Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-29
District Government Affairs.

The District commissioners have issued an
order that all the District offices be closed to-
m0rroW-decOrat1On day-it being holiday.
The school teachers and all employees at
tached to the public schools will receive their
pay for May on Saturday next at the usual
places and time.
BIDS WERE OPENED
In the commissioners Office this morning for
constructing the outlet section OF Boundry
street lntercepting sewer, between the Eastern
Branch and 18th street east the estimated cost
OF which is 100000, and which sum has been
appropriated by Congress for this purpose.
In 1e tWenty-tWo bids put In, the prices rang
per cubic yard, from Is cents to s15O; rock eX-
cavat1on, per cubic yard, from cents to 50:
hauling. per one hundred feet over first two
hundred feet, from q to - cents per cubic
!aId; concrete masonry, from 81 so to 81 50 per
CUBIC yard; brick masonry, from So SIS to s.. O5
per cubic yard; trap-rock masonry, from sl.s0
10 50 10 per square yard; sheet plling left in
trench, from 81 to $40 per board measure No
aW ard was made to-day.
THE SOUTHERN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION met
this afternoon at the Board of Trade rooms
DR.. A. Y. P. Garrett in the chair and Dr. W. P.
Young, secretary-tO make arrangements for
dead at Arlington. Wednesday, June 18th, was
fixed on as the day, the services to commence at
i've o'clock In the afternoon. The following
committees Coz we're
+. A. Ashford, VIM Harmon, Robert I. FEM
ing, c. P. Crandell. E. w. Anderson, J.W. Drew,
y. b. Maufy, Mills Dean, Frank Carver, II.
L. Biscoe, w. A. Gordon, G.. T.. Howard,
Gen. B. Robinson, P. K. Reilly, C. P. Culver.
Flowers-C. P. Culver, 81. w. Garrett, L. II.
Henry, c. b. Maury, II. L. Adams j. w. Robin
inson, Phil. Hungerford, A. NJ. Tubman, John
b. Hill, S. E. Lewis, T. j. Luttrell, Thomas jar
Wis, WarrentOn King, r. w. bowman, Albert
G. Holland, w. Fl. Brewer, Wash. Mtlburn, T.
W. Hungerford and James Smith. Transporta-
tiOn-A. NJ. Tubman, j. G. Miller, T. X. Davis,
Tapley Young, W. 81. C. Bayly, w. c. King, c..
P. Crandall, Geo. C. Neal and T. W. Hunger
ford. F1nance-Dr. Garrett, T. W. HungerfOrd
Thomas Jarvis j. w. Robinson, P. X. Reilly, j.
w. Drew, Mills Dean, Thos. j. Lutrell, II, L.
Biscoe and James g. Smith.
MIR. MOSES MISSING MoNEY.-In the Police
Court to-day, the case OF the United States
against George T. Cline, alias Timothy Connor,
who is charged with the larceny of S7O3 SIS from
VIM. B. Moses, was taken up. Mr.. Moses testf-
fled that he gave s., 200 In money to Mr. Carroll
and his son On the 21st instant, and charged it
up to Carroll. He described the money, and
said 1t was all to be returned to him, or its
value in refunding certificates. Mr.. Carroll
testified that On the morning OF the 2ist instant
Mr.. Cline came to him and asked for $500.
which was given him at the Treasury He met
him later In the day with 500 worth OF certifl-
Gates, and he said he had met with a bad acct
dent, showing his pocket cut, saying that he
had lost $500. He was overcome with aStOnish-
ment. On crOss-eXaminatiOn witness said he
was employed as Waterman at the Treasury
The hearing Was In progress when our report
closed.