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11 I 11 110 MORE ASPHALT. The City Engineer Recommend That Contract For That Patinz Be Rescinded. Thi PaTement3 Already Laid of Inferior Qnalit They Are Now Worn Oat A SUttmcat SUowiac the Appropriation tad Zvpeaiitarea la tat Xngiaeer'a Separtmtat. JLa Important ef tie Adyiacrj Committee Held and linen Boar sou TraaMctei PB07I8I0X TOB MXSOR BX7AIB3. Aa important meeting of the Eogf-Ktcers Csimnintee waa held at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the office of the City Engineer.

There were pres-ent vf the co-umitiee Akiermen Leahj and Weaker, the latter being the Cbair lean, and Councilman Davidson. After th meeting had come to order City Engineer Stowdea read the fallow-tag communication, which be had addressed to Mayor Jacob and the General Council LouUvtUe, Feb. 8. leSO. To the Honorable if and General Council G'-iitlemeu to tbe best la.t Mukl be obtained from lb ex-lwts In vtber rule, including that of UK tniied otales Kugiaeers of Wxhlnf ton.

I. plans and apecliicauons for tb proposed Kw spn.t slrr-ei. word uran early ta ltoi. pet toe test wecit eousid-' er-d better to copy verbatim the specinVa-tiuns of the Washington Engineers, ami except to require the eontracioni to keep the a-phait streets In rvpa lor ten years tnsleaa ut Bve, and to hive flagstone pit-lark Instead of aspbalt, this rule Baa beea carried out in ranking all Of the aBh-ut street In LouisvUle. Tlie material used, th manner of eon-strurilon, the contractors, workmen ami machinery employed to make our asphalt Streets are the same In every particular as entered Into the construcikiu of asfhait streets la Washingon.

Jiew York. Buffalo, M. LouU, ClixinaaJ, New Orleans and other principal cities. "Whether tbe asphaltie material, from wileh American streets are made. Is Interior to that of European asphalt.

I don't know but that- our asphalt street are shurMlved knd will rot stand metropolitan street traffic, our older asphalt streets expose cou-- sptruou ao4 eplorule evidence of. Not-wiihsianUne- ts-a streeta have been diligently oveibauled and repeatedly meiuW sine their ounttrucUim, yet. Uw that lave been Subjected to business trafie are worn down to their concrete foiauations and need reconstruction already. JheJr concrete bed aie perman-tt, and If pro-leeted will provuM luuuOauous fur any kind of urret Fevements for ago. The tire-year term for keeping the old a.phalt aireets ia repair at the expense of the contractors expired Iat aummer and store htn our asphalt streets have rei4Ur yleMed to tbe wesr and tar of our street ntflie.

It Tiet that It the eltr proposes to maintain and extend its asphalt rects it must defend them airainst heavy lonlinc. ia order to prolong tlietr existence and keep In Proper condition. "The eirerwwe hen ia not nnlike that of oVier American cities. In Buffalo, K. where aapbalt street bare been ex-tendTelr used, and have andersone the ssnie senrlre and havo ran to the aanie -orn-ott condition as our own.

the authorities hae not only d-temilned to bu)M to roue of "iem. bat have re-olred to rescind ail of the contracts mario last yee ronururtiii; asphslt streets, as tbe rrompanying newspaper extract will our own expertenre Is ex-a-ttr like that of bnlTaio. I wotikl rpect-lullT ivie that our city follow lu e-ampie. and suspend all further operations and expenditures upon asphalt pavsnmnts after IWral and mature investigation Into the durability and cost of maintaining a phils streets can be accurately Mollifications and improve- meuts in eneineertng are erenr dav aird ererf ht ti aasptrtnr. growing "wit of dallv prmrtl'-e n4 expeihr experience.

1-iereiuie, if progress and tte public Interest demand the umloi-tg of contracts made i last year, work shot! be besun In that dieeUon promptly, and accomplished as ton as practicable astd consLsteat with rewon and uauce to all coBcerned- Yours. Tery repectf ultT. "8.1. SOOWDE2T, City EDgineer The printed matter referred to was an extract frwra the "Western Tlremaii and Journal of Commerce, and ia aa IXil-low: There Is so much opposition oa the part of property -owners la tu asphalt paretm-ut that the Ceaunup (inwU pruposo hereafter to stop the ate oi a-rhalt In sire raving. The Barber Compvir Las ber toll ire done all the paving of tiiat rlas In Buffalo, but the propfrty owners demand that the ue of asphalt be stopped Bad stone substituted.

On SO the Council adoi'od the following Ruoiutlon: That all proceedinics triken prior to Oe-sober 21. Is8. to pave Ctintou street wit A. L. Barber's TrtnlJad apaait pavement, yorry-rwo feet wlds, Irom the easterlv curb line of Jellerson street to the westerly line ef Bond street and front tr-o westerly line of Smith street to the westerly curb line of Fillmore avenue.

wo feet wide, to the westerly line of Lewis street, and from the easterly curb line of Bate; to he westerly hne of alter avenue, except the space between tie rails of the street railroal. as now laid, or may be laid concur rent with lay in pevem-nt, and twelve Inches outage of same, which is to be paved with, Medina tacdatone. bn and the same are bere-y resrinded. and the asscKament roll made t- del rav the expense of the work la hereby aauulled. Mr.

Scowden remarked that more as- phalfc pavement were in use in Buffalo than in any other city, in America, ex- eept 'Washington. In both London and daring- the Vait few years, the authorities have been substituting wooden pavement for both granite and asphalt. To make sure that there was authority for rescinding the contracts, Mr. Scowden consulted the City Attorney in re-Card to a clause which he had inserted In the specifications fur the asphalt pave-' uenta. The elaut was as follows The Council shall have tbe power at any time to amend any contract when recommended by tlie Mayor and City Engineer, and to relet the work at once.

These specifications hod been read to the contractors and signed by them with" a full understanding of the meaning. The committee were unanimously of the opinion that this was clear there could he no doubt that the contracts couid be amended. The following eomrr.nnioation wag sub-tuittcft by Mr. Scow1en i'y Englne-'s Dcpa-tment LoulsviUe, Ky- Keb. loUO.

To tho Honorable Gea-eral Couni Geiu'emcu 1 be eTtrtn rcrxv t-fully submit a statement showing the aioo'int of money appropriated to perloi-ro ie different rlasacs of pjblio work, ordered by the Mayor and tt ierl tou.icd lv the ftsrtl Gr, beg'nnlrit bepteniber 1, sml euding August SI, lslM. A report six) rendered, thoaing expenditures made upon each tlass of work to date, tho cost of which is charged to the bond r'uod KXPSJtDITtraCS A3D BaLkVCES CSPXb APPB0PHIAT1ORS. ill li- 2. a. CxussimCATios or 0 Ciclier's dsp't.

01 S14.UI rrre rspairs. K. 4J.uu) U- 71 Etrcet w. U. J.uOo, si Vt sower.

W. Brtlr acd sswer rs- vi t. BrVus and ssarer re-purs, W. Bpair to veils and cisterus (ootarats. E.

IK footwsys. W. P. I .000 two 1.00O I.S0D "l.o urn a 87T SI LU1 6r S7 11 OS 1 LltS fri a ti fOS By order of tbe Eavioser Cwamiue the following eoieuai aare set apart from taa feoad fund ter pair porpieerr Sewer. JC gewer.

