Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-11

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The Night Soil Nuisance.
The Cese Of Mr.. Lelcis.
A few days since, IL was stated that Dr. Daniel
Breed had complained that Mr.. j. c. Lewis was
maintaining nuisance in the county, by allow
ing the dumping of night soil upon his grounds;
IN csse eAlh msa sne , o are the facts IN
owed the city scayengers % deposit the soil upon
Their grounds, and frequently, from the fact
tnal no enofrs have been made to deodOrize it,
residents of the county have complained. and
some of the gardeners and scavengers were fined
incur Police Court, Mr.. Lewis being one of the
active prosecutors. A short time after MT.
John Co.'S had been appointed superintendent
OF the county roads, some or the scavencery
went to him 10 ask what should be done, As they
could notteposit the night soil In the CITY, and
parties in the county would not receive IL. Mr.
Co.'S advised them TO deodorize the soil, and he
With Capt. j. T. II. Hall, the delegate from that
district, Mr.. GOss came to the conclusion to make
. place of deposit on Mr.. Lewis grounds the
soil to be deodOrized before being uuioaded
Accordingly several of the scavengers were met
by Mr.. GOss At the boundary one NIGHT and the
contents Of the carts having been deodorized, he
dumped, without bad effects; nor did the carts
which were left over Sunday but a short dis
I "a IRON Itn street road, cause any complaint.
IL appears, however, that seine of the scsyen-
gers were adverse to using disinfectants and
ascertaining that Others were using Lewis's
grounds, also went TO the same place. An at
tempt was made to keep them out, and the gates
were locked, but these were broken open and
in order to prevent further trespassing; Mr.. l.
sance complained of was not created by Mr.
Lewis, but by the trespassers, and it is likely
that no warrant win be issued against Mr.. l..
THE EXCURSION OF THE ANALosrAx Boar
CLUB, which has for the past few days been the
general theme Of conversation, took place last
might Despite the intense heat a VERY Large
party assembled at the wharf, and shortly after
. O'clock the steamboats, Arrow and wswasset
steamed toward their destination, Marshall Hail
"A band of music upon each boat added TO the
pleasure of the ride down. As the boats neared
the wharf at Marshall Hall they were unexpect-
sdiy greeted with a salute from cannon upon
the shore, after which there burst from the woods
and along the line of the wharf display of fire.
works, which produced the most beautiful effect
Prominent in the glare Of colored lights and
Roman candles the word " Welcome" stood cut
in bold relief When all had reached the wharf
aproeession was formed, which, headed by the
Weber band, marched TO the pavilion, where the
less fatigued prOceeded to dance. The great suc-
Cess which has ever attended the Analostan boat
excursions Is due 70 the able management of its
officers, aided by the hearty cooperation of the
individual members This fact was particular
~ noticeable last evening, and the entire cIu
may congratulate themselves upon hayjng give
their friends such an enjoyable evening. Th
beats returned RESPECTIVELY at and o'eloc,
this morning with their precious freight lookin
not very much the worse for wear.
BOARD OF PUBLIC woRKs- An Afrisory
Board of Pubic Works was held Yesterday a
which an advisory Beard Of Engineers was an
Pointed, consisting OF General n humphreys Chic
of the Engineer Corps, United States army: Gen
eral BabcOck, Commissioner of Public BuiId
ings and Grounds General NJ. c. Meigs, Quarter
NM Ter nit sn~a
eEai OlInstead, Chief Engineer of the New York
Central Park. To this Board will be submitted
the entire plan Of improvements contemplated
~ the Board Of Public Works, including the
drawings already prepared for the paving.
grazing, sewerage, &c, of the city, with the est
mates for the same, and none OF the work will he
entered upon until approved by them.
VERMONT AVENUE IMPROVEMENT.
In reply to communication received from
owners on Vermont avenue in relation to tie pro.
posed Improvement of that avenue, the Board
directed the Secretary to inform them that it
Scott Square to the BOUNDARY, and Law a car
Hageway thirty feet wide on each side
After the transaction of some routine business
The Board adjourned.
DRowsED-About4 O'Clock yesterday after
drowned at 1Oth-streef wharf by aecidestsIiy
slipping into the water. His parents live AT the
corner OF and 9th streets southwest The
notified.
Yesterday afternoon the United States steamer
fallapoosa arrived at the hayward, and IL was
Drowned during the trip. On the morning the
vessel entered tie mouth Of the Potomac, Watts
fell over the bulwarks iuO the water, and imme-
diately disappeared.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Green q williams last
evening sold lot c, in subdivision OF square on.
% james Kane, at 26 cents per foot; lot ID, 10
same purchaser, at q cents per foot; Tot 2 TO
Henry Taylor, at 20 cents per foot lot F. TO Felix
Bowie, at Is cents per foot; lot +, in subdvsion
OF square 6s9, "a hOnas King, at IS cents Der
foot; lot r, same purchaser, at rs cents per FOOT
lot h, % Aquilla Han, at 10 cents per FOOT lots
n and i, 70 John Lee, az 10 cents per foot The
above property is located at the corner of Sd
street west and street south, on the Island.
ANBLED AWAY WITH S300.-On Friday last.
detective Miller received information that VIM
r. Amber had stolen about $500 worth Of cloths
from the store OF Peterson & Co, under Ma
sonic Temple. He recognized the goods on Sat
Wday, and returned them to the owners. on
solng after Amber he found he had jumped the
ran. has been placed IN his hands for the arrest
OF Amber, charged with obtaining a gold watch
nom II. o. Hood, valued at si30, under false
representations =.
ExcUKsIoSIsTs FROM RIcHMoSD.-To-day
our streets are thronged with large party OF
cciOred people from Richmond, who came no on
an excursion from that city 20 the District given
ON the Orange and Alexandria Railroad BIZ a
number OF benevolent societies Of that city,
Messiah, Phoenix and Silver Star. Many of them
are In regalia and they have with them band
OF music. The entire number Il something over
athousand, and they win return tonight, They
are generally very orderly and seem bent ON
sight seeing.
THE VERY NECESSARY WORK OF cleaning the
sand and gravel from the new pavement on NJ
street has at last been commenced. and not a
day 100 soon, a. the dust arising therefrom was
very obnoxious % persons living ON and using
the street, while the amount OF the loose mate
nal carried into the sewers by every heavy rain
would soon have destroyed al facilities for