Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-12

These figures foot up one of the largest totals of
good revenues for any one day in the history of
the government.
COMMISSIONER RAUM returned to the city last
evening from the west.
Mr.. ]. III. STONE. stenOgrapher to the Secre-
tary of War, left last night for Long Branch.
GEN SHERMAN will return to the city next
Thursday
ADJUTANr GENERAL DRUM will leave to-mor-
row morning for Philadelphia to attend the
annual dinner of the Aztec Club.
Col. CORBIN returned from Long Branch last
evening. He says the President is very pleas
antly located and that all was going well when
he left. He will go down to Yorktown this
week on centennial celebration business.
B. F. HURLBURT and Edwin Sweetser have
been appointed inspectors of tobacco for the
1st district of Connecticut and the LIST district OF
Michigan, respectively.
THE ORDERS of Lieut.. NJ. C. Goodrell, US. N.
c., to report to the Washington barracks as a
members Of board of investigation have been
revoked.
CAPT. RAMSEY, in command of the Z. s.
steamship Trenton. on her way home from the
connection with the vacancy in tine office OF the
cOmmandant at the Naval Academy, to be filled
on November 1.
NAVAL ORDERs-Master C. J. Badger to the
Yantic. Passed Assistant Surgeon n NJ. Fere-
bee from the jamestown and placed on waiting
orders. Passed Assistant Surgeon r. H. Nc
Carly will remain on duty on board the coast
survey steamer Hassler. Passed Assistant Sur
geOn ID. o. Lewis orders to the Hasser are re-
voked, and he is placed on waiting orders.
ARMS FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARIzONA-Orders
have been issued by the War department, di-
recting the issuance of a supply of arms and
ammunition to the people of Arizona for their
protection against the Indians The amount thus
issued gratuitOusy is as large as it could be
made by the department consistently. In ad-
ditiOn to this orders have been issued for the
sale the people of Arizona from the Bernicia
arsenal of $50 stands of arms, and Is. 600 rounds
of ammunition.
INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINTMENTs.-The fol-
lowing internal revenue appointments have been
made: StOrekeepers and gaugers-J. 7. Mem
tire and ]. A. Keener 9th district of North Car
ollna: w. II. Willaspire. stOrekeeper, 5th dis
trict of Illinois; and l.. s. Benbow, R. G. Patter-
son and Richard Williams, gaugers, 9th district
of North Carolina.
dalia, Yantic and Tennessee, (iagship of the
north Atlantic station), anchored at New York
last Friday The TicOnderOga was put out of
commission at the New York navy yard last
Saturday. The TallapoOsa left the Washington
navy yard last Saturday with freight for the
several Atlantic stations. She arrived at Ports
mouth. Va, last evening at $50 o'clock The
Lancaster sailed from Portsmouth, \. H., to-day
for New York.
Mr. PICKERELL chief clerk in the office of the
railroad commissioner. is now out west making
an examination into the business receipts. etc.
of the different Pacific railroads. During his
trip he will go over the Central Pacific and make
re-examinatiOn of that road.
ANOTHER MAIL CARRIER BURNED TO DEATH
letter was received at the Post Office depart
ment to-day containing information that an
other mail carrier i'm the route between Marlette
and Bader. in Michigan. was burned to death by
the forest fires in that state. The mail bag was
burned up, only the lock being found
YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WEsT.-The Marine
hospital service has been informed that Dr. j M
Green, hOspitai steward, marine hospital ser
vice, stationed at Key West, Fla, was
taken sick with yellow fever on Fri
day last and died Sunday afternoon
DIR. Green had been stationed at Key West for
IT..
Gazier of the marine hospital service died of the
same disease.
LIEUT.. PARTELLO AS A MARKSMAN.-LieutJ j.
NJ. I. Particle, 5th infantry. stationed at Fort
Keogh Mt, has lost none of his reputation as
a crack shot since he was commissioned an
officer in the regular army. Gen. A. H. Terry,
commanding the department of Dakota. has
just announced the record of target practice for
competition for the quote of that department to
the military team of the military division of the
Missouri which was intended to compete at
CreedmOOr this fall. Out of 159 officers and en-
listed men from all the different posts in the
department, Lieut.. Particle stands at the head
of the list
THE LAW AND THE CAPITOL HILL POsT OF
FICE.-Arrangements for the establishment of
branch city post office on Capitol Hill as stated
In the STAR, have been brought to a stand-still
by the discovery of a clause in the postal def
cheney appropriation bill of 1874. This provision
Is on page 723 Of the revised statutes and is as
1OllOws: That hereafter no contracts shall be
made for the rent of any building or part of any
building In Washington, not now in use by the
government, to be used for the purposes of the
government until an appropriation therefore
| shall have been made in terms by congress.
This plainly requires the consent of congress,
before anything more can be done towards rent
ing building The residents of Capitol Hill
will have to either wait until congress meets.
or provide building, rent free to the govern
ment.
The Post Office department officials say the
project for the establishment Of the branch post
office must be abandoned Ior the present, unless
the residents of that part of the city provide a
building for that purpose free of cost to the
government.
Observation-Disclosures is coming into favor as
summer resort for Washingtonians Mr. Henry
| A. Willard has bought for 81, 200 roomy and
delightfully."- Old-fashiOned house on the heights
OF Nantucket town. Prof. Fay, of the Columbia
Deaf Mute Institution. has cottage on the
bluffs just north of the town, and near the cot
tages OF Charles O'COnOr and Eastman johnson.
MT. Lester Bartlett is negotiating for some
cholce cottage sites at the new "Surf Side" re-
sort, on the south side of the Island Mr.. VIM.
baiiantyne and Mr.. j. o. Wilson. superintendent
OF schools lease two of the cOsiest of the Quaint
fegotty planned cottages in the fishing VILLAGE
OF Sconset, seven miles from Nantucket. Mr I
'" thompson has it in mind to build a cottage
on the bluffs north of Sconset. near Sankafv
ght-house.--LOuis H. Barnard the only son
of Mrs Helen NJ. Barnard formerly of this city
has just been elected to full professorshin IN
the Pennsylvania State College. He is hnt
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