Evening star., 1886-09-16
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-1nternal
revenue, s3o5. 165; customs, s923,7e1.
MRS. s. B. RExRoDE has been appointed
postmaster at Valley Centre, Highland county,
virginia. vice Horace T. Herod, resigned.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign VIM. r. Rush has
been ordered to the Ranger. Passed Assistant
Engineer Hershal Main has been detached
ifoih the bache and placed on waiting orders.
The PRESIDENT AND THE DAIRYMEN.-The
seventh national convention of the American
Agricultural and Dairy association met in Phil
adeiphia yesterday. A letter was read from
PRESIDENT Cleveland expressing interest in the
OBJECTS OF the association, and regretting that
previous engagements prevented his accept
ahce OF an invitation to attend the convention.
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas will return to
the city next Saturday evening. Second
Assistant Postmaster General Knott and Third
Assistant Hazen are expected back in time to
M De NJ their respective desks next Monday. MIR.
Thomas E. Nash, chief clerk of the Post office
lrst assistants office, have returned from their
vacation trips
THE New PENSION BU1Lp1NG-Gen NJ C.
Melgs, supervising engineer and architect of the
new PENSION building, yesterday awarded the
coniract 1or the marble copin for the building
10 Mt Richard Rothwell, of this city. Mr.. Roth
wells bid was S99s.53, and he will use Italian
marble. Bids have been received by Gen.
Melgs for material and labor for laying the floor
In the building. Among the bidders are ]. F.
Manning & Co., James F. McGill, Hayward &
Hutchinson, J: p. Robertson & Co., Flannery
Bros, Richard Rothwel and William Jardine,
OF this city. Mr.. Richard Rothwell has been
awarded the contract for furnishing and setting
steps OF Ohio stone in the building the contract
price being 1885. Bids have been received for
laying asphalt pavement from ]. P. Robertson
q Co, ii. L. Atchison, Flannery Bros, Richard
RnothWell, 10, VIM. Jardne and Lane & Malnati.
cieved from a number of persons, Including Z.
N. Gray q Co. aud Jas. H. McGill of this city.
Col. BELo Nor GOING TO AusrR1A.-Word
comes from the shores OF Lake Saranac that
there Is no truth in the rumor that Col, Belo of
the Gaiveston Necs, had been selected Tor the
Austrian mission. Both the President and Col
Belo say there is no truth in the report
CHIEF GERONIMO has a record as smuggler.
A correspondence at the Treasury depart
ment shows that when Mr.. Foger was Secre-
tary Geronimo brought from Mexico q large
number OF horses, on which he refused to pay
duty. On their being seized he gave the gov
eminent officials notice that he would fight
for them, and Secretary Folger instructed the
customs officers to let him off free of duty.
A PLAN TO END THE COAST SURVEY SCAN
DALs.-The officials of the Treasury are very
much annoyed by the continual petty disagree
ment and trouble at the coast survey office
shaking up there ii it does not stop. Mr. Ram
dali is in favor of abolishing the whole service
Tor the purpose OF reorganizing it. His idea has
Deen 10 let go q year without an apprOpra-
ton, and after that to appropriate the money
for the service in another way. 1t Is under
stood that II something else is not done before
Congress meets, there will not be much OBJ
position to this plan, and next year the survey
Will nnd itself without any money whereon TO
subsist.
Nor CIGAR, BUT Roll OF BrLLs.-A
young lawyer, from Philadelphia, deceived
probably by a paragraph he had read about
Ups being given clerks to hurry up cases before
the departments, committed an indiscretion
yesterday which may result in his being dis
barred from practice before the Treasury de-
partment He had large number OF Alabama
claims which he presented as attorney for tile
ment One OF the clerks in the diplomatic divi-
sion OF the f1rst controllers office worked all
day nearly On the cases, and after they were all
disposed of was hlrryihg TO get through with
other work on his desk. Very late in the after.
noon noon he was going through the hall hurriedly
when he passed the attorney near his room
He merely spoke as he passed, and the attorney
called out to him TO stop and take a cigar He
into his door, he saw that what the LAWYER
held in his hand was q roll of bills not a cigar
He became Indignant at this, and went al once
ana reported the attorney to Controller Dur
ham to have him disbarreG. The case will be
brought to the attention OF the Secretary for
action.
PERsoNAL.-itev DR.. Elliott, of Ascension
church, arrived In New York from Europe to-
day.-Lieut L. K. Reynolds, U. S. navy, is
Ytsiting 3g,h bis mother Mrs R. NJ Reynolds at
and wife, who have been abroad tor the last
three months, have returned home.-Dr
Crum, of Oil City, Pa, ]. G. O'Connor, of Dallas.
and Otis y. Wood, of Nashua, are at vii.
iards.-Hon. Il. 4. Butler, OF Tennessee;
U. s. n, and Col. VIM. y. Parker, of Dakota,
are at the Ebbitt-Miss Sallie Nicholson. OF
Capitol Hill, is visiting friends in New York
state.-Flrst Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson will leave tor his home in Illinois in
few days and vii! be absen, two weeks-T.
j. Hatton, of Mobile, Ala, is at the Metropoli.
tan.-W. w. Washburn aud Ernest Kicker.
OF New Orleans, and Ira s. Faliin, OF New York
are at the National-Ex-Marshal clayton
McMichael is in the city.
Washington Roy Nominated.
GILBERT A WOODWARD. THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN,
MIR. Gilbert A. Woodward, the democratic
nominee tor governor of Wisconsin, is q
native of this city. After finishing his cduca.
tion he learned the printers trade, and worked
at IT here Tor some time. When young man
he went to Wisconsin. He renewed his ac-
quaintance with old friends here as a member
of the 4Sth Congress, having been elected in q
strong republican district. He is a man OF
ability, and Is very popular in his adopted state
Mr.. Woodward worked at Il case for Gales l.
Seaton, and while employed at his trade studied
law He was admitted TO the bar, and Mr..
Nathan Smith, Of the Post Office department,
an intimate friend, advised him 10 20 to Wis
consin. "Go out there, Gilbert" said air.
Smith, "and you will return to Washington a
Congressman" Mr.. Woodward located i'm
Lacrosse. When the war broke out he lett a
growing practice to enter the army. lie rose
from private to q commissioned officer Re.
turning to his home upon the cessation of hos
tilities, he resumed his practice and established
himself as one OF the nrst lawyers of the state.
lie was elected mayor Of Lacrosse, and subse-
Quently district attorney. Then he was sent 10
Congress, and now he heads the democratic
state ticket. His friends admit that he has an
good tighting chance. The democrats regard
their prospect OF carrying the legislature as
good ana II they do 1t is believed Woodward
would be chosen United States Senator
The River Front improvement.
THE WORK OF FILLING oNE-rHIRD DONE.
Col. T. C. Hams, in his report to the chief of
engineers on the operations for improving the
river front during August, states that dredging