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Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. 1879.
GENERAL BUTLEE's PERSONAL TAX IN THE DIS


TRICr OF CoLUMBIA-REPLY TO DEMAND


FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.


The distressing subject of personal taxes. pro-
voking to the average citizen of these times has been
brought home to Congressman. and to General But
Ter in particular by the action of the District Com
missioners here in proceeding against the General
for the payment of his personal tax resident of
Washington. It appears the Commissioners notified
General Butler that his tax about $4,000 worth Of
personal property for the year 1873 unpaid and
notice was also given him to to the collectors
Office and settle. This rather astonished the Gen.
era and in reply to the demand Of the District Com
missioners he addressed them letter. follows:-


am not resident of the District of Columbia
am not subject to the laws of taxation. / am sent
here by my State to represent it. and il cannot have
the convenences of life about in the District of
Columbia Of course won't come; and cannot have
them here If Ihave to pay taxes second time after
having paid taxes upon all my personal property
in my own State. as the personal property fol-
lows the person AS this is an important question of
personal right and it is in dispute there need be
no difficulty in adjusting it in this way: either
you, after making demand, bring suit or arrange
with me and will turn out property enough for you
to dstrain upon and then either repevin it get
injunction against your proceedings and try the ques
ton. pray you do not think make your duty
dsagreeable II it il your duty you ought to do
it, and am certain you do not do anything to one
who does not desire to evade his taxes, it legally
sessed which will be disagreeabe to him any more
than the nature of the case requires.


The letter to-day referred to the District At
torney for his opinion. and it is thought he will de-
eide that the General is not exempt from payment of
the tax as he hasa house this city, the furniture
Of which he does not remove to Massachusetts when
he goes that State. but allows to remain here all
the year round. Should this be the decision issue
will be Joined. General Butler suggests. and tho
case 60 to trial.
Year: 1879

A three story tenement house, 1913 Gold
street, South Boston, was entirely consumed
by FIRE ON the 18th. The house was occu.
pied principally by Germans, nearly all of
whom were asleep at the time the fire broke
out, the flames making such rapid headway
that before those in the upper stories could
descend, all avenues of escape were cut of.
Mary Huldreth was burned to death. Fer
dinand Mayruth jumped from the roof OF
the burning building and was killed. His
wife, Emily, aged %, jumped from the third
story window with her son. The woman
had leg and arm broken, and was other.
wise injured and the boy was badly hurt in
the spine. The body of man, supposed to
be Christian Fifer, was found in the ruins.
A young woman and two children known
to have been in the house at the time are
missing and are probably burned. The
damage by the burning of the house is about
5000.
Year: 1879

child at the naval and cut a cash extending
upward about four inches, from which the
bowels were protruding. The child was
found in a sheep barn about twenty rods
from the house, where the murderer had
first tried to hang him, and failing in this,
cut his throat, as above, and then thrust him
under the manger. The murderer, after
completing this devilish work, coolly walked
into the house and changed mis- clothes and
taking the embarrassed horse, fed. The
country is being secured by an enraged
community.
Year: 1879

The steamship City OF Toxic having on
board General Grant and travelling party,
reached San Francisco on the evening of
the goth. The city was profusely decorated,
tho people turned out en- masse, and alto
gether the ovation was the grsndest ever
witnessed on the Pacific coast
Year: 1879

Private sdvices have been received at
Little Rock, Ark, of the discovery Of very
rich lead mines in the vicinity of Spoon.
vile in Clark and Hot Spring counties. 1t
is found near the surface in great qualti.
ties. One man melted sufficient ore to
yield 500 pounds of metal over q common
Ere, and sold it at Arkadelphia.
Year: 1879

Special to the Evening Telegraph.


WASHINGTON, July lS.-The speech
Of Secretary Sherman at Philadelphia, in
which he took occasion to advance
anOther step in the announcement OF
himself as a Presidential candidate, has
excited a great deal of comment here,
and his more intimate friends question
very much the proprlety Of his using his
Official position so notoriously in that
direction. Some of them do not hesitate
to declare that, in the face of the Presi-
dents civil service order forbidding any
Federal official, meaning the highest as
well as the lowest, from using the pat
ronage of the Government in furthering
his political aspirations, this course OF
the Secretary is regarded as at least rep
rebensible. There is also considerable
comment upon the junke ting which tour
the Secretary has set upon, osteDsibly for
official purposes, but in reality to further
his political plans.


They state that an electivneering tour
In United States revenue cntter will
not make very favorable impression OF
the public mind, and the powder burnt
In his glorification at the Government
expense is not calculated TO help thu
Sherman boom.


