Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-21
District Government An.,r..

CommiSSioner rhelus returned this morning
ION t,uni has trlp To New York, and resumed his
oults at tie Columbia buildings. A portion
VI ms tne duling his absence was spent i'm
NV Nv hofS arnor on fishing excursion.
,o,nH.sii. DouSisss has assigned he roCm
ioimeiIS occupied by The National Monument-
AsSocl.tia ION, in the basement of the cIty han
measire NJ mr Sames fnr small sGaler ot weighs ard
testing weights and measures
FIRE ARMS FOR THE POLICE
Tie District Commissioners have made a "a
QUESTION on Chief of Ordnance General y Y
h net for two hundred army breech loading
REVIEWERS; two hundred waist belts aud mates
The same number of cartridge boxes. oys
thousand cartridges for use OF the police They
were dis, ,nbutCi today.
THE RIVER FLATS NrrsLNCr
Health oficVr 10wusheud to-day. sent thf,
following communication To the District Com
missi, ners: Complaints having been made
e This office of foul and offensive odorS
euanating from accumulationS OF al n along
the eastern side of the long bridge causeway,
L made personal examination OF the locality,
ard have the honor Ia report:
l, That large quantities OF decaying animal
and vegetab bic matter has found lodgment ON
the eastern side of the causeway near the
Shore, extending southwark along said cause
way distance of many Yards
:. That the stencil from said deposits il ex-
est dlngly offensive. and the gases arising
thereirom prejudicial TO health
8. That this dangerous nui ance which i'm
my Judgment is partially caused by sewerage
irs m The city, cannot be permanently abol-
X.
rary relief may be afforded by the use of eight
or ten barrels of Custer disIufeotant at an
expense OF about SIS. earnestly recommend
measures looking to the permanent abolish
ment OF the nuisance be at once Instituted
and that may be authorized TO use the disin-
fectant named as means OF temporary re-
In connection with this subject il may be
stated tha; citizens residing In South Wash
ington, west OF 18th street, have for some time
past been puzzled to know where a most sick
ening odor comes from during the Southerly
winds. This has been talked about in this
reighhorhood for several weeks past and il
accounts for the appearance of Typhoid and
other feyerS i'm that locality. The only way TO
get rid it is by dred ging, there is thick mat
interviewer with the floating grass
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector EntwiSle: VIM. CromIfop y,
repair brick building l7ls p n NV: 50.
WIN: Union, erect shed, No: 1870 l9,h -. n.
W.: $50 Mary E.Cate make addition 10 frame.
No. $40 Sth st. ne. $500. q. w. Riggs, make
alterations in house corner of " aud sts n
W; $1,000: Mary L. Camp, repair brick house.
No. s2l Virginia avenue S.w. SPA. MchleI
WEIGH, repair frame, L, between 20h and 2lsu
sts. NV; 500. John Brooks, repair frame-
22z 9TH st. Sc; SO. X. Reyhurn, repair brick
buildings, Nos 2l53 and 2l27 + st. NV; $50.
TIL. POTOMAC STEAMBOAT LrSE-A meets
ing OF the stockholders OF the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railioad was
he'd iD Richmond yesterday to reconsider the
action of the company at the last meeting i'm
regard to re-eStabishing the Potomac steam
ton and the north. a resolution was offered
10y {. +. Mayer, of Baltimore, that, 4 consid-
GRAFTON of the objection made 10y the state
rallroad commissioner, to avoid the tedious
and costly litigation in which the Company
would be placed by its defiant antagDnism To
tie state government, the board of directors
be instructed TO take no action in relation {,
the Potomac Steamboat company without fur
ther instructions from the next general meet
ing OF the stockholders. After a long discus
sion the resolution was rejected On a recorded
vote-yeas 2,l26; nays Asp. This ra ifles tie
action of the last meeting for the re- astabliSh-
ment of the boat line. Judge Robert Ould was
then elected president OF the road defeating
Col. John M. Robinson, the present incumbent,
10y the same vote. The following board of d.
rectors was next elected in place of the pres
ent lncumbents:-John s. Blackburn Alexan-
dlia, Va: Isaac III. Darlington, Richmond;
Moncure Robinson, jr., Philadelphia, and
Alfred Horner. PHILADELPHIA.
The DEAF MUTE COLLEGE at Kendall Green
commenced the work of a new year on Thurs
day OF this week. New students from Mich.
lgan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
have already presented themselves for admiS-
sion, and others are soon to follow from Ten
nessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, New
York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. About
thirty OF the states will be represented i'm the
college the present year. the number of stu
dents being larger than ever before. The
building which was completed last spring now
ryIng forward OF the operations OF the college.
The approaches 10 the building have been
handsomely improved during the summer.
main entrance to the grounds at the junction
of M and Boundary streets northeast. To-
morrow afternoon, at 34 O'Clock, the first
and will be conducted by President Galiaudee
and Prof Chickering. These exercises viii
be open to the public.
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