Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-02
LOCAL NE w >.
Condensed Locals.


w. Scott Smith, recently appointed clerk Z,
the Board Of Public Works. has resigned.
Inc contractors for cleaning the canal con-
menced driving piles AZ 9Th street on SATURDAY,
preparatory 20 building \ wall NJ that pOiut
Mr.. y. c. Gatohen. assistant agSess ar FOR The
slxteenth dk.rict- reiurrs q date total, exc,I-
IL Is Understood that hereafter Morrisanis
build ne, on - street. where all TIE Dis..lct
ONES have been located, viii be known IS
Harry Clarke, the popular agent OF the Aueri-
can Press Association, hes removed his Office
hom 18th street 10 las + street, between llth
In his sermon yesterday morning, the Rev.
Mir. Hmckley, pastor OF the Unitarian Church.
warmly commanded the course Of the wOman's
Club on the " social evil'' question.
The personal staff Of Gov. Cooke, juss an
pointed. stands as follows Chief OF staff nnI
acjutant general, Col. Amos Webster; quarter
master general, Col. Sam. owen; surgeon, Col.
jos. ID. Barnes; aides-de-camp, Coils. VIM G..
Moore and VIM. Wall.
A clerk in the Treasury Department, who had
abandoned his wife and children, aud neglected
10 provide for them. was promptly dismiss one
day last week, and the wife appointed 20 a clerk
ship In the same bureau.
Major Bell, &. s., L. \. A, has contracted for
meat for the troops about Washington a. the
following moderate prices Fresh beef, for
sales 10 officers and issues 20 troops, ten cents
Per pound corncd b ef six cents per pound.
THE oDoSNELL UNPLKAsANTNEss.-Ons SAT-
urday evening at the session Of the police court.
Assault and battery on her niece a Young girI
OF sixteen. There was no witness for defence,
but careful cross-examinatiOn Of the
gIre govern mt. witnesses in, brought out The ,es-
husband in improper as1ociatiOn with
the niece, hence the assault and battery
one witness testified 70 the following up Of tie
girl after she had left the O'DOnnell mansion
and severe beating having been administered.
The judge asked the defendant N she had any-
thing TO say. She sid she only pulled the girl
out of bed when she found her in a dsgraceful
position with her defendant 81 husband. The
amount OF fue and costs was s21. and the
woman had not cent q pay, and With a child
IN her arms was about 10 be committed 20 iail.
when Mr.. BSrtOn, tue doOrkeeper % the court
went out 20 see her husband 20 obtain the neces-
sary amount; he went % her husbands store on
.th street, near l. street. but he was not 20 be
found there; and on further inquiry he
found the neighb0rs were entirely in sympathy
with O'Donnells wife. Failing 90 obtain the
municated the facts - Judge Smell, who. after
being made acquainted With the case, AZ once
released the woman. IL would appear that
ODonneI desired u have his wife committed 10
jail, and refused 70 pay her fine, in order that
he could have his domestic arrangements all his
own way. II is said he is doing a good business,
and IS worth come $4,000.
CONFINEMENT oP THE REGIsrRATTox.-
To-day the reeis.ration of voters was COM
menced in the Ist dis,rict, at the horse of Mr..
Geo w. Duvall, IN Cniontown; present
he board, Mcssrs- Gideon, Syhax, Dubant,
Griffin and Hunter, assisted by Messrs,
Barr, L. III. Bats, st. c. Burley, Jacob
Richardson, A. z. Lakenan, and others.
Lieutenant Austin and hts officers were ON hand,
but there was no tIOuble, and but a small num-
Der Of applicants appealing up to y O'Clock.
one time. The hours are u TO Z, and to-morrow
the beard v III be in session the old tOllgate
close to the eastern end of ii street
"THE WASHINGTON CLuB."-A social or
ganization 10 be known as the " Washington
Club" was formed by about thirty OF our promi-
nent citZers on Saturday last. IL Is Joint stock
company, with a capital of 10000. OF which
s32 &C are already subscribed. Among the gem
uemen organizing the club are Governor II. ID.
Cooke, Colonel J. q. Berrett, Alexander II.
Shepherd, John .. Evans. Richard It. Merrick,
General y. p. Chapman, Hallet Kilbourn, Hon.
George Taylor, Hon. r. &. lngersOl, John r.
Ennis, Colonel s. 5. Smott, f. A. Boswell, H
@. FAINT, William s. Huntington, Thomas Lewis,
General Jeffries, and others.
CONTRACTS FOR STREET WORK ACCEPTED
To-DAY.-Wm. Fletcher, parking, sewering aud
laying sidewalk on 10th street, IRON II To- BONN
Diary. NJ. j. Laughlin, laying foot pavement on
10th and 21st streets west. Bartlett& Williams,
grading and trimming Rhode Island avenue,
from 14th TO 18th streets. Campbell & Eslin,
paving footway and setting curb on west side of
oth street east, from street south 70 Maryland
avenue; also, for removing and RELAXING foot
layements on Same street ID conform 10 the re-
duccd width OF csrriageway.
PERMITS To BUILD.-NOtioes Of The pronosed
erection OF buildings were to-day fled in the
Office Of Mr.. A. Cluss, as follows Emil :.
Freedmen, tgo-story brick stable on 4fh street
east: Charles Just, four twO-story and basement
brick dwellings on north side Of X street, be-
tween 2lst and I'D streets. John Widmayer. two
three story brick buildings on east side OF sth
street, between New York avenue and l. street
northwest. Thomas Burns, a One-story brick ON
Z street, between I'd and 81 streets.
FROM the National News Company We have
4pFlefOa's JsE1 a0l lOr October Z, and HorDsy's
BoscF for Oct Jber IA.
IHE PERENNIAL CONVENTION OF THE Prof
EsTANT EPISCOPAL CHURoH.-The Tricnuial
General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Shurch OF the United States. which neets I'M
baiumore ON wednesday morning next will la
a most lnfArpsfLnfr arllr