Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-16
p,.,r;c, Government Affairs.

In the statement in Mondays STAR in re-
lation TO the use of the Georgetown poor
house by the Industrial Home School, 1t
should have been stated that the improve
ments of that building for the purpose named
are to be under the direct supervision OF Col.
Iubey, commissioner for the alms-house.
Three-f feet brick barrel sewer connections
have been ordered between the covered por-
tons of the sewer running through SQUARE
Nos 81 and 81, Georgetown. taxing gr sae
from extremities of connections with. Man
holes and traps. These squares lay .,otsveeD
I'd and 5th and Market and HI <a streets.
Residents on the squares adjoir .faS Favetfs
street are without sewerage, C.r-s snuii Sits
to have this order extended.
DRIVING LIVE STOCK IHyoUGH THE
Several days since. srrsne,,mants uare on
tered into by thcs butchers of this District
with the District Commissioners for a meet
ing OF the former with Major Richards to
agree upon routes through the city on which
the driving of live stock would hereafter be
permitted. The butchers thus far have
failed TO meet Major Richards upon this mat
Ter, ana IL IS now thought probable that final
action will soon be taken by the District
commissioners without waiting for the con-
sultatiOn.
ASYLUM.
The burthen on District t2x-payers of sum-
porting nonresident patients under treat
ment at the Government ASYLUM for the
insane has been subject OF consideration
Tor some time past by the District Commits
sioners, who have recently instituted an
n
place of residence and other data raIatinp 10
such patients. with a view Of having those
IN condition TO justify it. removed to the
states where they properly belong for main
tainanee a correspondence with the Mayor
AMI superintendent of Police upon this sub
Ject, developed the fact that there are at pre-
sent twenty OF this class of unfortunates sup
ported by this District at cost every quarter
or about 1880, portion of whom at least
might be returned to their respective states
IN view OF TINS fact, the District Commits
fQrrfa
Tor fifteen OF them, mostly from the western
states, and they were shipped accordingly
Most OF them were so far recovered as to be
aDle 10 travel without escort: in fact. in only
one instance was guard found necessary
IL is the purpose of the Commissioners 10 rid
Inc District of all such expenses as are Justly
chai seaoIe TO the states, among which, the
COST OF supporting insane paupers has been
a heavy one Many of these unfortunates
come here under the deluSiOn that the
general government owes them money for
pensions or Tor patent claims. and they
are either insane before they leave home or
become so after their arrival here and when
once admitted as inmates they are lost sight
OF. A number Of those sent away Yesterday
have been inmates of this institution for
many years at cost 10 this District ofmanv
thousands of dollars.
"A WORD OF WARNING TO CERTAIN DISTRICT
CLAIMANTS.
quite lucrative business i'm the prOsecu-
lion OF claims for old material has been for
some time practiced by a set Of sharpers VINO
~
and Uy their knowledge of official transac-
TONS which they obtain are enabled to de-
fraud honest claimants of their Just dues
Inc details OF the business of the District
auditors, from their official duties as first
and second controllers of the United States
requiring most of their time, is left almost
entirely TO the clerks i'm that office. One of
these duties is to pass upon all claims for
Ola material, such as bricks. curbing. &c
winch were removed by the Board of Public
orks IN order TO improve the streets. The
peTintendentS of the Board of Public Works,
whose duty 10 was TO keep accurate accounts
OF all such material and make records which
were placed on file for future adjustment
Thousands of these claims have been am
dlted without the knowledge of the par
Ties interested, and certificates issued
when lay IN the Office, no notification
having been given TO the claimants 1t
is easy To see how the claimants can be
imposed upon by sharperS. Many do not
Know mat they are entitled To cOmpensa-
ton, and instances are related where they
nave been approached by these sharks and
offers made to collect such amounts at a
heavy percentage, or nominal rates offered
Tor such certificates as can be secured nv
them, the sharper having in his own pocket
al the same time the certificate. These offers
are generally accepted, the claimants being
only TOO glad TO get anything. Some show
OF service Is afterwards affected by the COL
lectOr, and the dupe receives part only of
what Is his honest due, the sharper getting
the larger portion. This is not confined 10
l.