W. 6., ITMO; Walla and Cisterns. Sl.OOO. sxrrtarroKBs asd vt.atcbs cspck soto III CtAssnncsTwet or ri ep fnucsoa. fiS.

On, ht SO ill Etreec reconatrae tie. E. It. Stre rseoustrae-tios W. I SMLOOS S1S1.IM 01 oo.oj jr tj tt r.

ess 6swsr construc tion. S- Eewsr cooetroe- tirm Vi.lt BrMgs eoestrne- ttoe, K. 1 KJ.ooo: t3.7 so 1 157.500j a. ow! raj ior.su r. 1 9.3M 7sl A.714 iS Sat apart foe arid as.

SSS.IMu. A communiottion from various mann-factu-e-s en Main street, between and Sixteenth, asking that the granite pavements be extended on that thoroughfare, from Fifteenth street west, wardiy to Twenty-first, was then read and bid aside for future action. The City Kniner stated that in the judgment of the Mayor and himself it would be bettrr to let out contracts have the asphalt pavenienta kept in order for Ave yearn. This wits agreed to by the committee. The amount of asphalt paving now vader contract is quite large.

For some mouths, the Korbrr company has been at worlt putting asphalt on Broadway. A part of WaiiMit street Lalso beinff reconstructed with asphalt. The question of putting electric lighi and other wires under ftronnd was referred to, and Mr. Scowden, Told of tbe srstem of conduits in nse in Chicago and New York, which, he thought would prove eminently satisfactory. A bill for the keeping of a hone and bnggr for the use of the Engineer was submitted, and approved.

Mr. Scowden read a communication had sent to the Myor, statin that Mr. B. Dulont had offered to have the Louisville Railway Company lay tracks from the rity limits to Jacob Park hy any route that might be designated. Mr.

lhiPont an id tht as soon aa the richt of way couM be secured titey would lay tracks and operate a stcam elertrie or horse-power railway, aa might be thought best. Vice lYesident Smith, of tbe Louis-Till and Nashville railroad, and President Echols, of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley, have also offered to lay switches to the park whenever the Mayor may think best. This will be further considered. Chairman Weaver asked if the Engineer did not have much trouble with anexpeg fenced men a supervisors of street work. Mr, Scowden said that he certninly did.

The committee then, upon motion of Mr. Leahy, unanimously agreed that none but experts should be engaged to act as superwiors or inspectors. Mr. Scowden suggested that a handsome little park might be made sat ef the 'vacant lot, at the rear of the EoyV High School and tbe Medical Department of tie University of Louisville; This property lielons-s to the Cniversttj. but Mr.

Scowden said he thought the trustees might be induced to let the- eity have it to be beautified for a much-needed breathing Spot. Step will probably be take a to secure this. The eucnuttw agreed to request the Sfavor to. advertise for bids for the remaining 30,000 tons of granite to be nred in stxvet reconstruction! It will be bered that 68.000 tons to he bought, and that the contract secured by CoL Zeb Ward was only fr J0.OOO tona. it was agreed that at tbe next meeting of the committee a resolution providing for street repairs should be submitted, that is considered a good stroke ef economy, so.

far as the relations of the committee and the City Engineer are Jooncemed. It will be to allow the "City Engineer to make street repairs not to exceed a cost of 950O per month, witiiout consultation witn the committee. The necessity for this privilege to the City Enirineer seems to be recognised all the members of the committee. It will snve the streets going to pieces by a stitch in time. ENTERTAIN 10 AT COL, YOUNG'S.

A IlandsoBse Receptiea For the Bean at rtkeKtaart Hokiasoai Frew Kis dergartea. The entortaiDment at the residence of CoL Bennett H. Young, on Fourth aveaue, tbougn glvsa for a charitable object, was one of the pleasantest social occasions of ths anta-lntcn season. Tbe house was thrown open from ths first to the third story, every room and hall tastefully decorated with greens and lowers. Floral sowers were erected on the stair landings, and recesses, where tete-a-tete couples were furnished Ices and ehoeo-late during the evening.

A baud in the bark hall arreened from view by palms furnished musia tbroug-out the eveiHiig. The iaiiiee aeceiving wero In full evening costume, otherwise tke' reception was informal. The receipts, amounting to over a hundred dolars. are a bo given tp Muart Koblnaoa Free Klndergarteu. The ladies assisting Mrs.

Young In the charitable enterprise were: Mrs. lieorge O. Town, Mrs. Uam Jionker. Airs.

Lshara Henderson. Mrs. Kolaut Whitney, Mrs. stuart Kobio.wn, Mrs. Hamilton.

Mrs. John Cecil, Mrs. Florence Irwin. MUs Bartlett. Mrs.

Davis, airs. Bashaw, Mrs. J. B. Hrh.

Mrs. Charles Harvey, Mrs. W. W. H1U.

Mrs. George Norton and Sirs. Fmbry Bwearingen. Thee ladies were assisted by Mioses hlaod Kjiid Ysn-deli. KUse Castleman.

Preston Bruce. Marv Weiler, Mary Creel. Mary Eusum, Mary and Mattie Castlemau. Laura l.Taixi. Lucy Stockton, (luliet urtoux Milarey Waf erson, ike a.

Jonnle BenedJrt. Nellie bcmplo, Claris llewitt, MitUe Cowling and others. "I HAD LIVED LONG ENOUGH." J. J. McCarthy, of Kentucky, Kills Iltasself ader Circasa.

stances at Kansas City. (Kansas City Times.) Mr. J. J. McCarthy, a comparative stranrer In this citv.

who was boarding st ICS West F.lKhth street, shot himself through the heart shortly alter nooa yesterday and died almost inktaiitly. In company with several young men. McCatthy has been rooming in the third story of the building, and for an hour before the suicide they hail all teen congrecattsd in the fronfc room of that story enjoying themselves. Nothing unusual was noticed In the conduct of Mc-t'arthv other than that he appeared to be In better spirits than usual, patsing Jokes with each of his friends In turn. About nooa he Ugh tod a pipe, and remarking, A second hand smoke will be good for you all, stretched himself out upon on one of the beds in tbe room, apparently to enjoy his smoke.

After smoking qaictlv for a few minutes McCarthy went out of the room without saying a word and a minute, later his friends were startled by hoaring a pistol shot la the dlrecUou of tne rear of the houe, and evidently juht across tU hall. All rushed precipitately Into the back urU room and there found McCarthy upon his bark oa the bed and evidently then nearly dead. For heaven's sake, why did you do this asked one of friends. Tha tlvlng man responded with an evHent effort I hl to do it bi self defense. I had lived long enouph." With this McCarthy sank back, apparently exhausted, snu in a very few minutes he ws dead.

He bad evidently gone Into the room, and sit ing down npon the edge of the Led, had thrown back his vest, and viaclng the muzzL of Lis revolver against, his it breast, had fired the fatal shot. -Then, throwing the weapon across (he rcora. had sark back in the position In which he was found a few moments later. The pltdol. a Colt's 41 wa found where he had throsa It across the room with only one chamber discharged.

The police eurpeon was, at once called, but arrived only In time to lock ths door and await th arrival of the coroner. McCarthy was about forty years of age, and was a native of Jtaysvllle, and hail left there only three years lfore to travel tor aa tnipkmic it house. He hl been located In Canada. Lincoln, 1U-, and Joplln, since that time, and came to this city only three weeks befoie. Since that Urns had hoen quite despondent, apparently over lil-bealfh ami financial trouble, luit Lad given no intimation of such purpose as was executed by him yesterday.

McCarthy had beet married three tiroes. Only toe second wlfo Is now living. Tbe nes of the sail affair was telegraphed to McCarthy's father at Ml CaimeL Kt. The most intimate frier' of the sui. ride In this city were A.

