Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-13
Hard Times i'm California.
NO RAIN AND SHEEP DYING BY THOU
SANDS.


SANDS.
TUBARE COUNTY, CAL. June %, 1871.
HT. Sfdr Man: Will you please sent me
some of your papers (weeklies and dailiesy,
and send them all at one time. as live s.
miles from the post Office and can't come
OFTEN, ard do not care how old they are.
Just want something to read. Times are
dull and no rain, and half of the sheep in the
country will die. ! have lost six thousand
out OF little band of fifteen thousand sheep.
PROF. JOHN NJ. LANGsTON stated this
morning that he had advised the President
OF his acceptance of the Haytien mission.
He does not think that he will sail for his
new field of duty before the list of October;
out AFTER consultation with ''the powers
that be-" has decided that ne will shortly
resign as a member of the Board of Health
Prof l.. SAYS that he has received a vigOr-
Gus protest from leading colored men in the
country advising him not to accept the mis-
s on. as il would be loss TO the cOlored
people TO have him leave the United States.
On tbe o her hand, he has received quite a
budget OF congratulations on his appoint
ment from representative cOlored men, who
advise him to accept.
SECRETARY SHERMAN and party arrived
at ROckland, Me, Wednesday, on the L. s.
steamer Iris, which went To meet the u. S
Grant alter her accident Wednesday eve
ming. The Grant struck on Lower Gangway
L'uge, near Whitehead, me-, knocking
mole In her bottom, and was beacned. Sec
rotary Sherman and party visited the Rock
land limestone quarrieS, and re-embarked at
. O'Clock. They Will visit Granite Island
and tGen proceed 10 inspect life-saving sta
lions east Of Rock and. Secretary Sherman
sent dispatch to Acting Secretary MCCOr
mick yesterday, informing him of the acct
dent, caGS d by the buoy having been run
mo ana sunk by RAISING steamer. III
said the accident to the Grant was slight The
l"akS had been s'Opp "a, and the ship was ex-
ec'ed to come Off at the next high tide, when
nc TRIP would be continued.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM" IN THE
treasury. c. g. Kerneiy, of this city
to-day fled protest with President HAYES
against the removal OF John Il. Croggon, who
Tor Twelve years has had charge of the bond
vaults of The Treas urer's office and who was
sSharIeu on The 30th ult. because he has a
DlOiher employed IN the Treasury. CrOggo
mas al Times been the custod IAN of four hun
dre0 million of dollars in bOrds and NOT a
cola mas ever yet stuck to his fingers When
Assistant Secretary Mccormick had his at
tentlon called TO the value of CrOggon, as an
honest and efficient public officer, he asked
well, can't any other American citizen fiji
CIosgon's place." The reply he received was
Certainly, but here is a man who has ma le
reputation for honesty thrust aside without
good cause, and In these degenerated times
honesty In such position should be reward
ed rather than overlooked" Other faithful
employees OF the government will hardly see
Were civil service reform comes in mere IL
is said that the national banks, of whose
bonds CroggOn has been the custodian, are so
eNasperated over the removal that they have
indicated 10 Secretary Sherman that they
VIII pay his (CrO2gOn's) salary if he is re-
tanned 10 guard their interests in the future
as he Las done SO zealOusly in the past.