Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-27
Condensed Locals

night charge OF police he adOuarters
. Two more cases OF smallpox in the northeast
sTn section of the city have been removed to the
hospital by the health officer.
The District accOUntiD2 officers are still busiy
thgSeSa IA approving ana settsDg accounts IN
sinded in the apprO priatOn bills of the last ses-
zion Of the legislature.
The Old frame buildings at the corner OF I'D
street and Pennsylvania avenue, recently con-
de mned a. nuisance by the Board OF Health,
are lcing torn down.
TIE Potomac Mills and Mining Company last
evening reelected the following directors:
kessTs A Il. Shepherd. ". q. Metzerott D. l.,
barfour. John Purdy, j. W. Barker, ). It. @.
Mcneil, AVID ". r. Brown.
Yesterday was the sixtieth anniversary OF the
bath Of Col. Thomas Is. Florence. the handsome
stltCT If tie Sunday GG<StiS, and few Of his in
nmate personal friends celebrated the occasion
by pres, BtiHg him with a handsome onyx ring.
appropriately inscribed
John q. Cox, an ex-justice of the peace
sbargedVlfh obtaining money Hn'ier false PEE
t'nsCs. came into the Police Court this morn
any and waived an examination. giving bonds
u abe sUm Of $500 for action OF the grand iury
sDuty.
Some one writes US to say that it was not Dr.
Christie that attended Jacobs. whose attempted
Dr. A. r. johnson. Also, that sit was not
wholly bis being out of work that made him at
hJnp' the rash act. but that since the death of
bis mother, some six weeks since, he has been in
ssTrtss,d spirits, and that was the cause"
The report that Rev. Mr.. DobsOn, lately a
missionary TO the Cherokees. would probably be
Church, is erroneous. The congregation is now
ia correspondence with a minister in the west
with view TO filling the pulpit.
Yesterday Detectives COOmes and McElfresh
arrested Bob Rollins, a notorious thief, on the
charge OF burglary, committed some three weeks
ago. by cutting into the house of George Bar
Der, corner OF 81 and III streets aud taking a
silver watch and other property therefrom. The
s6fsctiyes recovered the watch YESTERDAY and
Rollins has been committed to jail for action of
Che grand jury.
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NONRESIDENT DEALERs-Ts q Solicitor Of
Orders Commercial AGsrt-Mr. r. e.. Mann
committed 10 Jail yesterday by Judge Smell. OF
Tie Police Court, las the agent of one John
AnDear, a nonresident manufacturer" and,
being a wholesale dealer, did offer for sale
merchandise, without having license in de-
fault fthe pay MT of fine Of s25j was brought
from Jail this morning before Judge Cartier ON
writ OF habeas corpus. Mr.. A. b. Williams
appeared for the petitioner. Mr.. Mann, in his
petition represents that he was charged with
Being commercial agent under the DIST section
OF The act OF the assembly of August 23d, 1871;
that his occupation Is that Of soliciting orders
for goods by sample; and that he is not resi-
ss Mt OF the District OF Columbia; and for these
reasons Is not commercial agent within the
letter or intent OF the law.
The warden returned the warrant OF the PO-
petitioner.
Dir. Williams. alter reading the papers, read
from the law. that every person residing in the
District who shall solicit orders shall be deemed
a commercial agent. Thus. by the law, resi-
ttAtt necessary 10 l1lkc "A party "A comm 1rC.lt
agent. He stated that petitioner had been con-
viCted in the court below under this section Al
Though it was admitted that lie was a resi-
dent.
After waiting some time for the counsel for
the District government. Judge Cartier asked:
For what period is he sentenced TO imprison-
Nr. Williams-Yos, sir; until the fine he paid.
Judge Csrtter.-he may be discharged.
TEE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS al their
meeting last evening fed mis- l.
