Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-22


iDE between the newly macadanized river
road ard Bridge street
The District Commissioners sent n reply
| To- day TO the property holders on the line OF
Virginia aud Maryland avenues in relation
I 10 their action In relieving them from the
TailrGai nuisances complained Of, which
/ viii be real before meeting OF those eli
I Zens tonight. 1t is understood 10 be salts
faCteTy Ia all concerned.
THE PERSONAL TAX SCHEDULES.
Mr.. Char,es 9. johnson, a notary public,
I has been temporarily detailed by the Dis
/ trsct Comm. ssioners, to administer oaths 10
parties making returns Of personal property
9n and the td act Ss UonSress appr9ved March
duty at room No. Z, Columbia building At
O'Clock some thirty returns had been male
only some han dozen being found to show
anything taxable.
Mr.. f. e. Caldwell, the person detailed %
distribute the schedules in the Sth district
tol street and north Of Mary land avenue n
boundary streets. has finished his labor and
returned his book containing sos names al
taxpayers notified.
The superintendent OF assessments Jr
| William Morgan, receives the schedules and
gives the necessary Instructions as 20 filling
them up and, when necessary, aids IN dol ,
So II nothing is found To be taxable no
writes in tire blank, Nothing taxable II
the opposite is the case, the articles are eru-
merated and the values carried out, AMI the
applicant sent To Mr.. Johnson, who ainSn-
listers the oath. The assessors are all busy
with the real estate assessment.
RIAL ESTATE SALES. T. Wor-oiav.
real estate broker and auctioneer. 1911 Penn
Sylvania avenue northwest. has sold "A farm
OF thlrty acres, on the PiScataway road.
opposite Alexandria for Victor Rouy at
s5.cOO i'''A' "'
b. II. Warner. real estate broker and auc-
uOneeT, sold yesterday afternoon at auction
for Messrs. T. II. Crittenden and w II Webb
trustees, the cOnfiscated title i'm lot No nine.
tSl. In square numbered three hundred and
MY -lhree t55). on the southwest corner of d
and 10Th streets southwest. to William
Smith, at $1,000 Also. for VIM. III. WarI
trustee. all of original lot 10. and the stern
ltA feet front by the depth of lot II, in square
No., situate on r street. between 5th and 6th
streets northeast. containing 6.3il SQUARE feet
OF ground, at q cents per square foot.
hcssrs. Duncanson Bros. auctionaers
sold yesterday afternoon for VIM. r. Wool
ward ard Benz +: Morsell. trustees, lots ST.
'i2 and 5l3. in UniOntOwn. improved by n
frame dwelling, to r. F. Martin for $50.
MARKET DEALERS PROTECTIVE ASSOC
ArioN-A meeting OF the Market Dealers
Protective Association was held at NarIen's
saloon. on 9th street. this afternoon-Mr
George NJ. oyster in the chair. ank b. = FL
hot secretary. and about ~ additional mem
DefS Were elected. y report was male from
the executive committee, that additional
counsel had been employed tAIr. r. X. Ell
IOtt), ana mat the members will be entitled,
under the contract, to his services. Mr. Holt
man stated that a number of seven days no.
tees Landlord and teHant) had been
he instructed how to proceed II
was suggested hat the notices should be
turned over 10 the executive committee and
by them taken TO Mr.. Elliot. II would eyDa-
dite matters If the executive committee
would appoint subcommittee To take this
matter IN hand. The party interested should
aiso attend In person. Mr.. Mueller sugges tel
that the pre- sident take charge OF the notices
for the present. Mr.. Oyster accepted this
duty for the present, and quite q number of
such notices were handed in.
THE BOARD OF FIRE CoNYISSrOSERs
met last night. and Mr. Morgan, who was
appointed at the last meeting of the board to
prepare paragraphs of the annual report in
reference TO the following subjects viZ:-The
difference in outlets Of fire plugs some being
nine inches and others ten inches, causing
our companies to carry TeiucerS: the neccS-
SHY for uniformity in this respect and for an
increased number of fire plugs In thckly
Populated sections OF the CITY: the necessity
i1r sOrne action being taken for regulation of
the sale OF coal oil, the cause OF so MANY fires:
and the necessity for some action in refer
ence To the large number of old buildings i'm
washington of combustible nature-sub-
mltted drafts OF said paragraphs, viii ch were
approved. An application was received
from John Wanstall for appointment as vet
erlnary surgeon To the department; referred
win all the other applications of the same
KIND 10 the chief and assistant chief engi.
HeerS.
NEW BUILDING AsSoCIATIOS.-A meet
ing was held at Withaft'S hall, Capitol Hill
last night, for the purpose of forming ne w
building asSociatiOn. The meeting was called
10 oTder by Mr.. j. NJ. Shcmo, on whose mo-
lion Or. C.. VI. Ford was called to tire chair
and Mr.. X. B. Ferguson elected secretary
III was stated that quite a large number OF
persons nave expressed desire to form a
new association on the cooperative plan
which has met with such great success in the
western part of the city. After a discussion
as To The workings OF the various plans, a
committee was appointed to draft a cOnSti-
tGton for the formation OF Il cooperative
association, and report the same at a meet
lrg 10 be held on Monday evening Nav Sd
10 "hich time the meeting adjourned
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued as
follows: Louis schmidt and Amelia Heimer-
dInger. jeremiah Burke and Mary Rogy
James Hatch and Agnes Wright, Henry
Mathews and Giddy Ann Smith. John Frank
lin and Jane SLATER, George W. Mcdonald
and Mary Herfurth, George W. Brown and
Alice Rogers, Chas. r. Ross and Agnes A .
Good. W. +. Miller and Ellen Shaw, Horace
MObTy and Geraldine Russell Daniel G.
sample anu Fannie A. Horton.
THE FUNERAL of the late Hon. SilaS III
Hodges took place this afternoon. The de-
ceased was a lawyer by profession, a native
OF Vermont. and succeeded Hon. Thomas
fubdHk as Commissioner OF Patents No
Nemher :, 1852. Upon President Pierce's ac-
cesSion in March, ISIS, he resigned and re-
turned to Vermont, from whence he was an
Pointed in April, 1861, a member of the boari
ti tNdiliheTS-ln. cDleI, the pos ton he held
AT the time of his deccaSe
n
y CHILD BURNED To DEATH-Yesteriay
morning coiOTed female child, named Susan
Baiiey. left alone by its mother at her resi-
Gtnce, No. - L. street southwest was 50
severely burned by its clothing taking fire
~ died during last night. IL appears that ia
play ing with the fire in the stove its clothiDy
caught, and burned entirely of before assist
ance was rendered. DIR Brooks was called in
ara dld al in his power TO alleviate its
>UIeriLgS.
LFFFtTS OF TOO MUCH WUISRY-Thig
morning. Officer L. y. Anderson discovered
y man named Stone wading in the Eastern
bfai On, amt ON examination il was found
that he was labOriug under a temporsrv a h
GRAFTON OF mind from mtemp@raucc The
olhcSr escorted him TO his home ON y street
southwest.
THE TEMPLETON CHILD CASr-Th,ro
was a further examination yesterday in the
Ieinpleton child case before Judge DoDoaua
OF The supreme Court. a gentleman claim
ing 10 have formerly Possessed large means
out al The present time 10 be impccuniouS
gave testimony OF decidedly damaging char
acteT 10 sister OF Mrs. BabcOck formerly of
washington city,, and not 10y any means