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Show G.tKKAL. Waahlngtoa Rtwi. Washinirton, 13. United States minister Washburne has received permission per-mission to mitke a short yi-it home I thia summer, aud will come, if possi-blc possi-blc I The Surjieme Court having by a tie vote affirmed the decision of the Court of C aims, allowing Lieut. Price commutation for transpurtation alter j he voluntarily resigned his commission I in the army, other officers have a.-ked tor similar allowances. The disburs- i ing officers here do not consider this a ' precedent. j Ex Senstor Cattell will probab'y ac- cept the appointment tendered him. of; eommibsioner under the civil service sect:on of t:ie ui;sce.laneous appropriation appropria-tion bill. The President is expected to arrive here on Friday morning. It is not certain that any Cabinet meeting will be held, sin there is as yet no necessity neces-sity for one known to exi-t. Solicitor E. K. Bantield, of the treasury department, returned here yesterday from California, and w.li j without delay proceed to examine the, case of the N Y. C. K lilroad Co. General George Stonoman has applied ap-plied to he placed on the retired list on account of incapacity resulting from injuries received during the war. Secretary Fish wiil soon start on a tour across the Continent. At a meeting of the bank officers ol the city yesterday afternoon, it was agreed to pay the dividend tax of the last five mouths of the year 170, under un-der protest, aud cousult with the Boston Bos-ton aud Philadelphia banki immediately immedi-ately as to future action. A billiard match lor the championship champion-ship and diamond cue, will be played on Monday next, between Cyride Dion and Mel rin Foster. Fatal Accident. Rowing Gap, Wikes Co., N. C, VI. A young man, named Atkins, and hts wife fell a distance of six hundred and fifty feet, f-om a peak on the 131ue Ridge mountains, a few days since. The body of Mrs. Atkins was frightfully fright-fully mangled, but, strange toaayMr. Atkins is"still alive, and hopes of his recovery are entertained. Open Salooni on Sunday. j Chicago, 13. The City Council last I night, after an acrimonious debate, tabled the ordinance providing for closing saloons on Sundays by a vote of eighteen to lourteen. A Bohemian barkeeper Eu'icided I prematurely on Sunday night, for fear the Council would pass the hill. j Monetary and Stocki. I New York, 13. Gold steady; gov- , ernments firm. Sixes, 81, 1 7 i : 5-20' s, 162, 64 and 65, Vlk new, 67, Hi; I 'GS, 14 lU-40's, 91. Currencies, Hi Stock steady. W.U.T., 59J; Pacific , Mail, 43; New York Central, 98si Erie, 30. Bowen Sentenced. Washington, 13. Ex-Congressman C. C Bowen, of S. C, who was re- i cently convicted of bigamy, was sen- tenccd to-day to pay a fine of two hundred aod fifty dollars,- and be . imprisoned in the penitentiary two years. Bowen made a statement that . he was satisfied when he married his last wife that everything was all right and there was no legal obstruction in , the way, and he promisd her to return to her rfhen released from prison. He j was subsequently taken to jail, where he will remain until the decision of the court iu term, which meets on Monday, Mon-day, on the exceptions to the ruling of the criminal court. His object is trying try-ing to obtain a new trial. Fire. Portsmouth, N. H., 13. The Sapa more house, at Frost's Puint, nas burned to-day; loss $40,000. KeM-Odd Fellowa Hall. Boston. 13. The corner stone of a new Odd Fellows' hall was laid to-day Between seven and eitrlit thousand Odd Fellows participated in the ceremonies. cere-monies. i Proposed Railroad Consolidation. I 1 .! New York, 13. The directors of Ithe Southern Trans-continental and I Texas Pacific railroad, are holding a j secret meeting, with the purpose of ! endeavoring to effect a consolidation. ;i r |