Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-29

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mond, Of Georgia, and Mckinley, of Ohio.
The FoRTIFICATIoNs BIII--The Senate COM
mittee on appropriations have decided to report
back the fortificationS bill. with recommends
ton that the amount granted by the House for
armament of seacoast defenses, s245, ,000 be in
creased to 100000
SECRETARY SHERMAN will appear before the
Senate finance committee in advocrcy of the
bill for five per cent refunding bond intro
duced by Senator Morrill, and referred to that
committee.
KENTUCKY MooNSHINERS SARREsTED.-Commis-
sioner Raum to-day received the following tele-
gram from the collector of internal revenue at
Lancaster, KY: Deputy Collectors Burnside,
Price and Mckee, with posse seized in Laurel,
Clay and jackson counties twelve Illicit distille-
ries. destroyed eight copper stills and fifteen
thousand gallons of beer. seized i've barrels of
whisky, and arrested six Illicit distillers, who
are held under bond"
..TRUTH" writes to us in regard to a STAR
paragraph yesterday about House absentees,
that Congressman O'Reilly of the Brooklyn (N,
" district is unavoidably detained at home on
account OF distressing sickness in his family.
THE INGALLS, CAsE.-The Senate committee of
privileges and elections examined two wit
nesses, Mr.. A. A. Thomas and Daniel &. An
thony in the ingalls, case yesterday but moth
ing OF Importance was elected. This virtually
closed the evidence in the case, and the COM
mittee decided to allow counsel on both sides
one week to prepare written arguments, which
are to be submitted to the committee next We'd
nesday.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS did not
take action to-day, as was expected, on the ma
jority and minority reports of the sub-commit-
tee in the contested case of Curtin VS.. Yokum,
from the twentieth Pennsylvania district. The
printed reports were not distributed to the
members OF the committee until late hour last
night, and some of them at the meeting this
morning requested pOstpOnement Of final action,
on the ground that they had not had sufficient
time to examine the reports SO as to vote inteli-
gently upon the question. The committee there
fore decided to postpone action on the case until
next Tuesday.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.-The
Senate committee ON railroads to-day heard Mr..
George Gray, attorney for the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, in advocacy of the bill in
troduced by Senator Window, granting an ex-
tension OF time for the completion OF that road.
The personnel Of the subcommittee appointed
last month to consider this subject, was changed
to-day by substituting Senator Pendleton for
Senator Grover, who is absent from Washington
on account of Illness in his family. The sub
committee therefore now consists of MesSrs.
Ransom, Pendleton and Window. They will
probably be ready to report to the full commit
tee at the next regular meeting on the 5th
prOXimO.
ALL PUBLIC ROADS POST RoUTEs.-The House
to-day resumed the consideration of the bill
declaring all public roads and highways post
routes. The previous question was seconded
and the bill passed-yeas 134; nays, 81.
BIDS were opened at the Treasury to-day from
parties desirous Of leasing the old post-office
building in New York. There were four or five
bidders James H. Conant was the highest
bidder-s12,OO ,OOO-and will receive the lease.
THE NUMBER OF CoUPoN 3.65 bonds received
at the Treasury for exchange for registered
bonds increases regularly, thus showing that
the bonds are rapidly becoming permanent
investment. To-day s245, 600 coupons was re-
ceived for transfer into registered bonds.
NoM1NAT1oNs.-The President sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate this afternoon
Jno. y. L. Stratton, of New Jersey, to be SUPER
visor of census for the Sd district of New Jer-
sey; Lewis Mckinstry, to be postmaster at FIRE.
donia, n. y; James A. Connolly, OF Illinois, to
be United States district attorney for the south
ern district Of Illinois; also, number OF promo
tons In the navy and revenue marine service.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL INTEREST on the 3-65 bonds
will be paid at the Treasury February 1St next.
This interest amounts to $264 464.42 Checks for
the registered interest are being prepared
TRADE OF AUSTRIA A-HUNGARY-Mr. Weaver
United States consul general at Vienna in his
dispatch to the Department Of State, dated De-
cember 81, 1879, presents the annual report of
the trade OF Austrta-Hungary. The exports OF
the empire exceeded the imports In the follow
Ing articles: Grain by Il millions. sugar so mil
lions tlorinS). The premium on gold over sill
yer is Is per cent. at the custom houses. Paper
money Is at par with silver. The effect Of the
from the United States to some extent. The ex-
ports to the United States have increased dur
ing the last year. over $4,000 vessels entered
f1nn rite, Nf
only were Of the United States The coinage
at the mintS last year was chiefly Of silver. A
large revenue Is raised from stamps or checks.
aoses, aose - cards, almanacs, newspapers, &c. The
lions OF dollars. There were 80 900 births In the
city of Vienna in the last year.
Personal---very. DIR. David Wills, chaplain in
the L. S. army at Mcpherson Barracks. is in the
city, stopping at 1895 New York avenue. 80.
MI. Robert p. Porter, of the Chicago Inter-
ocean, has been requested by General Walker
superintendent Of the census, to take charge OF
the department of statistics relating to local
and municipal debt, taxation, etc. Dr. A
=. Pattefson. son OF DIR. Patterson, coroner OF
MCPHERSON Kansas, to enter into business there
VIII WITH q, Ihe @ view OF probably permanent loca-
a@a aoa IN smas ahTHag Place vest
Phillips were registered in New York last eve. sHe
ming. Ex-senator Fenton and daughter
have gone to Los Angeles, whence MI. F.
-. Gen. j. S. Robinson, the organizer Of re-
publican victories In Ohio, is at the Ebbitt.
-. Senator Bruce has accepted an invitation
from the colored people of Baltimore to deliver
lecture in that city on the evening OF Febru-
airy d,-the subject being "The National Pro-
gress OF the Colored Race" After the lecture
the speaker will be rendered banquet and
serenade. -. Henry C. Bowen OF the New
York Independent, wife and daughter, and NJ
Maurice Del Fosse the Belgian Minister to the
United States, and his wife are registered at the
Arlington. -. According to the London Atte-
with the concluding volume of his Life OF Gen.
eral Grant, OF which the first volume appeared
some years ago. The two volumes to complete
the work will soon be published 49, Col r., ],
Ingerson and wife have gone to Chicago on a
Drief visit. -. Prof. James De Mile whose
extlayagam and humorous stories were quite
popular few years ago, died at Halifax n s..
YeSfprdaY from cornoSfinn i,...-t Ns -,