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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-01
SUBURBAN NEW S
ANACOSTIA.

No better evidence was needed to show
that Anacostia has awakened from her long
sleep than the enthusiastic manner in
Which the new year was ushered in. Many
persons paraded the streets. blowing tin
he rms. and. though the innovation was un-
usual. and numbers who had retired, were
disturbed In their SAUNDERS, no one. SO far
as has been reported. became greatly an
gered over the matter.
The watch night services. as the religious
exercises incident to the closing of the old
year and birth of the new are called, which
we're held at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Rev. James McLaren. pastor, in
accordance with a custom extending back
Tor almost a century, were very interesting.
The large auditorium was crowded with
earnest worshipers. large number OF
whom had united with the church during
the year then just closing, and many related
their religious experiences. Hymns appro-
pirate to the occasion were sung. and the
services throughout while simple. were of
the most impressive character.
Appropriate services were also held in
several of the other churches OF the town.
A meeting for the organization OF the
proposed Library Association. to which
reference has heretofore been made in The
Star, will he held tomorrow night at the
Office of Jordan g. Richardson. Already
several buildings which. it is thought can
easily be adapted to the purposes of the
new enterprise have been examined by
those having the matter in charge, and it
Is expected that the reading room will soon
be in successful operation.
A supper and ball which were given
Monday night at Surrattsville, Md, for the
teieht OF st. Marys Church were largely
attended.
A slight fire from an unknown cause &C.
Cured in what is known as the Haunted
House, near Anacostia, night or two
ago. The fire department was called out
but before the engines reached the place
Inc blaze had been extinguished by neigh
borS.
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A Rooster rs q Witness.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
At Syivania, in the county court, last Mon
day, very extraordinary and amusing wit
ness was introduced in a stealing case-the
first Of his kind, perhaps. that has ever ap-
peared In any court house. This was a
Dominic rooster. Two negro boys were
prosecuted for stealing chickens from anoth-
er negro. The prosecutor proved that his
chickens were m ssng. and he claimed To
have identified them In the yard of the ac-
cused. 1t then devolved on the latter To
prove their ownership.
One OF the brightest young lawyers was
conducting the defense, and he very In.
genfousiy introduced i'm evidence the above
Elent toned Dominic rooster, which belonged
to the defendants. in order to how the
similarity IN appearance between Ills roos
tership and the suspected chickens Thi.
rooster was lord OF the barnyard on The
place where the two boys lived. and the
disputed chickens were SO very much Tx,
him, In color and otherwise, that no one
doubted they were his liEeal descendant,
and belonged rightly to the defendants.
the rooster, when put on the stand crow.
ed vociferously. as IL 10 proclaim the limo
cence OF the accused. and furnished youct
amusement to the court.
AFTER hearing all the evidence the iud1.
discharged the prisoners. and told the prose
cutor that while II was perhaps true he hai
lost his chickens, vet he was convinced tbex
had become the prey Of owls or 'possums
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-01
ROCKVILLE,

