Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-06

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one OF It's operatives at Toledo, Ohio for selling
counterfeit cCtn.
GOING TO INCREASE THE GOLD REsERvE.-The
assistant treasurer at Chicago has informed
the Treasurer that as soon as their transac-
tionS with the sub-treaSury will permit, the
banks OF that city intend to increase their gold
reserve by s2,OOoOOO.
SECRETARY THOMPSON Will return to the city
from Indiana tomorrow night.
SENATOR MORGAN, of Alabama, arrived here
this morning from California where he had
been visiting. He is at his residence No. 4O1 G
street. The senator met with an unfortunate
accident at Big Tree station. California, while
on his way from the Yosemite to the railroad
station. In front OF the hotel at Big Tree there
is an excavation covered with loose plank.
way and fell Into the hole, breaking his collar
bone. He stiI suffers intense pain, and will be
confined to his residence some days.
PAYMENTS IN GoLD.-Under the provisions Of
the circular OF the Secretary of the Treasury of
september 18th last, In regard to the shipment
of gold coin to parties desiring it, there has
been sent out from the mint gold to the amount
OF Sl71 ,O50. In addition to this the sub-treaSu-
ries are all supplied with gold and are payingit
out freely, on current Obligations; and the
TreaSurer'S checks for called bonds redeemed
are being paid by the assistant treasurer in
New York in gold through the clearing house.
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO LOTTERIES UNMAIL-
ABLE.-The Assistant Attorney General for the
post Office department, having given his opin-
ion that letters addressed to lottery companies,
or to individuals when addressed to them as
agents for such companies, are unmailable, per
Sc, and that postmasters should refuse to regis
ter letters when so addressed, a circular has
been issued by the department tnstructing all
postmasters to refuse to mail or register letters
Or aj,a cn orr fn ctcr
letters or circulars to schemes {nearly 1000 in
numheD against which the Postmaster General
has issued orders.
MASTER JOHN E. ROLLER, T. S. N, has been
ordered to the receiving ship Colorado, at New
York.
ARMY ORDRRs-Surgeon Charles Sutherland
will report to the commanding general, mill
tary division of the Pacific, fer duty as medical
director OF that division. Surgeons B. j. D.
Irwin and w. D. Wolverton will report to the
commanding general, department OF Dakota,
for assignment to duty.
RESULT OF THE DEADwooD FIRE.-The acting
commissioner Of the General Land Office has
notified the district land officials at Deadwood,
D. T., that all mineral notices must be continu-
GUS. If published in a daily paper sixty lone
consecutive daily publications are required III
any omissions, publication must be commenced
de moray II in weekly paper and an interval
of more than week occurs, there must be
republication OF the whole. This order is an
outgrowth OF the late fire at Deadwood, which
DESTROYED all the newspaper oftices and inter
as required by law for sixty days.
The Law EXEMPTs FROM DUTY animals I'M
ported for breeding purposes, unker such regu-
lations as the Secretary OF the Treasury may
prescribe. Under this law the Treasury depart
ment requires that all animals must be of supe-
r1or stock. adapted to improving the breed in
the United States ia order to be entitled to such
judge LoWell held thai that IS the department me had no
right to thus restrict the laws, and that animals
imported for breeding purposes, whether OF
superior or inferior stock, were entitled to free
the propriety of taking an appeal to the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
acknowledgements Burwen 3. Lewis
OF Alabama, will resign as member of the
46th Congress, to accept the presidency of the
University of the State of Alabama. Con-
gresham W. H. Forney, of Alabama, who has
been suffering with fever, writes here to his
friends that he has entirely recovered: -.
Brooklyn in the new play written for her by
Dom Piatt. The play is founded upon the
story Of Jane Shore Prof Baird Of the
Powell, the historical painter, who finished two
or three OF the large pictures IN the capitol, is
Asb3oa SeI9o5y and ~ Ha RourB BoF gF Haey
were registered in New York last evening.
Lieut.. Derby. Y. S. N, has purchased for IS 800
the LOWE cottage in Newport. Senator
Conkling has SO far recovered from his illness
as to be able to leave Utica on Saturday for the
purpose of taking the stump In the
state campaign. He expects to speak
in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. -.
Col. Lowell and Lieut.. Hussey, Of the Royal En-
gineers, Halifax, Ms. are at the Arlington.
-. Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Bischon, Of London,
England, are also at the Arlington. ....Sena-
tor B. H. Hill arrived in the city to-day from
New York.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY returned to wash
tngton to-day. from flying trip to Jonesboro,
Tennessee, where at the centennial celebration
held last Friday, to commemorate the SETTLE
ly opposing all reputation schemes. His
argument was well received by an audience
numbering about ten thousand persons.