W. Farrar. aq at-torttev. and 3. Par, with whom he was living ai lb time tf hH death.

These two gcntleroeu took charce of the remains, after the coroner had decided It was a plain te of suicide and no Inquest was anil wu fuspose si them as tne reiauvee max u- THE COUHIEII-JOUIINAL: LOUISYILLE, THE GOOD ST. VALENTIHE. Lettsr-Carriert and Foital Clerki Orerarorkad With the Rush of Tinder lliiiiTet, Tke Local Trade Ia Yalentlies T-argrer Taia I ear Thaa Lrer Knwa Before. EKY few of the let-ter-earriers will be sorry wLen to-day's work ia done, fot of all the heavy days, on the. 14 th.

of rehrusry the mail is tlie most beavy, so tbey say. The mail clerks, Cj carriers, nnd al- mosb au me ployes of the Post- oflice Department and the Kail way Mail Servioe have been rnslied almost to denth for tbe past two or three day. After to-day, however, the mall pouches and sack will be reduced to their normal size. valentine mail, as they call it, ha been heavier this sen? cm than it ha ever teen and the local business was extremely lare List evening. More envelopes ami paekaSf were dropped into the letter-boxe and the post-office last night than litis ever occurred before.

The enmer Le so loaded down this morning nui ny will be compelled to make a serond trip in order to deliver all the valentines dropped in the boxes last evening. Louisville dealers say that tliis sen son has been the best they have ever had for the sale of valentines. One of the largest dealers in this class of poods in the city ran short on Tuesday. lie skirmished about town all day and secured but a few Last night he bad not a dozen left. The other dealers report a great demand, and say that it is fast becoming the custom to send really handsome and ev4pe naive tokens.

Some of these contain a love stanza, some a quotation from a standard author, and others nothing at all except perhaps, 14, 1890." Some very pretty velentincs are made of celluloid oa which, is painted a bunch of flowers, a little landscape, sketch or something. The sale of the comio pictures, which have, by some means or other gained the name of valentine, are rapidly dying a lingering death, caused probably by the higher intellectual capacity of the purchasers. The demand was quite heavy this year, but the dealers are glad the eunn is failing off. They did not lay in a very large supply, and the little stock was soon disposed of. Valentines have been the presents sent or received on the 14th of February for years and years, and still tho origin of the eus'tom, or why the day is rtvlard St Valentine's day remains for the most part a mystery.

Acourdiug to soiuo ecclesiastical writers Su Valentino was a bishop, and others claim him to hirve been a presbytt-r. Both scree, however, that he was beheaded in Homo during the of tlhtuiilus. and vm Mtrltr MmnnivMl Ir. wa Wlfeatlcy wbt said that St Valentin was a man of most admirable parts, anu so 1 arsons lor nis love and chanty, thut the custom of chootang valentine upo his -fesavai took its. rise from thence.

On the other hand, aonie derive tbe custom from bird oeing supposed to select their maTet on that day. tUll conclude the origin tu be a practice prevalent in ancient Kom at tbe festival of the Lupercaiia, during tlie month of February, when, among other ceremonies, fhe names of young women were placed in a box, from which they wero taken by young mcu, a the ehance directed. The form wna changed, by the pastors of the eariy Church arter finding It impossible to wholly extirpate this pagan ceremony. It was formerly the custom' on the ev of February 1 4 to have tbe names of a select number of one sex put into some vessel by sn equai number of the tiler; and thereupon every one drew a name, which, for ths time being, was called his or her valentine. The custom of chooaimj valentines existed ver early.

"In thune days present ot gloves, garters and jewelry were common as valentines. 'the en Mora of sending presents soon died out. but jut when, history fail to ptate. oi'lter doe it enlighten the world re curding the time that tbe send-itig of the little love verses originated. The practice of sending comic and ugly valentines is of recent origin, but seems to have found a arm looting with the younger people, and those who send a caricature to an enemy Jiut for pure, simple spite.

The custom of sending vnientlnes seems to hsve increased rather than diminished. A great improvement is noticed in the class ot sentimental cards of late years. But a few years sgo a valentine would scarcely ever be seen which could not be purchased for a dollar, or, at most, twe dollars. Now vai-entities costing a high a ten dollars find a ready purchaser. YUENTiXE'S DAY.

Some Interesting Facts About This Ancient Festival. CNew York Commercial.) St. Wieutlne' dav is an ancient foilval once, hekl in very high, repute, but now rather lightly reganleu. Its observance, like those of Christmas, Easier and other holy days, may be traced to the ancient Romans, who, centuries bo-tore Christ, held great frahts. known as the Lupercaiia, In honor of Pan and Juno, ciurinc February, at which tablets bearing young women's names were drawn out) of a box by the young men.

Each person drawing must be the faithful atteudant of her whom he bad drawn until th next Lupercaiia. The close association thus engendered oiten resulted ia a marriage between tbe parties. This nia riraonial lottery was nnhi during the Lupercaiia festival, because birds were believed to select) tnelr nibtns at tJiat time of the year, a tradition still attaching to tu. alentlDe's day a id mfefred to by Shakespeare, when he makes Thcaeus say In Midsummer Night's liream st- Valentine Is past; Begin these wnod-blida but to couple now? The hardest task of the early Christian fathers wan to Indue the Roman people to abandon heathen festivities. To do this they divested all such observances ot undue solemnity, while retaining all their social aspects and as-onlatiiig Is aith some pr rson or thing pertaining to the church.

ThcV replaced tbe Lupercaiia wl'h tine's day, 1 hu retaining the date of the ancient, festival and connecting It with Christianity through a great saint, who suffered In the Third century. II was first bea'cn with clubs while a priest at Home, where Ms remains now rest in the church of ht. Praxede. This excellent man never either directly or indireetiy bore any relation whatever lb the observances and ceremonies peculiar to th day devoted to him, and it a-eras tery 'stranzc that his name should be applied to sweethearts to the written, printed and painted amatory- addresses wiach they annually exchange, as woll as to the hlghlv colored, comical and ta'iriral woodcuts, with a few lines of dogperel printed beneath them, ablch are so liberally displayed in the stationers windows at this tun. Ik has been stated that It waa from the that St.

Valentine was renowned for his universal love and charity that the custom of choosing love pinners upon thK day and caning them by his nam took Its rise, but tiil hie was long since exj loded. It Is now well know that the cnlv reason wtav these observances are associated with St. Valentine is the vue already fciveu. The good churchmen found it Impossible to persuade the common people to entirely abandon any ceremony to which they had become deeply attached. Despairing, here-fore.

abolishing tha matrimonial of the Lupercaiia, they modi tied it form, and endeavored to give It a religious character by. substituting th names jf particular saints to be drawn as valentines Insload of thj names ot men and women. Frcm this ant lent uca Is dom ed the custom, still occasionally observed In seme Catliol roun-teris, of selecting, on 8t. Valrntjue's day, foe the ensuing year, a patron saint wLo is called a valentine. Hut tbe vouus men and maidens, finding little amusement In drawing out (he names of dead and goo ssiuts, soon relarwu-d luto their old custom of drawing earit oilier, and even at the present time In many of the rural districts of Knglaod and Scotland It Is customary, on the eve of St.

Valentine's dsy, for th young people Oi both sexes to draw lots for a valentine. As the men draw from a bag corrtalnlng th names of the maid, wiille the latter diaw from one containing fie names of th men, it generally hapjiens that each person had two valentines, but tlie yoing men regard, Qinmsetves much more strongly bound to the valentine they have drawn than to th one who has drawn them. If, as sometime happens, a young man and woman should each chance to dmw the alt her. It ia rryardisl as absolutely certain that tuey are Uestined to wed. and must not, under any clrcums'anees.

permit their attention or a.Toetlon to center elsewhere. Purine the reirm of Charles as we i. am from rhst most lntemsttag and curious roe-ord ef tho doiuo.il le life of that period preserved firr us hi hie diary of Pepy, inarKed people are equally eligible with single ones for the loMerv of t. Valentine's eve, and 8ic one chosen as a vabuUne was in honor bfjitnd to give a jires-ni tu the prsin choosing him or bee. On t.

