Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-07

mlral Hughes, commanding the Pacific squadron
| telegraphs to the Navy department that the q. s.
8. Lackawanna arrived at Callao, Peru, yesterday.
badly damaged: and % that she viii % have to pIs be
placed in the dock.
A PRESENT FOR SENATOR MAxEY.-sergeant-at
| Arms Bright OF the Senate, will ship tonight to
| Senator Maxey, of Texas, the head OF a mammoth
| Texas steer, magni1cently mounted and orna-
| mented by W. NJ. Calf, Bro. s Co. The head is
tween the horns, and was superbly mounted by
order OF Richard King. the Texas seattle king,h
who presents 1t to Senator Maxey.
HUGH 8. WYMAN, OF Olympia, Washington Ter
ritory, has been appointed acting assistant sur
geon In the marine hospital service and has been
ordered to sitka, Alaska, relieving Acting Assist
to the states.
PosTMAsTERs were commissioned to-day as fol-
lows: Mrs. S. c. Holmes, at Tannersville, Va. /;
Mrs A. A.. jackson, at Black Rock, Md; 8. NJ.
Larkin, at Sands, Page county, Va
REVISING SENATE RuLEs-The committee on
rules of the Senate will meet in New York to-day,
and will this afternoon take the Fall River boat
on their way to Bar Harbor, where they are to
JOIN senator Frye and take up for consideration
The Consists 10 sne Of Of
chairman; Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana; John
Sherman. of Ohio; Wilkinson Call, OF Florida, and
d.
Reade, the clerk OF the committee has prepared a
volume, which Is printed, and which will enable
the members Of the committee to see at q glance
the notifications which have been made In the
Senate rules from time to time, the rules as they
are. and as it proposed to make them. 1t also
pared by Mr. Reade and MI. b. Il. Smith, Journal
clerk OF the House.
CADET NAVAL ENGINEERS REFUsR TO ACCEPT
THEIR DIsCHARGR.-The cadet engineers of the
class OF 1881 who have been notified of their dis
missal from the navy under the provisions Of the
act OF August 1882 have refused to accept their
COMMUNICATIONS addressed to the department the
cadets state that they feel bound to respect the
csion OF the Court OF Claims and believe that their
discharge is Without authority OF law, and hence
pull and void. They will therefore continue to re-
port fot duty from time to time and sue for their
Secretary is opposed to the idea that he can be
constrained by the courts he win not oppose, and
WILL perhaps favor the restoration OF these young
men to the service by legislation at the next ses-
sion OF congress-
MURDER OF TEXAS WITNESS IN ELECTION
CAsEs-The Attorney General has received tele-
gram from Edward Gutberidge. United States at
torney, dated Minevla, Texas, saying Charles
Haughn, late county judge OF Marion county,
Texas, and principal witness in the Marion county
was supposed, by parties indicted in the United
States court The Attorney General has in
structed Mr.. Gutheridge to examine carefully and
THE WEEKLY STAR for this week is now ready
for mailing; price, three cents per copy. It is a
pasted and folded, and viii be sent anywhere in
the United States and Canada, postpaid, for one
dollar year.
PERsoNAL-Col Bonaparte and family are oc-
cupying for the summer their beautiful villa at
Newport and Mrs. Macarthur have gone
to Saratoga.-Mr. Justice Harlan, OF the U. 8.
Mrs General Beckwitn and daughters. ~ Of 4 WASH o
ington, are at Craig Cottage, East Gloucester,
Mass.-Among those who left for Rock Enon
children: Mrs. rudolph Kauflmann, child and nd
nurse and Mrs. D. A. Chambers and three chill
dren|Ex- Commissioner Raum is In New York.
and Mrs. Ruth, Mr.. @. G. Davenport, and Mr.
Wltherow are at Red Sulphur springs. Monroe
Alexander Montgomery. Miss Montgomery and and
Ross Ray, Of this city, are at Coburg. Canada
Hon; J: n McGowen M has gone to Coldwater, Mich.
Commander F. " McNair is at the Oakland Hotel.
-pr Lindsey has left Newport for Narragan-
It M Is tns t Bar ssIs HaTEp
House. Gloucester, Mass.-H N. Copp is staying
at the Clarendon, Atlantic city: :.;Ja1aes s: FITCH
ilton. va.-Wm. Ballantyne has been for week
at sconset Mass-cAdmiral Stevens isat Brook
ydusn y are at Warm Il s14nTs Msq aHa h PSs
Grove, N.J.-Rev. T. G. Addison Is at Broad Run
Station. Va.-Prof Spencer F. Baird and Rich
ard Rathburn are at Woods Hon, Mast: Or
mond Wilson is at slaconset, Mass.-Gen. e. D.
t North sSltuss
Ramsdeli is at Wlllma5tic. Conn.-Lleut H W.
@sehaefer Sc is at Rawley Springs, va;-Mrs; J. 9.
F. Steele is at Buckland. va.-Mrs. B. Il. McCaIa
is at Newport, RL-Mrs. II. W. Dodsonf1s at Me-
chanic's Run, Va-Samuel T. Davis and George
A. Darling are at oakland.--Mra Admiral Scott
is at Ocean Beach, N. J:-R. s. Chiffon, Jr., ia at
washington. is at Congress Han, Cape May
VIM s. Thompson Is at Nantucket-L.eut. Com
mander George w. Pigman Is at Mt Clements,
Mich. Mrs J. H. Gordon is at Hamilton. va
Mrs. Anna Keyworth and Miss Barbour are at the
White sulphur sprlngs--Gen. RUFUS ingalls, is
at the Hot Springs OF va-Mrs. N: S. Bestor is
Saratoga springs.-Dr. Garnett is at the Warm
Springs. Bath county, va:-Judge Adds and
family expect to go to Red Sulphur Springs, Va.
Representative Converse, OF Ohio is i'm town,
stopping at the Arlington. w. g. Metzerott
sailed for Europe from Baltimore on Thursday,