Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-01
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
THE RECEIPTS to-day were, from internal
revenue, s627 ,0O91s; from customs, s1s3 ,5E5I2
THE AMOUNT of national bank note circu-
lation received at the Treasury to-day for re-
demption aggregated s2l0,1OO.
Col. A. H. Holt, of Illinois, was to-day
redesigrated as chief clerk of the Internal
Revenue bureau.
Mr.. JAMES y. DAVIS, third-class clerk
in the Post Office department. has been pro-
NOTED TO a fourth-class clerkship ia that de-
partment.
Mr.. JACOB NJ. PATTERSON, JR. has been
nominated TO the President by the Secretary
OF the Interior TO be pension agent at New
York, in the place of Mr. butcher.
BY ORDER of the Postmaster General the
Post Office department will be closed for bust
ness on Monday, July 5, in commemoration
of the signing of the Declaration of Indepen-
denCe.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE for five months has
been granted Captain James w. Cuyler
Corps o. Engineers; Assistant Surgeon John
BOwke; for one year, Lieutenant +.
AMONG the patents recently granted to
Washingtoniansi is one to Mr.. Henry Barton,
for an improvement i'm Truss Bridges His
device may be used with either iron or wood
or both combined, and seems to possess great
advantages.
THE NEW AUSTRIAN MINIsTER-The
Austrian government has appointed Count
HOysprenZenstein its minister to the United
States in place of Baron born
The latter sailed from New YORK for his
home yesterday.
Col. ]. W. KNOwLTON, chief clerk of the
Post Office department, left with his wife
for Newtown, Conn, this morning. Mrs
KnOwltOn has been an invalid for several
weeks. and goes to her home, hoping that a
change OF location Will improved her health.
THE PROPOSITION of a number Of promi-
nent bankers and merchandise New York
that an additional weekly mail between this
country and Great Britain be made up AMI
sent by the White Star line. although rcceIv we'd
favCrahly by the Post Office department here
has been declined by Lord Manners the
British Postmaster General.
SECRETARY DELANO. An Associated
Press dispatch from this city says Secretary
Delano ''has not abandoned his desire TO re
tire from the Cabinet, but the period at which
this may take place is uncertain" \ dis
patch 10 the Baltimore Spl says that ..fo~
satisfactory reasons to the President and NJ.
Delano the retirement will probably not Ia le
place Immediately, but may be deferred for
month or two"
The ENGLISH POSTAL DEPARTMENT
has forwarded TO Postmaster General Jewell
a specimen Of the International postal card
which will be used by Great Britain in com
munIcating with all countries embraced in
the Berne postal convention made last fall
The card, which is somewhat larger than the
ordinary English card, is buff in color ami
bears the profile OF the Queen. II is OF the
value OF 2& pence.
ABOUT 5000 NEW MAIL CONTRACTS went
into operation to-day. The service il is be-
lieved is at present in a better condition
than 1t has heen for years before. At the
last letting unusual care was exercise in
awarding contracts, and having i'm mind the
various devices resoTted To to secure fraudt:-
lent contracts at former letting the Pos
master General and his assistants made "a
searching inquiry into every bid before max
ing the award.
THE Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT to-day
received specimens of Guatemala postal
cards, stamped envelopes, aud wrappers
also ordinary letter stamps in use i'm thai
country, These stamps, &c, which are
executed by the Columbian Bank Noe
Conn any OF this city, are pronounced by
experts among the very finest IL an artistic
point OF view, OF any in use.
"SwEETs TO THE SwEET."-Auiitor Nc.
Grew took the oath this morning before
Judge Wyle al the city Hall. GA his return
he was waited upon ny the ladies OF the
money order office, headed by Mrs r, r
Hort. who presented him with a number of
beautiful bouquets. Mrs Hort made a neat
little speech, congTatulating the Auditor on
his promotion, and Col. McGrew returned
his thanks.
BIDS have been opened at the Treasury de-
partment for the construction OF more life
fr,u cta 4, tai
of refuge on the eastern coast of Florida
The bids for the stations ran ged from ~. 600
TO $1,000 each. and for the houses OF refuge
from $1,000 for the i've 10 S92, 900. The con
tract for the stations was awarded TO w. r
Bushnell, of Evanston, Illinois, and tor the
houses OF refuge TO j. q. Goodale, of Fernan-
dina, Fla.
PERsONAL.-Gen. Meigs left Washington
Tuesday evening, and sailed to-day for
Europe by the American line from Phila-
delphia, accompanied by his family
800 Among the recent arrivals in London
were Mr.. and Mrs. y. Is. Eaton, of this city.
'--' The College Of New Jersey, at Princeton.
has conferred the degree of ID. ID. on the Rev.
;. = Mitchell, pastor of the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church. in this city. Doctor
Mitchell is now In Europe.
THE EERNE POSTAL TREATY.-The inter-
national postal treaty made at Berne.
Switzerland, goes into effect from and after
Is five cents to all countries whose repre-
sentatives signed the treaty, except Spain.
the OStage on letters 10 that country being
twelve cents, for the reason that all letters
intended for Spain 90 through France
which does not enter into the postal union
until january list, next.
NEWSPAPER SUITS IN PROsPECr-Tt is
understood that the New York Rerdm pro-
poses TO enter suits against the Bait inore
-41aeTicOH and Gd-Jfte, the Pnilaielphia
Times, and the New York Tribune, for an
infringement OF patent right I'm the use by
those newspapers of diagrams illustrating
the target shooting at DoIymOunt between
the American and Irish teams. The process
by which these diagrams are made is the
invention of Thomas Il. Conery, managing
editor Of the Herald, and which was duly
patented by him and assigned to James Cor
don Bennett. Tie Herald served notices on
all these papers, forbidding any one o. them
TO use this patented process, which they dis
regarded. Hence the suits.
THE OFFICIAL STATUS OF GOVERNOR
Standard, OF ATLANTA Truth crushed
to earth will rise again." likewise will Gov
Standard, whose term o. Office as pos tmaster
AT Atlanta expired at midnight last night
Some time ago, when his immediate resig-
nation had been demanded nv