Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-21
SECRETARY WINDOW is expected to return
from Deer Park this evening.

revenue, S370, 0,657.5S; customs. S6O7, ,142.2S.
SECRETARY WINDOW is expected to return
from Deer Park this evening.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE I.oRING re-
turned to the city this morning, and was at his
desk short time to-day.
COUNTING PASSENGERS ON EXCURSION STEAM
Egs.-It has been decided by the Treasury de-
partment that in enumeratng passengers on
steamboats, each child must be counted as a
passenger.
SURGICAL. OPERATION PERFORMED ON SENATOR
HTLL.-Senator B. II. Hill. of Georgia. has
been suffering from an affection of the mouth.
and having consulted DR.. A. d. Gross. of Phila-
delphia. was informed that the disease was
dangerous One-epitheliOma. DR.. Gross con-
suited with DIR. PancOast. i'm PHILADELPHIA YES
tereay morning, as to the case and an operation
was determined upon. The result is announced
in the following letter from DR.. Gross to the
editor of the Philadelphia Press:
jefferson Medical College Hospital July 90
In response to your inquiry | would say that
Senator B. II. Hill, of Georgia, was most sue
cessfully operated upon to-day, at o'clock p m,
at this hospital. for epitheliOma. This affection
which formed inside the mouth, has been in
progress about eighteen months, without the
patient being aware of its dangerous character
OF ether, the Senator lost no blood Of any account
and experienced no shock. The patient is doing
admirably well, and the prospects are good for
rapid and permanent recovery"
A MARBLE TABLET has been placed over the
west door of the Patent Office leading to the
model room, inscribed as follows: destroyed
and 1880. II. E. Paine. Ed. Clark Thos L.
Casey. board of supervision; Cluss & Schulze
architects; Carl Schurz. Secretary of the In
terror; AlonZO Bell, Assistant do. do: Geo. NJ
Lockwood. chief clerk; E. NJ. Marble, Commits
siOner of Patents.
The NEW WEEKLY STAR for this week is now
ready. 1t is large eight-page paper, full of
reading matter. By mail for three months for
50 cents, or single copies at the counter, price
scents
WASHINGTON MANS MEDICAL DIPLOMA ON
SALE IN NEW YORK.-A reporter of the New
York Sun answered an advertisement for the
sale of medical diploma by physician ''giv-
ing up his practice" He was informed by the
party who had charge of the sale, that "a
physician Of good standing in this city owed me
some money, and gave me the diploma. His
name was erased because he is a very respecta-
BILE young man. He holds responsible posi-
ton now in Washington. He had another
diploma from medical college in this state and
did not need this one. He paid me the money
that he owed me- and l forwarded the diploma
to him to-day"
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION for filling va
cancies in the grade of principal examiners and
nrst and second assistant examiners of the
Patent office is to be held in the Interior depart
lnent OH or about the 1st prOXimo. Subsequent
competitive examinations will Ice held to fill
vacancies in the grade of third assistant exami-
nprS.
CONTRACT AwARDED.-Mr. Z. G.. Wheeler, of
this city, has been awarded The contract to pur-
chase the waste paper of the Interior depart
ment at 21a cents per pound.
DIR. {. c. Cox. late president of the board Of
health OF the city. who is in the insane asylum
is rational on all other subjects except that he
lmangnes he is minister to England and Secre-
tary of War.
c. S. WHITMAN AND MAJOR VI. S. HOPKINS
argued an appeal to-day before the Secretary of
the Interior, from decision OF the Commits
sioner of Patents. involving the question of the
legal relations OF the Secretary to the Patent
Olhce. The question arose upon a petition of
one party to an interference. prayingthe Secre-
tary to order the Commissioner to allow him to
amend Ills preliminary statement SO as to admit
certain eyidence-the Commissioner having
refused to permit the amendment. The Secre-
tary reserved his decision
IN PURSUIT OF THE MOONSIIINBR MURDERERs
Commissioner Raum to-day received dispatch
from the deputy collector in charge at Column
ba SC. announcing that i'm accordance with
instructions received United States Marshal
Blythe with Deputies Byron and Kennedy and
a strong posse, left Greenvillc for Central by the
o'clock train yesterday to effect the arrest of
the murderers of Deputy Collector Brayton in
Pickens county. Collector f. NJ. Brayton is Wis
iting relatives i'm Connecticut. and only learned
of his brothers death this morning through the
newspaper dispatches.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SENATE LIBRARY.
Architect Clark. of the Capitol. will put men at
work in a few days to fit up rooms in the attic
of the Senate wing of the Capitol for the Senate
library. The attic is the floor above the Sem
ate galleries. The plan is TO construct two
rooms on that floor for books OF the library. and
to use the two front rooms of the present library
for committee rooms. The main room of the
library will remain upon the third floor and the
rooms above will be reached by a spiral iron
staircase.
MONEY ORDER CONVENTION WITH JAMAICA. a
The Post Office department has detailed one of
Its most trustworthy agents to negotiate a
postal money order convention between the
United -SsateS and jamaica and has vested him
with the necessary authority to conclude the
negotiation. The agent. Gen Harrison. will
sail for Kingston from New York on Friday
next.
THE IMMIGRATION BOOM.-Thc bureau of sta
tistics of the Treasury department has issued an
advance statement of immigration into the
United States during the month of June and
during the twelve months ended June 30th. 1881.
The total number Of immigrants arrived at the
customs districts OF Baltimore, Boston, Detroit
Huron, Key West Minnesota. New Bedford
New Orleans. New York, Passamaquoddy, Phil
adelphia and San Francisco was 6jO. .239 as
against Al. .9O2 arrived at the same districts
during the preceding fiscal year. The total
number Of Immigrants arrived in the United
States during the year ended June So 1880. was
1921. Ii is estimated that the total immigra-
tlon into the United States during the year
ended June So 1851, amounted TO about 66S. COO
persons. indicating larger immigration than
during any preceding year in the history of the
country. During the twelve months ended ] uDe
80 1881. the number Of immigrants arrived was
as follows:-Frop Germany. 2O9. 500; Dominion
OF Canada, 1lS,66i; England and Wales. G.. .977:
Ireland, a. SS36; Scotland 15 i64: China. 10 49S.
and from all other countries I6S 100