Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-29
baltimore and Potou..ae

- .I I1'.'E- ne L-ono BTi4ze, dc.
MT. Bliss, the eontraetor for the eons,5uetion
,Do oiiNse VI 'ne D. Fillmore s.d Potomac
IsiliOAu acrOss tne I'd stern Branch, IL getting
Oh 1ui'e nsP,uiy WIZ the worn, having already
got his piles in AZ. the capssn.
TIE BRIrss
n loo feet long, with 100 feet Spen srsn Ct,
hundred feet has been Canned. bracaS s,, ,ha
strangers put on all com Sae e ApeTb ,1Lc,enS
a. ucteG o. either side feet on
which will mike tie eJtaI len TN ef the vIajc;,
i'g,b JAZZ a. Inc 'Snbsnkment Is n feet in
IoS ys,sT 6si OPe on ~ to ard II feet above
1f HaseI. OEing TO the great depth OF tha az
rival deposit in Se hraaeb to Fo-I ~ "a, ,l 80 A..
o. Mucn kIt1'sr tabor than a. first calrnIs.sJ
ar % ne Sles befng45 rect IN len yth and
.biSh -. -, - ~ al 2 OF &C feet. The timksrso Of
hnS 'se PHO g y being constructed are the
80 !, v;u could be ueed for the purpose
Wooden HE one Of TIE most substant Al
OSSE % ~ &c IN this part OF the country II
weeks. 10 SO'"P4Sseu N sax
The work. Q,
$1,000, THE TUNNEL
scar ne cav yard, r being pushed forward
, - fdly than ever before, the want of stone
they NJ we CoveredfY fleet OF the arcbSsy enS
- eGVSsiOn IS sOme distance ahead OF the
ms, sTy, At the west end the walls for lie
80 are being commenced, ard the exc1vati0r
nss eSs made 70 the intersection of Virginia
hue and sth street. The stone for this work
+ . Io,1 me Sens ca qusrries, and Messrs. Me-
-
sTk, which thsy expect &c complete by Janu-
TIE PTEsT MIrz oF ROAD
IN Tie county, with the exception of the er,,
sabEment IN he Eastern Branch, has bseB en-
TREY COMPETED by the contractor, Mr. Hugh
mCSAnIey. Tue second mile, for which Mr.
HcCahrey Is also the contractor. l. nearly com
pleted; ssc the third mile Mr. p NcNsmara.
contractor, has been entirely finished, incl ading
The WeEk on
TIE LONG BRIDGE
soess ralIdty pushed forward by Campbell
Dtotnss- They are now driving the piles for
the Platforms on which the masonry piers viii
lrs' md the stone eauseway is well uuder way.
he Een work and timber is arriving. and nm
oergsing inspection by officers Of the company.
POLICE RAIDs ON DIsREPuTApLE Horsrs
Las night, between IL and II O'Clock. LJent
SkippoD, assisted by Sergeants Vernon Clavton
sEd Fainter, with Privates Buekecher Him.
Sneged house OF prostitution on 18th street
Kept by Kate Cassidy. and arrested the pro,
siletor' VIA Mobile Sutton, Jessie Wood and
Ahhle 81 CLAIR, inmates of the house. and
escorted item TO the Central Guar5bouse
AtteIwaTes the officers proceeded to a house on
ID street, between 18th and 18th, kept bv Annie
TraverS, and took her into custodv aIs5 Ijz@ie
wilson and Nellie Perkins. They too. after
BERG sfowed to make a change OF toilet suited
70 IneH enango OF lodging, were placed under
escort % the same quarters with the first sGuad
The gu who gave her name a. Nellie Perkins
NeIne hiil. who was shot some months ago
Dy Jofeph jackson and dangerously wounded
she recovered, and efforts were made To recIsi1
neI rom hte of shame, but they seem to have
falled. A eolored man servant took 10 the ~
hight on top Of the house and made hast ~,
ttrOugh ~ and slid down the hack roof ~ ths
ave OF tue house, and 50 on to the ground nv
way OF tbe water spout, making his escape info
The next yard, when he was LOST sight 81
Anotber Inmate Of this houSe Dama5 -.
oaies, W As ioGnd TO be sick, and vas permitted
90 REMAIN. wren IN the GuSrtihouse Annie
1Iavers, finding that DO collateral would he
taken and she would have to remain thCrs All
nisht, bIrst INTO tears and had good cry The
AhC ooialned leave 10 send for some bed cIofbi1e
during the night. ''''1e
Two MORE ELEGANT MANSIONS Br1rnrSa
a. 81 SyIkl,EET.-SenstOr Joseph K West and
slalOI =. Nlles have commenced the erection of
tSO ADJOINING mansions on 18th street befween
N ana ! streets. This VII iii up tire vacant
space besween the buildings owned bv Hon
Fernando Wood, Governor Euckinpbsr, ana
otheIs on one side, and the pTopeTtv of II
matthew s Church On the other side The b,;1d
finished basement feet in clear bsiPbt ia wi,s
once, turn3ce-rOOm in kitchen a main st3r, ~
&c. ~ LslsntI containing suite of parloTs With
eonh.hicaing dlDing-rOOm and pantry.
