Evening star., 1867-06-06
LOCAL NEWS.
aMUsEhERrs &c ro.NIeHr

AMUsEhENrs &c TONIGHT bE
NATIONAL tHkATER.--The great lecturer,
John +. Cough. will deliver bis celebrated
lecture on .'Fem perance." this evening Those
who wish to hear m must 20 early to secure
seats. -.1 o. =. 5 % -Er,.
81. PAuL's ENeLIsH hyrHKRAS OaURcH,
corner llth and II streeSs-Straw berry festi-
val now in progress. 81 as..
MASONIC HALL corner 9th and ID streets =
sra" berry far and festival commences this
evening. f.. #
WAuaH CHAPEL. Capitol Hnl.-Falr and
festival by the ladies
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL for the benefit of
the new Episcopal Church of the Incarnation.
at No 47S M STREET
GREEN'S BUILDING, Pa. avenue, near 18th
street straw berry aud ice cream festival, in
AID OF the Mite Society of Union Chapel, NJ
L. Church. -
SEVENTH STREET PARK.-Afteruoou and
evening pic. mic of the Mon umenral Club
%, ANALosTAN lsLAND.-Fifh grand afternoon
and evening picnic OF the Good Will Associ-
alton .... Ed .-
OPENING OF Bios FsR THE NEW DEPART.
NKNT OF AGRICULTURAL IL O clock to-day
the bids for the erection of a building to be
used as Department of Agriculture, on Res
ervation No. 2, on 18th street west, near the
Smithsonian Institute, were opened at the
Agricultural Department., in the Patent Ofi CO.
py John w. Stokes. Esq, Acting Commits
sIonel. The new building Will be of brick
TWO and halt stories high, with French roof
ana press brick fronts. The northern or main
Trent will be 1863 feet 10 inches long, having
TWO wings. each 33 feet 9 inches long, which
project 3 feet from the center part The second
story Will contain the agricultural museum,
1U3 feet long by 81 feet 2 inches wide and the
of1ces Will be in the lower story. "
The bids opened this morning are as fol.
lows, each bid being to furnish all material,
perform all labor, and have the building com.
piete within the time specified december lst,
l@O-Sa1nuei Strong, S95,7s3; James H. Oar
q arl NJ
Downing, S96,957; A. Grant Il Co, SS7, 135, Job
W. Angus, S95,46J; Jones & Collins S1l2, 900;
Peter Hepburn. s1o3,COC Wise 81 Callahan,
&ee,sO6i A. W. Sweeny, seS, 800; Knowles d
Noyes, of Lawrence. Mass. Si23,s93; R. II
Sanders d Co, S7l,400; Z. F. Farrell & %,
$4,000; J, H. Harrison q Co, s96.4OO; + p.
Heintzieman & Co, 500; L.. H. Hall, Of
baltimore. S1Dl 900; Vim. II. Falconer, SI15,52U:
Francis A. Gibbons, Jr.. $50, ,95o; VIM. H Hues-
ts Co, S96S25; Bird & Baker, SOL, ,9OO N.
Osborne OF Rochester, n. Y, $780, ,457.70.
- Messrs Wise & Callahan also bid to furnish
the MATERIAL, blue and cut stone. brick and
iron work, tor So, 1885, ali excavations to be
2I4 cents per cubic yard. Messrs. Bird &
Baker propose TO furnish material and do the
| slatfng, Thinning, painting. carpenters work,
and furnish the lumber. for S37 800. Messrs.
Marks II Eekefs proposed to furnish all mate
rial 1or plJsRa bng e and gas fitting and do the
work, for sass.
The contract will not be warded until Com
missioner Newton re uTns 10 the city, he being
absent now on accuuntof i'll health. TIE bids
Will all be examined, aud the contract be
awarded 10 the 10 west espons bile bidder.
