Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-30
District Government Affairs.

BIDS FOR STREET SWEEPING.
Bids were opened yesterday In the Office o8
the District Commissioners for sweeping tho
streets the city, follows: j. s. Flbert offers
to sweep one year for 29a4 cents per LOCO
2.s4 cents per LOCO yards. l.. p. Wright Il
Son OF TO sweep one year for 2S1.a cents:
three years, at 2si4 cents; or five years, at %
cents.
BUILDINGS CONDEMNED.
Building Inspector EntwiSle has condemned
the following: Brick building on alley In rear Of
12l A street northeast the owner, Mr.. Frank
Browning, has been notified to repair and
strengthen the samee the brick building 916
Delaware avenue northeast. in charge of T. L.
Waggaman: the opening of the party wall be.
tween houses SIS and 1920 14th street north.
west; the brick building 21l South Capitol
street; the two-Story buildings known as Smiths
Row. In alley between North Capitol and LIST
streets and q and III streets northwest; the rear
wan on alley OF premises I'll 1th street north
west; the rear wall on alley of premises 713 9TH
street nort Invest; the rear wall on alley OF prem
ses 115 9TH street northwest; house No. 213
South Capitol street, which is considered dan.
gerous: the two-story brick pudding 213 South
Capitol street Tin dilapidated conditione the
back building of house 92l Sth street north-
west (in dilapidated condtionl; the back build
ing of house 926 Sth street northwest lin dilapi-
dated condition.; the wooden building 2340 sth
street extended (dilapidated and unit for use);
east wall of the back building of house 943
Maryland avenue lin dangerous conditionl. and
the brick building on alley in rear Of l2l a
street northeast.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: 1hos. T. keane,
erect a two-stoiy dwelling, Sd, between street
cree, a fwo-story and dwelling1 ilth' bctwee1s
q and X streets n.w.; 81 900. X. and NJ. Gar.
rett, erect two two-story dwellings, 10th, be-
repair frame 800 North Carolina avenue, s.e;
S1OO.
BOYS RUN OvER.-Between five and six
O'Clock yesterday afternoon Frank Reynolds, .
boy, was run over at the corner Of
10th and III streets northeast, by a butchers
IsID TO-
and driven by man named DORIS The boy
was taken to his home where DR. Norton at
a serious nature.-About seven o'clock last
evening John Quigley, eleven years old, while
playing i'm the street in front OF his home, 723
412 street southwest, was Knocked down by ono
of the horses attached To a two-horse wagon
driven by colored man. DIR. Hazen rendered
medical aid.
RANGE OF THE THERMoMErER.-Ths follow
Ing were the readings at the signal Office to-day:
. a. M, 44.9; a. ~, Asa; IL q. m, 69.2; 2 p
M, 12.0.
ASSISTANT ATroRNEY GENERAL McCAr.
MONS SUCcEssoR.-It is stated that tho
appointment OF a successor 30 Assistant
Attorney McCammon has been about decided
upon, and Mr. Montgomery, a son Francisco
lawyer OF prominence, Is thought to be tho
coming man. He was n class-mate of Attorney
General Garland. Frank Hurd has been mem
Toned but IL is said that his being a contestants
for q seat In Congress makes him unavailable.
The Maryland Shooting Case.
HOW A BABY WAS UTILIZED To WARD OFF
PISTOL SHOT.
John w. Lamar, q farmer, living near Prince
George county, Nd, was shot In that place on
Monday by James A. Morris, who keeps q -
loon there. Mr.. Lamar, who IL severely, but
not dangerously wounded, gives the following
They had some words over the pay.
ment OF a bill, and Lamar struck Morris over
the head with a paling. Morris threatened TO
get even with him, and when Lamar started
Tor home i'm a wagon, containing his wife, baby
and mother in-law, Morris stopped the wagon
I'm the road in front of his saloon. Lamar con-
tinues in his statement OF the affair: when
Morris got near US tried to urge the horses on,
but he got i'm front OF them and they would not
move. He said, Il want a word with you; you
called me - this morning, and intend 70
kill YOU He pointed a revolver At me- and
interposed the baby between the revolver and
myself, SO as TO keep him from shooting. He
ran around in different directions trying to
ind an uncovered part of my body at which TO
fire, but as fast as he moved moved the baby
30 as TO defeat him. Mrs. Lamar begged him
not to shoot In the wagon, he would Kill
some OF them, when he replied with an oath,
i will XIII you ALL All this time he was en-
to get shot at me, but kept the
child moving about In front OF my person. ana
he could not fire without killing it. Finally ho
rushed up, and, seizing the child. pushed hio
revolver forward between the childs legs q
under them and fired. He went right od, and
his son, who had halted half way down the hill
vent towards the saloon with him. fell oou8
IN the wagon Morris has been arrested