Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-28
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTO-DAY.-1nternal rev.
enue, s4ii $500; customs, $3.50 ,63'.46.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received for REDEMPTION
to day, $4,000.
THE COTTON WoRM.-Prof. Riley, chief of the
chronological commission of the United States
states that he has found the cotton worm in
most fields along the Alabama Central and
yicksburg and Meridian railroads, and that
eggs are being hatched sufficient to cause
serious injury to cotton in the next two weeks
He recommends London purple, obtained In the
manufacture of analine dyes, as the best and
cheapest poison.
MRS. HAYES is soon going to Fremont to put
her remodeled house In order for future resi-
dence, Her son, Webb Hayes will. it is said,
become merchant in Toledo next spring.
COAST SURVEY WoRK.--In a few days Mr..
Carlisle P. Patterson, superintendent of the
coast survey, will receive from the printer, for
distribution. neatly bound and excellently
prepared volume showing the progress OF WORK
under his charge. particularly with reference
TO deep-sea soundings. There will be only 500
copies printed. One-half OF which will be dis
tributed among the leading newspapers of the
country.
INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS. circular let
ter has been issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury to all Of the supervising inspectors of
steam vessels fnstTucting eac1 to report daily
upon all steamers visited, the general condition
OF the steamer, the safety OF their hullS and
boilers the efficiency OF the life boats and other
life saving appliances, and pay special attention
TO the precautions against lire required by sec
tfOn 4.40,, revised statutes and rules and regu-
latlons OF the board OF supervising inspectors.
BIDS WERE OPENED at the Post Office depart.
ment yesterday afternoon for the supply of
wooden tags for the fiscal year. The following
bids were offered John Keller, New York
city; = cent for narrow, = cent for wide; Gray
& Walter, Washington, 80 mills and mills A.
X. Brown, Cleveland. o., % mills and mills;
y. T. Mccain, woodstock, Va, i mill and %
and 21l mills; J. E. Cotton, Fairfield, Me-, Al
mills and G15 mills; Parkersburg Mill Co.. West
Va, mills and s mills; J. O. Blumey Wash
ington, Pa mills and pa mills; j. E. Beardsley,
Washington. 2 1-6 mills and 1-5 mills. Bids
for patented tie sack-faStenerS were received
rom L. Fuller Co., Nashville, Tenn, who Of
fered to furnish them at 90 cents each, royalty
cents; Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan, Washington, 10
cents. royalty cents: ". A. StOwell, Baltimore
10 cents, royalty cents; Nj. d. Church, Cincin-
natl. cents. royalty cents, ID. w. VowleS and
cents; W. G. SrnOot and }. ID. DOnohoe, Wash
ington, IS cents. royalty 5 cents: j. S. DetIick
Baltimore, cents, royalty = cents. The only
bid received for ord-clamps was from j. s. De-
trick, OF Baltimore. at 81 cents.
REVENUE APPoINTMENTs.-Thef following ap-
pOintments were made In the Internal Revenue
bureau to-day: Willis G. Mitchell inspector OF
tobacco, 2sth district New York; Geo. w. Long
2sth district New York; Thos- j. Daniel, store
keeper and gauger 5th district Kentucky; Jas.
w. Beam, do. do 9th district North Carolina;
derSon, gauger lSt Missouri.
INDIAN MARAUDERs IN DAKoTA.-The follow
ing telegram has been received at the War de-
partment, addressed to Gen. Ruggles, at st.
July ~: 1.-TWO men were attacked by party of
five Indians near Short Pine Hills; both were
wounded and their stock taken; were brought
here and are under care OF our medical officer;
Indians are no doubt same five that were seen
by Baker, and seem to be after stock only; have
sent scouting party from my own camp and
also from Bells think there is little party Of
Indians, with possibly some white horse thieves
lurking In Bad lands, OF Little Missouri, about
ShoIt Pine Hills, and these have done all the
mischief; VIII endeavor to concert scouting
of 7th cavalry On Little Missouri, so as to clear
them out or capture them"
NAVAL ORDERs.-Cadet Midshipmen Philip R.
