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SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

Several days ago several toys, on mis-
chief bent, left their homes, and, after ira
versinS Jefferson street some distance, dis
covered that there was large quantity of
juicy fruit in the orchard of Col. Pitts
property There were 10 dogs to disturb
their quiet munching of apples and peaches.
but before they had finished one of Col.
Pitts workmen appeared, and the boys took
to their heels. The affair was reported 10
the local police and information filed
against James Dixon, William Owens, Joe
Drummond. Clarence Trusley and Albert
SayeTs, and warrants issued for their arrest
Miss Helen Brown of Church Hill, Nd, and
Miss Fannie Love of R-isterstown, are the
guests Of Miss Mary Davenport, on Maple
avenue.
The choir boys of Emmanuel p E. Church
will soon have completed arrangements for
their annual outing. This year they will
obtain quarters ct the hotel at Piney Point
and spend week or two on the water
front
The subcommittee representing the citi-
Gems who met at the mass meeting called
yesterday upon the District Commissioners
and formally presented their application for
a hose carriage and several hundred feet of
hose Commissioner Ross has assured
President Buckley of the Citizens Assccia-
ton that everything will be done by him to
give Anacostia'what she needs. In a EDITION
to the request for fire protection, the COM
mittee also requested better police facilities
Citizens Of Twining City have petitioned
the Commissioners for better police facili-
ties also.
Some new facts concerning the robbery at
Suitland on Sunday right have been brought
TO light On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. William
b. Nerce left their home near Suitland and
left in Charge of the horne a colored man
servant They returned that night to find
everything scattered about in the various
rooms and their tIUsted servant nowhere
TO be found. Upon further investiga ton. it
was discovered that razor a crepe shawl
and several sn aller articles had disappeared
at the same time. Mrs. Nerce had some
money in the house. and she Immediately
went TO See if it Was missing. Everywhere
II was apparent that efforts had been male
to find the money. Furniture was cut to
pieces and upset, and the lower doors Of a
Washstand had been forced open. Had the
thief been more systematic in his search he
might have found the treasure, for it was
under the washstand instead of inside. put
fortunately for Mrs. Nsrce. her money was
not found. She came to Anacostia and re-
ported the robbery to the Anacostia police
and yesterday the affair reported at
police headquarters.
The colored element have commenced
their annual camp meeting at Garfield.
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GAITHERSBURG.

While handling ties at Clopper,s s+,,,o,
On Thursday Mr.. VIM. Ricketts, met VIII
painful accident by having the fingers of
one h&nd nearly mashed off II will he
weeks before he can resume work.
Annie E. Miller Of Burnt Mills has hoe,
granted pension by that department of
the government.
Mr.. John s. Larcombe and family Of
Washington are domiciled at the handsome
Residence of Mrs. Annie Trundle
Mr.. Thomas p. Bolani of San Antonio
Fla, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. a. III.
Baker. at Germantown.
Miss Florence Blunt of Goshen has estab-
Gshed a dancing school here with large
patronage.
Saturday afternoon the Gaithersburg
Ideals met the Unity Base Ball Club in
very interesting game at Unity, resulting
In their defeat. Score, 6 TO D.
John W. Langley of Kentucky and Joseph
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A Pardon Granted.

