Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-30
DATLY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS

p-o,,,9iurs Of the CoH"e'ts-Soon after
meeting of the Council, the President laid
.ho Roarl communication from the
80 announcing the decision ef the Circuit
n the case of Roda +. Romans as. Cap
-. E.,by. suit instituted by the former to
,or some property bought by the latter at
.sle on the 10Th of November, 1878, and
a., ra, decided in favor of the plaintiff.
-. Mayor announced that it was the inten-
of the defendant TO carry the case up to
-. supreme Court, and recommended that the
,...rn,r Of the Corporation be authorized to
that the City be represented ut the Court.
I'll, ease is one of considerable interest to
-. property holders of the city, and more
...c;aIly to those who bought property at the
N. "a. sale with Captain Easily
Il Gems that Capt Easily bought this prop
- Of Roda E. Homans on the 10Th of No
Gambler. 1S4S, at a city tax sale, and that he
towards obtained tax title from the Cor
titan Tie Court decided that the tax title
~. not legal, because only notice Of eleven
al, and four days was given of the sale,
-ben the law required twelve. Should the
s,nrems Court sustain this decision, all the
,,r titles obtained from the same sale, will
be invalidatod.
The subject of temperance was under dis
cushion in the Council for about an hour, on
n. substitutes to Capt. Easby's bill, for the
.rppression of tipping shops, proposed by Mr..
Davis, which finally passed by vote Of IA to 4
The object of this substitute was to direct
the committee having the charge of our city
matters before Congress, to ask that body to
give the CORPORATION power to pass a bill for
bidding the sale OF intoxicating liquors in the
city Of Washington.
Messrs. Miller and Pepper spoke in favor of
the substitute, on the ground that the vote of
The people did not authorize them to pass laws
for the suppression of tipping shops, but only
to 20 to Congress for the power to do so.
Nessrs Easily and Gull opposed the bill, be-
cluse it did not go far enough that they were
in favor of it, provided it were in separate
bill. and was not substitute for the bill for
the suppression OF the sale of intoxicating
LIQUORS, which they believed the Council had
the power to pass.
Immediately upon the passage of the sub
.ti ute, Mr. Callan, Pres; dent of the Board,
gave notice that he would, on Monday next.
introduce bill to suppress tipping shops,
and to increase the license upon tayerns and
ordnaries
In the Board Of Aldermen, bill was intro
duced BY Mr.. Reed, of the Second Ward. to
prohibit the sale of ice on Sunday; rejec led
By the following vote:
Yeast P. Morgan Magruder, Baily, Reed
Clark and Wheeler.
Nays-Burrows Davis. French, Fitzpatrick.
Vim. Morgan and Towers-6.
During the excessively hot weather of the
past Summer, our citizens have been fully as
anxious te keep cool on Sunda7 as on other
days, especially when some Of our hottest
weather and deaths from tho effects of the
heat, have been on Sunday, and they would lily
brook any such law of the Corporation.
Several bills of interest passed both Boards.
A bill for the grading and crawling of 18th
Street east from E Street north to the canal
4 bill for the grading and graveling of E
street north, from 9TH Street east to New Jer
-ey avenue, and of I'd Street east from D street
north to Massachusetts, avenue.
A bill regulating the laying of foot pave
msnts.
Melancholy Fafai Accdeut. -Yester,lav
evening, Thomas Campbell, a young man
about nineteen years old, son Of Mr.. r. G.
Campbell, Of the Patent Office, whilst gun
aing, accidentally killed himself. He was
getting over fence, and rested his gun at the
bottom of it, while he got over and pulled it
through crack in the fence after him. poipt
foremost. In doing this, the trigger caught
against the cross piece, and discharged tho
whole load in his breast He lived but \ few
hours, and then sail he Was willing to die. and
brsathed hi, last His character was nm
spOttsl His surviving friends. who are very
numerous in Washington. will sympathise
leerly with his truly afflicted parents and
relatives.
PSfeHt Gas R.s"IafOrs-This curious and
simple machine. which is now in general uso
in New York city, has just been intro luced
here 1t may properly be tcrmod money
saver, and we are sure that all consumers of
sas will speedily possess themselves of one of
hem 1t can be affixed with little trouble to
10y metre at small expense, and is not liable
10 get out Of order. 1t exercises absolute con
Foi over the flow Of gas into the pipes, and
'ayes all the waste that consumers have been
n the habit Of paying for-sayins thereby
rom twenty to thirty per cent Mr.. Edward
toteler. southwest corner of 9th and D SIS
5 the agent here, where those interested in re-
luclns their gas bill, will do well to make a
all and avail themselves of its advantages.
The New Badgr-By a recent order the