Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-15
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

A oNG-SrANDING ORDER of the Post Office
department has required that all postal cards
having any portion of the message written. on
their face should be treated as unmailable.
rescinded this order to the extent OF holding
that such writing shall not render them un-
mailable per Sc, nor prevent their being for
wardeG unless it makes the address llegible.
GEN. SHERMAN AND SECRETARY ScHURz have
had several conferences about the Ute diff
Guilty, and the War and Interior departments
are acting in perfect harmony, as they have
done 1n all matters relating to the Utes. There
is no Truth in the rumor that these two depart
mentS are trying to make one another reSpon-
sihle for the troubles that have occurred. The
secretary OF the Interior has sent special agenl
to Los PInoS to do all that may be possible, with
the aid of Ouray and other fliendiy Indians, to
secure the surrender of the guilty parties and
the Meeker family.
LOTTERY YLETTERs.-Attorney General Devens
has, at request of Postmaster General Key,
telegraphed to the United States district attor-
ney at Louisville to appear for the postmaster
Of that city, and move for a transfer to the fed
eral court of suit which has been brought
against him iu state court for holding some
OF the Old Commonwealth lottery, the similar
suit in the United States court at Louisville
having yesterday been decided in his favor.
Mr.. FELIX McCLosKY, who was last spring
appointed a lao messenger under the SER
geant- arms OF the Senate, has been notified
Of his removal, to take effect to-day. Mr..
McClosky was appointed on the recommenda-
tion Of Senator Kernan. He was the sergeant
at. arms Of the historic national democratic con-
vention of 1850, which met first at Charleston
and afterwards at Baltimore, and has for many
years been prominent In the local politics Of
New York.
BLoNDIN STILL RIsKING HIS NECK.-Never
hayeI seen more painful performance than
that which Is now to be witnessed in the old
exhibition building in Vienna, where Blondn
daily 1lsks his life on rope stretched across
expressly requested that no net be placed
under tie rope to break his fall should an accl-
dent occur. He says that he has found by
experience that the public do not care half so
OF terrible accident is not present to lend zest
to the show. He receives large sum of money
for every exhibition; and the more daring his
featS the higher are his wages. He now trav
erses the rope without the balancing-bar, walk
ing backward bl'ndfolded. Blondtn is followed
everywhere by MIR. Thompson, who has made
bet Of s10,oOO that the hero Of Niagara will
fall from the rope and be killed ere he attains
the age Of GO. Five years more and the cruel
wager will be decided one way or the other, for
Blondin is already 55.-[Londoa. World, Sept. Path
yellow FEVER SPRKAD1NG.-There were nine
new cases OF yellow fever at Memphis yester-
miles west OF Memphis, there have been six
cases, four fatal, within the past six days.
Cases have occurred at Hopeheld, Ark, oppo-
ste Memphis. Captain j. C. Oates we'll
known steamboat man, died OF the fever Mon
prevailing at Centrev lille, La, five miles below
New Orleans, Is undoubtedly yellow fever.
There have been sixteen cases and six deaths
to date.