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THE ALLEGED WATCH LOTTERY.
A State Of Facts Agreed Upon by Counsel ON
Both SIdes.

State Of Facts Agreed Upon by Counsel on
Both Sides.
This afternoon in the Police Court when the
watch club case was called, In which Vim. E
Peirce and Eugene Smith are charged with vio-
iafing the lottery laws, as heretofore published
In Tue STAR, Prosecuting Attorney Mullowney
said that he and Mr.. Beall, attorney for the
defendants, had agreed upon q statement Of
facts and they would submit the case with argu-
ment.
Mr.. Beall read the paper agreed upon, which
contained copies of the business circulars Of
the frm and told how the drawings we're made.
In this statement was a declaration that there
was no intent on the part of the defendants to
conduct lottery business, but 1t was simply a
mode OF disposing Of larger amount Of
property than could otherwise be sold.
One of tho circulars forming a part of the
paper agreed upon 10 as follows:
''rr you DESIRE TO SAVE xoxEY"
briefly stated, our plan is as follows: We
have gold hunting case watch, stem wind and
set. guaranteed by the manufacturers for
twenty years, with either Springfield, Eigin,
Waltham. Columbus or Aurora move
ment, and instead Of forming club
We have contract whereby forty
persons agree to Cooperate for the purpose of
purchasing watches or diamonds, each one
agreeing to pay the sum of 81 per week for
forty weeks, unless he or she be released from
the payment Of any portion thereof by reason of
having watch or diamond delivered. When
forty persons have signed said contract and each
paid the sum of 81, then we place the forty
contracts together and . disinterested party
draws one contract from tho lot, and to
the person whose name appears thereon
the watch or diamond is delivered, to-
gether with his or her original con-
tract and receipt in full, making the
article delivered cost but 81. The
remaining thirty-nine persons are notified of
the persons name and address to whom the
award has been made. We give each sub
scriber thirty-nine opportunities "a watch be-
ing delivered to one OF the forty persons each
week for forty weeks to get a watch for
less than $40, but if subscriber
shall have paid in the sum of $40
without having been awarded watch.
diamond or other article, we deliver to such
person whatever article is describedin the con-
tract. Every subscriber is sure to receive the
article subscribed for upon payment of the last
installment, if no award shall have been sooner
made. When a subscriber receives a watch or
other article and drops out of the combination
we place new contract in the combination
always making it forty-and still give to each
person thirty-n opportunities to get what
ever Is subscribed for for less than S40."
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A New Western Line.

CHICAGO, July 2l.-A special dispatch from
Goshen, Ind. says: There is hardly doubt
now that the Toledo and Chicago Bee line, the
new short line from Toledo to Chicago, will be
completed before snow flies. The right of way
from Toledo to Goshen is purchased and the
contracts for building the road the greater
part of this distance have already been let.
The projectors are the people Of the Brice-
Thomas syndicate. The road will furnish
a short entrance to Chicago for the Wabash.
the Lake Erie and Western, the Monon and the
Canadian Pacific. The Wabash people will
furnish the greater part Of the money necessary
to complete the line to LapOrte, Ind, and from
there the Lake Erie and Western will furnish
means for construction of the line to Chicago.
The shops will be located here, this being the
halfway point and the citizens having offered
land and over sc, 900 cash for them.
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MORTALITY OF BABIES.
one-Half OF All Who Died Yesterday wsrs
One Year Old or Under.

one hcsf ofu or nder.
During the twenty-four hours ending at noon
today twenty-four burial permits were issued
from the health Office. or the two dozen per
sous who died one-half Of them we're one year
old or under and most OF their deaths resulted
from summer complaints. Only four persons
out Of the twenty-four were over fifty years
old The permits were issued for the following.
White-ssdnoy c. Wilson, IL years, vaivular
disease heart; Vim. N Whitman, / year, cholera
iniantnia; John X. Pugh. 80 years, inhamma-
ton OF bowels, Leonary N. Beau, 81 years,
senile debility, Virginia Noonan, 60 Year,,
cardiac asthenia; George L. Gayle, SIS years,
consumption; Maggie X. Brown, months don,
lnon; Martin bayne. months, cholera infAn-
tum; J. Vim. 4. DE Mari. 70 years. intestina,
hemorrhage; Mary Maloney, months. con-
sumption; Mary q. Monroe, Z months. cholera
infsntum; Blanch NJ. Taylor. months dysen-
terry, and Jennie NJ hetcalf, months. cholsra
infantuE.
Colorea-Roy Burke. year, cholera infsn-
tumi Mary J. Swan, "a years. consumption;
Eially L. Mccall, ~ years, peritonitis; wn.
Alexander, IL years, peritonitis: Emma Smith,
months, cholera iufantum; liable Lockett
years, whooping cough; John Gaitw God, 10 days
matasmus; Florence smith, years. dIphtheria;
Ann Ihonias. ] month, inanition; Lewis Butler,
10 years, meningitis; Alfred Richardson, 4
months, entcro COLTS
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A Farewell Sermon Mt the Age OF Ninet