The subject, in fact, has even attracted
attention In administration circles, ant
1t is admitted that the action of the Sec
retary is not wise in his own interest
not speaking of the material it gives tn
Democrats Ior campaign thunder.
Year: 1879

One of the largest firms Of brewers in
New York has made contract with q
Parisian to supply him with two hundred
thousand francs of lager beer. 1t is un-
derstood that number Of establishments
for the sale of this beverage are to be
opened in Paris. The beer is to be kept
almost ice cold and full glasses are to be
given to the customers. The initial ship
ment HIS already left New York on tile
France.
Year: 1879




One of the first things preparatory to
touse-cleaning is cleaning it Of all
wooden fabrics that are of value only as
carpet rags, and thus removing attrac-
tions to moths. Then drawers and
trunks and closets are overhauled and
put in order, curtains are taken down,
cleansed and put away till the cleaning
is over. Then the reign Of the brushes
begins, the scrubbing. brush, the dust
brush, the kalsomine-brush, the paint
brush, each in turn or together drag our
unwilling souls and bodies captive at
their chariot wheels. Each room in
turn is invaded by one or more of them.
But we welcome their coming almost as
gladly as we bid them farewell, for what
q delicious sense of cleanliness follows
their departure! Beds and bedding
must have their share of attention. Bed
steads are taken apart, washed and put
together again, for the dust that turks
in beds and bedrooms contains pestif-
erous germs that are easier destroyed
when they seem to be mere dust. Some
fine day in the late spring or early sum-
mer all the blankets are gathered to-
gether and washed in suds soft with
borax and made with soap entirely
guiltless of rosin, and then scalded in
abundance of clear water and hung in
the sun to dry. Comforts are rolled in
a bunch, tied loosely with twine, and
scalded and rinsed. Thus tied they can
be handled without breaking the tack
ing or quilting. Quilts are treated to
similar cleansing. A washer and
wringer makes the renewal of bedding
a very easy matter. If repairs or in
crease of bedding is required, spring is
the proper time to attend to these mat
tiers, and then the whole subject may be
dismissed from the mind for a year.


Vermin Of various kinds may be de-
stroyed by scalding water, hot alum
water and insect-powders. Reaches and
Croton-bugs may be exterminated by
the persistent use of equal parts of pow
dered borax, Persian insect-powder and
powdered colocynth well mixed togeth-
er and thrown in their way. Vermin
that infest cellars may be kept at bay by
the free use OF copperas in the white
wash applied to summer walls. Stains
on hard-finished walls may be scrubbed
off with pumice-stone. Tobacco and
other stains may be removed from mar
BILE by covering it for few hours with
caustic lime moistened with washing
soda, then rinsing and securing with
strong soap-suds and stiff brush, after
which it should be rinsed and rubbed
dry with cloth. For cleansing all
painted surfaces ammonia water is the
proper thing, and for vanished and
grained surfaces cold tea. Soiled car
pets may be renovated by being first
taken up and thoroughly shaken, then
swept and tackled in place again, then
scrubbed with ammonia water or oxgall
and water till every spot is out of them.
Windows and doors should stand open
wide till they are dry. BOok-shelves
treated to rinse of carbolic acid and
water will not harbor the book-louse.-
NeD York Tribune.
Year: 1879

The Best Family Newspaper,


Publishes both the religious and
secular news that is desired in any
family, while all that is likely to
do harm is shut out. 1t devotes
four pages to religious news, and
four to secular.


The New York OBSERVER was
first published in 1923 {; and it is
believed TO be the only instance
OF Religious.News confirm
its even course for .ftty-sir wars.
without a change of name. doc
trine, intent, purpose, or pledge
from the date of its birth.
Year: 1879

Rogers, the taest man in the crew, is brother of
previous boating experience Fitzgerald will act
their coxswain.


The full programme for the fall regatta has not
been arranged, but it is hoped that there will be
tered Dunham club crew in addition to those
named above; also that there will be the customary
single scull race, which is ordinarily one OF
the most interesting of the events. While
the have bcen working Captain Rogers
has watched them. and has notified several
that week from Monday next work will be begun
in the gymnasium and will be continued until
spring, when the University crew will be selected
and put hard ut work up to the time Of the with
Harvard. The expected "coach" will have full
charge Of the details OF training and will pay
especial attention to the stroke Sorae of the class
practicing between nine and twelve O'Clock
A. NJ. while others doing their work between
two and four p NJ The average stroke ia about
forty per minute and rule IL is taken naturally.
All the classmen on the qua rire and understand
that the regatta means something in behalf of uni
versity as we'll as class honor, xs heretofore.
Year: 1879

Fuller, Collins and Keller members of the
University eight OF 10. the former being the stroke
Guernsey worked for while for position in that
1t is thought that between this class and the
seniors there will be very interesting race.


