The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-09-19
pistrict Government Notes.

The clerks in the Office of the Collector
= of Taxes are to-day busy completing the
annual report of the office.
! Ed. Temple will invest $500 in the con-
struction of two brick dwellings in alley
= near Seventh and ID streets southwest.
E Commodore Pattison has requested the
Commissioners to improve the grade of NJ
street southeast, from Eighth to Ninth.
The Commissioners have declined to
give John L. Ripple permit to canvass
and sell books in the District without q H.
ccnse.
Tho Commissioners have requested an
Rinterview with the directors of the George
3town market to determine certain points
e. in dispute.
Nj. c. Stewart received permit to-day
2for building two brick dwellings at Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
4 to cost $3.50.
In response to an order from the Com
1missioners the Intendant Of the Insane
Asylum is investigating the practicability
3of sending the non resident inmates to their
homes.
The schooners Fanny, John Willie,
}Franconia, Purdy, Frank Harrington, Kitty
: Ann, Mary Percilla, Sarah Jane John
qGillet, and the steamer Sue arrived at the
swharvcs yesterday.
"A communication from A. l.. Barber
declining to supply asphalt to the District
Rat price satisfactory to the Commits
8sioners, was received by the Commissioners
to-day.
! The Commissioners have notified the
ecommandant of the Navy-yard that n letter
sof his requesting paving and improvements
! in the vicinity of the Navy-yard has been
referred to the Engineer Commissioner.
: The report of the Police Department
for the year ending June 30, 1881, was sub
United to the Commissioners this afternoon.
The substance of the document we have
already published. The report contains
Recommendations for girls rcformatory
institution, the better Lighting of alleys,
; etc., previously considered, and gives an es-
innate of the expenses of the department
+ for the next fiscal year, making total of
3S307, $50.
Mr.: Keene still talks very bearish, cs-
pecially on Western Union, and the Wander
Bbilt brokers also, and the complaints of
general mismanagement and poor service
: are the arguments put forward. The short
interest in the latter is estimated as large
rs 100000 shares and fully 10000 shares of
shorts were put out on Saturday. Parties
who are on confidential terms with the
e Hannibal pool say another twist is possible,
8but not probable The threatened twist
Preferred to in Hannibal in this paragraph is
lin the preferred stock, as will be readily
understood, and not the common.
$. Hess, esq, living at No. 145 o street
8n0rthwest, has sent communication in be-
Ahalf of the residents of o street to the
commissioners complaining that the exca-
5yations for the new high school have choked
Hup the sewers in the neighborhood of square
\ i6, and that the last rain storm caused pools
zof water to collect for several squares, and
9that they still remain stagnant and muddy
Eand prove II great source of stencil and
6sickncss. The nuisance complained Of Is
Preferred to the Commissioners.
Il Col Webster and Col. Moore called on
4the Commissioners to-day and introduced
1.-TWO members of the staff Of the governor of
Massachusetts. The object of the visit was
Ito procure the cooperation of the District
commissioners in proposed reception to be
Bgiven in this city to the governor of Massa-
hchusetts with his staff and large military
aescort on the morning Of October Is, when
1.-The gubernatorial party are on their way ia
I yorktown. The approval of Judge Dent
Z was secured, and Colonies Moore and Web
= ster given permission to arrange the details
Iof the reception.
The statement of the births, marriages
and deaths during the month of August
was issued from the Health office to-day
frhe total number of deaths during that
aperiod was 43l, or 100 more than during
9August, 1880 The deaths were divided as
1follows; POS white, 226 colored, which is
M less than during July. Among the
Bdeaths, % from malarial fever and IL from
faccidents were noted. Two hundred and
zninety- four births were reported, 90 white
u q i T.. Il.
smales, and 50 colored females. Seven pairs
sof twins were among the new arrivals.
4rhere were So marriages, 43 white and Is
1colored.