Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-09
Meeti1E or the Levy Court.

An adjours<S NEE tfsg Of the Levy Court was
held over Ne National Metropolitan Bank this
Ait.rnoons pgesent-MeseEs Shepherd, Brown
she bsf tNho are property hohierr and tax
DEBT, ko~ Hand and renney, (wAv pay no taxes
Mr.: sargent called the court to order, AMI
BIZ. John Tenney appeared and took hrs place
On the reading Of the minutes, Nj. renney
moyed they re corrected SO it will read m a,
the pIesisent Was ssanIaeasiy elected. and a ~
~ Is 70 snow that MI Piliing, Tor Tax Collector,
received hut one vote.
The chair stated that the new ofBcers-Me.-r.
Ienney, Barker, Dnbos, and Boudinot-n
suahhec and give. bond.
Err. Brown stated that he had been in TO m 4
thai tbs
CLERK WAS MINOR.
Ar. Tepney asked MIR. Rowland, As = lawyer
II tax collector sDuld be q minor, and TN,
PresideBt n there were any clerks under age la
the Department. and receiving an affirm alive
answer, stated that the clerk had given bcrd,
cheney OF the tcpd.
M. Shepherd said that minor was not re-
spossihie under the law, nor does the Law make
the bVnGsmen oi a minor responsible.
Eessrs brown and She phe I'd each disclainne ,i
any per.onsi feeling IN the matter.
Mir. Shepherd offered resolution that the
Precedent obtain The written legal opinion OF
some conpettbt saver as 10 the competency of
q minor TO hold he ONCE Of Clerk and rrsa-a-
rcr 0i The ty-Tt.
Mr.. T.nney called for the yeas and usvs in
order TO put himself on the record, and AL pies
cut vOtso ave.
Mr.. Tenney, from the special committee OF,
BpNIs OF OFFICERS.
OHrred Tt solution hXing tae amount Of hon +
SIt' 90 each for the Clerk and Collector. and
$500 for the Surveyor; the Clerks bond ~ %
approved aHd PLACED m the hands of the uresi
GEM; snd Tue other, after approval, In the
hands OF the Clerk.
TBK CsRsivAL Compsitt>e o..
CesTsspor ssHc,.-SstuTdsy afternoon the com
mIttte On cores pondenCe, tor the ceiebrs ton
OF WashiBgtOn's Birthday, met at the office ot
TEE STAR. Rem. Per,ey POore in the chair
Ihere were Present, also, l.. a. GObright, Ass0-
ela'td Press; .. n; Harris, Patriot; n. Barritt.
Sunday NrGld; Thomos b. Florence, Sunday
Gazette; and q. ). NOyes, STAR. Practical
ous M -, calculated to promote the grand oh
Ject In view, Was vigorously entered upon, ant
Pnt INTO shape. After quite protracted seS-
sion The com mittoe adjour ned to meet by invita-
ton OF the chairman.
In addition TO the subscriptions already men
toned in TIE STAR, Messrs. 7. Roessle Il Son
proprietOrs of the Arlington. have subscriber
el.Ooe, and Mr.. W. II. A. wormley, the caterer
sets his name down for $3.50.
NETTING OF THE WOHsN's SUFFRAGE Asso-
ciATloN.-The National Women's Suffrage As
toeiShon Is TO convene at Lincoln Hall, i'm this
city, On Wednesday of this week, TO take steps
10 urge npon Congress the passage of q l6rt
amendment. To aid this, the Woman's Bureau
IS 10 be established permanently in this city
Among those announced to be present at the
convention this week are Isabella Beecher
Hooker. Adele Harlit, Paulina Wright Davis.
Lille Deyeraux Blake, Rev. Olympia Brown,
Rev. Phebe A. Hannaterd, Elizabeth Cady
stanton, Susan b. Al thony, Josephine l.. Grit
hn:' Bliss nate stanton, and many others.
THe THEATKss.-NIrs. f. w. Lander will ap-
pear In her great impersonation of "ElIza-
announcement ought To I'LL the house without
another word from the newspapers.
LakGes Carnival Ministries, always popular
here appear at Wallis Opera House this eve
ming. Ricardo, with his excellent soprano
voice; talbot and Parker, fine comedians and
good end nen; Billy Reeves. the old plantation
darkey: hamsll, with his ballad singing, and
Laughlin and Murray in their double song aud
dance, are among the attractive features.
A FAMILY QUAEREL-AC ter the Police Court
a0Jo1rned 10 day officer Hess, of Geor yctoyu
brought into court Mrs. Bateman and Fanny
Sullivan, two respectable ladies, arrested on
a warrant obtained from Justice Buckley. in
on complaint of one VIM r Her-
Iy, charging them with assault and battery.
The case appears 70 be family quarrel. and
viii be brought before the court to morrow.
AS0THRH RYHCCTIOH-Lessrs. Nlet1per x
BY les announce in another column a reduction
n the prices OF groceries at their establishment
Corresponding To the late reduction in tie tariff
pa imported articles o. that class. See their
advertisement.
SEFlcUs ACCIDENT.-Saturdayn night, 4 col
orei man was accidentally shot by a pistol I'm
he hands OF Ben. Taylor at house in Murder
Bay. The ball entered in the region OF the
heart, and il IL feared that il will prove fatal,
-
sCrERsTITIoS.-ln connection with Tia
leath Ut Mrs. Maggie Beck Corcoran, in this
lily, the Paris TTae ksH,uclida say.: "a funeral
lcrtege crossed Ler bridal coach at Lexington
ana NE ehperstitlous then predicted her death"