Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-13
District Government Anaar~.

District Government A0afrs.
The District Commissioners have eopoint-
sion, vice Rev. G. A. Hall, resigned. Mr..
stewart Is secretary OF the Young Mems
Christian Association.
All OF the bills for current expenses of the
public schools and fire department for the
month OF December, passed upon by the
school trustees and fire commissioners on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights last-sfxty-
six In number-were yesterday audited, and
are being paid by the Controller to-day
collector Cook has commenced the labor
or gathering data for the District Commits
to his department as were called for in the
pill introduced I'm the House last week by
MI Glover, OF Missouri. The interrogatories
10 De answered are as follows: "What is the
aggregate assessed value of the real estate
offered at auction ut the general tax sale of
me 18th day OF June, 1875, for arrears OF
taxes? What were the dues thereon? What
IS the aggregate value of the real estate
bought in by the District authorities? How
much OF such real estate has since been re.
deemed by the citizens? How much, IL any
has been sold more than once, namely: for
general and special taxes since the term of
Office or the District Commissioners To
vGlve considerable labor and time. Other
departments of the District government are
also busy in similar duty.
BUILDING PERMITS
Issued by Inspector Piowman:-Chas. R0us-
au two story brick dwelling on nOrta
Side North Capitol street: 81 400. William B.
offices.
on south side OF +, between 18th and 18th
streets northwest. John Shea a tWo-storv
frame stable in alley between 18th and 1917
and u and c streets; $3.50. t. Zamee. n two
story frame dwelling on south side of p, be-
tween North Capitol and 1St streets north
west; $3.50. George German, two story
prick store and dwelling on south side of New
YORK avenue, between 9th aud eth streets
mo- Invest; 81 600 knight & Edwards, 2 two
Story frame dwelling on north side of Mon
roe. between 10Th and 17th streets northwest;
dwellin gs On west side of CO. between ID and
f. streets, southwest; $500. DR.. q. A. White.
a twO-story frame dwelling on north side of
ID, between nth and 18th streets south west.
$500. Wash. B. Williams, a four story brick
warehouse on east side o. eth street, between
Louisiana avenue and ID street northwest;
$3.50. VIM. Roche, two-StOry brick dwell
ing on south side of l., between list street and
New Jersey avenue; $3.50. T. r. Turner. a
two story brick dwelling on west side of It'll,
between X and s streets northwest; 500. ID,
r. w. Carter, a brick store on north side of
Z. between 9TH and Sth streets north ves';
$780, w. NJ. PoindeXter, a four-stOry and
basement hotel with bay windows, four
stories high. west side 18th street, between
New York avenue and II street, northwest;
$4,000. Elizabeth Shekell. two twO-stOry
frame dwellings, east side Frederick street,
Georgetown, between 2d and 81 streets;
81, 4OO.
ANOTHER LARGE EXCURSION PARTY
FROM PENNSYLvANIA.-Thi morning, be-
tween 10 and II O'Clock, another of the eXcur-
sion parties inaugurated a few months since
by citizens OF York. PENNSYLVANIA, arrived
in the city, and it was even more successful
than the preceding ones. This one was given
under the auspices of the Dukestreet NJ. l..
church, of York, Pa, and was composed of
about LOCO persons in ali, citizens of Dau-
phin, Cumberland, Lancaster, York and
Adams counties, including the Centennial
class of the York High school and the Spring
Garden band, (of IS pieces,) OF that city.
The excursiOnists left York at $50 O'Clock
this morning and arrived here in % cars, in
two sections-Captains Hambright and Relff
having charge. While those who came in
the first section were waiting for the
arrival of the second section the band per-
formed number OF pieces OF music in the
were met at the depot by MesSrs Paul Hirsh,
a. Z. Houck. A. a. ShiSsler, DIR. Cath
cart, j. G.. Reising, l.. c. White, ID. II.
Youht and others OF the Penusylvan' a state
association, and number ofcitIzens Of
that state who are residents of the District.
Headed by this committee and the band,
the line OF march was taken up, first to the
smithsonian Institute, then to the Agricul-
tuTal and Propagating gardens, the Treasury
department, the White House, where they
saw President Grant. then to the Art gal
The most of the eXcursiOnists will leave
this evening at O'Clock, but a number will
remain over until Saturday. The distance
from this city to York is about 100 miles, and
the round trip tickets were fixed by the COM
panies at the low price of 80, about one cent
per mile.
JURORS DRAwN.-This morning Hhe fol-
lowing jurors were drawn from the box in
The CLERKS office for service in the Circuit
Court. January term, converting on Mon
day, oath instant: John .R. Hunt, 8l6 18th
street northwest; John III. Yeatman, 7i2 18th
street northwest; George b. Barnard, George
George w. Wood, 4l3 18Th street
southeast; EnOch Ambush, 9l2 + street
southwest; Hedrick l.. Moore, GeorgetOwn;
L: NJ. Boteler, 735 sth street southeast; A.
nTIn II n1Io
do; w. b. Downing, G. II. Brooke, Center
Market; j. j. Beall, Georgetown; VIM. Cal
low, 1905 Pennsylvania avenue; Alpheus
Middleton, 215 + street northwest; George
Hepburn, 500 + street southwest; John Il.
Aicott, 1913 New York avenue; John Brenk,
$50 street southwest; James TIlghman,
town; T. y. Newman, do; NJ. q. Esery,
street, near New Jersey avenue; Edwin
Baldwin, 12i f street northwest; Henry
L. les, 1915 9Th street northwest; r. ]. Col
Inns, 46s T. street southwest; Adam Gaddis,
18th and NJ streets southeast. This Is the
hrst drawing since the box was replenished
by the recently -appointed commissioners.
A MISSING LADY. Mr.. VIM. F. Fall,
living in Alexandria county, Va, reported
to Major Richards yesterday that his sister,
Mrs. Anna Austin, who has been boarding
with Mrs. Mary r. Cole, No. 1912 q street
northwest, in this city, has been missing
Detective CoOmes. who visited the house and
removed two trunks belonging TO Mrs. Aus
tin to Police headquarters. Toe missing
woman is forty years of age and English by
birth. She wore, when last seen, a black
dress, black sacque trimmed with fur. and
black bonnet with purple ribbon. 1t is
II ought that she may have left for England
as she was in communication with friends
there, but ii seems strange that she should
have gone without notifying any of her re-
lations or friends of her intention.
THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN
RAILROAD COMPANY.-Yeste after the
annual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Washington and Georgetown Railroad COM
pany. numbering some twenty-five or thirty
gentlemen, took special car for Harvey &
Holden's, where fine dinner was partaken
Of Mr.. Samuel Norment presided, and at
the table were seated Messrs. Gilbert Van
derwerken, w. X. Riley, j. Carter Marbury.
Nm. Orme, Henry Hurt, NJ. g. Lane. (of
New York;, w. II. Clagett, and others. Dur
ing the dinner, in pleasant conversation, the
past, present and future of the company was
and the president, Mr.. Hurt, was
the recipient of congratulations on the fine
showing in his report.
DIVORCE day in the Equity
Court, Judge Wylie directed a decree OF d.
vorce to be drawn in the case OF Martha Lee
ri I.ap In ha