Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-23

REAL ESTATE TRsNsACrIoSs-GooD BUILDING SITES
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Correspondence of The EVENING STAR
FALLS CHURCH, Apri! q.
Mr.. Gordon, who is the owner Of the Old Barrett
farm, has sold to Watson Lloyd five acres OF land
for 81 900. Lloyd will build at once Some OF the
material is now on the ground. Mr. l. Ballard
barganed with Mrs. koon, on the same road. and
about a quarter OF a mile easterly from it. for
twenty acres OF land for $1,000, bus the sale was
not completed Both pieces are ne Ar the old Falls
Church depot. Judge Freeman b As purchased OF
FRANK Birch ten acres OF land for $3.50 IL is the4
as Horseshoe Hill, and lies along the Court housa
road, about a mile east Of the Village and COM
hands an extensive and delightful view to the
eastward The dome OF the Capitol and the shaft
OF the National Monument appear above the east
ern horizon The land has, 1t Is said three very
desirable sites for residences
ON Thursday evening a part OF the charter mem.
perS OF Fails Church and Potomac Railroad COM
pany neid meeting, which was attended BY sun
dry citizens and Persons from abroad. tempe
rary Organization was effected by the election OF
Prot. n F. Graham for president S. Duryea, ESQ.
Secretary ana M. g. b; Ives treasurer. l. S. A.
CHARGED WITH SELLING LIQUOR TO MINORS
In the Police Court Saturday William Loring who
keep a saloon corner OF An and streets SOUTH
west. was charged with selling liquor TO minors
Frank Dawson, colored, twelve years old testiiesi
that Friday night two weeks ago he went into
the defendanVs place and purchased ten cents
worth OF whisky in a bottle. When he got outside
ne drank portion OF the whisky and got drunk.
Mr.. Loring's clerk waited on MIN Abraham IRIS.
coe twelve years old testified that he went to the
defendant's place with Dawson and drank some of
cue uquor ana Doth were made drunk. Dawson's
mother testified TO the fact OF her bows Coming
nome urunk- The defendant testified thar he
never sold liquor TO the boys. He became excited
anu claimed that he was the victim of a con.
spiracy, and II he sold whisky to a boy he ought
10 oe seht 10 the penitentiary for life. Patrick
fehlon cerk Tor defendant, testified that he never
sOld whisky 10 either OF the boys The lowest fine
s|o was Imposed oy the court Appeal noted
POwderly On Education for Worker~.
THINGS THAT HAVE CONVINCED HIM THAT TIE SCHOOL
TEACHER SHOULD GO ABROAD.
General Master Workman Powderly. in a letter
10 the journal Of United Labor, says in regard 10
the proposition 10 place lecturers In the field. Ir
anything were required to convince me that the
school teacher should go abroad, IL came to me in
the letters received since the special call went
out. IL taught me something that did not know
oeIore. III Taught me that SeliShneSS Is not dead.
tLat totry still EXISTS that political bias is still
enloeluSu deeply IN the wOTkingmans hide; that
sectional feeling Is still the mirror in which some
men gaze when they wis 10 see how good-loOkng
they are; That the Islander VI enemies takes roof
anu grows In rocky, ninty. gravelly soil by being
scattered nghtIy over the surface while truth and
justice must be planted deep and firm in the hest
OF earth before they will take root at all II any
tnlng We're necessary TO show that in the hearts
or worGlngmen there IS a deep, earnest longino
Tor better conditions the letters which answer the
special cali meet every requirement These letters
show now sacred In the eyes Of the rank and fle
stand the principles OF our order for nearly every
one winds up With such an expression as this.
.Pusn on the good work: do not be turned aside
from your purpose by the complaints OF friends or
the jeers or enemies Let the education OF Yha
masses go on so that politicians political PARTIES
n anu ,rauerS VIII soon lie poweress at the feet of
lhtellgent laDCr, no longer the dictators OF the
nations destinies. but the creatures OF Incomes
"llI-onIy this and nothing more'D