THE SOPHOMORE CREW. Z
The sophomores have several of the men who,
year ago, beat the freshmen tscientifcs and one
(storrs) is university man. The the toll
lowing
Year: 1879

The second annual fall prizo meeting of the New
Jersey Rifle Association begins to-day at Brin-
ton range and will continue till October 4. The
gramme contains eleven events that Of consider
able interest to both military and small bore rifle
The prize list comprises number of pre-
minms for good Workmanship to tho value of
Year: 1879

THE FRESHMkH GREW.
The which to bc doing the hardest
work is the freshmen and it is whispered that they
will surprise the other crews. Should they do
well is anticipated it is thought that they will
keep together all winter preparatory to trying to
arrange u race with the Harvard freshmen next
lowing
Year: 1879

From the San Francisco Call, Sept. 23.]


In . further conversation with Call reporter last
evening. Colonel Frederick Grant. upon the inter-
oceanic ship canal project being broached that
as yet his father had received PROPOSITIONS to take
the presidency OF the Nicaragua Company. and even
il he did it was not probable that he would accept
them. Speaking Of the Panama route. the reporter
said he understood from French engineer, who had
recently returned from the Ishmus that tho aluval
lands near Aspinwall would be almost insurmount-
able obstacle to the building of ship canal there.
Tho Colonel stated that his father AZ we'll US him.
SELF believed that this soil could mover be controlled
to render ship canal there practicable AS for
Captain Eads' marine railway the Colonel thought
that entirely impracticabe. His father. he said.
had fine opinion of Captain Eads and his ability
would be d success. The General did not pretend
to be ON engineer, but as an army oficer he know
something about engineering, and formed his opin-
ion from what he knew Of the Panama route and the
obstacles that lay in the Of ship canal rail
way. For ten miles out Of Aspinwall there was
no foundation on which to build railway that
could carry ships. The ground was soft deposit.
which permitted the roadbcd to sink, and as bed
rock was some three hundred feet beneath the sur
face it would be o gigantic work to sink enough
himself the Colonel believed that the Nicaragua
route proposed by Captain Wyse was the only prac-
ticabe In relation to his fathers trip to Ore
gon, IL having been stated that the General would
not make it. Colonel Fred said that he would, but
the date not yet settled. The General had de-
present greatness had been thrust upon him. Mrs.
Grant wished to forego the Oregon trip, being de-
sirous to return home, but the General he thought
would overcome her objections. The General had
accepted an invitation to dine with Senator Sharon
at Belmont the 9th. after his return from Yose-
mtn
Year: 1879




The brief dispatches received in this
country have no more than limited at
the suffering in the coal mining regions
of the United Kingdom. There have
been many complaints of the depression
in the staple industries OF England, and
the horizon has long been obscured by
the doubt and gloom; but no great in
dustries have encountered more singular
vicissitudes than the coal trade Of that
country, and the last FIVE years have been
scarcely less eventful than any period of
corresponding duration in its history.


When it is known that reliable estimates
gives the colossal sum of fully Sl2S,-
300, 900 as the difference between the
earnings OF the whole body of miners in
the year 1873, and last year, the won
der will be that We have not heard more
rather than less of the distress and pri-
walton by which this remarkable yaria-
tion has been accomplished Miners


wages in England have long been
undergoing continuous process Of low.
ering, but worse even than this it is in
most districts impossible to find regular
employment for the very large number
OF n.rn engaged IN the trade, and hence
Year: 1879

escape was James Rheal, 22 years of age, and possessed of enormous strength. He was somewhat more defiant than the others, and the Warden deoiied to have him padded. He was expected to make some resistance, and on the evening of April 19, 1877, all the keepers available were ordered to assemble in the guard room. There were torty-five of them present, and the room was packed when Rheal was brought in. He had not been told that he was to be punished in this way, but the moment he saw the array of keepers he knew what was in store for him. Turning to the Warden he said:

 "'Are you going to paddle me ?

 Yes" said the Warden, very short ly. Strip, sir, and got on the block.

 "'I I am not going to make any resist ance, for there are enough men here to eat me; but this is not lawful, and you have no business to do it, and, so help me God, I will kill the man who paddles me-

 "He was soon 1ashed to the block, and the punishment was begun. As each blow fell he bit his tongue and made no sound. At the end of the first ten blows the Warden bent down and, looking into the prisoners facs, said:

 "Do you feel strong enough now to kill anybody, my man ? and these words and action he repeated several times while the punishment was in progress.

 "After eighty.f five blows had been dealt the physician said that the mans strength was failing, and the hogging must be stopped. The lashings were accordingly thrown of, and the prison er's face was found to be as pale as death, and bathed in precipitation. He was unable to walk alone, and had tc be assisted to his cell. There he wal chained to the floor.

