Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-20
LOCAL NEWS.

FRIDAY.-....-..s September 20. ls72
LOCAL NEWS.
Condensed Locals.
Gen Evan. OF Cuban nCtorIety, and Mr.. Tom
Ming eN-circnS rider and serobsi, had a scrim-
m z" ~ hotel lobby yes eTiay.
The Richmond Esf zt-er saws that the Stanton
battalion, % this city, will visit kichnJB on
The = h instant. az guests of the Attuck Guard
AtOIt O'Clock last RigLt. on Ger Lewis found
CD The steps CT Mary Ealls house. corner OF Z
siTtei and MARYLAND avenue. white male in
faFf. which was sent 10 81. AIMS infant asy-
lum.
AT = meeting O. the democratic and liberal
~. Cutive cor mt-ees, held last night in Hecx's
hail on LOUISIANA aveEse, il was resolved to
appoint committees in each legislative ,iistric+
10 receive the registration or democratic and
The democratic and liberal republican com
mitiees OF the 10Th district met last night az
Bhiu, hail, on CaPitol Ein, ami fused, after
making arrangements fec the nomination OF a
esud.igte for the House OF Delegates AT a mass
Rect Il Oh Gesdty evening next.
eur supply Of Potomac Water.
THE WAsHIHGTON AQCEnCCT-REPoRr OF
ASSISTANT ENGINEER sAMO.
TIE principal points Of tue report Of Mr..
Thee lore u. Same, assistant engineer OF the
Washington aquGduCt. for the wear ending July
81, lest, are embraced in the annual report Of
Gers "a! IaoooCS. " hicl " - Published ia Tag
n :
the work Of LAYING the new wst-r mains AUTHOR
ized ~ Congress. and SAYS that the pipe line is
IN good condition Several pipes have been
lowered from three - four feet ia cousaqusuce
OF tn grades o. streets being altere1. Tn. low
eriBE was successfully accom- Plishei. without
shutfiEgCH tue " fter. under the supervision Of
the water registrar. and the expense Gas paid by
m rom tie corporation water fund. The con
tTast Tor bJlliiUg an Office ta- the guetiuct
Bridge over Rock creek tor the Washington
a1CetuCt was let n the lowest bidders william
rs. / s. nat he i
completed. Referring TO the high service ressr-
VOir. Mr. SaEiO says The building Of an OE5ce AZ
Rock creek ncCeS>Itates the removal of the
steam pump and boiler from their present ICea-
ton. aUdthe board OF public works have bean
requested 10 remove them to higher locality.
At-er speaking OF improvements at the dis
triSUtirg 6seTvCr the report states that the sx-
isting appropriations are efficient TO complete
The reservoir and the structures pertaining o. it,
except the fence, for which there is an apprO
IriatOu or three thousand si1 hundred dollars
4 contract has been made with A. III. Coon
Esq..fCr building wooden fence around this
Reservoir and tie high service reservoir in
"eCrgetVTn- TIE deepening of the distributing
reservoir Is again recommended The expense
OF this work would be about s2le coo. After
giving details OF the work done on the receiving
reservoir, Cabin John bridge, the roadway over
tie conduit Nc.. Mr.. Same says the cnnSump-
ton q water n Georgetown and Washington is
yCsf-N luCTesSfr x, and 1t present may be con-
s'Cered equivalent TO tne minimum fiOg of the
Man land channel. u - evident, therefore,
that the present lam Will not supply, during the
n;aTi thGt -iI lC made for . alter when the new
mans. ROW nearly completed, are brought inso
opeT ''igH ai.d connected with tAe distributing
pilv~ OF The tWn cities. and. in his opinion the
store Cam At Great Falls should be con,trI,cteJ
entirely acres. -he liver to the virginia shore.
The story oG a S5aO diamond Ring.
a stated IN last evenings STAR, some excite
meTr y az caused At the corner OF 18th and
streets yesterday by struggle between a man
and @ young woman. the former irving to west
i "a ~ he aft h
were aTgeSt ~ Ly Officer Peaster and taken to
TIE central EuaTdhOHSe, where their names we're
gwen a. james Riley and Jennie Haney. Riley
s'aJtd that he was Snowman. and had arrived
IN tONl. yesterday morning from Virginia for
the purpose Of engaging some acrohats
Tor his CIrCUS, aud had baaD rscar,-
mended TO a boarding house on Pennsyiyania
avtnue, where he might obtain such
Persons as he desired; that he met this yauuJ
lady there and made known his wishes and HaS
tOld there was No. one there for engagement but
that she had lady friend at a house on 18th
street. " no could be engaged; that she offered 20
accompany him to see her friends bOar5fnU-
house, ard on going up the avenue She com
htEceC 20 make some remarks about diamond
Iing on one o. hFs fingers, and TOOK his hand in
ntIs ana pulled the ring OF; that be did moi
intended 70 keep it; but after visiting the
house IN question he asked for his ring
Wish She refused to give up hence the
struggle, and 'these tears of the Young la.Iy
% the other hand, she asserted over aud over
again that he gave her the ring, and she posi-
nEeiy declined TO give it up. Oficer Peaster
then took the young lady to the sixth precint
station house, and on the way she consented 10
Lave tie ring cut from the finger, as by the
struggle her hnger had become much swollen
so 'lat u could not be taken OF. The riny was
retained by Lleut-i Eckloff. and the Young Iaiv
sent 20 police headquarters for the night This
morning +iT- Riley appeared in court and the
presenting Obictr, Mr.. Gloss, stated 70 the
court thHt The. affair had been arranged salts
iacIOrlly 10 both parties, the whole matter
haViHg grown out or a MISUNDERSTANDING a11
thai the Young lady had consented to return the
rlng. which = = a cluster valued at 500. ~
w w taen handed oveT 10 the owner by Marshal