Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-22

ABUSIVE PosTA. CARDs.-With view to af-
fording relief to persons who receive abusive
and annoying postal cards through the mails the
following general instructions to pOstmasters
will soon be issued from the Post Office depart
ment: ''When any one is annoyed or expects to
be annoyed by postal cards, sent from any par
ticuar place or from any known person, he may
direct the postmaster at the point named to
destroy all postal cards addressed to him, or
cards from any persons named, so addressed.
and as far as the discharge of the duties Of the
Office permit sufficient examination, the post
master should comply with the request. The
same request may be made of the receiving post
master. The direction to the postmaster should
be in writing, and should be filed for preserya-
tiOn."
PROF. julius HLGARD, for twenty years as
sistant in charge of the Office Of the coast and
geOdetic survey. has been placed in temporary
charge Of that office. 1t is understood that he
will be appointed superintendent, to succeed
the late Capt Carlisle Patterson.
THE FOLLOWING commission as postmaster,
has been sent to Virginia: Mary w. Hite, Low
ingston, Nelson county, Va.
COMMISSIONER DUDLEY, of the Pension bureau,
says the new order of things he has established
is beginning to work smoothly: that the reOr-
ganiZatiOn of the working force and internal
affairs of the bureau is about accomplished. and
he expects to be able to show gratifying results
in the way of facilitating pension work, from
the changes he has made.
POSTMASTER AND HIS SUNDAY WORK.
very long petition was recently received at
the Post Office department from a cOlOred post
master in South Carolina praying to be relieved
of Sunday work. He recited that he had no
objection to the labor of opening and making up
mails on the Sabbath, but he had religious
scruples against doing any kind of labor on that
day. He was informed by the department that
the only remedy for him was to resign. since
when nothing more has been heard from him.
RAILROAD FACILITIES AT YoRKTOwN-The
Yorktown centennial commission has published
in circular form the correspondence between
Col COrbin. master of ceremonies. and the gen.
eral superintendent of the Chesapeake Il Ohio
railway, in which the latter says: II am pleased
to inform you that our road will be completed
between Richmond and Newport News. also the
branch diverging to Yorktown. in readiness for
trains TO be run to and from Yorktown during
the centennial term" The members Of the
Yorktown centennial commission think that the
expected completion of the C. & o. railroad
branch to Yorktown removes the annoying diff
ficulties regarding wharfage facilities at York
town. Communications are constantly being
received from military organizations making
inquiries about transportation or announcing
their intention of participating in the cere-
monies. Among the organizations which have
recently signified their intention of participant
ing are the Mayors Guard, of st. Louis, which
took part in the Inauguration parade; a COM
pany from Clarksvile, Ark, and the first bat
talon Virginia militia, comprising three bat
tefieS of artillery.