Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-14
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, $3.50, 345; customs. s463,OiO.
THE q. S. S. De ,PArCH is reported ready for
sea at Norfolk.
The INDIANS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Conn
missioner Atkins, of the Indian office, returned
to-day from tour of inspection OF the various
indian agencies. He reports that the Indians
generally appear contented, and are satisfied
Win the post traders appointed under the new
regime, as they receive their supplies promptly.
Ihere are n number of boomers at Oklahoma,
but the commissioner says they are being rap
luly put out by the military authorities, and he
1ears no trouble from them.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.-Secretary Bay.
ard, NJ. Roustan, the Russian minister; Secre-
tary Endicott and Adutant General Drum
called ON the President to-day.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave of Capt. f. B. At
Wood, assistant quartermaster, has been ex-
Tended one month; leave for six months has
been granted Capt. Daniel Madden, 9th cav
airy.
COMMODORE SCHLEY. chief of the bureau of
equipment and construction. will inspect the
Minnesota in New York today, and on Monday
VIII proceed to Milford, Conn, to inspect q new
testing machine invented BY Mr.. Emory.
SENATOR SHARoN's death is mentioned else
where in THE STAR to-day. His property in
this city is valued at about $3.50, 900 and is all
unlmprOVed. lie owned nearly square be-
tween 18th and 18th and and @ Streets and
number OF detached lots in different parts OF
the city.
THE CLERKS of the mail depreciation div-
sion of the Post Office department yesterday
presented to Col A. G., Sharpe who recently
retired from the Office of Chief Inspector. a
gold-headcd cane. The presentation speech
was made by Chief Clerk Maynard, and Col.
Sharpe made a response.
ANOTHER MODEL FOR THE LAFAYETTE Mon
UMENT.-Mr. d. c. French, of Boston, has SUBJ
mitted a model for the proposed monument to
Lafayette. 1t arrived to-day. Two other sculp-
tors are yet to submit designs before a selec-
ton will be made by the commission.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Medical Directoy J. s. Dun
gan, ordered to duty in charge of the naval rem
devious at San Francisco; Ensign Walter Nc
Lean, ordered to the Vermont Goth inst: Lieut.
don, Conn, and ordered to the Portsmouth,; En-
sign JAS. G. Drake from the Yantic, 3Oth inst,
and ordered to the Frankln; Surgeon w. S.
Dixon. from the coast survey steamer Hassler
and placed on waiting orders; Passed Assistant
Surgeon d. o. Lewis, from naval rendezvous
san francisco. ana ordered to the Hassler.
HURRYING OFF THE VEssELs.-The Navy
department is hurrying up the work on the
vessels belonging to the north At antic station
and it is rumOred that the government has
some private information of contemplated
revolution in some of the SOU hern countries.
Commodore Walker says, however, that there
is nothing unusual in the hurry. and that they
have no reason to expect anything more in the
way OF revolutions than they always have this
time of year. The only thing is that the Pow
haitian is the only vessel in the southern waters
at this time, and II a revolution should break
out there would be no protection for American
interests. The fleet ought to be down there now
and they are hurrying to get them out OF the
Brooklyn and Norfolk navy yards The Ten.
nessee and Galena will be ready to sail next
tbn -lx-,, 10 ,foA
ten days. and the Yantic and Swatara will fol-
low about the LIST Of January. The idea is to
get them down where they belong soon as
possible.
PERSONAL---VERY.. S. S. Mitchell, formerly
pastor of the New York Avenue Presby terian
church, is in the city on a short visit.-Gen
+. NJ. b. Young, U. S. consul general at ST.
Petersburg: d. ]. Particle, consul at Dus seldorf
SIr. Carter, the Hawaiian minister; and Mr. H.
NJ. Sewall, vice consul at Liverpool, sailed from
New York for Europe Yesterday
Stembel and family, ". III. Manderiield, of
Santa Fe, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. R. streets, of
culture Coleman and Leonard B. Jay, of Wash
ington, were registered in Chicago on Thurs
day.--..Ex-Senator b. X. Bruce has returned
from Mississippi, entirely restored to health
Representative LOwden, OF Pennsylvania. is at
Willards.-Rev. DR.. John P. Newman is in the
city, the guest of ex-Mayor Emery.-Prof c.
V. Riley, the government entomOlogist, was in
st. Louis on Thursday.-Representa
Boyle, who was injured in Thursdays accident
u,
badly bruised and cut, but the doctors cannot
yet say whether he is internally injured or
nOt.--Dr. and Mrs. John NJ. Gregory intend to
sail for Europe next month, and they will spend
the winter in Paris engaged in literary work.
j X. Edison. of the firm of Edison Brothers, is in
Chicago.-Mr. Blaine is visiting in Boston,
Senator Ingalls, has given a library OF 900 vol
umes of congressional proceedings, reports, etc.,
to the Kansas Historical Society.-Representa
tive Davenport, late republican candidate tor
governor of New York, is at Wormley's-Hon.
Carl SchurZ tell and sprained his ankle while
trying to catch II moving train at Lawrence
Mass, on Thursday.-Mark Kerr, OF the geo
logical survey was in San Francisco last Satur-
day.-George Il. Weed and George w. Quin-
tard, OF New York, are at the Arlington
Representative Scott, of Pennsylvania; Charles
j.. Coon, late Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
ury: Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, Col G. n. Lieber and
Gardiner G. Hubbard, of Washington, were
registered in New York last niaht.-First
Auditor ChenOwith has been called to Ken
lucky by the serious illness of his mother
James II. Fish, of New York, and +. NJ. Swanzy,
of Honolulu are at Willard s.-M. H. Ale KAN
der. OF Cincinnati, is at the National.-Prof
at the Metropolitan.
Latest Changes i'm the Offices.
Thomas Reddington, of New York, has been
appointed bookkeeper of the office of the COM
missioner of railroads, Department of the In
terror, at $4,000 per annum.
benjamin r. Bergen, of Illinois, has been ap-
pointed a special agent of the general land
office, at $1,000 per annum, to investigate
fraudulent land entries.
Gen. Joseph j. Bartlett, who was appointed
by the President to succeed his brother as
second deputy commissioner of pensions. has
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