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Warren Leland's Failure.

Warren Leland, jr., proprietor of the Ocean
hotel at Long Branch, has made an assignment
for the benefit Of his creditors to Lawyer
Joseph McDermott Of Freehold. The property
assigned includes twelve acres Of ground on
Ocean avenue and Broadway, on which are
the big Ocean hotel, the Ocean theater and the
Ocean club. Besides these there is the Leland
cottage, on Chelsea avenue. His liabilities are
about 900 and his assets at least S225, ZOO,
exclusive OF personal property.
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Raid on an Alleged Disorderly House.

Thursday night at 9 O'Clock a squad of police
men from the second precinct raided the house
of London r. Thomas, corner of 18th and P
streets. The officers found fifteen men and
women IL the place and took possession of a
quantity OF chips, pool checks. cards and policy
papers. The defendant and the persons found
III the place were taken to the station. Thomas
was charged with keeping disordcrly house
and he released on $50 collateral LAWYER
Gloss appeared i'll the Police Court yesterday
as Thomas counsel and was granted a continu-
ance until next week
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National Guard Officers Commissioned.

The President has signed the commissions Of
the following officers of the District militia;
Carl Abbott, captain company c, sixth bat
talon; Jesse NJ. Bassett, captain company b,
sixth battalion; Thomas +. Riley, captain
company b, fourth battalion; Lewis F. Fara-
bee, first lieutenant company b, fourth bat
talon; Samuel L. Straugham first lieutenant
company c, sixth battalion; John S. Tomlin-
son, first lieutenant company ID, sixth bat
talon, Wilburn p. MacGreal, second lieu
tenant company b, fourth battalion; Robert
]. Cottrell. second lieutenant company c,
sixth battalion; Richard w. Moore, second
lieutenant company b, sixth battalion, and
Charles A. Knockey, second lieutenant COM
pany A, third battalion
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The Defendants Answer

In the case of Charles E. Foster against n T.
Halter, filed few days since, to recover dam
ages for failure to finish a house, the defend
ant, by F. I. Browning, has filed pleas He
says the house was built and completed to the
satisfaction Of plaintiff and was accepted by
him; that plaintiff made no complaint till de-
PENDANT entered suit against plaintiff for $500,
which he claims is honestly due
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HoLIpAY ExCuRsIoN TIoKrrs n,

HOLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS ON TIE PENN
sYLvANIA Observation-Disclosures to the usual
policy Of aiding its patrons in the interchange
of social visits during the holidays, the Penn
sylyania railroad company will, this season,
place on sale at all its ticket Offices excursion
tickets to be sold between the various stations
on the system at the rate of two cents per mile
in each direction. The holiday excursion tickets
will be sold from December 81, 1889, to January
/, $780, inclusive, valid for return until January
T. 1890, inclusive. This arrangement, however,
does not apply to the sale of excursion tickets
between New York and Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington, in either direction, nor be-
tween any one Of the above-named cities and
any other Of these mentioned.
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the keeping of a good
memory, and is always
clever, amiable and full
of merriment. He has
been reporting for the
Senate for some twenty
three or twenty-four
years. He has devoted
considerable of his life
to study and observa-
ton, and he has become
"a sort of cyclopedia
with sociable qualities.
|He is a rapid and intel
,iigent worker, being a
good deal more than a
mere well-balanced ma
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responsible. Mr.. Pearson
is a thorough printer
and disciplinaria
The former qualification
he picked up in a great
many years Of practical
experience; the latter
he contracted in the
army.
Assisting Mr.. Pearson
in every way that an ex-
pert can is William H.
H i C k M a n. Every
printer who has visited
Washington since the
war knows Mr.. Hick-
man. What he doesn't
Ennu ohnnf tba Ra.nrI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
Summoned to Washington.