Valentine's day, 1607. Mr; Feny write This morning came up to my wife's bedside II being ui dressing rayel0 lltllo Will Mercer to be her valentine, and brought Urr name wrlutcu upon blue paper In gold letters, done by birr-elf. very preitv, and we were bota well pleased with la. But I am also this year ray wife's valentine, and la will cost mo Ave pounds sterling, but that I must have laid out if we had not been valentine. Alluding to the obligation resting upon a Chosen valentine to give a present to the person choosing, he writes of the ortebratea Miss Stuart, afterward Puchesa of ItlcJi-mond: "The Duke of York, being once her valentine, did -give her a Jewel of about BOO pounds sterling; and my Lord Msnde-vlUe.

her valentine of this year, a ring of about 300 pounds sterling." In February, lntw. he makes the following entry This evening mr wife did with great pleasure show me her stock of Jewels. Increased by tlie ling she hath made lately as my valeotin gift this year, a turksv-itone set with diamonds. With this, and what she hail, she reckoner 1 that she bath above one hundred and fifty pounda worth of Jewels of one kind or other; and I am glad of it. for it Is tit the wretch should hsve something to content herself with." tiood Mr.

JTpys here uses the word wretch aw an eiid earing term. Admirers of Plr Walter Scott will remember that he also alluded to this custom of giving valentine presents, and will readily recall tbe passage In tbe Fair Maid of Perth." in which he describes tlie little Ht, Valentine's dav gift which the mighty armorer. Honre Smith, had prepared for hrs valentine, the good and beautiful Catharine Olover. It was a small rtibv ent Uito the form of a heart, traii-tlxed with a golden arrow, and was inclosed in a email purse of links of tlie finest work in steel, as if It had been designed for a hauberk to a king. Round the verge of the purse were these words: r.

Love's darts Cleave hearts, Through mail-shlru. Tills device had caused tho armorer some thought, and he was mnrh satisfied with bis own composition, because It seemed 1' imply that his skill could defend ail hearts saving his own. In many parts of England and Scotland It still customary, as it has been lor many centnrins, for youns men and women, to regard as there valentine the first person of the opposite sex whom their eyes behold, on the morning of St. Valeutlne's day. and ther have the iht to 1 laim tbe said tine with a which he or she is in honor' bound to accord without resistance or fe-.

monstrance of any kind. The custom of exchanging' amatory dresses between valentines on tt. valentine's day, to which I have already alluded, I a very old one. Many of tlie- old EnglUh noeta. such aa Chaucer and Spenser, have left some quaint models of tills style Of' composition.

Lydgate. ramous f-ntemj ax a noot lomz befoi the Invention of print ing, also wrote many valentines, and the' fpune Is trne of AUmUtnrte Wade, an Anglo-q axon poet ni the rime or Ktcaarn 1. tme of the productions has hen and. rendered Into modern tpelliug. Is aa follow: Sweetheart, to the I eor.serrs.te my "out; My life, my love, my heart are wholly thine.

Let Cupid now thy destiny control li And bind thee to me as my valentine. And. a the- birds, who mates 1 this tav Abide in wedlock bappv all the fn4 IJSt mntuiix. til ml. Mm brichtest rmv.

Drive from our hearts ail thought jealous tear. tin) And when old Tune shall bring this day agtn 7fA once, bat manv and many a time My love, now young, shall be so even tTrnT tine. In compsj tsou wrth such verse as thesW, the so-called poetry of the sentimental valentines sohl In our stationers' stores muss-pale its ineffectual Are, One of the bes risible descriptions of these prodoeUon given by Pickens In his Pickwick Par, pers," where he tells how Sam Welle1 uu, facing rnto a stationer's window on St. Vaicu tine's eve. beheld "a huthly-ooiored teiiresentatioa of a couple of human heart skewered togellier with au arrow, cooking before a cheerful nre.

while a male and female in modern attire the gentleman being clad In a blue coat and white trounces, and te ladv in a deep, sed pelisse, with a parasol n'f tho same were approaching the meal with hungry eyes up a serpentine gravel path leading thereunto. A decidedly Indelicate young gentleman. In a pair of wings aol nothing else, was depleted as superintending the cooking. A representation ot tlie spr ot tie church tn Langham place appeared In tho distance, and wholo formed a .1 But even tbe samliug of valentines, 'tlie only observance of bt. Valentine's day that Is retained in our otn land and titoe, seems to be gndtnUly dying out.

For setae years past it baa been the testimony of postmasters all over the country fiat the numb- ot the sentimental missives passing through tlie mails has steadily de-o eased. This falling off liegau with tie Introduction of Cbrmtmas. New Year's and. Easter cards, the number of which transmuted by post has increased Just. In proportion to the tailing off in Valentines.

The reason this is obvious. A etiti-nieutal valentine, the only one tor which the word Is not a misnomer, cau only have its proper significance when it passes be-twoun persons of opposite sex. A Cbrist-msH, New Year or Kaster ca d. on the contrary. Is universal In lis applicability.

It Is equally appropriate and acceptable from mother to daughter, 01 sister to sister, from lover to sweetheart, from friend to friend. Good wishes on any of those festal occasions U'jrlstmss, New Year's or Faster may very giwcefully and appropriately be sent by anybody to anybody, and the popn-larlty of these three classes of cnls bids fair to finally extinguish even the last emalning observance itf the day devoted to the honor ot good 8t. Valentine. The Ordinance Court. Judge Thompson presidod tn the City Ordinance Court yesmrdsy afternoon and MaJ.

Thomas Lawson prosecuted The docket waa disposed of a follows Obstructing Street-Margaret Conley eon-United. Cniicensed Grocery W. K. Wise, "Wise Hyte. Vnlloeased Peddler A.

B. Oldham; fined $10. Unlicensed Wsgon Eli Eiloy; continued. A T. Muti ny dismisseil, license paid.

Tnllceused Liquor by Uetall Mike McCarthy continued. Honry Israel COUUn-ued. Joseph Sohm dismissed, aid. Harboring Unlicensed Dogs John Frederick dismissed, busaa Wiufcld license paid. Cnliceused Cart Charles P.

Selvage; con-tiuued. Caught "lis Foot la the Stlrrap. Wesley Cau, a tinner, In attempting to dlsmotiiit from a horse at Shelby and -Main streets, late Wedneaduy sftcrnoon, caught bis foot in the stirrup and tho animal ran down the street befona be was able to extricate it. His head was badly bruised from cotuing In contact with the stones 011 street. The hotsa was finullv stopped aid the injured man was eonvevnd to his horn at Tli Jutst Washington street.

A Suspected Felon. Henry Johnson, colored, was aircMed yesterday morning by Private Policeman Hardin, charged with being a suspected A large numlior of exle brasses hsve teen stolen out of cars la the L. and N. yards during the lust few weeks. Yesteriav mo ruin Johnson was coming out of the yard atth twenty brasses in his POksesiJon, whea he was arrested.

WU1 Be Tried For Larceny. Detective Paly returned from Cincinnati ysrterdsy-tat noon with Joseph McDonough, alias Ryan, who Is wanted here for grand larceny. He was trmicd In Cincinnati Wedtsday by letectivo Mhnuck. lie ia charged with stealing a gold watch from Dr. PuysJi, 1 FKIDAY MOKSTN'G, FEBRUARY 14, 1800.

