Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-25
District Government Affairs.


The following contracts for street improvements
have been awarded: To Maloney Il knight for
street southeast, with asphalt blocks; same for
paving 4th street, from East Capitol to Maryland
avenue, with same; H. L. Crawford, A street, from
2d TO 4th streets northeast with asphalt street
ment; same, street. from I'd to 4th streets north
east. with Same same Sd street, from East Capitol
street TO Maryland avenue; the Barbour asphalt
paving company, New jersey avenue. from L street
to New York avenue northwest with street asphalt
pavement; street, from New Jersey avenue To 9Th
street northwest street. from 18th to 18th streets
northwest street. from 9th to l4th streets north
west street, from Pennsylvania avenue to Goth
street northwest Potomac street, from Prospect to
0 street northwest; street, from l4th TO 18th
streets northwest; street, from I'd to 5th streets
northwest; Sd street, from to Virginia avenue
southwest; 18th street, from Corcoran to street
northwest.
FLUSHING THE SEWERS.
There are four men employed constantly by the
the sewer traps and manholes. The ire plugs and
nose are Sr tne the cutters aad
These men travel all the time, going from one end
OF the city to the other In his occupation.
ANEW PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING.
The Commissioners in session to-day adopted the
spectOrs Office, lor the new public school on
street, between 18th and 1-th streets
BUILDING PRINTS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as follows:
on alley between Goth and 21st and Hopkins street
northwest; 81 600 Geo. 7. bearing, to erect two
story dwelling on K, between 9Th and 19th streets
northwest; $4,000. Miss Mary Douglass, 10 ren owe
frame; 1854. JAS. H. Byram, to erect q two-St0ry
dwelling on 18th, between G and II streets south
east; s2sO0 c. y. Tanner, to erect a two-story
dwelling. Piney Branch road: s., 500 I. W. Hun
ster, erect tWO-StOry and cellar dwelling, kene-
sew avenue; $4,000. Edw I'd Cooley, repair store,
9th, between and streets; $500.
A Remarkable Prisoner.
THE HARDsHIPs SUFFERED BY MURDERER ANDREW
ROWLAND IN HIS STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
The escape OF Andrew Rowland, who was locked
In an iron cage at Atlanta, Ga, adds another chap
ter TO the story OF a remarkable prisoner. About
three years ago Rowland killed his man and
escaped He eluded the vigilance OF the officers for
over two years, although he spent most OF the
time In his old hauntS. He was finally caught,
convicted, and sentenced to be hanged on the 4th
OF last April Up TO the day on which execution
was 10 nave taken place no move had been made to
interfere with it. The next day 1t was announced
in several newspapers that Andrew Rowland had
been executed, one OF them giving pathetic death
scene. The fact was that at the very last moment
RowlandS attorney made an application for q new
trlal ana the prisoner was given longer lease ofe.
one night In May Rowland, with other prisoners,
escaped by rope made OF strips or blankets from
the second story OF the Murray county Jail. week
later dogs barking at a haystack on the edge OF
town attracted attention, and the escaped murderer
was found huddled up In the haystack, almost
starved to death and suffering agOnieS from a
broken leg. 1t seems that on the night of the
escape Rowland was the last to attempt to Slip
down the lmprOviSed rope. which parted, breaking
his leg. His companions lett him to help himself
Rowland crawled into the unused cellar OF house
across the street, and remain hidden there until
the Sunday night following when, the family being
at church. he dragged himself Into the house in the
hope OF getting food he could reach the shelves
on when tne edoes happened 10 be, however, and
crawled TO the haystack Having been nursed back
TO health, he has a second time made his escape
from jail, and Is now at large.