Sunday.
For Annapolis, 100 and o m. 1905, 400
ana y m daily except sunday. Sundays,
0am and 410 pm.
RAILWAY AND ALEXANDRIA AND
WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
| For Alexandria. O, Ga5, $40, gI7, 1857 n m,
l204 04 noon, POP, 4:25, .. 6Ol, 6ai1, 500,
1906 and 1133 pm. ON sunday at q
9d7, 1887 m, $50, 0:3O, SO3 and
Accommodation for ouantico, m week
days.
For Richmond and the South O, 1857 n m
| daily ana 0O1 p m daily except Sunday,
| Trains leave Alexandria for Washington. 0,O5,
| 7:05, 8, $40 1915, 11,O7 a IN, 1:20, 3,
1923, BIO, 7:O5, Oi;i2 10A2 and lliO5 p
m. OnSunday at 0:10 and 1907 a m,
| 2, BIO. T0b, O:32 and 1912 pm.
| Tickets and information at the Office, north
! east corner OF 18th street and Pennsylvania
! avenue, and at the station, where orders can
| be left for the checking of baggage TO dostina-
| tion from hotels and residences.
| CHAS. Il. pUGH, j. II. WOOD,
General Manager. q. p. A.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
&&Wgz ISs5Il All SI5E5ISE
schedule in effect Nov. 90. 1887.


Leave Washington from station corner OF
New Jersey avenue and G street.
For Chicago and Northwest, express daily
10.66 a. M, 9.d0 p. IN.
For Cincinnati and ST. Louis, express daily
For Pittsburg and Cleveland express daily
1Obb a. m. and $40 D. m.
For Lexington and Local stations, tS 40 a. m
For Philadelphia. Newark and Wilmington,
7.30 a. m, $50 and 5.55 p. IN. daily, ex-
press.
For intermediate points between Baltimore
and Philadelphia, 1000 a. m. and 1915
For singerly and intermediate points, td.ao
For Baltimore, 800, $50, e4o, 7.so, $50,
train, $50, $50, 40, $50, 5.55. 8.45,
7.30, S36 and 1130 p. m. Sundays,
go. 7,3O $50, 9.b0 2. m, 1,30 2.35,
3.30, 4.4O, $50, 0.bb, 6.45. $3.50 ana 11.30
For Annapolis, GAO and 80 a. m. ~ III and
d.30 m. on sundays $50 m, 40 p
m. Leave Annapolis $40, 8 80 m, 1905,
3.b0. $50 m. Sundays, $50 m, 4.10
For Way Stations between Washington and
Babltimore, "a 800, Gao, $50 a: M; i2;Io,
days, $50 am, 1.3O, $50, 40, 6.d5 and
11.3Opm.
For stations on the Metropolitan Branch,
1885 m, $40 a m, 40 p m, for prin-
oipal stations only; s1.10 nm and t5.3O
pm. son SUNDAYS STOP at all stations
For Gaithersburg and intermediate points
1880 q IN. t12 80 D m, t5.B5. I'll % nm.
For Boyd's and intermediate stations. II p
m. s1000pm.
Church train leaves Washington on Sunday
only at LILO p M. stopping at all sta
tions on Metropolitan Branch.
For Frederick, tS4O am, t2.;JO p M 10 80 p
m. Sundays, 10 y. IN.
For Hagerhtown, tS 40 IN and 70 30 m.
Trains arrive from Chicago daily @ 20 a m and
6.15 pm; from Cincinnati ana 81. Louis
daily 600 q m and . % p m; from Pitts
burg daily 7.20 m. 8. 10 y m.
From Philadelphia, Chester and Wilmington,
10.45 q m, 2.20, 7.10 and $3.50 p IN daily
and II 80 D. IN.
From Singerly and intermediate points north
of Baltimore, 10 q. IN. daily.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at
BIO, 6.25, $50, 100, 8, 9.05. 10 a. m;
1915, 80, 3. 40. 3, O, $50, 7.30 $50
and IL p. m. On Sundays, 0.30 100,
9,06, 10 a. M; 80, 135, 4.1O, 8, 6.30
7.30, $50 and l d. IN.
tEScept Sunday. %Daily sSundays only.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
and residences on orders left at ticket offices,
619 and 1851 Pa. ave.
W. NJ. CLEMENTS, C. x. LORD,
Manager. Gen. Pass, Agent
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An Important Suggestion for Con
gress to Consider.

