Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-01

ANOthhh YAK On The SoAt- EDfLING NUS
ANoEs-THEIR ABATEMENT oRDKREp-THR
ORDINANCES OF The aboard AMENDED
BUILDINGS DECLARED NUIsAHoKs-THs
eMALL-Pox HOSPITAL, ETC.
The Board of Health held a regular meeting
last night. The sanitary police committee, 70
whom was referred the charges of fraud pre-
rine products, submitted partial report, which
was accepted and the committee continued.
Health Officer Keene offered a resolution rec
ommending that the establish ment for
BOILING FAT AND TALLow
and the manufacture of soap on G. street, be-
tween 9Th and 7th northwest, the property of
and tallow boiling, for storing and crushing of
bones, and the manufacture Of soaps, on OHIO
avenue, between 18th and 18th str eets north
west, the property of W. II. Raub, by reason of
noxious gases and odors emanating therefrom,
be declared nuissnces injurious to health, and
as such, be ordered to be abated according to
law ard the ordinances Of the board. 1t was so
ordered.
POOLS OF srAeNANT WATER.
MI Langston, from the committee on ord-
nances, 10 whom was referred the recommend
alton of the health officer that section 25 of the
ordinances be so amended as to impose fiue on
all persons who shall refuse or neglect to abate
the nuisance of pools of stagnant water on lots
after having been notified so to do, submitted
report recommending the abolition of section 20
and the adoption in its stead OF another section
Wnlch makes the offence in question punishable
by fine of not less than $40 nor more TIA an 100
The recommendations we're adopted.
on the recommendation of the health officer
the following
PREMISES WERE DECLARED NUIsANCRs
ana their abatement ordered The brick house
and premises on sd street. between l. and VI
northwest, the property of Martin Conner: the
fraine house and premises on N street. near
2oth northwest, the property of Francis God
frey; the six frame houses and premises on the
east side of Sd street, between l. and Nj north
west the property of Matthew and Joseph Rob
erts; the brick house and premises, No. 1919
New YORK avenue northwest; the frame house
and premises In alley between u street and Vir-
gtnia avenue and 9th and 7th streets southwest
the property of John r. Davy; the frame shanty
and premises adjoining No. 1865 18th street
northwest, the property of Edward Harvey; the
hog-pens at Mount Pleasant, in the county
owned by james Beckett, Daniel Webster Con
way Itbbs, Robert Cross, and Richard Smith;
the two frame houses and premises No. 1895 and
1881 18th street northwest, and the two frame
houses and premises No. 1871 and 1888 r street
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL.
The secretary read a communication from
the assistant superintendent of the new jail
near the Eastern Branch, recommending the
removal of the smallpox hospital, as on its
present site it interferes materially with the
of said building and prevents the
continuance OF the work, which had been ad-
nressed TO the Governor and by him referred to
the Board OF Health, with the request that they
look into the subject. Messrs. Langston and
Bliss were appointed to confer with the Gov
efnor on the subject.
NIGHT SOIL.
Inc secretary was instructed to officially
inform the Odorless Excavating COMPANY that |
they would be expected to begin the removal OF
night soil on the 10th instant.
The Meigs Gun.
or eaders are aware that this weapon has |
Deen heretofore, more than once, noticed in |
hese columns. Now we have from Vienna pa |
pers notices of the gun, which we Law before |
1ur readers In TRANSACTIONS by well-known |
nt mber OF the bar of this city, DR.. Frederick |
ochmldt- The first is from article entitled |
/. Ansteliungs Chronik, of August 2, published |
n Ile IaLeTaatlondte AaseilanSs Zeittaag, of Au
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"a REMARKABLE WEAPON During visit OF he
Military committees 70 the american section Of
Prise and dstonishma ant of al members Of the com
Mission. This weapon has in IFS stock anagazins
magazine in the chamber is quite simple, being fas
sLed thereto By means OF three screws, and hence
lnd quickly. The MANIPULATION consists in forward |
ah1 backward motions Of small slds; the forward |
'lE is at the same instant, by a simple mechanism
p ITS discharge; the backward motion throws ont
easily learned it is rapid, So that without with
irawing the gun from the shoulder 30 aud even |
convinced the tbe obsr
being not accurate but quick firing upon masses the
Inc second notice is an extract from a report |
entitled "Der Kreig in der TYcitausteIlun1. Won |
Mayor Artmdan," published in "Neues Weiner
Ia9bldtt," OF August Is, 1873. The following is |
Dr. Sehmidt's translation:
Fhb TO conclude my report, must now, for the |
3hi the PRESENT sxpostien, the ' sight ann In
speeticn Of which, with regret be IL spoken, has been
p-Ihited only to few persons IL IL the repeating
gun OF the Am rican, Captain joe NJ igs, which,
not cnly in the simplicity and lidity OF its
lfuc ron, but also in the great n1mber Of shots
winch ~ can successfully and quickly discharge,
7Nceis all others hitherto con truCt II. Weighing |
zine pound5u conoeas in the brtech fifty cartr &
ss (hVe rows of ten each the total weight Of which
: ore pound and halt. The separation and re- !
uniting On the parts of the weapon can be accom-
'lished without the help cf driver; and upon
tral OF the gun, il wss taken to pieces, lut to-
'ether and hrefwithn three Minutes shall not I
,ere attempt to deyel0pe all the consequences OF
his invention, 81 oud actU al uSe OF the Meies gun
2bhrm Its present promise. There is one ont |
hH.i VIII barely mention, and which is inevita |
,le; It Is, that the European states must anew
Y an expense OF near one hundred millioS5, Since
10 ration car in this age, airi IN this respect per-
MT itself 70 be outstripped by another. This is
Iuly frighuul phantom, especially VIXEN rslec.
mar, even yet we have no. reached the end of the
'eries OF destructive inventions. For already We
have elimpses Of coming fleets Of war balloons.
armed with still mere formidable weapons, charged
= 18th still more deadly explosives. Whittier We and
he rest Of the race tending, in this direction, IL
We do not soon succeed in snstching ourselves ont
q this unhoy intoxication, is clear and sufficiently
painful TO contemplate
The gun is the invention of Capt. Josiah V.
Meigs, sen of the clerk of our Supreme Court,
who. during the war, organized aud command
ed the first colored battery of artillery, and
although for several years he has been absent
from this city, he may be claimed as Wash