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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

rested for the larceny Of two dresses, was
given ninety days in Jail by Judge Kimball
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
The FlimAam Game Successfully Worksi
by Sharper.
A Woman the Victim to the Extent
of 97-Other Interesting
Items. IlaR2

The ''fimham" game was worked here
last evening successfully. Miss NJ E. Mix
Ter was the victim, and the worker" al
Beau Brummel in appearance. The fruit
of the effort was 81. The man entered Miss
MiXter's fancy store at 1919 32d street with
hfteen 81 bills and an addressed and stamp
ed envelope in his hand. and requested that
she give him s. and SO bill for his ones
as he desired 20 mail the money in as small
a bulk as possible. Miss Mixter had but
one s. bill in the draw, which she gave
for five ones. This the fellow put In his
envelope. Then he requested that she give
him two ones for their equivalent in silver.
He showed over hurriedly, though, but seven
quarters and nickel, and apparently
placed the additional greenbacks in the en-
velope. Miss Mixter then discovered that
she was 20 cents short, ard spoke to the
man. He affected great surprise, and re-
quested all the money back, that he might
acquaint party across the street who had
just given it to him with the mistake and
told her to hold his addressed letter until
MS return. He went out, and with him
Miss Mixter's money, the envelope he had
left later proving a stuffed one. The lady
waited long time for his return, and then,
becoming suspicious. took what had been
left her to the station. What had appeared
money-green through the thin letter cover
hue. The escape was complete. Last Sat
urday a dealer on the same block was
''fimf1ammed" in the same way out of 81
The Falls Church Electric Road.
The stoppage of work on the line of the
proposed electric road from the Aqueduct
bridge to Falls Church Just when things
appeared booming in that direction created
so much concern here that DR.. L. W.
Richie, a railroad enthusiast. wrote re
Gently to President Chas. 8. Hinchman Of
Philadelphia relative to the construction.
Mr.. Hinchman replied in substance that
the line would be built within six months
from the raising Of a bonus Of $4,000 to
be deposited in a mutually satisfactory
trust company, to be paid only on compile
ton of the road from Falls Church to Ross
Ign and the installation of regular passen-
ger and freight service. The bonus 10
deemed unreasonably large. and In all
probability will not be raised.
Dropped Dead on q Cannl Boat.
On Tuesday evening Henry ]. Ensminger.
one Of the oldest canal boat captains on
the Chesapeake and Ohio course. dropped
dead while on his boat. Heart disease
was the cause. Death came near dam No.
6 unheralded. Captain Ensminger, who
was sixty-six years of age, was an old
timer on the canal highway and Of wide
acquaintance.
Property holders on T street between
32d and 35th are complaining Of the con-
dition Of their roadway and sidewalks
These are the only unimproved blocks,
| with few exceptions. in Georgetown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Sleeping in the Capitol Grounds.

Edwin Rocket, a young man who has
been in court more than a dozen times,
got drunk last night and went In the Capi-
tol grounds to SLEEP off the effects of the
liquor. He had not succeeded in fully re-
covering from the effects of the intoxicants
when Policeman Schulze found him. The
patrol wagon was sent for and he was
locked up.
When tried in the Police Court today on
a charge of trespass he had no recolIec-
ton of last nights occurrence, and Judge
kimball fined him S or fifteen days in
Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Sunday school Union.

The executive committee of the Sunday
School Unicn of the District Of Columbia
will hold a meeting in the east parlors
of the First Congregational Church, cor
ner 10th and G streets northwest, on Mon
cay evening, September 9, to hear the re-
port of Mr.. Jerome F. johnson on the re-
cent international meetings of Sunday
school workers at Chautauqua, together
with brief reports of some of the conven-
ton committees, and for such other busi-
ness of the union as may need attention
All persons interested in the work of the
union are invited to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
A Badly Damaged Face.

Last night about $50 o'clock there was
a fight on N street northwest between 4th
and 9Th streets between two colored men,
William Parker and William Semley. When
the police appeared the fight was about
over, but Parker was arrested and Semley
was sent to the hospital. At the hospital
the doctors found that the patients face
was painfully cut and his nose was almost
severed from his face. The wounds were
dressed and this morning he appeared In
court with his head and face almost COM
pletely covered with bandages. Counsel for
Parker demanded a jury trial and the
case went over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
MARRIED..