EDITOR CRITIC: The future magnitude
of the District OF Columbia, the Capital Of
the great Afilercan Republic of over
i50,0C0Q00 population at present and
(which in very few years will exceed
Yl0O, 100000 free people-the future of this
District, repeat, is of too vast importance
to be disfgured by hasty legislation af-
fecting its topography and geography. ]
refer TO the pending numerous street rail-
road schemes tending toward gridironing
the national seat of Government, and also
the several projects for extending city
streets and avenues throughout the Dis
trict.
? Congress is but the trustee of all
the people Of the republic in its
absolute control over the destiny of the
Nations Capital, and there is but one
intelligent way for Congress to legislate
on these important subjects affecting the
future as well as the present material in
terests of Washington, and that is by the
creation of Government commission to
examine and report on comprehensive
system for future street.car lines, and also
for the extension of streets and avenues
throughout the District BY such plan
Congress will have official information to
guide its legislation, the same as it has
through Departments and commissions
ms to other public matters. The future
interests of the Capital are too important
to be treated with any less consideration.
III. X.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
OVER THE FERRY.

Matters of Current Interest in Alex
andrla.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, March THE Com
mittee OH General Laws of the City Coun-
Gil will recommend the codifcaton ofthe
Corporation laws.
The Committee on Light last night APP
pointed Messrs. Mckenzie and Ware and
the superintendent of the gas company a
committee to go to Baltimore and ex-
anime the gas works.
The clerk of the Corporation Court
issued ten marriage licenses and recorded
twenty-seven deeds.
The County Court adjourned Tuesday.
An inquest on the body of Charlotte
Parker, who was found drowned, was
reported and coroner's services allowed.
Cards are out for the marriage of Rev.
j. W. Kirk, formerly of this city, and
Miss Gertrude Bratt of Oxford, Md.
D. A. Windsor has sold IL. o. Clough-
tom for $4,000, a house and twentyfoot
lot on = street in Washington.
Samuel Stewart and Silas Halls have
been appointed special policemen.
The Supervisors meet at the Court
House on the 18th inst.
An attachment was served yesterday on
the property of Silas Shoots in a scandal
anu utIHlnhllOi VI CluIuClcI DIUuBub ny
Thomas Slack for $1,000 damages. II will
be tried at the May term of court.
Mr. John q. Burke's children are bet
ter
Philip Phillips, the singing pilgrim
sings tonight at the Opera House.
Mr.. Ashby Miller and his bride have re-
turned from their Northern tour.
Miss Lucy Russell, who has been visit
ing Miss Mary Carlin ON Duke street for
the past few days, has left for her home
in Winchester.
II is understood that Mr.. C. J. w. Sum
mers will not be candidate for the scat
in the City Council from the Third Ward
at the election on March %. Mr.. b. II.
Waddy will probably again be candl-
date.
The funeral of Miss Virginia II. Clark
son, late principal of Lee public school
for girls, took place to-day from st.
Mary's Church at 0 O'clock.
Prof. G. w. Jones of Washington de-
livered the parlor lecture Tuesday, night
! at the Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton His lecture was illustrated by
crayon sketches.
A novel entertainment was given by
| the Chinese students at the Opera House
last night for the benefit of the Y NJ. c.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
IAsEIINGToN CRITIC
SOCIAL CHIT.CHAT.

