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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

From the list of cities Ia which lights
are supplied by private companies we
take the following statement of the num-
Der OF lamps aud annual charge per lamp.
where tae lighting continues ell night
and the lamps are az tnominal) 2 600 can
de power: Alliance, O s lights for $144:
Chattanooga. Tenn. 80 lights at $1ol Go
Fall River. so lights II $3.50; Portsmouth
n. H.. go lights At 400: Petersburg. Va !,
SO lights at 500; Binghsmto1. Delights 81
$40; Indianapolis. 100 at $50: Atlanta, G.,
100 at $3.50; Boston, 105 at $50; Milwau-
kee, 100 at $50; Reading, 156 at &146 rs
Dayton. o., 200 at $50; Poughkeepsie''
PIP 81 &123; Harrisburg. $40 at 500; Phi:as
delphia. 500 at e177; New Orleans, II. 01Os
at $3.50; New York city, l 1857 at $50.
Ia some OF these cities the contract has
been made with two or three different
companies, but 10 no such case is there
any difference In the charge-in other
words, competition does not give lower
rates. Let US now give the figures obtain
ed from those cities which own their own
electric lighting plants HuntinRdon has
50 lights, SIS 81; Decatur, ILL.,, SO at 500;
Dunkirk, N. Y. 55 at $50 50: Madison,
Ind., IS at $48; Lewiston, Ne, SO at $40;
Hannibal, Mo-. 90 at $50; Chicago, 292 at
sos. Taking an average of the whole
of the two tables. from which we have
only quoted 3 portion. we find that the
AVERAGE price paid to private companies,
lie $l05. IL, and that the same article fur
nished by the city itself costs $52 ~
per light per year.-Engineering and
Building Record.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
The ConntuLaxr

The County Commissioners met TO-DAY
and made the following levy for 1890:
LIST District. county tax 60 cents
road tax IL cents, school tax 90 cents
state tax 17a cents-total 81 21R cents In
the 500.
End District. county tax CO cents
road tax % cents, school tax 20 cents
State tax, liz cents. total-Sl 32f in the
500.
Bird District.-For county tax, ca cents
road tax SO cents, school tax 90 cents
state tax Ia cents-total, 81 42a in the
$1.00.
4th District.-For county tax, 81 cents
road tax. q cents, school tax 90 cents,
State tax, Ia cents.-total, $1.314 in the
800.
9th District.-For county tax 81 cents,
road tax 80 cents, school tax 20 cents.
state tax 179 cents-total, $1.37a in the
900.
9th (Annapolis) District.-For county
tax 81 cents, school tax 20 state tax III
cents, 81 04a in the 500 To this is to
be added the city tax of so cents-mak-
ing total of $1S44.
Sth District. For county tax 81 cents,
road tax 81 cents, school tax 90 cents,
state tax ia cents-total 81 254 on the
800.
The total amount last year was 81 064
in all the districts except the 9Th, which
was ST 90 on the 800. The average for
the county is about $12S4. The levy in
cludes all back Indebtedness of the coun-
ty.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

The College MInstrels and Banjo Clut
viii give their frat concert on tonight
night, May %. Ii Is confidently expec.
ted that the entertainment will prove very
attractive. The members OF the club
have beer practising very assiduously 81
late. under the direction Of Prof. George
Shafer. A burlesQne written BY Mr.
Osborne /. Yellott, class 81, will be intro.
duced IS part of the evenings perfor.
mance. The proceeds OF the entertain,
ment are to be given TO the fund for q
new gymnasium a. the college. Arrange-
ment have been made for providing az
Instructor next session Ia the use OF In
dian clubs and In dumb-bell exercises.
and Il Is hoped that the alumni and friends
OF the college WIN generously support the
movement now In progress for the cree
ton and equipment Of new gymnasium.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
WHAT 4 FRUIT GROWER SAYS
More Moaey In short Crops Than Fun
Crops


