Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-28
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Tor Cleopatra . tfhnspiauteu neee'e
be laid mex. Saturday. In Central Park.
New York city. Full preparations are
being made for thisimportant historical
event, and beneath the forty-thrse-ton
foundation stone is to bs deposited, In
o proper receptacle. 9 variety oil me-
men,os Of the present age and genera
ton. Already quite q number OF i'm
portant and interesting contributions
have been forwarded from the govern
mental departments At Warrington. the
the committee in charge acknowledging
receipt Of the following: Official Reg.
later, U. g., 1879. Vols. I. and H.;
Compendium Of the Ninth Census,
1870; Report OF the Secretary Of the In
terror and accompanying documents.
1879. Vols. I. aud H.; Report OF Com
missioner Of Education. 1877; cata-
logus Of publications Of Haydsn's sur.
veys.
The Superintendent Of the Coast Sur
yey has already addressed Lieutenant
Commander Gorringe in relation to fur.
nishipg a set OF standard weights and
measures. while the Director OF the
Mint has been requested to furnish for
this purpose q full set Of the medals oil
the Presidents and such other articles a.
be may deem proper. and q collection OF
documents and ~engravings will also be
forwarded from this department in q
suitable metallic case. From the De-
partmsnt OF State has been forwarded
the following articles: A copy OF the
Statutes OF the United States relating to
the District Of Columbis and Post
Roads. passed at the frst session OF the
Forty.,hird Congress. 1874. etc.; also.
the Revised Statutes Of the United
States. 1878; q copy Of the Federal and
stat. constitutions. colonial charters and
other organic laws OF the United States,
two parts. 1877: also. q copy OF the Con-
Rr.ssional Directory Of 1880, . list Of
the principal officers OF the Department
in 1880. o fac. simile Of the Declaration
OF the Independence Of the United States
Of America. copies Of the papers on als
In the Department relative to the pre-
ssntation by His Highness. Ismail l..
Khsdivs OF Egypt. Of the obslisk to the
city OF New York. and a certificate that
the same are true copies. Further re-
osipts are also acknowledged as follows:
Superintendent A. Loudon Snowden. OF
the United States Mint at Philadelphia.
has forwarded. In compliance with Secrs-
tary Sberman's directions. the full set OF
medals Of the Presidents OF the United
States and in o separate boz . full proof
set Of the silver and minor coinage for the
wear 1880. For tho Navy Department
Chief Clerk John W. Hogg has forwarded
navy registers for January and July, 1880;
. copy Of the Report Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury for 1879. . model Of the
steamer Hartford's propeller, the model
Of an urn Of metal made from the Hart
ford, which was the fAg. ship OF Admiral
Farragut from 1851 to 1865 . copy Of the
Polaris report by Professor Nourse. the
silver medal for Arctic discoveries be-
tween 1918 aud 1885 presented by Queen
Victoria to officers and seamsn OF the
United States Navy, silver medals com
memorating victories Of the war OF 1912.
N follows: The fight Of the Wasp and
Frolic, Captain Jacob Jones |; OF the Con-
~stitution and Levant and Cyane. Captain
Charles Stewart ; OF the Wasp and Rein
deer, Captain Johnston Blakely; Of the
Constitution and Java. Captain Vim. Balm
bridge; Of the Constitution and Guer-
riere, Captain Isaac Hull; Of the victory
on Lake Champlain. Commander Thos.
McDonough. and the fight Of the United
States and Macedonian. Captain Stephen
Decatur. The department also sends the
model OF Q patent anchor. from the Bureau
Of Equipment and Recruiting.
Acting Secretary Bell Of the Department
Of the Interior adds to the contributions
from that department mentioned above .
copy Of the Register OF the Department
Of the Interior" Just issued. containing .
list Of persons employed In the department
appointed by the President and Secretary
Of the Interior. corrected to August LIST.
1880.
AdIuant.Genersl Drum sends . copy
Of the "oncisl Army Register" corrected
TO date.
The American Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty TO Animals has also made
. contribution to the deposits. IL consists
Of copies Of the charter and bylaws Of tbs
Society. the manual OF the laws OF the
State Of New York for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals. the fourteenth annual
report OF the Society. . pamphlet relating
TO the Society distributed At the Csnten-
NAL Exposition Of 1875. . copy Of the
pamphlet OF the Society sent to the Paris
convention OF similar societies In 1878. .
synopsis Of President Bergh's address be-
fore q Joint committee Of both branches Of
the Legislature at Albany this year. an
article from the Sahrday Journal on the
origin and work Of the Society. specimen
copies Of Our Animal Friends, Q Newspaper
published BY the Society. and . report Of
the New York Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children. an offspring Of the
former Society. \
Mr.. George W. wslgrove. Deputy
Grand Commander OF Knights Templars
Of the Stats Of New York. has issued the
following notice to the commanders Of the
several communicates In New York and
Brooklyn:
"HIApouAnrrns GRAND CoMNASDrRr)
X. T. AND A~fPxSpASr Orders
srArI or NEW YonK.
..Nxw Yonx. September II. lsso.-Em-
inept Sir knight: You are hereby re-
ouestsd to attend . meeting on Monday.
aoth instant, at Room IS. Aston HOUSE. at
I:s0 ,. n, to make arrangements Tor par
ticipating in the ceremonies Of laying me
corner stons Of the obelisk BY the Grand
Master Of Masons In the State OF NEW
York on the I'd Of October next. BY
order Of Gro. W. WALonovx.
Deputy Grand Commander.
..Rozxxr NAcoY, Grand Recorder"