Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-18

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TAKEB.-The Secretary OF War TO day directed
that indefinite leave of absence be grante1
cadet Whitaker, now at West Point To
final disposition of his case Will not b, md
for some time.
JUSTICE FIELD, OF the Supreme Court, arrived
In the city last evening.
SENATOR HARRIS, of Tennessee, win leave the
city tonight to take an active part in the debt
payers side Of the campaign In that state.
THE TURKISH LEGATION will be continued at
Washington.
JOSEPH COMET has been appointed 1nterna
revenue storekeeper for the 4th district OF ILL.,
no's.
MR.. NJ. V. DAVIS, superintendent OF the New
Orleans mint. was In the city today. He leaves
this evening for Philadelphia He says that
the most Of the silver brought into his mint is
In the form OF the Mexican dollar.
CONVERSION OF DISTRICT CERTIFICATES INro
3.65 BONDs.-Treasurer Gilduan to-day COM
menced the conversion OF board OF audit certt-
-ficates into 3.65 bonds, under the act of June
10th last. The coupon bonds being printed
have not been finished, and consequently con-
versions into registered bonds can be made at
present. To-day 1920 In board of audit Ger
t1fieateS We're converted into registered 3.65
bonds. Many holders OF the certificates desire
coupon bonds. They will have to walt until
tne DOnuS are 0nlSne0.
UNDER A NEW ARRANGEMENT made by the
Director OF the Mint Burchard, good deal Of
silver is shipped from st. Louis to the California
mint Heretofore the bullion came on to New
York. and was bought there by bullion dealers
and sold to the government. The purchase at
81 Louis makes considerable saving to the
government works. The arrangement at that
poiLt is made with the smelling works
COMPARATIVE SUPERINTENDENT Merritt.
collector OF the port of New York, has submit
ted to the Treasury department a comparative
statement Of the business OF his Office for the
ISSO. The total collections each year were as
folloWs:-1S1S s3l 1892 629.62; 1879 SOS 244 55
1850, Sl3l sl2 s49. SO. Exports-1sIS 1881 SIG $50
1873 sS13,1'9,649 1879, $Sl4, 1862; 1850, S5is,-
595, ,39S.
ORDERS make the following changes In the
stations of assistant adjutant generals are be-
ing prepared at the War department.: Lieut.
Col. Chauncey McKeever. now with Gen. Han
COCK, and Major George d. Ruggles now with
luuant Generals of1ice, at army headquarters
In this city. Colonel Benjamin, now In the
Adjutant Generals Office, will be Or
Major James P. Martin, now In Arizona, viii 90
10 the department of Dakota and Major A. ii,
NfckerSon, now In the adjutant generals Of
nee. VIII go to headquarters, district OF New
Mexico.
PERsoNAL-Among the late arrivals at Jor-
dams White Sulphur Springs are the following
from Washington: VIM. NJ Whiting and Wife,
j. LIE E. vanmetre and wife. Mrs. F. w. Ed
wards, Miss jeanette Clark, Miss Bessie Quina,
Chas. w. Richardson and j. Sh1llington If
The following Washirgtonians are among the
Beach. Delaware: Professor Blschoff and Miss
Minnie Evan, Walter S. Pratt and family, Lieut.,
c; P. Porter and family, Mrs. Theodore Mosher,
and Miss Mercer, Miss Julia Murray. Elisha
Camp and Miss Camp, a. D. Wilcox, Mrs. and
MSS MISS WleoS, chas: s. Elm and family. II 5.
Ghllds am ssd G5aSI Jones' E. PaIro, Derl1g Eos
day for short visit at the home of her father,
Rev. DR.. Stone, OF Lebanon, o. She will make
washington her home during the absence OF her
naturalist OF the Howgate expedition.
Tor Bayard and his daughter. who have been the
guests OF Mr.; Belmont, at Newport. left Monday
comedian, has been up In Vermont buying short
horn cattle for his Louisiana plantation. is
reported that Jim keene did not lose very heavi-
iy after all by the recent wheat deal He un-
loaded faster than either HOyt or RaZeton when
they undertook that game.-W. E. Sawyer,
the electrician, who Is believed by many to have
trio light than Edison, has been prostrated by
overwork. and is taking rest at Ocean Grove,
NJ.-The Denver Httci-Osean says that Gen.
Grant has not yet accepted the position OF pres.
ident OF the Placer mining companies Of New
Mexico. but that the niue owners express the
confident expectation that he will do,so.-Five
daughters OF Commodore Vanderbilt are at New.
FORT, VIZ: Mrs. ID. B. Allen, Mrs. Laftte Mrs
Osgood, Mrs. Daniel B. Torrance and Mrs W. K.
horn.--Ex-GovernOr Fl. D. Cooke and family
are at Fire Island.-Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Kauff-
mann were at Montreal August l6.-Repre.
sentative Conr0th, OF Pennsylvania, Is In the
eity.-Ex-Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
+; A SAWYER to-day obtained license to marry
MIS-. Mary Z. schwartz, OF Berwick. Columbia
county, Pa-Mr. d. W. Bartlett, secretary OF
the chinese Legation at Washington, aud Aris.
tarcn Bey, the Turkish minister, are registered
IN New YORK. Mr. Washington Mclean of
Glaclnnati, Is seriously Ill at the West End
Hotei, Long Branch. His condition Is so critical
tnat lIa an i. ms family have been summoned
Henfy W. LongfeiloN Is Summering at his BIRTH
pace, Portland, Me.-The Paris doctors VINO
MaCe the autopsy declare that Miss Nelson
oleu u OF dropsy OF the heart--There is re-
port OF the death OF Ole Bull in Norway at the
age OF .0.-L. q Washington, Pay Director
cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham, s. j. Davis
ana family, and Austin Scott, OF Washington,
were registered yesterday at tNewport.-M. De
FresseDse, secretary OF the French Legation at
W Washington, was at Saratoga yesterday
Fred douglass Is visiting friends at Fall River.
lie VIII enter upon campaign work In Septem-
Der, commencing in 1ndiana--H. A. Clarke
ard w. j. stephenson, OF this city, were regis
tered In Philadelphia yeSterday.-Hon. Hester
C.ymer sustained severe fracture of the right
ann last hight by the oyerturningo Of his car
Iiage at Reading. Pa.
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