Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-04
GEORGETOWN.
Correspondence Of The Star.

| correspondence OF Inc Star.
GEORGETOWN, June 4, 1859
In the Council. last night, the Chair laid before
the board the report of the chief Of police for the
month Of Nav; referred.
An Invitation from the ladies Of the Presbyterian
church, to attend the festival now being held by
tnen AZ Forrest Hall, was read and referred
MT lenney apologiZed to the board for having
ialiso 70 call the ways and means committee to
Setner 10 consider the message of the Mayor in re-
gard TO some defect in the water bill.
Inc Ghalr laid before the board the account of
Henry Reaver for costs for The month Of May; re-
fcrred.
Mr. Marbury, from streets committee reported
an ordinance supplemental to an ordinance pro-
wang Tor the improvement of West street This
supplemental ordinance continues the improve
ment rom Mill street TO Its eastern terminus
Also resolution confirming the grade of West
ST.: from Montgomery st. to its eastern terminus
Also, ordinance supplemental to an ordinance
Pfovialng Tor the Improvement of the footways on
Also, reported a resolution authorizing the
Mayor TO cause certain flag footways to he made
same. ''' 'A
The resolution authorizing the Mayor To AZ nm
room In the Town Hall for the use Of the w alter
ooard was taken up, and on motion Of Mr. Mar
bury, laid on the table.
me resolution making an appropriation of 1900
for the continuation of the road lending To Little
Falls bridge, was passed
passed. ~
The resolution to prevent the accumulation of
the das debt was taken up. and after some discus
SION was passed by the following vote:
:, seasNMessrs. Offutt, Dunlop, Stake. Tenney
HYDE, Marbury, I.azenbv, and Shoemaker
Nays-Messrs. Bangs and PickrelI
The above bill requires the lights TO he ertin
guished at ~ O'Clock at night
Inc resolution making an appropriation for
whl'r-WasnlhS ana repairing the market house
was passed.
The ordinance providing for the improvement
Gi the footway ON the south side of Dun,harton
street. between Washington and CONGRESS- street
was taken up. and SO amended as 10 read from
Montgomery to High street, and then passed:
yeas 5, nays2.
The strawberry festivals now being held by the
LADIES OF the Presbyterian and Methodist churches
are both so decidedly popular, and afford each
evening such an amount of agreeable intercourse
I'd Vsltors that neither wind nor weather can keen
t I i9lkS away rom them. notwithstanding the
decidedly Indictment condition Of the weather last
night, there was quite n large company at each
pace; FROM an advertisement in another column
VIII ne seen that the Presbyterian ladies intend
suspendlng theirs at Forrest Hall this evening
and continue II again on Monday and Tuesday
evenings of next week
During the week ending to-day II boats have
arrived by the canal-66 from Cumberland with
about 600 tons of coal, two with flour and grain
ard the remainder from different points with tan
bark, wood lime stone &c. The receipts for tolls
at the Georgetown collectors Office for the same
period, amounts to 81 ,730 as follows: Ascending
trade, 1857; descending. 81 37S.
We learn that leak has occurred oil the Canal
Aqueduct at Seneca of sutfic uagni to re-
qulre the water to be drawn off for its repair
owing, 1t is supposed, to the above accident
| the Canal steamer Antelope, due Yesterday at !
O'Clock has not reached here at the time of clos
ing this letter.
owing to the inability to obtain vessels there
has been shipped from Rays dock this week only
67S tons of coal.
We invite the particular attention to the sale of
building lots on Fifth street, between Market and
Fayette, by Barnard d Buckley on Nondav ;,fter
noon next The location is one of the most healthy
in the town.