Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-23
District Government Affairs.

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Mr.. W. II. Clagett, Edward Caverly ct al. re-
quest Il water main on Gales street, between
i5ln and 16th streets northeast. and along 10th
street 10 the BeuniBg bridge road. Mr.. Z. B.
stani, io6 Louisiana avenue, requests that the
water lnain for Shepherds alley, between l.
and ana @ 9th and d 1o!n ., streets, be laid as soon
Jersey avenue northwest, asks leave to lay u
wafer supply pipe i'll alley, square 62S.
TIE PUBLIC SCHOOL ESTIMATES.
The committee Of the school board appointed
10 prepare estimates Tor the support Ot tue pub
lie schools for the next fiscal year has finished
ATS work and the estimates viii probably go ~
IL Is stated, are about the saline those uf last
year, wisfen aggregated $G4l,o9S. There is {.
great de.nanG in certain sectiuEs OF tine city,
and especially In East Washington, for ne ~
schooi buildings. In East Washington fourteen
schools are accommodated in rented buildings.
Two new tweivc3horp buildings We're asked to:
this dlv,siun oi tAa &cnes;is last year, but QnIy
Que elght-ruonl btliiditg Was given. ine schools
,hora aIe so crowded that Ihir.y-six hat.-day
this year, some OF theIl being third aud fourth
grade Schools.
MISCELLANEOUS.
John h. Smith forwards u communication CT
Alex. &. Shippen, com piining OF IL failure of
tic coioreu school authorities To give tim the
Geneftt OF an oral examination teachers
certificate and asks tnat his percentage De
marked on all subjects Or September eAami-
nation. -,.
Commissioner Ludlow has had prepared for
his office u blank form application for water
mains, to accommodate the citizens. This
blank form will not Uuly facilitate tne wishes
oi property owners, tut the routine WORK OF
the engineer office.
Mcssr>. Edwards & Barnard, No. 412 5.h
street northwest, appiy lor sewer, under the
permit sea -on, four .eet diameter and eighty
Ieet long west side OF Biadensbury road, ue-
ginning at Boundary street, for the benefit OF
the PROPERTY owned ty Geo. \. Holland.
VIM. Forsyth, District surveyor, has been re-
Questeu Dy Lac Comm isAiOners to furnish them,
as soon as possible, for use OF the Inspector oi
buildings, plat OF The property recently pur-
cH!sed ny the district ior u public school size.
Major Walker recommends to the Comlnis.
Sioners that himself ana one of the attorneys
Tor the District be authorized 10 revise the
manual of the Metropolitan police department.
school, Sprasue mansion, asks that the allow
ance Tor the school may Ue increased to 500 per
month ano that tine school may occupy the
builuing corner 10Th and II Streets for school
purposes.
DuiiDg the week ending last Saturday the
health officer reports there were 81 Deaths
white SO, colored IL. 1'hirty-three marriages
and 50 births were reported.
The examination oi applicants Tor admission to
the Washington hign school, which was 10
have been begun this afternoon, has been posi-
poned by the committee until O'Clock SAtur-
day morning. 1t will be continued the follow
ing Monday and Tuesday afternoons Fifty
applications for examination nave been re-
celved, and tue applicants will be notified to
appear Saturday morning.
STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.-The 10
year-Old daughter OF Ellen BrOadus, who WIS
struck Oh the head with stone yesterday
morning during an aftray in Chester court, as
published in yesterdays STAR, is still III d
critical condition at the Chidren's hospital
Ellen BrOadus, Alfred Broadus and Annie
Broadus were each fined So tor affray in the
Police Court to-day, ii being shown that the af-
fray was started by the Brondus family. The
charges against the others were dismissed.
A COMMERCIAL AGENT FINED.-William H.
Hansell, arrested yesterday tor doing business
without license, was tried before Judge Shell
to-day. and a fine OF $2O5 was imposed The
defense was that Mr.. Hansell was selling under
license belonging to q broker In this city,
which the assessor had refused to transfer TO
Hansell because ne did not think it was 4 bona
fde transaction. The judge said that their
remedy was to obtain q writ OF mandamus TO
compel the official to comply with the law ii he
had not done SO. The court could not excuse q
violation OF law on that account.
MARRIAGEL licenses have
been issued by The clerk OF the court to
Jacob Liesch and Amelia Brezerol; ]. w. Carr
and Mtnnie La Page, OF Remmicken, Canada:
samuel j. ID. Boyd and A. J. MOrtani.