Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
EVANSVILLE NEWS.
Special Meeting Of Town Council
General and Personal.
of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
EVANSVILLE, Nd, November 10 1906
The common council met in special ses-
sion here last evening, Mayor Owens pre-
siding. All the councilmen with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Shepherd of the second ward.
were present. DR.. Owens stated that he
had been served with a notice from the cir
cult court requiring the mayor and common
council to show cause why temporary or
der restraining the town authorities from
levying an assessment for sidewalk on the
north side of Johnson avenue between
Maryland and Wine avenues should not be
made permanent.
The matter was referred to the corpora-
ton counsel. Robert w. Wells who was in
structed to secure the services of Attorney
Marion Duckett In defending the case 1t
was announced that should the town lose
the case in the lower court, it will be APP
pealed TO the court of appeals. The side
walk in question was laid under the au-
thority conferred by act of the late
legislature upon the mayor and common
council to lay sidewalks in the town and
assess the entire cost against abutting
property owners.
Mayor Owens reported the result of his
Investigations concerning the mad dog
scare in the vicinity of Columbia and
Schley avenues. Some time since a dog be-
longing to ex-Councilman Edward Devlin,
jr., killed and an examination of the
pody dlsclosed the fact That II was suffer-
ing with rabies. The dog was known to
have bitten several dogs in the neigh
borhood, and a request was made of the
town authorities to order the killing of all
animals known to have been bitten, with
the result that two were killed and others
held under surveillance
On motion of Councilman Mudd II was
ordered that all CANNES known to have been
bitten by the eX-counclman's dog and al
dogs with which the mad dog is known to
have come in contact be killed.
The council ordered the road committee to
construct cobbestone cutters at all street
crossings where such work was found to be
desirable, and also to repair all existing
plank crossings, some of which are In bad
shape.
1t was also ordered that the fire plugs
now in the line of the granolithic sidewalk
on the south side of Johnson avenue be
moved to their proper place.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
will shortly begin the erection of frame
structure in the of Garrisons pool
room for the accommodation of the electric
apparatus, switchboards, etc, for the cleo
trio lighting plant for which 1t has the
contract 1t is expected that the work will
be completed within the next fifteen days,
and that the street lighting system will be
in operation by December IS next.
Rev. VIM. f. Dodd of Cesaerea, Turkey,
is In the United States for a vacation OF
one year. He is visiting his niece Mrs. S.
Ward RICHTER, and last evening addressed
the Mems Club of the Presbyterian Church
on his missionary work in Turkey. He has
been in Cesaerea for the past twenty years.
and his experiences, particularly during tho
Armenian troubles, formed the basis of his
lecture. DIR. Dodd's home is in Montclair.
n. ].
Mrs. Marie Jones has sold her handsome
country place near Beltsville Prince
George county, to Mr.. VIM. Atha OF Wash
ington. The latter will make extensive i'm
provements, and occupy the premises early
in the spring. The price paid was $500.
The sale was made by Mr.. Edward Daniels
of Berwyn.
Mrs. G.. A. Matthews of Philadelphia and
Miss Sadie Ullman of Salisbury, Nd. have
returned to their homes after a pleasant
sojourn with Mrs. Lucinda Holmes
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sheppard of Lex
ington, Va, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Ernest Parker.
Mr.. F. L. Middleton and family of Ber-
wynn have removed to Washington for the
winter months.
Mrs. Mary Roenbaum Of Washington has
been visiting for the past month at the
home of DIR. and Mrs. R. A. Bennett. River
dale. She left a few days since for New
York and will later go to Boston to spend
the winter.
Mrs. Charles Ernst Steinmeyer and
daughter of Riverdale expect to leave In a
week or two for Flagstaff, Ariz., to be alb
sent about six months.
News has been received of the death OF
Mrs. Jerome Baxter, well known in this
section which occurred at Norfolk. Va.
where she recently went to reside.