Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-30
Dissrics Anairs I'm Congress.
PHYSICAL CULTu BE

In the House this morning Mr.. Hale intro
dueed bill, which was referred to the Commit
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds, entitled
ga bill providing for setting apart public land
in the District Of Columbia for the Institute of
Physical Culture" The bill Is as follows: "Be
it enacted, &C., That one acre of land, not
other wise occupied, between 9Th and It'll streets
northwest and south of B street northwest and
west OF the Baltimore and Potomac railroad de-
pot, be measured, surveyed, selected and set
and grounds for the use of the Institute of
Physical Culture public baths and swimming
school )eof Washington, ID. G. Prorided That
me building Necessary for sad P4onc pain, ss anu
the date of the passage and approval OF this
act; and that If within said specified time said
structed or if at any time thereafter said build
ings or ground cease to be used for the purpose
aforesaid said ground shall revert to the United
States, as If this act had never passed"
NATIONAL UNION SAVINGS BANK.
In the House to-day Mr.. Kendall introduced
bill to amend an act entitled Gan act to in
corporate the National Union savings bank of
the District of Columbia" approved May 2l,
$50. The bill provides that section four of the
act IN question be amended by inserting after
words 'all such sums may be invested in" the
I,o9IloWlng First mortgage bonds of first class
dividend paying railroad companies or" that
section eight be amended by inserting after the
WOr0s amount invested in" the following
Railroad bonds and in;'' that section eleven
sorting "ninety," 50 that the sentence shall read
within ninety days." and that the sams sec
ton be further amended by inserting after the
words land refusal to pay" the following
Provided, however, the assets of the bank
shall have been first exhausted in the liquida-
ton OF the claims of its depostOrs."
BILL FOR RELIEF CT FOUNDRY NJ. Y. CHURCH
Mr.. Garfield, in the House to-day, intro
cuced a bill for the relief of the Foundry
Methodist Episcopal church of Washington
city, which was referred to the District Com
mIttee. The bill provides that the trustees of
the Foundry Methodist Episcopal church, of
Washington, District of Columbia, be author
ICED to sell, for the benefit of said church, the
following real estate in said city, to wit: The
east half of lot numbered Q, in square I5S. This
bill is identical with the bill nrToduced by Mr..
Chapman last session.
A SUIT FOR 50 900 DAMAGES FOR EIRCT-
NENT FROM A RAILROAD CAR.-This morning,
in the Criminal Court, Judge Cartier, the case
Of George I. Preston agt. the Washington,
Alexandria and Georgetown railroad company
was taken up, Messrs. Darlington and Caring
ton for plaintiff and Mr.. ID. Clarke for defend
ant. The plaintiff charges that on the 9th day
of January he took passage on the cars of the
company at Alexandria for this city, and with
out provocatiOn or excuse the agents and en-
p'Oyes OF the company elected him from the car
and put him Off on a certain bridge, known as
Long Bridge, by reason of which he was placed
in great and imminent danger; was hurt,
wounded and bruised; his feet we're frost bitten,
and so continued for q long space of time, and
he claims damages at =, 900. The plaintiff tes-
tfed that he had been in the habit of travelling
on the road twice each day, to hls work, on a
70 cents trip ticket, and sometimes brought with
him basket; that the conductor, in passing
through, told him that he must not bring the
basket with him any more, and when he got on
the bridge the train was stopped and he was
elected.
The defence put on the stand Mr. Patterson,
the conductor, who testified that when he asked
whose baggage ii was the plaintiff cursed him,
and on telling him the baggage car was the
place for the basket he said he would carry II as
be ID pleased. That the plaintiff continued
10 abuse him and, after cautIoning him and
calling the passengers attention to what had
been said, he sgnaled for the train to stop, and
elected him, but ii WAS on the causeway at the
south end of the bridge; it was for dfsorderly
conduct he was elected.
Tie trial was in progress when our report
closed.