Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-02
Board Of Health.
EXPLo-

mittee. submitted a monthly statement.
showing that there is still due on appropris,
tons Of United states - 600, ami $40 SS225
from the District OF Columbia: balance ON
hand February 1, 1915. -. 1879 q; making the
total available funds Of the board for III
present fiscal year, Sl9,0S2 p. The estimated
expenses for the month OF February are
81 352 i6. 1t is In contemplation that there
will be an unexpended balance OF - ,S2l Is at
the end of the fiscal year.
HEALTH OFFICER KEENE
submitted his report for the week ending
January %, showing: Nuisances sbatet, $50;
causes of death Investigated, :; pecuniary
conditions Investigated, 3; buriaIs at public
expense recommended, 8; patients treated by
physicians TO the poor, leo; tons OF garbage
removed, 81; dead animals removed, 20. Ma
riDe products-Ins pecttOns: Il. 600 bushels of
oysters. CO.'S punches of fish. Condemna-
tions: 90 lbs. beef, 35T lbs. pork, Is lbs veal,
81 lbs mutton, 10 lbs. bacon turkey o
geese, 4 ducks, GO chickens rabbits, /. i50
heads cabbage, bushel potatoes, y bushel
onions, peck parsnips. bushel apples, =
bushel turnips, IL pumpkins. Pound report
animals impounded, (; redeemed, 2; in pound,
?; amount realized, 50 ..
Premises situated on I'd street between
Maryland avenue and \ street northeast
L e property of Alonzo Maryman: fame
shsnfy in alley between 20 and 81 and a q
streets northwest, and frame house on 2;lb
street. between l. and NJ northwest, were
condemned as EuiSanceS, and their abate-
ment ordered.
DANGEROUS COAL OIL.
Mr.. III. G. Herhst, Of PittSburg Pa WIS
CHILLED upon, and made a statement on the
nature OF Illuminating oils. He said he was
here before Congressional committee in
relation To The use OF oils, and had taken oc-
casioD TO collect samples of illuminat ngo
offered for sale here. In this District there Is
the worst class OF oils he ever saw for sale
and he was familiar with the kind of oils
used in most cites In this country. There
are more accidents and deaths from the tX-
plosion of coal Oil lamps In this city than
any place ne knew of, and from the character
OF the oils used here he was SURPRISED that
VI
he had collected were represented to
be of test Of all the way from
11O 10 100, but on trying them they exploded
very readily at from 30 To 20. These cheap
oils are put into the market by snail and
irresponsible refineries, and what 1 ! needed
here is the passage Of q stringent law prOvi-
DING for the Inspection ofall coal oil brought
INTO the District \ first class oil can be
brought here which is perfectly safe. This
poor stuff Is refined from uaptha and ben
zine, and is always unsafe. The law should
+ the test at $50 ON all such oils. The va
por created from proper substances will not
explode. as he could demonstrate from sam
pies which he had brought with aim.
The chair stated that the Board of Health
were preparing to go before the committee
In Congress and procure the passage OF a law
regulating the sale of such oils IN this Dis-
trict, and he invited Mr.. HerbSJ to call IN
and review the bill nOw being prepared ta
ol!Pr the committee.
The board then cleared the room and went
into private session.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-ThOmas Bowling,
aCctiOEeCr, has recently sold the following
property, viz: Lots No. IS and -, in SGlarS
30. and improvements, to IL. Campbell, for
St2j each; lot %, in same square. and i'm
rrovements. To same purchaser; lot 81 and
the west 4.I5-l00 feet OF lot s., in l.. s. Chap
mans subdivision OF square 364, to WIN.
Bartlett, for 90 cents per foot; lot y, IN Riggs
& Plants subdivision Of square Dos, I'M
proved by a three story mausar1 dwelling.
TO Hrs. l.. q. Pluukett. for I151: the inter
est of Francis a. Tucker, as dcyiSee, under
VIII OF EroCh Tucker, deceased, in a house
auo lot in square 100, IA the CITY OF Wash
iugtOn, fronting on street, between A. and
6in streets, and farm OF - acres on the
IL adenSbuTg road, ia Washington county,
l. W. II. II. Childs, for $50; IS lots in square
Is, containing a $50 5G-l0) square feet. t.