GARRISON-CLARK. On September 4, 1895, in
this city, WILLIAM NJ. GARRISON and LAURA
Y; CLARK, both Of Dumfries, Va, by Rev.
W. IL. Gotwald.
GREGORY On September 4, 1895, at 2
pm, by the Rev. Father Walsh. MATTHEW
ington, u. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Changes at Fort Washington,

A change has occurred at Fort Washing
ton. Md. Ordnance Sergt. Joseph Suds-
burger, who has had charge Of that post
under the orders of Maj Davis of the
engineer corps. has been transferred to
duty at Fort McHenry, Nd, and Ordnance
Sergt. Joseph Burns, now stationed at that
post, has been ordered to duty at Fort
Washington, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Hoy's Case Goes Over.

Robert Hoy, the hotel keeper, was in the
Police Court today on a charge of having
used profane language at the base ball
park yesterday. Lawyer Clark, who ap-
peared as counsel in the case said lie was
present when the arrest was made, and
said he thought the conduct of the man
who made the arrest was outrageous The
case went over until Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Improving the Delaware and Schulz
Kill.

Secretary Lamont has issued an order
authorizing the city of Philadelphia to pro-
coed with the work of improving the Della
ware and Schuylkill rivers. The city has
undertaken to spend S225.0OO in deepening
the channel along the Range and removing
portion of Schooner ledge, in the Della
ware, and in deepening the channel along
the mouth Of the Schuylkin, but it was
necessary under the law to secure the Sec
retary's permission before the work should
proceed. This was given with the under
supervision Of the United States engineer
in charge of the district, and that the earth
removed should be deposited within a GER
tain designated district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Chnrred with stenling a BUGGY.

William Stanton, the colored man recent
ly arrested on charge of stealing buggy
from Mr.. Hugh Waters, was arraigned in
the Police Court today on a charge of
grand larceny. He plead not guilty and
waived an examina ton. The case was sent
to the grand jury and the prisoner was
committed to jail in default of $500 secur-
ity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Drummer Boy of Fredericksburs.

Past Commander Daniel Williams of Lin
coin Post. No. 3, Department of the Poto-
mac, enlisted as a drummer boy when but
a little over eleven years old. At meet
ing Of his post last night Comrade Will
lians was given the title of 1.-THE Drummer
Boy Of FredericksburS.''
The courier., 1895-01-12
THE NEW DANCES.

The history of dancing interesting showing does that
the ancents placed high value form Of exercise and
there ceremonies religious rites antiquity which
there not dancing Egypt acrbes herself the origin of the
art being invented by the Egyptian Mercury who observed that
the music used in the sacrifices to the body
motions He took thence the by directing the motion of the
feet to the artificial dance That invented
his being depicted with wings shoulders
and heels He taught the people to it religion and this
further illustrated from the practice Of the Israee their dane
ing before the golden calf.
The Bible which contains references dancing des
cribes how Miriam placed herself the head Of the Of Israel
and led the maidens in their dance
Plato sad Other animals want the OF order and disorder
but for having the gods
sweet and delightful and they have taught
musical and the several kinds OF dancing
Dancing favor the gods and Apollo bears the title
OF 1.-THE dancer the Pnda while in Of the works Of
Homer he playing upon harp dancing the
time
When Handel asked point out the peculiar taste Of the
different nations Europe he ascrbed the to the French
the sarabsnd the Spanish the area italian and the horn
pipe to the English.
The jig the srahspy and the reel all be said be national
The Highland fling Scottish surely the sailors
hornppe English America-wse in her adaps
little from dance but has that be called national
The courier., 1895-01-12
THE COURIER

