Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-04
District Government Affairs.

District Government Affairs.
Building Inspector EntW1Sle has condemned
the dilapidated brick house northwest corner
9Th and Il streets, and ordered its removal with.
In 80 days.
DELEGATION OF cLERGYMEN
consisting OF Revs. Messrs, Lanahan. Butler,
mason, Leach. Mead0r, and others was before
the District Commissioners this morning to pro-
test against the duty required Of them by the
heaith officer In making reports of marriages to
him for the vital statistics. This is duty i'm
posed upon the clergymen by an old board OF
health ordnance, but which was confirmed by
Congress, thus making 1t a law.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle:-Ed: Abner, re-
pair two story brick building towards the west,
on E. between 7th and Sth SITS. NV; S., 900. VIM.
lia Hampstead. repair frame 1915 nth St n. W.;
$500. Henry E. Scott, erect three story house,
Massachusetts ave. and 9th st.; $4,000.
STREET SCHOOL HOUsE.-Mr. John II. Hewlett,
the contractor for building the new school build
ing on street. between 9Th and Ith streets.
last Lsa evening received note from one Of the
and streets, stating that as he was the lowest
bidder for erecting that school building, and a
contract n1t t. was Is, about to issue to him, he the
the commissioners that he protested against the
erection OF said building, and proposed to seek
proper interference In the courts to prevent it,
ano, necessary, to carry the matter before
congress. The writer then formally notifies Mr..
nOWiett mat II contract should be made with
Rrow " what n snoe,a 5 astempt to 60 on he VIII
tne commissioners to act in the matter. the
writer states that he thinks Mr.. 81, does NOT
nave any right to erect school house tn sre.f
THE STREET swEEPERs IN CouRr.-Yesterday
Lew r. wright, late contractor for street sweep
ing, as owner Of the Mcdonald patent No.
g, 1874 for street sweepers, entered suit against
henry L. Crawford for an Injunction against the
use use OF the Edson sWeepers, with which the lat
tSf ~ now performing the work. Il is alleged
that Mcdonald obtained patent In 1869 for a
sweeper including the spiral brush and con-
tst nectlops and raising and lowering gear, and
tnat j. Edson's patent obtained In September.
Is,5, inninges on these claims. hearing wilf
take place Friday to determine whether pre-
LlnlnaIy Injunction shall issue pending final
nearing fhsI n OF the case. 1t will be remembered
tnaL CraDford entered on the work July az
sio,eeo year less price than Wright contracted
for last year,
az At Lancaster, Pa, Monday night, seven
year-old daughter OF John Booth died OF hydro
pnoDla. She was bitten by dog seven weeks
ego.
tween the habeas corpus writ from the supreme
court ard the mandate of the governor of Mary
iand, the Baltimore bank forgers Will be retain I'd
In New York.
SE A tunnel under the ST. Lawrence river at
montreal Is to be undertaken.
ia Pittsburg man jumped from bridge
IoIty ieet, receiving fatal injuries, rather than
ntsa. aeeI nus wife while he was walking with an
OtucT woman.
UF. Charles Moor, rector OF the Jesuit Col
iege at Innsbruck, died recently. With him
ends the race OF the Counts Moor immortalized
by Schiller
.@ The ceremony of receiving into the Jew
tsn,,, tsn Ia1th woman who had been converted
IIom @ Christianity was recent religious event in
Rochester.
@ Lord Lansdowne, having seeded from the
government on the Irish bill, has taken seat
next to Lord Derby. They may possibly be the
germ OF uberal-conserVative cabinet In the
future. -
~ The Rev. Father Synnott thought that
morse was hitched too close to hts church at
br1dgepoft, Conn. He struck the horse and its
10y driver with whip, and has been sued for
$500 damages
"a During the year ended June 80, last Il, ,05s
canadian em1gTantS crossed over at Port Sar-
MIA and declared their intention OF be0ominr
permanent residents Of the United Statel