Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-12
Seventeenth, District Repub,tcaus

h. ~. e.. Moore, L. Lax
I Thompson, NJ. F. Rose, II. r Price.
The chair stated that ne scorned personalities,
which the other side had adopted "a their course
OF campaigning. There were enough present TO
show that the republicans can carry the cam
pagE with ease and eject Mr.. T4iist,rrO. There
J. class who think they are born 10 hold office,
ard these are just the ones that are least eompe
tent. These are the sore heads. bur there are
ro' enough ~ them in the 11Jh district - cleo.
tLeir man. II has besu ,s;i that llr. Leg lran>
:. 70 withdraw M favor or Nj Boswell II (tae
char E3S -y:ry 20 see thi>. A. he desired 20 see
l. l',r' IS eitectualIy sqHeicbed.
&c. Perry Carson sad Oh last MCnlav night,
~ p f1tejtnE III Island Hau, Mr.. Costfn sore
His'yf h4d hliie some assertions 800 &c him n Bt
eollt wears ago he Cos. -. asked AIM tCsesDnl
- 5c5. Tie MON L-aEGe, and J;I-t .Ie had said
be cared nothing about abe Mon League. He
Sr"h assertions.
Nr. Tahaterro. the candidate for TIE House ~
Yale 'ates. made TeEHrss }I dtuuUc 45j0u eft the
sOTE-nC8ds and AZ favor Of Gen. tliHn. al s!li
his course il Congress. which had resulted 50
fdvoTabiy for this District in unusually liberal
appropriations IL woaid be most III, istrous to
make change III the representative in Con-
g5SSs. Let wei enough alone, aud ro-eiGc- the
man Who has done more for the p.osuerity OF
TIE District than all others. The Capital uI the
nation bad been as dead asleep as Rim Van
WiIkle. until the present District government.
came into power, and now look at the results
We have some show Of q live city. During his
rene -ks he was frequently checrSa
Mr.. Nudd offered resolutions in favor o.
Grant aid wilson, Governor Cook, the board OF
public works, Gen. Chapman, aud VIM. Taiia-
Zero, which were adopted.
DR.. Ambush was called for and said he was for
the party which had carried them through so
safely III the pas: and thought 1t could be trusted
IN Tue future. How foolish because our officials
had not done everything to please everybody
that the good old party must be broken M by
screbeads. He thought the right wav was TO
stay in the party and fight the evils which they
INA .ired they were suffering, and nc. goOgtsde
70 o. 1t. If they expect to retain the favor OF
Congress they should send back Gen. Cbipmau
to Congress. Adjourned.
Washington baptist Association.
Inc Washington Baptist Association com.
mel ce1 its second annual meeting at tie an
BAPTIST Church, on II street. near I2.h, this
morning, and was called 10 order by Rev Robert
johnson, temporary moderator. Devotion A. ex
erclses were engaged in, after which Rev W
H. Gaskin preached from Jeremiah 18th chap
Ter, Eth verse: "A glorious high throne is the
place o. our sanctuary and Rev. u. ". Andev-
son ed IN PRAYER. The association proceeded n
eject Officers, with the following result: Rev
hobt. johnson, moderator; Rev. ". Is Jetfer
son, clerk; aud George Jordan, treasurer. The
usual committees were then appointed.
IMPROVEMENTS ORDERED BY THE B1,Rn
OF 1CBLlC MOREs.-A contract has been made
witt =. Brennan 70 construct an extension Of
me sewer aiongt the north side Of Ii street north
east from LIST to 2i streets, with necessary man
notes. house connections ami one trap, at board
rates; George Follansbee's contract for laying
The Stowe wooden pavements on r and i
streets, from ith street and New Jersey avenue
northwest, has been Cancelled and the same mas
beeli awarded 10 Mr.. j. o. Evans. James w.
