Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-09
Washington News and Gossip.

GOvERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
| nue., s2lS,l11; customs, sT1s,3G1.
CAPT. DEvAN. of the life station at Louisville, is
| In the city. He is a famous life saver and has
received numerous medals In acknowledgment OF
his acts OF bravery. His station rescued several
thousand people during the recent floods.
| SENATOR MAHoSE, accompanied by his family,
went to his home In Petersburg, Va. to-day, where
| he Will remain until entirely recovered
LIEUT.. WM. II. SCHEUTZE. who returned recently
| from Siberia with the remains or the DeLong
party, has been ordered to temporary special duty
| In the bureau OF navigation, Navy department.
! NAVAL ORDERs.-Boatswain VIM II. Frary has
| been ordered to the Colorado; Carpenter Leonard
Hanscom to the Tallapoosa: Boatswain John c.
| Thompson detached from the Colorado and placed
| on waiting orders
| THE NORTH POLE ExPEpIrIoN.-The work of fit
ting out the vessels Of the Greely relief eXedtion
is being pushed at the Brooklyn navy yard as rap
| idly as possible, the men working Sundays and
extra hours The stores for the Bear being pllt
aboard as speedily as possible under the personal
supervision OF Lieut.. Tench Schley, the commander
! OF the expedition.
THE SPEEDwELL arrived at the navy yard this
morning with Col 7. L. Casey On board, who went
to Pope's creek. Va, to make surveys for wharf
and monument at the birthplace OF WASHINGTON
The Speedwell has been ordered for duty at Nor
N,
row.
ARMY ORDgRs.-Capt- Rodney NJ. Taylor Goth
infantry will proceed from Fort Reno Indian Ter
| rtory, to Buffalo, New York, and agreeably to his
own request, will await retirement at that place.
First Lieut.. Albert Todd first artillery, is relieved
from duty at the Kansas state Agricultural college
n1 Mam 70 tae eee1 July ISL and
detailed to succeed him, August II, 1884, and win
report for duty accordingly.
GEN. TERRY arrived here this morning to con-
suit with Gen Sheridan relative to the proposed
concentration OF posts in department OF Dakota at
Fort Smelling, Mimi.
THE controller OF the currency has authorized
| the Gray national bank of Middletown springs
Vermont to begin business with capital Of $50 600
THE President sent very large and handsome
basket of flowers this morning to the widow OF the
| late minister Hunt.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
| were Senators Sewell, Henderson, Hawley and
Sabin, and Representatives Valentine, Lawrence.
HoltOn, Houk, York and Peelle, and Gen. B. +.
| Butler.
! PRRsoNAI--Representat ntatives Stewart, OF Vermont,
and Wadsworth, Count Sala, OF the French lega-
| ton, and Mr.. l. z. Letter, Of Washington, were
registered in New York last evening.-Gen. Al
fred H. Terry Is at the Ebbitt-Dr. c. F. McDon-
aid and wife, Of Washington, were passengers by
the Central overland train to arrive at San Fran
| cisco last Tuesday.-Erastus Wiman, or Staten
island, and c. A. Waldron OF Waterford, N. Y are
at Wizards King, OF La, has
gone to New York by special invitation to attend
| ex-confederates-Gen.B B. F. Butler will come to
| washington early next week to attend to some
business before the court OF commissioners OF Ala
bama ciaims.-Hon. Martin Mag1nnis has gone to
Fortress Monroe for few dayS-MrS Mary A.
Wetmore is the guest OF Mrs spencer at her apart
ments in Lincoln hall building during the present
| week-Mr. Frank T. Howe Is confined to the
house with what threatens to be an attack Of
pneumOn1a-Mr. and Mrs W. Fl. Forbes of BoS-
| ton, and Emmet r. Olcott, of New York, are at
| Wormley'a-Surgeon General Hamilton, OF the
marine hospital service, has returned from an in
spection OF the quarantine station at Fisherman's
island.