Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-16
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. Internal rev.
enue, si1s, 6s.27; customs, s6as, ,662 I6.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to-day for re-
demption, 900.
GEN. WRIGHT, chief Of engineers, and Major
Elliott, of the engineer corps, unable to at
tend to their duties to-day on account OF sickness
THE GEORGIA GovERNoRsHIP.-Represent
Speer, of Georgia, received the following telegram
to-day from ex-Representative w. II. FELTON,:
.'CARTERsvnLE, GA, May 16..The committee of
Independents have endorsed Mr.. Stephens unani-
mously and enthusiastically. He Will sweep the
state"
STONE FOR THE WASHINGTON MoNUMENT-Bids
for furnishing SO, 900 cubic feet of marble and
$4,000 cubic feet of granite for the Washington
monument were opened yesterday. The lowest
bidder for supplying the marble was Hugh Sisson,
OF Baltimore, 81 .35 per cubic foot, and for the
granite, the Boderell company, OF Maine, So cents
per cubic foot Col Casey has recommended to
the monument commission that these bids be
accepted.
THE FOLLOWING PATENTS were issued to-day:
Charles Ewing. Washington, telephone transmit
ter; B. Laughlin Greer, Washington, wrist pin
turner; Conrad and g. Gross, Richmond, carriage
top; Montgomery c. Me1gs. Washington, constant
level lamp; William w. Murray, Baltimore, book
support John H. Patterson, US. Army car-coup-
Solomon ID. Warfeld, Baltimore, green corn cut
ter; MichaelI. Weller, Washington, tobacco-pouch
frame.
Ex-PosTMAsTER GENERAL THOMAS L. JAMES and
George B. Dalton were before the grand jury In
the star route cases to-day.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senators Cameron, Pa, Plumb, Davis, Ills,
Mitchell, Miller, Cal, and ingalls,, Representatives
Fisher, ,Aldrch, Robinson Burrows, Errett, Tucker,
"nh tnp hlnIl Mott Ma(tI Do n 1nl1n n Unr
Voorhis and DR.. Loring, with Hon. E. B. Stoddard,
OF Worcester, Mass.
COUNTERFEIT Co1Ns-The Treasury department
has been informed that counterfeit five dollar gold
pieces have made their appearance in Iowa, OF the
date of 1878 and 1880. They are reported to be
well executed, but are Of light weight
CAPTAINS G. r. Slicer Erie Gabrielson and L. G.
Shepard of the revenue marine service, and Sur
geons Fessenden and Purviance, Of the revenue
marine hospital, will compose the board to ex-
anime candidates for admission into the revenue
marine service as cadets on the I'D inst.
SHOULD Mr.. BLAINE CONCLUDE to again enter
public life by way OF the House OF Representa- tives
he could not be nominated in his old {Augusta)
district, but would have to be elected at large as
will the entire Maine delegation Since the reap
pOrtiOnment bill passed, there has been no session
Of the legislature @ M to redistrct the state Coy
thinks, no doubt, the 1usioniStS stand a better
chance OF securing representation in Congress b.
popular election rather than py districts.
CAPT. JOHN P. WALKER, Of the army, well known
in this city, who recently tried by court mar
tial at Fort Fred. Steele, Wyoming, on the charge
of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man. unaking false and defamatory charges
against Major Evans), has been ordered to join the
detachment of his regiment en- route to Arizona at
Rock Creek, Wyoming, and report to the COM
manding officer in arrest, to await the result OF
the trial
THE SIXTH AUDITOR has referred the letter of the
Postmaster General asking him to name date
when he would vacate his present quarters in the
Post Office department, to the Secretary Of the
Treasury who is in possession OF the other cores
pondence. 1t is probable that the action of the
Postmaster General will be sustained, and the
auditor will have to go. In question between
Cabinet officer and head OF bureau, the sixth
auditor thinks that the advantage lies with the
former.
NAVAL OKDERs.-Lieut Commander Alber: G.
Snow has been ordered to the navy yard, Boston.
Passed Assistant Engineer John A. Tobin, to spe-
cIal duty in the bureau of steam engineering.
Master Jesse M. Roper has been detached from the
Engineer Robert Potts, from the Michigan and Or
dered to hold himself in readiness for service
duay at the naval
NY. Surgeon A. NJ. owen, to temporary charge
OF the naval hospital at Pensacol II, Fla, in add-
tiOn to present duties Passed Assistant Surgeon
S. A. Browne, detached from the naval hospital at
Pensacola, Fla, and placed on waiting orders.
GEN. E. D. TOWNSEND, retired, has been selected
to represent the army the board of visitors for
the Naval Academy. This appointment together
with the three Representatives designated yester-
day, makes the board OF twelve visitors complete
PERsONAL.-Mrs DR.. G. B. Wallis, with her
friend Mrs. Henry Bennett. OF New York, have
gone te Old Point Comfort to spend few days.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, has recovered from his
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, and Lot N. Morrill,,
of Maine, were also on the floor of the Senate
EX-POstmaSter General James is at the Arling-
ton.-Senator McPherson'S family left the city
yesterday, and he has taken rooms at the Arlng-
ton.-Rev. Dr. Pltzer, OF the Central Presbyte
ran church, leaves to-day for Atlanta Georgia, to
attend the general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church.