Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-04

TAR: WASHINGTON.
Temperance People and the License
| Law.
| ANOTHER LARGE MASS-MEHTING AT MASONIC TEMPLE
The mass-meeting OF temperance people to fur
| Their consider the proposed license law at Masonic
| Temple yesterday afternoon was largely attended
Mrs Roach, who presided, said at the opening OF
| the meeting that the women were more freely OF
| the opinion as the weeks went by that the clause
OF the Old law compelling the saloonkeepers to OBJ
| tain the signatures OF property owners anew each
year. ought to be substituted for the provision Of
the proposed law. The interest On the part Of the
temperance people in this subject, she said, was
| undated and their zeal was increased
Major Hall. on being called upon, gave brief ac-
| the meeting to the House District committee he
said that representative OF the Brewers associa-
ton was also present, but how he happened to be
there exactly at that time he could not tell, but
| perhaps, the committee could However, they were
glad to see him. The speaker said that the threat
stopped that the liquor men would organize and
begin public agitation He sincerely hoped that
! they would. He thought that in this matter 1t
their hands and work openly. He said that they
| had a very pleasant visit to the committee and he
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Senate committee He expressed the opinion that
the new license bill would either be amended or
| Mr.. II. B. Moulton
! Mrs. Roach in introducing the chaplain OF the
work among the soldiers. Rev j. l. Lee. said that
| since the work was begun at the Washington bar
racks, less than year ago. $50 signeTs OF the
pledge mad been obtained. and at the Soldiers
| home 1870. Rev. Mr.. Lee then made q short ad-
| dress, and the meeting adjourned.
| COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND CoMxERc1ALA AGENTS.
Inc commissioners have sent the following letter
| to 0. Z. MuncaSter, ESQ.,: 'sYour communication
has been received by the Commissioners, and am
sion merchants to their own premises has been the
law In the District since 1871, and has not been
complained OF TO the Commissioners knowledge, as
embarrassing. A business man in the District can
not legally be allowed to do business on any more
| favorable terms than citizen OF Maryland or New
York. Washington commission merchant is
charged $50 by the new license bill and the CONNER
cial agent from New York another form of COM
mission merchant) is charged saOO-the former to
sell within his own premises. the latter anywhere
and everywhere In the District. put them on a
par they should either both pay $50 or 1900, and the
the Dill. Your proposition to have commission mer-
chants pay according to the extent OF their business
would Involve TOO much expense to ascertain Justly
| the amount to be cOlleeeed, besides permitting
| fraudulent returns, impossible to scrutinze In re-
ply 10 your question: whether there is any differ
ence between commission merchant who buys and
sells and one who simply acts as agent for others and
who buys nothing on his own account?' you will not
fail to notice that buying and selling on ones own
account brings the person so dealing within the
definition applied TO dealer in merchandise"
HELD TO ANSWER A CHARGE OF HousEBREAK1Na
! In the Police Court this morning Massey Carter,
alias MApsey Carter, colored, was charged with
ho', a9 S IN the day time Miss Ahe Con
was entered the 18th Of last month, and guam
tity OF clothing and several dollars worth OF rib
bons were stolen. The door, which was locked had
been broken OPEN She saw the defendant stand
ing in front OF her house when she left the house
about ten O'Clock In the morning: She identified
her. She caught the defendant stealing her
chickens five days before. Frances Gleason, col
ored, testified that she bought shawl from the de-
PENDANT, and paid him 81 for it. Nellie HaSkins
coored, testified that the defendant sold her a
shawl. He said that he was selling the articles for
a lady who had lost her husband and wanted to
| buy black. Annie James testified to buying
shawl from the defendant. which was identified by
Miss Conneil as hers. The case was sent TO the
grand jury; bonds $1,000.
been llIed as follows: ". Rupp to W h kupp. lots
Achsah Cox, subs. Is to Is, Takoma Park; 1900. n
McNelly to G. F. Pyles. north half lot O. SO. 977;
g Al, So TO- $3.50 sarah A. Tucker to Esther
Mary F. Edelin, lot Is So 1859; SO Mary T. Bid d.
g. 4Oo and parts and 5, So l63; $500 Leroy
| futile and wife to Harriet Stuart, lots IA and
r. of WIDOWS Mite, Washington Heights; ssla
sub OF lots B. 4, S. and IS, So. 81 s.10O. Thos
Evans to Lenuel hrgood, lot 50, Riggs sub OF part
Of SO. go, (No. 140S 14th streeu: 5000 Virginia
Young to John P Franklin, executor and trustee of
the estate OF VIM b. Kibbey, lot 75 Kellys sub Of
So 62S, and lot Shepherds sub of So. 623 g. 600
Benz. T. keyser to Bernard Burnstne. lot s. square
| northwest OF So 1899; -. John Jay Knox to
1853; $. W. B. Marche to Maurice B. Flynn,
lot X. so. s7l; s4,1O0 Thos Evans to Samuel
Ergood, lot so. sub 21O; 5000. B. U. Keyser to B.
BurnStine, lot s. sub So 1922; s.. j. j. Knox to
same, lot d. So north OF 1923; s.. Virginia Young
to John p. Franklin, lot 30 sub So 6aS and lot G,
sub So 623; So 900 Myron &. Gregg to James II.
Clear lot 5, sub. SO 32s: $685. c. f. Rttenhouse
to Susan P. Okie, subs 4s and 40, SO. ILL., 81 SOL
Mary V. Chiffon to Robt and W. r. Chiffon lot 20.
So. 939; -. w. Particle to James W. SOmerville,
lot 81, sub. So. $780, 5000. JAS. f. Sawyer to George
| A. Sawyer, So. 49, s.. j. w. Moore to same,
do: s.. George A. Sawyer to Margaret IL File,
o. Knight, lot 10, So 553: s79 j. Miller ct al,
tees, to w. 7. Eaton. pit. 26. SO. $751; $500 same
to L. Behrens, pit 26, do 800 Same to Stephen
CALI pit do, do: 50 1897. Same to J. J. Hawkins,
pit &c, DO; Ar p ODonoghue, Jr., to L. Behrens,
part &C. sub. 3, So. 5lS; = quit claim). Same to
stephen Gatti, part do do; do. ldo Same to John
J: Hawkins, part do, do; do (do) Same to c. j.
Heinecke, part do, do do. (do) Mary j. Wright to
j. johnson ct AL trustees, q. half 30, block 6, Mt.
Pleasant; 1878. Same to j. j. UnSworth ct al,
trustees, lot "a. do; 1850 w. l. DeNeal, ct al,
Martha Chatham to Rich L. Rotchford, lot "a, So.
b36; 800. Anthony Hyde, trustee. to Julia E.
Goddard, lots q and "a. of Widows Mite; s. c.
A McEwen to VI. W. Per Lee. lots 16 to Is, SUBJ So
1905 and ID to %, sub. so. 1885, 5000, &C. NJ. w.
Per Lee TO James b. Putnam, original lot L. So.
1905, and lot s. SUBJ So 10So, and lots IA to 49, So
100: 300. &C. j. B. Putnam to JOS. p. Halves,
original lot H. So 1OO5: 5000 Z. L. McCleland to
l.. NJ Blackboard. lot 81, sub So. AL; $500 C, B.
Bailey to Casanova G. Lee, lot &c, So. 179; $500