Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-24
The Avenue Pavement.


The Avenue Pavement.
The contractor for paving Pennslvanis avenue
from the Capitol to 9th street, with the Stow and
Miller patents wood pavement, is pushing eyery
department of his work, and expects that the
mill which he has erected near the depot with
ire machinery put in it by Mr.. Cogsweli, of New
NoIk, VIII be in oper alton Tomorrow He has
contracted with Messrs. yandenburg & Co. for
the removal of the present cobble-s5one pave
ment between AZ and 9TH streets, and to-day
neon cleaned up fully tbree-iourths Of the cob
Bile stones on the north side of the rairoa track
Below ~ street the laborers employed directly
by Mr.. Clephane have removed nearly all of he
stone. Owirg to the grade being raised between
LIST and 81 streets II is necessary TO raise the
track of the Washington and Georgetown rail-
road. ard the company have already made prep
aratlons TO raise the track to the grade of the
pavement, by looseniDg the earth about the ties
ard strirgers Of the north track, and in order
not TO impede travel, have put on switches, so
that ore tract may be used while the other is
Mr.. Ciephane has contracted with Mr.. An
drew Gleason for the sand and gravel which
may be require iii the work.
GAZING IN OF Worknen Buried
<Ere.-1 his morning. about rine O'clock what
spIeaIed at the time to be a serious affair oc-
Cured on 18th street, between New York ay-
t1ue and s:.eet, where one side of the bank
of the excavation being made for a sewer "a
section about Thirty feet long and ten feet deep)
gave way, and buried one of the workmen.
NDd-- Siuiusl duu partially buried TWO others
Lewis Brewer ard Jefferson Monroe. The
alarm was at once raised, and soon the rumor
was out hat several had been killed, which
sacsed rne ga,hsT,hg OF large crowd, and the
and Smith was found 70 be quite sore from the
weight OF the sand upon him, es ASP from suf-
little bruised. Lieut.. Noonan, who was eaSlv
on the spot, rer orts that the accident was caused
by the want of braces, and that although there
are several CORPORATION laws whichi will cover
such cases, vet the SANITARY ONCE hava NO
power TO enforce them.
ACCIDENTALLY DEMONSTRATING Coroner
TODD, on Saturday sfte. noop, held an inquest
on the body OF the drowned nan found near
.th-street wharf, as mentioned in Saturdays
STAR, and the jury returned a verdict that the
decCa. ed name Unknown) came TO his death
by accidental Drowning. After the verdict of
the jury bad been returned the body was recoy-
nized as thar of Mr.. Richard BalleDger q huck-
tfer OF this city, who resided on l. street, be-
tween * and 9Th streets. He lett the city on
the morning OF the 18th instant on the mail
eoat for Oily mont, and Is supposed to have
fallen on the boat just before she landed on
her up trip. The body was taken in charge by
Liberty Lodge, No. G, X: OF p, of which he was
member, and was inferred yesterday at the
Congress ional Cemetery.
SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING Block, in the
Streefs-Yesterday. Mrs. Zalmon Richards, in
passing the corner of 9Th and + streets fell and
troke her left arm, besides injuring herself
osh6Twse She was taken to the Office of DIR.
sud sui seauently she was removed 20 her resi-,
denCe. Tbs accident was caused nv the flag
stone over the gutter being set as 70 rest on
ire street tagging and curb, thus making a
stumbling block for pedestrians. Formerly all
these rags were put down flush with the pave
ment. as they should be, but within the past few
years they have been simply set down with the
e@ges resting on the flag footway on one side
and the cuTbstone on the other as in this case
a return to the old plan is desirable.
