, 1879-02-11
THE CUSTOaI-IIOUSE,

The Sub Treasury disbursements yesterday
amounted to s@3,otn.
Tile pcr cent subscriptions yesterday reached
the comfortable figure Of st,5,O0
Ono huo.lred u,ul ninety five barrels Of alcohol
were exported from thls city yesterday.
Collector llarycy'a acknowledgements receipts
.ycstcrday footed up sci, $50, vi which amount
e17,H7 was Tor tax-D4ll spirits. 81, Ola for totac
co and cgars, s471 Tor beer, and SD Tor exports.
The petit jury in tho Circuit Court, which was
allowed 10 80 home during tue Htoagstt invea'
ttgnttUn, will resume It's tnbJrs Wednesday
niornIng, ~hcn Judge Budget will agatn takc
his seat on The bench.
Charles KissEnnnt, saloon-kcepcs at No. 1a0
West Madison atrGel. was before Commissioner
Iioyne yesterday to answer 10 hechargu ofcasEy-
tng on the busincss without having license. lie
cxenscl ltB failure to comply with tfle law hY
pienulnK thnt hS hau been sick and unable to
attend to getting nut q liccRRe, nT.l was given
until to~uay to bring In the doctor and mako
good Ills plea.
Acting SupcryIsing-Arhttcct Frazcr has ad-
yetti.ett Tor ssalcd Proposals for furnishing,
lifting. delivering, and putting IN place eoul-
t1ctv thu iron stascs fur tlls new Government
building In this cityin accordance with drawings
aud sIncliicatlnns, copies OF Whic'l, amd any nd
.titonal information, NAV bs aotalncd from tho
fnpcr.lt enlent Of tho building. The stairs,
Judging ffos1l tho drawings, will bo something
ornate. a'l In general keeping with lht style
uml magnitude Of tic structure. Proposals
will b. received Unit! the oGtA inst.
It ID. perhaps, Just Us we'll to explain tllut tic
cuncretilg nun AelnE d0ns 1t the new {iuyoFn-
1lent Building Il bot tlone by contraetuIs, but
by tioYeril,'sHt day labor, under tle supervision
uf Gen. McDuwcll, 81 tint tho Investigation,
said to be imminent q day Or 20 ago. uf nj
alleged eoutrActor'a scheme to concrete tils
lluora uni then hayc tlle.n riupca up ut neccs-
sariIy. an additional expense, TO al!nw the
Wilt not cotllu ,'lT as there aru no coulrartors
Tiers ran, of course, bo no Investigation Of any
alleged schemu Of this nature TN thrlr part.
| IEn. Department Ut Warrington necds all tllu
'ur ordering tl,s corcrste work to proceed with
uut nlakluE the s1'4htcst provision for tho
plumbing und gas.tlttlue-wheh ought to
ptfeesas lt-a'sl ths, to- ~ tls faso
lronA ticn. Mcdowell. Tho result will he, un.
less Acting Supervising Architect Frazer calls a
ha!t, sl!at gu.nl deal of ll'c cocrete will hayu
to b. ultimately torn out To give Tho plumbers
u'!A gas-lttcrs y chaurc to work, all of which
viii Involve some trouble and sumo ltttln extra
expenhe, rhe hlalne does not rest VI NucI, With
Fruzrr rs with Hill, who neglected to iraW my
plans Or nake arrangements fur the p!umbln':
nlul Gns-titttng, an! probably left lnatters In d
! Mure VI lcaS tnulll!cu stalu when FEaxer TOOK
hold. Nevertheless the latter ought to hays
hcsfd ilistruct!on's warnlug voice, or 0cn. stc,
for llu work which should preccds the convret.
ing. The work IL proceeding rapidly Atl
eluoothlY tn tho uppcE,nu.t 6tuFics als!, II tie
Department nets witl,aaythf,lx ilke pronptne3s,
uo krcat hurH will l1asG been lune.
INSPECTION or CATTLE.
A cupy Of tue following circular has becn re-
cclyv1 by Collector Hinlth fruln eecl utasy Shcr.
.nau under dats Ut Feo. !, 1871:
By tie departments circular ot Dec, IS, 1878,
,pr,uus port. Ut tho United ssatsx IAIght be exam
tned will reference ao thu question whether tae1
were free fT0,n contagious tIseascs, kM1 lint. J.
found u be tEcu frpt such diseases. U cestiucat,
| ~ that elIsct should bs given. by that Clrcuta
such Inspection Was not made compulsory, but ih
ceIl.Icata was IN be tssnel only upon tho apullca
tlun VI p1vlfrs Interested As the export ltadu |,
ltse cattle fs0nI the United ststes IL Of vital im
portancc lu l-rsc Interests uscry preeauton sh1ut
Ge lAken en guard agsust thu SApn1cnt OF tlseoaci
Autma!s abroad. and such guatautee given ~ vii
tas'sfy fossGA sounttlts. especially Crust Britain
that no tlsk viii rn1uo ffoM such shipments o
communicating contagious or infectious dtsea.e
10 ths animals in foreiZa countries b
I shipments from tue Cnitel statea. Col
! lettuss ot custuu. tAetsio1s