Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-20
District Government Affairs.

The act OF Congress. approved June IL. 1873,
providing . permanent form of government for
| Commissioners the power to locate places where
| hacks shall stand. schedule Of places was
prepared that year. Circumstances now re-
Quire that some changes be made, which the
Commissioners are now considering, and soon
a new schedule will be promulgated, including
some new places.
BuILpING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle TO ]. J.
Cook, repair frame, southeast corner Sth and ID
streets northwest; 500. H. ID. Boteler. erect
sixteen twO-story dwellings, alley, between 9th
| and 10th and NJ and n streets northwest:
| $4,000. Britton Gray, erect five-story and
northWest: $4,000. JOS. Burden. renai h s brick
dwelling in rear Of 11l5 eth street; $1,000. ].
H. Bryan, repair frame, 2O34 street north
foot of 32d street northwest; $500. John Petit
bone, erect q two-story dwelling. 18th, between
B and c streets southwest: So 300. John Lynch,
erect q three-story and basement dwelling. 31st,
between and q streets northwest; $4,000.
Mrs. w. Hyntz repair frame southwest corner
18th and L streets; $3.50.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Commissioners on Saturday afternoon
went with n delegation of citizens to Prospect
avenue to view the condition of that street. with
the view Of settling the question of the location
Of the building line. 1t Is not unlikely that the
courts will have to settle it.
There are now confined In the Washington
workhOuse 226 prisoners, of whom AZ are
females The new building can only accommo-
date PIG persons comfortably, and the erection
sheliproof buildings will fill q want long felt at
this institution.
The proprietors of the .. s. electric light conn.,
pany had a meeting with the District Commits
sioners this afternoon with reference to moving
their plant further west towards Georgetown.
Local Notes.
The twelfth national conference of charities
and corrections is to be held at Wizards hall.
in this city. commencing June 4th. The topics
Pauperism, sPreventiSe Work ent among 1
Children" ''The Organization OF Charity
,p vision s1d tor the
and management Of prisons and peniten-
| tiaries."
ANTON HErTMULLER's WILL-The will OF
the late Anton Heitmuler was filed to-day.
He bequeathes to his wife, Henrietta, trustee,
Emmert and his son, H. F. Anton Heitmuller
and the death Of his wife, the trustees, Emmert
erty equally among the children, excluding his
daughter, Charlotte Katherine Strohmer now
provision Tor her, and directs that this part
lion shall not take place till the youngest child
Is 21 years Of age. To his daughter, c. X. stroll
estate, and to each child marrying before the
distribution he gives 81 600, and a like sum to
each one unmarried at the time of distribution.
He makes provision for the education of his
children of whom his wife Is appointed guar
dian: He appoints George Emmert, and his
SOh Es a., trustees, I'd OUT tne trusts III
an agreement with the trustees Of the German
Evangelical Lutheran Trinity church, and he
appoints his wife sole executrix.
RANGE OF THE THERMoMErER.-The follow
ing were the readings at the signal office to-day:
q. m, 40.5; Z n M, ALI; liza. m, CLIO; p.
M, 60
SUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT FOR SIC, 900
DAMAGEs.-TO-day, in the Circuit Court, Judge
Cox, the case of Alice Boone, colored, against
the District, was commenced. This Is an ac-
ton for 10000 damages for injuries received
by falling into an excavation for O sewer at the
intersection OF 9TH and B streets and Massachu-
sets avenue northeast OH the 25th of June
1883, which sewer, IL is alleged, was left I'M
guarded. Messrs. c. Darlington and c. s. Moore
Tor plaintiff and Mr.. +. Miller, for the District
EXAMINING Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT
DIvIsIoSs.-The published statement that Mr.
D. w. Rhodes, the chief OF the division of post
Office supplies, Post Office department, has been
suspended pending an Investigation of the dfvi-
sion, is denied by the Postmaster General. The
affairs Of the division, however, are being ex-
amined BY committee consisting OF Messrs
| johnson, Wells and Cooley, appointed by the
Postmaster General for the purpose OF ascer-
| tanning the present condition of the business
and how 1t II conducted. Similar investigations
| have been or will be made of the other diyi-
| stons Of the department for the information Of
the Postmaster General.