Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-19

v.
Gen. Black left the papers in several cases with
the committee, which adjourned until next
Wednesday.
District Government Affairs.
THE WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY.
The Commissioners yesterday addresseda let
quiry whether the Washington Market Co. has
ever paid any money to the District of Column
bia for the use of the square between 10th and
18th and streets northwest, and stating that
nothing has been paid except in the way of ac-
counting under the agreement with the board
of public works."
POOL SELLING IN THE DISTRICT.
The District Commissioners yesterday wrote
to the House District committee, recommend
ing the passage of Mr.. sessions House bill Ito
prohibit boOk-making of any kind or pooi-sell-
ing in the District of Columbia" provided that
an amendment be made thereto, that the
commissioners of the District OF Columbia may
poo-selling or making books at its grounds not
exceeding twice in each year nor exceeding one
week at Ii time" The Commissioners also Sug-
gest additional words to make the law apply 10
boat races or any contests whatever upon
which pooi-seiling may take place. They say,
too, that book-making and pOol-selling would
have been prosecuted heretofore if the courts
here had not decided, following the decisions
of the Maryland courts, that book-making and
pool-sellinS are not gambling devices within
the meaning OF the law.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as
follows: Chas. II. Wright, erect "A dwelling 1 1th
between l and q streets southeast; $1,000.
John II. Click. erect two dwellings. alley be-
tween Rhode Island avenue and =, 9th and .th
streets northwest; $500. J. I. Christian erect
nine dwellings, alley between l. and VI and
Attn and 5tn streets northwest; 5000. Danen-
hover, erect four twO-story and cellar dwellings,
+, between I'd and Sd streets northeast; 81 900.
Geo. III. Boston, one brick, l., between 10Th
and 10Th streets northwest; $4,000. J. f.
Hunt erect a brick three-story and basement
dwelling, G, between 18th and 10th streets
northwest; $4,000. John ID. ONeill, erect
twelve two-story dwellings. H, between Sd and
41,St
ton, erect two-story dwelling, Sd, between Z
ana q streets northwest; $500 WIN. II. kuhi-
and store, 18th and streets southeast; 81 500
John III. Rohey, erect a two-story dwelling, F.
between 18th and 18th streets southeast; $500.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Philip Hutchinson, . street, near 10Th street
southeast, asks permission to construct a boat
house loot 18th street southeast.
Mr.. T. Lanham complains that there are no
shade trees on the west side of 18th street, be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and street north,
and b street has no trees on ii, and neither are
there any shade trees of much size near it in
the White lot.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Wm. A. johnson has
sold to Henry Wise Garnett, for So, 2S2, four
lots, 17x10O feet each, on the east side OF 10Th
street, between and Blake streets Frederick
W. Pilling to Lucie d. Hudson, for 5000, the
residence fronting 20 feet, on the north side OF
Rstreet just east of 10th street.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licences
have been issued by the clerk OF the court to
Thomas J: Holloway and Eyeline Lavinia
Laubrie: Henry Thomas and Retta Morgan:
Enoch Smith and Emma ID. Ambrose; Ma
thaniel Smith and Isabella Ware; George Bran
mum and Lavinia Guriey; John Henry stewart
and Annie Smith.
WILLS FILED To-DAY.-The will of the late
bour. was filed to-day. She leaves to her hus-
band her personal and real estate and requests
him to give three thousand dollars To Catholic
charities, and names her husband as executor.
The will was admitted to probate and MIR. Bar
bour bonded in $4,000. The will of Emanuel
Richard was filed and admitted to probate to-
day and letters issued to the wife, to whom he
leaves his property.
gruder, by ii. w. Magruder, his next friend, en-
tered suit yesterday against Jos. T. Weaver Geo.
NJ kenga. Chas. X. kengla and John L. Kelly,
for 900 damages, on account OF the loss of AN
arm while working at a chopping machine in
the oleomargarine establishment of the defen-
dants in West Washington.
The Tarnbull Divorce.
The court in Newport, r. l., has granted to
Mrs. Grace T. TurnbuIl q divorce from Henry
Turnbull, who obtained much notoriety through
his quarrel with Mr.. Loubat in the Union club
Newport correspondence of the n. y. San says:
In the papers filed in this case are dispositions
made by Mr.. Edward kemeys and Mrs. Sarah
A. Townsend OF New York. These two persons
made depositions for the last case and as the
allegations are the same in the present suit the
testimony Of the witnesses is undoubtedly SINH
asserted that he married Mrs. Turnbuli's sister
and transacts business for the petitioner; that
since September, 1888 her home had been in
Newport, and that Tunbuil was then a resi-
dent OF Washington. He declared that Turn
bull left her in the winter OF 1923. They
were then living in New York city In a rented
house. He has been living in Washington since
then.
In answer to the question, ais he able to pro-
vide necessaries for the support of his wife ii he
wished tor Mr.. Kemeys said: He is an able
bodied man, and is employed in the War de-
partment, believe"
He said that Turnbun had not furnished his
wife with any necessaries, and that he did not
believe he would ever return to live with her.
Mrs. Sarah A. Townsend, mother OF the PEE
titioner, made deposition declaring that Turn
bull had not provided for his wife, and that the
deponent contributed to her daughters sup
port as much as she was able.
What Mr.. POwderly Says Of the Strike.
Grand Master Powderly, Of the Knights of
Labor, who was interviewed at Kansas City last
night, expressed the belief that the strike on
the southwest railroad system would be ended
within q very few days. When asked "W hat
is the strike fOrY" Mr. POwderly iS quoted as