Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-04
District Government Affairs.

District Government Affairs.
The labOrers engaged by the parking com
mission and those engaged on the streets will
be raid tomorrow.
The report of the intendant of the Wash
ingtOn Asylum. for the week ending Febru-
airy 3, shows the total number Of persons in
the institution at Jas The physician To the
same institution reports = patients now un-
der treatment there. Two deaths have OC-
there the past week.
POTTERS' FIELD.
Colonel Lubey, commissioner of the Wash
ingtOn Asylum, has addressed a letter To the
District Commissioners, stating that al the
burial ground attached To the YUM, known
as the "POtterS' Field where those who die
poor and friendleSS are generally buried. no
record Of age. name, &c, Il kept, that he de
sireS To establish such a record. and To do so
intelligently IL is necessary 10 have the
ground surveyed, divided into sections and
map OF the same made. He requests that the
surveyor Of the District or other officer be di-
Tected To make the necessary survey, maps,
dc. Lieutenant HONie gave the necessary
order in accordance with the request.
THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
met last evening. and the chief engineer sub
united his report for January. showing that
ia that month nineteen alarms Of fire hal
been turned in for frs, which involved the
estimated loss of - .GfO. with an insurance on
The same OF 81 go. Engine No. 4. which for
some time past has been undergoing extern
Siye repairs and alterations by Mr.. John
NcClelland, has again been placed in the
service, and u now capable of doing better
and more effective service than heretofore.
The report recommended that private Charles
herrilat be- confirmed a. foreman of engine
company No ,, and Charles SHERWOOD AMI
Jasper Smith as privateS Ina the department
The chief also reported that James kuhus
had been appointed Temporary private.
vice Robert Wilson. dismissed John - Neal.
vice WIN. Hunt. also dismissed. AMI VIM. =
Shook. vice J. W. kenneiay. resigned. On
motion OF Mr.. Collins. Charles MerTiIat Wa
confirmed aS foreman Of engine No =. Mr..
II. r. Miles. superintendent of the fire alarm
Telegraph submitted his report stating that
the bell of No. engine house has been put in
position IN the new house. and all the wire
connections made Applications for posi-
lions in the department were received from
Luke BySeT. Charles Neal. F. \. Black. VIM.
r. Hughes. George tOnHOr. John Nicholson,
VIM Bradley, and +. NJ. Banks.
THE GIRLS REFORM SCHOOL.-A regular
meeting of the board Of trustees of the Girls
Reform School was held Yesterday. and Dr.
WinSlOw. Mrs Wool. and Mrs Sheldon re-
ported that they had aSceTtained that the bill
pending In Congress for the construction Of
the girls reform school buildings could not
be reached in the regular order OF business at
this session.
Dr. Edison DR. G y. WinsIow Mrs WOOL
Miss Sheldon. and Mrs. LeDTOict Lang ion
Were appointed To- visit the Senate and a>cer-
tain what i the probability al this session Of
the favorable action by that body upon a new
bill The laticS reported that thy hal taxed
their energies 10 the utmost 10 provide for
The pressing cases 80 frequently occurring.
hut found themselves utterly unable to meet
the demands upon them
Miss ADDIE RASDALI..a Washington Ia ",
who appeared "A few years since a. Nancy in
an ameteur performance OF HrrfbT at Walls
Opera House, made her otsbtSf in New York
Monday night AZ the Academy of Music in
The same character with great success. The
Ersni,sg Post says thar Miss Randall is "A
pretty young lady with pleasing manners
and she would have been received with favor
even II her performance had been less com
mendable. But she acted remarkably well
only once in while allowing the nervous
ness and embarrassment Of a first appear
ance 10 show through the assumed pertneSs
or the volatile iady-in-waiting" Miss Ran
dali has taken the place i'm the Kellogg opera
troupe lately vacated by Mrs. Zelda Seguin.
THE WASHINGTON PHARMACEUTIcAL As
ISOLATION met last night at Clarkes Hall,
Mr. VIM, Baldus in the chair and e. s. Price
secretary. A committee was appointed To
wait upon all members who are in debt TO the
association and receive their statement
which, If not favorable, the committee will
report them for expulsion at the next meet
ing. Mr.. Hines offered n resolution request
ing that at least two and not more than
thIee members be appointed by the chair at
each meeting TO write upon some article and
read The paper at the following meeting.
which was adopted, and the chair appoint I'll
George K REYNOLDS and a. W. Miller.
SUIT FOR DIvoRCE-Yester,iay John y.
Hutchinson, by his attorney, W. VI. Evans
entered suit for divorce from his wife Mar
tina A j. Hutchinson. He states that they
were married in this city in June 1ss4 and
charges that his wife since that year has
been addicted 10 improper practices but
that he lived with her until tire close Of fbe
year 1873, when she came home from n MIC
ME drunk and attempted TO Kill him with a
Ratchet. Since that time he has not lived
with her. He also charges her with adultery
THE PUBLIC will notice elsewhere tSat the
steamer Arrow. Captain Frank HoIiingS-
head. will resume her trip 10 Mount Vernon
Tomorrow.
NOVELTY STUDS. something very elegant,
with buttons "a match. in EtTuscan gold. re
eeived al PTigg's, Gu the avenue, near y st.