Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-04

Ilcs1 to.uays
THE PRESIDENT has recognized Solomon Fos-
ter as consul Of the republic OF Honduras At
Philadelphia.
FAST MATT. TO HAvANA.-Ths first mail
under the new arrangement recently made by
Second Assistant Postmaster General Knott
left Tampa, Florida, Monday for Havana. Dur
Ing the summer this service will be twice q
week and during the winter three times a
week, and the time from New York Will be
shortened two days.
SECRETARY MANNING MUCH IMPROVED
Mr.. Brennan, Secretary Manning's private
secretary, arrived in New York last night, after
spending a week at Watch HILL "Mr. Man
ming is very much better, indeed" MI. bren.
nan said TO Sun reporter "n fact he is almost
entlrely recovered"
THOSE who leave the city during the summer
can have THE STAR mailed to them for any
length of time and the address changed as often
paid In advance.
The CONTRACT for repainting the exterior OF
the White House has not yet been awarded.
The sixteen bids received are under considsra-
ton. They vary from 5000 to $1,000 Il IL
probable that Newman, OF New York, the low
est bidder, will receive the contract after there
Is Satisfactory guarantee OF bis responsibility.
SERGEANT MAURICE CoNNKLL, who was re-
Gently discharged from the signal service ut
San Francisco, is rot the Sergeant Cornell who
was connected with the troubles at Fort Myer
some time ago. Gen. Hazen says that he had
permission to re-enlist in the service and had
intended doing SO, until he was induced to re-
book on the Greedy expedition, which, he pre-.
sumes, will be an attack on Lieut.. Greedy.
PERsoNAL.-Gen. and Mrs. Benet will leave
this evening tor New York, expecting to sail
from there ON Saturday for Europe, to be ab-
sent probably until October.-Senor Quesada,
the the argentine Arg Minister, has gone to Saratoga
Mfr. John w. Corson left this morning for
s5aps Of E. sS say sI
daughter left this morning for Ocean Beach and
other resorts on the New Jersey coast, where
White mountains, where, as usual, they VIII
spend the month OF September.-Mr. James
9: Glephane and family, accompanied by Miss Miss
gone for a stay of two months at Spring Lake
Saratoga, Lake George, and Lenox, Mass
Mr.; C. f. Culver starts today tor Kansas asa
are engaged in business in the west
Miss Letitia Ahern has Joined her sister, Mrs
daughter, are spending the summer . Piney
Point.-Lieut- and Mrs. Eckerson, who tor
some months have been visiting with Mrs
Texas. this erening.-Miss Isabel McAdam,
go 11th street, has as guests Miss Mamie and
Miss Alice schweppenhei OF philadelphia;
Villa, on the lower Potomac.-Dr. Bland has
returned to the city from a visit to New Eng.
land in the interest OF the Indians.-Mrs.
John Tweedale and Miss Ella Plimpton are al
Asbury Park.-Mr. and Mrs. john T. Butt,
Miss Ella Bowers, c. ". Appler. H. Z
and B. Nachman, Of Washington, were
among the late arrivals at Cape May
Hon. J. R. Thomas, OF Illinois, and Major J. ".
bitt.-Chef Post Office Inspector West has re-
turned from an extended official trip through
the west.-John w. Douglass, OF Brooklyn,
William Bush, of Delaware, A. c. Arson, OF
Chicago, and II. Young, Of Milwaukee,, are st