Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-26
The Public Schools.
THE TRUSTEES CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED
NEW RULES.

THE TRUSTEES CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED
NEW RULES.
At a special meeting of the board Of school
trustees last evening, upon motion Of Mr. Biz
ney ii was ordered that the second recommend
alton of the committee on teachers approved last
shall not be construed to exclude from the Nor
NAL school on account of age any members of
the present third year class in the High school
who shall be successful at the examination held
before July j, 1885, for admission to said Nor
nal school, and who shall be eighteen years of
age before the list of January next.
The board then continued to consider in COM
mittee ofthe whole, the proposed revision of the
for nine standing committees An amenIrnenf
requiring the committee on ways ant~1neans to
make estimates for the maintenance of the
schools was adopted.
Pending the consideration of the amendments
proposed proposed by Mr.; Brney defining the duties Of
schools the board adjourned.
THE HrMANE SOCIETY TO BE REoRGANIzED
An address has been issued by Judge MacAr-
thur and the officers of the Washington HUI
name Society calling for a meeting of persons
interested in the work of the Humane Society,
| to be held at the Y. NJ. c. A. building, Friday
evening, for the purpose of recognizing for
greater activity: The address sets out the pro
visions of the bill recently approved ''fOr the
protection of children in the District" which
changes the name of the former Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals to the s'Wash-
ingtOn Humane Society authorizes said So
ciety to extend its labOrS to the ''prOection Of
children as well as animals from cruelty and
abuse and gives its officers the necessary au-
thority to prosecute its cases in the proper
courts. AS the society proposes now under the
provisions of this act to enter upon q broader
field of humane work new officers will be
elected and the doors open to those who may
now sympathiZe with its objects more fully.
SENT To JAIL FOR A YEAR.-On the NIGHT of
January the 9th, 1854, Anthony Grammar col
ored, while in saloon at the corner of 18th
and ID streets. created a disturbance by saying
he was cheated out of five cents. Grammar
left the saloon and fired through the window at
the barkeeper. James McInery, after which he
until last night, when he was picked up by
Officer Van Fleet and taken to the Police Court
this morning, where he pleaded guilty to carry.
ing pistol and to a charge of assault and bat
terry. He was sentenced to eleven months and
twenty-nine days in Jail and fined $50 in de-
fault of three months additional.
HEROES MUSEUM-If you want to enjoy
hearty laugh, go and see Bobby Newcomb's
Comedy Alliance. 1t is the screaming comedy
success of the day.
The PECULIARLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE on
street last night is fresh reminder to business
men and others of the danger of allowing their
property, of whatever kind, to go for the brief
est space of time without insurance. Home
companies, whose officers and methods are
known to all, are the safest to insure with and
among the best District institutions of this kind
is the Arlington Fire Insurance Company, which
has cash capital of 100000. Office, 1906
pennsylvania avenue. See advertisement.