Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-19
Washington News and Gossip

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-1nternal reve-
nue., sl5l, ,s61.12; customs. s44s,ssor.
A WRECKED TRAIN.-The superintendent of the
| railway mil service. Col Thompson, received TO-
day dispatch from Grafton, u. Va, stating that
train, No g. leaving Grafton for Baltimore last
evening, was wrecked seven miles east Of Grafton
| and the postal car badly broken.
| COMMISSIONS were issued to-day to M. Under.
wood, postmaster at Mount Union, W. Va; C. w.
Bradley, Grove, Nd; J. B. Black Rocky Ridge,
| Nd; j. p. Graham, Pennington, Va.
LOADED REVOLVER IN THE MAns-A loaded
revolver, with seven chambers, was received at
the dead letter office this morning. 1t was mailed
at HAVANA, Illinois, and is the only instance OF
such an article being placed in the mails.
MINISTER THoMAs.-Mr. W. N Thomas, the new.
| ly appointed minister to Norway and Sweden, ar.
| rived in Washington last week, and Is now re-
ceiving his instructions from the Department OF
e oa e. any, ear
the President. Mr. Thomas has translated several
works from the Swedish tongue into English He
1853 to IS, and was commissioner from Maine Ot to
| tnat country to encourage emigration. He estab-
| lished Swedish colony in Maine, which now
| numbers over thousand persons
PATENTS were issued to-day as follows ws:-Eugene
| W. Applegate, Washington district, signal and
| messenger call box; Daniel M. Connolly, Phila-
delphia, and T: A. Connolly, Washington, pro-
tector for electrical instruments; Chas Erlanger,
Baltimore, stay for garments; william j. Forsy tn,
Coesv1lle, Md, can; Chas. Henige and T. c. Brecht,
washington, mold for manufacturing shoppers
PaP E G. f
Va, wagon brake; Jacob A. Smith, White Hall,
Ma, machine hin for cutting green corn from the cob;
| or brick
NOT RRoU1RED.-The collector OF customs at
Eiiswo worth, Me-, informs the Treasury department
| that the Green Mountain Railroad company has
placed small steamer on Eagle Lake, which Is a
small lake near Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, but is
entirely disconnected with the ocean or any navi-
gable waters tributary to the ocean, and inquiries
whether, in these circumstances, the steamer is
required TO be registered. enrolled licensed. He
mas been instructed that as the steamer is not
employed on what are known as "the navigable
waters OF the United States she is not required to
De provided with marine documents.
COMMANDER II. c. MuLLAN. u S. N, has been
contaminated at Yokohama for the loss OF the
AshuelOt
CADET HARRY E. WILKINS, 4tn class, O. s. MILL
tary academy, is turned back to join the next sue
ceeding class; The resignation OF Cadet John e.
Wa!Sn, 4tn class, U. s. military academy, Is &C.
cepted by the Secretary OF War.
gineers, has been ordered from Fort Hamilton,
New York, to Willet's Point, New York, to report
IN person to the commanding officer OF the en-
glneer battalion for duty with the battalion.
THE SALE OF OGLETHoRPE BARRAcKs-At the
last session of Congress Secretary Lincoln was
directed to sell Oglethorpe barracks at Savannah
Ca. including the ground and all the buildings
upon n II. The property has been appraised for
S64OO0, and the Secretary has Just directed that
the public sale be held in the early part OF Novem-
per. TIe property will be advertised shortly in
different large cities throughout thecountry.
The CRUISE OF THE HARrpoHD WITH THE
ECLIPSE PARTY-Captain Carpenter, coi,.saand-
Ing the u S. S. Hartford reports to the Navy de-
partment that that vessel arrived at Honolulu
May 3Oth with the eclipse party from Caroline
Islands on board. The vessel touched at Hlo, from
Honolulu. He had received news OF the death OF
1 ,6 OF fhe reya3 family and requested to
Peru on the 23d of March, having on board the
eclipse party, under Professor Holden. The pas
sage to Marqnesas was made under sail, and from
was successfully landed through heavy surf
Two Two ana IN M hall days after arriving. The French
party re-embarked May 9th and the Hartford
sailed for Honolulu She has been ordered to pro-
ceed to Callao
NAVAL NOTES.-The q. 8, s. Lackawanna
sailed from Tahiti for Callao April %. No news
was received at the Navy department to-day from
Henry yesterday, bound in. There is considerable
speculation at the department. about her return.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Co Commander John ]. Read, de-
tached from duty as lighthouse inspector OF the
fifteenth district 1st july and ordered to settle &C.
counts and wait orders: Passed Assistant Surgeon
Geo b Ransom. from the Naval Academy and
ordered TO the Pinta. Ensign II. j. Hunt has been
granted three months leave from the LIST OF July.
Notwithstanding the month Of May there arrived
in the customs districts OF Baltimore, Boston, De-
troit, Huron. Minnesota, New Orleans, New York.
passamaquoddy. Philadelphia and San Francisco
1lOl48 passengers-of whom 99,6Ol were immi-
grants, 5467 citizens OF the United states returned
from abroad, and $3.50 aliens not intending to re-
main in the United States: or this total number
Wales. 13443; Ireland, l5,16s; Scotland, 4,sss;
AUSTRIA 1,66S: Belgium. s73: Bohemia. 1,4O4; Dem
marx ofs LIS; FranSe 455: Germany, 2s7s7; Hun
Switzerland. 1850; Dominion Of Canada, ssas; and
sds ss % ns @ rar as %
grants was 81, ,29O and for the corresponding pc
riod last year, 6S5, ,636
CAPT. GEO. E. BELKNAP has been ordered as
captain OF the Norfolk navy yard, and not COM
mandant, as erroneously printed
BIDS FOR MODEL CAsEs-The bids for making
iron cases for the model room ofthe United States
Patent Office, opened yesterday. were as follows:
Schneider Co., Of this city, s4s,61a7O; Manly &
cooper, OF Philadelphia, s35 1872: the Snead Manu-
featuring Co., OF Louisville, KY, $34 $50; the
Cooper Manufacturing Co., OF M. Vernon, Ohio,
$3l 569 Is; George A. Damon, OF Boston, s37, 500
GEN. EWING SERIOUSLY ILI---Gen Charles Ewing
Is lying very Ill at his home on Connecticut avenue
in this city. He was attacked with pneumonia
last Friday. and since Sunday his condition has
studied law. At the outbreak Of the war he en-
tered the regular army as captain in the 18th in
Iantry. He served through the war on Gen. Sher-
vices at the siege OF Vicksburg; breveted Meuten-
AM colonel IN 1864 for services In The Atlanta cam
gallant and mertorious services sduring the war.
he resigned IN 1867, and since then has practised