Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02
Funded Debt OF the D,ssrIct,
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s4l.s.O77. The following stocks and bonds on
wnlch interest has ceased. there being funds
lor tnelr pay yment deposited In the Treasury
are outstanding: Corporation OF washington
Io,year eonos. $3.50; do. do. i've per cent gene
las, saI S.osk, $4,000; do DO. six per cent general
STOCK, -, 2So.l,; do DO siN per cent canal stock
sleo; corporation OF Georgetown six par cent
general stock, $500; total, s6.14d.lS.
Patent Office Promotiou..
The following promotions were made Iu the
Patent Office to-day:-Marcellus Gardner v
Y; John w. Bsbson. Me-; aud Schuyler Durvee
Ny, TO be chief OF divisions, at 81 coo each
Saliuel b. koane: NY; Reuben 5. Parks. Ohio.
ana Louis w. Sinsabaugh, Ohio. from second
assistant examiners 10 clerkships OF class fogr
10 pe second Assistant Examiners-Dayil
rraaiman' ra' WIS; Marshall B. Cushman, Mass:
EdWaTd NJ. Bentley, Conn; Albert C. Fowler
DC, and VIM. Augtnbaugh. Ohio.
10 oe Third Assistant Examiners-John W.
SSismeh.s' Snfns No.r d.; james ;B Littlewood, H..
ard Walter K. Rogers, Pa.
Mr. Phillips, Double.
Mr.. Phillips. the Washinston manages of tho
she ai,e ~ rress viii spend as much time pos
land. driving his prize trotier, Ben Johnson hsst
and forth every day or two.-Aclc E1gdad ET-
change. ~
Evidently MT. Phillips double" is on his
travels. and Is regaling the rural populace ana
engagingly innocent bucollc correspondent OF
the city papers with stories OF his skilful man.
lpulation OF the metropolitan press. Meantime
the genuine Mr.. Phillips is hard at work az his
desk In Corcoran building, his family is with
him at his home on q street, he has not been I'm
Mary land In months he knows nothing ABOUT
the Quakers, ana his prize trotter Ben johnson
Is as nebulous and Intangible as the oassIess
fabric or q vision.
THE FoURTH.-The departments and govern
ment ofrices will be closed next Monday-JuIy
18th.
SECRETARY WINDOWS SUoCEss.-The call for
hou
continued at 81 per cent-about $50 600 600
which Secretary Window issued this afternoon
winds up all the transactions Necessary to the
carrying out OF his plan for refunding the debt.
Ii Is unnecessary TO state that the Secretary's
plan mas been very successful
THE STATEMENT published In a a,morning
newspaper tc The effect that Assistant Secre.
tary Bell, OF the Interior department. contem-
plated resigning to-day is entirely without
foundatfon. SO says Mr. Bell, and he ought TO
know.
AUDITOR OF RAILROAD ACCOUNTS FRENCH has
returned from tip 10 New York and Boston,
at which places he has been examining the
books OF the Pacific railroad companies IL is
not at all improbable that Auditor French will
retire from omce within the ensuing forty
eight hours.
MUsN'T CARRY TOO MECH STEAM - Gen.
Dumont, supervising Inspector general OF
steam vessels. has addressed a circular 10 local
inspectors throughout the country, advising
them TO see that the regulations In regard 10
the quantity OF steam each vessel shall carry
be rig1dly enforced The object or the circular
Is to urge local inspectors TO use such authority
as the law gives them for the prevention OF
racing by steamers. There is no way OF stop
ping this practice arbitrarily, but the supervis-
Ing Inspector general hopes TO check It. az le6st,
by vigilance on the part OF local inspectors In
The recent explosion resulting from steam
boat race called out the circular.
GEN. Fry TO BIZ RETIRED.-It Is announced
that Gen. James b. Frs. assistant adjutant
general, Will be placed on the retired list within
a day or two. Gen. Fry was provost marshal
gener al OF the army during the most important
period or the late war; and the vast machinery
for recruiting was conducted under his orders.
By the retirement OF Gen. Fry, Gen. Robert
Williams Will become a full colonel, aud Gen.
Thomas M. Vincent lieutenant colonel These
promotions Will make vacancy which VIII be
filled by the advancement OF Colonel Wm. q.