representative called upon Mr. Frank Kbbe his academy
found that gentleman giving lesson to some ladies.
insucting them the Amsterdam, dance by Dods
and will the will idea
OF dance The graceful dance which followed resebed the
oxford mnaet but spirited in ts evoutions
will be popular this
season."
That hard Mr. Kbbe answered II give the
whether they will be popular with the
people Very often the dance which to the
certain upon the public mind Here
dances which being taught school First
the Amsterdam sanctioned by the prestige Of the 400 it's
gnal New ork Next the Varsity composed by Prof Davis
of Toronto Canada; the Varsouvienna Waltz avotte Kaiser
National Quadrle the Mazreda and the waltz Oxford by
OF Ann Arbor The named waltz already
captured the fancy Of dancers and become
What the popular dances such the Bon
Ton' Oxford Minuet and the Military Schottische? -
They quite dead for that OF dances fall
popular favor like the songs OF q day."
"ow about the two step? Will be danced this season.?
Yes but will only last two. when will be dropped
again. The nothing than the old fashioned gaop
there is only slight change in the music"
where do the dances orginate?"
They usually studies dancing The East
conservative and little for anything beyond the waltz
and polka These Dances which last seldom
far beyond the nit OF the school, where they their purpose
excellent discipline" e"-Kansas city Ball Room.
The courier., 1895-01-12
SOME OF LABOUCHBRB'S APHORISMs.

Anmosity is the mother OF invention
Anything for quiet lie.
All men are especially
Little lies have long lives
Lie and let live.
First detest and then detract
Society is paved with bad regulations
Every best known his the
who knows him least
Look not good lie in the mouth.
Three women and liar make a slander.
No lies gossip.
Since the fall we all fall, but fall their feet
Slanderers always above suspicion.
Never listen to two sides OF storythe second story spo
first.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28
DIED..

On Friday, Feb. 10Th, 1895, at her
home, on Muddy Creek mountain, this
county, Mrs. JENNIE THOMAS, aged
about 2G years.
On Tuesday, Feb. Goth, 1895, at her
home, i'll Lewisburg, of consumption.
Mrs. SARAH RAINEs. relict of the late
Cyrus Raines, aged 7G years.
On Friday, Feb. 22nd, 1895, at his
home, OH Muddy Creek mountain, this
county, of diabetes, Mr.. Thomas
THOMAS, aged about rs years.
On Saturday, Feb. 23rd, 1895, at his
home on Muddy Creek mountain, this
county, of a complication of disease.
Mr.. WIN. Roach, aged SIS years. He
WAS an industrious. honest, upright
man.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

Hon. MATT w. RANSOM, of North
Carolina, was nominated by the
President, on the 23rd inst, as Min.
lister to Mexico to succeed the late
Hon. Isaac p. Gray. The nomina-
ton was promptly confirmed by the
Senate. Gen. Ransom has served in
the U. s. Senate for more than
twenty years. He is a courteous,
polished, estimable gentleman, Pc
culiarly and naturally fitted for
diplomatic service.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28
Executors Sale Of
Real Estate.

DC RSUANT to authority vested in
Il me 10y the last will of John Liyesay.
deceased, | will offer for sale, at puhlic
aucI ion, To the highest bidder, in front
OF the Lewisburg Hotel, IN the town of
Lewishurg, W. Va, on
Aonday, the Isl day Of april, 1895.
that certain tract Of $50 acres of land
situate about one mile southeast of the
town OF Frankf0rd, Greenbrier county,
W. Va, adjoining the lands of A
Brlnkley and the home place of said
iiVesay, and known rs the Williams
tract. The county road divides this tract
INTO TWO parcels, one OF about 80 acres
ana the other about $50 acres. The I.nd
VIII hrst be sold in these two parcels
aud then as II whole, and whichever wav
realizes the largest amount will Le
adopted as the sale.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash in hand to pay expenses OF sale
Tor The balance II credit OF q. - and ~
months will be given. the pnrchaser
executing bonds with good secmritr
WIN interest from date. and the titIs
VIII be retained, until all the nnrchsse
money Is paid, as ultimate secnritw
III. A. WALLACE
Executor OF John Livesay, des,d.
Feb. 2S-tds.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Is not
the perfect man of mark. We grant
that his second administration has
been a party failure. He has given
the Democrats some terrible thumps,
he has been deaf to the howl of
populism and has kept the Republic
cans in towering rage. But as
President he has shown more stub
born honesty of purpose, more indi-
viduality and strength Of character,
and has been more emphatically and
actually the President of the United
States than any other President
since Abraham Lincoln Wetzel
Democrat.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