The President has granted a pardon to
Theodore G. Arnold, convicted in the Dis
trict Of Columbia of murder, and sentenced
April 8, 1893, to Imprisonment in Albany
penitentiary for four years and six months.
Ihe application, for pardon in this case was
indorsed by the President as follows:
Granted. This convict has been impris-
oned more than two years, including the
Tune he has been in Jail prior to his convic-
tion. While the facts directly involved in
the case do not present reasons for inter-
ference, l have determined to pardon the
pnd IN the beilet that ms ulsPos,;2 ,
ment he has already suffered will answer
all the purposes of reformation, that his
wife and daughters are deserving of SYM
pathy and that opportunity is offered him
for redeeming himself in honest employ
ment, which is awaiting him.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-SrORY FRAME
House AND LOT. IN ANACtSTIA on
FRANKLIN STREET, NEAR THE ANACOSTL,
STREET CARS. CHANCE FOR \ CHE NJ
NOME TO ne SOLD 10 HIGHEST BIDDER
WITHOUT RESERVE.
f:y virtue of Il certain deed of trust, recorded In
li,rr 10. 1901, folio 3iS ct seq. of the land
record II the District of Columbia, will sell
~ i'an..c auction, in frunt II the promises. al
N4I.f-rAST FIsE O'CLOCK PM, on TUESDAY,
1lE THIRTY -FIhST DAY Ol' JULY. A. ID. 1854
AL that piece parcel Of land situat ted and bei;,
in the District Of Columbia, and known and d.
s,rihr,l the soutterly 'ns-!ialf, fronting on
Franklin street. by The WIDTH Of lot Numbered two
lhLiicd and twCnty-Cnc t22ll. in that sl division
Of part OF Chichester, recorded October 81. ISS III
look County NJ. q, folio 49, of the records Of the
Surveyors Office of sud District together with all
AID singular the arpdrten,nces rights, privileges.
improvements and other her,daments TO the
Ierms Of sale: One-third OF the parch ,sc money
a. % paid in cash, and the balance in one an!
two years, 20 ! = represented Ey t. of the
purchaser Fearing interest 1T the rate Of per
cent per aIIum from day of sale. payable semi
annually. secured By deed Of trust upon the prop
cTFy sod, or all cash. at the oiton of the lur
chaser. A deposit Of 500 required at time of
sale. All cuutr!ancinc and recording at the cost
Of the purchi ser. Terms OF sale TO he co;iIli.,
with within if,cen days from date Of sale, o,acr-
wise the trustees serve the right 10 resell Ut
the risk and of the dcfauting purchaser.
hV" days nn,lce of such resale published in some
newspaper Of Washington, ID. &.
IS-lAC l.. JOHNSON
ALEXANDER ABRAHAM.
Hi3-codNds Trustees.
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LEARNED IN FROG LORE.
Nebraska Man Who Makes Money
Raising Batrnchians for Market.

"A Sreat many people are familiar with
methods of raising successful crops on
farms that are under cultiva tion but fea
possess knowledge of profitable inves smcnts
IN crops raised under water Nat WetZe Of
Kansas city Is an authority on the latter
He is Interested in several extensive frog
farms in Missouri
The most successful frog farm is nat
ural lake. said Mr.. Wetze!, to a reporter
Tor the Omaha Bee. The great trouble
win froS ra!sers is their desire to make the
lakes too Picturesque. A pain, everyday
body OF water without improvements is the
best. have one frog farm OF fifteen acres
in Missouri. 1t was originally stocked with
Lotto frogs for breeding purposes, and the
results were most gratifying. FROGS should
De Tour years oil for breei.ng. Pat them
In the farm in the spring ami you w III fiui
crop OF young frogs in the fall. The frc.;s
OF the nrst crop are not ready for the mar
ket until they are one year old These
frogs are caught AMI Their les sid as an
epicureIn del.cacy at prices ranging from
cents 70 Si.JD per dozen.
ne increase in demand for frog le--s has
mace farming of this kind popular and
pr0i,taoie. Inere are many ways to catch
the frogs for the market. Some spear them
ana others use target rifles with success.
bat the best method is to bait hooks with
piece OF red flannel Frogs are fond of
req ana grab ii wherever they see it,
frogs nave more sagacity than they are
creiitei with possessing. | firmly believe
mat tnev have a language, and it would be
gool deal better for Prof. Garner to de-
vote his attention to the articulatiye nny
ers of the American Freq instead of wasting
MS encrgies on the African monkey. They
certainty nave signals or cries of warnin-
Mhen danger IS near as l have fully tested
Frogs. like ducks. will become acTustomaJ
10 being fed AMI line up on the eige OF IN.
lake Waen farmers make practice of fed
ing them cOrnmcal. There are several fl 1ur-
istins frog farms within the corporate lin
its of Kansas City"
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THREE CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.
Found Dead I'm n Freight CuhoOsc I'm
Hartford. Conn.

