Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-20
District Government Affairs.


DR.. Smith Townshend the health officer, who
| has been confined to his room for several days
with some bronchial trouble, is reported as much
better to-day.
A protest has been entered by the wood and coal
dealers against the repeal or the law providing for
| wood measurer for the District
The Commissioners yesterday afternoon declined
| to give the National Capital Telephone company
permission to erect telephone poles in alleys IN
are solidly built up and the alleys constantly trav
| eled. Permission VIII not be granted unless the
In response to Hon. II. s. Neal, % CHAIRMAN House
District committee, for the views OF the Commits
stonerS upon House bill No. 225 "tO authorize the
changing of alleyways In the city OF WasLiEgtCH !"
they say that tiey see no objection to the passage
or said bill. Alleys are for the convenience OF the
owners OF lots adjoining thereon and the bill re-
QuireS the assent OF all owners in any square or
block before any alley therein can be closed.
MI: w. o. ROome, in charge OF special assess
ments, has completed the revision Of srac!al as
sessments on alleys in squares 364 &c., %. and re-
servatiOn IL
A delegation of business men on Pennsylvania
avenue, In the vicinity OF the old Chronicle build
ing, were before the Commissioners this morning
| to ask that something may be done to avoid an
their business places. The Commissioners saS
that under the ruling of the Treasury officials
they are powerless to do anything, but that under
the ruling the representatives OF the property will
be responsible for any damage which may occur.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector EntwiSle w. G. johnson, re-
pair brick, 724 18th street northwest: 81 SO john
Ricks. repair frame on 7th street road; $780, Mt.
Carmel Baptist church, repair brick on h, between
Beall, erect two-story dwelling NJ, between 12Lh
and 18th streets northwest; s., 300. D. B. GrofT,
] Benniaen lner 'ta erect ana bek S
5000. '''"''D ''A anu '''A ''''e'S n0' 'n"eS''
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Law
renee Heiberger and Theresa Huth; Henry C.
sah " VIM AND Annie and aagge se
both OF Alexandria, Va.
SENT TO THE Reform ScHooI.-This morning In
the Police Court ten-year old white boy, named
Geo. Smith, was in the dock, charged with being
idle an incorrigible. The testimony showed that
the boys mother was in the worEhouse and he
had no one to conStrain him, and the only guardi-
an he had was a grandfather, who thought the
man Farquhar testified to arresting the boy for
throwing stones at the trains on the Baltimore
on Hon Meck kee pess for itSe tSe
railroad company and called the courts attention
to the annoyance caused The company by these
boys Stoning the cars, and stated that gen.
tleman in Bladensburg had his eye cut out
last Saturday by stone thrown into a car. He
the public is placed In by these boys placing things
on the track. and asked the court to give the
public some judicial warning Of the enormty of
this Onence. The court said he appreciated the
condition OF affairs, and has had his attention
called to the nuisance Of boys jumping on and OF
bound to protect the public, who have 70 pass
through the city In the cars, from this crowd OF
dangerous ana MALICIOUS DOy& He would give
notice to these boys that all who are brought be-
fore the court on this charge will be sent to the
Reform school The court also advised the men,
berS OF the bar and railroad companies to try to
get more stringent legislation in this matter to
protect the public. The boy Smith was sentenced
to the Reform school during minority.
ATTACHMENT FOR WITNEssRs-The charge
against Edward Jones OF No l345 street. who
wa arrested by Lieut. Arnold last Thursday, on a
warrant sworn out against him charging him with
keeping gambling house, was called in the Police
Court to-day but the witnesses VINO had been
summoned did not appear and the court continued
the case until next Saturday and issued attach
ments for the 0bsent witnesses
THE Sixth AUDITOR MUST MoyE.-The Secretary
OF the Treasury to-day sent letter to the Post
master General in regard to the question which
had been referred to him by the sixth auditor OF
the change In his present quarters In the depart
ment building. The Secretary states that he does
not consider that the matter comes within his
jurisdiction and intimateS that the Postmaster
General has exclusive control OF the building. In
consequence OF this action the sixth audiCor win
be removed 70 tho upper part OF the building early
next week.
Many farmers In Western Nary1and arc re-
planting their entire crops Of corn, the coufuRe4
rams having FQ3fee He4l9l