Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-22
district Government Affairs.


u"mhlssiORers, showing. an ,unexpended bal
aF'Ce of appropriations for the latter year of
So 50, which amount he has had covered into
The treasury of the District.
There has been a great rush to-day upoa
Collector Cooks office for dog tax-tags At ?
o'clock upwards OF three hundred tags had
been disposed of, making nearly eleven hun
dred altogether since the law Went into force.
The work in the assessors office having been
nearly completed, the services of the following
assistants have been dispensed with: J. A.
Fierce, refer Hepburn, &. L. Evans, J Davis
J. 5. Martin, a. p. Barnes C. II. Murray and
,: Jones: They We're notified accordingly.
District Commissioner Dent was absent to-
day, having on Saturday evening last taken a
tnp to Oakland To visit his family who are
spending the summer mOnthSsthere. He will
return tomorrow morning.
OWING to the severity of the heated term,
Water Registrar Cox has given orders TO his
inspectors and other employees Of his depart
m3nt to commence work an hOur earlier in the
morning and continue an hour later evenings,
die Of the day.
INTEREST on DISTRICT REGISTERED BONDS.
L. 5 Treasurer Gilii!lan in a note TO the
District Commissioners, states: 1t is very
desirable to adopt a uniform system OF pay.
ing the interest on the registered bonds OF
The funded loans of the DiStriCt whereby the
holders of said stocks may obtain their divi-
dends promptly and the Treasurer may be
relieved from risk and the accumulation of
orders, receipts, &c" The following is there
fore proposed for your consideration and con-
IS proposed to issue checks in favor OF any
owner OF such stocks, whose name appears
upon the schedules furnished the Treasurer by
the Commissioners OF the District, said checks
payable at the option of the holder, at the
office of the Treasurer of the United States, in
this city, or at office of the Assistant Treasurer
AT New York, as is now the case in pay
ment OF the registered interest of the
ffty-ytar loan Is 65). Said schedules should
be prepared and delivered to the Treasurer at
least ten days in advance of the date on which
becomes and IN
afford time to draw, sign and mail the checks
he schedule for the next dividends aud
checks issued thereon, should contain the
amount of said dividends and all interest pre-
ViOuSly declared, remaining unpaid and in the
name of the owners of said stocks. All subse
quent schedules and checks TO include only
the quarterly, or Semi-annual interest accru-
Ing at the time OF the delivery OF the schedule.
II the above propositions are satisfactory
form OF schedules to be used and also a Suita-
bic check will be submitted for your ADOPTION
To this the Commissioners answer: Your
proposition of yesterday respecting uniform
system OF paying interest on the registered
bonds of the funded loan, is very satisfactory
and they will thank you to submit the form Of
schedules and checks for use in this connec-
ton as you suggest
A CONTRACTORS CLAIM.
Contractor Finley in note 10 the District
commissioners, calls attention to his unfniSh-
ed contract with the late board OF public
works, as extended BY the late Commissioners
OF the District, SO as to include Isl. II and +
streets southeast, and Virginia avenue be
tween New Jersey avenue and street south
east, and of the fact that he went to consider
able cost TO execute said work, but was pre-
vented from doing so on account of the act of
Congress, approved Marc.i Il, 1876, and in con-
sequence Of such suspension of the contract.
and of the balance due him, he was compelled
IL sell all his stock of horses, mules, wagons,
carts, plOwS. ShOvelS, &c, at a sacrifice: and to
the Tact that the remaining part of the work
to be done IS that on which he. expected to
make his profit: he therefor asks 10 be a.
lowed t0 80 ON with the work under his CON
tract.
THE SCHOOL TRUSTEE QUESTION.
A delegation of citizens, headed by Rev. II.
Nice, pastor of l2th-street Methodist church,
Richard EmmOns and VIM. II. Hunt, waited
upon the district Commissioner, this morning
to ask that DR.. s. a. H. McNim be appointed
school trustee of the third school district.