Mr.. Harvey b. Henley and Miss Annie
L. Everhart, both of Travilah, this coun-
ty, were married in Rockville on Monday
by Rev. S. r. White OF the Baptist Church
On the same day and place and by the
same minister Mr.. David W. Hammond
and Mrs. Minerva W. Benson of Seneca
were united in wedlock
At meeting Of the county commission
ers. held here yesterday. a considerable
amount Of business was transacted. The
following bills were passed and ordered to
be paid: First d!strict-B. J. Sullivan troad
account). sl6SO; Charles E. Alnutt (road).
5000; j. c. Ward (roadD, S59.90; same
(piking). S51.35. Second district-George
f. Baker Gpkins), $40. Fourth district
John W. Horner Fegistration officerD, SIG:
John Exter (piking). $3.50.
In the orphans court Tuesday Spencer
c. Jones. guardian of Anderson Offutt,
passed his third and final account in his
l.. Bentley and Edward N. Bentley, admin
lStrators. d. b. n, C. t a.. of Richard
I. Bentley. dec eased. passed first and final
account of personal estate OF said deceased.
weather the Opera House at this place
was Monday night crowded. the occasion
being the holiday entertainment of the
teachers and pupils Of the Baptist Sunday
somely decorated for the occasion with
evergreens. The exercises consisted of
music. a cantata, and the distribution of
premiums. Those taking part in the can
tata were Superintendent VIM. Penn,
Nfrdie Kingdom, Reeves Braddock, Beulah
Sage. Hattie Edmonston, Vaudia Braddock,
Viola Fowler. Maud Mouidon. George
Davis. Roy Robertson. George Braddock.
Clarence Ahalt. George Emrick and Willie
Prettyman. The following characters
were also represented: Queen Winter,
Lizzie Haney: st. Nicholas EweH Bogley:
Storm King. Amos Ferris: Long Ago, Cliff
ford Robertson; Jack Frost, Ernest Ferris;
green; East Wind. Maud Mouldon, in yell
low; West Wind. Bessie Welt, tan; South
Wind. Mabel Haney. pink: Aurora Boreal-
is. Lottie Davis. blue. pink, yellow and
white; Snow. Minnie Welt, white; Hail,
Irene Steers. gray. with glass ornaments
and tinsel; Ice, Susie Davis, green, with
glass ornaments and tinseL At the con-
tributed by st. Nicholas to the following
pupils of the schools: Eugene Bean, Rich
ard Bean, Willie Bean, Vaudia, Roma and
Reeves braddock. Mabel Shaw. yirdie
kingdom. Berthe Mouldon. Clifford Robert
son. Roger Shaw. Lizzie Haney. George
Davis. Beulah White, Lottie Davis and
Bessie Sage. Superintendent Penn, In be-
handsome books. At the conclusion cornu-
copias filled with candies were presented
to eacn Of the children, after which the
audience was dismissed with the benedic-
tion by Pastor L. r. Melbourne.
The members Of the colored fire company
paraded the streets here yesterday In their
new uniforms and made a very creiitable
appearance. At night they held fair and
festival. Citizens of the town are much
gratified at the interest taken b. the COM
pany for the protection OF the property of
the town.
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4 FARMERS PICNIC.
The Lunch Haskell Not Nearly as Ina.
pOrtHnt AS the Gum.

The Lunch Haskell Not Nearly as Ina
pOrtHnt ms the Gum.
From the Detroit Free Press.
About 10 o'clock in the forenoon I reach
ed a mountaineers cabin ard found the old
man cleaning a long rreled gun at the
door.
Many bears about?" / inquired.
Not a bar. stranger. I'm gittin' ready
to attend a farmers picnic at Glen Cove"
Half a mile further on met a man with
rife on his shoulder, and after the usual
salutation, l quered:
Good hunting about here?"
"Nuthin' tall. stranger. I'm a'takin this
gun to be fixed. 1 reckon I'll tirap down to
the farmers picnic at Glen Cove tomorrer'
roads where there was a general store and
man sat on the platform tinkering with
| the lock Of shotgun. while two or three
others were buying powder and shot inside.
around here today?" 1 asked the store
keeper, as he weighed out my cheese and
crackers.
Reckon not Leastw:se 1 haven't heard
Of anything Of the sort. The folks Is Jest
gettin' ready fur the farmers picnic at
Glen Cove tomcrrer."
1 didn't feel like going into particulars
| just yet, out at 1 O'Clock when I stopped
at a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cabin to make
some inquiries about the road and found an
| old man oilng up an army carbine and his
son molding bullets for an old-fashioned re-
volver. l asked:
Are you getting ready for the farmers
picnic at Glen Cove?'
Exactly, stranger" replied the old man.
Il have noticed many men cleaning
up their guns for this picnic that I want
| to ask you If 1t will be different from the
ordinary picnic?
Why. a farmers picnic. as understand
| it. Is a gathering Of farmers and their
wives ard children in a grove. Each family
brings its lunch, and they eat drink and
| make merry. Isn't that your sort Of pic
| nic?'
wall, mostly. but not quite. Every
| thing will go off like yo' say up to about
| B o'clock In the afternoon. Then that ar
Tom Morrison will suddenly remember that
| that ar Bill Turk he cheated him on a
mewl trade. Jest about that time old man
Skinner will reckolect that his son Sam was
| killed by the Thompson boys, and Dave
White will git to rememberin' that Hank
Trueman beat him on law suit. Shouldn't
| a mite wonder if them five Henderson boys
didn't reckon it was a right smart chance
| to wipe out the Colgates May go OFF like
| A prayer meetin', but 1 reckon it's best to
| be on the safe side
| that afternoon who were getting ready for
! the picnic, and the day after fell in with
| a farmer who was there
Il can't Jest tell yo' all the perticklers,'
he replied to my inquiry. THE shootin' be-
gan about 3 o'clock, and when cum away
seven or eight wounded. It's likely they
| piled up some mo- arter left!"
| 80 you didn't. mix in?''
| mo. 1 lowed would, and was all ready
| to when my son Tom was shot in the back,
| and I had to load him up and tote him
do dcclar' that ar picnic was a powerful
success" 81!
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third man. she believed, was a Russian
who had escaped to this country after i'm
plication in a desperate attempt to assas-
sinate the czar. discovered, happily, in
time Jackson was a mere tool, whose skill
In the manufacture of delicate explosives
rendered him of incalcTlable value to the
others. OF the man who had traced her to
the station she had no knowledge, having
never seen any one who answered to his
description.
OF my own connection with the affair
she was able to give me some knowledge
Two weeks before, after many desperate
attempts. madams brother had succeeded
in abstracting some state papers of great
value to his associates in Washington
They had made every effort to get them to
New York undiscovered. He. however, had
been obliged to deliver them at once to a
trusted messenger, since il was unsafe to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-01