a Farewell Sermon Mt the Age OF Ninety.
The Rev. Thos. Mack preached the closing
sermon Of his Passionate in the English Presby-
terrain Church, about two and half miles north
OF Spring Valley. N. Y, Sunday morning. The
church was filed to overlooking, even the gal
leries being crowded. Mr.. Mack is ninety
years old, but his sermon was given with force
and feeling. The congregation gave brea.hless
attention and drank in every word that came
from the faithful old pastors lips. Mr.. Mack
has been pastor Of the English Presbyterian
Church twenty-five years. During that time he
has taken Ito members into the church, has
married 200 couples, and has officiated at 40
funerals. He is still hale and hearty, and drove
down to Nyack yesterday to make the prayer
at the opening Of the Masonic fair last evening
One OF tho members Of his congregation, Mrs.
Sidmon, is one hundred years OF age; another
Mrs. Catherine 6urnee, IL ninety-four, and .
third, Mrs. Catherine Jersey, is ninety-one.
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THREE WERE KILLED.
Fatal Boiler Explosion in q Saw Mill In
Michigan.

M1ch1gau.
A boiler explosion in which two persons were
killed instantly and one was injured SO that he
died shortly afterward and several others were
badly cut and bruised occurred in Peter
Brothers saw mill at Lakeview, Mich, late
yesterday afternoon.
The list of killed is R. C. Gregory, Eddie
Gregory. his son, aged thirteen years, and E. G.
Peters.
Gregory, who was the fireman, was talking
with his son near the door of tho boiler room
when the explosion occurred and both were
horribly manged and instantly killed. T. G.
Peters, who was one Of the proprietors of the
mill, was blown some distance and SO fearfully
cut and bruised that he died within an hour
Several OF the other employees in the mill
escaped with scalp wounds and bruises. The
dome Of the boiler and large pieces Of iron
were blown from forty to fifty rods. The
cause Of the explosion is supposed to have
been lack Of water.
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a BIG IRON NINE AFIRE,

Flames Fiercely Burning Under Ground
1000 Men Thrown Ont OF Work.
MARQUETTE, July 21.-Firc broke out in No.
shaft OF the Great Republic iron mines in
this county at l o'clock yesterday morning.
The surface fire was extinguished, but not be-
fore it had communicated to the timbering of
Nos. and shafts, which are now
burning fiercely. The fire il spreading under
ground. Part of No. 8 shaft hanging wall has
already caved in and the direct and indirect
loss will be great. The night shift men es-
capped by another shaft. The Republic employs
nearly 1000 men, and when the fire can be put
out and production resumed it is impossible to
say at present.
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sCHOFIELD g. co.'s TROUBLES.
They Have Proven More Serious Than Wa
at First Supposed.

~AASy AA"sC NoNeh 1uOTe SeTkOuS ANN w NJ
at First Supposed.
PHILADELPHIA. July 21.-The financial trou-
bles of sevlll Schofield, Son & Co.. the great
textile firm. have proven far more serious than
was OF first supposed. The appraisement of
the firms property is now made public, also
the otfer OF Mr. Schofeld to the creditors of IS
cents on the dollar cash down, or so cents in
unsecured notes at six, twelve, eighteen, twenty
and thirty months.
The statement shows assets of s56s, 1869 and
liabilities of 1929, 1884.
Owing to the large number of creditors and
to the widely separated localities in which they
reside and the impracticability of securing a
fully attended meeting the above statement was
made and distributed among the creditors.
meeting of the largest creditors was held,
at which considerable dissension arose over the
report many contending that the amount of
assets wes too low. Finally it was decided to
appoint committee of five creditors to make
a new superintendent which was done in the lat
ter part OF last week
Yesterday Mr.. Schofeld made the above offer
to settle with his creditors. Several OF the
creditors express themselves as satisfied to &C.
cept the proposition, while others think it is
not enough. Final arrangements will be made
in few days.
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MARRIAGE I,cens>.

Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk Of the court to the following: Thomas
huhnert and Mary Saddler; Daniel G. Eichel-
berger and jamie A. kessler Of Alexandria, Va |;
j. I. oBrien and Mabel II. Jones, both Of
Richmond, Va; Charles Z. Kahn and Lena ID.
Brown, both Of Richmond, Va; Preston Park
erson and Ella Thomas: John l. Lowry and
Elizabeth Virginia Wilkins, both Of Richmond,
Va; Edward Dashere of BROOKLYN and Letitia
Ahern; Francis J. Hill and Annie NJ Goode,
both OF Richmond, Va; W. E Nance and yiola
Clopton, both Of Manchester. Va: G. W. IApps
and Clara V. Fowler, both Of baltimore; John
W. Norris and Florence Lucas, both of Rich
mond. Va; James L. Atkinson and Belle d.
Chairault both OF Caroline county, Va
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ANOTHER BUSY DAY.
The President Works IndustriousIy With HE
Secretary.

NAAS AesAuCaAs ssohAs AuouetEiOueiy J" 1th Hle
Secretary.
A day that fulfilled the weather predictions
of slight showers gave the President a chance
to continue his business operations yesterday
in his cottage at Cape May Point. Miss Sanger
was over bright and early in her Office in the
Shoreham and Mr.. Haisord, as usual. was with
the President part of the morning. While
the Mckee children were out waking with their
nurses and taking in the morning concert at
the Shoreham rs an incidental of the airing.
and while Mrs. Harrison had a morning drive.
the President sat at his desk and wrote and ex-
amined papers most industriously.
About O'Clock in the afternoon baggage
wagon drove up to the door of the Executive
cottage" and the public became aware from
the baggage deposited thereon that some one
was about TO leave the summer White House
The parting guests were Lieut. and Mrs. Parker
who took the afternoon express from Cape Nav
city. The President, Mrs. Dimmck and the
two children drove over with them to the sta
ton at Cape May. Lieut. Parker has grown to
be familiar figure around Cape May Point
and is voted fine fellow by the acauaintances
he has made there, SO his departure was q mat
ter of regret
The President and his grandson were ont
looking at the high tide, which was scattering
the spray over the boardwalk, in the evening.
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Deans Not Wanted in Chicago.

CHICAGO. July 2l.-Peter Deans, who New
York correspondents say has been arrested in
New York, is not wanted by the Chicago police
for connection with the murder of Dr. Cronin.
1t was thought at one time that no did have
something to do with the cuse and search was
made for him. He WAS not found at the time,
but he came back to the city OF his own accord,
and was interviewed ut length by the police
officials. They satisfied themselves that he had
nothing whatever to do with the case and he
was never held or locked up for further inves-
tigatiou
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MARKED.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. On Monday. yu,y
~ 1891. al the resiaeace OF W. H. Turner ESQ., Fear.
teeilth ana . strceSs northwest. wasillnston d. O.
by tiIe iSoN- =. Domer. DANIEL q. EIcnlI BEaGER
Aiexaaaria- Va lAlex.ndras pspsrs pissse copy
hkEAMER-BoURkE On July 20, 1871 AZ ths
parsonage BY rather Calill. Il. kaEA NIX o. asl,-
Wis
observation-disclosures. At the residence of Mr.
Merso Aelcn, an aunt brIde, at Neslrfsrunrh
Pa. July ~. issl. Aiss sARAh CHAPLAIN u SIRE.
eust, ~ n. anG L. IS STOCKING OF MashIurion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21

braska Wesleyan University the degree of doe
tor of divinity was conferred on Rev. S. NJ
Hartsock of ST. Paurs NJ. E Church, Hagers-
town, Md. Mr.. Hartsock will be remembered
as the minister Of Hamline u. Z. Church for
three years.
Mr.. A F. Colbert Of Baltimore, grand re-
corder Of the Ancient Order Of United Work.
men, presided last night at meeting held at
DIR. ST. Clair house, 1925 14th street. for the
purpose of organizing lodge in this District
Last night VIM W. whitmore, seventy-two
years Of age, employed as a Waterman on b
street between stt and 10th. was ssauIted and
knocked down by Chas. Huntington, who, in
the Police Court today, was fined so.
An exempli6ed copy of the will OF E. 8. Lor-
ing Of Suffolk county, Mass, has been received
by Register Wright for record.
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RebeIliOus Jcdge NIcKav.

CHICAGO, July 2i.-A dispatch from Topeka,
Kan, says: motion has been filed in the su-
preme court for an order of attachment and ar
rest Of Judge ". Mckay, the alliance Judge in
the twenty-fourth Judicial district, who had
Gisobeyed the orders Of the supreme court by
rearresting an agent discharged by the su-
preme court on writ of habeas corpus Chief
Justice Horton, who made the order which
Mckay disoheyed. arrived in the city from
Colorado for the purpose of acting in the case.
Mckay, who is backed by the alliance, is rebel
lious, but the court will see that its orders are
obeyed even if it is necessary to call out the
state militia,
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Careful Management F1oated the Bnnk.

