Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-14


OF Washington, and the issuing Of bonds and
levying taxes TO pay the same. BY Mr.. Choate-
Bill appropriating 81 i2 for the relief OF d.
L. Eaton, actuary OF the Freedmen's Savings
Bank. By Mr.. McKnght-Bill TO amend the
act regulating improvements under the rganic
act. Also, resolution declaring 1t unlawful to
blockade any street or alley without the consent
of the board of public works. By MI. Bursley-
Bill to regulate advertising and job printing for
the sxsfTtvs deEaT'nent Of the
public works 10 dredge and improve the chan
mel OF the Potomac river.
Mr.. Brown submitted resolution fixing the
hour of meeting hereafter at p. m. Adopted.
Mr.. Choate offered a resolution reciting that
as but seven working days remained of the ses-
calendar be acted on; and that all bills before
committees be acted on before the next meet
ing; rejected.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the rules be sus-
pended. and the Council amendment to the res
olution returning the thanks of the legislature
District be considered; adopted. 1.-THE amend
nept adds thanks to General Chapman Delegate
from the District to Congress
Mr.. Campbell said IL was not exactly proper
to include in the vote of thanks the name of the
individual who was to present the resolstion,
and moved to amend by striking cut the COun-
questing General Chapman to present the reso-
luton to Congress He thought, Also that it
was an act of discOurtesy for one house to amend
asimple resolution OF thanks adopted by the
other.
Mr.. Bond defended the action of the Council,
and urged concurrence in its amendment
Mr.. Campbelis amendment was rejected, and
the resolution, with the Council amendment,
was adopted-yeas, Is; nays-Messrs. Campbell,
Handy, Hunt, LeBarnes and Piper-5.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
BY Mr.. Dickson (arpropriations)-Bil for the
relief of the Nation al Theological Institute and
University, RENTING taxes levied for special
prOpriating $500 for the repair OF fences and
improvement of Holmeads burying ground;
also, bill appropriating $50 for the Associated
Survivors of the War of 1912; also, bill sppro
priating 81 500 to defray the expenses OF d.
viding the District into election districts, and
for providing books and plats to the assessors OF
the several districts. By Mr. Choate (schoos)--
Bill authorizing the establishment OF four sd-
ditional secondary schools in each school dis
trct; also, unfavorably on bill providing for the
establishment of normal school, and the COM
mittee was discharged from its further censid-
Grafton. BY MIR. Mcknight (marketsl Bill
appropriating s25,OO0 for the extension OF the
near It'll street. By Mr.. Collins ways and
means)-Bill authorizing the controller to settle
the accounts of VIM. Laird late clerk and treas
urer OF the corporation of Georgetown. All Of
the above were laid over.
THE NORTHERN MAaKET-HoUsE QUESTION.
Mr.. Campbell moved to suspend the rules and
take up the bill In relation to a market-house
in the northern section of the city; agreed to.
Alter number Of dlatory motions had been
acted on, MIR. Murray moved to amend the
Council amendment by providing tor the pur-
chase OF the whole or part of square So for a
western market.
The amendment was earnestly advocated by
Speaker Hulse, Ton the foor,) who said tn
sentiment of the people in the western section
OF the city was almost unanimous in favor of
the proposed site. The Council amendment
was then agreed to, and, as amended, was con-
Cured in by the following vote: Messrs. Bond,
Brewer, Brown, Bursley, Campbell, Carroll,
Choate, Collins, Cox, Davis, Dickson, Handy
Piper, Shepherd, Wall and the Speaker,
(Hulse.)
MIR. Choate made personal explanation in
relation TO his having signed a protest against
action at the first session the BILL SAYING his
protest was not against the bill, but against
House.
Mr.. Dickson said that there had been an
obviously wrong ruling by the Speaker in an
nouncing the passage of the bill at the present
session, and the Speaker knew it.
BILLS PASSED.
The following were passed: Bills providing
for the arrest and punishment of professional
thieves, burglars ana pickpOckets; in relation to
condemning alleys in the county of Washing
ton; to cause proper distances to be maintained
between carts and wagons while in motion; au-
thorizing the purchase OF ground and the build
ing Of police station in the first police district
and appropriating 5000 therefor; authorizing
the purchase of ground and the building of
police station in the seventh police district, and
apprOpriating $4,000 therefor; relief of James
NJ. Need; relief of John H. Haskell and w. A.
TORY; in relation to an alley in square 12O re-
lief of Joseph PARRISH and relief OF the trustees
of the 18th street Methodist Episcopal church.
THE EIGHT-HoUR LAW.
The bill to tx the houcs OF labor and pay of the
laborers ON the public works taken up.
The bill, as introduced, prescribed eight hours
as days work, and two dollars as a day.
wages. The committee recommended striking
out the second clause. Mr.. Bond moved
to amend by inserting " and no deduction
shall be made in the pay on account OF the re-
duction of the hours of labor" agreed to. Mr..
tending the existing taws of the corporation OF
Washington (fxing the hours of labor per day
at eight and the wages at s2) throughout the
adopted and the bill passed. Yeas-Messcs.
Bursley, Carroll, Collins, Davis, Dickson,
Handy, Hogan, Hunt, LeBarnes, Piper, Shep-
Bond, Campbell, Choate-3. At 1ea O'Clock
the House adjourned to O'Clock this AFTERNOON
The LIVE Stock MARKEr-Board of HedLn
nspectioRs.-Superintend Gatchells report
OF live stock on sale at Drover's Rest and else
where, for the week ending Friday, June Ii, il
At Clark's depot for the sale of swine, 625
hogs, mostly of superior quality, were sold The
market is fair, and unchanged since last week
Sales at 81 az cents per ID. net. At Center
market and elsewhere, 26 beeves, stockers, 81
mich COWS and calves, 2l7 veals, and S. sheep
and lambs were on sale. Beeves brought STA
$50 per cwt.; mlch cows and calves, S2OaS60;
veals, BAG cents per lb.; lambs, S3ai.J0 per head
Scarcely any sheep on sale. Markets this week
uniformly dull. Stock ordinary. The Washing
ton butchers purchased 80 beeves in Baltimore
l. g present week.
at Drovers Rest 275 beeves were offered and
265 sold for slaughter at last weeks prices
Sia7 per cwt.; 10 beeves remain unsold. The
beeves we're of average and ordinary quality,
and the market unchanged, except, PERHAPS
Tor inferior grades, which sold yesterday at
slightly reduced prices. ~ mich cows and
calves were on sale, and % head sold as follows:
Ordinary, $50; better grades, 1885, extra, SIS
per head. 40 veals were offered, and 80 sold at |
4a5c. per Id. The cattle market was dull; veal
calves have declined heavily, and milch cows
also to some extent. 900 sheep and lambs
$40 Of former and I, 500 of the latter-were ON
sale. 423 sheep and ,2S9 iambs-1,712 in all
were sold for slaughter. Sheep brought 4aGLc.
per h.; lambs sold at S250as4'5O, and few ex-
ira 50 per head. 147 sheep and 2l1 lambs were
unsold; 1Si sheep and lambs remain over, and
la lambs forwarded TO Baltimore market
There was fair market on yesterday, especial
ly for lambs, and the quality of the stock was
GOOD more than the usual number of very
prime and extra lambs were offered. The sale
Tor ordinary stock were at lower figure this
week than last. but the demand for good lambs
is uhdiminished, and yesterday found some Of
the best OF the present Sc son in the market.
The traffic in lambs will be considerable for
several weeks TO come. One lamb was con-
demned as injured, and temporarily unfit Tor
slaughter. =
REA- ESTATE SALEs.-Green. & Williams
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