donaldson has been appointed special suparin-
tendent OF improvements ON 18th street he
tween y and Water streets Island. r. Waters
has been appointed special superintendent of
on 9Th street, from r TO VI street
A petition signed By Mohun * Son aud several
others owning property and doing business on
IStD street aud the canal TO have that portion
81 Is Il street paved with Belgian stone instead
OF concrete has been reluctantly refused by the |
board. Colonel Lubey has been directed by the |
boaro TO lay siN-inch water main from the in |
tersection OF l4th and streets southwest mn r. |
street 70 18th street, about two hundred feet tn
supply the CommissaIy Office with water The |
lev. y. "A. Walter has been granted permission
oy the board to erecta stone wall Two and a-haf
teet nigh, TO be surmOUnted by a Wrodght-ir iron
railing, IN front of the square owned by 81,
Patrick's church, on the east side on 10th, be- |
tween and q streets northwest, to |
correspond with the enclosure on L street,
The mas p. Morgan has been assigned the |
contract for grading, setting curb and having |
with asphalt pavement the carrisge way AMI |
slcewalks on the north and south sides OF the |
reservations on b street. between Seventh and |
Ninth streets, the roadway 10 be tilirty-two feet
vide, and TO he completed with n thirty DAYS II |
has been ordered by the board that the alley |
between Eieyenth and Twelfth and q and Fl |
streets be cleaned; tba. The necessary repairs ia
pax alley, Georgetown, be completed a once;
nat p pump be erected on the east side of Nv
Jersey avenue, between . AID Il streets north /
west; that the car-isgeway of the a!ley in snuare
No. So he reduced to thirty feet; thai no extern
,i2n VIII Ne made at present on street north
10 Firth street egst as rec uested By citizens aud
that the petition OF citizens to have the alley in
square No. lOi south, Twentieth TO Twentv-frSt |
street graded and paved, cannot be granted.
Donald McCattran has been assigned ID duty
as special superintendent OF improvements on
VI street, between new Hampshire avenue and !
Rock creek. The Christian Brothers of 81. !
NJ atthew's church have obtained perm iSsjon to
fence OF their property by the iron railing
across the park in accordance with their re-
r. cod
repair the GepressiOus IN the pavement and car
riage way on Thirteenth street northwest, o:ca-
stoned by the sinking OF the earth over the |
sewers. The work of paving Tenth and Eev-
enth streets from to street, will be COM |
menced the first OF next week.
TO DAYS PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD.
The Board OF Public Works have directed !
Gen. BallOch TO have the blue-rock pavement |
relaid at once on 9Th street, between r ana |
streets northwest, and on street, between 18th !
and 10Th streets northwest.
The board have granted William Saunders |
permission to secure soil for tree planting from !
the surface OF Sd, ith, 9Th and 9Th streets north
east, from 81 to Boundary streets.
The Chief engineer has been notified to cancel
the contract made with MT. l.. Scott for sewer
ing and Il streets, between Sd and 4th, he
having failed to do the work, and to prepare
ontract with hr a. Campbell for the eNecu-
cor OF the same work.
Chief Engineer Phillips has been directed to
cause contract to be prepared with Mr. VIM.
A Wilson Tor putting two sewer traps at east
end of + street bridge, and two sewer trans at
corner of p and 22d streets northwest, and for
laying 1J-inch pipe sewer from said end Of
bridge to 22d street, and thence Pinch
pipe sewer ia I'D street, from L TO O
streets northwest, thence down y street
one hundred ieet and 1Or putting in fsur sewer
traps OH west end OF street bridge on West
street. Georgetown, ana for laying 235 feet oil Is
inch pipe sewer on West street, Georgetown,
and Tor laying 2sS Ieet OF ~ inch pipe sewer, as
per Plan OF chief engineer, so as to prevent
water from moving on said bridge.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS. - At the 18th
monthly meeting OF the Eureka building asso-
citation last night nearly 81 shares were advanced
CT az an average OF IS.
At the 4th meeting of the Harmony aSsocia-
ton last night II shares were advanced on at
5OE per cent
THE COURTS.
POLICE Cor RT, Judge kiUs.-To-day, Lucretia
Markham, charged with assault and battery on
Eli Bidde; SIS and costs John Magrgder petit
larceny OF a pair of boots from Natha an Brady;
80 and costs. Hugh Gallagher, charged with
assault and battery Oh Jane Gallagher, his mo-
Their, was admonshed by the court and dis
missed on his promise to DO better In future.
Turner Newton, assault and battery OH Mary
Hall; $40. Francis Walker, assault and battery
on Louisa Hardy; -. John Thompson, charged
with making threats of personal violence to
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