Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-15
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington NEWS ana dosslp.
! DURING the summer the President vii!
| receive by card between the hours OF eleven
! and two, except on Tuesdays and Fridays,
| which being Cabinet days, no one Will be
| received except government offci u.s.
| INTERNAL REvEEUE-The receipts from
| this source to-day were s2is ,t3}.7i.
CUSTOMS RECEIPrs.-The receipts from
this source to-day were si2s,ti
THE AMOUNT Of national bank notes re-
ceived for redemption at the Treasury to-day
was s7S5 81.
APPOINTED-The President has appointed
Ernest LOsciI to be marshal at the consular
court at Tien-Tsin. China.
LIEUT.. Col AMOS BECKwIrH has been, by
order OF President Grant. assigned 20 duty as
cOmmissary general OF subsistence, vice
Shiras, deceased.
THE RECEIPTS FROM CUSTOMS for the week
ending April 10th aggregated e4,326, 19S1i.
This is a large increase over the week pre-
vious. and is viewed a favorable inlica-
ton Of a lively spring trade.
CLERKS APPoINTED.-John VI. Young. Of
Michigan, and PhilO II. Bennett. OF New
York, have been appointed first-claSS clerks.
| The first in the contract office and the second
~ -pANt'i oiAiN'' Il c>O oi'iyS dt-
partment.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED. The Pres!-
dent has appointed the following poStmas-
ters: Joseph NJ. Patterson, {reappointment.)
Miami, o; Mrs. Sarah Hacklemau, traap-
pointmcnt) Nashville, Ind; and j. ID. Me
Adoo, Jefferson. Texas.
THE FIRST COUPLE married by Cardinal
McClOskey since his promotion was Julian
q. &. MADAM and Miss Appleton, daughter
Of Appleton tie publisher. Mr.. Madam Is -
Cuban. The couple arrived i'll the city 'aiS
Inuraing. and during the day paid a visit 10
several Ot the departments.
Presentation. Samuel J. lndal IS in
the city, but leaves for New York Tonight
Lion. GOdloNe 8. Or;h, with his wife and
daughter. leaves here tomorrow for New
York. He will sail for Europe in the steamer
Russia. on Wednesday next. ..NiHiStGr
MayEarI sails on the sam" vessel. Tx
speaker Blaine had p conference with the
Postmaster General to-day.
TIE LATE GIN. SHIRAs.-The Secretary
OF War has issued an order announcing the
death Of Brig. Gen. y. +. Shiras. Commits
sary General OF Subsistence. Brevet Major
General L. =. A. The funeral will take place
to- morrow afternoon, and the remains viii
be taken To Mount Holly, Nj, for intormelt.
Services will be conducted at the house by
Rev. y. II. Boss. assistant rector of the
church OF the Epiphany. In accordance vi tn
the request of Gen. Shiras. there viii! b. no
military escort at the funeral
THE president and Mrs. Grant and Mrs
Sartoris, accompanied by Secretaries Fish,
Robson and Genl Babcock. left here
this morning, on the limited express
train over the Baltimore and POto-
mae road, for New York. Tomorrow
they Will proceed To Boston, and from thence
TO Concord To participate in the centennial
Anniversary OF the battle of Lexington. Sec
rotary and Mrs. Belknap left last night. and
Will join the President in New York. Secre-
taries BristOw and DelanO did not 90 with
Tie party.
THE CASE OF NoAH.-J. J. Noah, of Ala
rama, "a class clerk in the Contract OF 70.
Iost Office department, reSigne his post on
q few days stree and his resigna ton Wa ac-
ccFJed. Tie Postmaster General is authDIi
y for saying that his resignation would not
have been accepted had he known a. he dii
a few days later that Noah was cog lIzanf
OF the mail contract frauds Noah was lD-
POINTED in July, is,l, on the demand OF Sena-
tor Spencer. who, Just before the close OF the
session OF the Senate, made him clerk OF the
Committee On the District OF Columbia.
Not So.-The paragraph in the Baltimora
san OF to-day, indicating that a prominent
real estate firm on 18TH street had failed is
as unjust in its intimatiOuS a it is incorrect.
II was calculated To vaguely convey the i'm
preston that the large and prominent real
6.tate EoJse of kilbOurn Il Latta hal failed
to meet its obligations. Mr. Iatta saws tina;
there Is not word of truth in the statement;
that the tirm has no outstanding endorse
ments or obligations, and never had as large
u credit in bank as is now subject II its or
der. and for which the firm has no immedi
ate Use.
PARAGRAPHS about the ill-health of Pres
ident Grant are becoming frequent. Among
the reports is one that Dr. Brown Sequard,
| after a social cal on the President declared
that unless he changed his course of living he
would not live year; and another is that
| Tie physical and mental condition of the
President is Vice President Wilson's reason
for giving up his European trip. DR.. Brown
Sequart now denies tina. he ever made such
a remark. and the Nice-President explains
that his plans were not changed To meet
anS emergency OF the kind reported.-N. l.
Pog.
THE HEARING of the appeal from the deci-
sion of the Commissioner of Patents on the
question of title 10 certain Inventions made
Gy Thomas o. Edison was in progress before
Secretary Delano to-day. The contest is un-
derstGOd to he between the Western Union
and the Automatic telegraph companies as
10 the ownership of the inventions in queS-
ton. Senator COnkling appeared for Pre-
colt. OF the Western Union; Gen. Butler for
Edison, and John II. Il. I.atrobe, of Balti-
more. for Harrington, president of the Au-
tomato line. The decision of Commissioned
TEACHER was TO the effect that patents should
be issued 10 Edison and Prescott
NAVAL ORDERs.-Medical Inspector q cn-
eral f. Cones TO the Worcester, ana as feet
surgeon OF the North Atlantic station: Chief
Engineer j. p. kimball to the Worcester
and fleet engineer OF the North Atlantic
station. Deidched-Lieut.-C Commander Jas.
/. Robertson from the receiving ship indie
r4ndence, navy yard Mare Island, Califor-
lia and ordered to Washington city for ex-
animation for promotion; Medical Director
Jemes Suddard from duty as fleet surge of
the North Atlantic station and ordered to
turn home and report arrival: Chief Engi-
necr f.. y. DuLuce from the Woi cester, and