n dinner was given Tuesday evening
| Representative and Mrs Bourke Coch-
ran. The guests were Secretary Bayard
VMiss Florence Bayard, Mr.. Justice Lamar,
kfr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce of New York,
Mrs. Patten, Hon. and Mrs. Henry Eli
wardes of the British Legation, Mr..
K Blarke of New York, and Miss Mack.
III Mr. Joseph Chamberlain sails for Eng
Hand on Saturday. Last evening he was
tdined by Mr.. George w. Childs in Phila-
delphia. and will dine with the Canada
/ Club III New York to-day.
A luncheon was given yesterday by the
Misses Shellabarger to party of fifteen.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Roosevelt will en-
certain Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Edwardes at
Hyde Park, on the Hudson, next week.
A dinner was given by Mr.. and Mrs
John II. Mclean last evening
II There was considerable dining out last
night, Senator and Mrs. Stockbridge, DR..
Welling. Representative and Mrs. Lloyd
Bryce of New York and Mrs Storey being
lInong those who laid covers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore King and Judge
'Pnd Mrs. Strong gave card parties last
hight.
There will be considerable amateur
pient enrolled in the Shakspearean PAN
bmime TO be given next week at AL
Iaugh's. Among those assuming leading
{)les are the following Miss Kate Riggs
(as Oph6id, Miss Paddock as Maria, Miss
Wilson as Portid Mr.. Edgerly as Shylock,
Miss Ethel Chase Sprague as Desdomond,
e Mr.. John Randolph as Otteilo and Miss
Sara Manypenny as EDielid. Dress re-
heaSals will be given Monday and Tues
4 day nights.
Miss Hattie Marshall of Nashville, who
has been with Miss Bate at the Ebbtt
al m Inf lngt .tfrhN l.,n
home, accompanied by Judge Milliken of
Tennessee Miss Marshall will 20 abroad
I in June on three months visit.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. james II. Barbour of
4 Rhode Island avenue have gone to Flor
ida for two weeks.
!, Rev. Dr. Bullock, ex.Chaplain of the
\ Senate, and his wife. entertained party
of their friends last evening. Miss Scott
f Naples, Italy, a cousin of General
sal excellent rotations, and Miss Pike,
hughter of General Albert Pike, played
number of selections ON the piano.
mong the guests were First Assistant
postmaster General Stevenson, General
black, Commissioner of Pensions; Judge
ind Mrs; Hoge, Mrs: Senator Daniel, Miss
Bomerville, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Gray, Mr..
hnd Mrs. Bullock of Lexington, KY; Col
}onel Tom Green of Kentucky Rev. Mr..
p Riddle, Rev. DIR. Bartlett, r.. J. Lavender,
and Dr. NJ Muncaster.
Miss Kitty II. Gross of Las Vegas New
Mexico, who has been visiting her
brother, Mr.. A. g. Gross, 305 Tenth
street southwest left yesterday afternoon
for St. Louis, where she will remain O
few weeks. Miss Gross's genial disposi-
ltion won her large circle of friends in
this city
The family of Mr.. j. B. Randolph OF
the War Department have returned from
Florida.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
FORMULATING PLANS.
Arranging the Details for the Ere
Bridge Celebration.

Arranging the Details for the Free
Bridge Celebration.
The Executive Committee ON the Free
Bridge Celebration organized last night by
electing Mr.. Samuel c. Palmer chairman
and Mr.. George A. Birch secretary. The
committee then proceeded to formulate
and map out the details of the celebra-
ton. Communications were sent to the
various military organizations Of the Dis
tfict, inviting them to participate I'M the
parade and also requesting the Secretary
of War to detail all the regulars stationed
in the vicinity that can be spared to take
part in the demonstration. The Commit
tee on Trades Display were requested to
perfect their plans at the earliest practi-
cable moment. The secretary was re-
quested to invite the citizens at large of
Washington to participate.
Arrangements are being made for q
magnificent display of fireworks The
town will be brilliantly illuminated and
the bridge lighted by electricity.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01

100000 Tickets az Twenty Dollars each;
Halves, SO; Quarters. S5; 1cnths,
81; Twentieths, 81
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
NInrrinno Iiccnacs.