SALE OF REAL LEsTATE-Cooper & I,atimpr
auctioneers made Yesterday the foilowlng z
sale OF valuable building lots, in square 400
on 1th street west between Rhode Island
ayenne and y street. Tne lots have front
of % feet on 9TH snd;S' streets, by a depth OF
95 feet 10 an alley 10 feet wide; lot No ., at 81
cts. per foot, TO Thomas. Coyle; lot 3, at 264
cts. per loot to same lot a, at2l y cts. per foot
10 ) L. ChInsey; lots and d, at 81 cts. per
loot, to y Hillmon lot l3 at 50 cts. per fost. 10
". w; w. BaIdette; Bur Not lots "a, IS, IT, and II, at 80
cts, per foot, to A, Dittrich; lots 80 and %, al
46 cts. per foot to A. Dittrich: lots 81 and %
at ~ cts. per foot, to Lewis e. Newton lots %
and u, at 50 cts per foot, 70 V. Klein
Green Williams, ,auctioneers. ON Tuesday,
Jt the 4th instant, sold % feet front by 20 feet
deep with the improvements at the corner 9TH
and u streets, for S1i,350 to Herman Gasch:the
adjoining house and lot, being same front and
depth, TO John keyworth, for Sll,70O; lot al
the corner sth and @ ftreets, % feet inches
front by 60 feet, TO Irving Il. Wright at 81 60
per foot; rs feete inches front by 81 deep to the
same purchaser at - 2J per foot: total amour;
about S14 200. Also,o yesterday the property
and Z streets west, for S11 500; and hrst-class
three-stoFy brick house fronting on street
north, between 7th and Sth streets west for
SlO,OOO. These sales show good prices realized
TIE BLADHNsBERG BKIDGK.-The Marlbo-
rough Gazette of yesterday says that at a large
and highly respectable meeting of the voters
OF BladeDsburg District, con vened pursnant to
notice, for the purpose of memorializing the
Commissioners of Prince Georges County, IN
relation to the construction of Bridge over
the eastern Branch of the Potomac River at
Bladensburg, resolutions were unanimously
adopted, with preamble, setting forth that
the Legislature of Maryland, at its recent ses-
sion, enacted law empowering the Commits
sioners OF Prince Georges county to impose a
Staxupon the inhabitants thereof, for the pur-
pose of erecting a suitable bridge over the
Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at Bla-
dsnsbHrg: that the Commissioners have
had the subject under consideration. and ha We
authorized the construction of bridge to the
extent of 800 feet only and that bridge of such
length will not answer the purpose for which
IT Is designed, and will be attended with a
useless expenditure Of the public money. The
resolutions demand, as a matter OF right, equity
and justice, a bridge of 600 feet and no shorter,
and urge the Importance of immediate action
= "A SALE POsTPoNRD.-1n the year 1861, the
Adams Express Company erected q frame
building, for warehouse and other purposes,
on lot on street north, between I'd and Sd
streets west. The company now having no
further use for the building, advertised it tor
public sale yesterday afternoon buttbe owners
OF the lot upon " hich it is erected, (the Lump =
sei,R 5. Davis. Esq, stopped the sale with a
writ from the court req uiring the express com.
pany TO appear to morrow and show cause
why perpetual injunction should not Issue
to restrain them from selling the build
ing. The owners of the lot claim that there
Isl was no agreement allowing the express com
pdny 10 remove the Odff0fng WAen -tney mad
no further use for il, and insist that il belongs
to them, as they had paid the Corporation taxes
assessed upon it since it was erec ted They
also contend that the company never leased
the lot, but were merely allowed to take tenn.
porary possession. The case promises to be
an interesting one, as it will probably IN volve
the question Of the rights and privileges OF
persons erecting buildings purely for purposes
eff trade and ccmmerce-InteEltgencer r.
THE SMITHsoNIAN.-Y Yesterday afternoon.
Messrs. w. l.. Wall & Co., aucuoneers, sold
-the grass in the Smithsonian enclosure, about
forty. two acres, to Mr.. T. +. Clark, for SAYS.
There was Quite q large attendance for such
sale, and the bidding was spirited. the crop
being a very fine one. The grass sold last year
for $500. In connection with this sale, we may
state that the grounds are daily increasing in
popularity as place Of resort, and that every
- pleasant evening parties from the city are to
be seen promenading through the walks, en-
joying themselves. There are on. duty two
watchmen in the park, whose attention Is
given in preventing disreputable and sus.
picious characters from lounging about the
grounds; and we understand that for some
time past the average mum Der of such persons
elected or turned over to the police has been
fifteen per week. There is great need in these
grounds for seats to accommodate visitors, as