Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-07
District Government Affairs.


The District Commissioners to-day appointed
EDWIN =. Austin an additional patrolman to do
oury az lafayette square for one year.
ordar ,bas nsGce n U0mmissoners have issued an
eral conditions attached to proposals for work
or material OF any kind done or furnished to the
D,stnct Of Columbia under contract, shall be
win be received from any railing contractor.
known as such on the records OF the District OF
Columbia, after July LIST, 1875"
inteIcepting sewer on New York avenue was
TO- day awarded to Messrs j. Coyle q Co ;.
the commissioners having satisfied themselves
as 10 the responsibility OF the bidders.
REPLY TO THE ARCHITECTS.
Or. Tindal, secretary to the Commissioners
OF The District OF Columbia, has sent the follow
ing reply to Z. A. Didden, esq.,, and other the
aIchitects, whose letters to the Commissioners
were printed in Saturdays STAR: "In answer
to your communication complaining that the
terms are too OnerOuS, as required In the adver-
tisement for design OF public school build
ditioDs on which the Commissioners have
onered premium OF $500, for the best design
Tor school building Were adopted by them
while the commissioners regret that these con.
ditions should be unsatisfactory to any. they
see see no ?, good reason for changing or modifying
issued py Inspector Entwisle:-Lucy Montague,
construct two story brick dwelling, Connects
cut avenue, between L and M SITS. NV; 81 500.
jacob Grinnel, construct twoStory brick
dwelling, Trumbull street, between Sd st. and
Howard University, county: $500. A. III. Herr
construct four two-story brick dwellings on 7th
ST. EXTENDED, in county: 8, 200. John S. Brent,
repair frame, on Connecticut avenue, between
and NJ sts. NV; $50. T. j. Anderson repair
frame, on Good Hope hill; s4OO.
,r,I TIE CASE OF STRONG AGAINST THE DISTRICT
Inc motlon granted In the Circuit Court by
Juoge cartier on Saturday In the cases OF
strong agt. the Distrtct-actionS for balances
due on contract, difference between amount re-
covered for certtncates ana lawful money, &C.
places them on the calendar OF the Circuit Court
!or trial at this term. The original claim was
$226, ,O00 and the verdict was for $l33 O0l 81 and
over $4,000 interest. The defendant took an
be tried at the present term, and it is believed
that when Gen. Butler returns next month he
VIII ask that day be set for the trial.
jOr e. H. Curtis indicted for rape on Miss Ella
Tydings, of Baltimore, at the National Hotel,
some two years ago, will be called for trial on
Corkhill for defendant. It will be remembered
that the defendant has been twice tried and
once convicted and the verdict set aside In
trial the jury disagreed.
"A new call has been published for the
sixth national reunion OF the Blue and the Gray
Union and confederate soldierS) In Cambridge,
Ohio, August 26, 81, 2s, and 20.
~A dispatch from Cairo, Ill, announces
the arrival OF Paul Boyt0n, with hts life-Sav1ng
apparatus, at the mouth Of the Ohio river, at
p. m. saturday.
W-The handsome statue OF the confederate
soldier TO adorn the park at savannah, Ca, has
arrived in that city.
~Henry Lyons, pedler known as .sTwo-
for -F1ye,n has defeated the athlete, Prof. Nc
Lean, In Philadelphia, In six. days walk. max
Ing S3S miles to McLeans 31S.