Mr.. JANIS H. sHEoKELLs, a well known citi-
zen q Washington Did A. his fathers resi-
denee. on 9Th street, near III, YESTERDAY MORN
ing, in the 4lst year of his age The deceased
has had the consumption for several years pas.
sno being IN charge of the Piney Point water
1rg place last summer il is supposed that no
oyerWorked himself and hsstened his death. He
was ecue ased IN Georgetown college aad with
ore OF ms trotbers bought out the grocery store
al ,ne iale John % hltbey, and carried Oh brs-
mess several Years, and subsequently duriry the
war was be olkc, per for j. g. Mcclure & Co.
HIS father. Mr.. Over Sheekel's, is living very IN
a, DIS residence, his disease berg nervous pros
uat.on, and be is not expected to recover.
The WooD PAvEMENT-7Ie rort on Iaiiana
era Lot-siand AreEEsS--The National Paving
Company, who ase the owners Of the Ballard
pate nj pavement, which is TO be laid on Indiana
ana Louisiana avenues under the contra e with
refer McNamara. have CONT acted With Messrs.
Coleman y RednOD, aIj with j. W. Rumsev
al OF This city, for cutting the blocks, and thew
are PREPARING TO enter on the work, and with
Their two mills will be able to furnish ~ blJrks
as last as the work requires them. The i.nber
.-inch white pine, has been contracted for. and
aquantiiy has already arrived.
TIE GERMAN LADIES FAIR closed Oh Sat
niday night " hen prizes were awarded of Wi! ok
N GIBBS sewing machine 10 Charles Ebel Amer
Iean but.on fOle machine ID =. NJ Lake of fhe
Post Office Depart 41ent; and a silver card
basket TO Secretlry Boutwell,. The silver COB
ltI PRINTED by Simon Well, ESD, II the Asso-
c1a' on receiving the Target number OF woes
~es won by the ". shin q on Schuetzen yerein
Wfeh received l. Sj2 yotSs out OF 3,l53, the en-
Ire number cast.
AT REGULAR MEETING of the Board of
Mara9ers OF The Wsshins ton Hebrew congrega-
ton re-ClCtion OF thanks wa voted 10 the
t2dles OF tbe committee who collected the funds
there iOTlTom the lady members of the conyre-
cation ~ supplied the Synagogue with a hand.
f~me Cbsndelier. which proves 50 great an ac-
GuKit.On- The names OF the committee were
Mrs. l. /. Bout, Mrs. II. Adler and Mrs. VI. H.
Prince.
TEE "NEw CHCECP.'-The snnual meeting
OF the Maryland Association Of the New
thul cb, comprising delegates from the societies
IN fhe states OF Delaware. MARYLAND. Virginia
Wet Virginia. and Ds,-ict Of Columbia " in be
held in this city on the 2Sth 2ath and Goth inst
attee pace Of worship the wsshiD gton Society
of The New Jerusalem, on North CAPITOL street
between and streets.
TIE THFATrRs-Mr. u. DOud Byron and
the excellent stock compsny al ere National
VII appear this ever'rg in the "Corsic N
Walls Opera House will be opeped his eve
ning with the Lingsrd company who viii an
ar IN The fine French ., comedy Of Delicate
Mr.. Lip2ard in his specialities.
STOP IT.-.Iudging from the number G. slincs
In the hands of juveniles, "sling-iime is in
ard already there have been some accidents
On Saturday young lady residing near the
corner OF 18Th AID IL streets was struck in the
eye by . stone thrown from a sling. and IL il
very probable that the sight Of the eve is
destroyed.
SALE OF DESIRABLE Observation-Disclosures
* Cleary will sell tomorrow. in front of the
premises, on Louisiana avenue, between 9Th
and 9Th streets, south side, . VARIABLE piece OF
improved property, In one Of the best locations
IN the city. For description Of premises see
advertisement.
ARRKsr OF EUReLAR.-The boarding house
OF Mrs Mary Evans, on Sth street, between II
and streets, was entered by two burglars about
haf-past three O'Clock this morning. One Of
mem was captured by Oficer Roderick, Of the
nA.h precinct, and the other made his escape.
~
IRE MEETING to express sympathy with the
nh Oh