The National tribune., 1892-10-20


A delegation Of citizens residing along New
York avenue between Ninth and Thirteenth
streets northwest last week waited upon the
District Commissioners and requested the re-
movsl of the parking and trees which have
| become an ineumbrance to the beautiful street.
| The beauty OF the avenue was destroyed when
| the street railway was allowed to lay their
| tracks in the center of the parking, and the
| property owners now wish to have it removed
| so that rapidy-increasing travel can be accom-
modated.
Two boys were playing marbles in front Of
the Force School Building on Massachusetts
| avenue one day last week, when two colored
lads came along and snatched up their marbles
One of the boys was named Philip Sheridan,
and he was the son of the Hero of Winchester.
With pure Sheridan blood in him, young Phil
started after the colored boy, who was much
larger than he, and, oyertsking him. struggle
ensued, after which the youthful Sheridan
picked up his books and started for school, with
his marbles in his pocket.
"a
ST. Matthews Catholic Church, one of the old
Washington landmarks, situated at the corner
of Fifteenth and Ii streets northwest, is to be sold
and a new building erected. A lot has already
been purchased on the north side of Rhode
Island avenue near Connecticut avenue, with
$50 feet frontage, for which 100000 has
been paid, and plans for the new church edfice
will be made st once. The new church will
be credit TO Washington, and it will far ex-
coed in architecture, size, and beauty of design
any church structure now at the National Cap
itaI
Mrs. Cccelis Lulley. who died in Washington
on Monday. Oct 10, was the wife of Maj. NJ.
Lulley, who came to the United States on the
man. Of war Mississippi which was sent by our
Government 10 convey Kossuth to our shores.
Her husband was an aid on Kossuth's staff,
and took refuge in Turkey, where the family
remained for considerable time under the
protection of the Porte. The whole family
came to this country on that eventfal occasion,
in the year 1851, aud have resided here ever
since. During the war Maj. Lulley rendered
valuable service to our Government in special
capacity under Immediate direction of Secre-
tary Of War Stanton. Mrs. Lulley leaves six
sons, three daughters, and 16 grandchildren.
Ex- Gov. William NJ. Stone, Acting Commits
soner of the General Land Office, has rejected
the application of tho Brule River Railroad Co.
10 select 10000 acres of land in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan, and has directed the
Register and Receiver of the Land Office at
Marquette, Mich, to receive entries therefor.
This action OF the Acting Commissioner will
be good news for the settlers as it relieves from
suspension a largo number of homestead and
other entries and applications which have
been pending before the General Land Office
for many years Other applications for selec-
lions by tho Brule River Railroad Co. are now
in process of adjustment by the General Land
Office.
For some months past swindling commission
merchants in Washington have been doing
thriving business it is alleged, by using the
United States mails, and postal detectives spe-
cial agents will make another vigorous effort to
break up their game. Their mode of swindling
is 10 send through the mails to producers prices
current containing bogus figures, placing the
price of particular products which the parties
addressed supposed to be interested in far
above the market rates, thus inducing the pro-
ducers to send their goods to the merchants in
question: who never make any returns TO the
senders, they having no standing in Washing
ton. 1t is thought this practice will now be
broken up.
An assault was comm tilted upon ono OF the
keepers of the female department Of the Dis
trict Workhouse last week, which will lay the
injured man up for repairs for some time. He
was going the rounds by himself, locking up
the inmates for the night, when some disorder
in cell containing three colored women at
tracted his attention. While attempting to
suppress the disorder one of the women
picked up a heavy iron spittoon and struck
the keeper in the back such vicious blow
that three ribs were fractured. She aimed at
his head, but as usual with females her aim
was bad, or the keeper would probably have
been killed. 1t took three men TO drag her
from the PROSTATE keeper.
So
Comrade L. +. Blair, 14th Ohio battery, of
Auburn, n. Y, visited our Office last week.
He has a relic of the battle of Shiloh in the
shape Of about four inches OF the muzzle of an
Enfield rife, with niiniebullet imbedded in
it, which was picked up off that bloody battle
field shortly after the action. Comrade Blair
was detailed in the Ordnance Department after
the battle, being q mechanic, to assist in re-
pairing the arms gathered at Shiloh, and COM
ing across this musket he cut of the end with
q saw, put on n new sight, and the weapon was
again ready for use. He put this end in his
pocket and has kept possession Of it since.
Comrade Blair says that what astonished him
most was the fact that an ounce of lead would
penetrate quarter of an inch of the best steel.
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| The United States Civil Service Commission
| made public last week that blank book had
| been sent TO O Postmaster in Michigan by men,
! bers OF the Republican State Committee, with q
request that list of names, with former politi.
| cal affiliations, be made by the Postmaster.
/ They also say that such requests have been
made by political committees not only in
Michigan, but elsewhere. They state that scr
vices of this kind are clearly political services
and render them contrary to postal laws
! They therefore L" feel in duty bound to inform
this Postmaster and all POstmasers and postal
and other public employees in Michigan and
elsewhere that the Civil Service law expressly
provides section 2, second division, subdivision
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