Careful Management F1Oated the Bank.
PHILADELPHIA, July 21.-At a meeting Of the
directors Of the Third National Bank today
Gen. Louis Wagner, recently director of pub
lie safety, was elected president. The bank has
within the past few weeks been recognized
after having withstood severe strain
IN the shape OF run. At the
time OF the failure Of the Keystone Bank
run was started on the Third National. the
depositors being nervous because of the fact
that it had large deposits of city money. Care
ful management kept the bank afoat, however,
and recent voluntary assessment by the stock
holders has put the institution in good con-
dition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21

OTTAWA, 0ST., July 2l.-According to returns
received at the fisheries department the num-
Der Of seal skins secured by the British Column
bia sealing fleet in the waters of Boring sea up
to June 80 was II, 800 The skins have been
safely landed ut Victoria, the owners this year
having taken the precaution to send UP o
vessel early in the month for the purpose of
collecting the catch from the different
schooners
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father Hinok, Case

CHICAGO, July 21.-A dispatch from Kansas
City, Mo-, says: Father A. M. J. Hines OF
Pierce City, No., recently communicated by
Bishop Hogan of this diocese, has appealed
from Archbishop Kenrick of 81. Louis to Arch
bishop Feehan Of Chicago. lie was excommu-
nicated while making personal appeal in
Rome to DE relieved OF the odium vi repri-
mnnd by the bishop here. He was charged
with insuborGnation. He also sues the ST.
Louis archbishop for libel.
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Unusually HOpored by tho Que en-.

OIrAwA, ONT, July H.-Baroress Macdon-
aid c. Ea-n'J CIiffe has received an autograph
letter from the queen. distinguished mark Of
imperial favor perhaps never before accorded
to y Canadian lady. Her gracious majesty ex-
aid in her deep affiiction, her high apprecia-
ton OF the services to Canada and the en-
pire Of her late distinguished husband.
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The Grand a rmy ampsnept.

The members Of the citizens executive COM
mittee having charge Of the Arrangement for
securing the Grand Army encampmeut here In
1892 met at Wizards last night and took ecps
providing Tor the necessary printing and other
preliminaries. Gen S. s. Burdett, Gen Rose-
Grams, ex-Commissioner Tanner, Department
Commander Pipes K. J. Beall, A. II. Dinsmors,
j. Z. s. Burger, r. j. Beall, Nathan Bedford
and other q. A. X. men were present aud in
vitcd into the general conference touching the
work before the committee. Arrangement vrrs
made In part for the trip to Detroit Ct The COM
mittee on invitation.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Department Of
the Potomac, met last night 20 consider The ar
rangements Tor their trip 20 Detroit. They 10
in a special car by the way u Watkins Glep ma
Niagara Falls. In Detroit their hesdqusrtsre
will be the First baptist Church.
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AN INDIAN STATESMAN DEAD.

Heart Disease Carries Away W. H. Ross,
the Cherokee Senator.
KANSAS CITY. No., July 2l.-A special from
Tanlequah, Indian Territory, says the CherO-
kee Nation is in mourning for the death of her
leading statesman, Senator W. H. Ross, who
died very suddenly yesterday morning Of heart
disease at his home in Fort Gibson
Senator Ross was half-breed about sixty
eight years Of age and was educated at Prince
ton College By his uncle. Chief John Ross. He
entered public life at the age Of twenty-five and
has held almost every Office in the gift of the
nation, from chief down. He was lieutenant
colonel during the war in the confederate army.
He was a brilliant orator and O leader Of the
national party. All business in this city has
been suspended by proclamation of the mayor.
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MAN HUNTING IN THE SOUTH.
Sam Pullman Caught and Lynched by the
"Best People" Of Shelbyville, Ky.