There will not be more than q hall
crop OF auy kind Of fruit this year, said
large fruit grower offhis county TO 8
CApTTAI reporter this morning. But
that il all the bstter for the grower 81
large Why 50, said the reporter
well, will tell ron When there is 8
full crop of anything. the article Is infer
Tor and prices are not half Sd rennnera-
tive to the grower There Is more mon
ey for the grower 10 short crops and less
hadlIng and less expense attached 10 the
gathering of IL. am decidedly short
crop man. Nv experience has shown me
that there Is just as much money realized
on the average from half crops as there
Is ON abundant crops Because on ihe
one hand, the grover hardly reafz-s ex-
penses, In many cases. and on the other
hand the article is better and he gets
from third TO one-haif more In price,
and has half tie labor aud expense 10
handling. Besides. there Is always q
market for your goods 1t remuoerative
prices when there Is a scarcity. For
th ese reasons, contend there Is as much
money. If mol more, upon an average, IN
a short crop than there Is 10 full crop
Ii may not be so good for the consumer,
but ii is better for the producer every
time" said he.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
NorEs ANn ooMMENrs.

The naval appropriation bill, which was
considered 10 the Senate yesterday. con-
talns a new item, inserted at the instance
Of Senator German, approprlating $500
for opening King Georges street through
the Naval Academy grounds at Annapo-
u.s.
The three government bands around
Norfolk have been ordered not TO make
engagements with the military to attend
the Lee monument unwilling.
A total Of 467 foreign Immigrants
laLded In New York yesterday.
The survey Of the Atlantic coast has
been completed.
RearAdmiral Gherardi, commanding
The North Atlantic squadron, has been
ordered to sail May 25th from Key West
IN bis tlAgship, the Baltimore, for New
York,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
Before the Magistrate.

Deputy Sheriff Albert Stinchicumb of
the Third district brought to Annapolis
this afternoon Edward James, colored,
charged with the larceny Of a number of
ART cles from the vessel William Hall. He
was taken before Justice Thomas Basil,
who committed him for further herr
Ing.
John Horton. colored, was arrested by
officer Charles Stiuchicomb for disorder
ly conduct, and taken before Justice
Thos. Basil. who fined him 81 aad costs,
and was released.
A civil case OF GeO. |. Records and II
p. Goldsborcugh vs.. Louis Woifes was
tried before Justice Basil to-day. and
held sub cura. Eugene Wathen was for
defendant. and Jas. r Brashears counsel
for plaintiff.
A colored man named Parker was ar
rested yesterday for being disorderly,
aud was taken before Justice GassawaY
and upon payment of foe and costs was
released
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
Thelr BusInesa Incoming.

Probably no one thing has caused sue
q general revival of trade At Walter Hod
ges & Cos Drug store as their Qivins
away to their customers Of so many FIRE.
trial bottles OF DIR. Kings New Discover,
for Consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous In this very valuable article
from the fact that 1t always cures and
never disappoints Coughs, Colds. Asth
ma. Bronchitis. Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You car
Test Il before buying by getting trial
bottls free. large she ST. Every bottle
warranted,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

Joseph F. Weller. OF Philadelphia. reg
gistered at the Maryland Hotel yester-
dsy.
G. +. Psyne, CT Washington, Is Wit
ng Annapolis.
Mr. Jas. f. Byrd. of Ba 'timore, one Ct
The directors of the Maryland Steamboat
company, was Ia Annapolis yesterday,
pn business.
Mr.. F. NJ. Coury, Of New York was in
The city yesterdays
W. +. Patterson Ct York, Pa, was ia
The city yesterday.
Mr.. Henry Wellington. OF New York,
wss tn Annapolis yesterday
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

The Senate committee on pensions has
reported adversely bill to pension Mrs.
Sarah A. Asrold, of Annapolis. widow Of
Edward Aspold, of the United States re-
venue marine service. The husband was
FIRST assistant engineer In the marine SCR
vice from 1866 to 1915. and died In Sa-
vaunah, Ga, from exposure. The pension
Bureau rejected the claim on the ground
that there Is NO law to authorizs pen.
sion In such case, and the COMMITTEES
sustains that decision.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
Annual Migration Anne Arundel

About forty wagon loads of pea-pick-
ers left Baltimore yesterday for Anne
Arundel county. The vehicles. each fill
ed with ten or fifteen men, women and
children. made lively scene around the
corner of Pratt and Greene streets, from
which point they started. In addition to
the six hundred which went away In wa
CONS, about hundred left Camden Sta
ton. They viii remain In the county
until the last of July.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
A Pa,nfuIIniurv.