Raymond. nine years; Leroy. seven wears.
ana Freddie. four years old. children of
James w. Canton, of Hartford. Conn. a
locomotive engineer on the New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad, who have
Teen missing since Thursday afternoon.
when they went to bathe in the Connecticut
river, were found dead at s O'clock SIM
cay morning in the closet of a freight ca
bose standing on side track near the
roundhouse. not three feet from their home
After numerous searches for two days
Chief of Police Bill ordered the freight cars
and railroad property searched, and two
policemen were drawn to the caboose yas-
terlay morning by the smell of decomDos-
ing flesh. In the trainmen's closet shut by
spring lock, they found the three bodies
entirely nude and badly decomposed The
inquest by Medical Examiner Fuller dis
covered no evidences of foul play and he
gave a verdict of accidental death by as
phyNiation. The caboose was newly paint
ed and the children went in to play, a pack
of cards being found in the closet 1t is
supposed they closed the door and could
not open it. and soon suffocated in the
Sitting hot air of the narrow inclosure
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DUNCANsON BROS.. AUCTIONEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF A HANDSOME THREE.
STORY AND CELLAR BRICK AND SHINE
DWELLING IN THE NORTHWEST 81, -ri,,\
OF THE CITY. KNOWN AS PREMISES No
1902 TWENTY FIRST STREET.
BY virtue OF "a certain deed OF trust, dated the
LIST day of November. A. II. 1850. and recorded
among the land records Of the District OF Coluiu
Liber 1888. folio xsl ct seq. and at the reau,st
OF the holders Of the notes secured thereby we
will offer az public auction in front Of the premises
ON TCESDAH. TIE SEVENTH DAY OF All
GUST. AID. 1894, AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM
the following described Property, situated in the
city Of Washington. District Of Columbia TO WIT
Uses known and distinguished as and heinr lot
numbered thirty,two t32 in Rrainard H. Warner
subdivision OF the east fifty five tSS) feet of
original lot numbered ~ in square numbered
sixtyscve "ia. us per plat in Liicr L. folio ioI
OF the records OF the Surveyors Office OF the Dis
trict of Columbia, together with The improvements
thereon.
This property will he sold subject 10 n deed Of
trust for $1,000. dated November lSaN and
due November I. 1898. with interest thereon pava-
bic semi-annunlly. at q Per cent per annum
Terms Of sale Onc-ihird Of the Purchase money
over and above the iIcumhrance above referred 20
10 he paid In cash an the l,alance 10 be Maid in
two equal instlllmeEts, respectively. in one and
two years. secured 10y deed Of trust ul,on the
property sold. with interest. psyalI" r.ni- annually
at the rate OF per cent per annum. all cash
AZ the option Of the purchaser a deposit Of $500
Will be required at the time ~ safe Sale 10 be
closed In fifteen days from day 81 sale. otherwise
the property will he resold at the risk and cost
Of defauitng purchaser after five days adver-
ington, ID. e. Convevancing at cost Of purchaser
LOFTS n. WINE. Trustee.
CLARENCE n. RTIFTM. Trustee.
E25-d&ds o16 81. NV.
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WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO., AucrroNEERs.

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE UNEMPLOYED
IRoiERTl, KNOWN AS A PART or A
TRACT OF LAND CALLED RESI- RyEY OF
LETTERS. Mill SEAT LATED On THE
MAR kRiGHTwooD. IN THE DISTRICT OF
by virtue Of certain deed Of trast. bearing
date on the 18th day Of May. AID iS.3 and re-.
corded in I.iher No. 1911. at folio rs ct seu one
of the land records District OF Columbia ana
at the request of the holder of the notes secured
of er hS prs M fs on II as Sue'S1 in
TENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. lSo4 AT
HALFPASr FOUR OCIssK PM the following
described real estate I'm the county of wa,hinyton
and in the District OF Columbia. 10 VIII: ssr,
of the land called -Hesurvey Of Peters Mill
Seat beginning for the at the northwest
corner of The lot conveyed to Rehecca II. Bealle
In the east line OF 9Th street Rad. thence with
the north line Of her lot :. s5z. degrees E. ~
percAes to- the eastern line OF the said tract
thence with said line n. 10 degrees W. % So 100
grees w. 2loo perches. thence leaving said
outlines \. S3a. degrees W. 20 perches TO the
aforesaid 'th street sead thence with said road
:. degrees w. % 4-l"0 perches. thence s o..
d"srces W. IL 3-loo perches to the place Of be,
ginning. containing fifteen Of land
Terms of sale: l-3 of the purchase money TO be
equal installments in one. two and three wears
from the date of sale. the notes of the purchaser
TO lie given for the deferred payments, hearing
payable semi annually. and TO he secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold. all cash. al
the option 81 the purchaser. deposit OF $500
Of sale TO be complied with within fifteen davs
from day Of SALE the trustees reserve the rigi,
to resell the property at the risk and cost Of the
defaulting purchaser after five days ADVERTISE
of Columbia Of such resale. All conyeyancing ana
recording at purchasers cost.
JOSIAH ". VALE
teed&is Tns,e:.
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SoUTHERN RAILWAY.
IIEDAIANT Alp TINE.

