Show f EDITORIAL SUMMARY time times of political excitement are t too 00 1 often characterized by scenes of violence and unwarrantable disorder runs very high during such times andi andl and besides violence and disorder every ar tivice and stratagem is had bad recourse to by the adherents of the several candi dates in order to elect their man in this country displays of feeling of this kind hind have probably risen to a greater pitch than in any other As a nation L we pride ourselves on our go ahead active character and in politics we go to i as great extremes as in other matters elections of all grades from the chiei chief magistrate of the nation down to the 4 public crier of the smallest town almost invariably give rise to scenes of excite ment aud and disorder since the emancipation of the negroes and the great todo to do that has been made about conferring the suffrage upon them e this feeling has become more intense than before from the fact that they begin be gln gin to feel they are as good or better than white men while the great reat majority of q the white voters are determinedly determinedly op posed tor to negro suffrage during the recent elections in the southern states animosity between the two races has been very marked and bitter but little actual hostility or bloodshed has been reported though le it is very probable that had bad it not been for forthe the prompt and determined meas ures tires of the various district commanders the results in many places would have been more serious in n the city of washington however this animosity antino s ity and party feeling during the recent election for municipal officers ran so high as to result in violence bloodshed and death in these cas cases oases esthe the ne negroes 9 according to the washington sar star see bee seem beem to have been the aggressors instead of the victims on the evening of the and 2nd nd instant mr john henry faulkner I 1 was wag killed by an unknown negro while passing along pennsylvania avenue the killing was witnessed by mr WE dun a watchman who was on duty at theotime the time he deposed that he saw paw deceased ease d in company with mr A johnson passing down the avenue and when just east of the metropolitan hotel a negro passed them to whom johnson made some remark the colored man stopped dand and approached him but turned again and went his way faulkner and johnson separated directly after and the former taking a billy out of his pocket followed the negro and upon k overtaking him the latter turned suddenly and made a pass or blow at falkner berand and aud then ran the watchman set off in pursuit of the negro but finally lost sight of him and anti returning he found falkner lying faint with loss of blood his hi death occurring occur ringa a fermin few minutes subsequently the cause of death was the severance apparently with a raz razor or of two arteries at the junction of the middle and upper third of the right forearm other outrages of a less serious character committed by colored people upon t the whites are reported and party feel ing 7 ran so high that the most stringent measures on the part at af the authorities were deemed necessary to suppress fur ther demonstrations of a like nature such occurrences are deplorable and must be suppressed and all per sons really worthy of exercising the electoral suffrage no matter to what political party they may belong will unite in their efforts for the preservation of law and order the germantown telegraph speaking about the corn crop says ic it ba bw i many formidable enemies eneal eli ell among chichis which chis is 1 what is commonly called the white grub which seriously damages the v crop As a sure remedy the telegraph i recommends that a tablespoonful of a w mixture composed of one part common ll 11 salt and three parts plaster laster gypsum be applied round each eill hill as soon as the plants make their appearance above the ground the mixture must not touch t the young soung plants ii 4 As corn is likely to be pretty exten J grown in the southern part of our territory the above recipe given f says the telegraph on the best ali ati all lt tho thornty rity may prove beneficial F il which of nf these roads leads to the village of H asked a traveler of a ragged little urchin sitting by the road yide ide any of em sir answered the hoy boy which la 18 the bet best aint i nary one of efem yem lem best which ia Is the IW shor shortest aint no no difference 11 ae J chioli which would he be the beat for moto poto me to i you may take tiny any of lern em it and aud afore yon gt gist aisil wish ai a took the ones |