Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-30
District Government Affairs.


| Fire Marshal w. q. Drew in a note to Chief
| Cronin calls his attention to large frame
building in the rear OF dwellings Nos. III,
1113 and IL 10 29th street northwest, which is
used as storehouse for old barrels many OF
which have contained coal oil. He says: This
structure is Immediately i'm the rear of Hack
ney's livery stable, which fronts on Pennsylva-
MIA avenue. The building and grounds contain
about 900 old barrels, and should fire take
place in this tenement il would be very danger
| Gus to the surrounding property. III there is
he enforced"
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The following awards OF contracts for Dis
trict supplies have been made: Hardware. Ber-
nard Bailey; plumbers supplies, X. Leitch *
Sons; groceries, Barbour & Hamilton, j. {. Err
good " CO., Bryan Bros, VIM. NJ. Gait d Co..;
paints and varnish, w. Ii. Butler.
A PROPOSED REFUNDING SCHEME
The District Commissioners have submitted
to Treasurer Jordan, who is also commissioner
of the District sinking fund, a project looking
TO refunding Of that portion of the funded
debt falling due in 1891 and 1892 into bonds
bearing interest at the rate OF 1865 or per cent
per annum, and maturing in 1924. BY such an
operation it is claimed that "a large saving would
result TO the District, while at the same time
the sinking fund would be relieved OF the tax
upon its resources to meet the bonds i'm 1891
and 1892. statement prepared by the Com
mSSionerS shows that the bonds maturing in
1891 and 1892 are S3,4SI 800 of permanent
improvement bonds. at q per cent; SII6 40
m s1@es a. per oen - perma
twenty-year funding at q per cent, making a
total OF S5,293, 700, upon which an interest
amounting to 81 500, e31 80 will have 10 be
paid before the date of maturity. At 3.65 per
cent the interest 10 the same date will amount
to S1,OO9,059.66, and at 3 per cent 10 $685.
3GI.1O.
SALE OF THE HAY SCALES.
MeSSrs. Duncanson Brothers sold yesterday
at auction the District hay scale privileges as
follows: At UniontOwn, to Mr. II. A. Girls
void, for S27; eth street southeast, between /
street and Georgia avenue, TO Mr.. Kirby, for
So SO: at 10th st. and Louisiana avenue to III
a. Nc(saulPX. SD.fe at 9Th II. and Rhode
Island avenue northwest, to w. IA: Wylie, for
$50; at Georgetown, to Mr.. H. &. McCauley, for
$751; sss. and at Sr'sh'"'''' to Mr. j. f. Moses for
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. VIM. B. Powell, the new school superin-
July to the 18th of August.
BUILDING PERMITS
Issued by Inspector Entwisle: .. s. Gardner,
land ave-, between I'd and 3D. SITS. me-: 81 BOO
4. +. Barker, erect five two-story dwellings,
9th, between rseei. h,, and SITS; sw $1,000 NJ
NV; $4,000. Gregory q. Chaves, erect three
story dwelling; 18th, between and q sts NV;
cellar dwellings, 10th, between A and b SITS.
me-; $4,000. Bedford Brown, erect two two
story dwellings, c St, between 9TH and sth sts.
st. NV; 1928. L. Lisle, repair brick. south
side o ST., between 18th and 10th Sis. NV;
slSo Mrs MN Wm Shields I repair brick 800 i 18th
22I5 st. NV; S275. Z. A. Douglass, erect a
twO-stOry -and-cellar, 18th, between b and G
SITS. s.w.; S2,75O. Mrs. Sallie Powell, erect
small dwelling, Tenleytown. county; $500.
PROPERTY SALEs.-Andrew c. Bradley has
sold his residence on the north side of Corcoran
street, near 14th street, to Louis II. Perley for
IS 900. Edwin Greer has sold to Frederick c.
Aigiltinger, for % 800. 13, two lots containing
%, b square feet, fronting on the north side
of Virginia avenue, between 18th and 10th
streets northwest, and lot on the opposite side
OF Virginia avenue, at the corner Of 10th street.
containing "a 1857 square feet.
MoNKEY-FAcED OWLS IN A JAIL CHIMNEY.
A few days ago some OF the people at the jail
were looking about the tall chimneys for young
pigeons when one exclaimed ''Great Scott!
Here's q nest Of monkeys" Reaching down he
found that it was nest Of monkey-faced owls.
There were i've young ones, and the parent
owls In the colony.
BASE BAIL YEsrERDAY.-The Nationals de-
feated the Trentops yesterday by q score Of z TO
lows: At Bunalo-BuhAlo, 8; Providence, ~.
folk, Va-NorfOIks, 2; Lancaster, At Brook.
| lynn, N. Y.-BroOklyn, 4; Metropolitan, O. At
| burg-Pittsburg, 3; Louisville, 4; Us innings)
| At Observation-Disclosures II; Baltimore, Ia
At st. LOuis-St Louis, s; Philadelphtas 2.
| SHOE DEALER AssI0Ns.-An assignment
| by Nathan Cohen Of his stock Of boots, shoes,
1 &C., ct 1247 nth street southeast, to Camp.
| bell CarrinRton, for the benefit OF hfs CREDITOR
| has been put on record. He makes preferences