Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-30
District Government Affairs.

| District Government Affairs.
MI w: o. ROome, chief Of the special assess
sessments against alley In square $50 and alley In
sluare %; also the assessments for sewer on 9TH,
Stn, and streets, fronts of square 416
Inc major OF police has received instructions
from the commissioners, to direct his officers &c
proceed against propretOrs OF bar-rooms who are
without license for the present license year.
Building permits issued by Inspector Entwisle
j. w Fl. VanHorn, erect store and dwelling, 5th
| between q and r streets northwest; 81 200.
| LIQUOR LICENSES.
Liquor licenses have been approved by the
license board as follows: Augustus Boehman John
Baier, Henry Buehler, Henry Bernheimer, James
Connors, james Donnelly, j. W. Denly, w. c.
Drury, p. B. Dunn, G. Il. FOgle, r. A. Golden
Edward Kolb, Mary Mckinney, Fred, Moelici
Martha A. Hack, r. j: Marshall, Ignat1us Nav.
Mm Tn F. poutSn Roeselle John Travers
| Whitney. Thus far there have been issued this
year 29 liquor licenses against about 500 last year
NOT PROvEN.-Ths morning in the Police Court
Young man named Henry Loerbeck, driver of a
| United states mail wagon, was charged by Mr.: j.
his horses The driver stated that he has to get
from the main Office to the Capitol Hill Office In
twenty minutes and was seven minutes late. but
did not cruelty beat the horse The evidence
| showed no great cruelty and the case was dis
missed.
"A CHARGE OF ROBBERY DENIED-A neatly
| dressed young white man, named Frank Triche,
was called up to the dock rail in the Police Court
this morning and charged with being suspicious
person and vagrant Policeman Wheeler testified
that about O'Clock this morning he caught this
young man, who Is printer in a newspaper office,
the Avenue. The prisoner claimed that the sailor
was friend of his, and he was not robbing him.
Inc court continued the case, to give him time to
get the sailor as witness, and he was committed
In default Of bonds
GRACE CHURCH FA1R.-The Episcopalians of
South Washington wOrShipping at Grace church
will commence fair at Odd Fellows Hail. 7th
street northwest. tomorrow night General W. W.
Dudley, who is an interesting speaker will open
the fair with an address on the little church He
Will give its history for the past twenty years.
having been confirmed there fifteen years ago,
when he was residing In this city, and was clerk
In the Pension Office.
Poor SHOOTING AND WORSE RUNNING BY POLICE
AEN-Last evening Special Officer Klopfer found a
ner of 18th and streets northwest, open. A tall
negro soon emerged, with coil of one and a
quarter cable rope over $50 feet in length on his
and the thief ran. HOPPER fired three shots after
him Officers Thompson and Bailey joined in the
chase, Thompson firing several shots at the fug1-
tive, but he escaped, unhurt, so far as known.
DECLINED TO PRosECUTE.-William T. Lee, an ex-
policeman, was arrested by Officers Howe and
SmOOt on warrant sworn out by Julius Lans-
Durgh, for stealing goods to the value OF $50. He
was committed for hearing in the Police Court,
and Mr. LanSburgh afterwards declined to prose-
cute him, and he was released
WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET.-At Drovers' Rest
Ihe 1--we stock sales Tuesday are reported by L. E.
Tavenner as follows:-39O cattle sold as follows:
Best, to 81; good AZ to 5; medium fair 81 to 4;
thln steers, oxen and cows, to 81; 600 sheep and
SIS to $50
has by Douglass Douglass entered suits against
George W: Wright and John c. Fremont and
against s. W. Wright, John A. ROllings and G. w.
Van Hook for $40, 600 damages in each case. He
alleges that defendants on December 1st, 1859,
agreed to deliver to him within six months Isl
shares OF the Memphis, Ell PasO and Pacific rail-
road paid up and not liable to further assessment,
b out qua a. not 90 So He sues in the last case on
ance with the contract referred to.
THE Russian minister's sale takes place to-mor-
row at 1913 o'clock a m For particulars see adv
A BAD HusBAND.-Rosana Rush, middle-aged
White white w T n, was the complainant against
Court to-day, on a charge Of threats OF personal
violence. She testified that for four years he has
and is almost constantly drunk, and lately he got
work and spent the $40 that he earned in WhiSkey,
and then came home and demaaded money from
her, and she was compelled to comply with his
demand at the point of a knife. He was committed
for six months in default OF 500 bonds
ELECTION OF OFFICERS BY CoLORED MAsoNs.-At
the annual convOcatiOn of the Grand Chapter for
the District Of Columbia and its Jurisdiction, the
following named officers were elected for the enSu-
Ing Masonic year:-J. Booker HutchingS, Of
Raleigh, North Carolina NJ E. Grand High Priest:
J. Henri Burch, OF New Orleans, La, NJ. E. Deputy
Grand High Priest; John w. Freeman, grand king:
Addison Clayton, grand scribe; H. II. Dade, grand
treasurer: John H. Borrill, grand recorder
REAL ESTATE SALES.-DuncanSOn Bros. auction
GERS sold yesterday afternoon, for Dorsey Clagett
trustee all or lots %, a. u.s. IS, n and g. in Dorsey
ClagettS subdivision OF original lots numbered ii
ana lo In square 49, each lot fronting q feet
street, between 18th and 18th streets northwest
with depths varying from 12 feet inches to 1856 S3
feet, all unmprOved-lots 73 and "a to T., Southland
Parker Tor 62 cents per square FOOT lots IS and 76
to F. s. Williams for SO cents and lots n and rs to
E. Southland Parker for SO cents per square foot
WINTER DRY GOODS.