Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-27
District Government Affairs.

Inc Schoot teachers and employees will receive
their pay for April tomorrow at the usual time
and places
Mr.: PC. Hough and other petitioners to-day call
the attention OF the commissioners to the con Ii
ton OF 25th street, between II and streets, and
ask that 1t be put In proper condition.
The Commissioners have addressed a note TO
to the District for $4,000 the property known as
the Riggs school building, stating that the Com
missoners have already purchased sites and con-
tracted for all the school buildings for which ap-
prOpriationS are available, ana are unable to en-
tertain his proposition.
DELEGATION IN BEHALF OF A DROPPED POLICEMAN
A delegation Of merchants and other business
men, consisting In part OF Messrs. VIM. Irving, A.
Ii. jackson, NJ. Sinshelmer Geo. Breitbarth, {.
Whitney. L. Walter, John Sheen, D. S. EIchelber-
waited on the Commissioners this forenoon in % be-. >.
halr OF Policeman Onutt, who is to be dropped
from the police service the 1st OF May. in accord
Wash. B. Williams and others made Garnet
speeches in favor of Mr. Onutt, but Mr. Edmonds
would not promise that Mr.: Onutts case should be
reviewed, referring the delegation to Major Dye,
on whose recommendation the Commissioners
had acted.
COMMITTEE ON uNsERv1cEABLE PROPERTY.
Yesterday the Commissioners made an order ap-
pointing the superintendent OF public schools,
chief clerk OF the engineer department and the
property clerk as a committee to examine the un-
servlceable material. such as school desks and
other furniture In the store-rooms, and recon.
mend what disposition shall be maae Of it
VITAL STATISTICS
shows that IS deaths occurred in the District OF
Columbia In that time. OF this number "a were
white males and "a white females; IA were oolored
males and IS colored females. The death rate per
1000 per annum was 20; SO for the total popula-
tion, 97S for the white and 2l3s for the colored
population.
PERMITS TO BUILD.
Building permits have been issued by Inspector
Entwisle as follows: Chas. Sword, repair frame
1908 80 St. Se; $3.50 j. j. Hogan, repair brick 42S
18th st. NV; $135.
Affairs in West Warrington.
BUILDING AssoCIATIoN.-At the 10Th regular
monthly meeting OF the 1lth Building Association.
held last night at Goddard's Hall, 81 200 sold
being eight shares at $50 per share, and $652 75
was retired, being seven shares retired at s9a Is
per share, the stock value rate.
MASONIC PRBsENTATIoN.-At the meeting OF
George c. Whiting Lodge. No q, +. A. A. NJ, last
sented by the lodge with handsome gold past
masters Jewel, P. M. Samuel c. Palmer making
the presentation speech, which was appropriately
responded to by the recipient lecture was then
barton NJ. E church.
CATTLE MARKRT.-Sales at Drovers' Rest are re.
porte1 by Tavenner Bros. as follows: 80 cattle up
and sold as follows: Best at 6x to ~. good at
5l to 6H, medium at * to 81 common at to ~.
200 sheep and lambs sold as follows: Wool sheep
at TOT; clipped sheep at 5H to 8; lambs at Q to
Ham, OF woodstock, Va, sold ON this market one
short-horn Durham bull, weighing 2,17O pounds
the finest ever sold on this market
THE FISH MARKET.-15,000 herring sold at s. to
$40 per thousand; 800 tailors, at 81 to s. per
hundred; 100 snad, at $l4 TO SO per hundred.
CONDITION OF THE WATER-Great Falls, very
tur6d; receiving reservoir. slightly turbid; dis
PoRT.-Schooner William L. Walker, Rogers, for
Georgetown, sailed from Somerset on the 2lst inst.
the schr. D. NJ. Anthony, Chase, with coal for Fail
River; and schr. Mabel Phillips, Gardner, coal for
Boston, sailed yesterday.