Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-04

SUSPENDED FROM UTY.-The President
has suspended Samuel b. Cranston, register
of the land Office at Lake View, Oregon. The
charges are disob2dience of orders and ne
glect of duty.
NAVAL ORDERS. - Naval Constructor
Steele, detachod from the Washington navy
yard and placed on waiting orders. Assist
ant Paymaster John G. Sullivan, ordered to
duly III the bureau of provisions and CLOTH
ing.
SERGEANT-ATARMST THOMPSON, of Ohio,
will be here on Wedues day next to measure
lances with any one seeking his place Thus
far no one turns up as an aspirant, and he
has q clean field. If Sayler should be elected
Speaker, however, matters will at once be-
come complicated.
THE RAIN of to day is sadly interfering
with work in the Patent and Land Office bu-
reaus of the Interior department. Ia many
of the rooms work cannot be prosecuted at
all. 1t is now ten days since the fire, and 1t
WOuid seem that some temporary provision
might surely have been made before this
against rain.
GOING AND COMING INDIANs-The Sioux
delegation left the city last evening. A del
egation of Pobca Indians from the Iud ian
territory, to which they were recently re-
moved from the reservation in Dakota,
which Spotted Tail will hereafter occupy,
payment Tor their old reservation.
THEY WANT TO BE INvEsTIGA TED.-It
is understood that Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, depu-
ty Quartermaster General, and Gen. Marcy
nave requested the Secretary OF War to or
der boards OF inquiry 10 examine into the
aliegallon that they were pecuniarily inter-
eSted IN the Cowles and Brega moth con-
tracts.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR STEELE, OF the
rA ho haa bal
from duty, by direct order OF Admiral
Howell, Acting Secretary of the Navy. Ger
tain transactions of Mr. Steele, published in
THE STAR, have not met with the approval
OF the Navy department, and he has there
fore been placed on waiting orders until the
return of Secretary Thompson.
SOMEBODY is GOING TO BE DIsAPPoINr-
ED.-There are twelve candidates who have
not much hope of tver being doorkeepers In
the House of the Lord but who want to pull
The door knobs at the lower house OF Con-
gress. Eleven aspiraEts will want to borrow
enough 10 get home with per rail next week,
as tie snow In the mountains impedes pedal
locOmOlion.
ANOTHER CoMEr.-Professor Henry, OF
the smithsonian Institute, received q cable
gram yesterday stating that a comet was
discovered by Tempel, at Florence. October
70, night ascension, twenty three hours and
tfty- one minutes; declination, SOUTH ten de-
grees and nineteen minutes. daily motion,
ninety minutes, toward the southwest. The
Gomez has small bright tail.
AT ONE TIME it did look as though Gen.
Burbridge would get the Belgian mission,
but Kentucky claims TO be heard upon the
SUBJECT, ii The object be to give Kentucky
mission. Two new names have come to the
zoe from that state, and they take some
" Id out OF The sails of the indefatigable
general. They are Goo Hoe, OF Lexington,
ard Gen. Eli II. Murray, one of Kentucky's
sons who served during the war
ARMY ORDERs.-A board Of officers of The
engineer corps, consisting of Col. II. w
Benham, Col. Il. b. Tower and Lieut.. Col
q. A. Gilmore, has been ordered to meat in
New YORK city, upon the call of the session
oifcer, for the pun pose OF examining the fol-
lowing officers for promotion: First Lierten-
ants Z. h. L.. B. Davis and Il. ID. Greene:
second Lientenants W. I. Rossell, r. n.
Bailey and I. w SymOns. Lieut. Col. c. ii.
IonPB1ns, deputy quarternaSter general.
has been directed to report to the AdJutant
General OF the army for orders.
THE SPEAKERsHIP.-There is as vet no
real interest displayed here in the Speaker
ship contest. Sayler's friends have estab-
lished their headquarters at Wizards He
but Ex-COngressman Jones, of KY; Hon. F.
John Ellis, OF La; Theodore Cook and VIM
CORY, OF Conn, will In the meantime be on
hand to represent him. s. b. Cox said this
morning that he lid not know who would %.
Speaker, but that he knew Randall would
not be.
THE NEW YORK APPoINrMENrs.-It is
understood that the appointments to the no.
sltlons OF collector, surveyor AID naval Off
Ger at New York city have been agreed upon
PUT VIII rot be announced until next week.
IL Is stated that while Secretary Evarts is In
New York he will cOnfer with the gentlemen
10 IecelNe the appointments to see whether
hey will accept. 1t is proposed to Offer a
rfh
ter the New York appointments are ar
roubced, the Phlladephia appointments will
De taken up and disposed of.
THE VIRTUOUs SPOTTED TAIL.-When
the visiting Indians had gone through tha
Corcoran Art Gallery yesterday and were
ABOUT 20 leave the building, photo graph OF
some one OF the great arr treasures OF the gal
lery was presented TO eacn chief as a souy.-
Ilr or the visit. fine picture of nue
OF me most celebrated statutes OF Venus
Wa Offered to the venerable Spotted Tail
husband OF several Indian wives, but the
vIrtrous savage declinei 10 receive it, saw
ing In Sioux lingo that looking at 1t wo l d
with such perfection of form.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. George F. Mcclellan, q
valuable citizen, and who worked with 80
much intelligence and zeal in the interests of
our public schools, is about to leave Wash
ington 10 make his home at Los Angeles, in
southern California, for the benefit of his
will go with him. ut is a Significant fact
That Rev. Stua.t Robinson, the great southern
PRESBYTERIAN divine, has written a st.ong
letter in favor OF Gen. John NJ Harlan, re-
publican, of Kentucky. who is being pressed
20 strongly for the vacant seat upon the Su-
preme Bench. "".Page Mccarthy, of Rich
mond, Va, the surviving party of the
Mccarthy Mordecia Richmond duel, will try
hls hand as Washington correspondent
this winter. He has recently been q con
tributor to &yI6ner. Hon. John Goode,
OF virginia, who will take the Speakers
gavel If its falls in his lap, Is in town to-day.
he leaves for his home in Norfolk Tonight.
Hon. Samuel Randall; of Pennsylvania.
is la the city at his house on Capitol Hill.
RESTORATION OF THE PATENT OFFICE
-Recon1menetatioas Of the Cbnnis-
Stcn.-The commission appointed by Secra-
tary schurz, consisting of General Meie.
Architect Clark. and Mr., Adolf Cluss, to IN
Sestgate and report the condition Of the
building and walls OF the Interior depart-
menf, have submitted their report, In whi,h
they state that the walls are entirely safe
and that after the building is rebuilt thav
Will bear any weight that Is likely to be pI;t
upon them. They recommend thai the r,,of
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