Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-16

ton cIub of this CITY, PLAYED on the OLYMPIC
grounds yesterday, resulted in victory for
The latter. The score stood: Maryland, .;
Controller Baker, of the District, is to-day
paying of the police force for the month of Jan
nary, after which the public school teachers
are TO be paid for that month, and afterwards
the clerks in the employ of the District gov
ernment, and the fremen are TO be paid for the
same month.
The following patents have been granted to
persons residing in this District: g. p. welch,
II. Chase. Washington, apparatus for cleaning
sewers; Washington /. SuIiow, Washington,
hinge.
New Safeguards Against Fire.
INTERESTING EXHIBITION or TWO VALUABLE
INVENTIONS.
An interesting exhibition was given i'm front
CT the Arlington Hotel this morning OF the prac-
Teal working of two ingenious and valuable
Inventions OF MI Martin Cronin, chief engineer
OF the IRE department of the District of Column
bia 4 he nrst OF these i n new hose cOmbna-
ton, by which the water from two more fire
engines i forced through one nozzle, greatly
increasing its vOlumeand velocity The other
= a new method of raising fire ladders. The
batter Improvement was tested some six or seven
months ago in front of the Bank of Washington
with "A forty-fOOt ladder, but since that time
new ladder eighty feet in length and very
heavy-the longest fire ladder in the country-
has been constructed, and this was the first time
u has been raised. The exhibition was set for
this morning TO accommodate the chief of the
New York IRE department., Mr.. Joseph L. Per
ley. and Mr.. William A. TOrrey, of TOrrey's
earbolic hose manufacturing company. also of
New York, who had previously signifel their
intenton OF visiting this city 10 see these inyen-
An alarm was struck ut 9:2s O'Clock. and the
several companies arrived on the ground in the
following order and time No. hose carriage
in minute. 80 seconds; No. I engine l. 50: No
hose, ,, 90; No engine, 4; hook and ladder,
%; No. hose, s, 90; No. engine, 3, PC; No.
hose and engine came in ar the same time
with No. 4. No. (Georgetown) was not called
out.
The carriage containing the new ladder was
AT once numbered, and the foot of the ladder
placed directly between the two entrance WAYS
of the hotel, and in a few minutes after il was
raised, turned around and she top lowered to
MS place between the NTH story windows under
the eornice with a. much apparent ease as III il
had been made of Jack straws.
The combination hose coupling was then
attached. uniting the streams OF water from two
engines. and the fun power was put on. throw
ing an immense stream some distance above the
top OF the hotel, which, as is well known, is
hue stories Oh and surmounted by a French
roof, making il one Of the tallest buildings in
the District
The exhibition was a success in every par
tcnlar, and notwithstanding the Indictment
weather a large crowd assembled 10 witness it,
inciuding the fire commissioners and many
Others who take an interest in tine fire depart
nent. The New York visitors expressed them
selves well pleased with the tests, and think
both improvements OF great importance, and
mat they must be generally adopted in all
large cities. The whole affair was over by 10
O'Clock, and the eng ines were sent to their res
pectiye stations. Messrs. Perley and Torrey
will remain here to-day and visit the engine
houses with our commissioners and engineers,
and will leave here to morrow at ] O'Clock d.
m, to visit the Baltimore fire department.
THE CHEsAPEAKE AND ONO CAxAL-P,ss;-
dsEtS Rep0d--The president and directors of
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company met
IN BALTIMORE yesterday. The president sub
Hitted his report, showing: Revenue for the
month of March, IS, l05i3; expenses, SIS, so 90
He saws: II he interruption to our trade and
dimingti0n IN receipts are mainly attributable
20 the refusal of the boatmen To carry freight
at the rates OF 1872. viz: To Georgetown sl.35,
and Alexandria s1.i0 per ton. They demanded
an increase OF ten cents per ton, which was re-
fused by the coal companies The difficulty
vas adjusted on the 3Oth by giving an advance
OF i've cents per ton. land the shipments Of coal
have been active since the first day of April,
And there IL every reason to expect a largely
increased revenue during the present season.
the entire line OF canal being in good condition
TO meet the demands of the trade
In conformity with the presidents recon-
mendation, s5o,ss5 was appropriated to paw the
January, 1s5s, coupons on preferred construc-
Alex. Brown & Sons banking house. ami
sil,eo0 Wa appropriated for a steam pump for
Cumberland division.
IxcoEPoR ATIOxs-There were filed i'm the
Office of the Recorder Of Deeds, yesterday, GER
tihc2tes OF incorporation of the following:
=. The New National Era and Citizens Pub
fishing Company" the capital stock of which is
HNed at $4,000. with the following trustees:-L.
HI. Douglass, X. W. TOmpkins. George ID. John
son, X. L. Greener, John II. Cook, Charles X.
Douglass and Frederick Douglass, jr.
1.-The German Evangelical Lutheran Zion
Congregation" the object OF which is to pro-
The trustees are Gustav Giessler John Schlut-
teTbeck. H. A. Seimbaeh, ii. VierkOrn. Theo-
dore Pitt, Charles Struckhardt, John u.
Seh0mbert and John schopp.
Miss LYDIA THoN PsoS's COMPANY at
tracted another very large audience at Wallis
IQ- avaflN
1esque, 'kenilwOrth," was performed with
many new and funny features. The burlesq ne
circus was very eomical. The infant skater
and dancer was warmly applauded, as usual.
Tonight the company appear in the burlesque,
s.Lurlne," in which Becket's and Edouin's
antics are warranted to cure the worst possible
The SALE OF PICTURES this evening at the
auction rooms OF Latimer < Cleary should not
he overlooked by those who wish TO properly
ecorate their homes,-and who doesn't? IL is
indeed rare that an opportunity Is afforded to
original pictures, and the range both of subjects
and treatment Is 80 wide that something can he
found 20 salt nearly every taste. We hope,
TIE TONER LEcruREs.-The second lecture
10 encourages the discovery OF new truths for the
advancement of medicine win be delivered By
thedistineushed physician, DR.. Brown sequard,
TsnsT me asv.1T
nuAlly Of two lectures by eminent members of
the medical fraternity, was instituted by DIR. j.
II. Toner, OF this city.
SMALL Pox CASES have been reported since
yesterday as follows: One at Island station;
one al l21i Madison street, between 9Th and It'll
and NJ and streets northwest; one at No. 2
precinct station; one At corner Of Sd and NJ
streets southwest; and one in Coles row
county. One death-on Half street, between U
and v streets southwest.
TEE EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION Posr
PoNEp.-Ovfng to the heavy rain to-day the
proposed grand procession and celebration of
the 9th anniversary Of the proclamation of
emancipation, was necessarily postponed until
tomorrow.
COLORADO sapphfres, and cut opais sef In
gold, beautiful; and French gifts and English
Jet sets, received at Priggs' jewelry store, No.
4G Pennsylvania avenue, near Az street.