Mr.. John Liudenborn, baker and con-
fectiouer on Main street, while freezing
ice cream yesterday afternoon, got his
left hand caught In the machinery OF the
large cog-wheel, dreadfully decorating II
above the wrist The wound. although
very painful, is not thought to be serious,
was dressed by DIR. Walton. The hand
was nearly crushed to a pulp, and the
flesh torn above the wrist.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

A tea was given at the residence OF
Rev. w. S. 6Outhgate. on Gloucester
street. yesterday Afternoon. from 4 to Z
o'clock. Mrs. A. " Lane and Miss AMI
Ia Southgate, assisted by Miss Small, OF
Hagerstown, received the guests. Tea
was served by Miss Fannie 6outhgate,
and Mrs. Holcomb presided at the refresh
ment table. The tea was attended by q
large number Of citizens.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

There has been some complaint among
the assistant engineers Of the navy that
Their promotion was unnecessarily re-
tarted by the retention on the active list
of number of officers who were inca
Facilitated for further duty and ought TO
be retired To order to remedy this the
Secretary of the Navy has ordered Passed
Assistant Engineers William A. II. Allen,
c. J. Habighurst, R. d. Taylor aud w.
r.. King and Assistant Engineer c. @.
Willis to appear before the retiring board
for examination for retirement. If these
officers are retired 1t will promote two
assistant engineers. as under the law there
can be only one promotion to the grade
of passed assistant engineer for every two
vacancies until the number of passed
assistants Is reduced to sixty. There are
at present seventy one.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
Commissioners to the chicago Fair.

Governor jackson yesterday appointed
ex-Mayor Jas. Hodges. and Mr. Lloyd
Lowndes, of Cumberland, State commits
sioners to the Chicago worlds fair.
Messrs. Daniel E. ConkliD, Of Baltimore,
and George NJ. Upshur, of Worcester
county, are the alternates. The pay lie Sc
per day by the government while the
commissioners are on duty.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
TINE TABLES.
Annapolis, w. 3 y. Railroad.
LOCAL News.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

lReported for tho EVENING CAPITAI-l
WAsHmeToE. May. 90. p M.-The
weather indications received al THE CAPT
TAI Office to day are: For the District Of
Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, aud VIr
giuia. warmer, soulherly wiLds. fair
weather.
Thermometer at TIKI CAPITAL office
at noon to-day stood go
Almanac for Annapolis To-Morrow.
Sun Rises, 4S9 Moon Sets. - "A. nj.
slu Sets, 7l5 HighTidelo. Scam. 10 SIP. M.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
Bin Against che Drum Point Railroad

- 1865 ~~~@
Hon. IsIdor Rayner ard John F. VIII
liams, counsel for William F. Crisp aud
thirty other citizens and taxpayers Of
Anne Arundel county, have filed bill In
the Circuit Court of this county asking
for an Injunction to prevent the delivery
Of $500 900 worth of bonds to the Drum
Point Railroad Company which the
county commissioners have resolved to
exchange for the stock OF the road. The
bill sets forth that the act of Assembly
under which the resolution was passed
was enacted In 1872; that eighteen years
have elapsed since said time, and that
owing to the failure of the company to
complete its road within the period the
authority of the commissioners to sub
scribe has become void The bill further
claims that the act of General Assembly
Of. 1880 which authorizes the county
commissioners to continue the original
subscription made In 1876 has not been
followed because the original eubscrip-
ton is based upon the condition of Bal
timore city endorsing the bonds Of the
road to the extent Of q half million of
dollars, and the present subscription
omits said condition. The bill charges
that the resolution and the acts Of Assem-
bly, are all based upon vote of the people
OF the county, held In 1875, ard that since
said election other railroads have been
built and projected through the county.
and that the election In favor Of subscrip-
tion was based upon completion Of the
road within the time then prescribed by
the act Of Assembly. which has long
since elapsed. It prays that the court
may declare the resolution and subscrip-
tons void.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

