Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-14
GEORGETOWN.

PETITIONS TO CoNeREss.-A petition 10 the
Senate and House Of Representatives Is being
circulated ere here praying that the clause in the
the Washington and Rock Greek VALLEY railroad
company the privilege OF spanning the Potomac
river from the mouth OF Rock creek % Analostan
island with a bridge with suitable draws, may
be struck out. The petition af.irms that our
commerce has already two serious drawbacks
or impediments, i'm the Long bridge below and
the Aqueduct bridge above, and that just at the
occurred in the year 1S3 which caused the water
70 rise thirty or forty feet, and that persons
living In ur-story houses on Water street were
compelled to leave their houses for safer quar-
tiers. IL has been signed by every one to whom
IL has been presented. as all fully comprehend
the danger threatened by this continual dam
ming up of our barbOr with bridges.
Another petition praying that the present
tolls charged by the Aquetuct Bridge company
may be continued Is in circulation, and,
of persons who don't or can't read it. IL is in
tended TO counterfeit the one recently sent to
Congress for the reduction of the exorbitant
As the free passage OF this bridge has q material
bearing upon the business of our town, it is to
be hoped that Congress will not grant the pray
ers Of either, but promptly pass bill making it
free bridge, as it should be.
RIVER NEWS We note the arrival TODAY of
the schooners Margaret Ellen and VIM. Henry
from Alexandra, with 200 bushels of wheat
consigned to Hartley a. Bro. The steamer Geo
I'll. Stout has cleared for Philadelphia.
House RAIsING.-The contractor for raising
houses commenced to-day on the two houses
west OF the market house on Bridge street, Nos
% and 13x. The advantages of the changes
produced in this part of Georgetown by the i'm
provement of Bridge street begin to develop.
CBEsAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.-President
German has determined to create a new officer
on the canal-a division inspector of boats
whose duty il shall be to inspect and certify to
the condition and fitness of all boats running on
his division. The Williamsport Pilot saws Mr..
y. v. l.. Ensminger has been appointed on the
WilliamspOrt division.
AN INCIDENT OF THE SMALL Pox CAM
PAIGN.-GeorgetOwn, ID. c., Feb. 13, 1875
Editor Stdr:-In your paper day or two since
was mentioned the case of q hand on a canal
boat here being attacked with small pox and re-
moved by the board of health officers, but the
whole story was not told. The board of health
offcers first boarded the wrong beat, and finding
the captain sitting by the stove with a very red
face-he was sick with putrid sore throat-they
insisted upon it that he had the small box and
must 60 to the hospital; il was no use talking:
these Georgetown doctors might say it was sore
throat, but the board of health men knew bet
ter than that; you couldn't fool them on small
Pox; he had 1t and had it bad, and he must CO.
The captain said he be blamed if he would, and
was backed by his wife, a very determined
woman, and the Jealous officials after fumigat-
ing the boat and hosting the small pOx flag
were at last convinced that they had boarded
the wrong boat and tn, reupOn retreated i'm good
order. The captain sent for a physician and
had himself and wife vaccinated not knowing
but he might catch the small pox from his mn.
welcome visitors, who claimed to know all about