Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-06

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October 29-To balance due Bank S5os IS. Il. a.
communication from n. A. Hin, I'm relation
TO the contracts for laying the water mains, wal
referred 70 the drainage committee.
The petition Of lanes Rose, for permssi ion "a
erect frame house adjoining brick dwelling
COMMITTEE IMPORTS.
Bill OF the lower board to trim and gravel L
/ street from Twenty fourth street west to Penn.
enue; passed. Bill Of the lower board to repair
the alley in square 457; passed Bill Of the lowei
,soard to gravel Sixth street east from Penn ave to
- - aryland ave passed. Bill OF the lower board
- relation 10 frame building adjolning a brick
buildine; passed. Bill providing for the neces.
ssesfy repairs and improvements at the intersection
l.cf Seventh street east and street noFth passed
:. BIZ to take up and relay portion Of the gutter
Bill providing for the partial grading of portion
Of First street west; passed. Bill Of the lower
hoard TO lay water main In Eighth steet west,
from street north to l. street north; passed.
Resolution regarding Improvement Of the
drainage In square sic; passed. BIZ authorizing
The Water Puryeyor to connect the water mai u In
reservation A with the United stetes main In Penn.
ave, for the purposes Of circulation; passed. =
ANskxArIoN on sKoReErowx TO WASHINGTON
Mr.. Ma2fudce, from the select committee, to
whom was referred the Mayors communication
In relation TO the annexation Of Georgetown TO
Washington, reported the following resolution,
which was passed :
RssOfred, That the Board Of Common Council
De requested to appoint COMMITTEES to act in
conjunction with the committee Of seven hereto
fore appointed by this board on the subject Of the
annexuon OF Georgetown to this city. p.
/. -.rs. TIRE WATER BILL. .--.-f
cA motion by Mr.. Fisher. the bill amendatory
ne a hut inn Of he pot
water tnrox ghout the city Of Washington, ap-
proved Jsae 2, 1889, was ken up for eonsidera-
tion, when several sections were read and
-amererdi after which the subject was made the
sPeciei order for next Monday night at s O'Clock
and the board adjourned. '.r -
CornUon CoEnctI The Board met at the usual
hour, the President (Mr. Powell) In the chair
COMMUNICATION. - Pc -.
Communication from the Intendant of the
Orphan Asylum. F-
BILLS, ETC INTRODUCED
Bill providing for the protection of the w estern
market-house; bill requesting the Mayor to attend
to the removal Of the Alexandria Railroad within
tue limits OF Washington; petition Of Margaret
Law, praying the remission Of hne all of which
were appropriately referred.
COMMIrTEK DISCHARGED
Committee on police discharged from the peti-
tion Of Peter Carroll and Others to amend the act
entitled"An actto license and regulate hucksters''
BILLS PASSED
Bill to improve the Western Burial Ground:
bill to change the seventh section of the act to
reg uiate markets, approved May "a, 1853; bill to
authorize the curbstones to be set and the foot
ana JOY Dill TO authorize the construction of
sewer along portion Of Sixth street west.
LAID OVER.
Blu to abolish the ONCE of the Commissioner
al Health, and for other purposes.
- RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Mr.. Morgan Introduced the following: ,-.r
Resotrsd, That the committee of imDroyen, ents
be Instructed to inquire into the cost Of placing
CP.Gfar MAJ ofh H.
snsos attached thereto, and report the result of
their inquiry 20 this board ..-.s- -.,, I. :
mr.. joins offered the following: r--rp I
asSoteea, That the Secretary Of the Board Of
Aldermen be requested 10 return to this board the
papers In the case Of James Towles
Mr. Powell offered the following:
hssotred, That the Board Of Common Council
S requested TO appoint committee TO act in con-
junction with the committee Of seven herefofors
appointed by this board on the subject Of the an.
ne1atioo Of Georgetown.
The chair appointed the following gentlemen
on TIE foregoing committee: Messrs Morgan,
Clark, Borrows, Chaplin, Mead, Ober, and Given
Joint resolution asking Congress to authorize
the construction OF passenger railway ON Penn
sylyania avenue and other streets. 49,.
COUNTY CouRr IN ALExAspRrK.-The Gazette
OF this morning says:-The Court opened Its No
vemoer term stthe courthouse yesterday morning
az al O'Clock. Justice Fowle presided with
Associate Justices Wheat, w under, Neaie. and
English. 80 80 -
j. J. Wheat, Esq, duly elected Justice Of
Peace, took the usual oaths and was duly quail
ned as Justice Of the Peace.
hoot Taylor, Esq :, appointed by the Governor
OF tue Commonwealth Inspector Of -four for the
county Of Alexandria, appeared and was qualified
oY taking the usual oaths Of ONCE. p
Andrew Jackson, Esq. having been appointed
deputy clerk Of the County Court, qualified by
taking the usual osths Of ONCE.
The Court appointed the following gentlemen
as school commissioners for the several districts
OF this county First district, b n. Lambert;
second district, James Entwisle; third district,
5 8. Williams; fourth district, w. ID. Massey;
nth district, n 8. Wunder. a. - -
The Court then, as an examining court, took
mp the case Of Abram Spoits charged with set.
ting Are to the dwelling Of Mn. Catharine Now
Stuart appeared for the prosecution; r. l.. smith
and ID. l.. Smoot for defence. ! ..ts.g
II appeared in evidence that on the evening Of
the sth Of October last the accused LEFT the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Rowland, the rear portion of which
be had occupied as his residence. Shortly after.
wards the cracking Of flames was heard and
some old clothing, &c, Were discoyered to be on
IRE In closet. The fre was -extingu.shed by
cutting into the closet; not, however, Until the
IRE bad done some damage lit appeared, also,
thai the house was not securely fastened and that
ia 1T were all the household good Of the accused
IL wss further shown that the accused was a
member Of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Having heard the evidence the Court discharged
Spots. $50. .
Several bills were ordered to be certified to the
Auditor Of the Commonwealth for payment A
number Of foreigners were naturaliled and sew.
eral free negroes registered. ~ 'S-aA ~
The court then adjourned 10 court in course
marrow ESCAPE Last night, about half pss,
o'clock the vicinity Of Thirteenth and d street
was alarmed by the screams Of q boy, apparently
in the severess sgony No one could see Elm; bal
the sound seemed to proceed from a cartEwhich
was making singular track In the street.-The
horse going around in circle and occasionally
backing when the screams would become louder
A person sprung into the street, caught the horss
by the bride and stopped him; when II WINS dis
covered that small colored boy, the driver had
slipped from his seak, and falling between thu
body Of the cart and the wheel, lodged upon thu
axle. Having bat one rein in his hand pulling
that caused the horse to perform the circulsi
movements, aud the wheel squeezing the DO,
against the body, hurt him badly. The hors,
= being stopped TIVE boy fell 10 the ground, and tn,
- first words he uttered Were, cd DIN tn,
horse ~ He soon forgot bis fright, was put Init
the cart and sent home. ~ : =. go
GANK or CONFIDENCE we men
toned the arrest Of German woman under suspi
cieus circumstance The detective ofacers, AlleI
and Busher, who had the case, determined to seel
n ont II possible; and they discovered that tn
woman and her husband bad been imposed on b.
two sharpers. Several days auo two men an