Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-18


The District Commissioners to day made a
requisiilon Tor forty set of cavalry equipments
embracing pistols, ammunition, saddles bri-
dies, &c., &c, for use Of the police depart
ment
The District Commissioners have made re-
QUESTION upon Chief of Ordnance, Gen. 5. V.
Berret, Tor some canteenS, carbine Sings
and quantity of carbine cartridges for the
Major J. X, Hanneman, commanding the Dis
tCct artillery.
lew WATER MAINS
Water Registrar Cox has recommended that
the service pipes on the line of lith street.
which is now being paved. be taken up and
relaid with galvanized iron. These old service
pipes were put in by the board OF public works
as an experiment, being of a composition of
lead, zinc &C.. which does not stand the test
OF time, many of them being so corroded as to
leak badly. This work is done at the expense
OF the general fund, as 1t has been assessed
against the property and paid for, and it would
be unjust TO compel another tax for the same
expense when the District was in the fault
Mr.. Cox is having water mains laid as follows:
South side OF q street, between 9th and 7Ch
streets northwest west side OF 9Th street. be
tween and streets southwest; center OF
street, between Sd and AZ streets southwest;
center of F street, between I'd and AZ streets
southwest; east side Of 18th street, between s
and Riggs streets northwest; center of ID
street, between LIST and I'd streets southeast.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector EHtwiSle: s. S. Wales re-
pair frame house on q street, between Sth
and 9Th southwest; 300. Estate G. r. Thomp-
son, build brick addition to house SIS 9TH street
southwest; $3.50. Margaret c. Moore, con-
struct twO-StOry brick dwelling on 9th street,
between l. and M northwest; $2,2W. Annie
wilson, repair house 2l3 10th street northwest:
So Mary T. Coleman, raise One-stOry frame,
i5-O list street northwest; $50. NJ A. Gihon
repair prick house, 706 18th street northwest !:
20. ALBERT b. jackson, construct twO-Story
CiNh dWtllng on Congress street between
Sto1CaId and Road, Georgetown; $4,000 s.
a. BLOCK, construct brick addition TO brick
p9nI;e, "a 'ln street southwest: sll30. j. T.
biIIlhSSley repair frame, 81 G. street south-
west; Si51. John III. Baum repa,r fra me Shads
corner 10th and g streets southwest san
BLACK SILKS, colored silks: black caSb.
mereS, cOlOred caShmeres, black alpacaS
beautiful dress good, part wool, Is; black
cashmere shawls black Grape wells. Carter's
al Market Space. Cardinal. blue and white
Shetland shawls, $50 and 81: DR.. Warmers
health corset, 9. %; childrens colored stock
Tugs, ., q and 50; ladies' real English stock
iUgs, p; lace for curtainS.-Adf.
BOSTON PET IN COURT AGAIN.-The case
OF Edward Perkins better known as Boston
ret, charged with the larceny OF $1,000 in
ponds from eX-Naval Constructor HanScOm,
vas again before Judge Humphreys on writ
Si haOeas corpus yesterday, and was argued
~ eir. A - Williams for the petitioner, and
Distrlet Attorney Wells and his assistant for
the government: The accused was remanded
TO the custody of the warden.
CARPETS, CARPETS, large stock to make
selection from, all at bottom figures: oil cloth.
ali widths; Nottingham lace from q IN 81 sd
cents; wool blankets, from & 50 per pair.
Iowson's, Go Pa. aYe.-Adrt.