Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-10

The PAY OF THE LABoREas OF Tue BOARD
OF PrBLIc WoRks.-EditOr star. Sir. IN
ns last 70 fS e.s. ss aePs. Of
employees under the late Board of Public
Works. The statement that the pay rolls as
prepared by the disbursiug officer for these
men are in great confusion, &C., is entirely
incorrect. In the first place the dlebursiiy
officer nSyer prepared pay-rJil. The rolls
were made up by the several s1perintendents
se eS tHs eS ana approved 6y the sadfer
DUTY was 10 pay them and not to prepare them
for payment. All the rolls in his possession are
In Perfect condition As originally prepared
day of July last, by the Commissioners, to con-
solidate all the semi monthly rolls dating back
for nearly year, containing about 2 700 names
into one general roll. He completed this work
on the 2lst IF July. To further the payments
ne could do nothing more. None of the rolls are
ID DIS f charge. ANY delay in these payments is
the delay is the fault Of the Commissioners, the
controller or the auditor of the District. They
are dong the best they can. The bungling law
De mace entails upon these officers great
amount of unnecessary labor, which is the real
cause OF the delay complained of.
fHs respectfully, A:-P. PARDON
A FREE PAss.-The Philadelphia Press of
Saturday, Sth inst, says A man whose name
desired to leave Washington, ID. o., and visit
this city. He produced q telegraphic disr,atch
purporting to be from an officer o. the Western
Union Telegraph Company, requesting that the
man be passed free. He was given a ticket,
but the railroad people began to doubt the cor
rectness OF the thing, and made some inquiries
by telegraph. They then learned that no such
dispatch had been sent. Word was then sent to
Philadelphia, and when Eastlack stepped from
the cars at the Baltimore depot policeman
introduced himself, and requested him to take
a walk TO the station-house. After a hearing
before Alderman Hull he was held in $500 bail
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PRIMARY MEETINGS were held Saturday in
Bladensburg, Md, for the purpose of choosing
five delegates to represent that district in the
county convention to be held at Upper Mari
boro, August 22d, and the following were
chosen q. Shaw, Livingston Browning, X. X.
Elliott. George Duvall and Edward Magruder.
The convention will send four delega tes to rep
resent the county in the 9Th Congressional dis
| trict convention to be held in Annapolis Sep.
| TENDER 10. 1t is generally conceded that the
1 county will favor Judge Tuck, OF Annapolis
| for the democratic nomination.
CHAMPIoF OF THE HEAVY WRIGHrs.-Mrs
Henry IsemaD, wife OF Henry Iseman, the we'll.
| known leather dealer, corner of 9th street and
| Pennsylvania avenue east, was safely delivered
OF nineteen pound boy yesterday morning
| Henry thinks it will take an entire hide tc
| leather this young fellow, should he attain the
| age when strdp-oH becomes necessary. DR.
Aaron Miller, the attending physician, hac gone
| to camp meeting In honor Of the event. Moth.
/ ing like leather.
| No HooP-LA!-A correspondent wants te
1 Know why We don't have our usual allowance oil
circus this year,-whether the comet is in any
way to blame? He concludes a la Tennyson:
"Circus to right of US,
Circus to left OF US,
Circus in front of us,
| Circus in rear OF us,
No circus in midst of u.s.
Somebody's blundered!"