Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-27


asses neat i,crdea footways the rate
per feOt was IS y 20; the pavement in front
OF ny property Is wood, and the footwsy
bIick-tle sewer has no outlet in front
of my property; it has a damaging effect upon
il; the sewer was put down twenty months sgo;
II was the intention of the board TO have it run
out al Slash run The effect of having no out
let is that ,hTee feet OF water has been standing
in il Tor eighteen months, and the cellars have
two feet of water in them; have called the at
ttnuon of the board to the injury, both person.
ally and otherwise: on the lst of November,
1873, wrote letter 20 the board, and on the 9th
OF November received an answer, stating thaf
force was at work near the sewer, and IL would
he completed in a few DAYS. The sewer still Te
mains without a connection: sewerage is ALSO
lu,eiy necessary in this portion of the city.
MI. Thurman asked If ali the is quoted IT.
by me legislature on the subject OF improve
without reference II included all the acts cale1
for by the letter Of the committee.
on c!oss-eNaminatiOn Mr.. BIgelOw said he
cid not know That the sewer laid on 18TH street.
near bis property, was not a mere blind sewer
| so as to ALLOW the sidewalk TO be laid: his pro
| PeTty is tenantable with the exception of the
sewer and the steps; the plumber told him not
10 put down the steps until the sewer was com
| pleted; the houses alluded TO here were sold IN
February last, but the sale still in litigation;
me sale was not made on account of noa-pay-
ment of purchase money.
Q. Mr.. Bigelow you have been put forward
| as a large property owner, can judgn ent be
Mr.. Allison:-Well. that is immaterial.
Mr.. .Thurman.-well, the fact remains the
| same whether he is rich or poor.
RESERVATION NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
VIM. L. Riley recalled:-Haye examined re-
| seTvation No. II since Yesterdays adjournment
of the committee; the south side fronts on New
| and the west on South Capitol street; there l.
an old footwaIk on New Jersey avenue, and
two inch curb, which has been there At least
ten years-may he twenty years.
Gov. Shepher1 EXPLAINED hv the
against that reservation was made TO reimbursr
the District for old work done bv the corpora
ton wears ago; that reservation Il was only one
OF those which were measured up as a voucher
asked by the Treasury department 70 cover al
appropriation OF 81 ,0O0 600 made in bulk 70
reimburse the amounts spent on the avenues b.
me old corporation; the government at on
Tune undertook to build Jail there, and dug
out the cellars.
Board OF Public Works, made an explanation of
this matter at length.
The committee, at twenty minutes past twelve
O'Clock, tcok recess until two p. IN.
AFTER RECESS.
The committee rcassembled at tsn minute
past two O'Clock.
Mr.. Merrick read from a certified copy 81
payments made to the Board OF Public Work
70 show that improvements on reservation L.
we're paid TO the board work done by them
PATRlCE CULLINAEB ON TIE STAND.
Patrick Cullinane, sworn, and examined b.
Mr.. Christie:-Have resided in Washington p
years; am contractor; have done considerabls
grading in Washington; under Mayor Bowen,
grading paid for from II to IS cents; have
done work for the Board of Public Works; had
contract tor * street and other streets; certif
Gates have been issued against the properly o.
citizens on street. On July 18th / got
s20,OCO from James Magruder; soon after b,
said / could have plenty OF money If
gave bin - 600. He says - Pat, il You
feel uneasy in any way about giving me 5000.
YOU can go TO Georgetown and give my wife
S5oG0." didn't do it. 4 wish | had done it,
ana would have had more money to-day. o.
the 18th OF September went to him again, and
he wouldn't give me any money; he said b"
didn't want 10 have anything to do with
me. The board then owed me S100, 900. o.
the 10th of September Gov. She pherd wrot-
letter to Mr.. Magru6er, and he told him b
ought TO give me more money. Col. M8gruder
lien gave me 5000. L afterwards saw him
again and asked him for money. lie saws: ooh
can't give you any money, YOU wont iii Eid,
right" then had over 500, 900 Of certificate
of The board In my pocket.
lie examination OF this witness was in pro
gTess when our report closed.
THE CoNGREGATIOHAL CHURCH CoUsCIL.-
In yesterday afternoons session of the Colgre-
gatiobsl council il was stated the greater Dor.
ion of the time was occupied the discussic'
Of the Plymouth Church affair, and reaiin,
over and comparing the testimony taken. A
sub committee was appointed TO draft a state
meht OF basis of advice for Drs. Storrs and
BLddiDgton's churches. This committee wa
said to be Storrs and Blu 'dngt0n com nittee. L.
Is generally thought they will sustain the action
OF both churches. In the evening discussion
was again resumed. The committee appointed
at the previous session reported their statement,
and Oh motion Ii was laid on the table. After
mature debate it was decided that the council
was an advising and not an ez parte one by an
affirmative vote.
MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH.-The little suburb Of Morrisiana
\. T., was the scene Of q terrible affair abou;
daybreak on Wednesday, namely: the destruc
ton by tire Of q four-story tenement house I'm
Third avenue, near 1924 street, and the burn
N n n haafh Of H.
dren, belonging to the family of Michael Burns
Who occupied the top floor. TIE family con
sist. OF seven persons in all. The father ef-
fected his escape with two of the children; the
mother and the other three were driven back
and persisted in the flames. The names of the
children were Maggie, Bessie and Thomas, ana
aged respectively 3, and years.
SUSPICIOUS OF WIFE PoIsoNIse.-An in
OF Mrs. Belts, of College Point, L. l., who died
under circumstances which led the coroner to
believe that she had been poisoned. brief
examination strengthened his suspicious and
he caused her husband to be arrested. A ma
jority of the villagers 30 far share his belief
that there were threats of lynching and tarring
and feathering Belts. Mrs Belts had large
sum of money, which had been given to her by
her first husband, and the residents mention
this fact ss a motive for poisoning her. The
deceased woman's stomach has been sent to a
chemist.
THE PORTSMOUTH (vA) PorsoNINa,-a dis
poisoned in Norfolk county, near the city, and
thrown into yard, proves a reality. The
FAMILY was discovered TO be that of a colored
man named Rslph Brscy. One child died and
the Others are very III, but will recover. Two
unknown colored women. who visited the prem
Uses during the absence Of the grown people. are
supposed to have left the poisoned fruit, which
the children found and eat.
The FIGHTING BEFORE BILBAo.-A London
Times special from Madrid states that Serrano
renewed his attack on the Carlists before Bill
bao at O'Clock yesterday morning. At I
O'Clock in the afternoon the Marshal tee-
graphed to Madrid that the combat was obsti-
nate on both sides, but the advantages were
with his troops. The Spanish minister of war
has tele graphed the congratulations OF the cab
met to Marshal Serrano.
TIE BRIBERY INvEsTIGATIoN committee OF
the California state senate have reported thai
no improper influences were used to secure the
election of United States Senators Booth and
Hsger, but that improper advances had been
made to members Of the legislature by persons
who acted wholly on their own authority, and
upon no other responsibility. The report also
acquits Borruck, who made charges, of malice
In the matter.
HE TRIAL OF W. ID. COLEMAN, late clerk of
the commissioners of the sinking FUND of Rich.