Evening star., 1884-03-13
District Government Affairs.
VITAL STATISTICS

VITAL STATISTICS.
The health officers report Tor the week end,,o
March sth. 1881. shows that the number OF deaf he
occurring during the week was sg-55 white ana AZ
COlorPd. The rate Of mortalita per I OOO ner an
mum being PISS for the white 33 or for the co0red
ami 2j-1i for the Ofal population There were :
marriages and 40 births reported.
BUIIpISIi PERMITS
have been issued BY Inspector Entvisle az ro,,ows
Johh >tanlou. erect Il twO-sfory dwelling o5th
street. between III and streets northwest. slOO A
C9nradis; erect three story store and dwelling,
tth ahd streets northwest: IS OO0 Mrs Herman
uieh.tSch. repair brick 1929 9th street northwest.
$l-3n samuel Owens erect dwelling on the
Brentwood read, county: 81 ,2fD. Henry Haght re-
pair brick I':5S New York avenue: $500 Miss Mary
tsocc't. erect threestOry store and Office street
DlW'''n 9lh and 10Th streets; 5000. F. f. Sanner,
rrrct tWo-story dwelling, q, between 4th and 5th
streets: 1850. j. NJ and ". f. Stockett and r +
schneider, erect five two-story dwellings. NCuh
',,rn 'iii ;.vtau between 10th and 1Ith streets
south east. $1,000.
MISCELLANEOUS
Br!t!lnE Inspector Entwtsle today notified Mr.
JONI w Martin TO remove the small brick buildin1
ana Protfl tne tlnbdnkment on the northwest
corner .! nth and streets southwest
Building Inspector Entwisle has condemned rho
"ocden building ON the north side OF New Yor,,
avenue. between 9Th and 9TH streets porthwes, No
6sl, as dangerous to life and limb OF the cccu-
George Washington was TODAY commissions,
an addltional private on the METROPOLITAN nolica
force 10 do duty at the Washington bricl marhino
"orSs, III the northeastern section of the city.
LIFE IN WASHINGTON IN THE OLDgN TIME.-Mr. r.
l. stevens. 1T the congregational church last even
.hg. gave an entertaining and graphic account of
many of the scenes and incidents witnessed nv
himself during the years he was a newspaper cor
Respondent AT the capital. A personal acouaint-
ance with Adams, Clay, Benton, Giddings and the
prominent men In politics thirty years ago. the
narration OF the many details which HISTORY nasses
over > 700 h>igniticant; and forcibIe style gave
q peculiar interest To the lecture. The deafh al
Iohn quincy Adams in the House: Benton's srresi
debate on the omnibus bill: his personal encointe,
WITH senator Foote on the floor OF the Senate as
we'll as the social life at the capital thirty wears
ago; the gambling hes That lined the avenue: the
drinking habits that prevailed and the smpiicity
or social life as compared with that OF the present
were all touched upon In the course OF the lecturs
OF an I0ur and d halr. There was q very larv
audience present.
PATENT AND CLAM AGENTS TEST CASES Dryp osv,
OF-ln the Circuit Court, to-day. before .uflcv wv
lle on motion or Mr.. W. T. Bell for defer do mr.,
the test eases against Bradford and Dye q m Ihs
right OF the District TO levy tax on prp feSsona
practitioners before the departments ,rera dts
missed IhiS terminates two old caSeS arvnet ,u
Test cases aone time ago, and leaVes the whn,
dill. nuins iiceilS8
SALE OF cLoTHISG.-Mr. Dowiins, will coll q, n,
auctloh rooms Tomorrow, at 10 O'clock Largo con
slgninent OF men and boys clop ling ia suits an.
separate pieces. An e~A'S "Al'