Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-20
District Government Affairs.

Lieut., w. L. HOX1c, VINO mas Deen absent q few
days to examine the sewer system now being in
augurated in Boston, returned to the city last
night.
Among the discoveries made by the water
registrar is that a number of restaurants are
using water faucets behind their bars not in
Guided in the tax paid for water rent The cost
per year for these extra fixtures is $15 which he
VIII at once proceed to collect, or turn off the
water.
The District Commissioners have designated
Mr.. George A. Caswell. commissioner of the
Washington Asylum. as delegate to the meeting
of National Conference of Charities and COrrec-
lions. which meet in Boston next week. Mr.
Caswell will leave this evening. in company with
Gen. Brinkerhoff, of the board of charities and
corrections of Ohio, and on the way to Boston
will examine the institutions of Pennsylvania.
New YORK, Rhode Island and other points.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwise: Carl Klakrinu. re-
pair brick, 1877 New Jersey avenue: $500. s. r.
Slebert, erect two-story dwelling, Columbia
road, near 14th street extended; $1,000.
A JEALOUS WIFE Cuts HER RIVAL WITH A
RAZOR.-A colored woman named Clara Wallace
was charged. in the Police Court. to-day with
assaulting with intent to kill another c0lOred
woman named Annie ROuths. by cutting her with
razor. Annie R0uths testified that last We'd
nesday night, while she was coming from the
store and going to her house on Samson street,
Gin Hell's bottom this woman met her and ac-
cused witness of taking her husband away from
her, and cursed her, and threatened her. and
then cut witness across the breast with a razor.
Another cOOred woman named Rachael johnson
testified that Clara came to her house, after the
cutting. and inquired if Annie ROuths was there.
and said she had cut her. and intended to cut her
CUTS out the next time she met her; and that
some OF Armies clothes were in the house. and
Clara took them and cut them into shreds and
threw them out and said that that is the way she
would do the woman who owned them if she was
there. The court said that he intended to put
his seal of condemnation on this cutting bust
ness; and sent the case to the grand jury under
$500 bonds.
AN OHIO OPINION OF OUR CHARITABLE INsTI-
TuT1oNs ETC.-Gen. Brinkerhoff. of the Ohio
State Board of Charities, in company with DR..
Tindall and Commissioner Caswell, has visited
several of the charitable institutions of the Dis
tl1ct. He was greatly interested in the Deaf and
Dumb College, and pleased with the thorough
ness OF the management there. The greater
part of the day was given to visit to the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane, where the Wis
itors were shown over the establishment by Dr.
GOdding, and were greatly impressed by his
intelligent management of that institution Gen.
Brlnkerhof was unStiBted in his praise of the
system OF management pursued by Gen. Croker.
warden of the JAIL and said that he regarded
him as without superior as a prison superil-
tendent, and only equalled by the officer in
charge of the penitentiary at Boston. He ex-
pressed himselfvery agreeaby disappointed with
the management of all the District institutions
OF charity and reform, as public sentiment out
side the District had moderated them. AS Gen,
BrlnkerhOf has made a special study of chart
Ties and prison management for many years,
ana visited every important prison and charita-
pie institution in the United States and Canada,
his views are entitled to great weight.
The CHARGE OF LIBEL against Samuel g.
Lacy and John +. Bruce, cOlored. publishers Of
newspaper in this city called the WASHINGTON
Sunday Item, in publishing and circulatinT a
certain article which charged Drs. Edwin D
Rowland and Samuel T. Mason, dentists on AZ
| street, with 'breaking numerous persons iaw
| bones and being unskillful in their profession
| ana being villains and murderers," &c. was
called IN the Police Court this afternoon for ar
gument. Mr.. p. B. StillSOn appeared for do.
PENDANTS and claimed that there was no libel in
| the case where the charge is backed nm nv
proofs, and he claimed that he could produce
proofs In this case showing that these mon
| broke several persons jawbOnes and seriously
| injured several others. The Court held that he
was only sitting as an examining magistrate and
could not dispose of the case, it being out of his
| jurisdiction. The case was sent to the grand
jury under $500 bonds each.
DIVORCED To-DAY.-To-iay Judge Wy1ie. il
the Equity Court made decree divOrcing Julia
F. Webster from bed and board with James E
Webster. The parties were married in Alexan
dria in May, 1859, and have resided here ove]
sixteen years, having six children, and she
charged him with drunkenness, cruelty, ant
failure to support her and family.