EUB1AL GF FECFe MAST. Th Dead Uuaioian Laid To Beat Altar SarrlOM At Christ Churoh. A f-arg-s Attendance of Friands At the Final Cere, monies. Until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon tbe remain of the lat Prof. Lonis H-llast lay in a neat casket, at the residence of Mrs.

Edith V. 'Wil-ler, at 1320 Fouith avenue. Only a few intimate friends of The deceased were permitted to view the remains, which were quite pale and looked unnatural. The largo (lowing beard Iiad been so arranged by the undertaker that tlie eut made by the rasor remained and but tor the blanched appearance of the. face he body Jay as if tbe suul had not do.

parted and the musician was sleeping. Whea the hour set for the iiueral arrived tbe body was pieced in the hearse, and the family and a few of the very intimate friend proceeded to the ahuroh. Beaohing the church, which waa filled with the many sorrowing friends of the dead musician, ths pallbearers, Meaara. Harris. Qimrrier, Morris.

Schwartz, Janseti, Harbison, Byers and Bell, entered the church with tlie preceded by Bcv Charles Ew-ell Craik, in the official robes of the church', and followed by the and friends. As the cortege entered tho church portal, the chpir, under the direction ot the organist. Prof. Frese, with a violin by Prof. Burok, began that soft and beautiful funeral march, by Chopin.

The impiessive ritualUuo office of tbe church for the burial of the dead was read by the rector. When the cortege reached the the Lavy black casket was deposited beneath it, surrounded by a large number of handsome floral tribute from the hundreds of friends and associates of the deceased. The casket itself waa almost hidden beneath a mas of ferns and dowers, caught up in tbe center by a piece of ribbon of the color of the odorous hyacinth, with which the casket was strewn. After the reading of the lessen from the epistle ot St. Panl to the Corinthians, tbe choir sang hymn For ail the taints Who From Their Labors Rest.

As the funeral cortege proceeded slowly down the aisle of the chnreh, the choir executed the anthem, by Gounod. Come Unto liim." This was one of the desd musiciun's favorite anthems, and one that he often sons. The choir was composed of the leading musicians of the city, and included Sopranos Mrs, Emily Davison, Miss Bettye Lawrence, Mis Mary Lwrence and Mrs. Beilstein lit os Mrs. Cuslitnan Quarrier.

Miss Marr Cleary, Mra, Barnett and Miss Mamie Morris: tenors Messnc Elmer Merker. T. Irani Slaughter, Clement Staplcford end Charles Needham: bassos Max Draoh, Donald McPherson, Koiskor. Armstrong and Donald Mci'herson, ir. 1 At Cave Hill Cemetery tlie burial rite wst concluded in tbe presence of only the immediate friends of the family', and the remain of tb amies musician in Louisville were consigned to their Inst rest tin' pUce in the lam lit- plot of J.

B. Wilder. BACK TO AIRDRIIs Gea. Bnelt aad His Stepdaughter to Ketarav ta If ahleaberg Caa ty To-Day. JIU vfluH yea.

lAin facias aivppsa ous ot public life lakt Monday, by retiring from tbe position ot Peustoa Agent, will leave Louisville this morning. Accompanied by his step-daughter. Miss Nannie Mason, who constitutes ail his family, ha will go to his old home. "Airdria." 1 Muhlenbenr eoontv. beside the limpid waters ot Green tl General, upon v.

whose record many an ambitious young man casts an envious look, and who has borne many aud varied honors with the carriage of a soldier and tho manner ot a gentlrxnsn, will enter npon the drsishts of a pastoral life. Gea. Buell has a great fondness for literature, acd the surroundings be will have at home- Will be cooduoiv to some literary work upon which Is now es gaged. In tho course of th next year or two, however, he-may deny himself a portion of the pleasure to be derived from toe eay existence that la presumed to mark a country life wita aa ahundauee of everything, to devote a portion of bis rim to bis coal nana. Thee aro now ot little worth to Gen.

BueU because ot the inability to reach a market, but when ad the proposed improvements in Greau river render it bettor suited to navigation, he may, acd probably will, put them Into- active operation again. During his retailor ce hers Gen. BueU has led a ery retires life, but, notwithstanding this, he has added many frionds to the large number who knew him before, lu his habits he has been remarkably methodical, aud in the performance ot every official and social duty he has always displayed th promptness -and exactness of a WM Pointer. He gave up his suite of- rooms at the Fifth Avenue last evening, and all his effect will be shipped to Airdrte" to-day. A NOVEL BUNCO SCHEME.

Bat It Worked to the Disadvaataga of tbe Schemer. (Washington Post) "The confidence game Is played on 1.000 strings," said Capt. Horace anile, of Richmond, "and tlie bunco man foreve- wears a new face and forever amis a new device. I've Just got back from the Pacific coast and amoug toe Buckles last week I certainly sw the most novel turn of chicane, which has a double charm In being a new deal from an old deck. The train bo) or 'candy butchers, on thce Wcten roads are grown men, and without exception sharks and sharpers.

Passing tliroufrh the town of Gunnison, near the western loot of tie ranee, a miner got on a big. rough-beanled, hearty lcilow ot the old style ttit did one good to see. Tho 'butcher' ma led him for a pigeon and Inveigled him into a euchrs game at 1 a corner. ie old fellow, however, was so apt with the enls that be won rather than lost, so thst after sinking eiO at the game the 'butcher left otf playing and bcitaii to Si row tt 00 carls upon the lap-board, after the weil-ktiown munie fashion. With each throw, he said, as tboufth repeating an old and meaniugtess formula, '111 bet you lOO you an't spot the Once after throwing the cards tli trainman to the occupant ot the next seat and asked that the window to closed.

A young man in a check suit, apparently a stranger to both, who sat upon the arm rail ot the miner's seat watching tfio play, Ktoope-I and swiftly exposed the queon. As swiftly still and bnfora the thrower could defect him, he punctured the queon lUi a penknile thum ma kiug conspicuously that card. A-l unsuspecting tho carls were thrown agalu and the oilor of wager made. The mi'ier, winking at the young man lu the check suit, took tlie bet, and. with seemingly great reitio.

taiire, the 'butcher covered the money. Tie young mau hi the check suit waa given the stakes. Tbe ca ds wore thrown and tho miner smilingly selected the punctured card, whci, to the astonishment ot all, it proved a Jack, with a hole firouga his doublet era-tiy like the one In toe queou'a bodice. With a shout ot discovery and an oath of rage the miner snatched trie stakes and administered a terrible ti rashing to both tlie caauy-hutcher and ths young man In the check suit." A TOOTHSOME TOPIC 4 Durability Artificial Molar aad Cther Gossip A boat Teeth. (Boston Herald.) How long do falto teeth wear?" an experienced dentist was Siked the other day.

You might as well say How lora does a suit of clothes wear was the reply. "It all depends upon th quality of the teeth and the rare of the person who uses them. If a woman bites thread with her artificial molars, they are likely to ruined in week. On the other band. I know persona who have worn the same ret for twenty years, and have never teen compelled to have Uiutu repaired.

