Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-10
CITY AND DISTRICT.

CITY AND DISTRICT.
Condensed Locals.
Samuel Young. cOlored. of the P. o. depart
hent. says the report that he was robbed of his
watch is mistake
Mr.. Henry KOlb. a well known German restau.
rant keeper on d. near 10th streets northwest
died last night of drOpsy. He was in the seventy.
second year of his age. He was the father OF
Edward kOlb, keeper of restaurant corner OF
Sth and streets.
Mr.. Frank buckingham. an engine tender in
the construction department of the Washington
navy yard, was severely injured yesterday by a
heavy wood hatch-trap falling upon him. pro.
dueing several bad Commissions of the head and
so iacerating thumb that it had to be ampu.
tated.
At the regular meeting of the National Arbi-
tratiOn League last night at the Quaker church
on street. Hon. F. Z. Stanton i'm the chair an
address was delivered by Col. ID. S. Curtiss
Mrs. Belva Lockwood read an English paper on
President Garfield's views upon the subject OF
arbitration.
At the eighty-third monthly meeting of the
Jefferson Cooperative Building Association. held
last evening. 500 were advanced upon at pre-
MUM of eighty per cent, and six shares drawn
fer redemption.
Yesterday. Mr. ]. H. King. agent of the S. P.
GA, arrested Hamilton Wilson for working a
e1ondered horse, and another sick with con-
sumption The former was killed and the latter
esaDled and the veterinary surgeon sent for.
smother glandered horse discovered by him was
sent to the wharf where dead animals are
snapped away and there killed by a policeman
The CrotOn Flour mills. Cherry street. New
York, and the Vermont Farmers Machine COM
Yany have through their agents made application
20 the secretary OF the National Fair Association
ISf space to display their products at the next
fnif i'm this city.
Last evening, while Edward TYLER was work
ing an excavation for iron ore near Branchville.
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad a larpe
baak fell upon him and caused serious internal
Inquiries. He was brought to this city and re-
moved from the depot to his residence, on 0
street., between 1st and I'd streets northwest, in
TIE police ambulance.
ONCE, has left with party of excursiOnists Tor
the lower Potomac. to be absent ten days.
District Government Affairs.
The receipts from the office of sealer of
weights and measures for the month of July
foeted up S1125O.
The Commissioners have addressed letter to
the purchasing committee of the Produce Ex-
change, asking to whom the conveyance of the
old guard house property. recently sold, shall be
masie, as the commissioners are ready to execute
Tie deed of transfer.
A letter received by the District Commission
sfs yesterday from Secretary Blaine. enclosed
anOther from Mr.. Francisco SarCO of Catania
kaiy, requesting all information possible of the
descendants of Michele SardO. who emigrated
70 this country in 1907 and made this city his
home
The inspector of buildings has notified the
eEent OF the house owned 10y the Carusi heirs
1857 street northwest. that it is in such q bad
coalition that he is compelled TO condemn it as
oA1t for human habitation, and thirty days are
Gwen for it to be taken down.
BIDS WERE OPENED
IN The Office OF the building Inspector this morn
mo- for MAKING briek and % 70 hn
south part of the Washington workhOuse as
follows: David L. Cissei. $3.50; H. Himber.
$2o6.26 and X. A. Edmonston, $500. No award
mode
THE METROPOLITAN ME-. CHURCH sPIRE.
Building Inspector Entwisle has. in company
with Mr. Chas. Walker and Assistant Engineer
McCOomb. made an examination of the spire of
the Metropolitan church. at corner of AZ and G.
streets, and finds that the spire was originally
defective in construction. and in danger OF
breaking off at the point where the wood work
ID Joined to the stone work at the top of the
tower. He has not Yet had final consultation
with either Mr.. Walker or Mr.. McCoomb. whose
reports he is awaiting before coming to q con-
clnsion 1t is probable that the church authori-
ties Will be required to strengthen the spre to
the satisfaction of the inspector of buildings.
SUIT AGAINST CONvENT-Mrs Mabel G.
Bell (wife OF Professor A. G.. Bell. } through her
attorney Mr.. Nathaniel Wilson, YESTERDAY filed
q Dill IN equity against the Sisters of the Acad-
envy OF the Visitation, Georgetown PRAYING for
an injunction to prevent the defendants from
cutting on the sewer connection of the
piaintin house. near the convent with the
private sewer of the convent. Mrs Bell alleges
that. having obtained permission to connect the
sewer from her dwelling with this private sewer
recently the sewer was repaired at her expense
Not long since the sisters of the academy notified
the plaintiff that she would have to seek som.
ether sewer connection, they proposed to Gu,
the one off that now connected with the priyat,
sewer OF the academy. temporary restraining
order was granted.
FORMATION OF LADIES LAND LEAGUE
4 Ladies' Land League was formed at Tall
madge Hall last night by the election of Mrs. j
T. OBeirne. president: Mrs. John ONeil vice
PRESIDENT Mrs. Ellen 0'Rouke, treasurer ant
Mss Kate Deineen. secretary. Mrs. Parnell ant
Miss Ford were present, and being introduce,
by Mr.. p. j. O'Donahue who stated the Obec
OF the meeting, they made addresses. AbOu
hfty persons were in attendance
LIVELY PURSUIT OF THIEF.-About tel
O'Clock last night. Officer Robert Venneman wa
standing in front of Godfreys restaurant, on TIN
street side. and saw a cOlOred man walkin:
Past with a bundle OF clothing in his arms. SuS
pectin@ that the clothing might have been stolen
the officer ordered him to halt. Instead of dom.
so. the man started on q run. pursued by tn
oHcer named and his partner Horn. At 13tl
Street and the avenue he dropped his bundl
ahd increased his speed down street pas
saiiors stables. HarbOr Master J. H. Sutton
who was at the corner OF 14th and E streets
stepped behind tree-oox and on the approach
ei the neeing man ordered him to halt whicl
ofner was also UNDECIDED. Mr. Sutton tnel
Pahed out his revolver and fired shot into tn,
- ana started IN pursuit. The man rar like
eer, ana another shot from Sutton whcl
"a 'front.' OF the livery stable on E. between
t5sai ana 10Th streets, seemed only to have tn
9eet OF increasing his speed towards the Whit
ne was captured finally by MIR. Lem
Weeden, corner of L and 18th streets an,
ned over TO the officers. The bundle q
enihs was recovered, and on opening it q
e,< station house IT was found to contain a si
Csss, TWO SIX basques, a calico wrapper. ni.,i,
0ess and sundry other articles which the. tb;.
aeAnowledged he had stolen early i'm the eyer
-, from 1904 street northwest TWAS asce,
e1ned that the articles had been taken from
mss Candy in that house. The man gave hi
rame as Henry Williams, ara said he was en-
ployed at Rabies saloon. near Eoachs s,ri:i.
IN Virginia He admitted entering the house D
seeond-story rear wiadow.