Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-18
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,.

The chair laid before the Council communication
ard Ohio Railroad Company, king the passlge of
an act au.horzing subscription OF oae million Of
with Gen; o; o. HowardfOr taking care Of the in,
HoU5e bin prosiding for the appointment Of Jus.
tees OF The Peace referred Council bill u prevent
newsboys from crying Sunday papers; referred
House bill for the purchase Of ground os which 10
erect maTket-bouse cas- of the CaBitol referred.
School street referred House bill ding for the
appointment of inspectors of petroleum, coal oil, and
referred HSuse bill preserbing the mode Of
ing and collecting special taxes for mproy ements
Mr.. Grlick introduced bill imposing licenses on
all trades and professions Laid over
Mr.. Eaton from the Committee judiciary, re-
poI.sd back the bl in relation to the acknowledge-
reecmmiited. =.
House OF DELEGATEs-Mr Hall presented
petition from lot holders in the town OF Reno in
Mr.. Burgess introduced bill extending the bcun.
diaries Of the Northern Market. Referred.
Governor 10 cause lhe ward apothecaries to submit
their reports TO the legislature; adopted. Also,
kilns the corners Of NJ assachuseits avenue
and 9th and Massachusetts avenue and 2lst streets
ing the Committee on District Officers 30 fiye laid
Mr.. Boswell introduced bill authorizing the ap-
roniment of commission TO select suitable site
and erect thereon building to be known as the
fsfersd ito bill spprSrrains sOc0 to ef enable
r Mr. Burgess s intTodaeed bin to pay Hascman
Mr. Nc knight introduced bill relating to iicensu.
Tor pu Sc ent ert ailments and amusements Theators
n1s 9oiR ssa than shi ss
months, 30 q week, or fraction thereof; circuses,
leo per week musical entertainments, except for
charitable or educational PURPOSES, or by societies
Ell the citizens OF the District tor Improvement i'm the
Rss Pr 9s sns bo9s
When an admission fee is charged per night rgpe
Mr.. Burgess, from the Committee on Laws, re-
boxes. &c, which was read second time "u
Mr.. Bursley, from the Committee on Drainage, re-
street, fTom 9TH to in 7th street to Water and
thence 70 N street s W, which were read second
relation to sprinkling wood pavemcnts so ordered.
Bill 10 open and sewer sth west, from Boundary
Mr.. Hall, from the Commiftee on Railroads, re-
ported bin repeating act Of March, lSl ip relation
Railroad; read SECOND time, ordered to be printed
and Tseonmitted; Alse; bill to aid the Piedmont
ordered 10 be printed and recommitted.
Mr. Davis, from the Committee Oh Laws, asked to
smol al q W p Bsyis 81 oTdered ''u'A''On Oh
MI Hunt, from the Committee on Police, submit
t'G rel port ON the condition Of the station houses
Mr.. soIomons Introduced bill to whitewash the
Mr. Burgess IN. o,iueea bin FOR water main in Yer
The Speaker laid before the House memorial of
The Washington anG Ohio Railroad Company. Re
House bill extending the operation Of trading H.
eenses over the District was read third iilne and
Bill relating to the interment of deceased paupers
Mr.. Boswell said that this bill ought not 10 pass:
thar uTder the present ls,s he had heard Of a
where the corpse Of a child was allowed to remain
tracing with an undertaken in each district to fur
Mr.. Lloyd moved to amend that while the de-
cca ed paupers shall be drcently inferred the living
Iaupers, black and white, shall be distributed
fmong the various States where they properly be-
the amendment was ruled out of order, and the
The bill ia relation to physicians to the poorre-
curing them TO have signs at their oflees-was
The vote by which the bill in reference to licenses
vas rejected was reeonsidered, on motion of Mr..
Campbell and the bill was laid over and ordered TO
Pending consideration of the militia bill the House
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Green & Williams,
real estate brokers and auctioneers, have sold
the following property:-Lot Q, in square 49, on
+ street south, between sth and 9Th streets west
Island, ID Jno. McDevitt, at - cents per foot;
L. cents per foot; lot G, in subdivision of square
SO, Sd street west, between G. and ID, Island, to
John Lee, at IS cents per foot; lot A, in subdivi
sion of square os1, on Sd street west, between ID
street and Virginia avenue, to Patrick DOwney,
az Is cents per foot; lot L, in same square, TO
Perry Carson, for 43 cents per foot; lot G., in
50 me square, to s. Hartell tor 64 cents per foot
lot III, same square, to H. III. Myers at is cents
per foot; lot c. same square, to Juflson Brooks,
at 10 cents; lot ID, same square, to David Butler,
at 16 cents per foot; lot s. in square e07 to Col.
James G. BeTrett, at 81 cents per foot This
street west, ON Greenlears Point
BASE BALL.-Another Defeat for our BIae
StockiHqs.-The contest on the Union grounds,
New York, between the Olympics, of this city,
and the Mutuals, of New York, yesterday, was
attended by only 200 people. An exciting game
was anticipated, but the game was not up to the
mark. There were thirty-iwo errors in the game,
which opened favorably for the Mutqals, who
at the end Of the third inning had the lead six,
the sixth inning with totals of nine to seven. In
the last inning the Mutuals added seven and the
Olympics two, the Mutuals winning-16 TO 9.
This leaves the Mutuals the winners OF two
games out of the first three. Empire, Theo.
Bomeisler, of the Eureka.
The following Is the score by innings:
SSl aiasis:......:. El s
A GRIEvAScE.-Ed. Star Is II possible for
minister to be delivered from what he terms an
htolerable ssisaHee,-in having a gang of I'M
manageable boys rushing in at his gate, crowd
ing his porch, and peering in at his windows
may choose TO pay him special visit for very
important purpose. In other words, can we not
he private when we desire to De, without being
thus Plaguedy Is il not within the power and
make a special effort to secure a guard for any
particular occasion, OF which one may be aware,
or suspect such state of things? Such Is our
complaint from Georgetown, as We have been
used to better things. DoN Carlos.
A POLICEMAN THROWN PROM HIS HORSE
AND BADLY HuET.-This morning Officer Robt.
French, Of the mounted police force, was On his
way to report at roll call, when the girth Of his
saddle broke, frightening his horse, which started
of. and the rider was n rovn ON the ground and
severely injured in his left side and arm He
was picked up by Sergeant Pool and Private
Morgan and taken to the station-house, where
his wounds were dressed, and he was then sent
home.
NEW PUBLxoATIoNs.-From j. Shllington,
j. G. Parker and the National News Company
i3S PENNSYLVANIA avenue) we have Madame
Demorest's Mirror Of Fashions for August; from
Shillington and Parker we have Scribnsr's
Noxfhlg for August, ian excellent number;) and
from. the American News Company the much
talked-of "German Conquest OF England in
So, reprinted from Blackwood.
CoLoRED CAMP MKETINe.-A camp meeting
under the auspices Of the Baltimore and Pa
tapsco circuit OF the Washington Conference M.
e Church (colored) win be held In Haslup's
Gfose, near Annapolis junction, beginning on
Frilay, August 18th. Many Of the most emf
nent divines In that branch Of the church win
be present
TIE SECOND GRAND Picnic OF the Lover
ture Guards came of yesterday evening i'm the
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