Evening star., 1877-11-20
Chairman COMMITTEES on Taxatit
The Night Lodging HOu.e.

SOinu ult.ee on TAXATION.
The Night Lodging House.
A meeting OF the executive committee of
the "Night Lodging House, was held last
| evening In the rooms OF the Labor Exchange.
There We're present Messrs. joint. Mitchell.
l r. +. simpson, +. b. Mcclure, DR. w, H
Ross and A. 8. Solomons Mr.. Solomons
occupied the chair and DR.. Ross acted as
The chair submitted his report. sbow,po
/ what great result had been attained from
/ the small beginning OF the little school girls
! OF the "Rosslyn Academy" who were the
/ nrst 10 move In the good work of est ablish-
/ ing night lodging house, and throue n
/ whose instrumentality, supplemented by the
| generosity of their elders. a sum sufficiently
large was raised TO furnish complies In all Its
/ parts, and put in good repair the old Central
Guard House, on Louisiana ayenue which
has lodged from March, 1876, when the house
! was first orened, until May 81. last when II
/ was closed for the season, 10 2g4 persons. Ali
/ Of whom were compelled 10 avail OF the ad-
1 yantases OF bath, besides having a clean
/ night shirt, com fOTtable bed In warm a.
I mospheTe, and frugal but plentiful supper
/ and breakfast. The meals so served n1m
6eTes 2o,5Ss, and the total expenses for con-
| S2,i44 Is, which includes the cost of ALI the
| beds, bedding and furniture originally pIr
| chased, and which is now worth nearly the
/ whole sum originally paid, most OF ID having
/ been purchased much under market vatns
/ Tie expenses aggregate about sion per
month, and the house can comfortably ac.
making the entire cost some ten cents per
! capitum. Fo-
TIE Commissioners of the District have
hitherto contributed TO IFS support out of the
! 'fm4rFet fund, >" and it is cOnadentlv ho1ad
! they viii continue 10 do So. even in its pres
ent depleted condition, for all VINO are cDn-
VeTsant with the large amount OF practical
work done by the lodging house. and the
| great good II has accomplished will adm I
that It's usefulness is second TO no other or
gsnlzatlon IN our community. Without its
I shelter il
would have perished in our streets during
the past severe winter, and many a delicate
female and puny child have suffered more
IMAM words can tell. The need for sucn n
place OF refuge is perhaps more keenly felt
here in washington than elsewhere for
hitber come legion OF poor soldiers aud
sailors and other proper claimants upon the
government for pensions, who are compelled
| to remain several days add someti mes
weeks, while the departments are passing
upon their papers, ard to neglect which
would probably bring starvation to them
selves and to their families. Hence the great
necessity for the continuance of the night
ihdglng. house, and with WashingtOn's usual
liberality the benefits derived from il 90 to
non-residents exclusively. Every precautiop
is taken to guard against the admission OF
tTamps:" ana imposition is not as success
fuI as might be supposed.
Without solicitation from the board OF
management, the Hon. George w Hennee
OF The committee on the District of Colum bia
has introduced a bill in the House of Repre-
sentatives making an appropriation for the
lodging house of az 600. which will probably
pass without opposition.
IL is hoped and eX pected that the lodging
house will be placed in funds-the treasury
being row empty-to begin operations again
on the LIST OF December next.
BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspector
Entwisle:-ThOmas Rider, remodel a brick
dwelling. corner OF Gay and Mon tgomery
streets, Georgetown; S6G0. w. H. Tenney,
construct n warehouse, Water bet wean Lin
gan and Fayette streets, Georgetown; 81 900
Joseph Travers, remodel a brick building.
h, between 12'h and 18Th streets northwest;
S.OO. David Atkins. construct frame
shed 10 house on G street southeast: Sl2
John u. NaylOr, construct seven two story
orlck dwellings, corner 10Th street S16, 900
Mrs Susie, construct a green house, New
YORK avenue, between 18th and 18th streets
northwest; 800 j. T.. Foertsch. repair a
brick store and dwelling, PENNSYLVANIA ave
rue and circle at 23i street; Sj0l. Charles
brown. construct brick store, eth. etwean
y ana q streets northwest; S1 200. Mrs
McCanna. repair frame dwelling. alley be-
tween 18Th and 19th and X aud l. streets
northwest; S100. w q. Newman, construct
two-story brick in alley between 10th and
1Itb streets northwest; 500 James Brown
repair brick dwelling, 18th, between T and
U streets northwest; $50.
\ DISPUTED BOUNDARY CAsE-To-day,
in the CircUrt Court, Judge Cartier, the
case OF Clark against Wilson was resumed,
Vim. +. Carusi Tor pla init II and Messrs. VIM
Birrey and II. W. Garnett for defendant.
This is an action for ejectment for Is inches
by depth of lot, which. 1t is claimed, en-
crGaches on the land of plaintiff (fronting on
the north side of + street, between 1ith and
12ih nOrthwest). In this case there was con-
siderable testimony taken, and this morning
Mr.. Partridge, the surveyor of the District
testified that by some means there was con-
siderable irregularity in the dimensions OF
some squares, there being on the square in
question a difference OF eight and nine inches
In the + and G street widths. The case is
being argued tnis afternoon.
DEEDS IN FEE have cen fled as follows:
parts of lots Is and 16, in square Gs; j. n.
Davis, jr., to NJ. g. Spedden, g, part lot 1,
square 403; j. E. Larrabee to r c Hewitt,
square ~ hssneT s Let e. al
square 2I2; ID. p ID. Black, trustee, to e. B.
Goodfellow, $1,000, sub lot IS. lot 2, square
162; w. H. Smith TO NJ. N. Rohrer, s., lots
Chas. Hartel, $500, part Of lot 3, square 923
Hitz to E. j. Hutchinson, $3.50, the house
and premises corner I'd and streets south
east; F. Hume, trustee, ct al. to w. Cullow
5000, lot IS, square Ies.
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THE CASE OF JUDGE WRIGHr.-Thls
morning, Judge j. w. Wright, indicted yes
basfy Dy the
Criminal Court, Judge Macarthur. Mr..
jeremiah Wilson called the attention of the
court TO the case, and the bail was fixed at
81 eco for his appearance. Messrs. Columbus
Alexander and Thomas Lewis went on his
bOLd as sureties.
CALICoEs, just opened, Al cents; new fall
dress goods, IL, Is, IS; CLOTHS for mems and
boys wear, 81, 50, 60, 75 carpets 20, p, 81, 50
blaI kets, all prices; comforts, red fannels,
canton f1annels; black cashmeres, cheap;
black alpacas, Is cents sbeeting cottoas,
table linens, bed-ticking, at Tow sons, Penn
fylvania avenue, south sde.-Adw.
SUICIDE-At IL o'cn>k TO day Edward
Roach, living i56 Ridge street, cut his throat
with q razor, almost taking his whole heal
of, killing himself instantly. He has been
on e spree recently, and was iust recovering.
was familiarly known as "Swiper."
ANOTHER LOT of velvets to-day; also, an
immense stock OF very fine black silks from
the recent large sales IN New York, which we
guarantee to sell 40 per cent less than regu-
lor lIx,,o ~, a <3,r