Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-10
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inte ternai rev.
enue s22s,slo 2s; customs. 1851, ,si4 III.
THE FOLLOWING INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINT.
MENTs have been made: j. y. Turner, st )re-
keeper and gauger sth district OF Kentucky; r.
NJ. Worley. storekeeper Sth district OF Illinois,
and A. +. Todd, Leslie Combs. jr., and Charles
Furr gaugers 7th district OF Kentucky.
TEE SANE CoMEr.-The Smithsonian In stitu-
tion has been Informed by Prof. Hift,
Rochester, that the comet announced as dis
covered by Lohse is the same discovered by
himself on the 10th OF october, 1885,
REPRESENTATIVE ATKINS RE.ELEcrEp.-Col.
Stevens has received q dispatch from Chairman
Atkins, OF the appropriations committee. the
dispatch is about committee business and con-
cludes: Thanks to a generous con 5tituencg
am again elected" The report that he had
been defeated must therefore have been inc or-
rect.
THE Actual COsT OF THE POSTAL SERVICE to
the general Treasury during the past fiscal year
was 81, 1s6 341 This deficit Is S2I5 Ia less than
the deficit Of the preceding year. The net rev.
enue from the money order business was $685.
205
TIE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS were made at the
ships Lizzie A. Draper, D. c.; M. Virginia
Duvall, Md; Fannie Atwater, Conn; Maggie
4. Collins, D.: C.; Hattie L. Lawrence, D, G.;
Eee Eeda l:o IL smith m D. G Nsnnis Lowry D. G
Lizzie Smith, Mass; Mabel,e L. Farchild, n.
Y; Ada Stewart, d. G.; N. F. ". Clements,
ID. c.: Emma NJ. Davis. Anna r. Wilkerson and
George W. Miller, d. c.; Marion \. Black, Del.
Miss Emma E. Gargwer d. G., was promoted
from s4so to $40.
4 popurtp Cfrpru Eop WrnDrrc.-Ca1v,rr
Baptist Church appears to enjoy harvest of
weddings. since during the past month or two
they have averaged ABOUT one week. Nj.
Greene, the worthy and Widey-reSpected pastor,
tton OF his flock. Last night Mr.. T. N. Adams
and Miss Anpie Bouis, members OF the Calvary
sunday school. were joined in the holy bonds Ia
the presence Of large and brilliant assembly,
ana Tonight aEolher.-Well, we must not
tell secrets.
ARMY CRpERs.-The following changes ia the
stations of officers Of the ordnance department
are made Capt. Chas. Shaler is relieved from
duty as chief ordnance officer department OF
the south, and viii proceed to Boston, Mass,
Tor foundry duty under the constructor of ord.
nance. First Lieut.. Rogers Brine, jr., Is re-
hexed from duty at the national armory aad
Will proceed to Cold Spring, N. Y, for foundry
duty under the constructor OF ordnance. First
Lieut.. Ira MacNutt is relieved from duty at
the Rock Island arsenal, and will report to the
for duty as Chief ordnance officer OF that de-
paftment. The general cOurt-martiai appointed
TO meet at Dayid'S Island by special, Oct. l.
1850. is dissolved. The leave of absence to Major
John Green, 1st cavalry, is extended ten days
The leave granted surgeon VIM. S. King Is SILL
further extended six months On account OF
sickness.
THE SKIES OF 1850 CALLED IN.-Secretary
Sherman to-day issued the following circ liar In
regard to the payment OF United States six per
cent bonds. act OF February S, 1861, {''stxes OF
1sSO"):-" Notice is hereby given to the holders
OF United States six per cent bonds issued
under the act OF February s, 1861, and CON-
monty known as the skies OF $780, that said
bonds, with the accrued interest thereon, will
be paid at this department December 81, 1889,
and that the interest on said bonds Will CEASE
On that day. These bonds which are In demon,
nations OF 81 600, with coupons. and $1,000,
5000 and $4,000, registered, bear the 1nscrp
tiOn Loan of 1861 but should not be confound-
ed with the bonds known as 'sixeS OF 1857
issued under the acts OF July II and August
1861, and March 5, 1868. Holders Of these six.s
of 1850 are advised that II the bond, are re
ceived at this department with a sufficient
time prior to their maturity to admit OF the
be made more promptly at maturity. The de-
partment VIII receive the bonds at any time
and hold them for that purpose, redeemng
them in the order OF their receipt. All bonds
forwarded for redemption should be ad,re,se3
10 the Secretary OF the Treasury, Loan D.
vision, Washington, d. c. and all registered
JULIUS SnOulO.Oc assigned 10 the secretary
the Treasury for redemption Where parties
desire checks Ia payment for registered bonds
drawn to order OF any one but the payee, they
should assign them to the Secretary Of the
Treasury for redemption for account OF -
{aere insert the name OF person Or persons to
whose order the check should be made payable
The bonds OF this loan (stxeS Of 1SS0) will also
be purchased meanwhile in the usual manner
at the Office OF the Assistant Treasurer of the
United States at New York, each Wednesday, In
such amounts as the surplus revenues will per-
mit. provided they can be procured upon salts
factory terms"
NAVAL ORDERs.-Chief Engineer G. P. Hunt
from the torpedo boat Intrepid, and other duty
at the New York navy yard and ordered 10
SPECIAL duty connected with the Ranger, 5th
instant. Cadet EngineerSJ j. NJ. C. Pickerell and
Fl. S. Ellsffer, from the Pensacola and ordered
TO special duty connected with the Ranger.
Carpenter John MacFariand to duty at the
Mare Island navy yard. Passed Assistant
Engineer Fl. c. GoyEfng to temporary charge of
the torpedo boat lntrefd in addition to his
Saratoga on the 18th and ordered to the naval
105gazIne at Chelsea Mass, relieving Gunner
William Wilson, who Is ordered to the Saratoga.
THERE WILL BIZ A MEETING here, On the 25th
inst, OF the House committee on approDris-
tions.
TIE Loss OF THE STEAMER RHODE ISLAND WILL
under the law, be investigated by the T. s.
steamboat inspection service. AS she was In
tnClf USfTlcU. inspectors hOVey ana BeCkWlL0
will conduct the inquiry, and report thereon to
Gen. DumOnt.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A ASTEAMER.-IuSpectOr
Beckw1th and Hovey have forwarded a report of
an accident to the steamer State OF New York,
Which occurred on the night OF october 231
The vessel belonged to the Hartford and New
haven steamboat company, but was running
under charter on the Stonington line. She left
Stonington for New York at the usual time
When off Say brook. there being bad weather
the captain decided TO return for harbor. Que
OF the stays to the smoke pipe gave away. The
motion OF the pipe broke the valve at the bottom
OF he whistle pipe. This caused the escape OF
the steam from the boiler. With the tumblng
Gown OF some freight. this caused great excite
ment among the passengers. The steamer ar
rived safely at StoDfngton, with no other dam
age except hole made in the joiner work on
one side By the falling freight. After the acci-
dent 1t was found that James McGlouglin o9e
OF the coal passeTs, was missed. He went, it is
SUI posed out OF the hole in the side to escape
by the iron ladder outside to the hurricane deck,
since wien nothing has been heard OF him.
GOVERNOR ELECT PORTER, OF Indiana, will
reach this city by the B. d P. train to morrow
night. Citizens OF Indiana viii meet this even
Ing 10 prepare for formal reception to him
The c.e Ks OF the First Controllers Office and
others Will JOIN In the p ooc sed demonstration
THE BILL TO PREVENT the assessment OF civil
employees OF the nited States Is first on the LIST