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before known, and in some parts Of the burg
even the upper storIes of houses were flooded
and the bridges were impossible.
THE RAILROADS.
The New York traIa, lac here at an early
hour this morning, did not arrive uLnl CLOCK
a. m in consequence Of a few feet of .ns track
II the road near the Gudpo WIDER having been
washed away, ana q detention IL Baltimore
because Of the Pratt s.reet bridge being thought
1nsafe. TIE engineer disco vered the gap near
acc'oent, and the damage was soon repaired
In consequelce OF several heavy beams having
struck the Pratt street bridge i: was thought
proper that careful examination should be
N ade before running cars over It. The local
rains were run in slowly as a precaution
against accidents, but the road was found not
| . have been damaged, excepting that at Paint
Branch the embankment nd been washed, but
as the strcng tressle work remains uninlured
the passage OF trains Is perfectly safe.
IN BALTIMORE.
The storm commenced in Baltimore at day-
light on Sunday morning, and continued with
ont cessation throughout the day, and at NO
O'Clock this morniag the rain was still falling
steadily and IN large quantities. 1t is feared
that great damages have been cccasloned by H.,
but as Jet nothing Is definitely known. No
trains were despatched over the Northern
Central railroad last night, and it was reported
hat bridges on the line had bsen washed
away; Jones, one Falls rose steadily during the
ternoon and at night were removing tae CON.
tents OF their houses and preparIng tor an ol y
inunoaton. In the lower part Of the city, back
OF the Gen ire Market, the water was flo wing
into the streets in small quantities, ana there
were general fears for the worst. During the
night the water rose very RAPIDLY, and another
great food. such as that u July, 1868, was
looked for.
LEVY CoURT.-The Levy Court of Wash
lnSton County met to- cay in the Aldermen's
ChamosT. City Hail, Dr. Nichols in the chair
and ali ne men, bers present.
Nr. Tenney presented bill for burying q
pGaper which wBS referred.
Tn Chair laid before the Board a petition of
Jane Baker Tor an abatement of taxes; petition
OF Thomas assn, smith fore, for refundmsnt Of hack
asking en- appropriation for bucket, broom,
sc which was made.
Dr. Rowland, from the Committee on
SCHOOLS, resented resolution calling on he
Commissioners for a statement as to the mum.
Der OF schools, the attendance, names Of
teachers, AMOUNT ef salaries. &C.; adopted.
Mr. Shepherd, from the Police Committee,
reported favorahly on the bills Of Ios. F. Burch
for burial OF a pauper, and Henry White, when
were ordered TO be paid. Adversely on claim
G Henry Smith for remissio Of hack license;
-epoTt adopted.
MI. Plant introduced an ordinance declaring
The streets in Mount Pleasant and Pleassn;
Plans public highways, provided the owners
expense and satisfactorily to the Court, and
deed them TO the. Levy Court in fee simple,
except sherman avenue, heretofore accepted;
Mr. Shepherd submitted the Coroper-s ac.
count for the past quarter, with a resolution
that the Cemrnittee on Police settle the account
oy an order on the Treas urer and drafts on the
Corporations OF Washington and Georgetown;
which was adopted. Also, petition from the
Registers OF Deeds, asking an appropriation
Tor rebind IN the records of deeds. &c.; referred
WITH instructions to ascertain the amount re-
quIree, &C.
Mr. Brown. from tie Claims Committee, re.
ported resolution making an Abatement eoual
y 10 for hirta
two acres taken b. the Government in the case
Of Jane Baker. Adopled.
Mr.. Burr called attention to the statement
raade IL the papers i'll reference to deceased
pauper. Mr.. Callan has no right to pay any
amount without an order Of the Court, and in
this case he did nothing but has duty, the law
standing in the way. He had heard since tia,
the police had sent an order % Mr. Hickey for
this mans wages. Mr.. Buckley did n OF refuse
to make the coffin, but said that he did not
make collins at IS. aud the Court had paid a
proportion CT the burial expenses in this case
MIR. Burr also called attention to the fact that
IN cases where the deceased had enough 10 pay
CoroHer's expenses the Coroner did not report
such cases to the Court. and he contended that
l. was the duty of the Coroner to tarn the eff
teeis over TO the Levy Court.
MT. shepherd said that the treasurer should
rave some discretion in such urgent cases as
tne one referred TO, and had he been in his
business place. when the officer returned, ne
would haTe taken the responsibility OF order
After some further Debate on motion OF Mr.
CLepueEu, tDe SupfGlnteHQent OF Roads, was
delegated to see 10 the burial Of uch cases.
0lr. Callan, the treasurer, submitted his
report Tor the past month as follows: Balance
on hand, Ssl27a; received from Collector,
S1,O13 y6 discount; S2,967; licenses 1897. Total,
81. BE- ,; amount expended, Si,7lS.C6; balance,
siP.G7.
Mr.. Rowland called attention to the law in
reference 10 cogs and raised the point that
under the law OF Congress, the court had no
power to tax dog over 81, and asked il a
female dog was a dog.
Shanhard 81 A hot ha 60,
Of discriminating against the lady dogs.
Mr. Garden thought they might lay the mat
ter over, for, in his opinion, there were 40
dogs in the county, and but three hundred paid
tax.
The Chair suggested that the subject be re-
ferred, for within three hundred yards of the
bou Ids OF the Insane Asylum there were three
hundred dogs; that the poorer the people the
more dogs they kept.
Or. Rowland made motion that the Com.
mittees on Finance and Health be directed to
inq uire some better plan for collecting the tax
on dogs. adopted.
Dr. Rowland offered a resolution inquiring
will publish official official reports OF the pro-
ceedings. DR.. Rowland spoke of the import.
rnce Of official reports being published. The
resolution was adopted.
Dr. Rowland offered a resolution requesting
the Mayer Of Washington to furnish copies OF
Webc's Digest to the Court; adopted. Al
JourEed.
TIE CoLLYgR-DoUGEERY PRIzs.-Depart.
ureS from Wcshtngtoa.-The prize fight between
sam Collyer. OF Baltimore, and Chas. Dough-
erty, OF Richmond, Va, Is expected to take
place Tomorrow morning at some point In
Eastern Virginia, and this morning those from
this city who expect to gee the smiiI" (Which
Is Tor Sl,GOJ side) left in the steamer Colt,
captain Ryther. The Colt On this trip rakes
aooul 80 passengers and the largest cargo OF
freight she has carried down yet. Included liz
her passenger list are 25 who are going to the
hight, among them Mike Can alias English,
SID Dublin "TrIcks." These expect to
reeoh the fighting ground early tomorrow
morning. A rum Der OF Phiiadslphians and
Rev Workers arrived here this MOI ring, but
isiled TO make connection with the Colt on
scconnt OF the delay Of the train, and IL is SAID
tnat they will leave this afternoon and MAKE
every exertion to reach the ground. Barney
Aaron, who arriy we'd in Richmond on Saturday,
and Carr, who left in the Colt, will second
DCherty. A Richmond paper OF Saturday
says IA warrant was issued this morning by
instr ction OF General Candy, for the arrest Of
Charles Doherty, for the purpose Of preventing
me fight, but Doherty had left the city with
seveIa, OF has friends, some hours before il was
placed In the hands Of an officer.