Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-04

LING LANG YUEN, who has for several years
been the Chinese consul general at Havana, is
In the city. He has been ordered to Lima, Peru,
as Charge d. Affaires and has come here for
mai instructions from the Chinese minister.
HIS secretary and i've servants accompany
him.
STATIONERY FOR THE INTERIOR DEPART
MENT.-The following are the Washington bid
ders for supplying the Interior department with
stationery: VIM. Ballantyne & Son, James j,
Chapman, Easton Rupp, Chas. Fischer, V. g..
Eis Mrr r. H. HephTenstine, MeiXile Lindsay,
Rvneal, jr., Fred. A. Schmidt, Columbus w.
Thorn.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS CIRCULAR TO BE RE-
CALLED.-The circular of Land Commissioner
Sparks, issued yesterday, directing register
ana receivers OF land offices not to receive fl
ings or new applications for entry of the public
lands under the "pre-emption," climber cul-
ture' and "desert land' laws until the first of
August next. was the subject of a consultation
held to-day by Secretary Lamar with his assist
ants; 1t was decided that the circular must be
recalled.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES in the Judge ad-
vocate generals department of the army have
been ordered: Major H. P. Curtis relieved from
duty as professor of law at West Point, August
2S, and ordered as judge advocate OF the
east. Lieut. Col. VIM winthrop, deputy judge
advocate general, relieved from duty as judge
advocate division of the Pacific and ordered to
Deputy Judge Advocate General II. B. Burn
ham, relieved from duty in department of
Platte, September l, and ordered as Judge advo-
from division of Atlantic, August %, and or
dered TO department of the Missouri. Chief
Medical Pulveyor ]. H. Baxter, ordered from
Washington to New York city on public BUSH
ness. 1st Lieut.. T. f. Hobbs, ordnance depart
ment, ordered from Philadelphia to Johnstown,
Pa, to inspect work for the ordnance depart
mGnt. ChaDlain Alien A11anSwOrth Oath In.
fantry ordered to Fort Supply, Indian Territory,
for duty, June 1; Post Chaplain VIM. h. Pear
assignment to a post Post Chaplain John S.
Seibold, to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, June l, for
assignment to post
Observation-Disclosures Arthur did not
venture out yesterday, owing to one OF the
frequent attacks of weakness which retard his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Carlisle was one of the
Of to the
Window is az Wormley's.-Mr A. saks sails
Europe to-morrow.-Mr Thomas ]. White,
clerk of the Senate District committee has re-
turned to the city from the west.-Joaquin
emil. \. Leogard OF Connecticut, E. F. Car
penter OF jamestown, N. Y, r. b. Bradford, w.
2. Thurber OF Cleveland, K. W: Fisher, N. r,
are at the Ebbltt.-Grant Parish of Washing
ton was registered ut the Office of rhe New
70 York Herald lin in London yeste,day.--Messrs.
Nympo and Give Jones leave this evening for
Cincinnati, to be absent for the summer-
Geo. +. Updegraff of Wheeling, Rob't Gardner
OF Maiden. Mass, B. Fritz ~Wetherill, II. L.
Chandler, E. V. Douglass and W. ii. Murray
OF Philadelphia, w. G. Peacock of Sandwich
Islands, NJ. NJ Curtis of California, and Z. L.
Young, c: +. Stump, A. ]. Knight. John NJ.
Rogers and Simon Bluman, of New York, are
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gibson, Representa-
uves Burleigh and Maybury, Henry Adams
and Prot. G y. Riley of Washington went over
To New York Observation-Disclosures Anderson
sailed for Europe yesterday.-Chiet Justice
Cole Of Wisconsin is in the CT for a few days.