49, Schedule In Eject July I. 1894.
All trains arrive and leave al P.nnsylVania Pas.
senger Station. Washington. u q
S.p am daily-LoCal for Danvilie aud intcr-
ilelate stations. and connects Al IyBchiurg With
Tue Norfolk AMI Western railroad west ward. dsilv,
siid at MANASSAS for Staslurg, daily. except sun
day.
ll;o1 am, TIE GREAT SOUTHERN FAST
MAIL Daily. operates Pullman Buffet Se,-Is-rS,
New l"Ik and Washington via Charlotte" and Co
iuhilh 10 savannah aud jacksonville. uniting at
thafl"tte with Sleeper for Augusta. also cag,ies
through Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York To- Afant-
S"m ~. with connections for New orleans. Con-
NJ ~, AT Atahta Tor birmingham, Ala, Columbus
4:i5 p.m-Daiy fo- Orange and intermediate
statlhs. and through train for Front ROYAL and
s',aSi1rs' daily ,xc,ld Sunday.
ERN NESTiilLED LIMITED. composed Of Pull
man Nestihul'd sleerers and Dining Cars. via
hail"'te ana Columbia TO Augusta. savannah,
jacksonville and Tampa. carving Pullman Sl,..ler
Sleeper New York to New Orleans via Atlanta AMI
M"ntsomery, New York Ashevill. Via Salisbury,
Mashingt"n 10 Memphis via birmingham. aud
Washington TO Augusta via Columbia. Dining Ear
Greensboro 10 Mont geometry
TRAINS on WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIM.
SION leave Washington at $40 am. daily. 70
only for Round Hill. and l32 pm. daily. except
sunday. for Leeshurg. and GA pm. daily. for
lieriidon Returning. arrive Washington = 80 m. q,
$3.50 pm, daily. from Round hin, s3I m.
m. daily. except Sunday. from Herudon only.
Through trains frum the south arrive Washing.
ton .:l3 I'm. 2.2o pm. and $50 pm. Manas-
sas DIVISION -" am, daily. except Sunday, and
Tickets. Sleeping Car reservations aud inforna.
tion furnished AT offices 3ll and 1900 PeuiiSyir
mia avenue. and at Passenger station, PennSy Iva.
mia Railruad. Washington. u. {.
W. ii. GREEN, Gen. Man
w A TURK, Gen Pass Art
L. s. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept. ju2
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BROOkLAND.

Extensive prepa rations are being made at
the Catholic University for the reception OF
Bishop Keane, who left Rome on Monday
for home. DR.. Henry Hyvernat has arrived
from France ard a half dozen more of the
faculty of the university are in their old
quarters. This week about thirty sisters
from ST. Charles College are expected to
arrive, and a retreat with its solemn OBJ
servances will be begun.
Mr.. Edward Phillips of the patent Office
tas just eompietei and novel into his hand
some new residence On the Riggs road near
Chillum, being in. the Stott subdivision OF a
part of Chillum Castle Manor.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Barton. Miss Merle
Barton, MIR. and Mrs. 7. c. Carmick and
Master Edw ard Carmich are soiourning at
Coitcn's Point, ST. Mary's county Nd
"A merry company of young folks from
Brookland and University Heights enjoyed
straw ride to Forest Glen on SATURDAY.
evening and a dance upon their reaching
That pleasant resort
Baptisraal services were held in the Queens
town Baptist Church of Brookland Sunday
evening, the candidates icing MIR. William
dackett and Masters Willie and Frank
West, sons of Rev. X. r. West.
ME Christiancy, son OF the late Senator
Christiancy, is spending the summer at the
home of Mr.. William III. Stalee of Proyi-
Gence street.
Mr. ard Mrs. Robert Ridgway and Mr..
Audubon Ridgway have returned TO Brook
Iand from an extended outing at Point
Lookout, Md.
Messrs- Hetfeld, Armstrong. Quinn, Nc
Gee and Capt Banner returned On Monday
from a trip TO Colton's Nd.
MIR. John NJ Schwatka last evening ten
dered his resignation secretary of Brook
lard Lodge. l. o. o. F., on account of bust
ress engagements. and Mr.. George B. John
ston WAS elected to nh the vacancy
Next sunday evening communion and
Christening services will be held at the
Brookland NJ. E. Church Anna Hollidge
ana Bessie Bret have made the best record
Tor attendance at the II. E. Sunday school
anu nave been presented with handsome
oxford Bibi-s- The roll of honor consists of
Anna Hollidge. Bessie Bret. Florence Lii
Han owens, Randolph Owens, Sadie A
owens Lola Owens, Mary Rebecca Hollidge
Harry Park Hollidge. Homer Malone Nettie
Beulah Gudgin and Hattie Helen johnson.
Ihese young folks will be presented with
handsomely engrossed certificates as a re-
ward of merit.
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HAGERSTOWN,

