Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-21
Raal Estate Matters

A Mitchell has bought of E. L. Mcintosh,
for $500. lots 81 SO, part 80 and subs SO TO &c.
square 597. lis feet on I'd street, same running
through to Canal street. fronting SLIP feet on
Canal street, between N and n streets north
west.
Emma B. Baumgrass has bought. for $4,000,
from Clara d. Farrows, sub sc, square III,
20.66 by 1912 feet on 10th street, between Q
and r streets northwest
=. II. Christman has bought, for SIS, 500 of
T. A. Mitchell part 10, square 456, 20 by SO feet
81 inches, street, between 9th and 18th streets
northwest.
Messrs. Walker and Wilson have sold to
Messrs. Vim. o. Dawson and others a tract of
sixty-seven acres on the Brightwood road
south of and adjoining Brookland This prop
with the plan of the city. and will have large
frontage on Rhode Island avenue extended
The streets will be handsomely laid out with
sidewalks and shade trees. The price paid was
Si3. 251.52.
Emma b. Baumgras has bought from C. d.
Farrow. for $4,000, sub lot 66, square Ill, i'm
proved by brick residence, on 18th street. be-
tween @ and r streets northwest.
Messrs. Wright Il Stockett. $40 F street north
west, have begun to erect four six-room bay
window press-brick dwellings ON ID street,
near 9Th street northeast, to cost SO. 900.
They report unusual activity for this month.
having recently sold house No. 401 4th street
northeast, to Mr.. Chas. Rogier, for 50. 400; five
two-story bricks on Callan street, for Mr.
Oliver Cox, at $3.50; three two-story bricks in
square 859, for Mr.. William Mayse, at S2.550;
eight lots in square S56 at S6,465. and four lots
n square S59 at S4,413. to Mr.. Oliver Cox, and
eyeral other transfers now pending.
T. Franklin Schneider has bought. for
S16.289, from DR.. z. I. Sewers, subs 49, "a, 80
and sc. square 155, each 1927 by 100 feet on
north side of Q street, between 18th and 18th
| streets northwest.
A. J. Meen has bought, for 81, 1927 50, from c.
J. Hillyer. subs rs, II and 7S, square 1874. II by
| 80 feet each on Sherman, between @ and Il and
| 18th and 18th streets.
Amelia Rothage has bought, for 81, 220. from
John Walker. sub 10, reservation A, Is by 1871
| feet on south side of Pennsylvania avenue,
between Sd and AZ streets northwest.
THE UNION CHURCH instrumentation.
siderable improvements have recently been
| made on the Union Methodist Episcopal church
| Goth street. The front of the church has beer
reprinted and penciled. audience room and
| lower yestibule refrescoed, cathedral glass
| windows have replaced the former old style
windows and the entire church newly carpeted
The church was reopened yesterday. Bishop
Hurst and DIR. Naylor occupied the pulpit.
SUING Ex-GovERSoR McENEaY FOR PAY FOL
| LEGAL SERvICEs.-R. G.. Ingersoll and G. s
Pomeroy. by Messrs. Newton and Lavender
have filed bill in equity against Jno. McEnery
ex-governor of louisiana, to enjoin the defend
| ant from conveying certain lands. from locat
| ing or selling script. and for an account. They
| state that in March, 1880, defendant was EN-
ployed as special agent. or counsel of Louisiana
to assert the rights of the state TO lands donated
by the United States, and recover for the state
, the value of the lands in money or script. ant
| was to receive one-half thereof for his services
! that he employed the compliments to assis
| him to recover one-half OF what he CMcE.
should receive-30 per cent to the first and q
per cent to the second. They charge that de
PENDANT has received large amounts of scrir
and money for the state for which he has giyei
them no account. and they therefor file tn,
bill to secure a settlement for their services
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE OYSTER PIRATES
Saturday afternoon a man presenting the an
pearance of a tramp called at several house
on 9th street southwest and requested some
thing to eat He was so persistent in his de
mands that several ladies were frightened. an,
sent to the fourth precinct station for a police
man. Officer Geoghan responded and ARRESTED
the man, who gave his name as Patrick Hogan
He was locked up on charge of vagrancy II,
STAR reporter he stated that he arrived her,
Friday morning from the lower Potomac OF
his way to Baltimore. Just one month ago. b,
says, he shipped from Baltimore to work OF
the oyster sloop Annie Holden, of Cape Charles
He says that he promised SIS per montl
and good board. During the twenty-nine day
he worked on the boat he says he did not GET
square meal, and when his month was M h,
was given 20 and was put off the boat. Afte
walking some miles he came to a wharf, wher
he took q steamer for this city This Inornin,
the prisoner was taken to the Police Court an,
sentenced to two months on the farm.
.Alyin Joslvu. Davis the actor a~~asxo,