Evening star., 1883-06-06


Secretary Of the Civil Service Commits
The President this afternoon appointed Wm s.
Roulhac, of North Carolina to be secretary Of the
| civil service commission.
District Government Affairs.
THE OLD GARFIELD CHURCH
Ine owners OF the Old frame Christian church,
known as the Garfield church, on Vermont avenue,
are now directing their attention to a way OF dis
posing of the old structure other than that re.
Gently proposed and the Commissioners will with.
hold their decision for the present to avoid any
| more interference In the case than necessary.
THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
at Its meeting yesterday remained for several
hours posting up their books from their feld book
10 the records, and arranging for appeals to be
taken, when due notice viii be given TO the public
PERMITS TO BUILD.
Building permits have been issued by Inspector
Entw1sle as follows: Mrs Geo Todd erect two
story and attic dwelling, Jefferson place, s. COO
MRS. A e. F. Stewart erect a two story stable,
Hampshire avenue, $4,000; Bakers Cooperative
association erect two story ware house, corner
North Mort :, Capitol and streets northwest $500;
west, 500: Jas. 81. McGill erect a ware house,
street between 9th and 10th streets, $1,000; John
Davis erect three story and basement dwelling,
Connecticut avenue, corner Rhode Island avenue
and n street northwest, $4,000. Andrew Hogans,
erect small dwelling on Columbia road; $50 St.
ner 10th and streets northwest; 800 OOO w. E.
ogs erect and dwelling
SiooecAC 81 oSt, MeEIulan b. II. SGlne.
metz repair frame, street, rear OF 1891; $3.50 r.
@ @Bruce, erect small dwelling, Unlontown. D. c. !;
basement dwellings,, 8d northwest, near F street;
$4,000: Adam Kowald, erect two-story dwell.
Ing, 18th, between and N streets northwest !:
and-basement dwellings,, Hillyer avenue; sls.o6o.
c. ". King, erect four two-story dwellings,, Mas
sachusetts avenue, between 9th and 7th streets;
Psmsroy street, county; sseo Holt, repair breE
200 street southeast; 400. Mary Flynn repair
brick 1927 L street northwest; $, 500
ARMY ORDERs-The leave OF absence granted
Capt Alexander s. B. Keyes, 10th cavalry, is ex-
tended five months. The leave granted 1st Lieut.
Alfred M. Fuller, I'd cavalry, Is extended five
months
BIDS FOR STATIoNERY.-A committee, consisting
of Col Burnside, Major Dallas and A. s. Yantis,
to-day opened the bids for furnishing stationery
to the Post Ofnce department. and the flrst and
There were about forty.lve bidders. The total
sss werS hsp spe
GA Whitaker, j: J:Bradley Adams, &.h Dempsey:
CHANGES OF STATIONS OF ENGINEER OFF1cKRs-
The following changes in the stations and duties
OF officers OF the corps OF engineers are ordered
First Lieutenant Solomon W. RoessIer will, at his
%taTs sedsm e
gust g. 1888, and will report by letter to the chief
VI engineers. FlISt LleUteQa0I eugene 0r1f11 Will
United States military academy, West Point, n
=, August 9S 1888, for duty at the academy First
his preBent duties and will report in person for
duty before August 26, 1883, to the commanding
2fncer OF the engineer battalion, Willetts Point,
THE AGGREGATE Of the bids for furnishing
pa5e pn!df for rs as as 1e SssF s y
sl4' 'sas; books, sa4,e4s This was the lowest BID.
THE TWO CENT POSTAGE srAMp-TheP Postmaster
General has decided to adopt metallic red as the
color OF the new two cent stamp. The vignette Of
Washington will be reout from Houdon's life cast
OF Washington.
Miss LAURA WHITE, sister of Representative
White, OF Kentucky, who has for some time been
employed in the supervising architects of1lce,
Treasury department. has resigned her position
and Will shortly go abroad to pursue her archi-
JEANETTE SURv1voRs-Fireman Bartlett and
Seaman Ntnderman arrived in the city to-day and
had an interview with Secretary Chandler relative
to their final discharge from duty in connection
with the Jeannette expedition. The purpose OF
to ASK r Of =! ae
the payment OF their general expenses while
they were here as witnesses before the Jeanette
to STAR reporter afterwards that he intended to
have their accounts settled, and to have included
IN IN their l accounts their general expenses while
they were here II regard them," he said, ssas
the wards OF the nation, and think that they
should be cared for as long as they were in the
government service"
SECRETARY LINCOLN returned to his duties at
the War department to-day.
SERGEANT GEORGE W. WALL, company K, Sd In
fantry, has been ordered from this city to St
Johns, Newfoundland, by the steamer leaving
New York on the 7th instant on duty connected
with the Lady Franklin bay expedition.
REMOVAL OF INDIANS AUTHORIZED. - Mission
aries In the Indian territory have been granted
permission to remove 30 Neg Perces women and
children, to Idaho, where they will Join their
tribe
RAILROAD COMMISSION APP0INTED.-The Presi-
dent to-day appointed Hon. BENZ. Butterworth, OF
Perkins, Of New York. commission to examine
railroad. -o~-0
BIDS WERE OPENED in the Treasury department
to-day Tor iron roofs, attic floor beams, skylghts
&C., for the custom house and post ONCE at Kansas
City, Mo, as follows: Phoenix Iron Co., S19.7 .7oO:
Snead Co, SIS, 81; James A. McGonigle, Sl9,s27:
Tnllock. A:7oO, and Kansas City Bridge Co.,
$18.6OO. Bids were also opened for materials for
the custom house at Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr.. MRRRIcK resumed his address In the star
route case after recess continuing to discuss the
testimony OF s. w. Dorsey and its relations to the
testimony OF Rerdeu and others
BIDS were opened at the Navy department to-
day for stationery for the ensuing fiscal year. The
following were the bidders from Washington:
Ballantyne q Son. w. Il. Dempsey, E. w. Whita.
ker, v. Fisher, J. L Savage and Q. W. Thorn.
JAMES FISK, sR, DEAD-James Fisk, ST., died IN
Brattleboro, Vt, Monday. He built the well
known Brattleboro' Revere House, and was a Enc
cessful dry goods peddler, travelling with fourin
hand through New York and New England with
his son, the late James Fisk, jr He was II years
old.
Unpleasant for Water Drinkers.
=. JUNE 5, 1889
Isend you couple OF specimens Of horse leeches
obtained from Potomac water as It came through
the spiggot OF house on Vermont avenue north
west last evening P.H b.
1.-THE leeches referred TO are decidedly unwhole-
some and repulsive-l Looking creatures, about two
inches in length, very thick IN proportion to