Zachariah Triplett and Annie Bush;
Fernando NJ. Johnson, Richmond, Va,
and Meta Il. Hurst, Manchester, Va;
Charles Fields and Hattie Dangerfeld
Alonzo A. Jordan and Mary o. Smith,
Mason Samuels, city, and Anne Van
Buren,, Anacostia; Harry &. Lamkin. and
Anna Alvey Charles Hall and Maggie
c. Carter; James o. Murphy, Howard
County, Md, and Alice Roby, Mont
gomery County, Md; +. w. Ernst, Lam
caster caster Pa, and Maggie l.; RFs!i,s;er city;
ii. Bush and Alice Butler; w. a. Leitch
and Emily M. Richardson's Isaac Doug
lass and Jennie Thomas of Malcolm, Md;
John Burnet Carter and Agnes Fletcher
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
West Wnshinrtnn

AIR, John A, Waters the well-knoWn
plumber and prominent Mason, died
Of pneumonia at his residence, 1922
Thirty-second street, last night, in his 52d
year. Mr., Waters was an active and en-
thusiastic Mason, a member of Potomac
Chapter No. s, and also of Potomac Com.
mandery,, Knights TempIars, both of
which orders will attend his funeral on
Oak Hill.
Mr. a. J. Kennedy, who has been
III for two weeks, is still confined to his
house.
Joseph Merritt was arrested last
night for writing policy; bond for slOO
Theodore Sonnenburg, for assault and
battery There were two other arrests for
petty oilenses,
Temperature ana condition of water
at a, M: Great Falls, Temperature g0,
condition, p receiving reservoir tempeFa,
ture 3O; condition at north connection, 5;
condition at south connection, 4; dis,
tributing reservoir temperature 81; con-
dition at infuent gate-house, 8; Condition
at ettuent gateh house 0.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
Weathor in Fcbrnnry.

The maximum temperature during
February occurred on the Goth, when the
thermometer registered 6lo. The mini
mum was 13o on the 10th and 10th. The
mean temperature was 36o. Rain fell on
thirteen days. The total precipitation
was 3.1S inches. There were9 clear and
0 fair days. Prevailing direction of the
wind was northwest. The highest velocity
of the wind was 30 miles an hour on the
10th, 22d and oath; killing frosts on the
I'd, Sd, 18th and 18th.
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
An Art Lovers Opinion of the Senate
National Art Commission.


EDITOR Critic The spasmodic, iTcgu
DIR, and sometimes ill-advised efforts of
he Government at art adornment of the
iCapitol suggest the adoption of some
more comprehensive method, but Senator
Hoars proposition does not seem to meet
tberequirements The idea of commits
son of fourteen members scattered all
over the country, acting on fourteen diff
ferent standards of taste, and acquiring
their ideas of the artistic needs of Washing
ton from an annual visit suggests results
ieven more irregular than those ofthe past.
"a commission of fourteen is suggestive of
1 a distracting diversity of opinion. Moth
ling seems more clear than that inspira-
n ion for such work should be derived
trom residence in the city which is to be
dorned, and from constant rather than
Npasmodic and transitory attention to
ftte requirements, surely better plan
could be devised than that which the es-
thetic taste of the Senate has sanctioned.
ART LOVER
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
Anothcr Divorce Wanted.

Lemon T. Wheeler has by Il. b. Hay
filed a bill for divorce from Kate NJ.
Wheeler. He states that shelhas willfully
remained away from and deserted him,
and asks that he be given the custody of
their child, aged 0 years, stating that she
of caring for it. They were married in
May, 1877. On January @, 1884, he was
compelled to leave her, he says, on ac-
count of her unwifely conduct After
six months he offered to receive her again.
hoping that she had reformed, but she de
clined to return to him,
The Washington critic., 1888-03-01
The District Yetcrnns.

The District veterans of 1861 who were
the first TO respond to the call for volun-
teers, are in fair way to receive jus
tice at last. A well-attended meeting
of the survivors was held at Masonic
Hall last night and resolutions were
passed asking Congress to pass the
bill pending for their relief General Il.
q, Darlington reviewed the work of the
District during the war, and Representa-
tive Johnston of Indiana followed in a
ringing address,