The National tribune., 1882-11-23

Depot, Montgomery county, Va, between two
negroes one of whom was armed with spade
and the other with a razor.
While Enos Mills was addressing a religious
meeting at Philadelphia, last Sunday evening
he suddenly fell down and expired.
a boiler exploded on sugar plantation in
Pointe Coupee parish, La, on the 18th inst,
killing the engineer instantly, and fatally in
juring two negro laborers.
masked robber stopped a stage near Camp
bellsvilIe, KY, on the 2Oth inst, and robbed
the passengers and the registered mail pack
sges.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
General Hazen, chief signal officer of the
army, has issued a general order inviting atten-
tion to the conduct of Sergeant Michael Nc
Guaran, of the Signal Corps, at Pensacola, Fla,
during the past season. who, in the face of an
| epidemic which unnerves the brayest men,
attended promptly and quietly to his station
duties, asked neither favors, change, additional
/ help nor relief, but maintained an unbroken
! series Of observations, which are Of great value
/ in the study of the development and progress
! of the epidemic.
/ The fair at the Capitol for tho benefit Of the
( Garfield Monument fund viii open Saturday at
/ y o'clock noon. 1t viii, 10 doubt, be an i'm
/ posing exhibition, and VIII draw thousands Of
visitors from every portion Of the country.
/ The railroads have made liberal reductions in
rates during its progress, and without question
many people viii take advantage of this op-
/ Portuniry to visit the capital.
The report Of the Second Assistant Postmaster
| General, which has just been forwarded to Post
master General Howe, shows that the total
mileage Of railway routes on June 30 last vas
l00,563 miles. The distance of mail transporta-
ton for the year was ll3.g35,&l5 miles, and the
cost of this service $l2,153,IsA Tho increase
in mileage over l6st year was s,99f miles.
United States Commissioner c. $. Bundy, Of
this city, who, while acting as police Justice
committed q lawyer named Newton TO the dock
for disorderly conduct, thereby iucu~Tiug the
public censure Of the Bar Association, has en-
tered suit for libel against the Association,
claiming damages TO the amount Of $4,000.
Some novel points are raised.
The President has appointed Waterman
Smith, of New Hampshire, john s. Pillsbury,
of Minnesots, and William II. Comstock, of
New York, q commission to examine fifty miles
of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the Yellow
stone Valley.
There viii he 10 formal exercises at the open
ing of the Garfield fair owing to the inability
to procure the use of the Senate chamber. Tho
President will declare the fair open at p. M,
Saturday afternoon.
The Ways and Means Committee of the
House met in their room on the 2lst. Owing
TO the impossibilty of doing anything the
tariff. the committee adjourned until Decem-
Der 5th
The Court of Commissioners of Alabama
Claims which was authorized by Congress at
the last session, has convened in this city, and
has under consideration the underwriters
claims.
The Government Printing Office is hard at
work on the compendium to the Inst census,
which it is expected viii be ready for distribu-
tion about the first of January.
The members of the Army of The Cumberland
who formed the funeral guard OF honor Of the
late President Garfield while the remains were
lying in state held their first reunion on the
18th inst.
The Postmaster-G GeneraI has appointed F. n
Bassett to be chief clerk, to Ill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Frank Howe. r.
5. Boswell was appointed stenographer of tho
Department
Captain Alfred Hopkins o. s n. is row be-
ing tried by court-martial ia this city on the
charge of desertiug his post at Pensacola, Fla,
during the prevalence Of yellow fever there.
The cottage at Soldiers Home, in which
PRECEDENT Arthur lives at present, caught fire
last Saturday, and was damaged to the extent
Of 500.
The various executive departments viii close
at noon Saturday. in honor Of the opening Of
the Garfield fair.
Chairman Hiscock, Of the House Appropria-
tions Committee, has called a meeting Of the
Committee for November 9th.
4 new and elaborate map of the United
States which has been prepared by the General
Land Office, is nearly ready Tor issue.
Judge Harlaus daughter, Mrs. Child, was
buried November 18th, 1852