fair-expedient to get me cut Of the way for
twenty-four to4lrf. and to do so without
exciting my sufpfion. After that I might
return. Miss Cutting and her father had
been ordered to escape from the country
within the same Time. as it was desirable
that they, after that time, should not be
within reach o6tise police. Last of all; the
man Jackson. a tool In the hands of the
others, had been experimenting very recent
1y-as shown by his absent eyebrow-in
chemicals Of an explosive nature. And the
third man at the House with Green Blinds,
who had not Sp9ken in my hearing, was
wanted (togethArI for all knew to the con-
trary, with the others), in his own country
to pay the penaity-o of an attempt made upon
the life Of his sovereign
(To be continued on Thursday
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Facts Worth knowing.

Sound moves about 743 miles per hour.
The Chinese invented paper ITO B. c.
The first watches were made In 1746
Rome was founded by Romulus in 752 BIC.
Only one person in 1000 dies from old
age.
An inch of rain means 100 tons of water
on every ,cre.
There are at east 10000, 600 nerve fibers
in the human body.
The thickness Of human hair varies from
the 25Oth to the 60Oth part of an inch:
blonde heir is the finest and red the coars-
est.
The 'seven wonders of the world" of an
cient times were: The Pyramids of Egypt:
Pharos Of Alexandria; Walls and Hanging
Gardens of Babylon; Temple of Diana at
Ephesus; the Statue of the Olympian Jupi-
ter, Mausoleum Of Artemisia ard Colossus
Of Rhodes.
The Capitol Building at Washington. D..
c.. is the largest building Of the United
States.
Pages 1902 and 1O3 are full of Just such
facts as the above. and represent but one
insignificant feature Of The Evening Stars
New Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1896.
Csc. For sale at Evening Star Office and all
news stands
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Mrs. J. Il. Owens. Miss Nellie Moran, Miss
Alice Owens. Miss Lulie Fuller and DIR.
Chas. A. Wells. A tempting supper was
served after the playing. Mrs whiting Sc
cured the first ladies' prize and Miss Moran
the second, and like honors for the gentle
men were won by Mr.. Latimer and Miss
Fuller, the latter playing as a gentleman.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-30
PERSONAL.

Charles zimmerman, jr., of New York,
H. In the city.
Attorney A. f. Battenburg Is fishing for
trout along the f.ehigh.
Mrs &. W. Baker IL spending the week
with her parents, MIR. and Mrs. NJ. Card
ner Of Dickson avenue
Mrs. Mary Chase of Lackawanna ave-
nue., leaves today for Atlantic City, where
she will spend the summsr.
Alderman w. 3. Millar will return Fri
day from his tour of inspection among the
regiments Of the Third brigade.
r. j. Beamish, Mayor Bailey's private
secretary, attended the banquet Of the Lo-
tus club of Carbondale last night.
Miss Carson will speak al the Young
Women's Christian association today at IL
o'clock and at 1880. Miss Howell, Of Ell
mira. will sing.
Presiding Elder j. G. Eckman, Of the
Wyoming conference, will leave today for
Cleveland, o.. to attend the Methodist
general conference.
Peter Mann and John Ettinger will leave
Saturday for Chambersburg to attend the
annual meeting of the state council Of the
Order of United American Mechanics.
They will represent Scranton and Nay Aug
councils respectively.
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WlLLETT.THORNE BENEFlr.
II is Scheduled for Davis Theatre on
SATURDAY, Night.

