Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-01
The District in Congress-.


The Board of Health have filed eighteen
sections of the draft of bill with the District
OF Columbia committee which they desire to
have incorporated in the bill! to provide a form
OF government for the District. These, ii rat
ifled by Congress, would not only enable the
board to retain all the powers they now pos.
. sess. but in addition would greatly increase
their authority. They want to have the power
OF defining, declaring and causing to be re-
moved or abated nuisanceS injurious to health
or dangerous to life or limb, whether the said
cally called public, or of the description tech
nically called private. and of making such or
dlnances penal on not penal. as they may
dt9 deem necessary to accomplish either of the
sad OBJECTS, or any other object, cOntem-
plated or intended by any subsequent pro
vision OF this act: of preventing the sale of
unWhOieSome food and the sale of unwhoe
some drink within the limits of said District:
OF regulating the construction, arrangement
ana locatlon OF all water closets, privieS and
pflvy vaults within said District. and the emp
lying and cleaning of the same !: of providing
IOf and regulating the collection, removal and
transportation of house Offal and dead ami
mals IN and from the cities of Washington
immediate and more denSely populated su-
burbs, and to provide by contract or otherwise
10 13r rdL dne proper performance of such service;
OIL 1i regulatlng the lnterment, disinterment and
transportation of the dead in and through
SAID District; of making, issuing and enfOrc-
ing Such orders, regulations and Instructions
inetndlng quarantine regulations, orders and
necessary or desirable to prevent the intro
ductlon and spread of contagious or infectious
diseases. &c, &c.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIEN
Ihe committee of 25 appointed by the build
iGtsa eTs mass mheetng me- and the committee of Is
the purpose OF consultation in regard to call
ing upon the District committees in Congress
i99ay aW ~ tba and a1rgng amendments to
Baker in the chair. Mr.. Guinand presented a
resolution, which was adopted that a com
mlttse OF 25 on the part of the builders and Ii
on dne part OF the Workingmen, constitute
Congress the lien law bill, prepared by the
WI TH6,dEerS EEs, mass meeting and indorsed by the
som ass assembly, Messrs Edon
on the part OF the builders, and Thomas
iMeany and Reynolds, on the part of the work,
ingmen, ing We're selected to do the talking. To
day the committee proceeded to the CaDitoI in
pursuance OF their instructions.
THE CORCORAN MARKET.
ne iH4D,c0mmlttee I'M on markets of the House
heard an argument by r. B. Mitchell, in favor
OF the establlshment OF a market in square 4i6
p9rehased n etGa. from w. ". Corcoran, fronting on
Jas. A. Holman, president of the Northern
Liberty Market ARK company, opposed the pas
COURT.
Inc subcommittee of the District commit
zee, navlng me matter in charge, will report in
building for the Police Court. r~'
The PRESIDENT GAVE STATE DINNER last
evening, at which were present the following
guests, seated in the order named, beginning
at the right of the President: Mrs. Randall,
Justice Miller. Mrs. Morrill,. Senator Window
Mrs; Randolph, Senator Gordon, Mrs. Moss
MMr.ToWnsend, MI yv Mrs: Mcfarland Mr.: Bierstadt,
Dawes, Senator Morrill,, Mrs. Key, the Speaker
OF the House, Mrs. Hayes, the Chief JuSfice
mrs: sherman, the Postmaster General, Mrs
Hill. Mr.. Hale, Mrs. Townsend, Mr. Swami.
Mrs. Foster Senator Booth Mrs. Hill. Senator
Ferry, Mrs. Window, the Secretary of the
Treasury, and Mrs. Miller.
THE INVESTIGATION OF DOoRKEEPER POLK
The House committee on reform i'm the civil
service today continued the examination of
DoOrkeeper Polk: He was asked what he
set forth in the Gorryell affidavit. He denies aS
ever having made any such allusion, and c har.
acterized it as lie: Ex-Doorkeeper Buxton
@ ordnsy the as hab fC5tfh of e Con-
plOyeS of the House to employ substitutes to
DO their work, but that during his administra
tion DI as doorkeeper he allowed the practice
only In isolated caSeS-One he mentioned
winch ne did allow, was soldier who had no
arms, who employed a substitute to do the
work In the committee room to which he was
assigned. '
LIEUT.. COMMANDER A. G. KELLOGG has
been detached from duty at the navy yard
here, and ordered to the Portsmouth, N. H.,
navy yard on 18th March,
A RESOLUTION will be introduced i'm the
House on Monday next declaring it to be in
eXpedient to take any step looking to a re-
vision of the tariff at the present Congress.
D1sMIssALs AT THE PATENT OFF1CE.-Be-
sides thirty-nine persons dropped from the
regular roll of the Patent Office Yesterday.
some fifty tracers, the work and the money
Tor whom had both been expended and abOut
twenty-five persons engaged in restoring
models, were discharged. -"e
AT THE CABINET MEETING to-day, the Sec.
retary of State was instructed to carry out at
once, the provisions of the silver bin, calling
for aconferenee with other powers in the new
law. The subject of the passage of the bill
was not even talked over; It was simply
law, and that quickly. The remainder of the
session was devoted to routine businesss