Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-18
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Contrib 1tfo-s .or TIE Fire sufferers.

for TIE pre.ent win the Ch,cato Keller Com.
mite %. Co. LevepaSor.'-, $ PENNSYLVANIA
for ere o received BY sir. COVE. treaslrsr 20
'he Re e. COMMITTEE, up to las evening. YVES
: SO 10. Inc e,erks, OF the Sixth Auditor
once at reetlng ys-.5cday decided to diviro
TIE State Of WI cODs.n and michigan. T .
nleeting si,o cetc mined that inst ,ad 90 Sendir
Tue nol-ey they would invest the funds in CLOTH
ing, biankeIss &c, and transmit the same
through a committee The clothing eontribTted
by DR. NeSmSn's church, &c, amoupting in
value to about $500, was forwarded to CHICAGO
-, ~ eveFDg. One hundred and sixty-seven
collars vas sub cribed yesterd-v in the Patent
once BOT the sutfere by fire in Michigan. The
chiea clerk o. the War Depa-tmers yeste a v
forwarded Il leslie to Cen Sheridan, tlat sum
be lng the contribution of the department. named
To- the Chicago sufferers. Hereafter all articles
mt 20 he NOmen's Christian Association for
The sufferers by the recent devastating fires VIII
be sent 10 Wisconsin and Michigan unless other
Wise dir, cted by the donors. A number of
DackaSeS were received iOr thOae States We e
oay- Nh l. j. ESxter, of the Genera, Land
once, We teFdsy afternoon collected TIE sum Of
- in the Lard Office alone, in cid Of tire
eGhe~Cs by the great fire in Mic'isTan.
Contribut0ns for that State may be sent tn j..
W. CIR n. Treasury DEPARTMENT. Judge Sickels
a. the Post Office Department. or L Il Eaxt-
GenCra' Lind Office.
Mr.. T. C. Fisher, president Of the Anchor
Lfe Insurance Company, who has recently
Ie.'rned Eom the devastat- d portions OF Michi-
gan, has undertaken the collection and forward
ing Of and Tor the sufferers by fire in that local
lty Ills company in New York gave $500 for
that purpose, and ~, coo were raised in Mr.
BCCehers church Tor the same carse ON Sunday
last. Contributions 70 this end from this city,
slther IN money or material may be lett at the
branch Office OF the Anchor company, on eth
street, opposite the post Office. -
One car, o,-ded with miscellaneous articles of
clothing, merchandise, &c, was forwarded BY
the Chicago relief committee. throuoh Sunerin
tendenS koontz, of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, direct to Chicago last iyht. The commit
NJ xt, and thoce desiring to contribute win leave
their address with VIM. Dickson, depot of sun
phes, S53 Pennsylvania syenue- A general
me, OF citizens viii be held this evening in
alleviate the suffering at Chicago.
Oar Pab,tc schools.
meeting o. the Board o. school Trustees
vas held last night Superintendent Wilson
pre-, ented statement of the cost of the Seaton
f ;e building lr as follows Les 81, 600; build
o'tSo The Superinte ndsnt's report for SEN
tember was submitted, showing that 2a6 pupils
wee enrolled and an average attendance OF "a
Lsr cent. The resignation Of Miss Adeia l..
Faulkner, as teacher o. Primary School No u,
second District, was received. Miss Mary G..
wilkinson was trsrs,erred from acting to per-
manent teacher OF Primary No. g. A statement
was submitted from Mr.. Proctor. the late
treasurer, showing the balance of funds turned
over by him 10 the new treasurer to be IS, s2)O9.
Ills from two Sunday papers, one for 500 so and
the other for 121, for advertising were returned
by the committee without approval on the ground
that the papers were not authorized to inser the
advertisements. Mr.. Randolph submitted a
resolution that the committee ON text books take
INTO consideration the propriety of MAKING COM
poslton one o. the regular exercises OF the
Grammar and intermediate .cboO's. re erred
On motion o. MI. Dulin the school building now
IN course o. erection in the Third district was
named the "Craneh" school building. A COM
CHAIRMAN OF the lecture committee of the Y NJ
e. As OciatiOn, asking that the board order a
number Of low rate tickets for their scientific
course 70 permit the teachers to attend. MT.
Hart moved that 10 tickets he purchased and
distributed among the teachers and assistant
e achers. The motion was freely discussed and
nnally adopted, and Messrs. Mcclellan, Scott,
RobrsOn and Cook were appointed to receive
and c's.-1bute the tickets.
