Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-20
Condensed Locals.

Npndense0 Locals.
Attention is called 20 the card Of Mr, Z.
Davis in another column. ~
me treasurer Of the public schools ,,
TIE salaries Of the teachers for the ..s',ts 70
Tie mission at st. PatrickrehU- - 49,,
general interest among Cltholi" "a ~ -
yises are largely aitenSed. " INC eer
Hr. George q. S,utz WIS x,s,-;.d q. NJ.
Adele NJ. Parker list eve "a, = te MIS-
ne bride, l4l9 street. os 1T me reuse OF
L1,,nes = ClsaIy. lucoynesr., yesterday.
scase az -. o. p ane tsh landing at The white
~ 70 ar. G. Favnce Cor seJs. 7oN Vi
terIay a molten Of Mr.. G. NJ Havlev.
francs 1lller, Of this city, was admitted
Cacnee a. on attorney and Counselor OF Ire
United States Supreme court - wv
sIoG Al. n: Prince, ieweisr, we have copies
el 1e klgin Almanac for 1874, designed 10 IL
Ssusfe picteIiSlly and otherwise the merits of
In the Circuit Court, Judge Macarthur, to-
gay, the case OF Faunce vs. the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad COMPANY was resumed, and
he arguments commenced.
AEpbscriber asks As to call the attention of
the proper authorities 10 the pumps in the
peigsbOI hood Of 18th and L streets, one on L
street, near 18Th, and one on 18th street, be-
sreen and l. streets.
Samples Of the beautiful glass ware manufae-
tuTsd for the Executive Mansion on the order
OF j. w. BOteler & Bro, OF this city, are now
snleNhlbltiea at the store Of that irm on Penn
sylvaBla avenue.
Two swildlers are going about the city solicit
hhg aims for the family of deceased fireman
naned Knott who was killed by being run over
sy steamer" There is not any such family
Among the forged names on their subscription
hst are those Of Chief Engineer CrOnin and
gns Commissioners Williams and McDeyitt.
The deed conveying the property formerly
hsorn as FOrd's Thester, on 10th street, and
rev rs the Army Medical Museum, to the
Chtes States government by John t. Ford
asa Edith ID. Ford, was filed yesterday in the
SW. The consideration Is 100000 lawful
money OF the United states.
tGrom Jos. ShiliDgton we have ScrtbRer's
Monthly for December and HaTper's WeskIs and
frank Leslie's Illustrated Nelcspap>T for Nov
-. Matt MOrgan's Cuba cartoons in the latter
are stlrringly effective. Mast must look to his
lanreis- From Robert Beall and j. G. Parker
We have HaTper'S Weekly for Nov. -.
zone who tumbled down" writes to TIE
STAk, calling the attention of the Board of
Rsbhe Works to the very dangerous condition
OF 18th and Il streets, and says that Eat 18th
sueet the street IL, since it was improved
aseat feet higher than X street. The cOnse-
e1enee IL that people who are living on X
saTd work to scramble up the hill left by the
Improvement" and that of a wet dark nj ght il
10 especially dangerous.
ME- james 5. French, OF Alexandria, Va,
mas been granted patent for a locomotive, the
peculiar feature OF which is one or more pairs
OF ordinary driving wheels, with a pair of
wedge-shaped, grOOved driving wheels, which
nay be lifted above the wheels OF pressed down
upen them at the will OF the engineer. The
shJect OF the invention is TO obtain as much
PeWer with light locomotive as with heavy
one, and TO move trains on an up grade or on a
slippery track.