The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-02

New York, having complied with all the
requirements Of the advertisement to
the satisfaction of the committee ap-
pointed BY the Postmaster General, and
that C0mmis sioner having made q favor
able report, the contract for supplying
the Department with postal cards for
four years from July | was formally
awarded to them yesterday. The cards
will be plain, such as are now used, but
the manufacturers promise better
quality OF paper. Some new machinery
will be introduced, which viii very much
reduce the cost of production, and the
manufacturers believe will leave mar
gin Of profit, even at the low figure at
which the contract is undertaken, and
little less than half The price paid under
the present contract.
Indian Affairs. -.
United States Indian agent, A. How
ard ielegraphs to the Commissioners of
Indian Affairs that he has arrived at
Columbia, Nevada, with the remainder
OF the Pvncas en-goute for the lndian
Territory. With the arrival OF these In
dians, the last OF the Ppncas, will have
been transferred with their own consent
from the Sioux Reservation in North
eastern Nebraska, to their new home in
the Indian Territory. The tr, be has
been reduced to about seven hundred,
is very ,peaceabie and quiet people and
has made, considerable adyancementin in
civilization. ..... ...,....r.
Failure of Mail Contractors.
The Post-office Department is consid-
erably annoyed at the failure OF Messrs.
Edgar 81 Corllss. contra ctors for carry
ing the mails in the routes from Yank.
ton to Springfield, from Springfield to
Fort Randall, and from Fort Randall to
Fort Sully, in Dakota, the three routes
forming the mail Connection between
YanktUn and Fort Sully, distance of
Two hundred and sixty-six miles aud
supplying two or more routes to the
Black Hills. The contractors have car
RED the mails since July l, 1874. at
unusually low rates and have at last
been obliged to succumb to pecuniary
| embarrassments, losing all their invest,
ments.. ''.-4
The next lowest bidder is repor te
dead, but the fact has not been definite
| ly learned by the Department. The
Postmasters at the end OF the route have
been authorize I'd to make temporary con-
tracts, but as the law limits them to the
present rates, which have proved ruin
| 10 the contractors, they can fnd no one
to undertake the service. Contracts
will be made by the Department. as soon
az possible. A proposition by the Post
master at Yankton to forward the mails
by express has been negotiated. The
sending OF mail matter by this means
being forbidden by the regulations, al
effort will be made to have them taken
by steamers plying on the Upper Mis-
souri, until other arrangements can be
perfected. Communication with the
Black Hills will not be interrupted BY
this failure. - .l.ts ..
Post office Burglarized.
| WASHINGTON, June2.-The Postmaster
General has received ueiegram from thu
Postmaster at Putnam, Connecticut
stating that his Office was burglarIzet
this morning, and stamps, money ant
money orders stolen.
The Philadelphia custom. ousc
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The followin,
gentleman nave been appointed by thu
| Secretary OF The Treasury, commltte'
to investigate theaPhiladslphia custom
house: Chas. Platt, Henry D. Welcl
and Ira Aver, Jr. $780,. .,uI