Whether on pleasure bent OF business
take on every train bottle of Syrup of
Figs. as II acts most pleasantly and effect
tually on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
preventing feveTs headaches and Other
forms OF sickness. For sale In SOC and
$l.00 bottles by all leading druggists.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
rne Removal q the Naval Pay omoer

The United States navaIypay officer, IN
charge of Pay Inspector a. ]. Pritchard,
u. S. N, has been removed from the
Keyser Building, German and Calvert
streets, Baltimore, TO the custom house.
The rooms recently occupied by the zeal
board OF steamboat inspectors, upon the
second door, il now the naval pay Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
HUGHES
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IL can be converted into an 8-l6 or 81 foot
Straight Ladder: into a Single or Double
Platform Step Ladder, into Self Sup
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Scaffold feet high and feet
long. and all these combination
10 the shortest possible time
For painting signs or buildings or decor
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II il very convenient in case OF fire either
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1t can be folded up into foot lengths and
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II is both light and strong and mlde Of the
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Considering the various uses to which It
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It is just as necessary to have convenient
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you cannot well be without one about house
cleaning time for cleaning windows, white
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case Of fire by having ladder handy you
can save not only property but not unfrequen-
tly life as well
f.. K. STEVENS,
ID 81 Prince George s., Annapolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
An Equity for Rsdemp,ionof Land.

Gen. Albert ordway, OF Washington,
". Z filed bill yesterday against the
Northern LibCr;y Market Company Of
bat city and others 10 subject an equity
~ redemption In the land on which the
nafket building stands to the satisfaction
p a Judgement Mrs Mary A. Wood
Ssrd, Of Annapolis, is one OF the defen-
isnts.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
own q Home--stop Paving Rent.

The Granite State ProCident Association
Of ~ H., which has organized and is now
represented by Local Bard Of our own
citizens 10 thts city, with large number
of shares sold, offers you the privilege
of Osoning the House yeu nOsO reside IN,
or property as Ualuable, for the monthly
rent you arc now paying.
Any person who can saYe q dollar OF
more month, may, by securing shares
10 this Association enter into the posses
sion of his Otcn Home.
Property will be purchased In any To-
cality in the CITY or County. wherever
the value may be sufficiently assured.
Members need no large amount Of money
to obtain the advantage of the system OF
rent purchase adopted by this association
bnt any person can obtain loan by cub
scribing to share of the same.
5 Shares will purchase property ats 800.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23
|'shes Much older Tnan Her Husband.

She7s Much Older Than Her Husband"
We heard young girl make the above
FemArk the other day about lady with
'Ehom we are slightly acquainted. II was
POI true, yet tue lady in question &C
ualiy does look five years older than her
pHlosnd. although she Is really several
eAIs bis junior. She is prematurely
fged, aud functional arrangement is the
PAUSE. DR.. Piercc's FavoIite Prescrip-
Ion would cure her, and should be re-
ommended to her, and to al others who
ne 10 the same condition. IL the reader
n THIS chances TO be q SIMILAR sufferer,
her get the Prescription. II will
R5ieg back her last beauty. and. better
-, Il Will remove all those distressing
gmptoms which hsYe made life burden
her SO long.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

Any further information will be gladly
given by r. G.. ELLIOTT, Secretary OF the
Local Board of the Association for this
city-who is authorized TO solicit fol
same. ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-23

Ladies and Children's Stainless Black
Seamless Hose for 25cts., at w, b
Atwell's, il Francis street.
The Arizona champion., 1890-03-15
"SItting Bull.

