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of few years ago, in accordance with the orig
out running into private property; that the grade
of Boundary street at Connecticut avenue can
not be raised without raising that of several
cost Of grading and graveling street, from
New Jersey avenue to canal at 81 ,024.Oi; esti-
mating cost Of grading and graveling New
Hampshire avenue, from PENNSYLVANIA avenue
The bills from the Board of Aldermen for the
relief of W. w. Lesh; joint resolution in refer
ence to the purchase Of mill sites to encourage
manufactures; bill to change the course and
width Of an alley in square No. 500, were passed.
| Bill to reimburse Simon Wolf for binding
records, &c, in his Office of Recorder Of Deeds
was after long debate, referred.
BY Mr.. Fardon-Bill to grade street north,
between 9th street and Rock Creek; passed
Bill amending act to renumber the house, (pre.
| scribing that the numbers shall be IN inches
long;) referred. BY Mr.. BurgessJoint resolu-
tuition in relation to the proposed international
exp exposition; passed. BY Mr. DietTich1Resolu-
the number Of gas-lamps in each ward, and
what number lamplghter can properly attend
to; adopted. Resolution direc ting the Commit
law the late Register was paid 50 600 for afixing
the seal to the Corporation bonds, and by what
authority sundry persons were employed on said
bonds; passed. By Mr.. Beall-Bil for relief of
Casper Herbert; petition Of w. G. johnson; re-
ferred. Bill amending act authorizing con-
structlon OF sewer In Pennsylvania avenue,
subsequently moved to reconsider the vote
which was agreed to, and the bill pass ed.
BY Mr.. Brown-Biil amending the license laws;
referred. Resolution relating to Tiber creek;
adopted. BY Mr.. Holmes-Bills to set the foot
ways and cutters on the east side of 10th street
west, between X street north and Boundary
street; authorizing the laying Of a water main
i IN ID street south, between New jersey avenue
and Sd street east; do. on New Jersey avenue,
between ID street south and Georgia avenue; re-
feIred BY Mr.. Tinney-Bill for the relief OF
px-n ID
ton that the Register inform the board whether
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company is
indebted to the Corporation, and whether he
deposit in the vaults of his Office in favor of this
Corporations; if 30, what interest has accrued OH
them; adopted. By Mr.. Williams-Resolution
calling on the Surveyor for the cost of grading
and gTaveling II street south, from 7th street
west to Water street; south, from 7th to Water
streets, and south, from 9th to Water streets;
adopted. Bill to authorize the Mayor to ap-
point lanitor of the west wing of the City Hail,
and bills for footways and cutters on the east
side OF ~ street west, between III and M SOUTH
+ and N south; referred.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Mcknight. from the Committee on
Claims, reported bill to reimburse s. Wolf for
lifting up his Office (RecOrder Of Deeds; passed.
Mr.: Brown, from Committee on Pelice, reported
bill (B. A. TO legalize the payment of certain
portions Of salaries of the Metropolitan Police
magistrates and for other purposes; passed. Mr..
Holmes, from the COmmittee on Markets, re-
ported bill for the erection Of stalls i'm the
Western market; passed. Mr.. Detrlck reported
bill to regulate the sale of medicines; recOmmit-
ted. Bills for relief Of Duckett g. Co., and ID. l.
Evans; passed.
The amendment of the Board Of Aldermen to
bill to pay deficiency in grading and graveling
street north, from 18th street west to the
western Boundary street, was passed.
Mr.. Mcknight offered q resolution, which was
agreed to, That no person who is confined in the
smallpox hospital shall be permitted to leave
without certificate from the physician that he
or she ID well enough not to endanger the health
OF any one. Adjourned.
FOURTH WARD woRKINGMEN's MEETING
A meeting of the Fourth Ward workingmen was
held last night, and Mr.. p. H. DOnegan was
elected chairman, and Prot. Green secretary.
MIR. Donegan, on taking the chair, stated that
capital had been for a long time organized
against labsr; now labor was about to assume
Its true position in this country. 1t was their
purpose to organize tonight in this ward an
auxiliary association to further the objects of
the Labor Convention which had been in session
in this city. Prof. Green stated briefly the work
the late Convention had done, and what the
motion that the doings of the Convention be
ratified by this meeting. Major Martin Delaney
spoke at some length, advocating the teaching
cent Of the products Of labor go to the laborer,
hence the necessity Of combination Of labor for
protection Let capital make an it can out OF
labor, but let labor enjoy its Just proportion of
the profits. They did not propose to make war
on capital, but they proposed to give to labor its
sf dge T6s esn Be done ne Sy
next entertained the meeting, and said the la
boring men of the South are more Independent
Of capital than those at the North, but they did
not know it-ths was owing to their ignorance.
1t is a burning shame that so many men are to-
day walking about begging for employment
when there are so many avenues of wealth sur
rounding them On all sides. Prof. A. NJ. Green
offered resolution, which was unanimously
adopted, complimentary to Hon. A. Nj. Clapp,
partial justice-in defending the right of all men
TO perform an honest days work and receive
therefor an honest days pay-has won the ad-
men throughout this country and of the
world" and earnestly protesting against any
efforts to remove so fair and honest an ofYicer
MIR. Pat. Foley offered preamble and resolu-
tons, which had reference to the Corporation
work and its manner Of being distributed, which
was read and referred to special committee of
three. Interesting addresses were made by Mr.
Craft, OF Georgia; Mr.. Clark, Of n. c.: Mr.
poweil, OF Texas; and Mr.. Isaac Meyers, of
Maryland. President Of the National Labor
Union. Prof. Green offered resolution, which
was adopted, that when this meeting adjourn,
It meet one week from tonight in the CITY
Hall, for the purpose Of organizing an auxiliary
meeting to act in harmony with the National
Labor Union. Mr.. George I. Downing then was
introduced and spoke at some length with much
earnestness in favor of the objects of this meet
ing and Of the National Labor UniOn and was
followed by Rev. Sella Martin, after which the
meeting adjourned.
A CARD To the Editor Of The .Star:-The fol-
lowing paragraph has had considerable circula-
"Daniel welch, clerk in the Pension ofice.
was discharged on Saturday on the ground that
he had circulated stories about Commissioner
Van Aernam."
Now, Mr.. Editor, every story has two sides, and