o. s. Commissioner Shields and U. g. Mar
shall Mcmahon of New York have received no
tice to appear in the United States Supreme
Court here on the third Friday in January pur-
suant to an appeal taken in the case of Charles
Palliser, of the firm Of Palliser d Co., archi-
tects of New York city, who is charged by
the government with bribing over forty-two
Connecticut postmasters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

little room IN the Dase-
ment. In this room are
shorthand clerks, type
writers and graphic
phones. Some of the
reporters employ the
shorthand clerks, while
the graphopone takes
the place of these with
others. If he employs
the clerks he has two of
them. He dictates half
his notes to one and half
to the other. and then
goes Immediately back
to the House to take his
turn again ON the floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

had died. and the rest
were badly run down
from overwork. Prior
to 1873 tue proceedings
of the House were re-
corded in the Congress
sional Globe under a
contract first with Mr..
Rives and later with
Rives & Bailey, who
owned the Globe. The
same corps of reporters
who recorded the pro-
>ceedings for the Globe
ere appointed by
Speaker Blaine to do the
work for the Record.
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used is nonpariel, SO that meant just about half
million ems In one highland solid work,
too: The total Of $50 pages of Record in six
nights, made some years ago, has never been
equaled in these latter days.
The force is commanded by Aven Pearson,
who Is foreman once more, after an absence
for which the late Public Printer Benedict is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
The chief reporter of the

The chief reporter Of the
Senate is ID. F. Murphy,
who has for years held
that position, and he has
four assistants: T. F.
Shuey, E. V. Murphy,
HenryJ. Gensler andD B.
Lloyd. Mr.. Murphy be-
gan work in the Senate
as an assistant reporter
when, in 1S4S, the system
'of verbatim reporting
was first begun there.
HE had learned phonog-
|raphy at the Philadel-
lphia high school, where
Mr.. McElhone was a stu
dent with him under
Oliver Dyer. The first
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uays taDIes are piled up with these bills and
the clerks are busy going over them. During
an active session of the House there is seldom
moment when everybody is not actively at
work i'll this room.
The work of the last Congress was severe
strain on he official reporters of the House.
At the end OF the session one of their number
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de was in the Union army during the war.
Henry j. Gensler is great favorite with the
newspaper correspondents, because he pos
sesses a fnnd of information slowed away in
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REPORTING THE DEBATES.
How the Congressional Record
is Produced.

The Stenographers Who Preserve the
Utterances of Statesmen-The Way the
Work is Done on the Floor and in the
Reporters Room-The Record Com
posing Room.
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JR esteemed contempo-

UR esteemed contempt
rary. the Congressional
Record, has more con-
tributors of national
reputation than any
other paper in the coun-
try. 1t appears every
day in the year that
Congress is in session,
and suspends publica-
ton when there is a re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

As soon as a reporter gets through with his
take he passes quickly out of the House. down |
the back stairs from the Speakers lobby into a
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THE BIGGEST RECORD,

"One hundred and sixteen pages was the
biggest nights work ever done on the Record"
said Imposer "Bilr' Brooks the other evening
to q STAn reporter and Mr.. Brooks knows.
Now, there are $500 ems of BREWER in each
page and half a. much again when the type
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

chat with the attractive govcrncss. Finally
it was noticed by tho people When they
spoke to Lowry about it ho said sho was
merely n friend Of his, and was going up to
Rush county, his former home, where she
would circulate petition for his pardon.
Ono evening Lowry and Miss Balm disap-
pearcd. Heavily armed guards were at once
dispatched III search of the convict About
II O'Clock that night, when they had given up
tho search and wcre preparing to send out
circulars notifying tho people of Lowry's es-
capc, and Offering n reward for his arrest, tho
convict suddenly walked in. Hc went immo-
diatcly to tho warden, and said he had a con-
fcssion to make. Ho told of his love for Miss
Balm, and stated that they had planned an
clopement. a suit of plain clothes i'll place
of his prison garb was to have been provided
by Il friend on tho outside Then he and Miss
Balm wcro to meet Mt a place agreed upon,
whence they would proceed to tho office of q
magistrate and DO married. But, unfortu-
natcly for tho lovers, everything went wrong.
Tho clothes were not ready, and he knew that
no one would perform tho ceremony while he
wore the convict garb. After strolling around
until about II o'clock they agreed to return
and postpone the wedding until some future
time. Lowry had no intention of escaping
After tho marriage he expected to return to
tho prison, in tho hope of securing pardon
through his wife's efforts.
Lowry and Miss Balm havo since agreed to
defer tho marriage until he is released Tho
legislature of Indiana proposes to enact u law
making twenty-five years i'll prison cquiva
lent to II life sentence. AS ono month in each
year is allowed for good behavior, Lowrys
time under its provisions will expire in less
than five years. He is still "trusty" ut tho
prison, and is sent about Jeficrsonville on er
rands.-Louisvlle Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
"Nice Girl. That"