They urged that his moral character is above
rreprGach, that his intellectual qualities fit him
for the position, and that the people of that
section desire his appointment.
THE FOLLOWING BIDS WERE OPENED
at i clock to-day in the office OF the District
Commissioners for furnishing fuel for the
various departments of the District govern
ment for one year:-R. NJ. Miller 4 SOn-Whiie
ash coal fiS9; red ash, -; Cumberland, $50;
spltnt, 81; pine wood, $50; oak wood. s.
sawed and split pine, s. 80; sawed and splii
oak, 81 20; storing coal, L cents storing wood,
~ cents. VIC. Particle, informal. Johnson
BrOther-White ash, SIS; red ash, St5S:
500; oak wood. S3.25; sawed and spit pine,
81; sawed and split oak, s.; storage coal, l.
cents; storage wood, . cents. L. VIM. Gui-
n&nd-White, ash. SO; red ash, si.55; Cum
berdnd, rs; splint. $i.s3: pine wood, S3.;J:
oak, So: sawed and split pine. sf.la: sawed
and split oak, St=9; storage coal, T. cents;
Write ash coal S4.i2: red ash, $40: Cum6er-
land, s. 81: Splint, -; pine wood. 3. ii: oak
81; sawed and an split pine, $40: do oak, :;
ava. DIS were made to day.
BUILDING PERMITS
Bse9f Gy IniIptfGt3p E3fwe MIS- Anna Key
nue. southeast $50. w. II. Dyer & Bro build
shed, 9th street. between / and streets
nOrlhweSt 80. Bank of Washington, repair
and ALTERATIONS to bank, corner Louisiana ave
nue. and street $500. q. II. LarcOmbe, repair
brick house, 2lS TN street southeast; so. Den
his Haggerty. construct three two-story
houses. High, between 5th and 9Th streets,
Georgetown: s., $40.
SUNsTROKEs.-Mr VIM. Wroe. a bricklayer
who worked all through the fierce heat of last
week, had just come down from the building
OH which he had been employed Saturday
evening, when he tainted, and physician
being summoned pronounced it case of sun
sirOke. He Is recovering About eleven
o CLOCK yesterday morning, cOlOred woman,
named Joseph Ennis, a. years of age, was
found sick on eth street, near Boundary, and
tended by DIR. b. b. Adams. She was after
wards taken to the Freedman's Hospital
80. "A laborer, named Lewis Labilla, was over
come by heat Saturday afternoon while work
ing at the COmmiSSary department. He was
removed to his home in an ambulance
The COMING CAMP MEETING.-The com
mlite appointed at the District Conference OF
the Nj. i. Church TO arrange for a CAMP
meeting-ReV. DIR. Wilson. Rev. Dr. MURRAY
Rev w. j. Floyd, Rev. j. X. Nichols f. j.
Bartlett, j. ID. Catheli and VIM. HawkinS-tO-
day are at ,IackSOn'S woods. (about - miles
from the city, on the p. & 7. Ii. r.. J preparing
Tor the meeting. The time for holding the
meeting has been fixed for August 10Th. and
prior To that time the woods will be Cleaned
up the railroad company will put in a switch
&c.
The WASHINGTON SCHUETZEN VEREIN met
al The park yesterday afternoon. and the pre-
paratl0nS Tor the approaching festival were
discussed. The work of erecting an arch at
the corner OF Ith street and PENNSYLVANIA ave
nue. was commenced this morning. MANY i'm
ProVementS have been made at the park
The walks mended, new tables and benches
put IN, and all the woodwork repainted. In
The procession next Monday the members of
The ' erein VIII wear their new uniform and a
large number will be mounted.
Fatal ACCIDENT OS A Observation-Disclosures
DAY morning an inquest was held on the body of
Francis Riley, the butcher, found drowned i'm
the river near GieSbOrO last Friday. The iury
returned verdict that they were unable TO
determine whether death was the result of ac-