Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-29

THE CITY SCHOOL BOARD met last night. s. F.
Beach was called to the chair but President Snow
den afterwards came in. There Were present
MeSSrS. WhittleSey, Vincent, Leadbeater, Whit
ttngton, Mclean, Marbury, Herbert and r. L.
Carne, trustee-elect OF the third ward, who took
the oath OF Office at the hands of the superintend-
emf. The time for opening the schools was fixed
to be on the first Monday ath) of September The
committee on school houses and school furniture
was directed to procure school furniture for the
loon OF the Peabody building, and for the other
rooms therein for the use OF the primary schools.
The same committee was directed to have all the
school buildings and rooms made ready for the
next school year, provided that repairs be made
On Lee and SeatOn buildings until the entire
troll OF them is transferred TO the city school board.
This provision was made In consequence OF rep
reSentatiOn by the janitor that one OF the build
ing5 was being used for a fair; that some OF the
rooms were often put to other than educational
uses and that he found 1t Impossible to keep the
clerk was directed TO provide the usual school
requisites and blanks for the next school year. 1t
was agreed that the rooms in which the books OF
the Alexandria library are now kept should be
cuped as a school room. The committee on school
ters coal Bills Of Mahaffey & Co., Gazette and
George E. French were reported by the finance
committee, and ordered to be paid. Adjourned.
District OF Columbia, in 1901, two little tracts of
country were left isolated on its southern edge,
cut on by the new boundaries, and separated
by streams that formed natural boundary lines.
One OF these was cut off on the Virginia side by
Hunting creek, and the other on the Maryland
side by Oxen run. The former extends along the
north shore Of Hunting creek to Hoofs run, and
is bounded north by line running from the Dis
trict stone at Jones' Point lighthouse the rail-
road bridge at the Soldiers cemetery The popu-
latton OF this territory is about 30l30. but 10000
limits. This territory, which was part OF old
Fairfax county when Alexandria was its county
the to the S Of %Reg
all the other land east OF Hooff's run had become
a part OF the federal district Fairfax Court
House was many miles distant, and for years no
resident local authority existed in this section.
IL became a resort OF gamblers and others whose
practices were forbidden by the city laws Twice
tile city sought to extend Jurisdiction over It, In
1858 the legislature extended the town charter so
as to include this strip by extending the city
Old District lne.l or 'parallel to and distant ten
feet from Ho0n's run to the middle OF Hunting
nto tho pnt Win r sT p VI creek
and at its close in 1865 the residents OF that
ton secured return OF the town to its old boun-
daries. Again In February. 1866, the legislature
extended the jurisdiction OF the town over this
territory, but within a month. March, 1866, that
law was repealed. Under the township law that
territory was included In Falls creek township,
and was under the same jurisdiction as West End,
| Justice Thomas Brown dispensing justice. Now
portion OF Mount Vernon district So that Alex
andria has for its CLOSE neighbor now Jefferson,
Falls Church and Mount Vernon districts. The
other isolated district consists Of some acres OF
ground at Berry'S ferry, where the steamer Vlr-
ginia lands, and includes Goose Egg Island, near
Shepherds. The number OF its Inhabitants Is
three. with dogs innumera6e, and untaxed, for
Gen. Einstein would have to be commissioned as
Admiral, and supplied with a paval force or a
pontoOn bridge before he could make a raid on the
dogs at Berry'S ferry"
BUILDING MATERIAL-The committee on general
laws will be called on to consider before the next
meeting OF the city council, a project for a law
regulating the use OF streets by builders and con-
tractors. The code now provides: "That any per-
son DESTROYS OF depositing on any street material
for building, shall apply to the superintendent OF
police, who shall appoint proper place and assign
reasonable space for depositing said material"
s. CHAPMAN NEALES ARREsr.-THR STARS dis
patch announcing the capture of s. Chapman
Neale In the Colorado mines created considerable
stir In this place yesterday, for he was political
and social leader here from his youth until his
flight
REPORTERS NorEs.-An insane colored woman,
named Martha Polk, yesterday caused the arrest
OF her brOther-in-law, Chas. Ball, on the charge
that he had murdered her husband in Norfolk
some time ago. The halucination Of the woman
was discovered and Ball released.-During the
rain yesterday portion OF the chimney fell at the
dwelling on King street, near Lee, occupied by Mr.
F. COOk-The prospect for holding an agricul-
tural fair here next fall is not bright The presi-
dent and the secretary, most efflcient officers,
resigned yesterday aftern0on.-N0 court suits
have yet grown out OF the imbrogliOs OF Fishtown
last season, and II b now thought there will be
none.