The National tribune., 1884-08-14
be SIS feet high, win commence without delay,
as it Is the intention of the builders to COM
plete the monument as soon as possible.

be SIS feet high. win commence without delay,
as it IL the intention of the builders to COM
plete the monument as soon as possible.
GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS.
The Government exhibits for the New Or
leans, Louisville and Cincinnati expositions
are being rapidly completed, and the first ship
ment to Louisville was made on the 1lth.
From the Interior Department Maj. Powell,
director OF the Geological Survey and Bureau
of Ethnology, viii send three carloads of ex-
hibits to Louisville and like amount TO Gin
cinnati. The Educational Bureau Will send its
entire outfit to Louisville and nothing to Gin
cinnati. The Smithsonian Institution will
send important exhibits to each exposition,
under the charge OF Mr.. Robert E. Earl, who
was in charge of the fishery exhibits at London
last year.
FREE DELIVERY OF LETTERS.
Numerous letters reach the Post-Ofice De-
partment daily inquiring as to the policy of
the free delivery Office in disposing of the
100000 appropriated by Congress for the
purpose of increasing the number of letter car
Tiers where the service is already established,
and of extending the system to new offices
Nearly all the postmasters of the large cities
want to employ additional carriers and about
so small cities and towns have applied for the
establishment of the free delivery system.
STEEL FOR SHIPS AND GUNS.
The special joint committee appointed by
/ Congress to inquire into the extent and con-
dition Of the steel industry, and to report on
the practicability of using steel in naval build
ing and in the manufacture of guns, spent three
hours at Sandy Hook testing grounds on the
9th.
WANT ADVANCE OF PAY.
The employees of the Treasury Department
are talking about getting up petition TO the
Secretary to revoke his order that no money
| shall be advanced TO them when about to take
/ their leave of absence. This order is consider
ed hardship. as many of the clerks especially
those with families when granted leave are
| precluded from going away for want OF the
necessary funds.
| THE ARCTIC HEROES.
The remains of Sergt. VIM. II. Cross, the first
man of the Greely expedition to succomb to
the hardships, were brought back to Washing
/ ton, and after lying in state were buried with
appropriate honors by the Knights of Pythias,
of which society he was an active member. He
died Jan. Is, 1884, at the age of 80.
CAPT. HoxIE.
The order transferring Capt. Hoxie from
| duty as Assistant Engineer Commissioner OF
the District of Columbia to duty as the officer
in charge of the improvement of rivers and
! harbors in Georgia and Alabama viii not be
reconsidered, and his successor viii enter upon
his duties in Washington as soon as possible.
1 Ia.
The Cleveland and Hendricks ratification
meeting viii be held here on the evening oi
Sept. IL.
Commissioner of Patents Butterworth viii
accept the nomination for Congress that was
rendered him last week in his old district in
Ohio. he viii not resign his position, how
ever, until the results of the election are
known.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Light House Service and the Life Sav.
ing Service viii each have exhibits at the Gin.
cinnati and New Orleans Exposition, but
owing TO the lack Of time, viii not be able tc
send exhibits to the Louisville Exposition.
The case of Carney, the alleged English pau.
per brought TO this country on the Furnessia
and now detained by the Commissioner Of
Emigration at New York, has been brough1
before the Treasury Department on an appli
cation made by the British Minister for hi:
release from custody. 1t is claimed that Car
ney has friends in Philadelphia who viii pro
vide for him until he finds employment.