"Best People, Of shelbyviIIe, Ky.
SHELBrvILLE, KY, July 2l.-When negro
Sam Pullmans assault on Mrs. Thomas Glenn
became generally known yesterday business of
all kinds was suspended and the citizens took
up the exciting pastime of man hunting. The
hemp patch in which Pullman was hiding was
quickly surrounded; every man was armed
with a shooting iron" and every tenth man
was supplied with long piece of rope. By
crawling close to a rail Of fence the negro
managed to elude the vigilance OF the hunts
men: however, and then the party divided it.
self into groups of five and six.
About o'clock in the afternoon Pullman
was captured as he was engaged in counting
ties on the railroad track near Lawrenceburc.
lie was placed in the Jail at that place ana after
nigh'fall Sheriff Long, with twenty guards,
tarted back to Shelby vile with him. crowd
of curious people followed. When the officers
had gotten abou: two and one-half miles on the
road from Lawrenceburg 1.-The best citiGens of
Sheibyville" overlook them and without resist
ance quickly lynched the negro This morning
business Was running smoothly in its usual
channel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21

JAMES EPPs CO.. Hoaaeopsshio Chemists.
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Caught Fire From a Blazing Gasoline Stove.
WATERLOO, Iowa, July 21.-Mrs. F. R. Davis
was fatally burned last evening by her cloth
ing catching fire from blazing gasoline stove.
She ran out in the yard and neighbours wife
and two children in endeavoring to extinguish
the flames received terrible burns.
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CHICAGO, July IA dispatch from Milwsu-
kee nys: A meeting at Elkhart Lake, few
weeks acquaintance and IN slopemsnt termi.
mated in the marriage in this city Of Mis.
Alens Loeb Of Breoklyn and Count Il. r, Won
Butcher. SON Of Prince Butcher Won Wahlstati
and . great grandson Of the old Narshsl
Butcher, who turned the tide Of battle at We
terloo. Tho count, who b twenty-Sour yessu
Of ~, hAs been IN America shout ! rear.
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CANT STOP THE FIGHT.
Minneapolis Governor Says That 1t is Mu.
uicfpal Amir

81. PAUL, July 2l.-About 500 citizens called
on Gov. Merriam this morning to present the
memorial adopted at last nights mass meeting
asking him to enforce the law against prize
hghting in the case Of the announced sparring
match between Bob Fitzsimmons and jim
Hall.
The governor said he had no jurisdiction in
the case: that II was the place of the municipal
authorities to enforce the law, but that he
would today issue proclamation calling attcu-
ton to the fight and requesting that tho law be
enforced
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Arizona's Surgeon General Arrested.

PHOENIX. AaZ., July 2l.--Dr. Scott Helm,
surgeon general Of Arizona and a prominent
practitioner, was arrested yesterday on charge
Of criminal malpractice. His victim will prob
ably die. Last night Mr.. Macdonald, uncle of
the woman, attempted to shoot Helm, but was
prevented by bystanders.
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A BOOM IN WHEAT.
"shorts" Tumble Over One Another in Their
Rush to Cover,

Rush to Cover.
CHICAGO, July 2.-There was q boom in
wheat this morning. Cables were half pence
higher; the amount on ocean passage decreased
2.7oo,oCo bushels the receipts we're 40 car
loads short of the estimates and there was
rain IN the spring -wheat belt where the harvest
has just commenced. dissemination of bull
news stamped the shorts and they tumbled
over each other in their haste 20 cover
their trades. December, which closed at
soy yesterday, opened at S63l and without ma
teriai reaction SOLD up to ss1S. By that time
the short demand had been appeased somewhat
and prices began to sag and ct II o'clock the
market was weak at SIX
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THE sCOURGE AT MECCA.

Nearly -Four Hundred Deaths In Ono Dnv
Among the Turkish Pilgrims.
CAIao, July 2l.-The spread Of cholera is in
creasing at Mecca. There were lao deaths on
Saturday and $50 on Sunday last. The deaths
occurred chiefly among the Turkish pilgrims.
The khedive has issued instructions
that vigorous measures shall be taken to pre-
vent the introductio of tie disease into Egypt
A remarkable feature Of the epidemic is the
fact that not one Egyptian has as yet been at
tackled by cholera.
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GENERAL GRAND COUNCIL.

Royal and Select Master Masons in Session
in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, July 21.-The General
Grand Council of the United States of the
Royal and Select Master Masons is now holding
its fourth triennial assembly here. The body
went into session at high noon. after listening
TO an address Of welcome in behalf Of the state
grand council by A. P. Swanstran of st. Paul
and reply by A. B. Senter of Columbus. Ohio,
who is to succeed Geo. W. Cooley Of this city as
grand master.
About 1o0 companions from every part Of
the country is present. The General Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons begins its triennial
tives
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Real kstas~ nyattxra,

Rosanna Korts has bought fo- -, 500 OF James
Dripps sub +, square 27T-l.eSesl feet, 'front.'
ing IL feet on 18th street between \ and O
streets northwest
Jos. A. Settle has bought OF j. 7. DOYLE Coz
"a, '25.09, lot z. block To- Meridian Hill.