Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-01

Of Savannah, Ca, is In the city " Lieut.. j.
Hubbard, U.S.N., is at the National.
THE WIFE of Capt. Payne, Of Capt. Thorn
burgs command, (she is now in this city, re-
ceived telegram from her husband this after
noon corroborating the account Of the battle
with the Indians as contained in the press dis
patches from Milk river In to-day's STAR.
District Government Affairs.
Yesterday the District Commissioners ap-
saloon in the rooms formerly used by the Ger
man-Amer1can Bank, corner of 7th and SITS.
The approval is on the condition that the en-
trance on street be closed up entirely to the
public.
The number of drawback certificates issued
Dy Mr: Roome. IN charge OF reV1sions OF special
aggregattng in amount S2l4, ,430.22.
OFFER TO SELL.
written proposition was received to-day by
the Commissioners from Mr.. j. Edward KrouSe,
Georgetown, offering to sell that hotel to the
District for school purposes, for the sum of
$685. 600; also, Offering to take In exchange the
old school property on Montgomery street and
the engine house property on High street, at
fair valuation. Possession can be given on
November 1st If desired.
DECISION IN FAVOR OF THE DISTRICT.
Mr.. William Birney, ex-attorney for the Dis.
trict, in whose hands were left, at the time Of
his resignation from Office, three cases to at
tend to, Messrs. Riddle and Miller having been
made report to the Commissioners. One is
the case of the administrators Of Hines agt.
the District, which he reports has just been
decided by the court in General Term in favor
of the District. Mr.. Birneys demurrer was
sustained on the ground that an action on the
case of damages cannot be brought against the
District by a person removed from Office, the
damages being laid for such removal.
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Mr.. II. NJ. Barker, attorney for Mr.. j. c. VIII
son, has filed in the collectors office four tax
hnY anrfff aofn finrp fI,a 1nln
taxes due for 1872 on several lots of ground and
improvements thereon, assessed In the name of
Louisa Hayden, superloress Of the ACADEMY Of
the Sacred Heart Of Mary" This property was
conveyed August "a, 1870, to the said Louisa
Hayden 1t Is, as its name implies, an educa-
tional institution. Whether it was so used from
the collector Is unable to learn from the re-
cords, and he has referred the facts to the Com
missioners, requesting information through the
ferred to Attorney Riddle for an opinion. The
attorney has returned them to the Commits
sioners, stating as follows:-"I think Carroll
worship in room of church or cathedral may
claim exemption. II any part Of it Is rented for
secular uses, so much should be taxed; think
~ purpose Of all these schools is not to make
money. The property is used for educational
purposes and not for private gain,' within the
II, 1878. This Is in accordance with my holding
in all these cases."
AN APPEAL FROM vIRGINIANs WHO BRING PRO
DUCE TO DISTRICT MARKETS.
Hon. Eppa HuntOn, chairman OF the House
District Committee, has forwarded communi-
cation received by him from several citizens of
Bloomfield. Loudoun county Va, In which they
state that the hucksters and retail dealers In
this city are trying to have a heavy tax i'm
posed on the market men, as they are called,
haulers OF produce to our market They stat
very great convenience to them; they come
them, however, and buy all the surplus pro-
duce they have to spare, such as butter, eggs.
other way to dispose 81 their surplus but Tito to sell
to these haulers. They supply the retailers in
the market with such articles as the consumers
the produce men. The retailers in the market
are really the middle men. They respectfully
request Mr.. Hunton, as chairman of the Dis
tr1ct committee, to see that these men have
justice done them, so that they may not be
taken and driven from the business. Mr.. Hun
ton endorses on this as follows: 'Respectfully
referred to the District Commissioners with
strong request that no action be taken as here
in suggested. II any such action is urged
please defer it until 1 can examine into the
The District Commissioners have referred the
paper to the treasurer and assessor for report.
This has probably grown out OF the fact that
ordinances to take out license here as produce
brokers, the same as others Of our market men
who do similar business, and who are not
producers OF the articles which they supply our
markets. This license is s25 annually.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to w.
A. Wtmsatt and Florence j. Cleary; Henry H.
Gtll1ngham, OF Baltimore, and Mrs. Lizzie Nor
rice; ThOs. Moland and Mary Ann Steward;
James p. Sherry, of San Francisco, CAL, and
Annie NJ. Gotten: Frank D. Hobbs and Ellen
Abbott; r. h. Norton and Mary A. Butler;
Isaac Birch and Minnie NJ. Graves.
THE TICKET SwINDLE CAsE.-This morning
the grand jury OF the Criminal Court returned
two Indictments against West S. Jones alias
johnson for obtaining money by false pretences
in pretending last May that an entertainment
was to take place at Fosters garden, on Sth
street, for the benefit Of B. Gendle, and selling
tickets therefore to Dr. S. y. II. McKm and Dr..
Theodore Mead.
THE WINNERS at the Louisville races yester-
day were: Three-quarter mile dash, Glendalla;
three-quarter dash, for two-year OldS, Mendels-
sohn, time 1.16l4; mile dash, Rowdy Boy, time
Lag; mile and quarter, Peru, time 213.
REFUSED ADMISSION TO CANoNcHET. Mrs.
Sprague's trustee was refused admission to
Canonchet Monday by ex-Gov. Sprague,
although he was accompan by an agent OF
Mr.. Chaffee, trustee of the Sprague estate. The
object Of the visit was to make an inventory OF
the property in the house, so that Mrs. Sprague
might Indicate what she claimed as her per-
Sona1 pronorty