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


District Government Affairs.
Lieut.. R. L. Hoxie, who has been absent a 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 SIS. which he
Will 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.
CaSWeil viii leave this evening in c0mDany with
Gen. Brinkerhof' 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 Entwsie: Carl Klakrinu re-
par brick, 1857 New Jersey avenue: $500. s. X.
Siebert, erect twO-stoTy 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 TODAY with
assaulting with intent to kill another c6lored
woman named Annie ROuths by cutting her with
razor. Annie Rouths testified that last We'd
nesday night. while she was coming from the
store and going to her house ON Samson street,
IN Hells 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 c0lOred 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 ONO OPINION OF OUR CHARITABLE INsTI-
IuTI0Ns, ETC.-Gen. BrinkerhOf 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
tfict. 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.
GodGIng, and were greatly impressed by his
intelligent management of that institution. Gen.
Brinkerhoff was unstinted in his praise of the
system of management pursued by Gen Croker
warden of the Jail, and said that he regarded
him as without a superior as a prison superin-
tendent, and only equalled by the officer in
charge of the penitentiary at Boston. He ex-
pressed himselfvery agreeably disappointed with
the management of all the District institutions
OF charity and REFORM public sentiment out
side the District had moderated them. AS Gen.
8rlnkerhotf has made a special study of chart
ties and prison management for many wears
and visited every important prison and charita-
BILE institution in the United States and Canada.
his views are entitled to great weight.
THE CHARGE OF LIBEL against Samuel g
Lacy and John f. Bruce cOlored publishers of
a newspaper in this city called the Washinoton
sunday Item, in publishing and Circulating a
certain article which charged Drs. Edwin p
HOwland and Samuel 7. Mason, dentists on AZ
street. with breaking numerous persons law
| bones and being unskillful in their PROFESSION
ana being villains and murderers &c was
| caled IN the Police Court this afternoon for ar
gument. Mr.. p. b. Stillson appeared for de-
PENDANTS and claimed that there was no libel in
the case where the charge is backed mn nv
proofs, and he claimed that he could produce
| proofs In this case showing that these men
broke several persons jawbones and seriously
! injured several others. The Court held that III,
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-day Judge Wife in
the Equity Court. made decree divorcinv Jn]ia
| +. Webster from bed and board with James p.
! Webster. The parties were married in Alexan-
| dria in May 1859 and have resided here over
sixteen years, having six children and she
charged him with drunkenness, cruelty, and
| n III hapn f,,nf