The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
CAPITAL NOTES.
Pensions-Grsnd Army Camp Firc-Op-
position to the Postal Telegraph.

Statement of Post-Ohico Revenues-More
Pe~nsions-Grand Army Camp Fire-Op-
I, position to the Postal Telegraph.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-The Third As
sistant Postmaster-General has prepared the
following statement of revenues If the Post
office Department for the present fiscal year.
Returns for the first and second quarters are
complete. The figures for the third quarter
are based upon the returns from offices re-
turning about One-half the total postal rev.
enue, and the estimate for the last quarter
is based upon the returns of the preceding
quarters:
Gross postal receipts for the
quarter ending SEPTEMBER ~, lS3.
HSCtrtallleN.. flU,DJJ,SOt
Grcss receipts for the quarter end
ing December 81. 1883. aScertained ll,l59,6l6
Gross receipts for the quarter end
ing March 81, 1883, estimated from
special returns received from ia
ietier carrier offices, including all
Estimated gross revenue for the
quarter I'll ling June 81, 1854 -. III, i3s,a9
June 30. 45,5Os.sae
Falling Oh in revenue the present
year........---....- 80 ------.---- ~rsfo,-fo
lore PENSIONS.
Representative Warner reported from the
Committee on Pensions, Bounty and Back
Pay Il bill providing that every person
specified in the pension laws who served
for 4 period of three months or more who
has an honorable discharge and is not re-
ceiving Il pension, or a greater pension than
that provided By the bill, and who is now
disabled by reason of wound, injury or
disease, which there is reason to believe
originated in the service, shall be entitled to
receive Il pension during the continuance
of the disability, at the rate prOpOrtionate
degree thereof. The bill further provides
that dependent parents shall only slow by
competent evidence they are without other
present means of support than their own
manual labor or contributions of others not
legally bound for their support.
AMP FIRE.
A special camp fire of he Department of
the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic.
was held in the Masonic Temple last night
in commemOration of the operations against
VickSburg. General Joseph X. Hawley
presided, and all the posts of the Grand
Army in the city were represented i'll the as
Semblage, which numbered about 1.200 or
1,500 persons. Among the guests present
and who had seats upon the platform were
President Arthur, General Grant. Secretary
Lincoln, Generals Logan, VanVlert, Yer
non, Raum, Doubleday. William Mckee,
Dunn. Dudley and Hazen; Representative
Mckinley. Judge Lawrence and others.
General Grant. walking with the aid of a
crutch, entered the hall at the head of the
invited guests. He was greeted with the
widest applause, the assembly rising and
sending forth cheer after cheer. and con-
tinuing the ovation until the President had
aiken his place on the platform.
NOI:VIN GI.EEN.
NOryin Green made all argument before
the House Committee on POSt-OfiiceS and
POst-rOadsi in opposition to the Postal Tele-
graph. If, however, the Government is de
termined to enter into the business, he
thought it ought to buy existing lines and
manage and work them exclusively in its
W way. He also said if the Senate COM
mittee bill became a law the Western I'M
ion company would not become a bidder for
the contract for which that measure makes
provision, but that if the rates originally
proposed in the Hubbard bill, p, 80 and as
cents. should be adopted then the Western
Union would bid.