Evening star., 1877-12-12
The DiS,rtc, jn Coupress

Senator Allison. of Iowa. was appointed con
eUltug trustee of the Reform School OF IN"
District OF Columbia by the Vice President to
day.
HOUSE COMMITTEE on THE DISTRICT.
The House committee on the DlStric; of Co
iuhilna. al rs meeting this morning, had under
consideration Senate bill lIg TO authorize the
purchase Of lots numbered l. 3. 3. and ,. in
square 80. and 4 part of original lot . ia
square Dad. for the purpose of completing the
roadway and fOOtWdlkS around the circles in
front of the Botanical garden. An informal
discussion was had concerning the necessity
Oi the purchase. and the subject was finally
referred to subcommittee TO obtain adIi-
tiOnal information. Tomorrow The committee
VIII hear the association Of school >upern-
terdeutS. fayOring the establishment of a ma
ti0nal university. in accordance with the Ie-
concentrations of the President in his mes
sage 10 Congress.
PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT
A meeting of the Senate committee on the
District Of Columbia was he'd yesterday for
the consideration of a bill giving the District
Commissioners authority To declare what is
the property of the District of Columbia and
making il miSdemeanOr. punishable by fine
and imprisonment, for any officer of the gov
ernment or other person To appropriate or re
move from the District any property de
claTed TO belong 10 the District. This reSOlu-
ton was made necessary from the fact that
several officers Of the District who have been
removed 10y the District Commissioners have
appropriated papers Of Importance belonging
tO the District, and decline To return them
District Attorney Riddle appeared before the
committee and stated the reasons for the
adoption of the resolution, aud sub commit
tee; consisting OF Senators Harris MerrimOn
and ingalls,. was appointed to consider the
matter and report at any time.
CONTRACTORS CLAIMS.
Mr. SaNler has presented III the House the
petition of Henry Birch, Nicholas Acker. T.. l..
man 4 Green, Daniel \. Connolly, VIM. Fletch-
er. and 1hOS. i. Morgan. asking such legisla-
tiOn as viii insure the settlement of their
claims against the District. The petitioners
mn no nj A hnp a .f
lie works. agreeing to take payment i'm 365
bonds. the issuing OF which was stopped by
Congress. leaving these claimants without
remedy except through further legislation.
The petition was referred TO the District COM
mittee.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
number Of retail liquor dealers of the Dis
trict have. through Hon. \. ). Williams pre-
Sented a petition i'm the House of Representa-
TiyeS asking relief from alleged grievances
sustained AT the hands of the Board of Metro
poliian Police m the refusal of licenses for the
sale of Intoxicating liquors. The petition as
serts that the Board of Police are merely min
lSteIial officers, and that their instructions To
applicants To sell intoxicating liquors are in
direct conflict with the mandatory laws in
force in the District.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued To
Michael Shanahan and Winifred Mcnamara !:
> Ohm X. Coffin and Matte L. Carpenter: Geo
A ChiSm, Of Georgetown, and Mary Ann
Ei2kely, Of Washington: Caleb Stewart and
Sarah {. Grimes: Edward &. Clair and Susan
v. d..
Wnl " Gods and Lizzie NJ. CattelI Levi, Fitz-
hugh aud Alice Diggs: Charles Thomas and
Hetty Jo.ieS Ferdinand BorsikOwski and Ma
~ Eliza i'lkins: Isaac Page and Catherine
johnson: W. \. Lewis and Mary r. Stewart
THE ATTEN. ION Of the public is respectfully
directed To the sale advertised by Mr.. Wash. B.
Williams to take place tomorrow morning at
10 O'clock AT No 40 9th street northwest. A
large and varied assortment OF parlor and
chamber furniture, ana me Brussels carpets
Throughout the house will be offered. This
house pas recently fur, 1iShed by lady. who
spared n0 expense i'm :he t. tort 10 MAKE IL COM
plete
suit FOR $G0-F. L. Browitjpx. 10. eiIsi n.
zen H. Quay yesterday entered - III. 5gaiIsI oa .i
rfederlck Douglas for damages laid ,,,' iui
having on the 18th Of November ttf,fi. piie-
p, IN ol writ OF attachment against Ia iod
i ibuntelI on The suit of Lemuel Draper entel 81
,d, NJ nou>e anu seized her household goods ana,
'oei'eo her INTO paving the sum Of $40.
EVERY \ ARD of our dry goods must he closed
out by February lst, ISIS. This store is posi-
lively for rent All of our black silks. black
caShmeres black alpacas and beautiful cOlOred
dress goods, blankets, Shawls must be SOIL
Carter's, 1O7 Market Spaee.-Adrt.
ROMAN GOLD. Lake George diamond. coral.
onyx. silver and jet jewelry; Also fancy goods
from 81 10 so; the best ffty-cent eyeglass i'm
the city. at Prigg's Jewelry Store, No 457
pennsylvania avenue, near AZ street-Adu.
ROBERTS BooKsroRE 1910 7th street will be
the center of attraction during the Holidays
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