Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-31
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY..-Internal
revenue, 1888 ,O392O; customs, 81 ,OS9, ,235.45.
Corn COUNTERFEITERs ARRESTED.-An agent
of the secret service division of the Treasury de-
partment teegraphed the Secretary of the
Treasury from TOwanda Pa, notice of the arrest
yesterday of Alex and Barney Conners for SELL
ing counterfeit trade and half dollar coins.
NAVAL NOrEs-Capt. Meade, of the US. s.
vandaia reports to the Secretary of the Navy
the arrival of that vessel at Newport, where he
will remain until tomorrow and sail thence to
New London. The cOmmandant of the New
York navy yard reports the departure from that
place Yesterday of the Alarm and ''TalapOOsa"
for Washington, DC.
THE Personal PROPERTY OF CAPT. H. W.
HOwGATE has also been attached in addition to
the real estate, in the civil suit against him by
the government. The amount, however, over
the exemptions is very small.
OWING TO THE CLOSE EXAMINATION required
the result of the recent examinations for pro-
motions to first. second and third assistant eX-
aminers in the Patent office, will not be deter
mined or announced for month or more.
OUTSTANDING CURRENcY-The following is
statement of U. S. currency outstanding at this
notes. all issues S346. 6S1 O16 One-year notes of
1868, 81, ,965: twO-vear notes of 1863 s12. 400;
twO-year coupon notes of 1868, S2235. $50; COM
pound interest notes. 1886, ,2SO; fractional cur
rency, all issues S15 1875; total, s362, ,531,
$685.
The CAPITOL HILL Posi- OFFICE.-POstmas-
ter Anger said to-day that he would not be able
to announce until tomorrow what decision had
been reached respecting the location of the Cap
itOl Hill branch post office. Meanwhile delega-
tons and petitions continue to pour in upon the
postmaster. The petitioners for the site at the
corner of Sd and East Capitol streets Outnumber
the advocates of the Sd and streets site three
to one. rather strange thing is, that peti-
ton was received to-day from residents ''On the
Navy Yard" asking for the location of the office
at the corner of Sd and East Capitol streets,
though the Sd and streets site would appar-
emily be the most convenient to them. One ad-
vantage of the building offered by Capt Grant
on East Capitol street is that post office could
be opened there in an hour as it is conveniently
arranged. At the corner of Sd and streets it
would be necessary to erect building. To-day
the Sd and East Capitol streets site seemed to
be the one most favorably considered.
PAYMAsTER GENERAL CUTTER, of the navy.
was, according to law, placed on the retired list
yesterday, and will leave at once with his fam
lily for his home in Massachusetts,, where he will
remain for vacation of two or three weeks.
His retirement creates serious embarrassment
No one is authorized to appoint his successor
except the President. who is too i'll to consider
the subject. Gen. Cutter under the law, can
not continue to act. no matter how much he
might be disposed to do so. The case presents
the first real embarrassment in the matter of the
official business of the department which has
come up since the unfortunate shooting of the
President. Up to the present time the Secre-
tary of the Navy has made no assignment for
the administration OF the office, and it is with
out head.
PERsoNAL.-Judge Settle, of Florida; Col T.
B. keOgh, of North Carolina, and ex-Sergeant-
alarms Thompson are at the Ebbitt.-Four
Washington boys. namely Theodore W. Brney.
L.. b. Peterson, l.. TOman, and n. B. Smith,
enter Lehigh University, at Bethlehem, Pa
next month.-Capt- Allen, of the Capital BIZ
cycle Club, has gone for a months vacation in
New York and New England.-R. w. Gage
chief clerk of the Secret Service division starts
tomorrow morning for five or six weeks trip
to the Pacific coast. accompanied by his wife
Mrs. ID. A. Chambers and family will spend
the month of September at Round Hill, va
Judge Hagner and J. Hubley Ashton. of
Washington, were registered in New York last
evening.-Miss Minnie ROhrer has returned
from the mountains of Virginia Paul
and family, and d. F. Murphy and family. of
Washington, were registered in Philadelphia
last night--Judge Miller leaves Block Island
Tor Saratoga this week.