T.. Dent, an old fireman, to run with No.
engine TO fires, and j. +. Grcaves to run with
No. .. Two judgments against iremen for debt
were received from creditors, asking the board
20 retain the amounts of the same. To one case
a motion OF Mr.. hcDevitt's that the fireman
paw the amount within two months or be ex-
IeliGd, IL accordance with the rule OF the board
Was carried. In the other case a similar motion
failed. Mr.. Collins was opposed TO making the
board an auditing commission and collecting
agent Tor creditors, and taking up the time with
discussing the private business OF fTtmen anC
gave rOtice Of his intention 10 move AT the newt
meeting OF the board a repeal CT the rule which
PROVIDES ioT expulsion OF hremen who 90 not pay
their debts. These were matters Tor legal adiu-
Ucatior az q not for action OF the commissioners
Mr.. Booker moved that Robert Brown, tempe
TsIIly on duty In No. company during the
present month be paid, agreed 10. THE report
III The morning papers that the motion was to
pay Crown Elm place OF Lemuel Weeien," sus-
pended, l. erroneous. No motion was made or
action taken on the case Of Weeden.I Adjourned.
LieHr FOR THE PKCPLE.-The thirty lamp
lighttIs Tor the district have received instruc-
tiCnS from the Board OF Public Works 70 COM
menCe lighting the street lamps tonight. The /
iolloSing hours for lighting-up and extinguish- !
ing the lamps have been fixed: From January q /
10 January 81 the lamps Will be lighted at SO !
p. M, and eXtingUished when the moon il up,
and whenever a cloudy night occurs 10 continue
the IN one hour later; from February to Feb /
mary 5.5O 2. m is the hour fixed for lighting;
from February sth to February 10th. O'clock, :
ard from this ScEr until the 18th of February
thirty minutes later ey5-r night The lamps on !
n street north. east of the go1SrnmeIit printing
TO New York avenue, will be lighted for NE first
time tonight. Also, on I'D street, from Penn
sylvania avenue to Z street, and on street,
from Pennsylvania avenue 20 2eth street.
THE PRovIsIONs OF THE NEw HACK LAW
NOT COUPLED wITH-FreGuent complaints
rates Of fare. ar DO not comply with the ex-
press condition Of the new law, which makes il
obligatory upon the driver TO hand to each pas
sengtr printed slip containing his licensed
number and the lawful rates OF fare and to
have displayed in his vehicle a COPY OF the same
printed in large characters. In most ca-cs
neither Of these conditions are complied with
and as evidence Of this fact, 10 is reported that
cut OF some ten carriages ON the 9Th street stand
to- day, four OF the m did not display the printed
card; and on the 9Th street stard, out of seven
there were three who neglected 10 comply with
the law IN this particular. The numbers OF
ths m were taken Tor the use Of the police. The
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this tIii'iDg With law sheGld be put stop to.
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TEE PROPOSED SMALL Pox HOsPIrAL-Nr
AdClf CiUss has Submitted Plan for small n,)N
hospital 10 the Beard of Public Work. which
has net tie sTnrovRl OF TIE Surgeon General,
L > A IL exhibits main adm Illustration
building thiTty-siN feet trent by forty feet deer,
two stories high. with a back building fourteen
by iorty-tour feet. The wards are 70 consist OF
two wings One-SiOry high. about fifty feet long
ihiTty feet deep and fifteen feet ceiling. Az the
"rdof each building is 90 be an earth closet nine
- w. huilfiT ~ are 20 be built OF the
be-; material and vel finished on ,,.~ Tv,,
especial care being take 10 secure perfect ven
tilatiOn. The board have advertised for prOpo- |
sails, and the bids will beOPenedearly neStweek
PrNP wATfR.-Ihe Board OF Public Works
have dir eeted General BallOch, Superintendent
Of Streets, 20 have the pumps repaired at the
corner Of sth and streets southwest; 10th and
NJ northwest; 18th and p northwest; tst and I.
northwest, 9Th and q southwest; y, between 81
and Sd; Il, near I'd northeast; 9th, between A
and Il northeast; %, between 18th and 9Th north
west; A. between Cd and 4th southeast; and cor
neT of 9Th and 1 streets southeast.
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ISDICTrD FOR KEEPING GAMBLING Houses.
The grand jury have thus Tar indicted for keep