Evening star., 1909-06-13
Sunday

today. by persons of
Sunday boisterous or rotous dis
position, and the following
paragraph in the George
town correspondence of The Star of June
G. 1859. indicates that such conduct was
regarded as decidedly reprehensibe:
"A sort of general and free fight oc-
Cured yesterday tSunday) in the back
yard of boarding house kept by a Mr..
Giles on Bridge street. which drew to-
gether crowd of some two to three
hundred persons, TO the great annoy
ance of the entire neghborhood The
lighting was confined entirely among a
parcel of hands from Philadelphia en-
psoyed upon the Improvements now in
progress at the Washington and George
town gaShouses. II had its origin, we
suppose, in bad whisky, as we know of
nothing else that would cause a parcel of
men in a strange place and occupying
the respectable position OF mechanics to
so far forget the rules of propriety and
decency and disgrace themselves by en-
Saging in a sort of general melee or dog
fight on tie Sabbath, and that. too, with
in a stones throw of a Christian church.
We sincerely hope that unless they intend
to mend their ways they will get through
with their job as quick as possible and
leave for their homes
A municipal election occurred the 9th
OF June, 1859, and that night MIR. Francis
McNerhany, who was
Political elected from the sixth
ward to the board of al
dermen. was given a ser
enade by his supporters and admirers at
his residence. The occasion was not per-
mitted to pass. however. without a dem
onstration Of the asperities of ward poll
tics. In The Star of June I, 1859, is the
following news item:
About IL o'clock last night band
was employed in the sixth ward to sere-
made the successful candidates. AS they
were on their way to sereRade MIR. i.
McNerhany, the alderman-e .ect, passing
the residence of Mrs Bohlayer, shots
were fired into the crowd. The followers
Of the band then began attack with
stones on the house. Several shots were
then fired into the crowd by some one
IN the house and three persons were
other In the thigh and another in the
waist. A man named 5. J.. O'Brien, who
was seen coming from the house. was
arrested by Officer Arnold and was taken
to the lock-up house. This morning he
was held for bail for court. The general
opinion seemed to be that the shots were
fired by Christopher Bohlayer, who has
not been arrested. The matter will be
further investigated VIXEN the parties are
all arrested and the injured persons will
be brought up as witnesses. There are
two sides TO this question and on the
her one il is contended that the attack
was made on the house before the shots
were fired.
). K
I'VE perceive says a paragraph in The
Star of June 10 1859. that steps are be-
ing taken TO improve the
Improvements square fronting Missouri
in Progress stn e'a straats "eTh ,rho hs,,,i anu
flying of this square by the government
has long been desired by the owners of
the handsome residences on the square
opposite The government has employed
Messrs. Curtis & Dearing to put up a
handsome greenhouse upon this square.
which is now in course of erection. At
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and
10th street four fine dwellings are being
erected for Mr. zephaniah Jones. They
will greatly improve the neighborhood:
bricklayers. Jones & Birch: plasterers. AL
len & Jackson; painters. Clements & Bro.
carpenters and builders, Curtis & Dearing
and W. Drain. The houses are to be four
stories 2DX:.2 feet deep, mastic imitation
of brownstOne, arranged with all the lat
est improvements for comfort and conven-
fence and finished in style suitable for
first-class dwellings Messrs. Curtis De
Dearing are also engaged with the finish
ing of the extensive buildings corner
Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street erect
ed for the firm of Middleton & Bell
Although the House of Representatives.
wing OF the new Capitol extension was
occupied in 1858 and the
Capitol Senate wing in 1859. the
dome was not finished
Doii0. until some time after
ward In The Star of June 10, 1859, is
the following paragraph indicating re-
sumption of work upon that structure:
"Active operations are being prosecuted
at last with view to the completion of
the section Of the Capitol dome now un-
finished. The requisite supply of iron
necessary to this end has arrived on the
spot and is being fitted and placed on
the works rapidly as a goodly number
of tirst-class workmen can prepare it. In
a few months the section will be COM
pieted and the preparations will be made
for raising the hoisting machinery to the
proper height for commencing the next
section. In the Capitol grounds the
gardeners are busy at work in trimming
the lawns and cropping the superf1uous
growth of the shru bbery and doing their
best in a general way TO make the Capt.
tol grounds what they should be-a very
attractive place of resort for citizens and
strangers.
1t is not generally known that at one
time the much-mooted question of re-
moving the desks from
Legislators the House of Representa-
ce tives was settled In the
affirmative, as will be
noted by reference to the following para
graph from The Star of June II, 1859:
1.-The new Hall of Representatives is all
alive today with workmen, some engaged
and piping for Increased heating facili-
ties and some making preparations for
the substitution of sofas for the arm
chairs and desks hitherto used by the
members. 1t will be remembered that
the House of Represent tatives last ses-
sion voted to do away with single chairs
and desks and adopt the English parlia-
mentary style of advancing to a table in
the center of the room whenever men,
Der may need pen and ink facilities,
change which it is supposed will advance
business since the members will be
obliged to sit bolt upright and attend to
the work of the hour instead of writing
letters and franking documents as here
tofore. The armchairs and desks have
not been sold, but have been cozi1y piled
away in the basement. so that in case the
change proves unpalatable 10 the mem
0ers there is nothing more to be done
than order restitution
THE NATIONAL GAME.