Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-07
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To DAY. - Internal
revenue, s362, 1868; customs, s5as, ,4954O.
W. R. BURNETT has been appointed store.
keerer and gauger for the 5th district of North
Carolina.
THE TRAINING SHIP Constitution has arrived
at Fortress Monroe. The Michigan has arrived
at Cleveland, Ohio.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Chaplain Geo. A. Crawford
to the Richmond, Astat1c station, per steamer
Nov. 18th, relieving Chaplain Richard Hayward,
who Will return home. Gunner John Ronel to
The POWhatan, 18th instant, relieving Gunner
Samuel Cross, who is ordered to the Shenan.
dosh. South Atlantic station, per steamer Of
Nov. 9th.
THE FIRST LOT OF COUPON 3-65 BONDS for the
conversion OF board OF audit certificates Was
Issued to day. The amount issued was sss, 500,
an In bonds OF the denomination OF $500. The
s5O coupon ponds have not yet been received
from the Columbia Bank Note Company, which
has the contract for the printing.
But VERY SMALL PROPORTION of the govern
ment dues paid through the clearing house In
New York are now settled in legal tender notes
The assistant treasurer has not the notes to
make the pay ments, owing TO the great demand
for them all over the country. The great bulk
OF government dues is therefore paid ln gold.
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT has ordered
the stopping of the delivery OF registered letters
and postal money orders addressed to r. j.
KOsta'h, as Bread street, New York. who. IT. IA
alleged. Is engage In fraudulent stock opera
tions. In the case of the Commonwealth Lot
terry Company, at Louisville, KY, Judge Baxter
mas decided to take no action pending the de-
c1sion OF the same issue by the U.s. Supreme
Court.
THE US. SUPREME COURT Will meet next Mon
day. There are 909 cases on the docket Including
the Mormon land and polygamy cases and the
cases OF the Louisiana and Kentucky lotteries
The latter cases will probably be deferred The
only important cases argued last term and
awaiting decision now are the cases OF Hallet
KIbourn agt John G.. Thompson ct al, suit
IOr damages on account OF alleged Illegal i'm.
pr1sonment by order Of the House of Repre5en-
tat1ves and the Memphis. Tenn, city debt
case.
WHAT Mr.. KELLOGG SAYs.-Senator kellogg.
Of louisiana, who has just returned here from
New York, says that, in his opinion, the polltl-
cal battle is not In Indiana bat In New York
ne says he believes that New York will go re-
publican and VIII elect Garfield; that the busl-
ness men, both in New York and New jersey
take issue with the free trade plank OF the
democratic platform, and that all the manufac.
turing towns in New York, New jersey and
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CENsUs.-Superinte J.
dent of the Census Walker has forwarded to
MIR. Bell, acting Secretary Of the Interior. the
report of the special agent. sent to South Caro-
lima to make an investigation of the alleged
frauds In the census OF that state. This report
Will not be made public until the return OF
Secretary Schurz, who Is expected Tomorrow
Mr.. Bell verines the published statement
however that the census taken during The.
current year is believed to be correct, and that
the apparent discrepancies arise from the
incorrect census OF 1870.
ABOUT Governor Phelps.
democratic member of Congress from Connecti-
cut. is In the city. He said to-day to STAR
were nothing upon which the republicans c,n
build. The election was only partial, the large
towns and cities In which the democratic
1T was only the smaller towns and country
whtre the people are wholly republican that
held elections. He says that the fate OF Con-
hec.lcut hapgs on the Indiana election. II
Indiana goes republican then C)nnecticut VIII
vote for Garfield and Arthur otherwise she ylIl
be democratic.
from Europe.-Senator Wallace and Repre-
sentatives Ellis and Hunton are at Willard's-
fifteen year old son of Jay Gould was ST.
riously wounded on Tuesday by the Academia.
discharge OF pistol in his pocket while climb
ing CHESTNUT treThe Central Presbytery
Grating Prof w. G. Scott, of wooster University
from the charge OF heresv.-Offenbach died
or gout OF the heart.-Hon. Fernando Wood
has recovered from his late protracted illness
He is now able to ride out every day.-E1-
ward Atkinson is candidate for the United
States senatorship In Massachusetts-John
War amaker, the rich merchant OF Phtladelphia
Is the SUPERINTENDENT OF the largest Presbyterian
Sunday school In the United States, containing
more than two thousand children. He is also
the most extensive advertiser In the country a.
the present time.