Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-31
District Government Affairs,

=. The district Commissioners were all pre- sent
TINS morning at their posts Commissioners
Dent IS much improved, but not entirely re-
covered from his bad cold.
At O'Clock to-day the number of tax-tags
for dogs, sold by Collector Cook, was $50.
The policemen were paid to day for the
The District Treasurer has been ordered to
required base ball clubs to pay license in al
cases where admission fees are collected.
under the license laws OF the District, (clause
The published sensation in relation to an
aims house horror is characterized by the
that institution as a gross exaggeration. These
officials have all Joined In asking for a thorough
investigation ii the District Commissioners
think the charges worthy of their notice.
Commissioner Twining has approved the
following rule: All claim agents or other per-
sons connected with the prosecution of claims
room No: Is, or from holding any communl
cation with the clerks during Office hours,
relative to, the work of the office. Also, that
will be entertained by the department
INSPECTION OF SEWERS
A general Inspection into the condition of
the old sewers of this city, made by Mr.. Z. M.
Chaplin. superintendent of repairs, discloses
state, and that something must be done to
save the District trouble and expense. The
o.d SeWer-one OF the first large ones made in
TINS city some twenty five years ago.running
from 1iber Creek and 1st street up Indiana
avenue, diagonaly through the City Hall lot
10 ON and u, and up 9th to street, is in many
places decaying, and that portion of 1t on oh
street is in danger Of falling in. Most of the
lateral branches of the B-street sewer are rap
Idly filing up with sand and gravel, and force
o. men are cOnStantlyrequiredt to keep them i'll
working use. The 14th-street sewer, on which
repairs have been made, is now in better con-
dition than when first made. Many radical
changes Will have to be made In our sewerage
system but not under the present limited aD-
propriatiOns The streets must first be re-
paired.
REDUCING POLICE EXPENSES
Tie District Commissioners have notified
Major Morgan of their purpose to reduce the
expenses OF the police establishment, and to
this end direct that the services of Messrs A
De We're Burr and G. &. Royce, clerks at police
headquarters, will have to be dispened with
after this date (July 3D. These clerks are ell
Gent, and are well known to visitors at police
headquarters. Major Morgan very much re-
gretS losing their services. Mr.. Burr is a son
OF Major De We're Burr, who was one of the
members OF former police board, and for
lOng time treasurer OF the board.
REVIEW OF SPECIAL Ass ESSMENTs
review IN some % cases of special assess
ments upon streets where revlSiOns had been
made under, the old rules, were yesterday
as TO give them the benefit Of the regulations
recently adopted to govern such revisons
The effect has been generally to reduce the
reviewed: F st. north from 18th to 23d west :;
G., between I'd and as SITS. n.w.;SN between
9th and 10th SITS. NV. l4th, between and ii
SITS. NV; l., between 18th and 18th SITS. wv;
], between 18th and 18th SITS. NV; n, between
18th and 18th SITS. NV. 18th ST., from Indi ina
ave. to New York ave. west; Pennsylvania
ave-, from 18th ST. to Rock Creek; 7th ST. west,
from b to q stS north; A st. north, from 1st
to I'd east; 9Th st. west from Louisiana ave.
to q ST. north; l313 st. west, from PenuSylva-
MIA ave. to b ST north Potomac from Bridge
PCGomac SITS, Georgetown; 5th, between G
and o SITS; NV; ST., between Scott statue
and list ST. NV; +, between 9Th and 18th StS ::
Prospect, between High and Market sts,
Georgetown; 21St, between E and q SITS. ny
lSt from High to Fayette StS., Georgetown:
18th ST, from Pennsylvania ave. to B st. NV:
5. from 1ith 10 18th SITS, NV. 18th ST., between
Pennsylvania ave. and f ST. NV. : Congress,
between Bridge and West sts, Georgetown.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector EntwiSle: Laura Banes
construct two-st0ry brick dwelling. Mass
avenue, between 1St and I'd streets northeast:
$1,000 John Rupert, construct a twostory
aaa tn AND
frame l6l6 18th street northwest; $3.50. James
MOrlarty, repair frame dwelling, 20l3 X
street northwest: s75; George Savage, repair
northwest; 500. f. Widows, construct a
two-story brick stable, I'LL street, between
llth and 18th northwest; 500. Simeon Swim
dells, repair a frame dwelling 9Th street, be-
tween Market and Frederick streets, George
town; $50.
HABEAs CORPUS IN THE CASE OF GEORGE
II. BCTLEK.-To.day, Judge Humphreys Or
dered writ of hubeaS corpus to issue COM
manding the warden of the jail to produce be-
fore him at two o clock to morrow one George
ii. Butler. The petition, filed by MeSSrs. w.
A. Cook and Arthur Browning sets forth that
petitioner (Butler) was committed to jail by
the Police Court on the 18Th of July (inSt):
that on or about the first of July he ordered
suit OF clothes to be made by one Alexander
Nichol, a merchant tailor, and deposited with
him 81 as part payment: that On the 10Th ne
went to the store and asked for the clotneS
and they were delivered to him, they retain
ing the Old clothes which were removed from
his person and the S. already paid and he
thereupOn walked out, without any feloniouS
intent, promising and intending to pay said
Nichols if he would send messenger with
him to the office OF the Sunday HerdId He
further represents that on the 18th S. Elliot. a
clerk OF NichOl, obtained of the Police Court
warrant for hisarrest, charging him with iarce-
he was fined So and cost, or thirty days in
jail: He AYERS that the warrant was illegal
and unjust, and the court had no jurisdiction
to convict HIN criminally for the transaction
ana the acting judge transcribed his author
lily. He therefore asks his discharge.
A WIFE's SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST HER
HUsBAND.-Today MIR. II. B. MoultOn, for
Kate Carpenter, filed a bill for divorce from
John. X. Carpenter. She states that she was
Der Sd, 1867, her maiden name being Ball that
they have lived since two years at Brownsville
Texas, and subsequentlyin New York city and
are dead; that up to 1874 nothing occurred to
distur b the pleasant relations between them:
that since the spring of "a ne has failed to sup.
port her and squandered his money in gam.
bllrT, and owing to her pressing wants she
W. bhged to seek and obtain employment in
New York city. She charges that he commit
ted adultery with one Anna E.Welch, at Mount
Clair, n. j., in February, 1877, and at other
times and places since and subsequent: and
he committed bigamy on the I'd Of February
by marrying said Anna f. WEIGH, at Mount
Clair, n. j., for which he was arrested, con-
vlcted, and sentenced to the penitentiary. She
also charges that upon four different occasions
he tried to poison her-Once before his mar
riage to Anna E.Welch. and three times since
and upon one occasion heWaS so sure of &C
cOmplishng his purpose that he borrowed $50
OF The editor of the New York Times to bury
her, informing him that she had died the night
preceding.
LARGE REAL ESTATE SALEs.s-Messrs. A. l..
Barber & Co. have sold to Henry c. Putnam
Esq, OF Wisconsin, an interest in LIE Droit
Park for $4,000. Mr.. Putnam is worthy
banker and capitalist. He spent most of last
winter in this city for his health, and has de-
termined to make it his permanent residence
INJUNCTION AGAINST A TAX SALE.-To-day
c. b. Young, by Mr.. N. Wilson, filed bill for
an injunction to restrain the District from
selling lot q, square 2lS, for unpaid taxes
which he claims to have been illegally asses
Sed, as said property is used exclusively for