Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-20
Disirie, Government Affairs.

District Government Affairs.
trG'rs have been issued for laying "a 10
inch pipe sewer on the west side Of 18th ST.
setwven L and northwest. and FINCH
pie sewer on the south side OF Y street he
tween nth and 18th northwest.
ApKorrSr FEoM THE c. AND q. CANAL 60.
President German. Of the Chesapeake and
emo canal Company. with Mr.. J. 6. Berret,
ef The bOarl If directors. called upon the Dis
triet Commissioners to-day To protest aeainst
supporting wall Of the BERN bank Of the ca
rat, between tire s,uusduct at GEORGETOWN
anu Chain bridge. FOR the protection OF tray
eieTS upon The road. The Commissioners
Lave made a contract with Mr.. Chipnlan for
Ibis work. and Mr.. German thinks il will in
teriere with The canal business, as III cOnse-
s"tEte ~ ne large number OF boats arr wing
suTlHg The busy season tIC company are OBJ
bged 10 Tow their lga-> on the l,eT1u o. north
snde. The other being L:itrl with loaded boats
awaiting disCiaI5,- uI cargo. y conference
Of the % CIueeT q the canal company with
Engineer HONie was dr: n-rninet upon when
a. inspection ~ the premises viii be male
BY those officers with The view OF s.dfr>tfnc
The conflicting interests.
SPILLED pOwN AGAIN-yEe IH,,f ye..s-,s
~. Stfih -4s..ifusS 1J0i~e- 4Hlsbeg Ty,.fr.5 G.-
Ihs LG!sT.-A picked number of clerks OF fhn
1nlFd AUDITORS office and Of the Office OF the
Si1tn Auditor met Ia battle array az the
tOngregational church for the second time
last night To engage in an OrthOgra phical
contest Second Auditor French presided
HeSSrS. VIM. Stickney AMI Samuel DoYoer
were chosen a. referees. and Mr.. George F.
AsLeiIan as pesiagOgue. Before the spelling
commenced Mrs W. III. Alden recited in an
elegant manner Paul Revere's Ride and
was loudly applauded. The clerks Were
follows.
Third AUditorS-W. q. Pennvwitt. tea1,-
tain,l Isaac y. Arnold. AIoaLO Jarxsnr
Joshua Huntingdon. W. II. Van DOrrn. j G.
NokeS, j. X Brown. W. r. Sliney. l. Har-
taUsh and A W. ROwel.
sixth AuditOrs-H. III. Bliss. .eaptaiu.)
bliss ulier, e. A Newman, j. w. Com
wei, j. 4. Bevan. J. =. sharpe, Boon Cham
tefs. q NJ. IL. Harris. ]. r. Patterson AMI
The victory was aeain won by the Sixth
auditors office. The contestants on the
nv following ORDER Jackson. Huntingdon
BaTDaugh. NOakeS, SiiDey. Brown Arnold
NaE bOren, Pennywitt. ana ROwelI. on the
SLNlh AuIltoT side Mes>TS. Bliss, sharpe
Harris aid Patterson.
WESLEY CHAPEL. VI. -, CoRNEE OF +
AND FIFTH STREETS-At tht. first - quar-
Terry meeting held last evening IN This
ilInt -hunOred sanctuary. resolutions of
thanss and high appreciation were uuani-
HOuSly rendered 10 VIM. Y Rowe and Ipr-
eniiah Latham. recOriiug stewards and BEN
Jaitin = Cuttings, trea SIrer for several wears
past James LavrenSOn was requested %
supplement the history OF the church To tn
reSent IsTiOd. The new pastor. Rev Joseph
IL " hesler. proves himself "A wOrkrnitn
lhat needeth not u De ashamed havin. Wis
It'fi one hundred nd = Xty-fVe farni lies since
conference. The time fixed for the e. auar-
teriy love feast is Thursday evening tho
-sth instant Presiding Elder Speake and
Ine prospects of - Old Wesley MeSsrs
Woodward. Willett and Ware were aI-
I"iuIed The camp meeting committee. W.
HI."'r>''hd. Also. That an NJ l.. Sunday
S"tooi convention is Contemplated ~ al
early "ay-SChOOls Of the entire WaSliue'ol
district
MY Hour II. SLATER Il NOT SENT To
hLhANI--pn last Thursday morning Mr..
a. Ito .EE.u~
s"dI, ssed a note 10 Judge Macarthur ask
ihE mat slater he allowed 10 remain IN iatI
mere 10 The latest convenient time. a. ne =
hau bu>fU-S> 10 transact which could not DE-.
Transacted ~ Albany Judge Mac Arthur
itccOptln2lE requested General Croker. wa
d'n OF Tire Jail 10 allow Slater TO remain a
,ew day. Tor the purpose indicated in Mr..
Riddles note. In addition 70 This upnn the
request and representations Of certain Of the
,IiSh',> 81 Nlatte ON the l4th instant Attor-
heN SeHtfal Williams wrote 10 General
'r"FSeT. directing him 70 hold slater untiI
ift question OF his pardon = decided. lie j.
Stiii Eel'. 80 the iall.
I'M Wv SCHOOL BUILDING in George
town viii te inaugUratcd this evening by a
tTSfa e1Erf n, in which the finest musicians
snc artists in the District will appear Mr.
jas A. ,,1W ardin, the popular humorous lee
tuTer; viii deliver his celebrated lecture on
'he HuinCrS 81 the Court Room and south
I'm Reconstruction" at the close OF the con
ceTf. Iht> concert offers probably the finest
programme ever given in Georgetown. while
the participants are ladies and gentlemen CT
our own city The performance commend,
itself "a the lovers Of music and nirth and
Inc OoSect - a charita bic One-tne prOcee i
going Ia ~. johns church.
MARRIAGE LIZ ENsEs have been isSueI as
follows George King and Sarah Butler:
Join u Allen and Alice Murphy. X. III
Brown and Mary Jane Holland: William
FISK and Bessie Sheeau: James = Higgins
snc EIizabeth r Martin y Lathrop and
Eelen l. Adds. =. HsIser and FrzrefS Myers.
IhOfnas Kelly and Mary Haley: John HI
Haneock and Nate r cox. Chss. Thompson,
and Florence Thornton. James Corners am
tauhar1ne HSrnett Wnl. J.. CulEbarg and
AbhIe Keller and Ge0E - I. Easemsuaud
IDA r. ArEOl1.
RIAL ESTATE SALFS-R H Manner
."S,,loheer. SOLD yeSteIday afternoon for Juo
mamma trustee, lot numbered Is i'm square
s-IiOeIeI 40, fronting 81 feet and on.-batf
-. e. OH u street. o. depth of 5 feet on
i'i sieet northwest. contains ne apont , ss5
squait ltet' 10 George j. Mueller eSn n, ~
SAl mon FOR THE PoTOMAC-Nr Few
son hsh commissioner, last eyenlDs sbf,r7e.
between thirty and forty thOusanJ 49, -
Tor the waters OF the north brencI, - ,I-'--,i
temac- He also recently sent ten rt $3.50 - -"
10 the Patuxent river-Rdf, ~. ''-''
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BUILDING ASsoCIATIO<s-1t IL. 80,
meeting Of ti4e Metropolitan BniLiIT.. III Ia