Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-07
The Public School Trustees.

THE NEW RULES ADOPTED UNDER A sUsPEN.
SION OF THE RULES-THE PROPOSED REDS
TRICTING OF THE CITY.
At the adjourned meeting of the Board OF
School Trustees last night. Mr.. Joseph Gurley
was elected secretary, vice Mr.. c. B. Rheem re.
signed. The revision of the rules as agreed
upon in committee of the whole, was taken up
and approved under q suspension of the rule
requiring two-thirds vote to make an amend.
Inent to the rules: The proposed new rule. re-
garGtng the division of the District into school
districts, was laid over, leaving the old rule In
force at present, pending tine consideration by
a special committee of the resolution offered by
Ar: Griswoid, proposing redistricting OF the
Applications for teachers positions were re-
ceived from Richard l.: Gaines, VIM. H. Cole
man, Marion P. keene, Martha 4. Trenis. VIM
W. Iibb> and VIM. Fraction.
An application for janitors' position was re-
ceiyed from John s. Snyder.
Mr.. Birney called attention to the fact that
congress In making appropriations for the
schools gave an average salary for the teachers
He thought the board should have an estimate
from the committee on teachers as to the num-
Der of teachers they could employ and also as
to how many should be apportioned to each di-
VISION. he moved that the committee on teach
ers be directed to make report on the subject
at the next meeting. Mr.. Brooks thought the
methods ut present followed of making up the
list Of teachers TOR the next ensuing year provi-
ded for all that Mr.. Birney had in view
After some discussion the matter was post
poned until the next meeting.
The resolution offered by Mr.. GriswOld at the
last meeting, providing for the redistricting OF
the city, defines the boundaries OF the proposed
divisions, ms follows: list, Az white schools
situated north Of street north, between 10th
and 18th streets west extended to the District
line, shall be known as the first division of pub
lie schools. I'd. All those situated north Of Fl
street north. between LIST and 10th streets west
extended. the second division. Sd. All those
situated between LIST street west and 7th street
those situated south of III street north between
Isl and 18th streets west extended the fourth
division. 5th All those situated west of 18th
street extended. the fifth division. 9th. All
those situated east of 9TH street east extended
the sixth division. eth. All cOlored schools
situated west Of 10th street west extended, the
north Of H street north, between list and 10th
streets west extended, the eighth division
and east of 1st street west extended, the ninth
division.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licenses
Jacob CrumptOn and Laura Peck; Chas J.
Stuart, of Fredericksburg, Va, and Anna
Young; Leare en- and EIlzabsth Holmes; George
and Marette l.. Reeve; Robert Arnold and Liz
zie Wood; Walter Lee skellman and Cornelia
Hines, of Charlottesville, Va, and Alice 10.
Nichols. OF Toronto, Canada; Ira c. Nelson and
Emma Grubhs. both OF Richmond, Va; Ed p.
Frank N. Simms and Sarah Gleason; Joseph D.
Whitacre, of Richmond, Ind, and Emma E.
Muhlhofer; "A. X. McChesney and Agnes J.
Helm, of WILLIAMSBURG, Pa; w. II. Anderson
and La Thornton: X. Fl. T. Anderson and Mary
L. Francis; Frances Furnald, of New York, and
Charlotte A. Weed.
SALE Of X STREET Observation-Disclosures a
decree of the court, the residence, 1923 K street
occupied by Col. y s. SmOot but formerly
owned by eX-Paymaster Hodge, was sold on
Tuesday, at public sale, to ex-Representative
Page, of California, for S15,4OO. The proceeds
of the sale will be covered into the U. s. Treas
ury and placed to the credit Of ex-Paymaster
Hodge.
BASE BALL.-TEe NATIONALS again defeated
the champion MetropOlftans yesterday In q
handsome manner by a score of to g. Hoover
and Hankinson both lifted the ball over the
center field fence for a home run. Knowles
made hit every time he came to the bat.
Heavy batting by the home team was the
feature OF the game. The old officers of the
Nationals having resigned the following were
elected last night: H. B. Bennett president: d.
O'Brien, vice president; Walter Hewett secre.
tary, and Chas. White, treasurer r; NJ T. Scan.
Ion, NJ *. DrInkard and Jas. Reagan were
made the board of directors. Games were PLAYED
yesterday as follows: At Newark, N, New
ark, q; Lancaster, 3. At Trenton, n. J-Tren.
ton q: Jersey City, 2. At Philadelphia-Phila.
deiiihfa, .; Providence, g. At New York-NeW
York, 5; Boston, 3.
THE LAws-CARsoN DIFFICULrY,-The trial
of Walter X. Laws, charged with carrying con
cealed weapOns-a pistOl-which ii was claimed
was fired IN an alteration with Perry Carson
on March sth last, resulted, Yesterday, in a dis
agreement OF the jury, and they were dis.
f.tf:lryed