Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-29

was most admirable effort. But it had sub
stantiality about it that raised its value far above
| that OF any mere rhetorical triumph.
The Attorney General, who spent the last hour
OF yesterdays session in court, was present again
| today MI Merrick was present for few min
utes at the opening OF the court and then took his
departure.
District Government Affairs.
Neither Commissioner West nor Commissioner
| Lydecker were at their desks to-day. Commits
| siOner Morgan was present as usual, but there
| was lot much business doing.
| OF INTEREST TO LIQUOR DEALERS.
| The new order made by the District Commits
sioners prohibiting the sale OF liquors within one
square OF any public school is likely to give dis
| comfort to many restaurant men who are waking
| up to the situation. The order VIII affect over
hundred bar-rooms in this District, and it being
strictly carried out The liquor license year being
SO near closed, 1t is not probable that the order
the new license year, which commences In Novem-
ber The applications forth next annual licenses
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: P. A. Simpson, erect
| a two story dwelling Good Hope HILL $500. Com
18th and 18th streets n W; $3.50 Robert Downing,
| erect q two story DWELLING 9th, between and
streets NV $500. St Matthews Parish, erect
| stable, alley between 14th and 18th and H and
streets; $500. Charles Chrstiani, erect three
story st 1 DWELLING G, between lst and I'd streets ne;
1ng Il: between 10th and 1lth streets n.w; g. 900.
TwENTy-E1GHr HAcknEN IN THE POLICE COURT.
| The tWenty-eight hackmen, who were arrested as
mentioned in yesterdays STAR, for committing
creating and maintaining nuisance at the inter-
| section of 9TH street and Louisiana and Pennsyl-
| vania avenues, in allowing manure and other
offensive matter to accumulate on the street
the Police Court this morning. They were ali
a@rralgned @ together, and formed double line
s aer9ss the They al pleaded not
testified that for the past month this hack stand
has been kept in q filthy condition. The court
| released them on their personal bonds after i'm
posing fine of S. On each and suspending execu-
| tiOn Of sentence.
RUNNING RACES, But NO TRoTTING AT IVY CITY
| THIS FAI--At a meeting OF the directors of the
Nationa! Fair association it was decided not to
proposed, but to confne the operations of the as
sociaton this year to a running meeting to be held
| october "a, 25, 26 and q.
THREATS TO kLL.-John Shea, of Maryland ave-
| nue., Was In the Police Court this morning on the
| two of his female tenants, Lizzie Wilson and
| blanche Devere. The complanants stated that
ened to kill them il they let his son come into their
| house again. The court put him under $500 bonds
In each case TO keep the peace for six months.
FIGHTING AT CARD TABLE.-Horatio Robey
was charged by Samuel Reader, another elderly
man, before Judge Bundy this morning with hav-
| his lip and one on his thumb, which he said were
done by the defendant. He was also suffering
| d
trouble was caused by dispute over a game OF
cards in restaurant on Capitol Hill yesterday af-
ternoon. fine OF $40 or 80 days In jail was i'm
| posed.
A Doc WHICH BITES CHILDREN.-Moses Munster,
Dry goods merchant h OF No. 1sf 7th street, was
being the owner OF dangerous dog. which he al
lowed to run at large, and which bit Florence Eek
that last Friday the dog bit his little daughter In
the slde.four teeth entering her tiesh-while she
another little gir and little boy named William
Duffy. also testified to being bitten by the dog.
Max Munster, son of the defendant, testified
that the dog Is not the property OF his father but
belonged to his (the witness0 brother. Mr.. Moore
here asked leave to amend the Information by
| charging the defendant with being the posSessOr
| instead of the owner. witnesses were put on by
the defendant to prove that the dog Was not dan
ger3us SOL or vicious Judge Bundy said case was
notice, at least twice, that the dog was vicious
one, and 1 he would fine him $40 or thirty days An
appeal was noted. Judge Bundy to-day reversed
his decision, and released the defendant on his
! personal bonds.
FINED FOR AssAuLT1NG AN ORGAN1sr. - James
| Blanchard, carpenter. was in the prisoners
with assaulting Mr. George W. Water, the organ
1st OF the Ascension church, who stated that about
ten o'clock last night, while standing at the cor
the defendant Jostled him violently. and on wit
ness demonstrating. the prisoner returned and
the court badly cut and bruised eye eye as I" re-
suit Of the assault. The defendant said he
apologlzed for jostling Mr. Walter. but he refused
| wantOn and brutal assault, and he would fine
him $50 or GO days in jail
:, AN EQUITY sUT.-Jno: Henry Gibson and Lucy
Y. c. Dugan have filed bill in equity against
decreed to settle their accounts as executors and
trustees under the Will OF the late Henry Gibson.
| estate. Also, that the executor be removed and
some other person appointed in his place.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Samuel
Johnson and Eliza Eskridge; Samuel T. Gee, OF this
city, ana ao Mary ~ j. Morehouse na Of Annapolis Nd;
MORE WAR DEPARTMENT APPo1NrMENTs.-Secr
tary Lincoln has made the following additional des-
ignations for appointment in the War department:
class adjutanf generals OH ofice James mes @ Rics
SConn:1 and John Fllten Qdichl, class I, surgeon
Nsaon Gee Fails Bessh e eh h2a1s Wssn
the surgeon generals ofice j. s. F. sessford t-)
Patrick B. Sweeny {army), Michael Delhanty, and
g. w. Giddens (Ala,), appointed laborers In the
{Pa.>, watchman in the surgeon generals ONCE.
| IT Is ESTIMATED that the bonds embraced in the
116th call issued to-day amount to s., 100000 Yes
terday the amount was estimated at a. COO 600, but
a number were surrendered this morning.
BIDS for the elevator shaft In the Department OF
Justice were opened in the off1ce OF Supervising
Architect Hill to-dsy. The following were the bid
ders and the amounts: Robert Davidson & Co.,
N,4s5; A; L Phillips, q. 429 so; George A. Cooke,
$500; W. A. Hutchlns, IS, ,1S4: Joseph 7. Collins,
G795; all OF Washington The contract will
| prob ably be awarded to Robert Davidson Co, as
| they were the lowest bidders.
SECRETARY LINCOLN AND THE POTOMAC IMPROVE
| MRNT.-Secretary Lincoln stated this morning that
ne was very glad to see by interview with Major
Hams, published In yesterdays STAR, that it was
1Oped 10 begin the work OF reclaimng the Potomac
mats without much delay on account OF land titles,
ana tnat It was even possible that the work might
! De ope ned without reference to that question.
| secret ary Lincoln, who seemed to take deep in-
tereSt In this improvement said that while he rec
ognize the magnitude OF the work to be under
taken by Major Hains, he had impressed upon that
With as little delay as possible and he was salts