Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-14
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue. s207, $500; customs, s66l, ,s42.o5.
CoUNTERFE1TKRs ARREsTED.-Au agent OF the
secret service arrested Frank Goodrich and
Charles L. Cole at Detroit, Michigan. Septem-
Der 18th, for passing counterfeit IS bills on
the National bank OF Troy, New York.
POSTMASTER GENERAL MAYNARD will not
leave for Tennessee before Thursday or Friday.
THE UTE MIss1oN.-The Interior department
has no advices of late date from the Ute Indian
Commission. ActingsSecretary Bell, however,
entertains the strongest hope that the members
OF the commission Will be successful, and the
fmpendiI treaty with the uteS be ratified.
ECONOMY IN THE P. o. DEPARTMENT.-The
Post Office department has issued the follow
fGg circular to all postmasters: Owing to the
limited appropriation for clerical service In
postoffices, the department is obliged to make
an immediate and general reduction Of ten per
centum OF the present allowances for clerical
assistance in separating Offices"
ARMY ORDKRS-Surgeon John Moore will re-
port in person to the president Of the medical
examining board in New York city for TEN
porary duty as member Of the board. First
Lieutenant Walter L. Fisk, corps OF engineers,
n
gineers, Wilet's Point. New York, and will re-
port for duty to Lieutenant Colonel @. A. GILL
more, corps OF engineers. Capt. G. Ii. Burton,
21st Infantry, is relieved from duty on recruit
ing service and as member Of the general
court martial appointed TO meet at Columbus
barracks, Ohio, on completion ofany case viii h
may be before 1t at date OF receipt OF this order
He will join his regiment
BOARD OF AUDIT CERTIFICATEs.-The holders
OF the board or audit certificates, which are
convertible into 3-G5 bonds, held that they
should receive In conversion per cent interest
from the date of the certificate to the date
when converted. Treasurer Glltlllan, cOmmiS-
sioner of the District sinking fund, decided that
he could In making the conversion only allow
8 Is per cent interest on the certificates De-
tween The dates mentioned. The question was
appealed and sent to Judge Lawrence, 1St COMP
troller OF the Treasury. That officer has
rendered decision sustaining the Treasurer in
the position taken by him.
A DELEGATION OF Cheyenne and Arrapahoe In
dians, numbering 13, arrived at one O'Clock to-
day by the B. & P. R. R.. and were taken to
quarters at the fremont House.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEvENS left the city last
evening for Massachusetts. He will be gone
about week and will make several speeches.
SECRETARY THOMPSON will leave next Thurs
day for Indiana to be gone until after the Octo-
Der elections. He will take part In the state
campaign.
FILLING Up THE BARRELs.-Among the polit-
cal talk in Washington to-day was report that
the republicans meant now to put one million
dollars into Indiana, and carry the state re-
gaIdleSS OF cost. To this democrat connected
with the Congressional campaign committee
said: Then our party must put million dol
lars IN Indiana too. We can get it easy enough
The national committee have been notified by
prominent and wealthy democrats to call upon
M nrO fC NO 6n6 nrnnv
ocrat has pledged himself to raise $4,000 in the
city where he resides, If necessary" resident
OF washington, hearing the report mentioned
above, left draft for sl08 at democratic head
quarters to be sent to Indiana.
WOMEN's MOONsHINE Wharf.-The women have
started out against moonshiners in Tennessee.
A Miss Phoebe Creech ran an Illicit still about
six miles from Sneedyille, In Hancock county,
In that state. Miss Sarah Goodman and Miss
AMANDA Pratt got authority, under the law
from the collector to break up Miss Creech's es-
PUNISHMENT Information has been received at
lhe internal revenue bureau that they seized
the sIlll, cut up five tubs, and destroyed about
3l5 gallons of still beer.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. NJ. B. Buford from the
Washington navy-yard on the 10th, and ordered
to the Pensacola october 1st; Assistant Engt-
neer w. o. Chrisman has returned home rr5 n
duty on the MonOcacy, and is placed on wait
ing orders.
How THB CLERKS FsEL ABOUT IT.-In the diff
ferent departments to-day there was dissatis-
faction among the clerks about what Maine did
yesterday. They looked blue, and said they
felt blue. Nearly all, however, held out for the
full returns. They did not believe that the
state OF Maine had gone against the republican
party, and asserted loudly that they would not
until the official figures were before their eyes.
notwithstanding this statement on their part,
1t was evident that they were hoping against
hope. rumor got abroad In the Treasury this
afternoon that a dispatch had been received at
republican headquarters or by Secretary Sher-
man stating positively that Davis, rep. had
been elected governor by l, 200 majority. Many
clerks got hold OF this report and believed 1t,
and a, refused to be told anything else Inquiry
retary himself brought out the fact that no such
dispatch had been received. But the clerks
won't believe it.
PERsoNAL.-Gen. Halbert E. Paine and fami =
have returned from Fort Pendieton, Md
Robert B. Tenney and family have returned
from oakland. d.-Walter d. Davidge is at
Brighton Beach;-Mr. a. Nj. Clapp, editor Of
his old dbome.-Secretary SchurZ left Fort Bu.
ford, Dakota, On Sunday morning, and was ey-
pected 10 reach Bismarck last nignt-Baron
States, is at Niagara aFalls.-Secretary Evarts
left Washington for New York last night to at
tend tie funeral OF the late Marshall o. Roberts
-ExSenator Simon Cameron is suggested for
Congress In the l4th district of Pennsylvania
Mrs. Field wife OF Judge Field, of the Su-
preme Court left Newport yesterday for the
aSCn.
Political Notes.
The republican convention at Marlboro, Md,
yesterday elected John W. Duvall, John Belt,
r. H. Magruder and Lewis Kerrick as delegates
for the congressional convention They are In
structed to vote solid for Colonel S. T. Suit for
Congress.
VIM. Aldrich was yesterday renominated for
| Congress by the republicans of the 1st Illinois
district; G. b. Farwell was nominated by the
republicans Of the 80 district. p. B. Dauster
was renOminated by the democrats OF The 4th
Wisconsin district.
| General j. B. Weaver spoke before an audi
| ence OF 5000 In Cooper Institute, N. Y. last
| evening. Peter Cooper presided. The speaker
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