The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-25

ridge, the latter was made Landscape Gardener
Of the District ofColnmbia, and Mr. Smith was
promoted superintendent of the Botanic Gar
dens, and has filled the position intelligeutly
and acceptably ever since. He is also
Chairman of the Parking Commission of the
District. f@as
The Potomac River in the vicinity of Wash
ington was stocked with carp several years ago.
more by accident than any other way. 1t hap
pened during one of the severe freshets which
occasionally takes place in the Potomac, and the
carp ponds in the Washington Monument
grounds were overfowed, and thousands of the
young fish escaped into the river Carp angling
| has therefore become favorte pastime of many
Washington anglers, and every day the wharves
| along the river front are lined with fishermen.
4 The bait used for carp is wheat dough mixed
| with raw cotton, placed on small hooks, as the
carp is member of the sucker family and
swallows hook, bait and all. carp was
caught recently which weighed nine and half
| pounds.
Crowds Of people assemble along the line Of
| the Pennsylvania and tho Southern railroads
which use the Pennsylvania tracks in South
Washington to witness the arrival of carloads
of luscious watermelons from the Southern
States and their departure for the North by
ast-freight lines. Considerable excitement
was caused the other day when a railroad EN-.
ploye announced that rattlesnake six feet
long had crawlcd from one of the melon cars
and escaped in the grass. A short time ago
great horned lizard was captured near the
railroad track, which had evidently journeyed
from some Southern State in a melon car.
~.
The name of Mrs Stonewall Jackson, Of Lex
ington, Va, was inscribed on the register Of
the Metropolitan Hotel, in Washington one
day last week. The widow of the remarkable
General, Thomas J. jackson, still retains the
ubriquet which is coupled with her hug
bands name in the history of the great civil
war. No Southern lady is more esteemed for
her womanly qualities by the people who fol-
lowed her husbands lead in battle than Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson.
At regular meeting of Lincoln Post, 8, Dc.
partment Of the Potomac. GAR, on Wedues-
day evening, Aug. II, Past Department Com
mander Capt. James M. Pipes was presented
with a handsomely bound set of Appleton's
Encyclopedia as token Of his efforts in fur
thering the interests of the Grand Army of the
Department during the year he was at its head.
The presentation speech was made by Depart
ment Commander Dinsmore, and responded to
in an appropriate and feeling manner by Capt.
Tnta chacr oil do nv
Comrades O'Farrel, Bickford, Thompson aud
Others Comrade Walsh, the man who pushed
a wheelbarrow from Michigan to Washington
to attend the National Encampment, was pres
ent with his barrow.
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Up to this writing tho striking trainmen in
New York State and the convict riots in Ten
nessee have not resulted in any interference
with the United States mails but the officials of
the Postoffice Department giving close at
tention to the matter in both sections, and will
be ready to act when it becomes necessary. It
is stated that mail trains have never been de-
layed more than couple Of hours beyond
their schedule time, even in times of the great
est excitement during former railroad strikes.
A few words of explanation and advice from
the authorities to the strikers have been suffi-
Gent to remove any embargo against the run
ming of mail trains, and in nearly every in
stance the strikers themselves have furnished
protection to the members of the mailtrain
crews. If there should be any forcble inter-
ference with the mails of the United States,
the United States Marshals would be looked to
to afford protection.
MONTHS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.