Evening star., 1877-12-10
District Government Affairs.

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The owner Of the building now used for a
station house in South Washington has agreed
10 construct twO-Story addition thereto, con
tanning on the first floor a suitable cell room
and on the second a lOdgerS' room also 10
secure perfect sewerage, which is now very
imperfect, and put the main building in com
plete repair: provided the District will lease
The premises for four years at monthly rental
of So. This i an increase of Sl5 per month
over the present rental, but the improvements
Will cost the owner over S2cW. The Board of
Police has recommended that the District
CsmmlssloneTs accept the proposition, in view
station and the difficulty of getting better ac-
commOdatiOnS iii that vicinity. The District
Commissioners have approved the plans pro-
posed, and directed the inspector of buildings
10 supervise the construction OF the new
building.
TIE ALTERATIONS IN LINCOLN HALL
proposed by Mr.. Entwisle, inspector of build
ings. in order 10 secure safety TO the audience
IN ease of fire or panic are 20 put up a subStan-
flal iron stairway over the area on the east
side, starting from the present iron platform
at the stage entrance and 10 be made as wide
rs the space will admit-abOut four feet eight
nches-tO an IRON platform on level with the
snaH ante-TOOm on the east side of the auditO-
rum The platform TO be made of iron. in the
moSt substantial manner. covering the width
al the area to the adjoining party wall. and
10 cNiend about - 1eet 10 meet the proposed
Hight of stairs communicating with the lower
platform. Both platform and stairway 10 be
provided with a strong rail and balusters of
Iron Ihe north window Oh the dnte-rOOm, the
door nom the auditorium to the ante-rOOm
ana the center portion OF the triple window
IN the east side of the hail TO be made into
openings slX feet each, with doors opening out
ward 10 the iron platform. In addition 10 this
he proposes To enlarge the two doors from the
gallery 10 the small room and stairway To the
9Th street exit, and they are TO be made TO
open ouiwards. The changes as proposed and
some minor ones, such reversing some of
The smaller rear doors now opening inwards,
VIII, II IS believed, give sufficient means of
egIess.
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O'Clock some of the neighbOrs of an old cOlOred
woman named Eliza Foreman. residing in the
alley between 18th and 10th and j. and NJ sts.,
not nearing her moving about in her room as
usual became alarmed, and notified Officer
Hess. The door was broken open and she was
Iound dead, sitting on chair near the foot of
The bed, on which her head rested, and from
fhe appearance of the Stoye-sOme kindling
wood being on the top of it-it is thought that
she died while in the act of starting fire.
ffOm blood on the t.OOF 1t was at first sup
posed that there was fou. play, but it was
found that this came from her feet which the
rats had gnawed. DR.. Patterson, the coroner,
was summoned, and, after hearing the state
ments OF the neighDOrstO the effect that the
Old woman had been complaining for some
weeks, gave certificate that she died from
apcpleNy. The deceased was about 65 wears OF
age, and was born and raised on Sugar Hill in
Georgetown, where she resided until a few
years since. She has sister near the Chain
bridge in Virginia: but il is not known that
she has any relatives in this city.
DEEDc IN IKE nave DePn Med rs follows.
Anna Eberly TO c. o. O'Hare. trustee, 8,
part lot :. square HI : H. VI. WhippIe to + A.
- CreSweii, et al. commissioners OF f. ). &. T.
Co. So sub lot &, lot %, square rs: Stokely
finnaeom to Eliza d. Lereh. si.sO lot G of l9t
y square 1l6; Gordon & Ashford, trustees, to
Mercy ~ Gray, s2,G0, lots 81 and %. square
y OF lot Monastery; same to Jacob j. West.
sl.Ss, io' -, do; VIM. Il. Tcdd TO j. III. Lokir
sue part lot 4, square lO6S: Edwards, Selden
lots TO Il of lot 1, and part OF lot s. square
30; and sub lots 81 10 Al of lot II, square SO:
). r. Arnold TO Rebecca Collinson, $40 part
r. Crawford So east half OF lot liz. rhrei-
kelds addition 10 Georgetown: G, n. Thorn 10
x samson; sls15o. parts lots and s. square 81.
w. y. Todd to }. fl. Locker, $50, part lot /,
square Lees.
The TEMPERANCE REFoRMERs.-The Dasha-
Mays met last night at Temperance Temple,
MI; Joseph Williams in the chair and l.. IL.
d pseTsSn rS ut seersta1y short addrefseS were
John Cayanaugh. Alexander Eagleston. J. b.
Dunning. Edward Humphrey, Patrick Cur
tain. Frank ReeSide ami yere. Williams, inter-
spersed with singing. and about fifty persons
signed the pledge. - The Washington Tenn
peranee Reform Club met at Ode0n Han last
evening I. X Mcintyre. president, in the
chair tapt.J. Z. Wall secretary, and addresses
we're delivered by j. b. Dunning. j. F. Dob
Dan, w r. Marsh. Capt. J. C.. Wall, J. II. Ma
honey and VIM. Fitzgerald. Mrs. L. NJ Clark
and Mrs. vi. A. NaylOr favored the club with
readings, and the giee club sang several pieces
OF music. number of people signed The
pledge.
MARINE DROWNED IN NTHECANAL--Ohicer
Heilmuth yesterday found the body of a man
noatlng in the canal at the corner of G. and
South capitol streets. Ii was dressed in the
uniform OF marine, and word was sent To the
navy yard The body was identified as that
OF August Alfalb. The coroner, after viewing
tSe remains, decided that il was 2 case of acct
1sntAl drowning, as there were no marks OF
sloenee- The body was then turned over to
the frsends Of the deceased for burial
"A BABY IN THE BUSDLE.-Saturday evening
coiofed woman. living at 6l2 G. street north,
vest; was called on by white woman with a
Ettndle IN her arms, who asked I,erInissjon to
e1ne IN and warm herself. Cons emf was given
and she came in and soon afterward left the
bundle with a little girl i'm the room and de-
parted. "A line female child was found In the
bundle and was sent 10 st. AIMS Asyluu
A COLD BAPTTZING.-Rev. Henry Bailor of
the Rehoboth Baptist church, (eolored) bap-
tized ten converts I'm the Eastern Branch OF
Buzzards Point, yesterday. in the presence Of
nearly two thousand spectators.