Evening star., 1886-08-11


PosT OFFICE INSPECTORS APPoINgED-The
Postmaster General has appointed the follow
ing post office inspectors as the result of exam.
nations conducted by Chief Inspector West at
Denver. San Francisco and Portland: E. X.
Threlkeld, Los Angeles, Cal; r. r. Munro, Oak
land, Cal; F. G. Reames, Jacksonville, Oregon,
and A. II. Branch, Denver, Col.
No YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANs.-The
manner in which press dispatch was headed
In some newspapers caused quite q flutter, to-
day, among people having friends in the south,
as II conveyed the i'm preston that there was
yellow fever IN New Orleans. The fever is at
snip Island, government quarantine station,
seven miles out from the coast and q long dis.
tance from New Orleans.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assistant Engineer W. A.
Allderdice, ordered to the Lancaster South
Atlantic station, per steamer 18th inst AS
sistant Engineer Howard Gage, detached from
the bureau of steam engineering and ordered
10 tne Lancaster, per steamer 18th inst. AS
s1stant H Engineers F. {. Bieg and Albert O.:
i 1oung, from the Lancaster on the reporting of
thelr reilefs and ordered to return home and
report arrival
No DISTRICT PEOPLE NEED APPLY-The
civil service commissioners have prepared a
circular informing applicants for Office from
the District that the quota of the District of
Columbia has been much more than filled,
ana that, under existing rules, the District
will not be entitled to any more appointments
1or long time to come.
THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF MARINE. Gen.
Count Saigo, accompanied by several Japanese
naval officers and two American students are
on their way east from San Francisco. The
minister Is on years tour to the navy yards
ana marine depots of the United States and
Europe, to see what he can of marine affairs,
and TO report his observation to his govern
ment he will probably come to Washington
from New York
ARCTIC RELICS GIVEN TO THE NATIONAL
MUsEUM.-Mrs. Lila May Pavy, widow of the
late DR.. Octave Pavy, naturalist and surgeon of
the Greedy Arctic expedition, has donated to
the National Museum the relics collected by her
husband on his trip to the arctic region, reServ-
Ing the right to withdraw them If she desires at
any time during her lifetime.
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.
PERsONAL.-Mr. and Mrs. James Elverson
and family and MIR. and Mrs. A. Lisner, of
Washington, were registered at the office of the
New York Herald in Paris yesterday-Niss
Anna l.. Dawes has written and will soon pub
llsh in Boston book on '"The Modern Jew =
the outgrowth OF paper on the subject read by
couple OF years ago.-Mr. A. w Kellogg. as
sistant postmaster of the Senate, has gone to
his nome In Illinois to remain during the re-
cess.@J. ii. Bryan has gone to Narragansett
Pier to remain until the first of September-
Or. Wolhaupter and daughter have returned to
the city from a visit to Canada.-Mrs JAS B.
Carter and her daughter, Mrs. Charles r. Carter
have gone to LongwOrth Beach, Md, for a
stay of three weeks.-Chas. }. Hayes
and E., NJ. Hood, of the Associated Press force
have gone to Block Island for the summer
Senator Plumb OF Kansas, Judge Pacifcus Ord
and Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, of this cfty
were registered in New York last evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Scott are away on a
months sojourn in western and southern Penn
ania.-Superintendent Powell, of the pub
lie schools, is spending his vacation at Asbury
Park-.Mr. J. NJ. Tinker, of Hyattsville, and
General Temple Clarke, OF the Agricultural De-
partment, are taking a horseback tour through
the mountains OF West Virginia this week.
Among the Washingtonians at the Waverly,
Ocean Grove, are j. B. Greenwell, w. C. Wiley
Mrs. VIM. B. Heiskel and daughter, Mrs. John
Ridout and family, Robert Cohen and daughters
and Mrs. Fred w. Roys and daughter-
Col. Lamont is expected to return from his
home in New York to-morrow.-Gov. Thad.
c. Pound, OF Chippewa Falls, Wis, Ex.Repre-
sentative Pound, of Wisconsin, E. r Watson,
OF New York, Il. b. Upham and E. l.. Potter, OF
Columbus, O., and Prot. Henry Mitchell. of Bos-
ton, are at the Ebbitt.--Henry OBrien. of
New York, VIM. Bush. of Wilmington, Nathan
Cleves. of Portland, Me-, @ D. seavey, OF Bos-
Fox, of Detroit, and w. T. Miles, of Albany. are
at Willard's-Treasurer Jordan will leave to-
day or tomorrow for the springs of North Caro-
lima, on a vacation OF some time.-Mr. Paul
z. Hendricks, who was private secretary to
Postmaster General Gresham, and is now living
missioner Sparks, of the Land Office, left this
afternoon Tor EdwardsviIe, ILL.,, having re-
ceived the news Of the death of his wife's sister
at that place.