Sets made of the best material and In the best manner should last a Ufetlaie with proper What Is th proper care of false teeth "Xletb the plate and the crowns should be rsenoved from tbe mouth aad cleansed every night and nnnrning. arrtfleial teeth decay 1 "No. They ar all mad of porcelain. Which is not subject to decay as the natural bone is. Lut, at the same hue.

puree-Ihla is mors brittle than bone, and hence aa artificial tooth will not stand many bard knocks." What Is the difference In the durability of high-priced and of cheap teeth "That 1 a uifflcull question. Cheap tseta are mad ot a material that bears tbe ssma relation to that of lbs best teeth, that a common stone chlus plate does to a rvres vase, ciieep teeth look like glased china, sad that is about all that some of them are. Now, so long as ths glaze lasts, the teeth are aa strong as those mad of the costliest mate rial and- I have 1mown a set costing next 10 nothing 13 perform service for many yt-irs. Ihey are not quite so brittle, in fact, as those tit finest porcelain. Out the rhiH superiority of the iatter IWs In th.lr shape and appearance and in the (exactitude with which they are fitted to the "What th bezt sort of plate "Ona mad of gflM.

But black lubber Is Jtu4 about as durable, only It is harder to keep i-crtcctly clean." Are complete sets ot artificial teeth not uncommon Partial rets are more frequently seen, bat romplet sets aro by no means unusual." Who wear the more fab teeth men or worsen by long odds, don't think the result Is alone to vanity, hoaever. although tliat may have something to do with It, The ehiet reason Is that the natural torth ot women atw not so good and strong as those ot men. and. therm ore. hare to mors frequently replaced by artif cial LOTTERY PROFITS.

A Stilt Which Shows Them to Be Eaoratoaa, (New York Wot ML) Th bonanza kings and railway kings who have made their names famous by their daring operations will nave to make way for the newest development In money making, th lottery kin g. The magical way ia which th floods and Mackays aud Goulds have piled up their fortunes fades Into aim dark-aesa compared with the easy manner In which Lottery Kisg Joan A. Morris has made a mUlionalreof himself many times over In the past tew years. Th record in th Clerk's oriiee of the United Mates Circuit Court tn this city contains bnei history of a remarkable cause which has beu pending some months, but has been carsiuJir concealed from th punlkv It is at) action brought by Hie hard -Xewcorab, administrator ot tbe estate ot Isaa her4tein. Th bill la equity sets up that deleuuaiita.

th Louisiana Lottery Company, John A. C. H. Murray, an daZcbaHah K. Simmons were at tbe time mentioned in the bill' engaged la a conspiracy to- defra'jd Bernstein and others who atw large stockholders in the Louisiana Lottery- company from obtaining money due to the' members or- sbarehodern under the contract mad br the firm of II.

Murray Co. with, th Louisiana Lotterv Company. The prayer of tli bill Is that the defendant shall account for all the money and property ro-neived. onpverted aud appropriated by them, ar- either of them, which belonged to tho Dim of C. H.

Murray at and tha the property oi the deiendanu. together with the franchise granted to them by the Legislature of the State ot Louisiana, be adjudged the prnj.rty of the firm of C. H. Murray A aud that the defendants be compelled to prod tire their book lor the Inspee-liea ot the court, and that they enjoined aud r-e trained fro'ni selling, mortgaging or encumuunug Lu any way, or In any way operating or disposing of said contract mad by firm cf C. 1L Murray Co- with, taa Louisiana State Lotterv Company.

To this bill lu equity th defendant Murray pleads "not Th defendant, John A. Moms, sets up the special plea that he 1 not a citireu ot the State ot Louisiana, but of the but ot New Yorkv and that therefore the court has no jL'iisilic-tlon over him personally In the present suit. Under this Issu Commissioner John A. Shields has been taking evidence tor an vers! week and Mr. Morn himseii ha been upon the stand -and has testiued at great length relative to toe question of his citizenship In New York State.

On bis cross-examination by ex-Jadge Curtis, coun-tl for Mr. Neweombe. be was forced to admit that he at diifcrect times, con-trolicd by the exigencies of his business. stained New Yftrk, New Jersey. ,1 and-1 4KHaaa drift ot 1 this tastimony seeaied towards the con.

elusloa that his yacht and the whota world were really his home. Tlie deiendanu John A. Morris, Illustrates th facility with which money is mad In tbe lottery business. Ills Interest alone in the last ten years Is supposed1 to have netted him in tl. neighborhood of tlSjOtMi.OOO.

With thlt immense Income be has inveeted in real estate, not only In New York, but In Louisiana, and he Is the Owner, projector and creator of the celebrated Westchester running track. His purchase of blooded horses in England and his big stock farm in Louisiana have made him famous among horsemen. It Is ssid thst be has VU.OUO.0OO Invested In horse and stork farm alone. The Westchester track cost SI ,000.000. Thi firm ot Bangs, Traef, stetnon MacYeegh.

ot which rover Cleveland Is the newest member, are tbe attorneys for the defendant Morris. Mr. Cleveland Is to appear In the United Mate Circuit Court and In the United state Supreme Court In the anrument for the defendant. Mr. Neweombe rial ins that the estate he rerreaent Ira beeu defrauded out of The firm of C.

H. Murray 4c Co. was- composed, twenty -two years ago of C. II. Murray, John A.

Morris and Zachariah K. Simmons. They did a. general lottery business all over tlie country. Murray and Morris, it is alleged, frose out Simmons In lHita, when the firm bought out tbe Louisiana Lotterv Companv and assumed Its functions.

WiU II. McKee. John McCool, Jnlln Anderson the famous tobacconist, Marcus Clrer Mauley and James Stewart soM. out their Interest to- Iaae Demstoln. Altoeetlter bis- holding, amounted to about ei.oon,ono.

lie died In The allega tion In the complaint is that Murray and Morris converted all the profits ot tlie Arm to their own nse. Understood Freaeh Oaly By Oae Ear." (6t Paul Press.) Hon. Ersstus Gurley was in town yes-terdsy, and, as itsusl. proceeded to make his presenee felt. He arrived about 10 a.

and. for a chanee. dropped into a eaie tor dinner. The ohequious waiter bail Just Uirked Mt. of Hut from Mr.

Gurley 's nl collar, when Mr. Gurley opened out on him: Yes." Im said, glancing at tlie menu, you may bring tne some eggs blushing like Aurora." Beg pardon, sir, explained the waiter. It's not ou th bill." "Isn't, eh! What's this asufs. a Fattier Oli. yes." replied the young man, blushing ami shifting somewhat uneasily.

And I fed just like having some breeches In the royal fashion, with ve'vet sauce. The waiter turned red, white and bine. "Got him again.1! chuckled Mr. Gurlev. Well.

I suppose you call it culottes a la royole, sauce veloute." "Oh, that 1 Yes, Rlrr yes, sir." and the wstter rikir rattled the cutlery around Mr. Gnrley plate, ss tbuugh he would fain drown Mr. Gut-ley's voice. Re sure you bring a stew of good Christians." Now you are Joklns," mildly exportable-: toe waiter, with a sickly "Kot a bit of it, man. See here, on your bill Compote de hons Chretiens." ah ugh." gulped the waiter.

And don't forget the fountains of love." The sth I beg pardon. Right here on your menu ptilta d'amcHir." WeU. well," a. tbe aceompaaylcg grin was ghastly. And a mouthful of ladies.

"Kbr 1 Itoucbee des dames quick, help a glass Of water dash it In bis fare But Mr. Gurley was loo late. Tbe wvitnr was in dead swoon, almost a ca te lit. from wliieh be never recovered til long in list Bfteuiooii. As Mr.

Gurlev went nut Iks tequlr-d of the e-utilcr if the walur there understood French. "Only by ear," answered th lightning change arute; whitU car, I couiun't ln-ionu you." At e. Ripe Old Age. Mrs. Kate Vogt died yesterday morning of asthma tn seventy-venth year.