Willett and Thorne's benefit ON Sat
urday evening at Davis theater prom
ises to be rOusing one. The following
art1sts nave vUtuntgeTtt:- 7f'raney, Nv
ans and Skiff. the Twin Harringtons,
the Columbia quartette, Larry Ketrick
Davitt and Manning, w! x. Alien,
Electric City Mandolin and Guitar club
Leonard and La Mar. Billy Lamont
Peter Schappert, the Morgan children,
John Maloney, O'Malley and Lewis,
David A. Reese, O'Rourke and Cawley,
Joe Murphy.
Everybody should remember Willett
and Thorne. Their comedy entitled
up Town Flat" was one of the very
best ever produced on the Davis stage
Maggie Willett will also be remem-
bered as the soubrette Of the stock COM
pany of two years ago. She has been
a great sufferer the whole of the past
season, passing through two severe
surgical operations: but she is now con-
valescent. a crowded house should
gl eet them.
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REGISTERED TAX sale.
Another Attempt is Going to he Made
to Have One Held.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAM
Sets Forth Why and In What Manner tho
Snics shall b. Conducted-Attempt
to llovo o sale Last lear
Was Unsuccessful

Anothe. n. te1upt to order registereu
tax sale il about to be made. Inquiries
into this matter have recently Deeh
made by councilmen who have taken
the affair in hand, and yesterday re-
port of the condition of this account
was completed by the city treasurers
force. II shows that hundreds or prop
critics owing many thousands OF doiiars
taxes are subject to the sale, which. II II
occurs. will no doubt cause great
commotion among the owners.
AS a great many people, especlaii!
these who always promptly pay their
taxes never have occasion to learn
what registered tax sale means II
might he well to briefly explain. Real
estate can become registered In two
ways. one Is explained by section 10
of the act of 1889:
Section lO-Within five months Of the
time the said duplicate shall have been
placed in the hands of any collector. ne
shall make out and deliver to the treasury
a schedule of all city taxes assessor
against real estate which shall still re-
main unpaid, with brief description ci
the properties against whicn the same are
assessed. and with his affidavit thereto,
setting forth that after proper EFFORT ne
could not find sufficient personal property
out of which the said taxes. or any part
thereof, could be made or collected as pro
vided by law: Provided, however, Thdt
the failure of the said collector to col
the said tax from personal property Wei, Wen
the same could have been collected, shali
not impair the lien of any such tax, oi AZ
feet the validity of any sale made in the
collection thereof: And. provided iurtnri,
That in case any such collector shail make
any wilfully false return he shall be la
ble therefor to any person or persons IN
jured thereby.
TO AVOID A SALE.
The other way is by request of the
property owner and consent or coun-
ellis. This method is resorted to by
people who wish to avoid sale. FIRE.
uuently resolutions are passed direct
ing the city treasurer to register this
or that property for term OF hVe
years. On the face OF it the resolution
indicates that the petitioner is In hard
straits at the time and will settle hve
years after date, when he expects to be
in better shape financially. The true
purpose of the resolution is to prevent a
sale being made.
How some people have proiited by
this registration business is best at
tested by the statement that there has
not been general treasurcr's sale since
1877. The county treasurer conducts a
general sale every two years. The gen
eral sale of 1877 was declared illegal be-
cause the act of 1877. under which 1t
was made. was declared unconstitu
tional Registered taxes have been pill
ing up ever since. and as consequence
the city has outstanding about $4,000
worth Of taxes represented IN the liens
filed against the hundreds Of properties
which have been thus lodging the
taxes.
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wife of the decedent. and the other one
half to his son, Albert X. Detweiler.
An insurance policy of $1,000 in the New
York Equitable Life Insurance COM
pany is divided among his three chill
dren, share and share alike. Another
policy of $1,000 in the same company Is
bequeathed to his wife in care for the
three children. The money is to go to
their heirs after her death II she sur
wives any of the children.
To his wife and son, a. *. Detweiler.
ten shares of stock in the Scranton
Building and Loan association and the
store business, the business of the store
to be conducted by the son and William
Casper, the latter for Mrs. Detweiler.
and in case they cannot agree. the eX-
ecutors will take charge of the store.
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THAT HORSELESS WAGON.
The innocent Cause Of considerable
Excitement" on Dickson Avenue.

