Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-18
District Government Affairs.

Ii. u. T..
Tyson, all doing business on eth street above X
street were at the District Commissioners
office this morning protesting against telegraph
poles being placed on that street between h
and boundary streets The Commissioners
with Capt. Greene Acknowledged that it would
necessarily be ANNOYING 10 the business men of
9Th street, but there must be some concessions
on the part of citizens to promote the public
good. BY the program laid out, the city would
get rid of 81, miles of telegraph poles. Mr..
Hewitt on leaving, expressed his purpose of
applying for an injunction from the conrt Ia
prevent the planting of the poles in front OF his
property.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The site selected for the erection of the seventh
precinct police station Is on New Jersey avenue,
avenue.
A liquor license has been issued to Daniel s.
Mr. NJ. G.. Emery has addressed a note TO the
commissioners declining 10 accept the appoint
ment as delegate to the national commercial
convention TO be held at Atlanta, Ga, on the
18th instant.
Messrs- q. T. Dunlop, Austin Herr. A. Z. Crop
ley and F. F. Madigan have been named by the
District commissioners as delegates TO the COM
merclal convention at Atlanta, Ga.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: Oscar PEBBLES re-
pair frame, 1914 ID street southeast: 500 Mrs
NJ. r. Mccarthy, repair brick, 9ol V street:
500. +. Pinkney erect two-story dwelling
northeast corner LIST and q streets: $500. c. c.
northwest. $1,000. c. +. willett, erect tour two
story and basement dwellings. {, between I'd
&
Tucker. repair brick 9ls Louisiana ave: 5000.
NJ. NJ. Parker, repair brick I522Q 81. NV; 500.
lio Grow1eE Co; repair brick his y St nv;
ST. NV; $500 III. T.. Bergman, repair brick
132:; 9th st. NV; $3.50. W. Schuyler, repair
brick rear of liz st. NV; sIio. NJ. sond-
heimer, repair brick 1872 18th St; 5000.
q. l.. Arnold. repair brick .21 East Capitol
street southeast; 5000. Horace Paine, repair
frame Livingston road, county: Sl5o. W. H.
McFadden, erect a two-story and cellar dwell
ling. r. between 18th and 18th streets south
east; $1,000. John Grinder, erect three three
story dwellings, \, between LIST and I'd streets
southeast; $4,000. Mrs. T. G. Brace. erect "A
two-story private stable, rear OF 1915 \ street;
$500.
BUILDINGS CONDEMNED.
Buliding inspector EntHisle has condemned
the following structures for various reasons:
Mr.. Morgan X. Goddard has been notified that
the one->torN wood building, 1000 Jefferson
street.N est Washington is unfit for habitation
and is required TO have it taken down within
thirty days. Misses Essex, Banks and Others
trustees, are notified of the diiapidatcd -condi-
ton of the wooden building on the north
east corner of 18th and Cedar streets
and are ordered to have it taken down within
thirty days; Mr.. e. b. Church is notified that
the two wooden buildings, 652 and 634 III street
northwest, are unfit for habiiation. and must
be- taken down within thirty days; Mr.. Charles
+: White is notified that the brick wall ia the
alley in rear of No. 125 Indiana avenue is i'm a
dangerous condition and must be repaired to
the satisfaction of the inspectors office within
fifteen days: Mr.. Frank Tibbetts has been mott
ned of the openings i'm the party wall between
houses No. 1918 and 1920 18th street north
west; ordered to reElair within 10 days.
Mr.. Robert Willett is notified that the brick
Wall on the alley in the rear OF No. ID. Indiana
avenue il in a dangerous condition, and must
be repaired at once j. Tarbell Dyer is informed
that the area on the south side of the building
in which are placed the steps to the armory
having been reported ID the inspectors office as
dangerous, he is notified 10 have placed on each
side an iron railing within fifteen days.
Ii. o. Holtzman, agent, is Informed that the
twostory brick building No. 1911 ID street
northwest is in "A dangerous condition, and ne
twenty days. John Mathews is informed that
the wooden building in the rear of 34I Maine
avenue being diiapidated and unsafe
have It taken down within twenty day.
Mrs. Harriet Fiagg is notified that in the rear
of the house owned by her. 49, III street north
west there is "A diiapidated wooden building,
dangerous TO the occupants and endangering
the adjoining property, on account OF ITS COIN
bustible character. She AZ notified to have it
taken down within thirty days.
Local Notes.
There has arrived at market within the
last week 695b0O feet of lumber, 80, 800 shin
giles and 100000 laths, 2,s5S tons ice. 200
sacks salt, 2,2o2 tons coal and 80 tons asphalt.
Margaret +. Hally has. 10y Messrs. Brney and
Birney, filed a bill for divorce from Carl August
Hally. They were married i'm October ISIS
by Rev. Father McCarty and she charged for
the first i've years he led idle, diSsoiue life;
that he treated her with great cruelty, also
Scientific men do not think the oil deposit
found at 10th an + streets il from a vein, as the
Seoh1sical conditions are not suitable.
samuel Banks. colored. charged with indie
cent exposure in the Armory square, was fined
$40 by Judge Smell to-day.
CHARGED WITH GRAVE INSULTS TO LADIES
William >. Hunter alias Lawrence, a young
man 22 years old, from Richmond, Va was
arrested this afternoon by Detective Raff for
making indecent gestures to ladies' in the
neighborhood OF 9th and 4 streets northwest
ana locked up AT the seventh precinct station
Complaints were made to the police of his con-
duct on former occasions, and to-day he was
caught in the act.
RANGE OF THE THERNoMErER.-The follow
ing We're the readings al the signal Office to-day:
5 a. M, $40; a. ~, 57.S; IL am, 600; Up.