Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-05
POLICE LIEUT.. HURLEY SHOT,
The Lieutenant Wounded In the Arm
While Asleep.

Last night, about leo O'Clock, as Lieutenant
w s. Hurley tin charge OF the 81 police pre-
einc,, Ge4rgetown;) was sitting on the back
tween 18th and 18th, leaning forward, asleep,
with his head on his arm, he was shot by some
unknown person The ball entered his right
arm below the elbow, and lodged in the wrist
causing very painful wound. At noon to-day
the ball had not been extracted. Officers
Crump and BOrland were on duty near by at
the time Of the shooting. Having heard a noise
rs if a chicken roost was being interfered with
shortly before the hour mentioned, they pro-
ceeded IN the direction from which the sounds
proceeded, and as they went along were startled
by hearing a pistol shot. They could find no
persons around who could have fired the shot,
and returning to the street were informed bv
Lieutenant Hurley that he had been shot. DIR.
Newman was summoned TO attend him BY Off
Ger CTump, and another search was made by
the officers TO ascertain who fired the shot, but
without success II Is supposed that some one
having reason to believe that a raid was being
made on chicken roOst, fired the shot TO scare
the thieves; but in that case il could certainly
be traced by the direction of the ball to some
house in the neighbOrhood.
To WHAT ACCOUNTS TIE AUGUST TAx
RECEIPTS WERE CREDITED.-Collector Slater
yesterday transmitted TO Controller Baker a
letter showing the following distribution of
taxes for the year ending June 80, 1874, collected
during the month Of August Just closed
Washington City.-General fund, As cents
politan police, II cents, SIS ,61s2 1 school sala-
res, 20 cents, S3l ,0OO36 school fund, Is cents
so %; interest on bonds of the District of
Columbia, 81 cents, SO ,6is57; interest on water
stocks, cents, a, 26G. g.; interest on Washing
ton Corporation bonds, "a cents, $50 75l6O; sink
ing fund, % cents, SIS Is1. IS; total tax of =
per 500, yielding S3lO,3O3 56.
GeoTgetoirn neralfund, 20 cents, 50, 41I -;
gas fund, II cents, II ,451O7; Metropolitan DO
nee fund, IL cent?, S1,45l.O7; school fund d
cents, ~, 90: schoOl-hOuse fund, IS cents
Sl.2e05I; interest on District bonds 81 cents
S2,iSl.A; interest on water stock bonds cents
Sails; interest on Georgetown bonds, Is cents
ErWlEH W0arN 81
nj - per 500, yielding Si7 ,071.4G.
bdShtagton COuHfy.-GeneTal fund, 81 cents
SiuoZ42i Metropolitan police, " cents 81 sos 20;
school fund, 20 cents, Sc 20; interest on Dis
irlct bonds, 10 cents, -, 229: sinking fund 25
cents, 50 DOS 10, total at tax of Sl5S per $780,
yielding so, 654 43, making total of taxes re-
ceived during the month Of August on account
OF the present years levy, s3is ,O2945.
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SWISS CoNvRNTIoN.-Att the regular monthly
meeting OF the Grueth Nerein, held last even
ing at Beck's Athen9um, Louisiana avenue
action was had upon the reports of several COM
mlttees appointed at a previous meeting to
make proper arrangements for the reception of
delegates to the quadrennial convention of
Swiss societies, called to meet in this CITY on
the 18th of this month. II appears that some
ten years ago number Of Swiss societies in the
United States effected union, entitled sGDer
Nord-Amerikanische GruetH Bund." Biannu-
ally the headquarters of this union of societies
s determined by a vote, and Washington during
the past four years has been accorded this honor
The convention 20 meet on the 18th inst we
learn, will discuss various proposed amendo
ments to the constitution of the union and de-
termlne upon project OF life insurance for the
benefit OF the members OF societies belonging
thereto.