Rev. NJ. Rhodes, DID, of ST. Louis Mo-.
has been selected to deliver the beneficial
address before the general Lutheran synod
TO be held in Hagerstown in Is9,
MIR. Calvin Wilmer of Washington is here
TO attend the funeral of Mrs Catherine
Wilmer. widow of the late BENJAMIN Wit
mer. The deceased, who has one of the
largest family connections of any one in
this county. died at the advanced age of
eighty-three years. ten months and twenty
days.
Mrs. Josephine Foote Fairfax widow of
the late Rear Admiral Fairfax and for
whose benefit the United States Senate has
Just passed bill granting pension of s.O0
Per month. is resident of Hagerstown.
Mary NJ. Hartle has been appointed post
master at CEewsville this county, succeed
ing George r. Dahlhammer. removed.
NJ. Harry s. Wise of Hagerstown has
gone to Washington to attend the wedding
of his sister.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris. daughter Of Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartoris, who is at the Blue
Mountain House, is the guest of Miss Helen
Beckenbaugh, Potomac avenue
Farmers are in the midst of threshinC
and WASHINGTON county will show an i'm
mense Yield of wheat Melvin Soessard of
near Chewsvtlie has threshed 1900 bushels
and has 1,GO yet to thresh. Peter Middle
kaun of Paradise has threshed his crop re-
ceiving 1000 bushels. George H. Cook of
Antrim has 1900 bushels of wheat Which, no
raised on sixty-eight acres of land N T.
Horst threshed from fourteen acres an aver
age of forty-five bushels of wheat In The
aCre.
Prof. Richard II. Alvey. son of Chief Jpdg.
r. III. Alvay Of Washington and wife 81
the MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL College: who had
been visiting here, have returned home
Miss Nellie Grimm of this city has re-
turned home from an extended visit to
friends in Washington. W
Mr. Lewis Pennell of Washington is visit
Ing Mr.. L. A. Rowe at his cottage at tbe
Summit. - TIC
Among the latest arrivals at the Pine
n0untaln House of Washingtonians are tbe
following: w. w. Burdette and wife AIine
T. Burdette and Horace II. Burdette
At he age of seventy-nine years caox
Shyuer' prominently known in agriculturaI
circles and residing near Kemn.s LIN az
dead. Hiiii is
Miss Adelaide Staley. a very in,arss,,,,
young lady twenty-three years of age d.
on Saturday near Falling Waters Of 3,1, ,Iea
.;S;n sEe has relatives and friends re-
sidihs IN Washington and Baltimore
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FUTURE. DAYS,
BY DuNCANsoN BROS, aUCTIoNEERs

RIiSrFE.S' SALE OF FOUR NEAT AND AT
IN GEO;;t;n.ToNN -. G.. KNOWN AS pREAl-
lSES Nus. 1tsJ3. 1861. 1868 AND 1868 VAL
LEY STREET. EXCELLENT PROPERTY FOR
INNEsrMENT.
by virtue of a certain deed of trust dated the
fourteenth day of June. A. II. 1898 and recorded
auL'ly the land records of the District of Columbia
l'cr bS2I, folio LIS ct SEQ. aud the request OF
the holders Of The notes secured thereby, we will
offer at Public auctioa in froat Of the promises on
WEDNESDAY,. THE EIGHTH DAY of AUGUST
A. u, 1891. AT FIVE O'CLOCK L. NJ, the follow
ln- described property, situate in the city of George
town, District OF Columbia. 10 wit: All those GER
tam pieces and parcels Of land and premises know
and distinguished and being sub ots numl,cr red
twenty two t22l To twenty five l,l. both inclusive.
Of william III ManogGe's subdivision of lart Of
slrarc numbered hundred and eleven ull,.
GroIgetown District of Columbia as said Mai is
recorded IN the Office OF the sgrvcyor the Dis: r.t
q; columbia in Georgetown subdivisions No - mage
., together with the improvements thereon.
Terms cf sale: Dnc-thii of the purchase money
I" he paid in cash AMI the balance to he pail In
two equal nsial!mrnts respectively. in one AMI two
rrty sold, with interest. payable semi annuallv at
the option II the purchaser l..,,ost of Sre will
he required ut the time Of sale Sale 10 he ,L.s.,l
in fifteen DAYS from day of sale otherwise tbr
PROPERTY viii Ice rrsod at the risk and cost Of de-
flultn. purchaser after five DAYS adYcr; ;scr, N,
~ somc newspaper pll'lishcd in Washington D. {.
ConNeyHncins ut cost Of purchaser
Elt Is H. WINE Trustee
CLARENCE IL. RHEEM. Trustee,
81 m N