Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-17
GEORGETOWN.

A FINE STREET IMPRovEMEyT.-Washing
street Is now being graveled in peculiar man
ner, and it promises to be, when finished, the
best made street in the District The bed OF the
street has been cut down about q foot below the
grade and three inches Of red gravel is first put
In, on which two inches Of the best Potomac
gravel Is placed, and, being watered, 1t Is rolled
with five ton roller, making IL solid mass.
This operation il repeated up to the grade
Already the work IL showing for itself, aud il is
believed that hereafter this plan Of improving
the streets will be generally adopted. The COM
missioners in charge Of the work are Aldermen
Cooke and Magruder and Councilman Beall.
Mr.. Basil Burroughs lie experimenting it.
MoRTUARY RRPoKT FOR JuLv.-The state
ment Of interments in Georgetown for july, is.
sued by the Board Of Health, shows Whole
were colored) Causes Of death-Cholera infan-
tum, ii; consumption, 3; dysentery, 2; scarlet
f fs;,; 2 dTcpsey, 2; pneumonia l; congestive
gun shot wound, 1; child bed, 1; still born, /;
general debility, 1; spinal disease, 1; exposure,
unknown, 4. Ages Of decor sed-Under 10
years, "a; between 10 and %, 2; between % and
to,2 between 40 and 60, 2; and between 90 and
RoBBKD.-A few nights ago the premises of
Henry Scwartxenburg, No Ell Bridge street,
were entered, and from one Of the rooms in the
second story a valuable gold watch-chain be-
longing - Mrs. 8. was taken. warrant for
the arrest OF the suspected parties has been put
into the hands of the police.
SALE OF REAL EsrATR.-On Monday after
noon Thomas Bowling. auctioneer, sold tract
OF land and improvements, known as the West
property, on the west side of Foxhall's Cave,
Sl,2s0. -
ExcHANGE--The Msrchan.s' Exchange
opered this morning. but there were no sales,
although 1000 bushels of wheat were offered.
The quotations are, for wheat Good, Si.45 to
S15O; prime, 81 s. to SLIGO. Before the opening
there was a sale Of / 600 bushels, good red at
S142.
The CAsAL.-A very large number Of boats
are reporting at the Collectors Office. nearly
all Of them with coal.
TIE NHw canal steamer r. H. Castleman,
built here, left yesterday for Cumberland.
GEoRsKrowN, ID. c.. Aug. 18th, 1870.
OvRR-cRowpKp C1Rs.-Editor Star. The
communities of Washington and GEORGETOWN,
and the travelling public generally in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, since short time after the
establishment Of the Washington and George
town railroad, have suffered great annoyance
from the imposition Of the oref-creioding
Of the cars on That line. On one occasion re-
.irty-three passengers on at one time, and he
gave that as reason for not allowing any more
to get on. 1, a. constant traveller twice day
during the week, have been more than an
noyed-indeed, absolutely siekened-by the ex-
eessive crowd inside, and particularly by the
crowding Of the drivers platform, thereby OBJ
structing the pafsage of draft OF air that
generally at this season Of the year endesvor
to get seat nearest the driver, and am often
debarred the privilege Of q draft through by the
unexpected presence Of a man standing at the
window before me, thereby completely exclud-
ing drdjt Of air, sight and light. These cars
contain from IL to 20 windows. The space of
one window to each passenger should at least
be allowed, and this space secured by dividing
lines between heseats; thus the cars would seat
land Insist not more than Comfortably 10 or
20 persons-no person to be allowed TO stand mp
inside or outside. The cars thus loaded would be
M o. N irnY, nm fxufs hnr al Il
trust, II not otherwise remedied, the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals viii take
the matter under consideration.
Respectfully, AN OLD CITIZEN.