Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-10
EVENING STAR
Washington News and Gossip.

asAlngton NEWS ana GOSSIP
CUSTOM RECEIPTS 30 day, $3.50 354. "a: in
ternal revenue to day, si49 1893. 50; total for
the month to date. s3,si6.548S3.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received at the
Treasury to-day for redemption, 1852 ,42i; to-
tai receipts for the week ending to-day,
50, 1892.
Con. MCGREw's charges against Chief
Clerk Avery are very largely discounted in
s.. Louis and Washington, and wherever
Con. is known.-Cin. Com.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF PENSIONS has
rendered c. +. Baldwin, of Mount Vernon,
Ohio, late special agent of the Post Office
department, the position OF chiefof the special
service division of the pension office, and be
has accepted.
THE TREASURY now holds 1876, 1888 900 in
bonds TO secure national bank circulation
and Sl5,79225O TO secure public deposits. Ma
tlOnal bank circulation outstanding. $780,
1914, OF which amount =, 539, 900 are notes
issued TO gold banks.
RESERVATIONS IN THE PATENT OFFICE.
Henry t. MunsoR, principal examiner of
printing and paper, and Moritz r. Philip.
examiner of interferences in the l.. s Patent
Office, have resigned their respective posi-
tons and go TO New York city to practice
patent law.
FUNERAL SERVICES over the remains of
Daniel g. Lobdell, late supervising special
agent under the commissioner of customs of
the Treasury department, (whose death was
mentioned In yesterday s starr will be held
al the Ebbitt House at o'clock this evening
after which the remains will be taken to AL
bany, y. y, for interment.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Passed Assistant Engi-
neer John y. Scot ordered to the AshuelOt.
ASiatic station, per steamers instant from
san Francisco; Civil Engineer MenocaI To
The navy yard, Washington, 18th instant:
Lieut. Joseph f.. Craig detached from the
Narragansett, north Pacific station, and or
dered TO special duty at the Hydrographic
office; Passed Assistant Engineer George j.
BurnaSs from the Ashuelot on the reporting
of his relief ard ordered to return home ana
report arrival; Civil Engineer +. a. Stratton
from the navy yard, Washington, ami or
dered To the naval station at League Island,
Pennsylvania.
WRECK OF \ SCHOONER WITH HEAD
STONES FOR SOLDIERS GRAyES.-The L. S
consul at Nassau reports to the Department
of State, under date of June Doth the total
loss of the American schooner Almaretta OF
calais, Maine, Merrill, master, at South
Bimini shoals, Bahamas, on the 2d instant
while on voyage from New York to New
orleans. a part OF the cargo and ships ma
teTials have been saved. and, together with
the crew, were taken to Nassau by the
wrtckers Among the cargo saved is a
dred and sixty hve,) which were being ship
ped 10 New Orleans to be placed on the
graves of federal soldiers who fell during the
late war
PERsoNAL.-H. NJ. Hutchinson and family
have gone to "Sitka." their country resi-
dence, in Montgomery county, where Mr.. H.
has recently built and furnished a summer
cottage. During their absence their elegant
residence on X street will be frescoed and
otherwise decorated in suitable style. ....
Trace GreenwOod'S cottage at Manitou
Springs has been sold for taxes during her
absence in EurOpe,-the bill being So When
u. U. cast her lines in Colorado she doubtless
thought she would get out of reach of boards
OF pubic works, tax collectors, and such, but
she evidently hasn't gone faI enough
Mrs. K. VI. Burnell, of this city, was regis
tered at the Calaveras grove of big trees ia
California on the list. ....H. I, Crosby chief
clerk or the War department. has gone L.
Deer Park, Md, for a few days. MFR. f..
h. Wight, of the Chicago Tribune, has re
tpr1led from few weeks visit 10 the New
England coast.
THE NEW POSTAL CARD. The Post
ONCE department has received a proof of
the new design for a postal card i'm place of
The one now in uSe and will be ready to sup
ply them about the middle Of August ne xt.
They viii be manufactured by the present
contractors. the Morgan Envelope COMPANY
of Springfield, Massachusetts. ON the iIpper
left hand corner is the monogram ~ s." in
ornamental Letters, across which is scroll
letter. Below this in straight line i'm
hair letter Is, write the address on this
slde-the message on the other" In the
upper right hand conner is the Stamp
the design of which is profile bust of the
Goddess of Liberty, surrounded by frame
work border, the sides of which represent
faSces, connected at the top by a scroll bear
ing the words ''U. s. Postage" and at The
bottom by curved band incloSing the words
Zone Cent" The monogram letter and
stamp, in black, will be printed on paperof
Ia 10 I'll.
card will have no border. The new card is
OF the same size as the present one and is far
superior TO 1t in point of utility and ueatness
of design.
"PLEAsE, SIR, NJ Go OUr?'-In the good
old days of childhood, when pent up in the
school-room, raising of the hand and
snap OF the finger indicated TO the dominic
that the scholar wished TO go out In such
cases, too dealing with growing bows he
was To be the judge OF the necessity attending
The request. If ones mother believed i'm the
virtues OF cathartics in the winter. or the
Dogs were nearly available green apple or
Chefry trees In the summer, he generally let
Ihehi go, and me celebrity OF the outgoing
usually indicated the necessity.
An oIder just issued by Treasurer New to
his clerks can hardly entitle him 10 the dis
eliminating Judgment or foTethought of the
old-iime pedagOgue. IL is TO the effect that
any clerk desiring TO 90 out must first obtain
permission OF the chief of the division 10
which he or she may be assigned; whereupOn
The chief issues pass, which is taken up at
The door OF exit by an employee stationed
there for the purpose. On its face this order
may be considered a judicious one Butnev-
ertheless emergencies may arise when disas-
tIouS consequences will enSue before the
chief can be found and the neceSSarx ,,,ss
ls>ued: On the other .iand, the loss of si1 900
recently from the Treasurer's Office con-
strains Mr.. New 10 he on his guard. 1t is but
proper that he protect himself with all the
safeguards which human foresight can sug-
gest. But II he actually proposes to enforce
be supplied with additional appliances not
now possessed by them; and if he does have
such appliances introduced, the carping
critics will say that he is in q plumbing
ioo. So IL is troublesome problem any
way.
THE QUEBEC ELECTIoN.-The returns of
the election for members of the provincial
legislature of Quebec have been received
from the entire province. The government