Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-24
GEORGETOWN.
Affairs in Gear-rtoMn.

CALLED MEETING or THE GRoRGKTOw
CoUNCILs.-.Scrdsslle f,F RsRineai OAr.r-
CHARGES Asdinsi 'orpOr5 'ioH yHger-.lr Ice
uesIQdfiT1 gonlmtttsc.
rheSieorgetoVyn CITY Councils will hold
meeting an accordance with the provisions ~
the Charter, on the first Monday an January
next tor the election Of Corporation ON ,-r>.
aud spirited contest is now going Oh ampu.
the aspmsnts for positions. Members for tn
two Boards are being button holed eyerywhere
nv the candidates, OF their friends, and he
claims Of the ins and outs are actively can
vsssed by local partsans. The presen; corp5-
ration officers were elected by the last COrpo-
ration, which was Conservative in poltucs.
The present Boards are nearly unanimously
Republican. There ls consequently net much
chance for The ssinsn AZ The ssoaIs" Wsrs united.
but there's the rub. The candidates are many.
and the places few. Consequently, there a
an intestine squabsle going on. tasre h-,ur
In some cases half-s-dozsn candidates FOR thr
same position. To complicste matters, the COLI
ored men claim a share Of the Offices. A they
are moderate in their demands, there is hut l,-
Tie doubt that two or three minor places whIch
they have designated VIII BE- filled by colorad
men The principal fight seems 70 b. over fn-
places OF Hour inspectors, wood cOrdrrs, lum-
b%r mtasurers, and street Commissi oner. Bu-
ing tie Illness Of tx Mayor Addison. b. pre-
eat commissioner, Mr.. John Il. Newman.
thalTman OF he Committee on Streets OF thr
boSro 81 common Council, has been sHpar-
NisILg the improvement and repair Of IN,
streets. and has received fer his ser vices - tr
DAY De is a candidate for The Comm ssionrr-
snip AZ the coming election. hut i oppo-aF ny
some Of hls Republican friends he informed
he Man or Yesterday hat al a rau.us NJ /, t..-
members n the Boards held GA TUESDAY ut-nf.
charges were made against lam that hls p,,,
roll would show he had been pad - p.r ba,
on various lots Of stree. work E5.ur "a Al m.
same tune. 50 hat in some Instance he nad To-
c'iyed - or - per dag. "a cCusa, u-t.a q
winch statements ano her Ysrsru Was nom.
mated by the caucus Tor Street CJmml,sIou-r
lie denIed The Truth OF the statements. suT
thought u due a. him that an in vssfss CATION
n 'uld be made. IN acC1rdauC' WA AS e.
quest the Mayor called a meeting OF Ga.
Councils last evening There was no qu"rum
IN the Board Of Aldermen. III. I AOraS. Coz
ssrvsuye, being the only member OF to b,srf
present. In the Board Of Common Council
there were present, uessrs. Collins. Darcy.
EdmcnsCn, Newman, Ramsburg. Sho-masar
and Wells, and the Presidenf. fDr CragtnD Al
The absence Of the Secretary, Mr.. PaIShar--.
hr. Collins was elected 10 serve In th1-
capacity. The Chair stated that the meeting
was called 10y the Mayor a. the request a.. m
officer Of the Corporation. who represented thar
charges had been made against him for Official
misconduct AFTER a further explanation by
the Char IL accordance with the above fac $,
BE- added that he bad seen a statement prepared
by the Clerk OF the Corporation, which
satisfied him that there was no truth an Ia.
charges made against Mr. Newlnau. TT1s
written statement Of the Clerk, referred Io,
shows that Mr.. Newman in no case wa paiT
more than 50 Per day, whether lie suP-riu-
tended oue or half a dszea Jobs, aud Other
members expressed themselves. before 'ia
meeting was called TO order, satisfied wlta tg.
falsity OF the charges, the Clerk assuring them
that they could not be sustainedl Nj. New
man said The Chair and the Board might b..
satisfied, but these charges had b-en made. ans
the people might want to know whether they
We're true or not. They Were serious char=-S
affecting hlmselfaud the Mayor, who had sIgu.g
his pay rolls, they were utterly false. aud b..
desired an investig CATION % show TO the paopIs
that they were so. Mr.. Edmonson NOV d that
the Char, and Mr.. Ramsburg BE- appoIntai a
committee 10 investigate the matter. Mr. New
man moved 20 amend the motion by aialug
Mr. Darby 20 the committee. which wa agreed
To, and the motion was carried, ana the Hoard
thereupon adjourned
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the po-.
once. Georgetown. ID. G., Dec-meT ~. IrGs
LDdtcs' LtSL-BAker Jane Mr., Burr Mary
mis-: Brideemann Margaret Miss; De-bla T.
Mrs, Dale Maggie Miss; Dor Ms: Edward-
Susan Mrs; Graves Catherine Mrs: Havlzlus
MIS-; Hays Mary A Mrs; Jones Sarah: kerfog-
Ann Mrs: Kendall Catherine Il Mrs: Lemon
Elizabeth Mrs; Morgan Helen Mrs; Miller e
MIS- Mason Emma Miss; Patten 10 M
Pane Lucy MISS; Reeve Conetantia Mr.
Shafer Emma Miss; Williams Sallie M
Young Catherine Mrs.
- GehaeH,sR's LisL-AIexandsr Vim r: Bowers
John; Bennett; Chas; Collins Michael UyyIe
DaVIc: Dorsey Albert; Evans Mark q; GALLON
jas. Gates Samuel; Howard James. Hanna
John; Harrison Peter & ~; Jones WIN Hi.
jackson Robert; Johnson HObert: kidw-u J.
": Kent Moses; Little Phillip L; LIME Tho:
Mounty Henry l.; Minor Juo r. MAYS Cha.
Patton John u; Simpson Capt Isaac. Samael
George i2l; Sullivan James: Soaper Robert
Talbert * McCully; Tyler Capt ] q; Williams
James; WaIbridge Hiram; Wurdeman ".
NELOCIPBDEs.-Cieorgeto is rather ahead
OF Washington in the use OF the veIocIpede. a,
prominent citizen and banker here uses one
frequently, and Is said TO make splendid time
MAsoNIC-George Washington Lodge. re-
Gently organized. held its first meeting last
evening at Covenant Lodge rooms Tt. fol-
lowing are the officers: M q. Causten, W N.
n Inorne, ;. George Me'Zsrick, J. w;
;. b. Palmer. Secretary; V. Shinn, Treas ure..