Two very conspicuous gold headed canes
wero coming down Markham street tho other
day with tho usual silk hated, wido panta-
looncd and patent lcathercd dudo attachment.
"Nicc, clean girl, that" said ono of them as
they passed nicely dressed young lady. And
then the reporter wondered if tho dude re-
membered back through the mists of years to
his boyhood, and tho old school house beside
tho road where tho sunshine came through
tho cracks in tho roof and acckcd with golden
light tho rough oak floor; and tho wasted
hours during which he sat and gazed at tho
he feel again the blush of shame which
mantled in his check rs he compared her
tidy apron, her freshly washed little
hands and her dainty feet encascd
in neatly fitting shoes, with his own
soiled linen trousers, sun Drowned legs and
dirty bare feet, rs like those of his tow headed
desk mato as two black eyed peas; and does
he remember tho stono bruiso on his heel, and
how his big too stood out from its companions
as If proud of tho distinction of leaving its
nail in need of repairs from collisions with
stubs and stonesl And does he remember
how that little girl used to accept his apples
when he pulled them from his greasy pocket
and wiped them off with his clean handkcr-
chief, and accept the loan of bis jackknfo to
peel themt Then, when tho hours spent in
idlcness visited their rcbulse upon him in tho
shape of blundcrs in recitation can be re-
called by tho look of sympathy, or tho en-
couraging suile on that clean little face
whlo his other classmates laughed at his ig-
noruncel Yes, mice clean girl, that. .n-Ar.
kansas Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
A LIFE PRISONERS couRTINe.
In Lovo with the Governess. and to Mari
Her When Pardon Comes.

In Lovo with the Governess, and to Marry
Her When Pardon Comes.
Pretty M:2s Nina Balm lives in Jefferson
ville Ind. opposite Louisville The young
lady is TALL handsome brunette, with black
eyes and attractive manners. Last summer
she was clerk at Woodward's book store, on
Fourth avenue, this city, and sho was the OBJ
jcct of much attention from the young men
who throng that street She is highly edu-
Gated, and is an accomplished musician Last
autumn she resigned her place at the book
store and became governess for the children
of Deputy Warden Barnes, Of tho Indiana
pcnitentiary at Jeffersonville. There she be-
came favorltc
Among the servants about Deputy Warden
Barnes house was George Lowry, lifetime
convict, who has served eighteen years within
the walls. He was sent there for murder in
the first degree. He entered mere boy, but
being quite shrewd, he soon got into the good
graces of the warden. He was allowed to con-
duct little stand near his work, where he sold
cigars, toothpicks and other trinkets to the
visitors. In thismanner he issaid to have made
spending it, he saved all of his earnings. Re
Gently Lowry was made ''trusty," and was
frequently sent with messages to the deputy
wardens house. There he met the pretty
governess and fell desperately in love with
her He is not handsome. but the $1,000 to
his account in the pcnitentiary office made
him rather interesting Christmas he made
Miss Balm present of fine dress. which was
graciously accepted. Every time he visited
tho deputy wardcn's house he stopped for q
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
BY Proxy.

There is popular impression that worry
accompGshes some actual good. 1t IT does it
must, Of course, be somebody's duty TO worry
whenever anything goes amiss, 1t is an old
story-and one, By the by, which leaves Dad
taste in the mouth-that a cynlc heard
friend walking the floor ~ night, and went
to his room to inquire what was the matter.
"Oh, can't sleep!" replied the other. II owe
Smith largo sum Of money, and l see no
possible way of paying it." rs that alll'
asked the friend. ''Then should say Smith
was the ono to worry. Go to bed and let him
walk the floor"
Two sisters, who occupied the same room,
ono night talked late about some wearing
family trouble. One of them finally dropped
off to Sleep and, waking some hours after,
heard her sister sigh.
"Are you awake, Norah2" she asked.
Eyes, can't 60 to Sleep"
'Don't you feel welll'
'Yes, in body, but I'm so worried can't
close my eyes"
sshut them right up and try again. DEAR"
said the other, with loving authority I've
had my ne end if You'll really give up fret
ting sa,s e9OE co., wake and worry
aNIOUTII, MASS.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Free Shows In Paris.

