National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-24
plsTRror ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
Current transactions at the various MS.
triet OnIcea.

Building permits were issued yesterday to VIII
liam Berrens TO erect two brick dwelling houses
ON Fiith street, between and o, $500; s. N.
Thone to erect one brick dwelling. house on
rwenty-third street, between and Pennsylvania
kyenue, 5000: Bridget Kelley to make general
repairs, corner Ninth and East Capitol streets,
1900; W. II. Gorgess is to make general repairs,
MS North Carolina avenue southeast, 10 cost $500;
r. Bernstein, 500 street northeast. TO make gem
tral repairs, 500; John Chute, 2i06 Tenth street
northwest general repairs 81 900; Frederick stuz,
brper Thirteenth and streets northwest, re-
pairs, s25 NJ. r. Wilson, S3l street northeast,
repairs, slOO.
The total mortality in the District Of Columbia
for the week ending Saturday, February Is, 1882
was n, being ID less than during the previous
week. or at the rate Of q 40 per 1000 per annum.
OF the decedcnts2 were white males, 10 white fe-
males, II colored males, and 20 colored females,
making an annual death rate Of 169 per 200 for
the white population and 9O.4 for the colored OF
the deaths 81 occurred in Washington, In George
town, IN the county and 10 IN The hospitals; ~
10 white ana colored were sixty and over. There
were 81 births reported-viz, 10 white males y
males, making an annual birth.rate of 1871 per
1000 for the white and S5i for the colored popu-
lation; Marriages reported, 49, white, IL colored,
l. Still. births 2; white, colored l.
The Commissioners have appointed James Weir
as patroman in the vicinity OF the Northern
Market-houso; also William r. Henry as patrol
man between Second street, New Jersey avenue,
and b and ID streets, both for the period OF one
year and without compensation.
The special assessment division mas completed
The revision Of assessments against alleys IN
squares l6i and 4lg.
The Commissioners yesterday approved tne ap-
plicatons for liquor licenses OF O. Il. O. Dresoher,
Thirteenth and q streets southeast; William
Rnoblock, g27 d northwest and disapproved that
Of Robert O'Neil, 40 q street southwest.
In answer TO question from Captain B., A.
Thomasson as to whether the ffe and police de-
partments would be allowed to compete for a set
n mn N hR IN hQVC
answered that they have no objections when the
men are not on duty or In uniform.
All the insurance companies having risks on
The Jefferson School building have settled on the
basis of the loss ascertained and reported by the
experts appointed to assess damages, with the OK.
eeption OF the Potomac Fire Insurance Company
h,3l6.42.
The commissioners yesterday sent communi.
cation to Speaker Keller stating that they are In
formed by the chairman Of the Committee on the
District OF Columbia that, under the rules Of tho
House, as now framed. II will be difficult, If not
impossible, to obtain, during the present session,
proper consideration by that body OF measures
now pending of supreme Importance TO INC inter
feel II to be their duty respectfully to request that
he uhe Speaker wiI without delay, invite the
attention OF tie Committee on Rules to this sub
iect and recommend that two or more days or
parts Of days in each month be assigned for the
consideration of District business or such other
measures of relief US may be deemed expedient
ThelBullding Inspector yesterday notified the pro
pnetors of the Capital Theatre TO proceed to make
NE attentions III that building recommended by
the safety commiSson-that is, to construct a
board partition at rear line of proscenum boxes
and arch up to ceiling and from wall to wall OF
house to separate the stage from the auditorium,
and cover the same with coat of asbestos cement
felting mixed and applied with n trowel, and to
place two-inch water p pc sufficiently perforated
up the sidesand around the stage, connected with
supply pipe of sufficient size and arranged n such
manner that by stops, handily located, n steady
stream ofwater will flow at the water plug ut least
forty feet of hose muse be kept attached 10 and
oolled near the water plug, &c.
Another case of smallpox was taken to the
smallpox hospital yesterday morning from the
house of Mr. Gray, on Fourteenth street north
east, No. 2l7, the same house from which others
were removed week or eight days ago