The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
Political Notes.

The New York Police Commits
sioners propose to appoint twenty.
five colored patrolmen. ieA
GENERAL MosBY is engaged IN
raising tobacco, and assisting
Grant in making appointments,
FOURTEEN Senators, all told
have had their back-pay covered
into the Treasury. And still there
is room.
THERE is a big split in the Re.
publican party of California-al'
about who shall be United States
Senator.
JOB STEVENSON, ex- Congressmar
from the Second Ohio District, has
published a 4O-page pamphlet OF
the subject of "Credit Mobiliel
Legislation and Operations
IT will be a severe blow to Chris.
tianity just as it has secured toler
alton in Japan to have such a spec
linen as Bingham appear on the
scene, as a representative Of the
United States.
AT the Democratic convention
in Hooking county, on Saturday
last, the following ticket was nom
mated; Representative, o. Cas-;
Auditor, John M. Floyd; Sherif,
Robert E. Curren. !hI
GRANT is now located at Lonk
Branch, for a summers leisure, On
a salary of $4,000 per year. Yst
the Republican State platform el-
dorses him,
The Democratic and Liberal Re-
publican State Convention is calltd
to meet at Columbus on the 9th bf
August next.
IT is said that not a single Penn
sylvania Senator or member of
Congress has refunded his back
pay. Pennsylvania elected a
thief to the governorship of that
State.
IT is estimated that the "Rub.
Docs" printed by the Government
in 1872, which are worth about $45
all told, cost the producers of this
country the nice little sum of b.
436,O52.49.
FRED. DOUGLASS has turned a
wag, and says, that in view OF the
Credit Mobilier investigation, there
is no danger of negro suffrage low
ering the standard of legislative
honor.
HART, the Republican candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, refused to
vote in the Ohio State Senate to
condemn the salary grabbers. He
is not the kind of q man the PEI
pie intend to vote for this fall.
The Radical city officials, of
GAINESVILLE, have finally been ccm-
PEELED to appoint a committee of IN
vestgation, Now look out for
withdrawing.
The United States is again dis
graced by an appointee of the GOV
eminent to Japan, who, it is said,
rollicks about in a beastly state Of
intoxication.
The Titusville Courier observes:
"a three ton grindstone was re-
ceived in Cleveland the other day.
Contrary to the general supposition
it was not intended for the use Ct
the Leader Office to grind the ed
torial scissors on"
A HERETOFORE active Republican
informed US the other day that he
intended to work henceforth to
break up what he termed that rot.
ten and corrupt organization.
Scores of honest Republicans have
made the same resolve.
GENERAL WILLIAM 0. eur, =.
the Democratic candi' ,to Co., W.
President in 10. late for Vice
~ y48 on the ticket
IT, a. al Cass, is still living,
= IN his eighty-third year, but
Kentucky journal says he walks
at least six miles each day.
The constitutional convention
agrees to change the day Of the
annual election in Ohio, so as to
correspond with the time OF the
presidential election-the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. Right.
The Ohio Legislature passed a
bill changing the weight of CLOVER
seed, from 62 to 60 pounds; oats,
from 81 to 81 pounds; corn in ear,
after the first of January next, TO
GO pounds and dried apples from 22
to 20 pounds.
The first constitutional amend
ment adopted by the Columbus
convention was adopted on Wednes-
dow II amaoda ona4,o.