Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-16

| ruined his clothes, and hurt his leg. The injury
proved so serious that he was confined to his room
| for two weeks. The lieutenant sued the company
for $1,o00 damages, and the jury gave him q ver-
| dict Saturday for $500.
| REsIGNED.-Mr. j. II. Minnch has resigned his
| position as a clerk In the Post Office department
TO engage In business
In THE Court of Claims to-day the case OF Jas.
Fraser agt. the District OF Columbia was dis
| missed; judgment for sl7,5S5 was rendered in
| favor OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail-
road company This case was claim against the
| United States for balance due on mail contract
CAPT. JAMES EeAs. Q. s. A. {retired>, died at his
| residence, in this city Saturday.
Mr.. II. M. HUTCHINSON passed an unfavorab1e
night, and this morning was unrefreshed and con-
siderably weaker. THIS afternoon the doctors re-
| no hopes Of his recovery.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES will meet
| at the National Museum at noon tomorrow. The
following papers will be read: ION the Genesis of
| Metalliferous Veins" Joseph LeConte; ION the
composition OF the Venom OF SerpentS," s. Weir
MI Mitchell and E. T. Rsichert; ION the Change In
Caused by Change in the Position OF Mole
cule," Ira Remsen; "On the Nascent State of
oxygen, Ira Remsen; ION Barometric Gradients, -
| Elias Loomis; son the Structure OF the Skull In
the Hadrosaurid8." E. d. Cope; DIFFERENTIATION
Of the Inequalities Of the Moons on Motion which are
=
ment to Delaunay'S 'TheOric du Movement de la
Lune,'" G. w. HILL
IMPORTATION OF INFECTED VINEs-The Treasury
department. has been informed that quantity OF
vine cuttings have been imported into New York
from China, which the custom house officers think
her ape eea M ne s win ~, II appears that
such importations. The Treasury department
recognizes the fact that this is matter Of great
Importance to the vine interests Of this country,
and Will confer with the Agricultural department
on the subject.
GOLD, SILVER AND NOTES.-The statement OF the
q. S. Treasurer shows gold, silver and O. s. notes
In the Treasury to-day. as follows: Gold coin and
bullion, 1886, 1873; silver dollars and bullion,
noss osa ssss s6s oen us
outstanding-Gold, s4os76.S7o silver, s7laO7, ,53l;
currency, So, ,0Ol
STOLEN BONDS CASE DEcIDED.-In the Court
Of Claims to-day Chief Justice Drake delivered
the opinion OF the court in the cases of L. Won
Hoffman & Co.. OF New York, and the Manhattan
volving the title to sixteen fve-twenty govern
ment coupon bonds, consols OF 1885, which were
stolen from that Institution by burglars on the
bonds were purchased by r. Raphael Il Sons, in
London. and were by them sold to 1. Won Hoffman
& CO. Neither Of these firms had any reason to
suspect that the bonds had been stolen, and
each paid the full market value OF them In good
faith Before R. Raphael / sons bought any Of
them all for redemption. The court unanimously
held that the bonds were brought to maturity by
the calls. and, having been stolen from the Man
haitian Savings Institution, Its title to them was
good as against L. Won HOFFMAN Co.. and 1udg-
ment was rendered in favor of the institution for
the amount OF them, and 1. Won Hoffman s. Co q
petition was dismissed.
RESIGNATION OF AN Army OFF1cER-A telegram
from St Paul, Minn.. says: 1t is understood here
that the resignation OF Lieut.. Col Guido Ilges, of
infantry. at
boine, is In the hands OF Gen. Terry. commanding
the department OF Dakota. Lieut.. Col. Iges then
a. major, commanded the detachment that made
OF 1884, and forced the surrender OF large part of
Sitting Bulls band including the noted war chiefs
Gall and Crow King.
SURPRISING A Mur1NY. - Commander A. D
Brown, commanding the U.S.S. Jamestown. re-
ports to the Navy department, under date OF Fort
DC France. Martinique, March ssth, 1883, that on
CT the owner and master OF the British
chip Neva, lying at anchor close aboard the James
town he's he sent & an armed boat in charge Of Master
j. y. Nicholson. With Lieut. Henry Whiting, u. s.
marine corps, and file OF marines to suppress an
outbreak on board that vessel. The duty was
placed in irons and the rest OF the crew returned
to their work. Subsequently Commander Brown
received letter from the owner of the vessel cor
daily thanking him and his officers and crew for
the assistance rendered.
York expecting to return here on Wednesday,
Joseph Pulitzer, Of the st. Louis Post Dispatch 1s
in town on short vlsit-Mr James s. Topham.
who has been quite ILL., is improving, and hopes to
be out in q few days.-C NJ. Bell, Of Washington
was registered at Jacksonville on Saturday.-
Gen. H. V. Boynton has been called to Cincinnati
by the critical illness Of his father, Rev. DR.. C. B.
Boynton. formerly well known resident OF Wash
1ngton:-Mr. William Johnson, OF this city, sailed
from New York for Florida on Saturday.-Don
Augustin de Iturbde, the eldest lineal representa-
tive of the Mexican imperial family, whose mother
was Miss Alice Green OF this District, arrived in
New York from Liverpool on the steamer Ger
manic yesterday.-The United States steamer
Despatch, having on board Secretary lincoln
Commodore Walker and others, is expected to re,
turn here from Norfolk this afternOon.-Adtu-
tant General Drum has returned from Philaiel
phia.-COmmodore Jefrers and wife, of Washing
ton. were registered at the office of tho New York
Her9d H In Paris & &yesterday-Miss ste Langtry and
the steamer City of Richmond from New YORK.
Admir- and Mrs. Nicholson arrived In New York
from Europe yesterday.