Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-19
District Government Affairs.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS NAMED.

The COMMISSIONERS tO-day annOnMced TOT
lowing assistant assessors, To take tic valuation
of all the real estate within the District. These
assessments occur every three years, COM
mencing in March. There are twelve sub
districts, one assessor to each district. :. ".
Golden, assistant assessor for LIST district; h. ID.
Carpenter, I'd; Jos. w; Davis, 3D.; VIM. J.
ness, 9Th; John H. Bird, 9TH; samuel Pokin-
horn, Sth; Hawkins Taylor, 9th; g. a. Dun
Moore, 10Th. There has been few changes in
the list since the last assessment, three years
ago.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: James III. Man,
erect twenty dwellings, alley between oath and
25th streets northwest; $11 600 Notre Dame
itol streets northeast; 1920. :. NJ. Bear, re-
pair brick, 1857 street northwest; $500. l..
Gardner, repair office, 911 + street northwest;
$500. Charles {. Meads erect four two-story
and cellar dwellings, 4th, between a and Il
streets northeast; $4,000. \. X. Simpson,
erect two two-story and cellar dwellings. g. be-
tween Sd and 4th streets northeast; $4,000.
John NJ. Corson, erect three-story and base
ment dwelling, Vermont avenue, between n
Bum repsr brieR s.eres and 94 s
street southeast; $1,5OO. Z. Kelly d Bro. erect
eight two-story dwellings, alley between and
L and goth and 21st streets northwest; So 600.
n. c. Darnall, erect two-story dwelling,
Bennings' station, $500.
Loca, Notes.
Sidney Smoot, son of the late Capt Smoot, q.
s. n, and a resident of Washington until last
fall, died in Chicago yesterday. The deceased
resigned from the navy to enter upon a business
v. c. NJ and W. E NJ. have contributed 500
Bee. at Company. armour Coz, $50 pounds Of
The will of the late Amelia A. Goss, filed to-
day, leaves her estate To her three children.
This morning thief entered the store OF
Henry StrausburgeT, $50 9TH street northwest,
and carried OF a piece of lady's cloth valued at
S25.
The WILL OF MRS. Z. w. WADswoKTH.--
Mrs. Evelyn Willing Wadsworths will. filed
to-day, leaves to Elizabeth Dobson and Mary
McCusker $500 each; TO Maria b. Barstow, a
rencn china dnnel Set to Maria srng NJ peer h
rest OF her estate to her sons, James = and Craig
w. Wadsworth.
IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE SALE.-Messrs.
Thos. ]. Fisher d Co, have sold to IL. Grafton
Dulaney, IT,. the square OF land bounded oy
west. and containing 10000 feet Tor $4,000
cash.
SoAPsroNE QUARRIEs LEAsEp.-H. NJ. Alb
bott and wife have leased for twenty years TO
A. NJ. Smith, James Il Nermilya, and q. W.
Hunter eighteen acres of land near Grant and
Pierce Mill road (Dunbarton soapstone hills
on roy atty, which is to yield them not loss than
the succeeding years.
The Y. NJ. c. A. BUILDING FUND.-The fol-
lowing subscriptions TO the \. NJ. Z. A. build
ing iund are acknowledged: c. w. r. Swartzell,
ssoG Samuel 1iTass A 40 SeoRoS s 8 b. s5yW9of
Decide; So; Dr. A. Baldwin, SO; Ward q Cum
ningham, SO; John X. Wright, So; George Y.
Hansell, 80; X. L. Pettit 50; Z. b. Pearson,
$3.50.
MIND READING AND MANIFESTATIoNS.-Mr
VIM. S. Roberts, aided by his sister, Miss Nir-
ginia Roberts, will give an exhibition OF mind
reading and cabinet manifestations at the Ma
tional Theatre Sunday evening.
THREE VICTIMS OF MURDERoUs ASSAULT
Alice Adams, colored, who was struck in the
head by Sarah Nicolls last Monday night is re-
ported to be In a critical condition to-day.
Sarah has not been arrested. Emanuel Madi-
son, the colored man who was shot in the alb