She of asthma in her seventv-seventh yean sho years. Th funeral will take place lo. morrow morning from her laie resiuenre. lis Thtrteenlh street. The ser1cs will be heJd at the Church of the Jmir.aeulate Conception, and the intgrmeut will lie ia John's Cemetery.

I I A Valentine Tea. The "Gleaners" of th First Presbyterian church ar working hard to buy the pulpit furniture for their new church. They will give a tea" Friday evening. St. Valentine's night, at th residenc of -Mr-- Whtueld hutch, llOM West liroadway.

some novel features wit! be presented. All are iuriusL 4 at si. li a. i w-s) -v" sv -VN IRATE CINCINNATI TOBACCO LIEU Tie Proprietor of the eiobe TYare- boas Sae tbe Glasgow Herald rir $25,000. A Soathinx Publication Conearrt-; InK Their Kathoda of Doing Business the Canse.

The Cincinnati tobacco warrho.tseme aro atw or or a jabUratton mado- ta th Glasgow Herald. last week, la which it Is charged that- they weo using quesuonauw methods to divert tha tolaeco trad from this city to their market. portloa oi the Herald's article waa reprinted la Use tor- day's Courier ournaL Yesterday UrooM. Waterfleld of ClnclnnaU. entered suit tn the Superior Court there against Ii rooks Jt Page, the propriesora and editor of the Glasgow Herald, tor damages.

This was alleged to Lave been sustained by leason of publication hi th edition of that mterprtsiag weekly of Tuesday. February 4. The- pubiicaUcia was La letter, from Oir. King, la which ac cused the liroos-u aicrna uwiasji prletor of tho Globe Ttotaceo Warehotis, of makiog out bogus account sales. Mr.

King earged that the Cincinnati warehousemen resorted to this method with the Inloa- Uoa of deluding to ivsutucky tobacco grow ers into sending, their, eropi to uacntitu. by trying to make them believe that they would got prices away above what they would actually realize. The GUrgow Herald also referred to th matter editorially, and it gars suck methods a sound denunciation, and warned all the good pcorte of 'Harm county and elsewhere who might read It columns to beware -f th Lurko-polltans. In' addition to th reference to tbe bogus account sales racket. It pitched Into toe modes adopted by some of the Cincinnati warehouses lor attracting aUenUou to themselves by means of jiaMUonablo lomale Hgdre card adv-cisnu ot.

ed.tor of Herald grew tiKilgnant at tha way tb form divine exposed to the riUgar gaze, and. said thst any man who had no more respect for his mother and sisters than to issue such cards had no more dignity than a bllry-gnat. Th Cincinnati people winced under the rati! ration, and they resolved to give the 'ilasgow Herald proprietors some trouble If tliey could, liev. James P. Brooks, one of ths proprietors and editors ot th Herald, went up to Cincinuatl on business.

He was fueling advertisements from ton of th business firms there. The proprietors of the (Ol tobacco warehonse were apprised of his presence in that city. In fact, hearing of the comments they had mad oa his publication, he railed at their place. Wbea reached the depot, and was about ready to take tbe train fur home, he was astonished at being confronted bv IJeputv Sheriff W. H.

Sargeat, who beat a tormriahle looking legal doeuniant ot a cerulean 2 ue. It proved to be a summons for Mr. Brooks to appear before tlie Su potior Court and make defense to the Brnolcs-Wateraeid Company's suit tor fciS.ooo damages. Mr. Brooke savs he does not anticipate any trouble tn substantiating what he published.

But th suit will give tbe Glasgow Hertld man considerable annoyauos In attending enurt In Cincinnati and producing evidence there of what he alleged to be th facts. There is said to be a touch of tho humor of Mark Twain In nearly every country editor thit only rwqnlro the occasion to be Mr. Brooks, when the Sheriff bad left htm. remarked to a friend that bo intended to fight the ease tn th last. Ha said he did not have enough of tho world's goods to Biake It worth whil rlchling for.

and it wnuld take him till th dawn ot the next century to pay out, it the verdict went against him. But, he said, it took a good man to owe KliJOQO, and be did not know any nobler way to get In debt that pinch tb-w bw standing up for the protection of hi Kseturkv- readers acalnst th enticing schemes of aa who sought to gala ueociit of their hard earnings. Mr. Brooks ia a Baptist minister, as wet! a a newsptper proprietor, itd Is a man of roraaraabl Intlttstty and push. NEW ALBANY.

Th petit Jury ot the Circuit Court was Impaneled yesterday. granted an lucres and of A permit for the erection of a residence on Hildreth street, has been issued to Mrs. Kate MJss II attic nershman, formerly of this eity. will be married oa the SOth to George Dravo, of Louisville. Xaney K.

Knight was decreed a divorce yasterdsy from'Masoa Knight oa th ground of failure to provide- Mrs. Woodfln. widow of the 1st TO-lata Woodnll. aged thlrty-flve years, died yeste.day at her home oa Chartre street. The Manufacturing and errant tie Committee of the Commercial Club will meet tonight for tha transaction of important busl- Hon." J.

J. Brown, of this efty. has beea elected one of the delegates to the Kattonal Convention of Republican Clubs, which Is to be. held at Nashville March 4. George i Jackson, of Leavenworth, whe was visiting friends he was.

throw, from a. horse yesterday while oat riding, and had his right leg fractured near th ankle. w' Joe Kraft ha purchased the noted Iowa blooded mare, known as th Bell of lows," Th mar will be placed oa Mr. Kraft's stock farm, oa the PeoU pike. Bear th Th.

permit for th ereetJo of the Second Presbyterian church at Thirteenth and Elm streets was issued yesterday to Craig at Gift ord, contractors. The structure 1 to eost Xcarly every South bound steamboat leave- this port Men with potatoes, th price of this esc 1 ent having advanced In the Bout hern markets to a slgure that will justify shipping. A company ot local emetetusv composed of th best talent tn the eity, will give theatrical performances at the People's Theater, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of next week. Some time yesterday a sneak thief entered the-room ot Joseph and Vat Klrk-patriek at Bctbel's Hotel, on Market street, near Pearl, and stole in money, a valuable ring and a fine gold watch. 'Fire candidate are ia tbe field In Greenville township for tbe Democratlto nomination for Township Trustee aad three for Assessor.

Th vote tn tbe primary eleo-Boa to-morrow will be, rt is thought, th largest ever east In the township. Mis Elizabeth Case, aged seventy-six year, died at an eariy hour yesterday morning at her bom ou Bank street between Spring and Elm. Deceased bad been a resident of this city for more than a half -century, and was universally respected. The first ninthly social cf th Commercial Club will be held at the rooms of the club in tbe Masonic Temple building next Tuesday night Be v. i.

b. Timber-lake and Mr." J. F. Gebbard will address the messing. Hum, thief in the First ward ha been tor some weeks making nightly raids oa th chicken roosts of that portion of tu city, and has at last succeeded in emptying the ben house of I heir occupant.

It la believed that he Is making aa easy living by selling tbe stolen fowls in the LoulsviUe market. Henry Hcth, of Oils city; has a trio of tha LangOaog bieed of chickens aggregating tn weight eighty -seven pounda. The lacjosst of the trio Is thirty Inches ta height. The fowls ar Tory rar In this part of the country, and taa eggs ca oniy ue obtained of a chicken fancier ta California at a cost of each. In the case ot Jan Lamb against Jotlab Lamb In the Circuit Court tv set avid an contract.