DIED OF HEART FAILURE
Fred Douglass, the noted freedman,
died suddenly of heart failure, at his
home at Anacostia, near Washing
ton, on the Goth inst, aged rs years,
leaving his second wife, a white wo.
man, and two sons by his first wife,
surviving him. His fortune is esti.
mated between 81 90, 600 and 5000, OOO.
Douglass was born slave i'm Talbot
county, Maryland, in 1917, his
mother being slave and his father
white man. He was educated in
the North, and during his long and
eventful career held many important
public positions. He was the most
conspicuous man Of his race in this
country and was an orator, writer
and lecturer of more thar ordinary
ability. His body was taken to Ro-
chester, N. Y, for interment.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

FIST AND SKULL.-On the 22nd,
in the Colorado State Senate, Sena.
tors Mills and Rease, engaged in a
personal encounter on the floor, in q
quarrel over the appointment Of a
liar, whereupon the latter hurled a
paper weight at his antagonist, strik.
ing him in the side. Mills then
sprang at Pease, but was met by the
latter's son, committee clerk, who
gave the Senator three blows with
his fist, cutting a cash in his face
and blackening his eye. They are
both Populists and should have been
allowed to pop away.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

Mrs. w. ID. BOHANNoN COM
mitted suicide at Luray, Page
county, Va, recently by taking some
kind of patent pills. In a drawer a
letter to her husband was found,
saying" this is my work; did it
myself! She was daughter of
Congressman Harris, of Kansas, and
in July last ran off with Mr.. Bo-
harmon and was married. They
had lived happily together and no
cause is assigned for her rash act.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

WALTER G. Hammer, for 20 years
the trusted teller Of the First Ma
tional Baak Of Lynchburg, Va, was
arrested in that city, on the 24th,
charged with embezzling S25,OOO Of
Banks funds.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

THE Legislature refused to appro-
pirate anything for a State exhibit
at the Baltimore Centennial in 1897,
but appropriated $4,000 To buy addi-
tional ground for the Governors
mansion
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

CRIMINAL CHARGES Mr.. Brady,
Of Ohio county, made vigorous eff
fort in the House of Delegates, on
the 18th, to amend the cigarette bill
so rs to force each county of the
State to pay its own criminal charges
and allow each county to retain its
taxes collected on licenses. The
present law operates unequally as
between the counties. Kanawha
county pays into the State Treasury
about $4,000 and draws out for
criminal expenses about $4,000
Fayette receives from the State over
200, while it pays in less than
$1,000. A similar showing might
be made for Mcdowell and Mercer
and possibly some other Counties
On the other hand Ohio county re.
ceives from the State something
over So, 900 to pay criminal charges,
whilst she pays in as tax on licenses
over $4,000. 1t is no doubt true that
there would he a large decrease in
these criminal charges if each county
was forced to bear its own expenses,
and the proposition of Mr.. Brady Is,
therefore, well worthy Of mature
consideration.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

The failure of the Legislature to
pass bill to re-arrange and increase
the judicial circuits in the State, was
a great blunder that cannot be reme-
died now except through the sub
mission Of an amendment to the
constitution of the State by the next
Legislature. This is what will have
to be done, for the business in many
Of the circuits is now so great that
the judges cannot transact it.
Charleston Mail, (Rep.)
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

EN-GON. PATTIsON was badly
beaten in his race for Mayor of
Philadelphia. The Quaker City is
not yet ready for reform i'm its mu-
nicipal affairs. She needs Il Park
hurst
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

A PROTEsT.--Last Thursday, in
the House Of Delegates, Mr.. Staple
ton, Republican, from Parkersburg,
had entered on the House Journal a
vigorous protest against the extrava-
gance of the Legislature. His pro-
test, however, was unavailing.
Much of the money spent for use
less clerks and pages was nothing
more nor less than inexcusable waste
Of the public funds.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, of the
New York Herald, offers $4,000 to
the writer of the best serial story to
be published in the Herald; three
thousand dollars are offered for the
best novelette,; $4,000 for the best
short story, and $1,000 for the best
epic poem. The object of Mr.. Ben
nett is to encourage American au-
thors and if possible to bring out the
great American novel.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

TIE TALL SYCAMoRE.-Senator
Dan Voorhees, is breaking fast. With
his stopped figure, his sobriquet of
"Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" is
not so fitting as it used to be. The
Indianian is really in very bad health,
and he seems to have been deprived
Of his good spirits which used to
make him a most delightful com
panion. He has no political future
to look forward to, and in his pres
ent shape it will be hard on him to
go back to the active practice of law.
His great forte was as a criminal law
yer before jury, and as such he had
few equals in the country. During
the years that he has been in the
Senate he has not saved cent. His
pocketbook is always open to his
friends.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28
The Bill Fails.

