Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-10

the car al sontractcrs firm removing more than
si' %f n y r. a. BSa
ALptnnsxs Br,sr..
BID to authoriz. c. Oaanaiar to erect a frame
baiidine passed t. ray tno Ca-on,s!. Tor publish
rsss,d J,pt recitation for The purchasr Of 70,
fSpts % r. zap ss nstan raa, ,;.
provide for tue corporations portion Of the
pei So u paving Pennsylvania venue Amend 4 by
ticn's Tor'ion Of lhoiana and Louisiana avenues,
ard requesting that the Commission cause a
measurement. and passed.
RkPokIs oF COMMUTERS.
MI Pope from the ways ana mess. Committee.
sristin. Scrip, X Is Ci.rk and :. BOND to rec,
tity an assessn ent on certain lot il square No.
Mary. all OF which were passed
Mr. Ba.sstt, IRON the committee on drainage. re
street. from ID to 81 street. -ss'; passed
Mr.. buIses. from the c.mmit'ee on police,
cause drinking f'uu.ains 10 be placed eng the
s,r.tis; granting certain privileges to Tho. Wynn;
relief OF Charles harrington; granting certsin
gTi,ils. :. e stet hen Bennth; allowing Day -ln:
erected; 6lil 10 ailsw George snithson to erect
frame addition to hi brick bous.; bill to horize
tbe pr'fctlon Cf iabNriuQ men by imposing pes
Atty on contractors who do not brace atoms
Mr. Rob- SON from ,s SsSs1t,,.,, commi,,sa
reported n bin TO create a. additional stesm n,-
company to be located IN the Third Ward; passed
Adjourned
BOLD ROBBERY ON THE CARS The Nstc York
Through Train PlgndsJed-" Read Agents" P,uq-
der the Baggage Cor.-Lsst night the through
Il ain from New York, which left Baltimore Tor
this cisy at ~ =. II. vas entered by robbers
who broke u the baggage car and threw A
hve trunks hear the four mile house, and. after
rihiDg more OF the baggage in the car. left the
train at the Relay House and went back 10 Sc
cure the trunks.
When the train arrived in this city detectives
CoOmes, Miller and NcDevitt were sent for,
1rnd Ffa1r -
and after seeing the damaged baggage, report
ed the case to the authorities in Baltimore to
work up. The officers gave it as their opinion
that the Job was done by professional" No
clothing was taken. the object seeming to he TO
secure valuables. One gentleman had - 800
worth of diamonds in the car. which the thieves
did not succeed in getting. There is no clue as
yet 10 the robbers.
FUNERAL OF A FIEEMAN.-The funeral af
the late Frank Sewell, colored, an extraman
attached to No. Engine Company, whose death
took place on Sunday morning last, and which
resulted from in juries received by being run
place from No. engine-house, on Virginia
avenue, this afternoon. There was avery large
concourse of persons present, among them many
OF our white citizens, including Commissioners
Dubsnt and Goodau, Mr.. L. Thompson, and
others.
The corpse was encased in handsome coffin,
on which Was beautiful wreath, placed there
by Mr.. Thompson. The services were conducted
by Rev. j. W. Green, after which the remains
were borne to the hearse, Messrs. Moore,
DoDsN. and Lawson, of No. 4, and Walker, Hill,
Chinn, Of the Pioneer Corps No. 2, acting rs
pall-bearers.
The cortege was formed OF Pioneer Corps,
No. I, Fifth Ward and No. 2, Seventh Ward,)
headed by the South Washington Band and
delegations OF the several companies of the
department. The remains we're inferred at the
Young Mems GTeunS, 18th and Boundary
streets; Mr. j. w. Plant undertaken.
TIE RIVER cannot be said to be open TO navi-
CATION yet, although lhe Vanderbilt which is 10
go On the route between Acquia Creek and
Baltimore, succeeded in making her way down
yesterday, and the propeller New York of
Philadelphia, cut her way up this morning.
lCE-CUTTINa is going on actively all alongour
river front and tic crystal cubes are being OBJ
tRired easily twelve and thirteen inches thick