Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-08
Rignold Too HI 20 Play Tonight,

Rtgnold Too HI TO Play Tonight!
Theater-going people will learn with
regret, from the following medical certId-
cate, that Rignold, the actor, who has been
playing with such success at the National,
is too i'll to appear to night:
"Mr. Rignold is suffering from an acute
attack of dysentery, and car not I'LL his en-
gsgement for to night. He may be able 10
act to morrow. j III. Thompson, NJ. D."
THE NUMBER OF applications for patents
during the fiscal year ending June, 80, 1875,
was 81 ,is9, and not Al ,489. as made to appear
by misprint in yesterdays STAR.
THE NEW POSTAL CARDS, an regards quail
ity. are considered very satisfactory by the
Post Office department. From the 9th ult
(the first day of issue) up to date, the total
demai d has amounted To II, $4,000 cards-an
~ usually large number in view of the short
time.
SIR JOSEPH HERON, of Manchester, Eng
land, who is here on tour OF observation
was at the Interior department to-day. and
was shown through the model room OF the
Patent office and the several bureaus by
General Cowen, acting Secretary of the In
terror.
GOVERNMENT SUIT AGAINST GENERAL,
BALLOCH.-The District Attorney to day
entered suit in the District Court in the
name of the United States against g. w Bal
loch for Sl6.652 ., balance due, arising on a
SPECIAL settlement of his accounts ch ief
discussing officer for the Freedmen's Bureau.
PROMOTIONS IN THE PENSION OFFICE
The Commissioner of Pensions is preparing
a list of promotions to be made in his bureau
in few days, and to take effect on the first
prOXlmO. No oral or written examination
VIII be made, but the record Of each clerk for
ehic1ency viii alone be cons idered i'm max
ing the promotions Two clerks will be pro
fourth class ri oil
twenty i've to second class, and thirty ii We
mainly copyists and messengers, to first
class.
The NAVAL PATROL OF THE RIO
GRANDE.-A dispatch received at the Navy
department this morning from Commander
Kells. of the Rio Bravo, dated Galveston, ID
instant, states that he expected To reach the
BIO Grande by october stu or 9TH, and enter
upon patrol duty on that river. Gen. Ord
visited the Rio Bravo at Galveston. and ex-
pressed the opinion that she was well adapt.
Ell for the service for which she has been
selected. The steamer Waco, from New
York for Galveston, had arrived at the latter
port.
THE PUEBLO INDIANS now in this CITY
VIII probably leave for their nome in New
Mexico some time 10 morrow. Each of them
VIII he presented before their departure With
silver medal bearing profile likeness of
the President and valued at SI1 or SIS and q
quantity OF blankets and clothing. The
commits stoncr today purchased tickets for
en- TO Pueblo, Colorado, from which pDinr
,ney prefer to walk TO their homes, nea,
Santa Fe. He will also give them about
sio0 i'm money to pay their expenses en- route
To New Mexico.
CROOKED WHISKY MEN CArGUr-Su
I ervis)r Matthews and Collector Wooster
have for some time past been suspicious that
Cochrane, one OF the largest distilIers was
stealing, ana had received through their
agents evidence that produced I'm their
mlrds high degree of moral certainty
Meanwhile, the house was closely watched
day and night by faithful revenue agents.
and revenue officials at Chicago advise the
department this morning that the parties
We're caught last night in the act of With
drawing spirits unlawGully from the cisteru
room.
III Is As Easy As LYING for the Washing
ton lobbyists to throw Odium on a dead man
ard make him the scapegost of the Ciews
business. Judge Louis Deaf cannot very
well be witness to rebut the libel agains.
him, az he has been in his grave for more
O a year. l. the mean slime wha, a choice
mo.sel II is for the independent press an
how valiantly they are trying with lead
mans bones 10 beat out The brains of living
"ffii as. one Of the morning papers hnlh
Il u ly conveys the impression that the Dent
spontaneously implicated by Cheevers ies-
i1mony was General Dent, the father-in-law
who ran unsuccesSfully for Governor of Mis-
Si-sippi, but who was neither cOuntenanced
nor sustained by the Administration. But
the lie Is so maliciOuSly poisonous that il
Will doubtless be in great vogue with the 50 in
dependent editOrs-M Y. Graphic.
PERsoNAL.-Chief Justice Waite has re-
turned TO Washington. '."Justice Joseph
2. Bradley, Of the T. S. Supreme Court, who
has been passing the summer in Vermont.
arrived at his home in Newark, y. J., Wei
nesday, on his way to Washington. Mrs
Charles Moulton will be married on the 2lsi
instant TO Mr.. j. ii. de Hegermanu-L inde 4
crone, Danish minister at Washington. Tne
ceremony Will take place at Cambridge
Mass, Mrs. Moulton's present residence
Col. j. W. KnowltOn, chief clerk OF the
Post Office department, returned from Hart
ford (where he went to attend the marria5s
OF the Postmaster Generals daughter) last
evening. Mr.. f. w. Barber, third assist
ant postmaster general, is expected to return
70 the city this evening. 800 Mr.. A. ID. HaZeu
chief clerk of the stamp division, Post Once
department, has just returned from Spring
held, Mass, where he went to look after the
manufacture of the new postal cards
'""COmmissiOner Smith. of the Indian bu
Teau, left for New York to-day, and will
probably be absent until Tuesday nexl.
Mr.. CORCoRAN's REsIDENCE-From the
fact that the architect Renwick, or New
York, accompanies Mr.. CorcOran to the city
for The purpose Of changing the picture GAL
lery in his residence into a grand saloon
many argue that Mr. COrcOran will enter
tain this winter in the style that be did
before the war. the death OF his daughter
and his own I'll health have prevented him
from extending general hospitality. HIS
dinner parties have not been omitted, and
are celebrated for their elegance. This last
summer Mr.. CorcOran fOrsoOk the White
sulphur, where he has passed every season
ifbe was not in EuTope). and enjoyed the
delights OF Saratoga and Lake George. His
health is now excellent. and his eyesight per
fectly restored. Since he donated ali of the
pictures in his private gallery To the art
building, which he has presented to the city,
the room has been closed. IL is a fine bali
room, and there are strong hopes that TsrpSi
sChore is 10 be Teinstated.-'' Ftty" "a Courier
Journal.
THE WEEKLY STAR, now ready, contains
the fashions for October by Jennie June,
all the news Of the week, general aud local;
choice stories, poems and sketches; agricul-
tural and household matters, etc, etc.
Terms: 50 per annun in advance; postage
prepaid; single copies five cents, in wrappers.
FOUND DEAD.-An Englishman, named
Sellman, who for several weeks had been in
the employment of Captain L. T. Jones near
Waterford, was found dead IN Mr.. Jones'
barn on Saturday morning. An inquest was
held over the body on Sunday, and a verdict
rendered of death from natural causeS Sell