Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-10
District Government A Hair~.

THE CONTRACTORS RESERVE FUND.
Yesterday the Commissioners received a let
ter from Assistant Secretary c. E. Coon, I'm
which the writer says: "Referring TO your COM
munication upon the subject of the provision in
the act of February %, 1885. that all moneys
which have been, or may hereafter be, legally
retained from contractors shall be invested in
trict Of Columbia. and held by the Treasu-
rer OF the United States and any sum
which has OF shall be realized from such invest
ments i,t erceSS OF the amounts due to contrac-
tors, shall be deposited in the Treasury 10 the
credit of the United States and of the District
OF Columbia" 1 have TO inform you that the
amount which had been realized from such in
vestments in excess Of the amount due TO con-
tractors, prior to the passage of the acts in CUES
COVERED man th Of the nsa s,ofes
one half, So, 995.49 as miscellaneous revenues
of the government and one-half S9.995.4S as
revenues District of Columbia general fund"
The Treasury department has heretofore denied
the right Of the District government TO por-
tfon Of this accumulation.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A number of citizens of West Washington
have petitioned the Commissioners for the re-
moval of the market-master of the Georgetown
market.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued by Inspector Entwisle: p c. Palmer,
erect three two-story and cellar dwellings. ID,
between 10th and 18th streets; $4,000. JOS.
Matthews, repair Frame south side f street,
between 9th and 10th streets southwest; 5000.
Il. W. Simonds, repair brick, southwest corner
18th and streets northwest: $3.50. r. Smith,
repair frame AnacoStia road; $225. Ii. ID.
Manly. erect a three-story and basement dwell
ing, both, between o and p; $500. p. Lynch,
repair brick, 1913 Virginia avenue southwest:
$500. 4. 7. johnson, erect two-story dwell
Ing. 18th, between and South Carolina ave-
nue. southeast; 5000. I. c. Smith, repair brick,
1913 18th street northwest; $500.
Mrs. MORRIS RESTING CoMFoRTABLY-Mrs.
Morris, who was shot yesterday morning at her
home, corner of Sd and streets southeast. by
Charles Knott, who Immediately afterwards
shot and killed himself, was resting quite COM
fortably this afternoon, and there appeared to
be a good prospect of her recovery.
CONTRACTS FOR THE INSANE ASYLUM SUP
pLIEs-The following Washington bidders were
awarded contracts for furnishing supplies TO the
government Insane hospital: II. Adler, Auer-
bach & Bro Peter F. Bacon John A. Baker,
Barbour & Hamilton, Charles Baum, NJ. w.
Beverdge. Samuel Bieber, Robert Boyd, Brown
ing & Middleton. NV. Burchell Robert Cohen,
ii. Gait s Co., ' L. GoIdSchmid, Gninnip
Hemps;sne, ". $ Hoge. Frank Hume
Lawrence 4 Co., c. c. feathers, Francis III. Leg
gett Il Co., Robert Leitch & Co., Francis Miller
$. $. Miller, VIM. B. Moses & Son, \. A. Poole
& Co., Geo. RyneaI, jr., l.. H. Schneider & Son,
Daniel shanahan, Samuel F. Shreeve, Thos.
Somerville Son, Stott, Cromwell Co., q. +;
4 Co, James A. Watson. f. G. Wheeler, VIII
marth & Edmonston, Woodward d Lothrop.
RANGE OF THE THERMoMETER.-The follow
Ing were the readings at the signal office to-day:
3 am, 76.3; Jam, s66; IL am, ST.; pm,
500.
SUICIDE BY DROwNING.-Coroner Patterson
to-day viewed the body of Sarah Williams, col
Ored, which was found in the dock at the foot
of Sd street southeast this morning, and gave a
certificate of death from drowning, she having
thrown herself into the river with suicidal in
tent
Timothy Mccarthy, charged with committing
ofienstein-forfeited $40 In the Police Court to
day.
Rev. w. E. Parsons, 800 New Jersey avenue
southeast protests against the transfer OF school
Trustee VIM. Birney from the second school
division to any other as unftness in one dis