Claimants for old material, who employ no
attorneys, can collect the amounts due them
by simply calling for the certificates due
them at the auditors office.
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs-John Cam
mack 10 Anne j. Merchant, lot ~ square
40 $1,000 T.. b. Jenny to David NJ. Kelsey,
lot ard part 3. square BOG; 81 600 Joseph n
Whitney to Charles VeSseI. lot a. SQUARE 500:
siOo. +. X. Wilson 10 Il. III. Warner. lot l.
SQUARE Z.5; Ss25. John b. Lyon to Albert
nan 81 al. to Louisa F. Mitchell, LOT F and
part T., square 3lS; 81. John w. Clarke to
andrew Frey ct al, part lot Z, square 142:
: 80. Geo. W. MOckabee TO VIM. Henery,
Tart lot Is, square col; S225. j. j. Cook trus.
Tee, 10 Alex. r. Shepherd, lot 25, square 49,:
-5.tst. Samuel Fowler To r. Heriihy. part
loi -; square SOP; $50. f. c. Cate to Henry
A. Myers, lots 81 and SO, square g3j: b 900.
samuel Fowler To VIM. ODonneIl part lots
!: ?, and 4, square J62; &, 30. Joseph c.
r oster TO Chas. Behrens, part lot ,, square
d. b. , -I,oo. Mary l.. bowman ct al. to Isaac
rearson, part lot 10. square SO; : 200, Reg.
endail, trustee, to Thos. c. Fullerton. lois
= ana ., square 5Il; $3.50. Geo r Milburn
10 Nath. A Robbins, lot y, square 279; -, 100
,ot !, square l5s; $500. John y. Simms to
r. Savoy, part lot T. square i5S:
,2,i@. Reg; Fendall, trustee, to Nicholas
- >9,1GSgO- B. II. Warner TO Lewis w.
vale, lot 81. square 500; - 500. A ]. Chip
man man 10 VIM b. Jones, lots /, ?. 3, 8, and 6,
4Ao'AV '' -tbs'vJ w Ia. russell ct al.
-cutors, TO John G.. Barnard. part lots / and
:, square To- ;~26, 900. II. w. Burche to JOhn
[. PedrIck, part lots and = square 40:
l.eo0. Henry B.James TO Henry K Ieayer.
4ots 70 and "a, square 1S0; ~.
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t0MMESCENEST ST. MATTHEW'S IySrI-
ICTE.-Jhe annual commencement of 81.
MAJ theW'S institute, III charge of the Chris
nan Brothers, took place, last night at Lin
'oln Hall. before large audience A must
"a and literary entertainment preceded the
distribution OF premiums, in which the pupils
acquitted themselves creditably. Tie fol-
Owing were the medal scholars: First de-
partment-tIOld medal 10 James T. Eslin for
general excellence; FOTsythe gold medal for
to Thomas O'COnnOr; silver
ntdal for algebra and trigonometry, john j,
oushrue; silver medal for geometry. second
'id>>, Bulany forrest; silver medal for rhef-
pIlc and arithmetic, Bernard B. Duhamel:
SILVER medal for Latin. John w. Sims: silver
iheuaI ioI photography, George Monogue:
medal Tor photography, Michael j. Sullivan;
mccall Tor natural philosophy and orthogra
phy, J0hn Guest: medal for algebra second
claSS, VIM. +. CorcOran; medal for penman-
,nlp, John NJ. Fegan; me lal for orthograpby.
IhOinaS l.. Wade. Second department.
Medal for excellence To- Joseph T.. FallOn;
q olnetry, Fred. NJ. SchultieS: algebra Henry
schmidt; ecclesiastical history, Mark j.
VI aoneyi eiOcution, natural phiIosO-
my and composition; William NJ Grew |
-: arithmetic, Peter p Keau: Latin
W m. F.. Merrett and Wm I Rarpaft. Tri,,r1 |