Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-30

tary Sherman to day instructed Assistant Treas
urer Hillhouse at New York to purchase 1,Oo0.
600 of bonds for the sinking fund at the Offering
to day.
COL GEO. W. ROOSEVELT, U. s. consul at s
Helena, is here On sick leave. His health has
been greatly impaired by over-work, and he
will remain until he has entirely recovered.
THE POST OFFICE at Conte6s Station, Primo
Georges county, Md, has been discontinued
and papers will be sent to Laurel; also the post
Office at Friendsaipville, King George county.
Va; papers to Edge Hill. The post Office site at
Snow creek. Franklin county, Va, has been
changed u miles northerly.
CoDIFICATION OF THs ARMY REGULATIoNs.-
Orders were to-day issued by the War depart
ment constituting Generals Mcdowell, Meiggs,
Sackett and Upton board to review the codif1-
cation OF the army regulations prepared by Gen.
Townsend under authority of an act OF the last
Congress The board will meet In this city.
THE REQUEST which has been made of the
President, by Gen. Hancock, to be relieved from
serving as the president OF the Warren court OF
inquiry, Ill, it is said. be granted upon the
return of President Hayes to Washington.
NAVAL ORpERs.-Capt. j. E. Jouett to COM
mand the receiving ship Franklin. July Sd.
Passed Assistant Engineer FL. AuliGk to tempo
rary duty at League Island.
GENERALS Pope and Hatch have had confer
ence In regard to the distribution OF troops in
southern New Mexico. They agreed to scatter
soldiers in small detachments over the entire
exposed territory, and give Gen. Buell. 900 men
for active service.
REPORTS FROM HAVANA to the national board
of health state that for the week ended June
23d there were 35 deaths from yellow fever and
deaths from small poX.
SECRETARY THOMPSON, Mrs. Thompson and
the Misses Thompson will leave tomorrow for
the Pacific coast, stopping for some days at
their home In Terre Eaute, Indiana Secretary
Thompson, before leaving, closed up the busi-
ness before him and left everything In the de-
partmenJ so that no difficulty about its admin
fStratiOn can occur. During his absence Com
modore Jeffers VIII be acting secretary Of the
navy. VI. C. ID. Thompson viii also accompany
the Secretary.
THERE ARE FIVE OR SIX VACANCIES In the
grade Of second neutenants In the army, not
withstanding the fact that a number Of nom
commissioned officers have been promoted and
the West Point graduates assigned to different
regiments. These vacancies Will be filled by ap-
pOiEJmentS from civil life. board of army OFF,
GERS, with General AcCOOk, at its head, will be
convened I'm this city shortly to examine the
numerous candidates for the vacancies.
GENERAL MCC0oK will leave the city to-mor-
row morning to take his family to Coburg, Can
ada, where they Will spend the summer. He
VIII return Immediately.
THE SURVEY FUNDS.-The Secretary of the
Interior to-day approved the apportionment OF
funds for surveys to the several states and
territories for the coming fiscal year, according
TO the estimates OF Commissioner Williamson
as 1oifoWS: Arizona $40, 600; California. S35 00O
Colorado S3e 600; Dakota SO. 900; Florida S. O0O
Idaho. So zoe; Louisiana, S12, 200; Minnesota,
sl6 GOO; Montana, 81, 600; Nebraska and Iowa,
sl5OGs; Nevada, $4,000; New Mexico, $4,000;
Oregon, 5000; Utah, $4,000; Washington
$4,000; Wyoming, $4,000; total, s96l 600: leaving
balance unapportloned of $Se, 600, to be used
according TO the exigencieS OF the service in
particular surveying districts.
SECRETARY SCHURz's ToUR.-Secretary schurz
proposes to make an extended trip to the west
this summer, and will visit number of the
outlying provinces Of his department. Leaving
Washington about the middle OF july, he will
go direct to the Pacific coast, stopping at the
Ne Me,tean shoshone and at the Pyramid Lake In
forn1a he Will return by way Of Fort Hall aud
visit the Bannock Indians in Idaho thence
Is under control Of theSInterior department, to
the Crow agency in Montana. From the Crow
agency the Secretary will proceed down the
Yellowstone and Missouri rivers to Bismarck.
stopping at Forts Custer Keogh. Blford and
Berthod, where he will be able to give personal
attention to the disposition of Sitting Bulls In
dlanS, now returning in large numbers, and he
viii also cali upon the Arickarees, Mandans,
GrOs Fentres and other tribes He Will be ab.
SeliJ about six weeks
THE FIRST SUIT UNDER THE NEW LAW
MesSrs Oav1dge and Fendall, liz behalf OF the
Marley estate, to-day filed the first suit in the
Court OF Claims under the new law giving it
jurisdiction OF claims against the District of
Columbia. This estate holds 81 7cO worth of
sewer certificates and this suit is for Judgment
against the District for that amount.
THE BROOKLYN DRFICIT.-A telegram received
today by Deputy Commissioner OF the Internal
Revenue Rogers states that the deficit In the
accounts OF the internal revenue Office in
BToOk1yn-abOut S19, ,eO0-Will be made good to.
day by payment in full.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Beck and Representative
Mckinley, OF Ohio, are at the Ebbitt House.
Prof. j. w. Chickering is at "Cloudland.D on the
summit OF Roam mountain, North CarO,ina.--
Henry A Garfield, one of the Generals sons.
TOOK the prize for English defamation at ST.
Neal, OF Ohio, is fn
Town, at his old quarters, 312 street.-Rev
in;o Dr; paret, OF epiphany church, has gone to
salem, NJ T., Tor a months vacatiOn.-Repre-
sentative Bingham, of Pennsylvania, is in town.
john Hampden Cooper. of this city. a stu
DENT at Princeton College. died there on Sunday
management and neglect at that college
HON. Fernando Wood is confined to his house in
New York city In consequence of the oyerwOrK
OF tne last session OF Congress, but hopes to be
CUT In q Jew days.-General Duncan S. Wal
ker has gone to New York.-MiSs Thursby
sails for Europe to-day, and Will while there
WISH Ole Bull and go to Oberammergau.-Ac-
cording TO the Pail Nal Gazette Mr.. Goodloe
Cnited States minister to Belgium, has present.
ed bis letters of recall
NOTHING is KNOWN at the War department
about Gen. Schofield taking Gen. Ords division
and the proposed retirement OF the latter. It
Is thought. though, in well-informed Quarters
q nat Gen. Schoeld will be relieved from the
command OF West Point.
FIFTY EMPLOYEES OF the internal revenue
bureau, at work on the stamp roll to-day re-
celVed notiflcation OF the revocation OF their
appointments This patronage has heretofore
Teen In the hands of the commissioner OF in
iernal revenue Secretary Sherman has now
decided that these appointments shall be made
oy himself directly. ReappointIaents were
Issued to some Of those discharged to- day
WRECK OF THE PINAFORE-WlU She Nese,. Get
OF Agdm.-The signal officer at Caee May re-
ports sloop Pinafore. from Philadelphia. bound
fnr Atlantic City, n. j., came ashore about one
mile north OF that station at 1880 q. M, on the
Z9tn. Her center beard Is broken. and she ia
wing In dangerous position. The captain
wants assistance.
"a Several cases OF typcoid fever In West Bal.
tlnoFe are aScr1bed 10 the new sewer construct.
Ing between Carey and Gilmore streets
tNThe New Jersey Yacht Club, at Hoboken.
n. j., yesterday awarded the champion pennant