DIR. j. \. Richie, at y cents per foot; lot 5,
Ia square 81, containing g,t15 square feet. TO
Gavin and Cadiprse, al 10 cents per foot: lot
p, in block numbered I9, OF Todd y Browns
subdivision OF q part Of tract called Pleas
ant Plains and Mount Pleasant, 70 Judge j.
". Wright, for 500. Property sold in
G6OrgetOwn-PaTts Is and -, Oid George
town, and imprOveU eats, to Jas. l.. Davis
fer -,l5n; lot 81, In hClmead s addition 10
Georgetown, and Improvements, TO Vain
gins jr. subdivision OF original lots II and
-, in ThOs. RedlI's addition 10 GEORGETOWN.
40 George L. Schayer, for 81 cents per foot
part lot 10, in BCaIlS addition TO George
town, and Improvements, 10 Mrs. Mary
Ashford, for S$2j; lots ~ - and 30, fronting
10 feet o. the east side OF High STREET, To-
gelher win The Improvements, for $500.
THE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF the District of Columbia met last eve
ming, III accordance with a resolution Of the
Lyceum hall convention. All the oil legiS-
lative districts, with the exception OF the 2d,
18th and I'D, were represented. Fred. Dong
lass, jr., was elected president. Il tier some
discussion a resolution was adopted to re
celve the designation OF places in The several
districts represented, and that ali Others, not
represented at this meeting. he required to
Il Ia tor 4 nl,
;, the places at which the election of mem
berS of the new commit .ce shall b. held"
bessrs. G, ii. Boston, l.. Z. Hughes, b. F.
Grant, Edward Allen j. l. y. Bowen and
Captain ii. Pollen were appointed g commit
tee to visit the districts not represented and
see that they have place OF meeting. Mr
W. I. Davis offered 4 resolution reciting
mat as q majority or the cCrGmj ssiouerS OF
the Capitol police are republicans and the
democratic majority IL the House have dis
charged & iInOSI every republican in the of
fees under heir COZ r5l, that thi con yention
deems d. extremely impOlitiC IN ,ue CORNER
10 sacrifice three faithful republicans in the
persons OF ChaT les Jones, l.. ;. Atkinson and
"A. Nj. Green, whose efficiency, soOriety and
honesty are UnqueStIOned, at the request of
the exacting democratic partisan who
cOerced one of the republican members of
the board 10 dismiss them In order To make
room for men who have nothing to recon-
mend them but their having voted The dem
Ocratic ticket; and ''we respectfully recues,
their Immediate reinstatement"
AhCSFMENTS.-N0f IHeUcT,-M3gI.e
Mitchell last night gave such vigorous aud
every way artistic impersouatiOn or the
ideal Orphan OF IOwOO1," as Ia aStOaish
even her warmest admirers. SO much foTC,
with so much fire, tempered with fine
touches Of pathOs and wOmauiy feeling,
make the adjectiyes pleasing, charming
popular, etc, often applied To her, rather
lame. Her splendid acting in the last act oil
Jane Eyre last night entitle her 10 a
place among the greatest actresses Of theday.
Her support was not as good, howe yer, as on
previous presentations OF the play mere. De-
spite the Indictment weather the audience
was large and very appreciativc. To night
she VIII appear in the Little Barefoot"
FtTds CicTd HOIHe-BOucicault's streets
OF New York" will have Only Two more pre-
sentaiions. The piece is quite exciting, aud
! Mr. AlGIich appears 10 good advantage as
tom Badger"
IyteGter CJaGjQle-The programme this week
embraces Songs, dances, sketches. &c, ven
with effect and greatly relishct. Marco,
u Dwarf" meets with the same success as
last season.
Lincoln HGl.-Mr. Henry aed ,os the S,i,l-
tag G0zet'e) will lecture this evening on
"Soclal Problems and ProblemiSts." Theo-
dCre TiltOn viii lecture here next Tuesday
evening. His lecture, entitled the Problem
OF Life, 'ihas been highly Appreciated where
eV er IL has been delivered.
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN, ASsoCIA-
TON met last night at Clarke's hail, Mr.
Charles Murphy, the DreSi dent, in the chair