Paris Good place for towers All hollow
With staircases inside. Like Column of
July" On Place Bastile. All iron Waves
trifle as you get near top. Very like steam
boats smoke pipe multiplied about four times
Serves as place of recreation for those who
like to climb stairs and monument. Next
tower that Of St. jacques Near Place lu
Chatelet. All stone. Free tower Prob
ably all that'sleft of some old church. Angels
on top. Fine new ditto. Mostly of Chimney
pots smoking Angels of stone. Angels un-
able to exist of any other material in Paris
Next free show, Morgue. Not far from
Notre Dame cathedral Views of recent
corpses through glass windows. On beds Of
metal. Water dripping over them Clothes
hung up for recognition. Crowds of work
girls pass through every morning. Sole rccre-
alton for the day
Another free show. Cooked food lottery
on Pont Neuf Big dinner pot. Full of meat
dumplings, vegetables and other ediblcs Big
fork belongs to pot. Something like eel
spear You pay two sous. You take fork.
Two sous entitle you to ono jab in pot with
fork. If nothing sticks to it you're out OF
pocket and no meat If hunk of meat sticks
to it you carry it home Forty Frenchmcn
generally on hand to sec this culinary ceiling
Another free show French fishermen Of
tho Seine Average catch-one fish once q
week to every ten fishermen Motionless n!
statues all day long Pole and man seen
petrified. Saw fish caught once. Lucky
fisherman turned pale Camo near faint
ing. Great commotion among tho rest AL
gabblcd at once Giving directions how t.
land fish. Great day that AL tho rest Wen
mono satisfied. Milford
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Bogus Antique Furniture.

An old furniture repaircr said the other day
that at least three quarters of the alleged
antique furniture for which wealthy people
pay fabulous prices is bogus. "How are they
madcf' says he when an old building in
tho north end is torn down, there is always a
good demand for the ancient oak timbcrs and
sheathing They are sound, well seasoned
and Enthusiastically old. This lumber makes
up into excellent antique furniture Those
who make it are excellent workmen, and
they all know how to apply chemicals which
have tho effect of aging the completed ar.
ticle so that it is difficult even for an expert
to detect the fraud. But these clever cabinet
makers are not always scrupulous enough to
have their claw footed chairs, cabinets and
SO forth made of old wood, but work up fresh
young maple or oak, and stain or color 1T in
such way that you would believe the article
q century old. Some of the purchasers of
these wonder why they snap and crack as
they stand IN their rooms OF course they
wouldn't do it if they we're genuine antiques
By and by the veneering scales off or the
joints draw apart. and the thing is brought
to me for repairs. always know when see
one of these antiques coming in that some ono
has been paying too much for a whistle ~
Boston Advertiser
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Tho Firms in Minnesota.

Tho Firms feel themselves very much at
homo in Northern Minnesota Tho face Of
the country, with its numerous lakes and
ponds and its pine and hard wood forests al
ternating with strips of prairie, very closely
resembles that of Finland, and tho products
of farming nro tho same Tho climate is less
rigorous than that of Finland in winter, but
resembles it in tho general characteristics of
tho seasons. Tho Finnish immigrant who
settles in the forest region of Northern Min
ncsota finds nothing particularly strange in
his surroundings, except tho thinly settled
state of the country, and tho much higher
rate of wages he can earn. The Films are
good farmers and know how to care for
stock. Most of them arrive with little means
and nearly all belong to tho peasant class,
but they gradually absorb American ideas
and customs, and on tho whole mako good
citizens All can read and write their OWL
language, common school education being
compulsory i'll their own country A much
larger measure of self government is accord
cd by Russia to Finland thun tho other pro-
vinces of tho empire enjoy - Northwest
Morozinn
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Changed His Mind,