Mitchell, an aide-ee-camp OF Major General
Hancock. His promotion by the President is
10 compliance with personal request made by
Gen. Hancock.
A CIRCULAR was Issued to-day by Secretary
Window that on and after the 1st proxlmo, all
common carriers, whose cars or vessels are Sc
cured by customs lead seals and wires, will be
required TO reimburse the government for the
cost OF said seals. For lead seals aud wires
hereafter furnished s.. SO per thousand Will be
collected, that being the price 10 be paid the
contractor for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1881.
Personal Gen. Francis A. Walker has been
dubbed LID. on two consecutive days-Am-
herst following on Wednesday the example OF
Yale the day before Attorney General Mac
Veagh received the same honor from Amherst.
Rev. p. S. Carthy, G. Beavan and Emile de
Gilbert, OF Washington, were registered in
Paris on the 10th inst.-Samuel WllliaDs. for
many years editor OF the San Francisco Btilettg,
fnA rdn H. TtVsU rtNT nFs Ia
city. has had the honor OF having the degree OF
Ii. ID. conferred upon him by Princeton College
at its late encement-Paymaster
LOCKER, U.SN., and vile are among late arrivals
at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point-Ex- Chief
Justice Hiram Warner, OF the Georgia supreme
Court died at Atlanta yesterday. family
OF Mr. Henry r. Elliott are at the Montgomery
White sulphur Springs. the late ar
rivals at the Piney Point Hotel were the follow
ing named Washingtonians: Mr. and Mrs. B. 81.
Stinemetz, Wm. A. Gordon and family, ii. F.
Commander Gorringe was made Master
OF Arts by Yale College on Tuesday.-
Hon. and Mrs. Horatio King. who have been at
Dr Pafst wife and Sae dsuSbner s
and Mrs. Mendenhall, OF Washington, are at
the Thompson House, Kane, Pa.-Mr. Philip
Golden Bartlett OF this city. son Of Mf. d. W
Bartlett Bartlett, OF the Chinese Imperial legation, de
sion OF his graduation from Yale college last
Ilesday. = Gen. Ricketts,, Prof. Colin and
htulCdl DiIeCUOr ClnOn are at L fJSheT s Island
Gen. S. A. Hurlbut, the new l. 5 ministe
to Peru. sails for his post of duty 20 morrow
Mr.. VIM NJ. Chase OF New York, hls been
selected as the painter CT the full-len 9Th por-
uait OF President Hayes, which is 10 form q
part OF the Harvard College gallery
q. V. Fox and wife, Judge and Mrs. Fer
rlss, Mrs. z. Du Barry, Mr.. E. L. Dd Barry.
and Mrs. Eolgate, OF Washington, are
guests at The Brighton. Atlantic CIty.-
Geo. w. Childs, OF the Philadelphia Le,lqqy
gives the newsboyS OF that CITY their usual 4tIl
OF July banquet at one OF the hotels ia Fair
mount Park next Monday. About 100 guests
are eXpected.-Mr. Wm. Birney and family
leave this evening for the Lehigh Mountain
Springs near Bethlehem, Pa, where they VIII
spend the hot months Among late arrivals
at the Bright House, Rehoboth Beach were the
Following Washingtoniars: Mrs Geo c. Gorham
and family, w. f. Clark and WIFE, Mrs James
Iyssowsk1 and family. Charles c. Bassett c. NJ
BaSSett, Miss Mary McGill, Miss Effey Roudier.
Miss Alice johnson. Mr.. j. T. Appleberg and
vile, Mrs. John &. Fay, Miss Helene Querter
Mr. J.C C.Whftwell and family and James e. Yer
mllya and wife.-W. ID. Howells and T. B.
Aldrich, past and present editors OF the
Atlantic Monthly, have received the degree OF
Master OF Arts from Yale College.-Mint d.
rector Burchard was registered In Philadelphia
last eyeniDg.-Mr b. Franklin Montgomery.
OF the White House clerical force, returned to-
day from Virginia, where he has been some
weeks with his family.-Mr Ogura, who has
for several years been connected with the
Japanese legation Ia this city, is ABOUT TO re-