Evening star., 1921-03-20

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ington and
Gold Quartz Found in have actually 4.
South Washington. gold gold 'Nn minss r"s
to a slight extent operated, but with
out producing the yellow metal in
paying quantities. One of the pc
riodical gold discoveries is reported
in The Star of March II. 1871. as fo;-
lows:
About week ago some school
boys picked up some pieces OF white
quartz in the rear of the large col
ored school building on the corner
of 9th and + streets. South Washing
ton. containing gold in quantities
sufficiently marked to give the chunks
value to jewelers. as specimens. and
there has been a demand in cons.
quence that has given quite a spur
to prospecting by the juveniles of
the neighborhood. The point where
these gold rocks are found lis near
an old rubbish heap. and as the
quartz rocks do not belong to the
soil of this part of the city ii is
probable that these chunks are
specimens from gold mines in other
with rubbish by some former owner.
or it may be that they are stones
hauled here for building purposes.
foundations or something of that
kind from Maryland or Virginia. IL
the latter is the case they indicate
richer gold veins in the localities
from which they are taken than have
Yet been discovered in the Potomac
gold mines. Some of these specimens
that we have in our possession would
be considered rich specimens in any
gold mine. The question now is,
when they come"
In the early days of street railroad
ing in Washington it was the custom
to spread straw on
Strau From the floors of the cars
s+-.+ c.r to warm the feet OF
9'Aees oo'' the passengers in
winter. Very often this straw was a
serious annoyance. particularly when
the passengers accidentally dropped
coins into it. In another respect, too.
it was an annoyance, IS noted in The
Star of March Is. 1871:
People who see the loose straw
afloat on Pennsylvania avenue. op-
posite the market house. SO much to
the Disagreement Of that thorough
fare, attribute the nuisance to the
market, supposing that it is brought
on the street from that point. This is
a mistake; the straw comes from the I
street cars and is pulled out by the
feet of the passengers in taking
transfers at the 9TH street junction.
AS the street railway company show
themselves so thoughtful of the pub
lie interests. will they not be so good,
if they insist upon using loose straw
in their cars as to clean up the un-
pleasant litter from the street."
Immediately upon the enactment OF
the statute providing for a terri
torial government for
Territor;aI the District of Colum-
campaign. lower house OF the
legislature and a delegate in Con-
gress. campaigns were started for
these offices. In The Star of March
Is. 1871, is the following item:
The campaign for the first cleo
tion in the District Of Columbia un-
der the territorial act of delegate
to Congress and twenty-five members
of the lower house of the legislature
is now fairly opened. The demo-
Gratis and conservatives held meetings
in all the legislative districts last
evening and elected five delegates
from each district to the convention.
which meets next week, to nominate a
candidate for delegate to Congress.
Mr.. r. T. Merrick is the choice OF a
majority of the delegates elected.
The republicans held meetings Mon
day night and last night in most OF
the districts and organised district
clubs for the campaign, and meetings
will be held in the remaining districts
for that purpose tonight"
In a later issue of The Star 1t was
noted that the names of A. c. Rich
ards, Judge Fisher, A. G. Riddle, Col.
lector Boswell, Register Cook, Fred
Douglass and Gen. Darlington were
being mentioned for the republican
nomination.