Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-08
Educational Institutious

Their reOpeniDg for the school year,
and we take the occasion to remind such OF |
our patrons as have charge of children that !
the Institutions advertising In our column
are among the best and most success IS
the country, conducted by experienc Ill III
ers, who have made the instruct % tes .S,i,
the business of q lifetime. A -on OF youth
mentioned below, and 9th ~ OF enese are
from time to time as neg NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. us ri ea
appear; ~"Sef'i'e"si's
ton ne o Mary cd Iu'titution for the instruc-
NJ .ne oilhr. will reopen on Monday.
d: Morrison superintendent.
Miss =. ID. Merrill and Miss B. c. Graves,
assistcd by Miss c. =. Leland, will reopen
Their select school and Kindergarten for boys
aid girls, on 18th inst, at 500 18th street.
Messrs. Donch & Son are prepared to give
instruction On the violin, flute, clarionet or
any other orchestral instrument. Inquire at
COS III street northwest.
Prof. l.. +. C.. Colliere's well known even
ing and night French school will begin Sat
urday evening, September 18th, at 1884
The West End Seminary, 1915 III street,
Miss Faust principal, will begin the fall ses-
si,B on Mon1ay. Excellent finishing course
for young ladies.
Piof. and Mrs. L. f. C. Colliere's French,
English and Classical School begins Sep
ten Der 1Ith at 1894 street.
The exercises of Co1Z3ga College, Il |
street northwest, began last Monday.
Rev. r. H. Sweets school has been re-
mC we'd 10 his residence, No. 80, corner OF Cav
and Montgomery streets, Georgetown.
Prof. Sheldon's Dancing Academy, 1901 +
street northwest, is open on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
The Misses Burgess will reopen Pinckney
institute, on 18th instant, at HOS New York
avenue.
Prof. John Esputa's Academy will reopen
AT Prof. SheldOu's Dancing AGA lemy, 1904 +
street on 18th instant, at T. M
BOARD OF HEALTH-PTeaiSsSC Condemned
SeteTSOI.'s SATISFIES, dc.-A meeting OF the
Board Of Health was held last evening ard
Oh recommendation of the health officer the
wooden structures and premises 52l and 325
h street southeast, southwest corner ith and
X streets southeast, 1905 ith street southeast.
ard Zl6 and DIS K street southwest, being in
bad sanitary condition generally and unfit
for human Eabitation, were condemned as
nniSances, Injurious 10 health, and their
abatement ordered.
Or. Verdi called attention to communi-
Cation in the Republican, signed hy man
EamCd Severson, which was untrue in its
statements.
Dr. Bliss thought that Mr.. Severson must
have been baSing his calcul at ION OF the NOR
tally on the condition of affairs before the
Jaw governing vital statistics was enacted.
Since correct record OF every death has been
t3d, by lie enforcement of that law, a con
rant decrease in the death rate from prevent
de diseases has been shown more marked
than at any other point-frOm 2G;.s1 per 600
per anEum IKE FIRST year, to $3.50 the second,
and 1000 the last year.
DR.. Cox thought it unnecessary TO notice
similar communications.
RECORDs Or THE CITY SURVIVORS OF
are al work at the Morrl-
son buildings preparing the rooms in the
vaults for the reception of the records and
papers OF the District Surveyors office, and
they Will soon be occupied by Surveyor
Partridge. These papers date back as far as
the first plans for establishing Washington
u e seat Oh the general government, but they
are now IN dreadful state of confusion, and
will require careful handling to put them in
order for use. The removal of them from the
tnl elFfI Il 49,.
mad fearful tumble. What is needed is
come secure place for all records of the Dis
trict, and the proper care TO keep them to-
gether. III is very doubtful whether the Dis
trict government is IN possession of a perfect
file OF its own records, covering the legisl"-
tive acts Of the old municipalities of WASH
1ngton, Georgetown, and levy court, with re-
Icrts OF their various sub-departmentS.
" hat is needed is a careful examination of
the mass OF papers. printed pamphlets, man
uscrlpt MES, and shelving them in some sys-
tenn, by which ready reference can be made
for any Information relating to our Old mu-
as well as more recent forms OF
government.
AMMO MUNDI J63s-Beginnirg OF the
Jewish New Year, 565s, Ammo Mundi, began
last evening, and all festivals will be Kept
up from the evening by the Isralites On ac-
count OF the passage froIn Genesis. "the
evening and the morning were one day. At
the time OF the creation. The origin OF the
festival is found in LevitIcus XIII, %, q
ard 25.-s'And the Lord spoke unto the chill
dlen of Iseral saying:-In the seventh month,
OIL the FIST day Of the month, shall We have
Let, a holy cOnvocation. Ye shall do 10
servile work" although actually occur
ring in the first month OF the year, the ami
versary OF the creation of Heaven and earth,
Yet IL is Gallo the seventh month, because
at the institution OF the Passover, just prior
to TIE departure from the land of Egyp.,
their deliverance from the rigors ola cruel
seryitude was deemed by the Almighty so
imJ Ortant that the month OF redemption was
in future 10 be kept by the House OF Israel
as beginning of months, even the first
month OF the year.
AN INSANE MAN SENT TO THE AsYI.UN,
Al HIS OWN REQUEST To day, quite a
gOOd-lOOking, genteelly dressed young man,
giving the name of K. n. Perebeau appeared
al Police Headquarters and askei for the |
sanitary officer. lie was directed to Officer
j chm Cornell, TO whom he stated that he |
believed he was insane, and desired to be !
cent 10 the ass lum, fearing that he might |
become worse, and, to the surprise Of the |
officer, produced some of the customary |
papers made out in such cases, properly |
filled up. The officer could find no indici- |
tons OF iusanity about him, but Drs McKim |
him 10 be mentally diseased. On their Ger |
tifcate the PERM: was issued, and he was |
taken 10 the asylum this afternoon.
DEEDS IN FEE have been fled in the Re- |
corder OF Deeds office as follOws:-E. j. Hill |
and j. A. LiIDrick TO w. T. and T. IL. Wal |
hST, %, IOtS Z, D, anu part D, square JUo w. 4
i. ard L. II. Walker to K. j. Hill, 500, lots |
~ and of subdivision of lots 10 and part |
OF ), square SOB. Same To f.. j. Harmon, $3.50, |
lots 10, II ard ~ of do. B. Geier tn Sampson |
Thorn, $40, lot %, square 652. Lsrner and |
Davis to Daniel Veehmyer, S1.1J0, lot %, sub. |
square 1873. W. y. Gordon, trustee, To u. w.
CroTley, - coo, lot 10 Old Georgetown. X. |
Fendall, trustee. 10 III. Messer, S9i5, Let 81 in |
FendalPs sub. nf lot Il, square 4g6. Mary |
Crui: To Robert +. Frey, 81 $50, 10; 49, Beall's
addition 10 Georgetown.
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NEW CAR House AND SrABLE.-The |
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Com |
pany have commenced the erection. at The |
or 18th and Boundary streets, |
che terminus of the lith street liue) Of q /
spacious brick stable and car house. The |
new building will be of brick. two stories in |
height, handsomely ornamented, and IS feet |
front on boundary by 125 feet in depth.
BUILDING PERMITS issued by the inspac !
tor OF buildings: &. G. Clark, construct q |
brick shop, Maryland avenue, between 18th |
and 18th streets northeast; 800. General q. !
T.. Babcock, a two story brick stable, q, be- 1
tween 18th ard 10Th streets northwest 81 600.
Mrs. T.. V. Green, repair a brick dwelling,
12th, between + and + streets northwest;
sSo0.