Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-24

Board OF SCHOOL TRusrsEs.-A special
was held las. n their room
at the City Hall, Mr.. James p. Tustin in the
chair; present, Messrs w ileen, Bro wn. Rhees,
Woodland, Fox, Clark, johnson, Oassel and
Or. Croggoa. The business for which the
meeting was called was to elect teachers for
! the ensuing year. Mr. Wilson said no election
could be held, as the comm ittee on exam ma
Several schools had not yet been located. ana
he thought the election had better be postponed
There ssing no objection the election was
Mr Oassen presented the application OF
Miss Sallie johnson, ,tor position as teacher,
which was referred to the committee on ex-
the resignation OF Miss Hattie J. Magee, as
teacher OF Secondary No. 6, Ath District.
which was accepted. tv
Mr.. Cassell said the sub. board of the lth lis.
the General Board to the City Councils for the
organization OF two additional Intermediate
schools, one male and one female. There were
now IS boys in secondary schools who were
Qualided TO enter an intermediate school.
Mr.. Wtleon Suggested that two secondary
schools Be used for the intermediate schools
needed. and by this means the districts could
Mr.: Cassell .sid they would adopt the sug-
gestlon Of Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. johnson presented the appiications Of
bum for positions as teachers. Referred to the
committees.
Mr.. Wilson asked II it was the insentionIof
the sub-hoard Of the Cd district to continue
with male teacher for the male intermediate
school. He had learned that Mr.. Reys intended
to resign, and he thought the question was now
settled that male teacher was nesded for this
Mr.. johnson said he was anxious TO nave
male teacher for the school. He spoke OF Mr..
Reys as being an excelsDt teacher and thought
hn MsenR
Mr. Wilson said In providing Tor an increase
OF salaries they had overlooked the music
teacher. He therefore moved that the ccm-
mittee before the councils recommend that the
salary Of the teacher OF the Male intermediate
Sd district, and the music teacher, each Do in.
creased TO 81 eco per annum.
mr.. JohDeon moved a. an amendment that
the male teachers appointed to teach male in
efmediaie schools receive Sl,20 Per aLnnm.
Ine amendment was accepted and the resoiu-
Mr. Wood ward ofrered resolution proyid.
ing that the committee sscommend that
each district shoald eiect Q male teacher for
the male inte,mediase school ii fdeemed adyis-
Mr. Wilson said no thought male teach ers
should be employed in the male intermediate
schools AND they could take the grammar
schools should any vacancy occur
Mr.. CLARK suggested that each member OF
the conmit;se ON supplies act Ia his respective
district and arrange for fuel for the coming
year. instead OF purchasing all from one PER-
TEE UNION PACIFIC RAIIRoAp-37e MILES
OPEN FOR IRAvsL.-Ths telegraph has an.
burg, 276 miles from Omaha, and the mater ais
are nearly all on the ground to lay the track
to the base OF the Rocky Mountains-l4l m. les
further-oy Ssptemosr next. This is certainly
very rapid work, bat intelligent correspon.
dents say It 10 well done, and that the road is
well equipped; that Its deposs and sts tions are
OF brick and stone. and Its locomotives and
0H fhn AA0
also compelled to testify fhat It is In ali
first class road before the Government will
accept 1t. The business of this ROAD Is already
surprising. The thousands Of teams that once
spent summer over the prairies have trans.
ferred their loads 70 the rail track, and by an.
tumn the locomotive will be al the base OF the
Rocky Mountain.
Our readers will perceive by reference to the
company g advertisement, that it offers It's first
mortgage bonds, paying six per cent lntere
in gold 70 Subscribers, at ninety cents on the
road, and are limited in amount TO $i6,O00 to
the mile
The company state their net earnings for the
month OF May, while only 900 miles OF road
were in operation. at s96i, ,7s2-a sum which.
after deducting operating ex psnses, is several
times the futerest on the bonds they are BY law
permitted to issue upon it. II the earnings are
so large upon the tcay business what may we
not reasonably expect when the connection is
made in 1870 with the Pacific coast? Subscrip-
tiens are already large, and are received by
country.
RAT BAIT.-At the ra,-ba,t at Mr.. Bryans
Green House, Navy Yard, yesterday evening,
there was very large attendance and con.
siderable debating as to the result by different
gentlemen representing dogs and rats, aspi-
entrance was a match between Mr. Gallagher's
dog jerry and Mr.. Brooks dog Muggins five
rats each Tine-Jerry. minute and Sec
onds; Muegins, minute and SIS seconds. Mr..
fntr0dnppd A ho
which he stated was q no vice, and his first at.
tempt 10 worry three rats, which he success
fully accomplish ed in 12x seconds. Mr. Glib
sons sz1adf black tan terrier. weighing less
than six pounds, killed one rat in TX seconds
Mr Hughey titzsimmons dog Jack killed
three rats in the short space OF ten seconds,
which was acknowledged to be the quickest
time made during the evening for this number
" rats A Imaginable incident occurred at the
time which is worth relating. A gentleman
present, under the cognomen of Young, pro-
posed to make 8 bet that he would worry more
rats in ten minutes than any dog present. Mr.
Van Sktver's cog Nick killed two rats in IL
seconds. Mr.. Gross slut Fanny killed five
rats In 81 seconds. This performance was far
beyond anything that had been done during
the evening. The company. after enjoying g
convivial entertainment. departed for the city.
A gentleman present stated he had q slut
which he would back for from 500 to S5,Oun
TO worry twenty five rats against any dog in
the District.
ROCK CRERK RUNEs.-.A correspondent, who
signs himself "Inquiring Mind,'' sends us a
stone bearing a "rnnic Inscriptions" found by
nIm on Rock Creek July 9Th, which he thinks,
from It's chars. ter, 10 far more ancient than the
Potomac Runic He says:-"The locality
where this inscription was found Is about 500
yards northwest, by q little north Of Rock
Creek Falls: If Falls they can be called 1
concluded they were Falls, from the fact that
belonging, as do, to Temperance society. l
picked myself up close BY the rock from which
took this piece. You will perceive, on ex-
animation, that the rock and its Inscriptions
are greatly decayed, probably by the inclem-
ency OF the weather. / could not get a larger
specimen as the rest OF the rock crumbled to
pieces in my attempt to remove IT,
The geological spec cinen sent us by our cor
respond dent is certainly q curiosity in its wax
1t 10 q vsritable rock, rather crum but bear.
ing some first class runes, having all the exter.
nal indications OF green old age. Itlooks like
good stone to photograph, and were we to haz-
ard guess We would say fhat ten chances to-
one "1nquiring Mind" knows something about
the Potomac Rune hoax, and the photographs
thereof. i
THE RRGATTA.-The yachtmen OF this city,
Alexandria, and GEORGETOWN, are making
great pref, ,arations for the regatta which will
'ase place on Thursday. August J., and it
promises TO be quite an exciting affair, in
which 1t is likely there will be over twenty
boats entered, from a hooner to q small sail
hos ~v,;tI q .Ioa