Alger. William Truxton, Charles Cabinass, Ed
ward Simpson, Edward L. Leiper, Manning K.
Eyre, Miles c. Gorgas, William T. Maxwell,
Franklin Swift, TheO. G. Dewey, Ambrose Con-
rad, John F. LutZ and Joseph Beale to duty on
from San Francisco. Cadet Midshipmen Arthur
r. Houze. Patrick w. Hourigan, w. II. Woolfer-
Sherger, Joseph ii. ROhrdacker, Augustus n,
Mayer and VIM. II. Emerson to the Pensacola
Pacific station.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL vEssEIs-The U. s. s.
Tennessee has left Beaufort, s. c., for Port
land, Maine. The Vandalfa arrived at the
Charlestown (Mass) navy yard yesterday, .lso
the Minnesota.
PURCHASE OF BONDS ORDERED. - Secretary
Sherman to-day authorized Assistant Treasurer
H1llhouse to purchase the following bonds:
1892 0GG 6s OF $780, at 102 to 1922 2S 6s OF
ISL, at 1929 to 104.45: 1895 900 SIS of 1881 at
1884 to 1898. The bonds offered amounted
TO Si5oO,O0O. No per cent or ~ per cent
bonds were offered.
OLD KEYS as REIICs-In the Office of the
Treasurer of the United States is glass case
which contains the keys which were used In the
olden times 10 lock the Treasury vaults Now
that time lock and combinations have taken the
places OF these keys, they are kept framed as
relics OF the degenerate" days. Mr.. Gilfllan
says that In the Old times the Treasurer when
the vaults were locked up carried the keys home
with lin, and several times the house of the
Treasurer, who had the keys In custody, have
been broken into by thieves to get these open
Sesame'S. Under the present system the vaults
are locked by time and combination locks
There are inner and outer doors to the vaults.
The officer who knows the combination to open
the outer door does not know the combination
which opens the inner. and vice versa. Hence
no one person can get into the vaults When the
nOIfA0
Dy different clerks and handed to Treasurer Gil
lillian In sealed envelope.
A BUOY AELoAT.-The signal corps station,
Atlantic City, New Jersey. reports to the chief
'gnal officer in this city. at 12 30 I'm. to-day as
fo!lows: The automatic whistling buoy Off
BrlgantIne Shoals Is adrift and floating down
the beach.
EX-DISTRICT COMMISSIONER 5. L. PHELPS, who
left here for Europe some two months since on
business, returned last Friday in the Baltic
having successfully accomplished his mission,
ana Win improved health from his voyage.
PERsoSAI--Our Washington vocalist, Miss
Eva Mills, is at Atlantic City.-Senor Vigo,
spanish Minister, NJ. de PreSsense secretary of
the French legation, and Commodore Temple
were registered IN New York last night.-Nr
Henry W. Elliott, the Washington correspond
ent OF the New York EreHiI,g Post is at pres
ent In Paris.-Col- X. q. Ingersoll and Mr. and
Mrs. ii. NJ. Hutchinson, OF this city, were reg
IsteTed at Newport on Saturday.-Prescott
EVarts, son OF the Secretary OF State is now
acting as private secretary to his father. In
place OF Mr.. Russell, restgned.-Representa
Tive and Mrs. S. S. Cox are at Brighton Beach,
-Mt. Ii. l.. Nelson, correspondent OF the Bos-
ton Post has gone TO Gloucester, Mass. for a few
weeks vacation--Conmission LIE Due aud
Hr. ard Mrs. ID. c. Forney were registered
Ia Philadelphia yesterday. - Miss Nell
son, the actress, sails for Europe Today
MT. Geo. Bancroft began fifty-f1ve years ago
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