Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-09
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAy.-Internal
revenue, sst1, ,s1o4s customs 1858, ,6ao.75
TIE FOLLOWING INTERNAL REvgNUs APPOINT
MFNTs have been made:-Storekeeper and gau-
ger, Thos. A. GIL 9Th district of North Carolina;
gaEgers. A. p. COlderon. 9Th district of North
CarVlIa, and K. j. Mcconnell, I'd district OF
Wfsfonsin: stOrekeepers, j. ID. Lacey, Omaha,
Nebraska, and w. T. Bryan, 5th district OF Ten
nessee.
THE SIGNAL CORPS opened display station
for storm signals al Fort Monroe, Va, yeSter-
day.
SURGEON F. c. AlNswoRTH, U. S. A.. recently
on duty in the department of Arizona will ar
i've In the city this evening at the Ebbitt.
NAVAL ORDERS Commander g. ". Summer
has returned home from the Asiatic station and
has been placed on orders. Passed Assistant
Surgeon w. G. g. Wilson from the hospital at
New York. and ordered to duty In connection
with the iron-cladS at Brandon, Va, relieving
Assist ant surgeon George Arthur, who Is placed
On waiting orders.
The FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS were made In the
census Office yesterday, dating back TO NoVem-
Der l. 5000 to 81 900, Harry King, DC. S720 to
$40, Miss Laura NJ. Hopkins, DC; Miss Lucy
Mygatt Ohio; Mrs CordelIa ORiely, Pa; Miss
ley, DC $3.50 to si2o' Miss For Florence @ A. Hood
Ohio: Mrs. Ella d. Carr, Va; Miss Anna c.
Stanclffe. Conn. $3.50 to 5000, Miss Florence VI.
Sophia A. Jackson. Fla; Miss Fannie Lancaster,
DC; Miss Eugenia Hoskinson. DC; Chas. r.
Cory, Vt: kObt. B. Brown, DC; Miss Belle
Edelin. D C.; Miss Gertrude Geroert. DC; Miss
Beuia w. Sherman, DC; Miss Margaret c.
Iow,es, DC; Miss Helen Herman, DC; Miss
Henrietta Gililand. Pa. Miss Marie j. veF-
tonger, DC; Miss Emma Schubert. DC; Mss
Chas. c. Boyd, Md; Chas. p. Rowley. DC; D.
II. Evans, DC; Chas. Fl. isham, Conn; Thos.
j. knCde, Nd.
CADET MIDsH1PMAN Charles J. Dudley a mem
her Of the second class cadet mIdshipmen, died
at the Naval Academy yesterday evening. OF
typhoid fever, after an Illness OF three weeks.
The remains VIII be taken to his home In Geor-
gia for burial.
AN ORDER from the Secretary Of the Navy.
issued some time since, required each naval con-
structor to prepare plan Of an iron armored
ram and forward the same, with model and
ton The intention is that when Congress stall
confer the authority for the construction of ad.
01t1Onal ships these designs can be examined by
board OF naval officers and the best be
adopted. Most OF the constructors have com.
pied with the order, and among them Naval
Constructor Hichborn, OF the Philadelphia yard.
few days ago, as stated in THE STAR.
GONE TO THE NAVAL MISUNDERSTANDING
Thomrson's party for the naval review left this
afternoon shortly before two O'Clock. On the
steamer Dispatch. for Hampton Roads. The
next day, the vessels from Washington return
Ing Thursday night or Friday morning A new
feature which has just been added to the pro-
gram for the display viii be boat race, be-
tween ships cutters. one from each Of the YES
sells In the Roads. The prize will be s. TO each
man in the winning crew. On the Dispatcn
were the President, Mrs. Hayes and Mr.. Webb
Hayes; Secretary THOMPSON and daughters.
Secretary EvartS and daughters, Postmaster
General Maynard Gen. Van Viiet 'and Judge
Advocate General Dunn OF the army. Owing 70
Important business Secretary Sherman, At
tOrney General Devens. Secretary Ramsey aud
Gen. Sherman could not go. The Dispatch WAS
afternoon with the heads OF bureaus Of tha
Navy department and other government officials
On board The SpeedwelI left about noon with
large number OF invited guests.
THE EMPLOYEES OF THE house Of Representa-
tives now figure out democratic majority i /
the 41th Congress, based on the report that the
republicans have carried only two OF the Mis-
souri, districts. The rumor that one, and posi-
bly, three republicans have been elected fro n
Arkansas, Is not credited.
THERE WAS SHORT SESSION OF THE CABINET
this afternoon. Secretary Ramsey and Attor-
ney General Devens were absent, the latter
being at The Supreme Court. No business OF
general interest was transacted. When the
meeting adjourned those OF the Cabinet officers
and the Presidents party left in carriages to go
aboard the Dispatch.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS APPoINTED.-The
President to-day appointed the following CON-
missioIefs to examine and report upon fifty
miles Of railroad constructed by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company west of the Missouri
Iiyer O.. 7. G. Clarke, Newport, r. l.; C. W.
Slagle, Fairfield, Iowa, and c. B. Nichols, Phta-
delphia, Pa.
PRESIDENTIAL APPoIETNEETS.-Th President
to-day made the following appointments:
George F. Lincoln. OF Connecticut, to be United
States consul at Stettin, Germany, and Daniel
CEatwlck to be United States attorney for the
district of Connecticut. He also promoted CD
det Howard Emery to be third lieutenant n
the revenue marine service.
THE FARRAGUT STATUE will be unveiled on Or
about the 10th of December. The whole naval
b igade OF the ships now at Hampton Roads for
the naval review will take part Ia the unveiliug
ceremonies,
THE WASHINGTON MONCMENT.-HOn Robert
C. Winthrop writes from Brookline Mass.
Nov. 6, to member Of che Washington Monu.
n ent Association, in this city; as follows: 81
am reIolced TO know that The monument is ia
meeting OF the Peabody trustees in Washington
early in February. and shall eagerly look upon
the increased elevation. / should gladly have
been OF the party which went up In the eleva-
tor on the I'd, and it Is great satisfaction to
know that our venerable first vice president
was With you, In good health and spirits On that
occasion"
TALHED OF.-CongresSman Keifer, OF the
Springfield (Oh1o) district is talked OF in the
vest for the SpeakeIship Of the House.
MAJOR BAYLY, the republican candidate for
Congress In the sth district OF Virginia, has de.
claIed that he will contest the seat OF Mr.. John
s. Barbour, the democratic candidate elect.
The grounds OF the contest will be two: First,
the bulldOZng or voters, and second. that Mr..
Barbour is ineligible to represent the district
because he Is not resident In 1t. Mr.. Barbour
lives in this city, but It Is claimed for him that
he has always retained legal voting residence
1n Alexandria.
THE GOVERNMENT CARP PoND.-The water Is
being drawn of the government carp ponds ia
this city. The young carp will be distributed
10 the several states The state1ish commits
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