Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-08
District Government Affair.

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Commissioners stating that the grades 81 the B.
i. and b. a a. railroads at SherfYs road REQUIRE
attention; The roads cross the public road II that
point AT the same grade with the county road and
there is great danger 20 life and limb In conse-
quence. Trains cross without whistling. Lately
colored woman was thrown from her wagon, her
person injured and her horse killed and the wagon
demolished by fright train. school house 70
near the station. and the children have " cross
the track and recross IT,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The commissioners have addressed a note 20 the
late fire commissioners. Messrs VIM. X Collins,
Peler r. Bacon and James Alrait, inviting them
TO do 50.
The machinery that rings the nre-alarm bell on
ST Domnic's church Is out Of order, and AZ will
take several days 10 repair IT,
BUILDING PERMITS.
Building permits have been issued by Inspector
Entwisie as follows: SShuggenheimer. repair frame
In rear OF AS eth street southwest; $i4a Mary
Bonayejis, repair brick No. Is Sd street, petween
East Capitol and north A streets northeast; $500.
w. ii. Best, repair frame corner ath and Wilson
streets; 100: II. Is. Moulton, erect a Two story
private stable. alley rear or house 5as 9Th street
northwest: $500. Mary l. Kaiser, repair brick 1888
Columbia street northwest: $50 Henry Sprgling,
repair frame 1919 9th street northwest: $3.50 E
Thompson, erect two two story dwellings. 18th,
between Maryland avenue and street northeast;
$50.
Bill. TO RESTRAIN PAYMENT OF INSURANCE MONEY
MIS- Harriet A. Ford widow OF the late Dr. Charles
NJ. Ford. who died here n few months ago, to-day,
by Messrs- Edwards a Barnard. filed bill against
the Travellers Insurance company OF Hartford,
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strain the company from pay ing ard Harrison from
receiving S2,20S the amount Insured upon the
LIE OF the decedent. Judge Cox ordered a tenpo-
rary restraining order To Issue, cturnabie ON the
18TH instant
A DIVORCE GRANTED a IIUsBANp.-Judge Cox to-
day, In the Equity Court, made decree OF divore
In the case OF James +. Murray agt Augusta l.
Murray. They Were married In Georgetown. oct.
18th, 1876 and have thr, children. aud he charged
that for i've months preceding the illing OF the bill,
Peo 18th 18th asmsle has been living In adultery with
at la4 street southwest, @ be believes, with sid
Foster.
RANGE OF rHE 1HEKMonKrER--The following
We're the readings at the ONCE Of the chief sign
oncer to-day H. 4a3 III an, - 8; p.in- 6S 1.
Maximum, $50; minimum, 4S9.
Messrs. John sherman ct al trustees are abou, 10
commence The erection Of a Presbyterian chnlsl
14th street, extended. TO be known as ",h;:r.h IL
Haowed Name" located at Columbia Helghi~. Il
cost or Sla,m0. The material Is 70 be VI sIo..e,
slate and galvanized iron.
The COurts.
Court IN GENERAL TERM.
To-day, sunderland & Hillyer agt Kilboun,
Latta q Olmstead; hearing resumed
NAVAL ORpERS.-Commander III. ID. H. Manley,
retired, has been granted one years leave from
the first OF June, with permission to leave the
United States The leave OF Lieutenant n. Sargent,
has been extended for three months with peilnis-
Sion To leave the United Statea
AND AMONG THEM NONE OF THE LADY PASSENGERS.
The steamer Titania, from Glasgow, which. -
stated In yesterdays STAR, picked up q number u
the survivors OF the sunken steamer State u
Florida, arrived at Quebec last night There were
twenty-four OF the survivors on board the Ttania,
while twenty more were hourly expected TO arrive
on the Norwegian bark Theresa The name OF the
bark which collided with the state OF Florida Is
the Ponema. OF Chatham, n. B., OF whose crew
OF fifteen only the captain and two sailors were
saved. The survivors say that the panic on board
the ship was frightful The three lady passengers
refused TO enter the boat, and the stewardess Was
boat by Chief Engineer James Balm, who lost his
life In saving hers.
THE PHILADELPHIA BOAT RACEs-The single
scull race yesterday In Philadelphia between Gil.
bert Fitzgerald and George w. Statzell, the former
having thirty-fye seconds start, was a dead heat,
The race which followed between Frank Hender.
son and p A. Dempsey, was won by the latter by Q
dozen lengths in nine minutes thirteen seconds
GEN. GRANT NOT FINANCIALLY RUrSEp-In rela,
ton to Gen. Grants financial condition, Mr.. Geo.
w. Childs, OF the Philadelphia Ledger, says that
the trust fund or $500 600 which is held by the
ecutors OF the late Gov Morgan cannot be disposed
his cottage at Long Branch are both La Mrs Grants
name. and could not be touched, so that he Is far
from being ruined man. Ulysses S. Grant. r..
sold property on Sd avenue. New York, yesterday
for $4,000, and borrowed 81, Ss2 ON house and loo
In East Esd street
Vim. Massey, paying teller Of the Bank OF COM
merce In Baltimore, was arrested yesterday on Q
charge or embeZzlng $1,000 from the bank by
false entries In his accounts
When the relief party reached Ramsey the
signal service man. who was showed In Cd Pixies
Peak. they found him sitting the efDye pickfno