Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-17

death was from natural causes-cOEgestlon of
BRAIN"
Gen. John s. Croker. warden of the jail ,
yesterday made the following changes in the
guard of that institution: John c. Davis, APP
pointed, vice Isaac Ross, removed William
hcGill, vice John Bell, removed; r. X. Winter
vice Thomas II. johnson, removed; Robert
Barron, vice Samuel Draper, removed.
The District Commissioners.
ANOTHER OFFICIAL ORDER.
Yesterday afternoon the following was issued
by the Board of Commissioners:
OFFICIAL ORDER.
OFrIcE OF TIE COMMISSIONERS OF THE)
DIsISIcT 9F Sotu ,si, Z
Order,d, That paragraphs and a. Of Of the order
passed by the Commissioners on the 18th day of
July, 1874. be, and the same are hereby,
amended and modified so as to provide as fol-
That the ONCE of assessor and collector of the
Board OF Public Works be, and Is hereby. abol-
ished, and the books, records and account. of
said Office be, and are hereby, transferred to
The Office Of the comptroller of the District; and
the duties heretofore performed By the assessor
and collector OF the Board of Public Works
email hereafter be discharged, without addi-
uonal compensation, by the deputy comptroller
?. Thar John F. Cook be, and il hereby. an
Pointed collector of taxes in and for the District
Of Columbia, vice Lewis Ciephsne, resigned.
8. That John L. Vinson be, and Is hereby.
appointed auditor in and for the District Of
Columbia
4. That George W. Bean be. and is hereby.
appointed deputy comptroller in and for the
District OF Columbia.
W. DENNIsox,
HENRY L. BLOW,
j. \. KErCHAN.
1T HAS BEEN DECIDED
by me Commissioners that current accounts OF
contractors for work in progress mus. 90 before
the board of audit for adjustment aud settle
ment, and that accounts belonging to all new
the District.
Under the recent order consolidating the va
riOue deIaTtmfufS 10 Off 20 Of
for the poor house was abolished, and their
functions turned over 10 the controller of the
10 7 ,hH, ,,I re0 today made first visit
quaint himself with the routine Of business
there He was received by Intendant Hodgson
who showed him over the entire establishment
On ms departure he expressed himself well
pleased with the manner in which the duties
are discharged by that officer, and expressed
tne nor mat the old building might soon be
modern cOnveniences connected.
The new District auditor, MIR. Viuson, has
het YET assumed the duties of his Office, but is
Inc commissioners this morning paid a visit
20 tne Northern market house, and afterwards
10 the new market house on II street The
com missiOners for the northern market bouse
afterwards fled their report of the copI'ition of
me market with the District Commissioners
me commissioners have decided that the de-
ductlOn OF twenty per cent. on the nav of tha
employees Of the District is to take eject from
the passage OF the act of Congress.
THR RECENT RICHMOND SyvINpLE-T6s F1ai-
" Of LtrtHgstoae CIiGS TGH Ness.-A few DAYS ago
an account was given in The STAR of the arrest
At Richmond, Va, of man named j. II. Van
Ness alias LiyiD gstOne on the charge OF ATTEMPT
ing TO negotiate forged bonds and of falsely
representing himself as the agent of Commodore
Nanaerollt. II appears that shortly before he
went to Richmond he and his family-a wife
and three children-were staying at the Wash
ington hotel, in BladensbuTg, Nd, of which Mr.
Richardson Is the proprietor, and Yesterday the
FAMILY came 70 WaElipUtOn 4 cLataI
Tor Richmond. Some OF the villagers deemed il
important that they should be looked after and
hardly had they arrived before il was reported
At police headquarters that they hsd left at the
hotel with their baggage burglars keys, and
they were brou ght to headquarters until an in
yestgation could be had. Detective Coomes was
detailed, and going to Mr.. Richardson's found
nothing in the baggage to Justify the rumor
MI G, however. learned that while at Bladens-
burg an Ness had been in negotiations with Mr..
IL. F. Guy TO purchase all his property at and
near that place for 81 500, but did not have
anything other than drafts, which he said he
would negotiate In Richmond. He also borrowed
So from MT. Guy, and the latter, anticipating
Van Ness return, came to this city and bar
gained 10 purchase the business of his brother
in-law as soon as Van Ness returned and paid
the cash. On the return of Mr.. Coomes the
family were allowed TO proceed on their journey
10 Richmond.
SUIT AGAINST THE b. * o. RAILROAD FOR
$4,000 ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF
CHILD Run OVER By A LOCOMOTIVE -Messrs
Cook, Moore and Newm an have for Dir. Larkin
A. Bean entered a suit against the baltimore
and Ohio railroad for $50 COO damages, alleged
TO have been sustained Dy reason OF the defend
ant on the 18th of July last having, through
negligence, carelesSness and mismanage-
ment, run over the child of plaintiff, MASKING
and instantly killing IL, thereby causing him TO
be put 70 great expense. IL will be remem bered
that Mrs. Besu (since deceased) was at the time
with her child in one of the Columbia Oh street)
cars, and in getting OF il fell, and the engine
passed over The child, killing it.
ERNHENT-Mrs. q. A. Lockwood has, for Geo
r. Rider, entered a repleyin suit against the
Commissioners OF the District OF Columbia, for
unjustly OBTAINING the iron bridges built by bin
across the Washington canal, which have been
taken down, part Of them lying in the property
yard useless, being destroyed and stolen. These
bridges were az Maryland avenue, eth, 10th,
18th and 1ith streets; and he represents that he
having furnished the materials and erected
them, and having received but one payment on
the same, he has property in them, and prays
that they be taken from defendants and deiiy
cred 70 him.
TERMINATED FATALLY.-we regret TO hear
that the gentleman who was shot at the picnic
on the ith instant, by John Strickland, men,
ton OF which was made in our last issue, has
since died from the effects Of his wounds. The
party shot is a Mr.. Phelps. Of Washington, q
WORTHY and highly respected gentleman. From
i s bt'S a. % the wound 1t was supposed he
when the physician attempted TO extract the
nsn, violent nsmorrhage set in, under which
tuc HabCut Itpiuiy SANK And died during thu
night-NdTlLOrO' Gazette. Wv
LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR THE PorIcz-The
Board Of Police Commissioners yesterday
adopted resolution authorizing the Superin.
tendent OF Police TO grant q leave OF absence of
ten days, as far as he can make such Isa vas
compatible with the efficient discharges of noiics
duty in the District, 20 such officers and man ~
the Metropolitan Police force as have not had
charges against them made and Sustained
during the past year and who have During tina
same period rendered the most meritorious
service.
WASHINGTON AND CAPE MAY.-All accounts
from Cape May speak OF the season at that
place this year as peculiarly delightful, and all
agree IN estimating the Metro pOiitan Hotel
under the manage ment Of Mr.. Cake, of this
city, So the leading and altogether the best
house there. Hence 10 il the natural headauar-
tiers Of Wsshinatonians, Of whom q large num-
Der are registered almost daily. 1t Is in fact
about the only hotel In the place where guests
poliIe TIE afment. -