Show washington NOTES from the th e washington star jan janig 16 washington city is so exceptionally healthy that latimer cleary deary this morn morning actually sold a lot of coffins at their N auction rooms the stock of a city undertaker ruined by the prevailing dul ness in hl hia business it is understood that the commins coffins were bought by a western man for the st louis trade A curious curious petition was presented in the house of representatives yesterday by barbour lewis of tennessee it has three hundred signatures of colored people in different portions of the south who are desirous to have some portion of or the south or southwestern terr terri tory set apart for their exclusive use with similar protection by the united states government to that now given by law to the cherokee choctaw and seminole indians the petitioners petition ers further state that they are desirous of having a fair chance in lit the greatrake grea trace of life and are satisfied that neither rhems themselves elves nor children can have it so longas they they are in the midst of the dominant race of the people who are far their superiors in point of education and many other advantages |