Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-16


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THE PRESIDENT will visit the Ohio state
fair at Toledo on the 10Th inst. Tomorrow he
will attend the soldiers reunion at Viii
lOuehby, Lake county, Ohio, and the annual
meeting Of the trustees of the soldiers home
on Wednesday. From Toledo, Thursday, he
will return to Fremont.
TELEGRAMs FROM THE FEVER DISTRICTS
The following kilograms were received by Sur
geOn General John Nj. Woodwork too late to
be inserted in his official report Of Saturday:
FckStury, Sept. IA, II p. p.m.-Scarcity of
physicians aud increase of work makes it i'm
There were 23i deaths from yellow fever dur
ing the last week. 2S of these occurred during
the past twenty four hours.
KEYEs, Surgeon.
Baton Rouge, Mss. Sept. IA, 10p.m'SFirst
case of yellow fever occurred on the 18th of
August: There have been 433 cases and q
THos. j. BURLINGTON, MD.
PERsONAL.-COl Robert j. Stevens, wife and
daughter have returned from their summer
trip to Newport and elsewhere. " Mr. Geo.
W. Adams and MIR. j. w. Boteler and wife, of
this city, have returned from Europe,---arriv;
Sh have gone to Maine ana
brief vacation. 80. MIR. James Il. Young, who
returned from Europe more than a week ago,
Is ,S Sasng tin IN FIaSh Ffnadhepna unt ne
rot TO be thrown entirely upon the French
speaking attaches of legations for compan-
Snhp Waas in Ss@ neG Lev
JerIie ). Black are in the city. -. Miss j. NJ
seavey., chief of the recording division of the
internal revenue bureau has just returned
When she entered her Office this morning she
found her desk completely covered with hand
some bouquets, etc, and the motto Welcome
\ hn Ia6 of hnr cio tIx1
Way OF expressing their pleasure at her return.
80. Mr.. K: +. BOisseau, of the New York AS
soclated Press, has returned from Orkney
He viii take charge of the Associated Press
bureau in this city until the return OF MIR.
Z Philips IS L; Magrader, Of Washington,
ward HauSsmann on Saturday.
MIR. JUSTICE HARLAN returned from New
port last week and established his family in
this city for the winter, and has again left
Washington for circuit duty in the states OF
Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
THE L. S. STEAMER TICoNDEROGA, now at
Portsmouth, N. H., is ordered to be ready for
sea as soon as possible. She will be the flag
ship OF Commodore Robert NJ. Shufeldt now
chief OF the bureau of equipment and recruit
ing, and Will have rowing commission and
also band.
"A LIBERAL CONTRIBUTION FROM NEW YORK
NAVY 1ARD.-COmmodOre Nicholson, L. n,
cOmmandant navy yard New York informs
the Navy department that the officers and
men OF his station and employees of the navy
yard have contributed eight hundred dollars
Tor the benefit OF the yellow fever sufferers.
How THE BANNOCK's' SURPRISED ONE OF
HAYDEN's SURVEYING PARTIES "A letter lust
received in this city from Mr.. Wilson, a
member OF the Hayden Survey whose mules
were taken by the BannOcks, gives the follow
ing particulars: On the 18th of August the
Indians surprised US at Henry's Lake at $50
pm. We were sitting around the camp fire
when we were fired on by the Indians, who
were not more than seventy feet dis ant,
Strange to say, they hurt none of us by the
fire. We made an Intellectual effort to protect,
and concluded that nothing could be done but
to get away alive. We heard the Indians driy.
ing OF our animals, and then knew that our
party was in reality afoot. Taking provisions
1or three or four days, and our blankets and
guns, we got away under cover of the night,
and moving on about mile in the woods we
renamed there until daylight, when the in
dlans reopened hre on our deserted camp, and
We started for the upper Geysers and after a
hard walk of three days we reached there and
fOund JacksOnS and GannettS parties there
and all safe. Before abandoning our camp on
Henry Lake carefully hid away my theOdO-
lite, and tomorrow / start back to the camp
with my trusty friend, Harry YOunt and one
pack mule, to recover the instruments if Dos