Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-29
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over upon the city, purified.
The plan Of " water traps" at eveTy open
ing in q sewer into which water or filth enters
IL, arranged by Dr.. Thomas Miller, the Presi
dent of the Washington City Board Of Health,
appears to rs to be much cheaper, and posi-
lively certain to prevent noxious exhalations
from sewers except where the water and filth
thereof 10 finally elected from tho work. Thna
a. the most triing cost imaginable, may the
nesrt Of any city be relieved from the noxious
calculations which are at the foundation of
most Of the so-called epidemics With which
cities are 80 often afflicted. Where the water
trap has been used in Washington It has en-.
tirely removed the nuisance Of the smell of q
filthy sewer by which the nsighborhood was
!. previously afflicted.
LEHR.-The very name sufices to
fexcite ones laughing propensities This gen.
" tleman takes his first benefit in this city in
eight years, at the National Theatre, to-mor-
row night, and as he is Justly established
favorite, the house will no doubt be fully at
tended. We have witnessed the efforts of
many Of our so-called great comedians, and
can safely assert that in none was there such
total absence Of cosrseness and vulgar buff
foonery as In Mr.. Lehr's rendition of the gen.
uine southern negro. There is q fidelity to
nature, an unctiousness of expression, which
TO all familiar with the unmistakable charac-
teristics Of the southern darkey renders the
picture at once recognizable; and g Brudder
Bones's" ready wit and keenness of repartee
are applauded to the echo. He was, We are
informed among the original founders of the
present able troupe, and that alone would en-.
title him to the consideration of the public
who have so often been delighted By his bril-
liant witticisms. The bill is an excellent one.
comprising among other attractions the ever
popular L ncle Toms Cabin
The NATIONAL HOTEL in this city, was
duly re-opened according to advertisement on
Monday morning last. Every thing around
the house locke as bright as new guinea.
Already its halls begin to wear their former
winter appearance This is, the people Assem-.
BILE there in from all quarters of the city, as
merchants in en- exchange, to discuss the news
of the day. 1t has always been favorite
house with the public, and having been re6tted
from top to bottom to make it equal to the
j. LINES in all its appointment, it must of souse
-Ado its fair share OF business throughout the
session.
This house is under the control of E. D. Will
lard, Esq we'll know and popular caterer
for the public. Itmay be well to remark that
zith the popular Hotel kept by his brother, at
the corner of l4th street. We deem it proper
to nane this fact as travellers, from q similarity
of name, may mistake the houses.
FUNERAL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST
The Globe of yesterday says: The remains of
the Rev Mr.. Lilly, late Vice President of
Loyala College, Baltimore, were brought to
ibis city by the eleven o'clock cars this morn
ing. They were accompanied by the Rev,
Messrs. Early, McManus, McUolgan, Dolan,
and others, fIom Baltimore, including q com
mittee of the Young Catho les Friend Society.
The cortegs was met at the depot by several
friends and clergymen of this city and George
town, and by the Rev MIR. Biloxi, of Alexan.
dria, Virginia The corpse Was removed in
funeral procession to Georgetown, where, after
suitable services, it was deposited in the bu
rial ground of the Georgetown College Tho
deceased was much esteemed in this CITY, hav.
ing been for some time a professor in the
Washington Catholic Seminary on F street.
. SOMETHING NEEDED.-A proposition is now
pending before the Lower Council Board to
provide street lamp at the corner of Tenth
street and Louisiana avenue. 1t strikes us
that, for general purposes, an isolated light al
that point, at the public e1per Sc, will not be
proper. 1t will be we'll, how ever, to extend q
range Of those lights from the Avenue down
Tenth street. oger the Canal, and through the
Smithsonian grounds to the Institute building
If the Corpora ion will make the improvement
rdOwn to the foOt-bridge, it is almost certain
continue it through the public property to the
Institute building. 1t will be recollected tina
during the sessions Of Congress that particular
route 10 the building Is thronged almost night
ly with citizens and strangers going to and
returning from the Institutes lectures So
the line Of public lamps, which we suggest, is |
greatly needed, indeed
WASHINGTON Coach MAKERs-W were
much gratihed to-day, with beautiful piece
Of workmanship from the factory Of Messrs |
Haslup Weeden, Of our city. II ig coupee
carriage, Of q new style, invented by these
skillful workmen for one Of our physicians. |
Who was badly hurt more than a year ago
For convenience 1t cannot be equalled, and |
for elegance OF construc ion it challenges com
petition. If this vehicle could be cen in any
of the the larger Northern cities, we feel sure
that the lngenius builders would have MANY
orders from invalids and the lame. SPACE
forbids our saying more than that it combines |
the substantial comfort Of the English builders.
with the elegance Of construction peculiar to |
the French. Ii turns in a shorter space than
any other tour wheeled carriage we ever saw,
and without the slightest danger.
How TO GET RID OF HOUSE ANIs.-Many
house keepers are considerably annoyed by
house ants, particularly cur large hotel keep
ers. The following from an exchange is said
to be an excellent remedy:
The beet way to get rid of ants is to set
quantity OF cracked walnuts or shell barks on
plates and put them in the closet and places
whore the ants cOngregate They are very
fond Of these, and will collect on them in
myriads- When collected on them make
general auto da'fe by turning nuts and ants
together into the fire, and then replsnish the
plates with fresh nuts. After they have be.
! come so thinnei of as to cease collecting ON
plates, powder some gum camphor, and put in
mainder of them will speedily vamose. 1t
may help the process Of getting them to as
semble on the she'll barks TO remove all sati.
bles out Of their way for the time
LOOK ON TEE SOUTH SIDE. Will the ompi
bus drivers do the public the favor once in a
while to turn their eyes towards the south side
of the Avenue, from which, by some unac.
eountabie mystery, it seems impossible to
catch glance from the Jervy of Bus.
To 1ou