Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-14

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l'-'IeH 81 $500 t"r the r,lef ct the goOr passed
Ri POPE fr.n e Commute, on way. ami meant,
reported nm toy tho relief # II CLAY st~war:
ldts5d Also wljnoUt recommendation, till b. A
NJ $. Gr,n+rg Nr Eartoii moved - STRIKE "a,
- r2mf 81 Mrs. lining and insert 'hn P-s,id nj
/ A'd S''i,iy. winch " 81 agreed -. aud the Iili
r. a5 il, hs2 In, res.lntin sypyopsnG 50 ga
"htSh was r,Coumitt"d, with instruction to report
81 tie hrst Monday in sa,ch. Mr. Piper offered
,n,'qlu,I9n that Eh@n the B9srt ADJOURN il be to
| Lewis 'improvementsl reported bill to chsng. the
IsToTted f ts Teef q Ho,ms. Tia. iS Sassea
FcLs PAIL F 9S bill for rsei 81
the Council hill making appropriation Tor the car.
i,ae "a ne Of The ,h rd the
| d'nsrd Lewis. Adlournss.
The Carnival.
| The arrangements have been perfected Tor
the tournament Ivy the chief marshal, Mr.. i.
| W. Walsh, and the following knights have en-
| Iered their names anu been accepted From
| Mary Iand-Lambert ,IarbOe, Nelson ,Iarooe,
Waters, David McCurdy. and Jas. warfeld
from NirginlaoE; NJ. acksor, u. p. Gunnell,
| 5. L. Luckett, Philip Cooling, Richard Cmces-
ter, w s. Ball, Horace Bailey, Charles Bal.
ana Eddy Gallagher. From the District OF CO.
| lumIia-P. H. Hill, Jos, wildman, A. Brock
| eDhorough. X. q. Gvvnn, e. q. Hill, Joseph
Lyons, W. 4. Brooke, Thomas Stuart, j. s
Miller, William Talbert, and James r. Young.
Inc Track Will be from /: TO eth street. There
| will lie three rings, fifty wards apart The ring.
will be inch in diameter. and a. - height
adjusted AT will. The lanes will be of reguIa
ton length, eight feet
The rumor current on the Avenue, that the
festivities will be postponed till Nav is untrue
Inc carnival VIII come Oft on the 2lst and 22l
instant: The butchers have engaged the band
OF the Fifth Maryland regiment.
The Washington Chess Club have arranged
Ior grand chess tournament to come of at
thelr rooms during the carnival, to be open 10
All corners tor prize, also for minor tourna-
ment for Prize TO be open to PLAYERS or les
experience. The amount OF the pri7e has not
yet been determined on.
Two Ire companies from Norfolk will be here
Win their steamers TO Join in the parade and
have chartered the steamer Lady OF the Lake
Tor the purpose.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Thos T.. waggamap.
auctioneer and real estate broker. has sold th,.
UNDIVIDED One-half moety Of lots | and . i'm
square No 1000, TO Jane F. Weed, for Sis.
Allen, for S2.l2Y per foot.
Green x Williams. auctioneers, have sold lot
=, IN Da1iusons subdivision Of square DO front
ing p feet on X street north. bv a uepth OF ia
feet on 18th street west, and improved by a two.
story bTle dwelling, N. f. corner TO j. Nj
Iatta, Tor 5000. Also, parts lots = AMI :;
OF I'd street east, to w. II. Mullen, for % cents
per square foot; Sei5.5T. Also. south mart Iot
II, square AZ, fronting 20 feet on eth street
west, between 5 and streets north, with the
80. Also, lot 70, In Shepherds subdivision
OF sluHe C25, with new two-story brick dwell
lng fht reon fronting on Defrees street, to Cha.
Mades, Tor -, 80 Also, east % feet OF lot T. in
square $50, with small frame house, fronting OF
VI street south, between canal and 1th street
east TO John Layezzi, for 500
X w. bowman, real estate broker has mad
me Following sales Lot l, square CSG, to jacob
Dyser, at 81 per square foot; lot and east hall
lot :, parts lots II and l2, square SID: lot H.
SQUARE 4s9, and lot /, square 1913, to j. II. Salt
n. "a hos
Lewis BlackfOrd, Esq, the lot adjoining his
residence, on Stoddart street, Georgetown. az
so per front foot. Mr.. Blackford viii erect
handsome addition to his dwelling.
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THB BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
PASSENGER DEPoT.-As stated in TIE STARol
yesterday bill authorizing the Baltimore ana
POtomac railroad to erect over their tracks or
.nsinia avenue, between west eth and It'll
The bill thus defines the boundaries of the
structure: " Commencing at the intersection OF
me building line OF south street produced
anu the building line OF the east side of ives,
18th street produced, thence along that line
southwark to point, thence by line parallel
south and forty feet distant north ward from the
building line of southerly side of Virginia ave-
nue. 10 point and building line OF west side of
west 9TH street produced, thence by last-men-
uOned line northward to point parallel with
ana forty feet distant southwark from building
hhe OF northerly side of Virginia avenue to q
point, thence n0rthward by line parallel with
and eighty feet distant eastward from the
bullding line CT east side Of west 9TH street pro-
OF south q street produced, thence by last
mentioned line to the place of beginping
The bill was referred to the District Com
mittee.
GLASS BLOWERS ON A SPREE.-John Woods,
Samuel Alg0e and Augustus Cozzens, three
ing and lighting in groggery kept by Martin
Cady, on I'D street. The party became so
boisterous that the police were notified, and
Lieut. Hurley, with officers Brosnan and Crump,
made q descent on the den, and captured the
pa<ues named. During the melee an Irishman
had his nose bitten nearly OF, but managed to
e. on the ground before the police arrived
CozzeDs were before the Police Court this
morning, and the hearing was postponed until
TO morrow.
The THEATRRs.-Mrs. Scott Siddons. Die uant,
?raceful and pretty, will appear in The
Hunchback' this evening, as the heroine OF
Sheridan knowles great drama.
The Berger family Swiss Bell Ringe who
nave delighted the West for some years past,
have come East to try their fortune, and as they
other attractions besides the bell ringing, they
ought to draw tine houses at Wallis Opera House
this week.
The NAVY YARD now presents quite q busy
scene, as there are over one hundred ship car
penters at work on the Periwinkle, which is on
uAIlUe railway, anu tlcI0 mas Dee0 q DTOs
pOrtionate increase in the number Of mechanics
and lab0rers in the other branches OF work.
The Periwinkle, which was the old blockade
runner "N ance," Is being materially altered,
besides being Thoroughly repaired and rentted
throughout.
TO-DAY Is ST. NALENTINRs DAY; but the
letter carriers are not overloaded with tender
missives or any other kind. Of late years the
practice OF sending valentines has been going
out Of vogue in cities, while 1t has become more
| common in the country. Higher priced valen-
| tines are not so much in demand, the sales be-
| ing confined to what are known as common
| sentimental and comic.
EXTENSIVE SALE o. COAL AND woop.-It
wil be seen by advertisement under head OF
Auction Sales" that the extensive sale BY
Latimer g. Cleary Of coal and wood, to take
place to- morrow, is changed in consequences of
the snow until Thursday, February SD, offer
| ing rare chance to the public 70 lay in q stock
| of fuel At reduced rates. Tho sale is positive,
as 1t is the settlement Of An estate.
| A CHILD SCALDRD TO DIATH,-ThA child NJ