RIAL Estate sALE5:ZCrcen & Williams,
auetlo1eers, have sold lot 25, in Dayidson's sub,
ciy'slon Of squsre No. 367, improved by frame
Gwel IN Thou g, 10 Edwar1 HAYWOOD for az. \.
bopse land lot) No. 200, on G street north, be-
tween I'd and Sd streets west, to Robert Ljllers.
Tor sl,tf5; No 21l (and LOTT, same street, to
CHARLES Keller, for 81 $50; and No. 2l3 fand LOTT
same street, 10 James Frasier, for =, IOO-the
lore golng are twO-story frames; lot 50, Pierce's
sub0i' sion .quare 2J7, improved by two-story
ffame. % Chas- NJ Thomas, for Fannie Fisher
ior 81 $50; hou,e No. 42s New York avenue
northwest, being a two-story frame with brick
basement, 70 Absalom Brown, for Al geo; LOT 6.
square 1C7, with two--tory brick home and store,
room, % Francis Linkins. for s2,3.5; lot No 9
front brick house, with basement and all mod
eTn eonveDiences, to Louis Behrends for 40 se5.
Lat.mer CleaIy, auctioneers, sold last even
ing. lot 10, DaNidcOns subdivision OF square $40
On MP~s -chrsetts avenue, between 1Osh and f1tS
streets. improved by thrcc-story brick yeII:ng
. Z; W. Cunningham, for $500. The same
I'm mas also t0ld lot + in Eoach's subdiy. SION
of original lois u, II and Is, in square No. 81
on y street, near 1ESh streeS. eonta'rsno 23Gi
square feet, (uDimproved,) to VIM. s. Rose, .or
81 per .qusre foot
BOLSTER REPENTAST-HE WANTS PAR
Dos-Horato Bolster, who was on Monday last
Albany penitentiary, having been Convicted of
on an Indictment charging him
With the murder of Jooeph alias I" Sonny" James
IN this city on the night of the I'D of February
last, Is stil in our jail, and seems TO be in excel
lent health and spirits. His mother Is still here
and with Mrs. Stoddard squite actively at work
will be presented TO the President on his re.rrn
hBs- Bolster and her son are quite sanguine OF
success, and, indeed, both are looking forward
TO day not far distant when they viii Be Able 10
leave for their home together A great CHANGE
- ems 10 have come over Bolster, and he VOWS
,hat, pardon or no pardon, he will not return to
M 4,1 hagnts and never again be known an
haoltne OF Rockers Division.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS ORpxREp. Afr
"a -etn, o me Board Of Public Works ycster-
day Migrant vas ordered TO be erected On tbe
cast SIDE OF 2Osh street., between III street and
pennsylvania avenue. The committee urging
capitol street and ting streets 10 be payed
and parked, were informed that their views
would be carried out The sewer in square No
2ls was ordered 20 be extended to the center of
me alley, and a trap put in - prevent stencil
a icot pavement was ordered 10 be Laid ON New
ork avenue, from 9th 70 18th street west Sixth
y e. south WIS ordered to be put in lood con-
tltiOn fer travel.
hiLLEp BY THE CARs--Mr. Noah E To- ~
an Old and Nelf-knOwn citizen OF AnraDo,ss
> Junction WIS run over and killed by ne c,-s az
the juno ION yesterday morning. he wps eros
lhg ire Annapolis road IN the rear OF a train of
Ears, when they suddenly backed, throwing him
mreetiy on the rail, one or the wheels Dlssino
oNer I'm and literally severing his body HIS
funeral took place this af.erIoon at his resi-
fence, the Rev. DIR. MeCauIey of ciat;no. M
Dorsey was the father Of the frst wife of the
Kew r. Peyton Brown, pastsr Of Wesley Chapel,
IN this city.
TIE GREAT FLEE in Chicago has thoroughly
2 ted the merits Of the s.sfe deposit sya an az
y not strat Il by the condii on of the vaults of
NE Fidelity Safe Deposit Company OF that city,
rye ythng being found In perfect condition.
We nave me National Safe DepoJit Compapv
" roe corner OF 18th street and New York av.
rue, IN MS Cay, and advise ALI prndept me-
OPS 70 avail themselves OF "a security T.e-r 1
Faulfs are claimed to be built I'm the yerv h |
manner % render them an ab. dilute bro;
Asairst FIRE and burglary.