Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-05
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REVENUE The receipts from this
source to-day were s216,97909.
SECRETARY robson returned to Washing
ton this morning.
TIE COMMISSION to inquire into the cause of
steam boiler explosions meet at the Ebbitt House
on Wednesday, 10th inst, at 10 a. m. 1t is be-
lieved this will be the last meeting prior to COM
M ,ncing the forthcoming experiments at Sandy
Hook.
INIIAN COUNCIL IN UTAH.-G. W. ingalls,
Indian agent, telegraphs that he has held q
successful council with the chiefs of seven
different tribes at st. George, in southern Utah.
Ihey have agreed to 60 on the Muddy Valley
reservation.
BRLoN Gs TO THE UNITED STATHs.-Treasurer
Spinner to-day received from the cashier of a
Brooklyn bank a certificate of deposit in the
aoHa favor for $500, which the writer
says he sends at the request of a person who
says 1t belongs to the United States. Was it
back pay?
THE FUNERAL SERVICE of little Harry, son of
Mr.. John s. Delano, chief clerk of the Interior
department, took place at st. Paul on the list
instant. Secretary and Mrs. Delano were
present present o The remains will be taken to Mount
r.
John s. Delano, being too i'll to accompany
them, will remain at st. Paul.
THE BIENNIAL SURGICAL EXAMINATION of
invalid pensioners begun yesterday, and will
continue until all pensioners have been exam
ined. The Commissioner of Pensions expects
that this examination will considerably reduce
depends, however, on the skill and integrity Of
the examining surgeons.
RULES OF THE SENATE Mr.. Mcdonald
chief clerk Of the Senate, has compiled new
manual of the rules and regulations of the SEN
ate, which embrace all the rulings of the chair
which: BY practice and usage, have become the
law OF the Senate. This compilation will be
submitted to the committee on rules for ap-
proval, and must be ratified by the Senate be-
lore they are adopted.
ALLEGED DRFAULTINs REVENUE CoLLEc-
ToR.-A special dispatch from Springfield, ILL.,,
says Col. John ID. Harper, collector of internal
revenue for that district has been discovered to
be defaulter to the government in a sum va
rlously estimated at from $4,000 to $500, 900.
Col. Harper wrote out his resignation last Fri
day and left it with his chief clerk to be for
warded to the authorities at Washington, and
then left for parts unknown. He is said to have
lost heavily in real estate speculations in Chi
cago.
The PROGRAMME OF MUSIC at the open air
concert in the Presidents grounds to- morrow
afternoon by the Marine band, under the lead
ership of 5. Petrola, (the new director, Prof
Schneider. being in New York; is as follows -
i. Quick March, by Prof. l.. Schneider; 2. Over
tgre from the opera Nabbucco, by Verdi 8.
Fantasia for Baritone from the opera Norma,
by. Bellini, and executed by Oh. Thierbach;
Walter, by j. Gung'l;6 6. Grand Selection from
the opera Trovatore, arranged by s. PetroIa:
4 Galop, Battle of Inkermann. by Ed. Van
Buggenhout. The concert will begin at half
past five.
GOOD POSTAL CARDS PRoMIsRD.-Mr:
Cheney, Of the Hudson Cheney Paper Manu-
featuring company, which furnishes Morgan &
Co., Of Springfield, Mass, with paper for the
postal cards, and who represents Mr.. Morgan,
had Q long interview with Third Assistant Post
master General Barber to-day, relative to the
failure OF the latter company to fully comply
with the terms of their contract. He promised
that hereafter there should be no cause for com
plant In regard to the quality Of the paper
General Barber gave him plainly to understand
that the department must have good cards, and
That II II cannot secure them under the present
contract twill get them under another.
LOOK AMONG YOUR LOOSE CHANGE FOR
THESE MARKs.-An expert clerk in New
York city bank has detected two points of dif-
ference between the genuine and counterfeit
$500 notes, which were not mentioned in the
government description, and which are more
easily observed than some of those mentioned
In the genuine note the signature of Mr.. Spin
ner clearly overlies the seal, while in the conn
terfeit the seal has evidently been slammed on
afteI the signature. In the counterfeit the cen
ter star In the cluster around the neck of the
Goddess OF Liberty is defective, while in the
genuine IL Is perfect. These differences ought
TO be sufficiently easy of observation to prevent
deception In any case.
NAVAL ORDERs-Cspt. I. c. Harris, ordered
as executive officer of the navy yard. Philadel-
phia, October LIST; Assistant Paymaster Lucius
ID. Hurd, to the receiving ship Vermont, at
New York; Capt. VIM. NJ. Low, detached from
the navy yard, Philadelphia, October list, and
ordered to command the receiving ship Yer
from the command Of the receiving ship Yer,
mont, October LIST, and ordered to hold himself
In readiness for the command of the Ossipee;
second Assistant Engineer VIM. e. Sibley has
reported his return from the Lackawana,
Asiatic station, having been detached on the
9th Of July last, and has been placed on wait
ing orders; Sailmaker Robert L. Tatem, from
duty ct League Island, Pa, and placed on wait
PBRsoNAL.-Secretary Delano will returnt to
Washington the latter part OF next week.
PROF. E. M. Gallaudet, president Of the
ten or twelve sailed from part! Se Sr
York last Thursday in the steamer Parthia
Senator Lewis, of Virginia, is recovering his
are visiting the poet whittier at his home in
Amesbury, Mass. '.'.Gen. Fremont. it is re-
ported, is dangerously ill at his residence on
forcupine island, on the coast or Maine.
mr.. Hugh McCulloch, formerly Secretary
OF the Treasury. is to return from England du-
ring the present month. ...Gen. Shanks, Com
gresham from Indiana, has arrived at Salt
Lake City from the Indian investigation north.
The last mail from Japan announces the re-
turn OF Minister Morl late minister to this coln-
try, and states that he was received coldly by
the authorities.
The WEATHER CHRONICLE from the Office of
the Chief Signal officer for the week ending
yesterday shows that during the past week a
depression moved from the lower Missouri val
ley eastward over the Ohio valley, attended
with cloudy weather, easterly winds, and occa-
sional rain on the middle Atlantic seabosrd
Another marked depression from the northwest
passed across the lower lake region and northern
New England, attended with high winds, cloudy
weather, and rain in the st. Lawrence valley
and New England. The rainfall for the past
week averages about a. follows In the districts
mentioned: st. lawrence valley, o65 inches;
New England, 0.49; Middle Atlantic states, 1.Oi
South Atlantic states, 065; Eastern Gulf states
0.o4; western Gulf states. 0.05; lower lake re-
gion, 0.65o upper lake region, 0.40; Ohio valley
and Tennessee, 040; upper Mississippi valley,
Dos; lower Missouri valley, 0-3O; Minnesota,
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