Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-14
District Government Affairs.

REMOVAL OF TELEPHONE POLES ORDERED
An order was issued to-day by the Commission.
ers 'that the National Capital Telephone Comnany
De, and are hereby, required to remove the old
poles one foot below grade, and to put the pave
localities: 9Th street, from street to Massachu.
settS avenue northwest; 9th street, from street
To- 10 boahaary northwest; Massachusetts avenue.
from 9TH to 18th northwest; L street, from 18th to
18th northwest
FURNITURE FOR THE HEALTH OFFICE.
me First Controller has decided that the ex-
pense or the new furniture for replacing that de-
stroyed by the recent fire In the health ONCE may
be borne out OF the contingent appropriation fol
the current fiscal year.
"A FEMALE SHOP LIFTER.-Ellen Chase alias
Ellen Duvall, young colored woman, was con-
yicted In the Police Court to-day OF shop fting ia
East Washington. Mr.. Jas Il weldon, q ner-
chant at No. 225 Pennsylvania avenue scout beast.
testified to catching her In the act OF stealing two
shirts from his store. Prosecuting Attorney
Moore stated she belonged to gang OF shoplifters,
three OF whom have been sent to the penltentiary.
lin, who arrested the prisoner, procured bench
warrant for her this afternoon, and sne viii be
tried on an indictment that was found against her
sometime ago, together with several other shop
ifters, all OF whom have been sent to the peniten.
ttary: She gave bail for her appearance, and es-
caped before the trial came on When arrested
oy the omcer yesterday she had several pawn
tickets in her possession for 1ewelry gold rings a
bolt OF cloth and clothing.
WILL OF THE LATE NEHEMIAH SroNF,-An exem
pied copy OF the will OF the late Nehemiah Stone.
run luo OTpitduS COURT Oh fTlQc6 georges county,
Md, filed with Register Ramsdel this morning,
leaves to his niece, Margaret Dorsey, OF Union.
town, D: c., In fee simple house and lot on JET
ferson street; to Clara Dorsey, the house and lot
adjoining, and to Ann NJ. Stone, during her life
the third house and lot in the same place and ten
acres OF land in the "G0Od Luck" tract, Prince
Georges county, this property to 60 after her
death to her daughters, Ida 8. and Kate Z. stone
Ihe VIII makes beauest OF 800 to be expended in
estate Is 70 be divided equally among Mary o.
Clancy, Sarah F. King, Alice Y. Farr, Amelia v.
Stone, Ge0rgianna Lowe, Josephine Shields and
Bette Webster: Thomas R. Brooks is named as
executor.
A HOTEL THIEF SENTENcsD-Last night oncAr
Clark took to the nth precinct Station VIM =
Watson, young man char~SSa With stea,,nr fw y;
9vefe0ats valued respectively at $50 and S;5 nom
JOIN &. Taylor and j. B. Ramsay, guests at the
klgks house. This morning, in the Police Court,
MT. A. r. SponOrd, proprietor OF the hotel stated
That he was informed last night that two over.
coats that were missed by guests were In the
delendant's room, where he went and found them.
together with coin that belonged In the pocket
OF one OF the coats. The witness also exhibited
three Keys with the names OF other hotels on
them. which he found In the prisoners room.
Watson stated that he has been ii the city since
saturday. He IL q clerk, ano came from Wheel.
ing, West Virginia. He denied TINT he ever
stopped at the Metropolitan hotel Id this city.
refer keelan, the night clerk OF the Metropolitan
MOTEL was called, and testified that Watson came
alter stopping i've days. he stole his baggage out
and abeat" the hotel ssHe can have SIX months
In jail In each Of the two cases ana six months
for stealing the key from the Metropolitan hotel
making q term OF eighteen month";"
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