The Republicans failed to get
through their bill to rearrange the
judicial districts of the State. They
insisted upon the passage Of a grossly
partisan gerrymander and thus got
nothing. The Democrats offered to-
unite with them in the passage of
fair bill, but no, they must have their
bill or nothing. The bill had easy
sailing in the House of Delegates,
where the Republican majority is
very large, but in the Senate they
could do nothing without the aid of
the Democrats, especially with Tom
Davies, Republican, and Lockney,
the Populist, against them.
The Wheeling Registers Charles.
ton correspondent tells the following
Of the attempt to coerce the WEIGH
man:
Messrs. Dayies and Lockney have
steadily refused to support the bill.
They have been importuned and
pleaded with, but they remained OBJ
durate. An attempt was made TO
coerce Mr.. Davies, but the attempt
was Il dismal failure. For the pur-
pose of inducing the Senator from
Fayette to agree to vote for the Judi
cial bill, the bill establishing the pre-
paratory branch of the West Nir-
ginia University at Montgomery was
passed; but the pushers of the Judi
cial bill were chagrined to find that
Davies was still holding out against
their bill Notwithstanding the fact
that the Montgomery school bill was
passed against the good sense and
Judgment of nearly every Republi.
can member.
Mr.. Brady went over to the Sen.
ate, approached Mr.. Davies, and told
him that if he did not vote for the
judicial bill the Governor would veto
the Montgomery school bill. Hav.
ing said this, Mr.. Brady started back
to the House.
Mr.. Davies was furious. He rar
after MIR. Brady and caught him il
the corridor. Placing his big ifs
under his nose, he told Mr.. Brady
that he would see him in the bottom
pit of hades before he would vote 70,
the judicial bill. He defied Mr.
Brady, the House of Delegates, tn,
Governor and the whole State O
West Virginia. Senator Davies at
tracted big crowd, eager to ascer
tain what the racket meant.
Mr.. Brady was becoming NOR,
conspicuous than he desired, and al
soon as he could excuse himself from
the Senator, he took shelter in tn,
House of Delegates.
There is war to the knife between
the representatives of the miners anc
their Republican brethren i'm the tw,
houses, and this incident places tn,
judicial bill beyond all hope O
success"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28

GEN. w. G. MCBRIDE, Republi-
can, was elected United States Sena-
tor from Oregon, to succeed Senator
j. n. Dolph, on the 23rd inst.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28
New Advertisements.
Sale Of Real Estate

DU RSUA to the authority in me
Il vested by deed of trust, executed
to me by Emmaline Hull and Andrew f.
Hull, dated Oct. 18th, 1887, and re-
corded in the Clerks office of the
County Court of Greenbrier County in
Deed book, No. 3S. p. 524, and beng re-
quested so to do by the beneficiaries
therein, l shall offer for sale, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front
OF the l-ewisburg Hotel, in the town of
Lewisburg, w. Va, on
Saturday, the 23rd day of March. 1898,
at IL O'Clock NJ, that certain tract of
$50 acres of land, in said deed de-
scribed, situated about one mile
mile from Failing Spring, Greenbrier
county, w. Va, adjoining the lands of
ko. w. Renick and the late SamI Kin.
caid.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash III hand OH day of sale. The IT,
Tie Is believed to he good but selling as
trustee shall convey such title as is in
me vested.
JOHN A. PRESTON,
req. ZS-4w. Trustee.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-28
VI a RRGElD.

On Sunday, Feb. 18th, 1895. at the
residence of the bride, in Monroe
county, bv Rev. +. p. Freshman, MIR.
OWEN j. WHILE and Mrs. HARRIET
JUsTICE-all of that county.