This illustrious philanthropist is said to be c lineal descendant of the famous Irish Bulls, although there is some reason to believe that he was derived from one of the Papal Bulls of the XIIth century. Sit ting Bull was born in wigwam forty seven years ago, and has made many a wigwam since. He embarked in the cattle and hair business when a mere lad, and has accumulated a fortune valued at several hundred scalps and several kegs of fire wsser. He is the typical Cooper Indian, and dressed exactly like a retail tobacco sign. From his habit of assuming a sedentary position npon the United States troops sent in pursuit of him, he received his title. Sitting Bull has recently become a Methodist. He intends holding a camp-mekting this summer, to which the Y. M. c, A., Dr. Potter, Dix, and Mrs, Devereux are cordi- ally invited, and it is hoped they will go.-Life.
The Arizona champion., 1890-03-15
COlOnIzing CEIhuahua.

W. H. Ellis, colored, who is working big scheme to colonize the state of Chihuahua, Mex, wlth negroes from Texas, arrived here from the city of Mexico en-route to New York, where he will meet the members of a wealthy English syn dicate, with whom he will close the sale of the lands in Mexico, amount ing to several hundred thousand acres and containing gnl.l, silver and coal mines. He stated that he had agents here that wouli start with 200 families for Chihuahua next month, where they wouli locate in two towns, just laid out and being built. The English syndi ;ate is in terested in the movement The colonists will be transported by the company and supported for year if necessary. He expects to take several thousand negroes from the south to locate in Mexico, where the government has granted 2,0OO,- 900 acres of land for the purpose.
The Arizona champion., 1890-03-15
Arizona,s Natural Bridge.

Natural bridge, on Pine creek, in
 the northern part of Gila county, is
 one of the greatest natural cusiosit-
 les in the United States, equalling
 If not surpassing the natural bridge
 of Virginia. It spans the creek at
 heigth of about 200 feet, and the
 walls of the canyon rise above it on either side 700 or 800 feet, and on one side form perpendicula precipice.
 The bridge is if lime formation, aud the inside of the great arch, which is some two hundred feet &C., ross is worn by the water as smooth as though chiseled by. the skillful hand of the stonemason.: The arch on the top is nearly, if not quite 400 feet In width, 1000 feet in length across the canyon, and at the thin ist part only six feet through. About the center of the arch is a hole large enough enough to admit a body of man, and through which one can look down into the clear pool of water 200 feet below.
 The dyke which forms the bridge extends in sweeping curve up the right side of the stream, and togeth- CT with ths bridge proper, affords a surface area of about 100 acres of fertile land, which David Gowan has converted into fine farm. A spring issues from the right side of the canyon at a height to admit of the water being easily conducted to any portion of the farm, and the volume is great enough to fill ditch four feet wide and two feet deep, and to irrigate much more land than is available for cultivation.
 The climate at the bridge is ex- equitable, being warmer in the summer and much milder in the winter than that of the sur rounding country, and to this fact is ascribed the wonderful variety ot growth, numbering 250 species of trees, shrubs vine, and plants. The vicinity .sbounds in fossils and shells, and wherever moisture percolate through the calcareous rocks beautiful sta[ actites are formed. Underneath the bridge are numerous caves, some of which are lined with these opaque cones resembling huge icic- Transcript.
The Arizona champion., 1890-03-15
Poor but Honest.

The other forenoon a young mar with forlorn looking countenance and suit of clothes which seemed tc have run altogether and consolidat ed to save expense, mounted a salt barrel on the sidewalk on Michigan avenue, according to the Detroit Free Press and started of with:
 "My dear friends pause for 6 mo ment and hsar my narrative. Tam a poor put honest young man. My motto is excelsior My parents are dead and I am poor orphan. "
 He added considerable to the above, and in few minutes he had a crowd of fifty people around him. Then he announced:
 "My dear friends, I do not ask for charity. All l want is a fair show to make my way in life. I shall not ask you to chip in a nickle apiece, and l will endeavor to do something never yet done on the face of the globe. L will try to turn quadruple somersalt in the air."
 The crowd seemed to like the idea, and the small change rattled in until the gross amount was S3. Then the young man got down of the barrel, spit on his hands, picked out his grounds and turned g pretty fair some salt. He turned another and another then remounted the barrel and said:
 "Kind friends I have tried to. but I can't do 1t, Assuring you of my heartfelt thanks I remain yours truly"
 And not 8 man uttered a word of complaint.
The Arizona champion., 1890-03-15
A Safe Investment.

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