Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-18

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Of rain yesterday two culverts on the AnacoStla
road broke and gave way. The calvert and
bridge over stickfOot branch, on Nichols ave-
nue., was blocked up and gave way in cOnse-
Guence Of a frame house and board fence com
ing down str cam and striking it during the flow
OF water.
Improvement of the CITY,
ORDERS OF The BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
lZ-inch pipe sewer has been ord cred on both
sides of street southeast, TO connect with saw
er on lst street, with necessary manholes and
traps. The superintendent OF streets has been
Chected 70 remove pump on the west side of 9Th .
between NJ snd streets and fli mo tie we'll
The Water Registrar has been authori yed tn
ehtend me water services from n to Madison
street, aDo erect hy,irant in said street. The
sUqeriDfeEceHt of roads has been ordered to
lsIHf u L road at Hillsdale; also, 10 have
t.e retaining walls of culvert on Queens
chapel road, between Bunker Hill and Brent
wood roads repaired. and an 1Sth-ineh pipe cuI-
vert put IN az that point also, to repair walls OF
calvert on Central Avenue, and nut a I5-inch
PIPE culvert on Rock Creek Church road near
Bates row. Sewers have been ordered on
boundary street, between q and SIXTEENTH
streets, northwest; also, for macadamizing
sald street between the points named. Sewers
have beeni ordered on street between 1ith
ana l. IN with necessary manhoies and traps.
Wall PROM SwAMFOODLE-Fdiior Ssoy-.
allow me the use Of your columns to call the
attention OF our worthy Chief of Police 10 a
great nuisance, which is becoming too prieyous
10 be borne in silence sny longer. The neigh
borhood OF street east, between North Capitol
white rOwdies, who seem to have lost al sense
OF shame or common decency. After nightfaII
the ar IL filled with their oaths and obscene
language, and the decent people Of the neigh
borhood are compelled to 20 around 10 III street
rather than cross the bridge over the Tiber"
which is the rendezvous of these rutfianS and
where they make the night hideous with their
signal whistles and blasphemOus LANGUAGE
These men openly boast that no policeman can
arrest Them We feel sure that we have only TO
call the attention of Major Richards to these
IaSts, % OBTAIN speedy relief. If he has not
suihcient force at his command to give US an
extra policeman, we will willingly paw the
expenses OF first class officer, who could bag
Coca game, and greatly increase the revenues
Vi the romeo Court MANY SUFFERERS.
ALLEGED ELoPENEsT OF A WHITE GR1.
WITH COLoRED MAS--A correspondent OF
the Baltimore sum, writing from this CITY, saws
that on Saturday evening a very Respectable
looking white lady ran into police headauartars
and asked tOr the services OF detective, stating
that a colOred wagon driver named johnson
had taken her daughter away from her house
on ~ street, about seven o. clOck, and that she
was satisfied that he had an intention of marry
Ing her: The girl, who is but II years of age, is
sad TO be very handsome, but has become in
iatnated with the black man, and was willing
10 De married 70 him. She also said that the
man has been endeavoring for several months
TO get the girl away from her home and that he
some weeks since procured q marriage license
They are still at large, although all the breach
ers, both colored and white, have been notitied
not TO perform the ceremony il asked 40 IN do
Inc detectives have the case in hand, and il Is
very probable that a case of abduction will he
INSIDE against him when arrested while the
moIneE will enceayOT 10 have her daughter put
IN the insane asylum
TEE FUNERAL Of the late II. O. Hood toot
pace yesterday afternoon from Masonic
Temple, and notwithstanding the Indictment
weather was largely attended by the peS~onal
sIlehds OF the deceased a4d the members OF the
Masonic fraternity. DeMolsy COmmandery,
Ne 4, KnigEts Templar; Pentalpha Lodge
No. ., and Columns X. A. Chaper, No. 1. of
All OF which Mr.. Hood was member, were well
tepresen ted. The services consisted Of the
usual burial service OF the Methudist church,
conducted by Rev. MI. Owen, pastor : Waugh
chapel, and the usual ritual service &C the
Masonic order. At $50 o'clock a guarn Of
k9nor, Consisting Of Sir Knights Pstten,
NC auley, Thompson, Burr, Lander, ami
Kelly, were sent TO the late residence Of de-
ceased TO escort the remains ~ the Temple. At
tne conc luslon OF the services the remains were
carried 70 GlenSood Cemetery for tnterment,
followed BY large number o. relatives and
friends Of deceased,
TEE POTOMAC RAILRoAD.-A larse force OF
workmen are engaged in putting things u
rights on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad,
which was 50 badly damaged by the recent
freshet, being new road. j. y. Dubarry, vice
president, and l.. l.. Dubarry, superintendent
q the road, are pushing forward the work Of
repairs as rapidly as possible, and it Is hoped
that the running OF trains will be resumed in
the course of few DAYS. Trains are running
between Bowie, tue junction of the Washing
ton branch with the main stem, and Pope's
Greek, the southern terminus of the road The
mails are taken from Baltimore 70 Washing
ton, thence to Bowie by way OF the branch
road, and from thence to Marlborough AMI
POpe's Creek.-Bdt. San.
AN "ARTIFICIAL STONE COMPANY H.
CORPOEATED.-On Saturday there was filed at
the Office of the Recorder Of Deeds a certificate
of Incorporation OF ''The Pelletier Artificial
Stone Company Of Washington, ID. c." whose
object is the manufacture OF artificial stone,
with capital stock of 500 900, the oorporators
named being r. p. Stanton, X. Goldsmith, j.
w MURPHY, A. Behrend, Charles Ewing, II.
m; ant, y; q. Movers, Augustus Davis, +.
Meher, William Behrens, T. s. Samson, Will
ham u. FhlHlPs, l.. Behrend, Eliza Behrend,
A Pelietier, II. j. Cleveu A n jackson and
T.. l. Schmidt.
KEISTERNEST OF TIE VICTIMS OF THE
WAwAsET.-On Saturday night the tughoat
Mary Lewis came up about 8 O'clock bri9gir,
the body OF a colOred woman name,l 1ans
Manning. All the working force of Mr. Rnrr-
GoEf also came up, bat went down again this
morning TO complete the work Of rebariai. II
was expected that this would have been accom-
plished on Saturday last, but owing 70 the heavy
rain the work progressed much more SLOWLY
than It would otherwise have done. There were
about eight more bodies tOrenoTe when the tug
left on Saturday last
IMPORTANT SURGICAL OPERATION-A little
how p months old, suffering tortures from the
presence Of stone IN the bladder, was carried
70 the Children's Hospital where the operation,
IilLofgzV. vas performed on last Wednesday,
by which a stone, weighing sixty-two grains,
was removed from he bladder OF the little sur
feTer. This l. the second operation Of this kind
which has been successfully performed In this
III ~ . matter for congratulstlon that the poor
can receive such eminent medical and surgical
treatment a. our hospital affords.