Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-21
District Government Affairs
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES.

ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES.
Mes srs Herbert Wadsworth and G.. NJ Me-
Nett have been notified, in reply to their com
mu nicaton requesting permission to lay un-
foreground electric light wires on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue from their station on q street that the
permit already given TO light on 9Th street will
afford an opportunity of displaying the merits
OF the proposed system, and that il Is not
deemed advisable 10 extend the limits already
designated at this time.
The Commissioners have approved the re-
quest of the United States Electric Light COM
pany for permission to establish "A TEN porary
aerial system of wires along Pennsylvania ave
nue. from LIST to eth street northwest.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr.. A. L.; Grimes, a citizen OF Georgetown,
makes application for the position OF market
master for the market OF that city.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwsle: samuel Multi
ken, erect a three-story and basement dwelling,
Connecticut avenue, between X and streets
brick Riggs bank $500 Thos Cooper, repair
brick, 921 LIST street southwest; $500. Henry
Maynes, repair i, frame. 2O54 Payette street,
repair brick, 20 9th street northeast; $500 Mrs.
Ann McArdIe, repair brick, 18th, between q
and II streets northwest: 5000. 6. T. Lewis,
erect a three-story and basement dwelling and
store, 14th, between . and streets northwest:
81 900. w. +. McAllister, repair frame. Sis c
three-story and basement dwelling, II. between
9th and 7th streets northwest; $4,000. Geo. A.
Drury, erect a two-stOry dwelling, & street, be-
tween 18th and 18th streets northeast: -, 500.
Mrs. c. Grin nell, repair brick, 14O9 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest; 5000.
SUICIDE OF WASHINGTON PRINTER.-Wm.
c. Simonds, a printer, 26 years of age, whose
family resides in this city, and who has worked
on the papers here, committed suicide i'm New
ark, Nj, sometime during Sunday night. He
was found Monday morning, in bed, with a bull
the floor near by. He will be buried in this city,
at Congressional cemetery, tomorrow after
noon.
A RAID ON BATHERS.-About $50 o'clock
yesterday evening Officers Warwick, Fisher,
Edwards and Sutherland made a raid on the
batherS in the river i'm Georgetown, and ar
rested John Kane, Robert Chase, William n.
Nicholson, John Howard, Henry Shaw and
Thomas Burns all white men, who had gone 10
take bath after their days work.
Mr. Cordial Storrs to-day, for John Stewart,
filed a bill for divorce from Euphemia stewart.
He states that he married the defendant under
the name Of Handy, June 18th, Is6s, and
charges that she deserted him in November,
1882, without just cause.
Philip I. Dodge, OF this city has been awarded
patent for a type writin g machine, assigned
to the Remington company.
COMMISSIONERS EDMoNDs NOT RESIGNED
1t was stated at the White House to-day that
Commissioner Edmonds has not rendered his
that a change in his Office is contemplated.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS WEBB filed his oath
of Office with the first controller Of the Treasury
this afternoon.
STAMP PAPER.-Mr. j. H. LIGHTER, of the
office OF the commissioner Of internal revenue,
went to Philadelphia last night to superintend
the counting and packing of 45O, 900 pounds of
distinctive paper to be manufactured there for
internal revenue stamps. About thirty count
ers will be sent on tonight and tomorrow to
assist him.
PosrMAsTERs WHO USE POSTAL FUNDs.-The
law officer Of the Post Office department has
given an opinion to the effect that q postmaster
who uses or converts to his own use the postal
funds in his hands, although not required to
deposit them until the end OF the current month
or quarter, is guilty Of embexzlement.
THE CABINET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Whit
ney and Endicott were absent from the cabinet
meeting to-day, both being still out OF the city.
The session was long one.
LEAVE for four months Is granted Capt
Charles T. Witherell, 10th infantry.
DIED AT HIS DEsK.-Henry Krauskops Of
Indiana, aclerk In the second auditors ONCE.
who has been In the service for 20 years, died
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