Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-02

Reported for The EvESlSs STAR
A COSTLY GRADE.-A municipal difiiculty
which Is likely To assume serious proportions
has arisen ia regard TO the manner la which
the streets in the northwestern section OF the
city have been laid out. The charter author
izes the city 10 regulate streets, provided coln-
pensation be made 10 any person who may be
injured by the regulation IL gives the city
surveyor Iull power 10 determine the grade OF
the streets, but when any indiy iouai shall think
he Is aggrieved uy the surveyor reg ulalons ..iL
shall be the duty OF the city surveyor To state
the same In writing To the city council, who
shall, upon hearing the same, approve or disap-
prove OF said regulations" Tie surveyors VI
the last ten years have laid out some miles OF
streets in the northwestern part OF the city
above the level OF the building lots abutting on,
the streets, SO that the cutters run higher Than
the lots. The iormer city surveyors and COM
mittees on streets have insisted that it was the
duty of property holders To False their lots. ard
the city school board has, at considerable ex.
pense TO the public school funds. raised the
Hallowell school-house lot. Ii is now contended,
however, that the city is bound 10 raise the lots
or pay damages, aud Judge Z. 4. stuart In our
suance of this opinion, has entered suit for Mr.
Lewis Hipkins, claiming 81 900 because the
gutter on Cameron street has been raised above
the level ol Mr.. Hipkins lot. III this view IL
! sustained IL viii cost tie city many thousand
dollars.
THE FUNERAL OF Mr. Luther +. Lyles took
| place yesterday afternoon from his late lone
on west Prince street. II was attended by
Golden Light Lodge OF Good Templan aud =
large circle of relatives and friends
NoTES.-in the hight here between Satan and
the salvation Army Satan has been victorious
ana the army Has evacuated the town. III lad
maintained bravely AN unequal night for some
time, but in view of the rcinIorcements ex-
pected here this week by its adversary IL was
thought best 10 retire.-Most OF the real estate
offered by John Carr, Saturday afternoon. two
two-story frame houses on Pilt street, near the
infrmary, subject 10 "A ground rent OF S12 per
annunl, were sold one at 81 Is and the other at
500. The houses were moi In good order
Rev. L. IA. Ridley preached at the First Presby-
terian church yesterday, Elder w. NJ. Smoot
conducted services for the primitive Baptists
and Rev. r. A. Castlemen occupied the pulpit
OF ST Paul's church-Mr. 1hos. Kelly Is put
ting up two frame residences on Patrick street,
near Franklin stieet.--A protracted meeting
and revival Of religion is in progress at Trinity
NJ. T.. church.-The Spring Garden property,
near the graveyards was sold saturday after.
noon at S2.o AN acre, including some old build
ings.-Tne mayor, at noon to-day, heard the
Witnesses in the case of the colored gaining
house near the foat of Petty's alley. on Union
street. The police made raid there Saturday
night, and arrested some twenty coorca men,
most OF whom were fined to-day.--ihc coro-
ner OF Alexandria county thought no inquest
necessary in the case oi 'Sm' johnson. killed
by the a. aud w. train on saturday night. and
no inquest has been returned Ia the court.
house.-1he last indictment in Frank Thomp
sons policy case Is still astray.