Excitement on Dickson Avenue.
The citizens of Green Ridge who
round up in the vicinity of Green Ridge
street and Dickson avenue, are noted
for the interest they take in scientific
affairs. There is scarcely subject of
interest to the world of science that is
not "a familiar topic of conversation in
the Dickson avenue stores where the
citizens gather at nightfall or on pleas
ant afternoons and grapple with knotty
questions of current thought.
OF late Jadwin's hOrSeless wagon has
excited considerable interest among the
Green Ridge oracles. and the new in
ventiOn has been the subject of many u
warm debate. Yesterday afternoon as
number of citizens were passing COM
pliments on the weather in the store
of Groceryman Hughes. they We're
startled by Will Pace, a clerk in the
store, who suddenly exclaimed: Here
boys, quick! See the horseless wagon!"
In efforts to get to the door the crowd
tumbicd over each other. and upon
reaching the porch saw a wagon drawn
by an antiquated mule. In the rush
for the door James Powers. one of the
party. fell over a soap box and broke
his sDeCtaCIes. When Powers found
that his glasses had been sacrificed to
mule witticism, he declared that the
matter was no Joke ana proceeded TO
| wipe up the floor with the form of the
joker.
MIR. Hughes came to the rescue of his
clerk and finally by quiet argument
succeeded in restoring peace. No ar
rests were made, and before the dust
agitated by the hoS8s of the mule had
finally settled upon the patches of the
potato skins that here and there adorn
that portion of Dickson avenue, the
inmates of the store were peacefully
discussing the municipal appointment
possibilities in a normal state of mind.
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The members of Robert Burns lodge,
No. $50, are requested to meet at their
hall on Friday at l.30 p. m. to attend
| the funeral of our late Brother Joseph
| Kibler. Funeral service at the house,
625 Maple street. Interment at Forest
Hill cemetery. Members of sister
| lodges are invited to attend.
o. II. Bedell, N. G.
Attest: Geo. +. Millet. Sec'y. ~
CcyIOn and India Teas.
High grade. SOC. to introduce. ~
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MICHAEL NEARY'S DEATH.
Verdict Of Coroncr's Jury Says That II
Was Accidental.

Vcrdic, Of Coroncr's Jury Says That II
Was Accidental.
Deputy Coroner Pennypacker went to
Olyphant yesterday and held an inquest
in the caSe Of Michael Neary, the
Young man who was killed Tuesday
night on the Delaware and Hudson
tracks. The following jury was em-
panelled: James r. Martin. John X.
Lotus. John Whitney. J. p. Wahl. Will
liam p. Williams. and p. ]. Gillespie.
Young Lever. the companion who was
riding on the coal train with Neary
when he fell off, testified that the de-
ceased was stricken with sudden at
tack of illness and fell beneath the
cars. They were riding on the bumpers
between two gondOlas. AFTER hearing
his story the jury deliberated and re-
turned a verdict of accidental death.
The relatives Of Neary live In Pitts
ton, not Kingston. and his father has
the contract of carrying the mail from
the trains to the postoflice. He went
to Olyphant yesterday and had the
body removed home. The deceased and
Lever came to Scranton on Tuesday in
search of work and failing to find any,
they boarded the coal train on which
they were riding intending to go to Car
bondale.
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SPRING SUITS
AND 0VERCOAIS
a"eD OIIssVVhAV ~
For Men BOYS 0Dd Children

An elegant assortment at prices that
are very low considering the quality,
makeup. etc, is being shown at our
store. Ifyou are thinking Of buying
a Spring Suit cal in and look at our
stock-it will do you good, and us,
too, ,of course. We are almost sure
You will buy-cannot resist
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS.
They Hold a Convention In BostOn on
Junc %.

IuCy 1IOIU u NONVCUtIOu III ISOStOU OH
June 23.
The Protestant Sunday schools of the
United States and Canada enroll about
one-siXth of the entire population. and
in some states as much as one fourth.
This large religious interest Is we'll or
ganized, with an annual convention in
sixty states and provinces, and many
paid secretaries and other means of ac-
tive work. The movement for inter-de-
nominational Sunday school organi-
zation was started about the time of the
great revival of 1857.
Every three years an international
convention is held to oversee the work
las a whole. The next convention is to
meet in Boston on June 49, and will be
of especial interest, in that a new COM
mittee is to be chosen to select the in
ternational lessons