"l have Called" said n fcrocious looking
man to tho editor, "to get satisfaction for
what you said against mo in your paper the
other day. And I'm going to have it, too
and don't"--
Certainly, sir, certainly. Take seat IL
moment, sir. John Ito tho Office boy), Just
ring up tho hospital, and ask if that man has
gono out yet who has been occupying our
bed there for the last few days ITO the
stranger,-Wo havo bed ut tho hospital
which VIC maintain Mt our own expense for
affairs of this kind Tho last man who
called hero to get satisfaction has been oc.
cupying it over since his visit. If ho has
been discharged We will accommodate you at
oncc with tho satisfaction you desire; if not,
wo will have to beg of you to call again"
Man was discharged this morning, sir"
said tho boy at the telephone.
"Al right. Now, sir, wo arc ready to
ncco- Whatl gongs Very well, sir; if
you will so you must. John, run after him
and tell him that if he will subscribe now We
will send tho paper from this date till tho lst
of May, 1880, thus givingI him"-
"IIe's gone, sir."-Truo Flag.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08

Tho strangest creature ever seen in these
waters was captured in tho Delaware river
ut Burlington by Charles Wooden and
Charles Adams whilc they were fishing for
shad. 1t was about six feet long, with n
large head, shaped like u bulldogs, and an
immense mouth, furnished with two rows Of
sharp teeth. The head isattached to tho body
by long sinuous neck, and tho small and
deep sunkcn eyes nro protected by long
lashes The body, which gradually tapers to
the tail, is covered bya short, fine fur, and
two short, imperfectly formed legs, with
wcbbed feet like those of u duck, are attached
just below tho neck. Tho tail is peculiarly
formed having four blades exactly like tho
screws of n propeller. The strange creature
was captured with difficulty. 1t fought hard,
and, uttcring n noise that was half hiss, half
bark, it seized an oar in it's mouth and
crunched it to splnters. A strange odor, re-
sembling musk, was emitted. Repeated blows
of q hatchet disabled tho animal and enabled
its capture. Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
A Bone Missing.

A gentleman some years ago buried his
father in temporary grave while tho tomb
in course of construction for his remains was
being finished. When completed tho removal
from ono spot to tho other took place, but IN
tho temporary grave being opened it was
found filled with water and the coffin was dc.
cayed This being the state of things the
undertaken hastily packed up the bones.
placed them in an urn and reinterred them.
The esame night tho son dreamed that be saw
his father in great displeasure, and, awaking
from his dream, he fell asleep again to have
it repeated. This happened for several sue
cessive nights until ut length he mentioned
the circumstances to his friends, for, though
no believer in dreams, bis mind was troubled
One Of his acquaintance suggested that per-
haps his fathers spirit objected to being re-
moved; another hinted that more likely all
tho bones had not been collected, and this last
hint led to search and to the finding of a
bone which had escaped notice. 1t was at
once inferred with the rest in the urn and
since that night the sons slumbers have been
undisturbed, the ghost. his grievance settled,
appearing no more.-London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Sunset co1,s Marrow Escape.

"sunsct" Cox is not very rugged figure
now, and his hair is getting thin and gray,
but his eyes arc as bright and his tongue as
ready as ever Nobody is able to look on
Cox as anything but youngster, because
his wit and the variety and vivacity of his
humor never grow old, but he is past three
score now While young man Cox dandled
tho present Mrs w c. Whitney on his knee.
II have had q narrow escape from being
president of the United States" said Sunset
the other day, stopping on the avenue to talk
with group of his friends. "If my mother
hadn't refused the proffered hand of Cen
William Henry Harrison, suppose should
be i'll tho White House now Gen. Harrison
asked my mother to marry him, and though
he had won some fame ut that time, she gave
him the intten and stuck to and finally mar
ried the printer boy to whom she was en-
gagged See what narrow escape have had
from being great man "-Ohio State Jour
The Dickinson press., 1889-06-08
Why Water E1tingui.he. Fire.

Although one-ninth part of tho constituents
of water is one Of the most infammable of
hydrogen-and the other clght-ninths
is body without whose presence fire cannot
e1ist-oxygen-water is the natural antago
mist of fire The reason for is this that. speak
ing broadly. the fire Is produced by the combi
nation of hydrogen with oxygen Hydrogen
has an affinity for oxygen, which is, however,
not strong enough to effect their combination
at common temperatures, but when the tenn
perature Of hydrogen is greatly elevated its
attraction for oxygen Increases and it enters
into instant spontaneous combination with it
and produces fire. The reason why water
e1tinguishes fire Is that the cooling effect Of
the water lowers the temperature OF the gases
below that necessary to produce their COM
bination.-New York Telegram