Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-05
District Government Affairs

WI. 1DOIldk lowing mas De6Q designated
by the District Commissioners as the auc-
tiOneer TO sell the property TO be advertised
as delinquent for the payment of taxes.
THE PARKING COMMISSION
have been authorized to expend $500
month in April and May and : 900 in June
or 5000 To June 20, 1916, which sum is 10
cover all expenses on account OF the parking
commission 10 the close of the present fscaI
year.
THE OLD JAIL.
The District Commissioners have sent 10
Hon. j. =. Morrill, the draft of a bill to be
submitted 10 Congress authorizing the re-
moval OF the old Jail on Judiciary Square
the material thereof TO be used in the con-
stICctiOn Within the present year OF a suit
able building for the woTkhouse for the use
OF the District, upon the reservation now
occupied in part by The Washington asylum
aud the Old magazine grounds, said building
To be used for the imprisonment under the
laws OF persons sentenced To imprisonment
by the Police Court, said building not TO cost
more than $4,000 in tearing down the old
and erecting the new building. In a comYnu-
nlcatiOn accompanying the bill, the Commits
SlonerS state that by employing the prisoners
IN tBlS WOTR OF removing aud reconSIructfng
the jail, 10 is expected that p building suHj-
Gent 10 inset all the requirements OF the Dis
triCt for many years TO come can be erected
S
THE NATIOSALJOCEEY CLUB-This new
organization, composed OF gentlemen of the
highest standing 10 our community, have
undertaken an enterprise that comments
Itself warmly TO the encouragement of an
public spirited ciiiZens. There is no posi-
uLlly OF Individual profit Al IL for those who
nave undertaken the work, aud their only
motive Is desire to benefit Washington by
furnishing attractions when IL is dull, aud
bringing strangers and money here. All that
IS now EeCfed TO render the movement in
every respect successful is to have the ci III
Iens come forward and become members of
the clup, rs lne principal reliance to nav
purses offered at the spring meeting is tha
= iH!IatlOh lee, which entities the
member to admission to the course for
.
his household. The members have all agreed
TO take their families out, so that every fair
day of the races, Jockey Club week will be
ladies' day, and people will have an op.
poTtuDity 10 see what properly conducted
running races are like. The club has lust re-
ceived information that nine horses have
been shipped nom Cincinnati, alone, for the
races here, so there is every announcement
that We shall have large fields and INTEREST
ing contests. The following is a corrected
list OF the members OF the executive COM
mittee, all the officers being ex officio mem
beTs: President, Richard Wsllach; Vice
Presidents, Oden Bowie, T.W boswell, NJ ar
shall Brown, III. II. Dodge; Treasurers; Mid
dleton & Co; Secretary, L. n. Burritt; ]. w.
Thompson, II. r. Rathbone, f. +. Beale, III.
NJ. Hutchinson. L. f. Roessle, VIM. II. Ga.
gett, Richard Smith, Jas. II. Watmough
John A. Baker. Applications for member
snip will be received by any of the officers.
FISH MARKET ro-pAY-sold by X. A.
Solden q Brother. FISH agents $40 shad, to-
~ ~ per hundred $4,000 herring for SIP per
Thousand.
BUTTER AND EGGS received daily by ex-
press also. lot OF cooking butter az low
rates, al ID. NJ Ream's, 9l6 Louisiana ave.
LUe.- ddtt,
BUILDING ASSOCIATION-At the 1gtI,
monthly meeting of the Carroll Co-opsrafiva
Building Associa ton, held last d ght, money
sold at an average premium of 1870 per cent.
SILVER COMBS, necklaces aud earrings N
match. received at Prigg's JegeIry Store,
NO. 30 fennsy lysnia avenue, near AZ
street. -