second story with four chambers and adioinips
UessinS rooms and bath rooms: and = tbirS
sofy forming Mansard roof. mainly arrangeJ
Ike the second story The dressing and Iss.S
rooms are most conveniently fitted NJ with ali
.nst comfort and taste suggests. The first story
n hnl-he q IN black walnut throughout AMI tbss
apper stories have walnut doors and blinds
IneIe are highly oTnamented bay vipdovs -
s 49,. t Gnu Pislh oay WlndoWs In rear. The en-
&.DSi architecture rs in the Renaissance styIe
WIN Ease and 'front.' steps of Seneca sandstone
circular window heads and balcony on ton y,
49,, nd \ Adolf Cluss is the architect, and
uactJ aIter competition with some OF orr mos,
eslopslole builders. The contract price for one
house is sl4,635. paw AOi "ne
SwISDLKR ON HIS TRAvEIs-Bo,, ~, n.
w;,S.it 70; cSTaTLLoSk O0t for the Ipposter-
wloneld D Campbell, the man VITO represen,ad
that ne Was garroted on 4 K street on ths njsbt
OF Nth INST, and had his watch and pocket booL
.aken from him, IL believad-by the oficers ,SIo
bad charge OF the case to be An jmnosts- Tho
case was given TO Detective Coomes: AND Cam,
ceIi rts'ed when Questioned that he had inst
III Iteu mere from Charleston, =. G., where he
hAd been working 81 his trade cabinet matinS
AbO painting, fer a man named Huhhard doiass
yusness on the corner Of sth and Mohawk
susets IN that CITY, and had Just been maid or
Cmeer COomes ar once wrote to m " Usn-
cIlcks Chief OF Police OF Charleston s.atin,
,s11t "a. IAN poelI had related, and received for
,,sPly Ihat there was 10 such streets a. SIN or
MohaEk streets. nor any such man As HubhaT5
non eoInS business there In the meantime Camp
oeI Ead been 70 the Executive MaDsion ana
told pitful tale Of HIS misfortune m NJ NJ
Srant' rom whom be obtained money epongh
- Pc ms passage to Springfield. III, where he
pretends to hail from, and then left tbs
c1ty TO impose upon some other communit
oouotless. These familiar with the IocsItty
rec ne pretended to have been garroted ne yer
eid give much credit TO his story.
IBs NATIOsAL THEOLOGICAL Iysrrrrrp
ioeIeA Institute against u. Richards was before
We ClIeuit Court, Judge CartterO A motion
~ 40 sue oy DEFENDANTS counsel, Mr. n Will
SOD, a Few weeks since for a rule on plsin,irs.
counsel 70 show by what authority thew v~ere
AcIDg as such, which application was grsntsd
anu the rule issued Mr.. +. Miller and NJ W.
% hatcbeu appeared, and the former statad
ma Mr CarTingtOn's name was on the record
a. eotnsel, and re had said that he wonId no+
splefr. Judge Cartier remarked that the vsr
ulct OF the jury IN the case Of the Institute 40,
me Frst National Bank could be pIsadadin
oh IN Shls case. and Mr.. Wilson moving IN AZ tha
ton. eeu ZIG no-
SINGULAR AND SAP ACCTDExr-Bsrstfao of a
I S fosEaaH-A Mas AortaHy Wounded ara a |
- sSTt0sstg LfJETed.-This morning about n |
Ueoek, a. MT. Samuel Shreeyes dru1oist in
.SHlohtowns ID u, was charging a sodS fouD
80 -, punt, and q portion OF The casino was
s.vth III TIE breast OF Mr. Shreeves c.nsin,
81 rAunl wound, which Il Il feared viii resn1f Il
~. IL IL oeasn. youth EMPLOYED in the s.ore
nAo ne tniSh badly liberated by the eYnIos;on
III VII bIooao-y have 20 lose his lee nv anon,
.eoon: DIs. Csombs, LstiI ssr, and winssan
AIe amending the sufferers. The srnIosso
made sound Ike the firing of twsIxai
CorFiRAATIoss IN THE CATHOLIC CHrpcz,s 1
Archbishop Spalding will administer con6rna /
lon I'm Catholic Churches Of ths DiStrict =, |
columbia a. follows: Trinity SundsT. Jnns in