 In the spring of 1877 an ignorant colored convict had been up stairs to see the doctor. When he came down ht waited for the gang to which he was at tached to go past, not knowing that they had already gone out. A keeper asked him what he was doing there, and h, said he was waiting for his gang. Th' keeper pushed him toward the guard room, telling him to wait there; but tn prisoner, who feared that they wer going to paddle him, resisted. He wa dragged violently into the room, lashe, to the block, and given fifteen blow without any opportunity being af forded him to make an explanation When his object in waiting 1n the pas sageway was afterward explained, one c the keepers laughed and said, If tn fool had told us that at first, he woul have escaped being p lddled l"
Year: 1879

The kidneys and bladder, sometimes become torpid and weakSfrom unascertainable causes. When this occurs, their discharging function is of necessity very imperfectly performed, and certain debris, which is the result of natural bodily waste and decay, does not es- cape as it should, but remains to corrupt the blood and develop poisonous humors and dangerous as well as painful diseases It is one of the beneticent effects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to gently stimulate the ur- nary organs, and prevent them from lapsing into state of inactivity, always provocative of their inflammatory degeneration and de- cay. How much better, then, is it to adopt this mild diuretic as means of melting them to action, than to incur the danger of this de- struction. To eXpel from the system waste matter through the bowels and kidneys, and to regulate and arouse the stomach and liver are among the chief uses of this valuable remedy,
Year: 1879

BAD MILK.-Sixteen persons in Brooklyn were recently made ill by the use of milk purchased at a grocery store. Analysis and examination failed to dis cover anything poisonous in specimens of the milk. Itwas suggested, however, that as the milk was pretty we'll watered, the water may have come from some impure source, and the illness thus resulted. It is fact mentioned in this connection that there are three thousand milk dealers in Brooklyn, and only one inspector employed in the work of detecting adulteratel milk.
Year: 1879

No man can do good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, doctor patient, or write good article when he feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady nerves, and ,none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by q little Hop Bitters.-N. 1T. Union.
Year: 1879

SINGLE TREES have been burned in America in log heaps which, cut into veneers. would sell for more net cash than the wholo farm where they grew. When our forests are as we'll treated as those of Europe few trees will be cut except by advice of forest engineer.
Year: 1879

Two Highlandmen, Killed in primitive
order, dropped Inadvertently into an
Episcopal chapel On Sunday and seated
themselves in comfortable pew. 4
beautiful symphony was struck up by the
organist. At that instant a gentleman
came to take possession of the seat, and
elvilly laid his hand on the shoulder Of
one Of them and pointed to the door
"Hout, tout, 'cried the Highlander; tax
out Donald there; he be 3 far better
dancer than me.
Year: 1879

The eulachon, or candle fish (Ina'-


eichthys pacif an inhabitant of the
Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Brit
ish Columbia and northward, is wor-
thy Of a place among the curiosities
of the animal kingdom. It is a small
fish-about fourteen inches in length
and in appearance resembles smelt'
1t is the fattest of all known fishes /;
and, in fact, the Indians use it in the


dried state, as candle On touching
the tail to the fire it burns with q
bright fame till the whole 10 consumed.
More usually, wick of woody fibre il
passed through the body of the fish
from end to end to insure continuous
combustion. But the candle-fish is
also employed as an article of food,
and in spite of ITS fatness-indeed, on
account of its fatness-is highly es-
teemed by the Indians as a warming
food for winter. For this purpose
they are dried and smoked in the
Spring, and then packed away. So
preserved they are eaten whole, or the
oil is tried out and eaten as butter.
The take is usually very large, aud only
small portion is dried and smoked.
The remainder are piled in heaps till
partial decomposition has set in; they
are then packed in large boxes and the
oil pressed out. This oil is also used
as food, and it is said to be not alto
gethcr intolerable to the stomach of =


civilized man. The appearance Of the
frst shoal of candle-fish in March is
greet by the Indians with extravagant
demonstrations of joy. 1t is their


Easter Popular Science Monthly.
Year: 1879

Here is q shoe shop. One man in
the shop ia always busily at work dur
ing the day-always Industrious. In
the evening he goes courting a good,
nice girl. There are five other men in
the shop who don't do any such thing.
They spend half their working hours
in loafng, and their evenings in dissi-
patton. This first young man by and
by cuts out from these others and gets
a boot and shoe store of his own. Then
he marries this girl. Soon he is able
to take his wife out to ride of an eve
ming. The five laborers, his former
companions, who see HIM indulging in
this little luxury, retire to neighbor-
ing saloon and pass resolution that
there is an eternal struggle between


labor and capital.-[Robert Ingersoll.