Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-07
District Governmeut Affairs.
The contract for the paving of 9TH street ha
not been awarded at 3 clock to-day.

The contract for the paving of 9TH street had
not been awarded at O'Clock to-day.
PRO BONO PUBLICo.
The District Commissioners have directed
the major OF police to instruct the police OFF,
GERS to report at the earliest possible moment
al injury trees have suffered on the line of
their patrol, and daily hereafter, any damage
discovered also to have particular attention
given to the pumps, many of which are unser-
yiceabe by reason OF being tampered with by
boys and others, who throw gravel down them.
COLLECTIONS IN JULY.
Collector Cook has submitted his report To
the District Commissioners for july showing
sl0O. .332 rs collected for that month. The prinl
cipal items on account of the year ending
June 80, 1873, $6l 900; for the year ending June
80, 1871, s., 800; June 90 1876, $277S72: June 30
1875, $5,75.H; June 30, 1874, s5,9ll-S7; licenses
for the month, $3,037 l9; dog tax. s., ,572; water
fund account, 1926. 81; arrears due the old
corporation of Washington, 81, 1928, together
with miscellaneous items, making up the
above amount.
ISSUED py inspector Entwisle; JastuS Kaiser,
10 repair brick house 1922 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; $500. Charles Ford, to construct four
streets northwest; 4,5OO j. G. johnson, to
construct brick stOrehouse on III streef,
between North Capitol and LIST streets
at sos e street northwest; $40. Ann Watson,
repair frame house on Massachusetts avenue,
between 4th and 5th streets northwest &l90.
J. III. Fry, build frame kitchen at 2ll r street,
Rachael Harrison, to make brick addition to
premises 10l9 18th street northwest: $3.50. JOS
Libby, to repair frame house l2i West street.
Georgetown; $1,000. Henry Thorn. to con.
struct a story and Mansard-rOOf dwelling,
with basement, on The southwest corner OF
New York avenue and llth streets; $500.
HABEAs CORPUS CAsE-Today i'm the case
of Ida Whitney, OF 3i5 Md. ave., charged with
violating the internal revenue law by selling
beer, heard before U. s. Commissioner j. T. n.
Plant, the evidence was closed, and i'm default
OF bail he committed her to fail Her counsel.
MeSsrs. w. A. Cook, e. G. Cole and A. Brown
ing procured from Judge Humphreys an order
i0r a writ OF habeas corpus and she being In
the custody OF the marshal was brought before
MIN. Judge Humphreys directed the writ 90
Ssue returnabie on Wednesday next at H.
O'Clock and ordered the prisoner to be released
on her personal recOgniZance.
BANKRUPTCY DEcIsIoN.-Judge ID. C. Hum
pnreyS this morning, on motion OF Hon. j.
AMBER Smith, made an order directing that
nerea1ter there shall be no examination OF the
bankrupt unless petition Is filed under oath
by creditor alleging that he has reason 70 be-
lleve that the bankrupt has conveyed naudu-
lently his property. This win reduce expenses.
as 1t has been the custom to examine every
man. Judge Humphreys Indicated I'm giving
bis opinion, that where there were no assets
the fifty dollars deposit would be sufficient,
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued 70
Lewis c. Dentinger and Louisa T. Rars los.
8. Armstrong and Carrie Bolding.
A%Thirty.nve new cases of yellow fsver-
ana nye deaths were reported at New Orleans