Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-23
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WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s469, .s5; customs, s46s, ,oss.14.
NAVAL ORDERS. w. II. Reeder is de-
tached from special duty at Washington, and
ordered to the Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H.
Assistant Paymaster T. j. COwie to temporary
duty at the naval pay Office, Washington.
The FUNERAL OF MRS. SwAYNE wife Of
Justice Swayne, of the U.S. Supreme Court, who
died yesterday, will take place tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from the family residence,
1903 street The services will be conducted
by DR.. Paret of Epiphany church. The inter-
ment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. The
following will be the pall-bearers: Senator David
Davis, Chief Justice Waite and Justices Strong,
Miller, Bradley, Harlan, Field and Woods.
Mr.. HOWE expects to reach Washington and
assume the duties of his Office some time be-
tween the first and sixth of January.
MARYLAND COMPLIMENT FOR SPEAKER KE1FER.
delegation Of the Sixth Maryland Regiment,
mand, called upon him in this city yesterday
afternoon and presented resolutions. The pre-
sentatiOn speech was made by MIR. John r. King.
Speaker Keifer responded in a few fitting re-
marks. The Speaker left for his Ohio home last
night.
NATIONAL BANKS NOT AFFECTED.-A circular
issued short time ago by Commissioner Raum
and which applied only to banks (other than
national banks) has caused innumerable
inquiries from national banks, under the
impression that they are affected thereby.
On this account Treasurer Gilfillan has issued
the following circular: washington, D. c., De-
cember %. 1SS1.-NO change has been made in
the regulations of the Treasurer of the United
States prescribing the method to be followed by
national banks in making return of average de-
posts subject to semi-annual duty. The circu-
lar of the commissioner of internal revenue, No.
241, dated October g. 1881, applies only to banks
other than national banks"
POSTMASTER APPOINTED.--J. H. Walker was
to-day commissioned postmaster at Otter Hill,
Bedford county, Va.
DULL DAY.-This has been a remarkably
dull day in the departments. The members of
Congress have nearly all left the city, and but
few ofthem called at the departments to-day.
SECOND LIEUTENANT VAsA f. STOLBRAND 18th
infantry. has been detailed for instruction at
the school of application for infantry and cav
airy at Fort LeavenwOrth Kansas.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH SYsTEM.-Represent-
ative Springer has called upon the State and Post
Office departments for copies of all correspond
ence with foreign governments on the subject of
the postal telegraph system. apparently with the
view of introducing bill to establish the sys
TEN in this country.
HUSBAND AND HIS WIFE's LETTER TO AN
OTHER MANA country postmaster wrote to
the Postmaster General day or two ago saying,
"a mans wife dropped letter in this office adj
dressed to another man, the husband suspects
something wrong. Shall l deliver the letter to
him!' The postmaster was instructed that the
husband could not get the letter in that way.
THE U. S. SUPREME COURT yesterday adjourned
to January 4th next.
HOLIDAY TILL WEDNESDAY NExT.-The Treas
ury bureau of engraving and printing will be
closed from tonight until next Wednesday
morning.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER will come to
Washington on the same train upon which Presi-
dent Arthur returns from New York.
COURSE OF THE JEANETTE. Secretary of
the Navy has requested Commodore DeKraft, in
charge of the photographic Bureau, to prepare
as soon as possible chart showing the track of
the Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette from the
time of leaving San Francisco onward to Herald
Island. when she was last seen by American
whalers. and her probable course from that point
to the locality where the kilograms announce the
Jeanette was crushed by the ice then the
probable course of the boats in which the brave
explorers took passage for the Siberian coast.
The chart will also show the landing points, the
route down the Lena, and the probable route
home, at least through the Russian possessions.
The track of the search steamer Rodgers, this
last summer. the route marked out for Lieut..
Putnam and his men for a sledge party along
the northern coast of Siberia this wnteri in search
OF the Jeanette, and such other tracings as will
best indicate the progress of both expeditions
will also be embraced on the chart. Draughts-
men are busy making the preliminary sketches.
SURPRISING THE LAND LEAGUE.-A cable
gram to the New York Herald from Dublin Dec
ember 22d, says: 81 understand on good au-
thority that the Prisoners Aid Society, organized
by the Ladies' League. will this week be sup
pressed, on the ground that it is simply the
Land League under another name. Mr.. Kettle
who was liberated tonight, was honorary secre-
tary Of the League and one of the signers of the
no rent manifesto. l understand that further
seizure of arms is likely to take place in Dublin
in few days. 1t will be much more important
than the first"
THEO. w. SwAYZE has been appointed steno-
grapher to Appointment Clerk Butler, of the
Treasury department.
THE HOLIDAYS IN THE DEPARTMENTs-By an
agreement reached at the last Cabinet meeting,
all the government departments will be closed
at noon tomorrow and at noon every day next
week. with the exception of Monday, when the
departments will be closed all day. Congress
having just made that legal holiday instead of
Christmas.
Mr.. R. s. BLAINE, brother of ex-senator
Blaine, is to be appointed newspaper clerk un-
der the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND
The committee Of the Garfield Memorial Hospi-
tai acknowledge the receipt of the following ad-
ditional subscriptions to the fund: Jacob H.
Schif1, New York, $500; Hon. James G. Blaine.
800; Lansburgh i Bro, $25; Capt. 1. N Bur
rift, $25.
APPOINTMENT CLERK OF THE TREASURY De-
PARTMENT.-A rumOr. which has no foundation
whatever, has been circulated-around the Treas
ury department during the past two days that