Judge Ferguson ruled, yesterday, that the contract could wot ret jude, and tist Mrs. Lamb bad no ground for- her sc The defendant tn the case Is a wealthy old farmer, eighty-four cars. wMl tu wiie, the plaintiff, is about fllic. The ease ot Bud Aahuy for shooting at on Kennedy with intent to lull was continued yesterday in the Circuit Court until next The offense was committed about eighteen months ago by Ashby. tre melee in which th shooting occurred having art eut of a refusal of Kennedy to tak a glass of beer with him.

After th shooting he made his escape from the eity ami remained away for more than a year. Fran Clerking and Louis Frank. Silver Grove boys, th eldest being bnt fifteen years? ffed om their homes ia that subara Ther were lrrtrd from at Memphis, ar-t "eoi beading Southward, their intention befni: either to embark as grates or so wtat torn cw Orleans to lex as and turn their attention to cowboy pursuits. The careful perusal of several hundred dime novels Is what fired their youthful Imagination. The ea of U.c State vs.

John McCnrdy, for assault and battery with Intent to kill, wa coortnued in th Circuit Court yesterday until May term. MrCsldy. it will be remembered, is the man who mad a murderous assault snsn months ago oa William York, striking him over the heast with a heavy iron rake and afterward beau ing him Into insensibility witfc a club. Tt fiirrids of the accused claim that ha sit decaettted at ta tlme-th assault was committed aad that will probably be the line of defense. AJtiaot1 weexunrr.

Frank Fencer is a candidate for tb Democratic nosainlioa for Township Trustee. JEFFERSON VILL E. Her. If. H.

Doddridge has returned front Wlton. IniL. where his brother died of typhoid fever. esse Farmer, who was sent ap free the City Court for assault id battery, wa released from the Jail yesterday. Th Alumna entertainment take plan to-night at Mrsart IlaU.

An tnuneose number of tickets have beea sold, and thoa wh attend will be defghtfuBy enteriarned. Mike Kellcy, the victim of th car-works accident, died Wednesday night aa II :30 oYlrfk. His sister, from Columbus. Ohio, wld arrive this morning and deswiatln what disposition ot hjs remains w01 be -John 1L Andersoa, a clerk In rhe United elate Depot at this -place, was Informed yestorday that his services were no longer needed at that institution. Mr.

Andersoa Is a Democrat, aad was dismissed for purely political reason. Th vacancy caused by Mr. Anderson's dismissal being eagerly contested for by asplriag Republicans. There are several convicts in the prison hospital who are laid ap with scalded feet. In carrying the molten lroa la ladsls to tbe molds th red-hot fluid is often dropped upoa their fee, and burns them in suck a manner that they ar compelled to lay up for awhile.

Th foreman states that th convlrU often bum themselves intentionally, with a view of getting out of work far a spall. M-. Bart Dean, who has beea tn for four weeks past died ot her homo, on Mls- url avenue, yesterday evening a 1 Deceased wa tbe. wife of Bart Dean, assistant foreman of th blacksmith department of the ear-arorks. She died of malarial fever, complicated with conge fikia of th brain, aad leaves seven children.

Th funeral hour has not yet beea arranged. The float! nr saw -mill, the Harry D-l which has beea moored at tb wharf Bear the foot of Spring street, for some time past. prepared to leave yesterday, and before she had, been steered Into tne mMdl of tbe river some ot her machinery let and she had. a narrow escape from going over the tails. Tb whlstl was sounded lor relief, aad tbe tug Aid responded, and cue.

seeded in landing her safely ashore. The cause of Mrs. S. Satuni against Joseph Jackson for 100 damages cam up in 'squira Kelgwln's court restardav. The entire day waa consumed in hearing th evidence.

Tbe case attracted considerable attention and the little court waa crowded to It utmo capacity. The uatwre of the eaa ha beea stated before, aad the trial brought out no further developments thaa the fact that the whole affair was exceedingly and seemed meiely a matter of personal grievance, which might have beeu. aettM otherwhs ttowcou' Tai de-fens was rp reseuted by Hons. Mi Z. Stan.

ard and Frank B. rturka, whU the plain-airs attorneys were Or. James Meriwether, of this city, and Hon- B. Har-rod. of Scottsburg.

The trial be resumed this afternoon at 1:30, and It I thought that the Jury win com to a cow- 4 elusion. HE IS A SMOOTH CITIZEN A Young Applicant For Charity Torsi Oat to Be a Clever Swiadler. A boy nineteen years old, who goes by the name of Henry Patterson, presented himself before the Charity Organization a few days ago and asked 'tor as-Istanc. Ho said he was from Canada, and claimed Mr. Henry Leslie, who Is Secretary and Trras-; uror of th Canadian Transportation Company, for a brother-in-law.

In his dies, be was hardly respectable looking, but his face showed eertaia refinement and elegance. He could not present himself In Ids present condition to hi family, and wa awhamcd ask their aid. lie gave as th nam of his best friend a Mr. George M. Cole, of Chicago, wa taken In at the Wayfarer Beet, wber be spent the night.

He left nhe next day, stating (oat wa going to Cincinnati. Mrs. peering. Secretary of th Charity Or7nixatKi, had become interested in tb boy. and wrote to tho alleged friend, Mr.

Cole. Yesterday ab received an aaswer to bee let tor. which stated that Pattersua had been in Chicago, and that he knew aim. much to his sorrow. Paitorsaa, a went on to say.

had good dothes. a sweet vole and very winning ways, lie bad become weU acquainted, and from his newly-mad frteod had managed to get a considerable amount Ot money. From Cole himself ho bad stolen a diamond pin valued a 123, aad too la fiBfih -Mrs. Deering sent the lesser at oae to ta Chief of Police, and the detective an oa his track. Th description of' him to tha he has black hair and eyes and.

a brown, seedy suit ot cloUies. TO STOP SCHOOL FIGHTS. I Gea. Taylor Iastract the Pllcta Preveat Battle Bet wee a White aad Colored Papils. A polloeman has been stationed at the Mnth-ward school by Gen.

Taylor to prevent the pitched battle which frequently occur between the pupils of that school and those of a neighboring colored school. Both dismiss at the same time, ancb on their way home ther nearly alvay meet and fight. A few day ago one of the little white girls wa roughly handled by one td too negro children. A Peculiar Aecideat. trs, Jerry Cavanaugb, living oa Sixth street, near Central Park, wail retttralnz ffem a funeral Wednesday, wa tb victim of a siamila acckteos.

A little eiiOd which abe was hoidiLg oa her lap fell out of tu carrjvg while ah waa engaged In conversation. Tbe lady sprang out of the venicla to recover tbe body, and in doing ah badly sprained her auki. Keltlier th child nor Mrs. Cavaaauck SHatalirml any aerioua injury. Now Is the Time Ta purify your Ulead an fortify veer a-ateaa agaiaat the debUltaUng effect of spetBg a-svta.

er. At etAer seasea la tha biuer taat ha ta ussnth mure prasolneat. ta bra a of-, fenalve, tb dnwty dirt In eaa so treqaeat, er that extreme feeling wt prcvaleas, Jiced'e ersaparria tt Just Tm BscUctn te bai-t up tke system, purify th bssed. ear bOievsaeas aad aaartatka. aw rn me tea are tortnsr aast a.eat a gesd appetlav Pot asaay years I have take Bead's Saras-parilla, especially, ta tbe eariy spring, whea anj troubled arith dirtiness, dullness, nnpl onset tae ta ny mau.

a In tke asonung. it meres tc bal taste, relieves my ke-darae aad stake aw Teal graaUy jOhX BLN.Ntt, QuS rty-thlrd Town of Lake, Chtcaga, LU. Hcod Sarsaparilla Bold by all draartat. 1 aix fr ea. Prepared aaly br i.

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