, 1879-02-11

The sub-Trcasury disbursements yesterday
amounted to s:3,0n.
The per cent subscriptions yesterday reached
tho comfortable figure OF sJ3,00o.
Onp hundred md utnety.fv barrels Of alcohol
were exported from thts city yesterday.
Collector Harycy's intcrnal.tuvcnuo receipts
yesterday footed ip SCI ,A89, of which amount
<l7,17 was for tnx-patd spirits. 630I4 for tohac-
70 and cigars, S47l for beer, and $40 for exports.
Tie t,ottt Jury In the Circuit Court, which was
a'lo" ctl 10 70 h0ls during the blolgett tnyes.
tIsattou, viii resume its lnbsr., Wednesday
morning, wllen Judge BludGett vii! again Jake
his scat on tho bench.
Charles Kisstnann. saloon-kceper ut No. 100
West Madison street, wis before Commissioner
tlDyne yesterday to anAWcr thrrhaTgu uf carry
inG on tat btlstncss without having LICENSE. lie
excused his failure TO eot1ply with thc law by
pleading that ho hsd been sick ABti unable to
intend 10 getting out license, and was given
until to-dAY &u bring In the tluctor and mako
gouf his plea.
Acting supervising-Arvhi.ect Frazer has nd.
vertisctl fur kealcd proposals for furnishing,
AtltnE, delivering, ll!d putting III plact rtllll
tlctu the run stascs for t!u new Government
HufdinB III this clty1a accur!arlce With drawings
an! specifications, comics Of which, nn! any ad-
dlttolal information, may bc obtained from tho
supcr;ntenent Of tho building. The stairs,
Judging FROM Tie drawings, will be something
or,atr, aut In general keeping with thu styu
an'l magnitude OF the structure. Proposals
Will bc received until tho .Jth inst.
IL is, prslaps, Just as well to explain that tito
n.rnt Building IT, not tlo,lo by cuntracturs, but
bY i}uYernn,ent &ilY labor, under lilo supervision
of ucn. Mcdowell, 50 that thu investigation,
Sah! to be imtlHeht y day uE 10 ago. Ut an
iloors nit! then hnvu them ripped uI, Ut ncces-
Bariiy IN a,lultin1Ial expense, To nllaw tiiu
plumbers An'l Eas~tittcEs to Eut IN illrir work,
viii not cutne un as there arc no roulsactars.
lI!rru cat,. OF course, be no investigation ot any
alleged scheme of this nature IN their part.
The Department ut Washington nerds n!l sl't
oEcri,an!in. II any. that attaches to tbs casc,
tor "rscritlg tle collereto work to pEocec! with
nut nIaktpg tho ali9htest pruyisluh for Tho
plumbing and gas-tltii"G-wh|ctt ought to
/ prerc'lc tt,-and this, too. IN thu face
VI sugtesttnne, rcnloustfaieest tlsl protests
| 1Eam Lien. Mcdowell. Tho result will be, un.
halt, that gOAl deal Ut lllu c0crete will hlyU
to hc ultimately torn out to give tilu plumbers
aHd ,sastttrrs u chanre to work, nll Ut whlcls
Viii lnsolye some troublu md sutHc l!tlin extra
expctisc. lee hla!te oca not rest ~ sntlcl Mittl
Fraxcr u with I'LL, who neglected to draw aly
plans ur make arrangements for thu plumbing
an.t gus.i'tti"g, uM! Esubably left lnatters III u
more Or less nnddleA state when Frazcs took
Lol!. Nevertheless tllu lattcr ought 10 have
lcatl t,struvtion's ! warning ruice, or Gen. Mt.
| 1uwe|ls suggestions sashrr. uild huse provided
fur tllt work WHICH should bfeeeue tho eOncret
| ing. Tile work IL prueeeuiux rapidly aud
smoothly In tho appcrluo.t sturlcs, un.l, II tt,e
Department acts withaaysh!nx like prolnptncss,
no great haEIn will have been ,lune,
| INSPECTION 0E C4TrLK.
A cory of ,he following circular hAs been r.
| cctycd bv Collector Smith frnln Secretary Sher,
Inuu under uats Vt Feb, /, 1871:
By the Departments circular u Disc. IS. 1878
it WIS Arcctca that live caitlu shlpnrd tsunI III
satiou4 potls oF the United stass. ia'9hl BE- exam
tned with reference 10 thu GuestIuA M4cshef thsl
were FREQ fIanl Contagious diseases. and tlat. i
fonha t" bu ttec tso.n such dssea.es. csFssncnt'
" that elect should 6s given. by that csreutx
such Inspection was not maae compulsory. but ii,
CettiGcate MAS IN he lasted only upon tho appllca
tun OF patl!es interested. AZ thu rxpurt lIa4u II
1isu rattle frum The United states IL Of vital Ia,
toftaneo to large tIcresss, uscry psrtaulbn shoul
te tAken tO guard nxainst tho shipment Ut dtsFaAc
auttnas abToad. aud such goarantee given - wi!
est.ssy fasci.n counsttes. Especially Grvat brttalu
That no Elsk will eusus fEoal such thtpmcnls .
communicating contagious Or iuEectious disease
10 the snilnRlA IN foreign countries b
.hipmeuts fson tue United states. Col
| lscIo1s Of Cu4tonA aEa- Ghassfoss