Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-13


always TO Sarrigan in person or placing them
Rev. DR. Sunderland. VIM. CALI. n. ID Rarr
n Sempken, Nj. W. Beyeridge and others tasti-
heI 10 the good reputation OF the defendant
oharles W biackwood, clerk in the store.
testlned 10 having filed orders for the bureau
In iSsS. Sometimes Carrigan would come an
ana TAKE goods away In person: had delivered
goods In tarrigans room himself.
Henry r. Cooper, another clerk testified to
goods being sent To the bureau
a. >. 80, 10 IN, defendant, Mr.. Whitaker, took
dollar more than he was entitled 10.
District Government AHhir~.
AN ILLEGAL FENCE AND a rRovRl rsoNK
SEwER-
The District Comm sSionerS. IN reply 10 "A re-
quest from Secretary Manning IN relation ~
lhe sewer near the bureau oi engraving and
printing building, have written "A letis. sav ing
that the District sewer is the ef~t side of
lAth street, and the building was cons tru,tei
without reference to THAT sewer the level az
the bottom of the cesSpool being about lhrae
icei below the level at the sewer opposite the
puluing FOR this reason, unless the elevation
OF the cess2ool can be changed aud the pipes
within the building rearranged. IL will be im-
pracilcahle to connect this sewer without going
zoo near the corner of II street I'm order TO OBJ
tain sufficient fall
In this connection the Commissioners sav.
I'VE invite attention 10 the fact that H. entir.
street on the north OF the building, Il outhwpSn
Is inciused I'm the grounds OF the institution.
ms appropriation OF the street l. alike Illegal
ana in violation of the rights OF prope -fv-
holders IN the vicinity. The commissioners
In set
oach the fence 10 the proper line i'm order that
the street may be OPENED in accordance with
the plan Of the city"
PROPOSED OH. WORKS
Nicaolat BROTHERS, IN "A letter 10 the Commits
sioners, ask permission To erect building 30
by 40 feet Oh square M. 695 located al the in
tersection OF q and Canal streets, for the l,ur-
pose ot conducting a wholesale business I'm iilu-
minating and luericatiue oils: They state: All
present the dealers in these kinds of oils have
to obtain their supplies out OF the CITY and Ar,
10 Rfa
date their trade greater number al barrels OF
OH than are allowed 10y the Distrcs laws ire
4hebtiE reaching Ia the number of twent, or
more All OF which bias TO Toe kept. under IA. Ms
tllct laws in irunt oi their stores or warehouses
Al As !. iaci That most vi the Oil as handled by
parties doing business in the most thich!y sell
Tied portion oi the cIty, and where property il
most valuable, particularly Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. The location desire L. Isolated M
| petely from all other property and "A fire in a
oaiiding situated thereon could damage none
other than the building itself and would entail
loss 10 no one but ourselves"
DANGEROUS STRUCTURES
MI. Charles W Handy. agent. a2l r street
northwest, has been notified 10y the building
inspector To take down the burnt building al
the northwest corner OF Sth and boundary
streets within fve days. The occupants of
house 81 13'2 street northwest have been noti-
Ned 10 Nacate the premises at once, as the house
has been condemned unsafe. Mr. A r.
Barker, agent, has been notified to take down
WITHIN thirty days the two story frame house
4io lst street southwest. Mr. John T. Fowler
has been notified 10 take down within fifteen
days the three brick houses 81. 81. ana 31Y
n street southeast Mrs. Mary J. Ripley has
been given twenty days To take down or make
secure the brick building 1l22 New Jersey ave
hue southeast
MIsCELLAsEor-
Inc commissioners have appointed William
Jordan an additional private oi the Metropoii.
tan police, ID g. Iur Three years, for duty al the
premises OF the Washington safe Deposit com.
Pans without compensation from the District
vi Columbia
John kitz ct al. request the erection of a n.y.
grant on street, between North Capitol aud
LIST streets northeast.
Robert Bailey and Alfred Anderson two VA
grants committed Ia the work. ous,, Tor ninety
days each. have been pardoned out provided
they leave the city at once.
MI H. hlngsinan, SOB / street northw west i'm
letter TO the Commissioners states that Inc
residents of Il street, between Sih aud sta
street, between L and boundary streets have
been without water since last saturday
Mrs. M. Il. Chase calls attention to tine urgent
nee neea Oh gds lamps ON street southeast, nom
Dennis ID. Kelly has been appointed special
polccnan Ia do duty from street 10 BouIn-
oars' ana from 18Th To ed streets northwest
e Gath" AZ Gapl.nd. Md.
AN AUTHOR EYRE.
Gapiand is the name of Mr.. George Alfred
Iownsends mountain lodge in the batfiefi. ia
Of Champions Gap, Is miles from Washington
on the Hagerstown branch of the baltimore and
Ohio railroad. During the past season, or since
President Cleveland inauguration he haS
built there three buildings "A stone library n.
by II ieet, ana "A buffet, n feet square also OF
Stone Stone anu stable ~ith bachelor quarters of
three rooms and Keepers apartments SIS feet
long. over the library two led rooms and
on the top OF tue roof is a bclvidcre, I3 by 10
ieet, overlooking both the Catociin and Pleas
ant valleys; the two bed rooms open ON am
upper verandah, l3 feet 10y 10 and there ia "a
aelsnaih % leet long 10y 10 ieet wide below,
enclosing two sides of the house and built ON
stone piers from the South mountains side
Tnaer lne library Is cellar the full length.
Inc library walls are two feet thick built of I,e
OLD req sandstone OF which the south mountain
As "a great IL he, and its chimney il nearly TN
,eet @lue; anu can hold logs hive feet long. The
manufacturing, Tour feet high, and the library
ceiling ana beams are OF yellow pine yaruisbeI
ana the maiitei is OF Albert Durer tiles The
puuei IL ouill 80 as I'D be also a stone lodge and
screen the library from Intrusion and m has a
tile maDtel and exposed ceiling two bed-roons
ABOVE, and douole-story verandah on stone
piers, COMMANDING "A great view OF the Catoc-
TN valley, which is there eight miles wide.
ana Win Tour towns in sight. Summer houses
oil the owners design jut out from the moui,-
.aih, anu seem To overhang this valley. The
elevation OF the ground D !. 100 feet above the
sea- anu 2oo ieet above the railroad station,
one mile distant i'm Pleasant valley. and nearly
the same above the village OF Burkettsville a
mile below in Catoctin valley. Gath has
Duiit 1000 feet of stone wall dug a Wei
hfty-four feet deep, which Is live ali the
year, and ordered windmill to irrigate
his twenty acres. and set out an orchard vines
and forestry plants. He discovered the place
While studying up the ground tor his romance
katy OF Catoctin," which has for its theme
emancipation i'm America. Part of John
Browns band escaped by Champions Gap into
the SUBMITS OF the South mountain Mrs.
Dahlgrens "mountain house" il six miles norta
OF Gapland Ina the same mountain and Gapland
is six mikes north OF tie Potomac. Champions
Gap has been looked al by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad people tor "A " ashington city IT.
sort in summer. A short distance north oi il IL
a large natural spring and rocky promontory
called 1.-The Kettles" AT Gapland first-rate
sweet potatoes. white potatoes and corn were
raised last year.
GET RID OF Your COLD at olsce 10y using DIR
Jayne's Expectorant, and SO avoid the risk u
developing a serious Lung trouble.