Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-19
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
DROPPED FROM TEE ROLL OF ASSESSORS.

DROPPED FROM TEE ROLL OF ASSESSORS
AT a meeting of the Commissioners yesterday
afternoon TO decide the question whether Mr.
Stephen Tally, the lately appointed sub-assessor
should be dropped or retained, il was decided
to drop HIM. 1t was charged that Mr.. Tally
was not resident of the district to which he
was assigned having changed his residence to
get the appointment. Mr.. Tally did not DENY
this. but held that inasmuch as he lived in the
district at present he was perfectly eligible.
The Commissioners thought differently, and
last evening stated that the subject was of too
much moment to have any question about
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Commissioners Yesterday notified Presi-
dent Hurt. of the Washington and Georgetown
railroad that x his offer relative to the convey
ance of the lots adjoining the Arthur school
house only holds good thirty days. il will be
out OF the question for them to accept it as the
appropriation to pay for the same is not avail
able until the SOth of July.
The TRAVEL CLUB.-''The Egyptian Through
Mali was the subject of very entertaining
and instructive paper read before the Travel
club last evening IN the parlors of the Strath-
more Arms by Mrs. Frederick Mohl The
pomp and circumstance attending the depar-
ture of its train of elephants from Babylon and
the cities of Assyria and Mesopotamia, the
state and dignity of the royal personages who
patronized il en- route to the centers OF civil
Zation and refinement, Thebes and Memphis
and the value and variety of the commodities
transported were all graphically and humor-
Ously recounted.
Mrs. l.. L. Hunts account of an excursion
along the coast of Norway from Tromsoe to the
North cape. with a description of the midnight
sun. was much appreciated. '.Danclas' ar
rangement of Don Juan for piano and violin
was finely executed by Misses Lucy and Flor
ence Mortimer, who also at intervals through
out the evening played other selections. Sew
eral songs were charmingly sung by Miss
Rogers, OF Bladensburg, and a vote Of thanks to
the contributors attested the appreciation of
the club for the evenings enjoyment Mrs
Leggett will tell the club next Monday night
what she knows of the Egyptian Book of the
Dead"
PLEAD GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF LARcESY-
This morning in the Police Court, a colored
bootblack named George Williams, was ar
raigned on charge of grand larceny. Il plead
guilty" he answered land plead for the mercy
OF the court" He stepped back, and will
spend the spring in jail unless some friends
give $500 bail for him. Williams was arrested
last evening by Detectives Carter and Mahon
for stealing S56 from DR.. Moses Wells place on
Pennsyivania avenue. The money was taken
from the doctors overcoat pocket The
prisoner denied the charge when arrested,
but the ofhcersfound the money hid in his
coat sleeve.
B. L. Terry, son of the late confederate Gen.
Terry, of Wytheviiie, Va, committed suicide 1T
Radford Va, Monday, by taking laudanum-
roll of Carrollton has been discovered in the
old mansion in Annapolis belonging TO the
Chase family.
Ex-President Cleveland was last night elected
an honorary member Of the Young Mems
Democratic club Of New York city.