Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-13
District Government Affairs.

quenceS De what tney may"
District Government Affairs.
Major Hanneman has asked the District COM
missionerS to make a reQuisition on the chief of
ordnance for 140 saluttng cartridges and 300
friction primers for the salute In honor of WASH
ingtons birthday, which will be fired on the
23d, the 22d being Sunday.
LIQUOR LICENSES
approved by the committee on licenSes:-Daniel
Turner, Roper Houghton and Christopher
Boyle. In the case OF j. j. White, SIS street.
committee say that from representations made
In protests filed by citizens OF high character,
they recommend that under no circumstances
should license be granted.
GAsILGHT IN GEORGETOWN.
MI. Seymour, president of the Georgetown
Gaslight Company, and Mr.. Brown, one Of the
assistant engineer, and Mr.. W. II. Bailey, in
spector Of gas for the District, held confer
ence with the District Commissioners yesterday
at the request of the latter, relative to change
tr1ct authorities for the lighting of the streets
of Georgetown, the Commissioners claiming
that there be reduction OF price, to conform
These gentlemen ask to be put on the same
footing with the Washington Gas company as
to terms, embracing the lighting OF the street
lamps by time schedule; price to be given for
each street lamp per annum, the company to do
the lighting, &C. The Commissioners expressed
their Willingness to accede to the propositions
made, and a contract will be made accordingly.
The subcommittee of the House and Senate
District committees with the District Commis-
sioners will make an inspection Of the river
front and flats, tomorrow afternoon, with a.
view to intelligent action on the bill now pend
ing in Congress for the improvement of the river
and harb0r or Washington. The party will
leave the depot of the b. g. P. r. r. at 1:30
o'clock In special car. and view the river flats
from the bridge
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE CITY HALL.
Chief Justice Cartier, of the District Supreme
Court, called to see the District Commissioners
to-day in relation to the extension of the City
Hail. In order to afford more court facilities for
this District. He desired that any plans which
have been or may be made shall ignore ac-
commodatfons for Police Court as the confu-
sion and turmoil attendant upon such court
would not be desirable, besides that court is al
ready well provided with room He also advo-
Gated the project OF having some parking made
noise from vehicles, &C., which disturbS the
quiet necessary for the courts Commissioner
TWintng said the Commissioners had very little
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belonging to the United States governmept,
and it was probable any plans to be made Will
United States. Should this duty be assigned to
the commissioners OF the District, they would
be glad to give the suggestions due considera-
ton.
INcEND1ARIsM.-Thom Unsworth reports
that about o'clock last night, some unknown
frame house on sth street near T, by placing
cotton saturated with coal Oil in the walls. The
fire was exttnguished with but small loss.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CARROLL INSTITUTE
presented to their guests last evening" at the
l prorramme am M Of Unusual excellence 1 The % 9entIs.
men who took part in the exercises acquitted
themselves most ably-notably, Mr. Ralph
Jefferson, MT. VIM Lackey, Mr.: E. '. Murphy,
Matt. B. johnson executed some rapid sketches
in crayon remarkably well The musical por-
tion Of the programme was fully up to the usual
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Ar
thur Blackburn and Mary Gordon; John Wash
ingten, of Washington, D. c., and Ella Herrit,
of Alexandra, Va.
PROF. FREDERICK PECK, ascient1st of acknowl-
edged merit and formerly connected with the
Agricultural department as botanist, died at
the Washington almshouse Wednesday last,
some Of his personal friends, the interment
being made In the Congressional cemetery.
Prof. Peck was 70 years old, and since the death
years since, he has been In bad health, and
having no one to look after his personal conn
forts he has been an inmate Of the asylum.
Among ss esas were found many
Hon. Horace Mann, PROT Grey and Others,
showing the esteem In which he was held as a
France
Mr. FIsKEs LKCTURES-Mr. John F1ske, who.
begins course of four lectures on 'America,S
Place in History" Is one OF the most disttn-
guished Of the younger American thinkers and
authors. His philosophical writings have at
tracted much attention In this country and
abroad. Both these and many miscellaneous.
contributions to periodicals have recorded that
he is q man OF wide and varied learning and
Of real power. About year ago he delivered
course OF lectures on American history. In the
Old South church at Boston, for the benefit Of
the preservation fund. They were at once rec
ognized as OF extraordinary merit, and he was
London university, and went. The lectures
were very successful there; men like Huxley
and Herbert Spencer attending and applaudin0.
Mr.. F1ske has Just been invited to give three
lectures on american Political Ideasr at the
Royal Institution OF Great Britain, and win san
or England In few weeks. The lectures which
are to be given here have Just been given in
New York, and awakened so much interest that
hey are to be repeated there at once.