Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-01-03

gust and successfully contested in favor
OF the will OF 1871, was very intricate
and eccentric in many of its condition.
and provisions for contingencies. IL
gave her property chiefly to her son
Ben. Holiday, Jr., and not any to her
surviving daughter, Cassandra, general.
ly known among her friends rs Polly.
wife of Baron Bussiere, of France. The
will of 1871 gave everything to testatrix's
husband, from whom, in fact, she Ind
received it. The recent will failed to
recognize her husband at all, and bore
abundant evidence sustaining the testi-
mony of her physician, that Mrs. Holli-
days mind was unsound from excessive
grief caused by the sudden death of her
oldest daughter, Countess POurtales. n
few weeks previous. While Ben Holli-
day, DR., was prepayment nominally of
the will in his own favor, it was under
stood, that he preferred that the will in
favor of his father should stand. The
estate in Westchester is very elegant
and valuable.
Jay Cooke on N. p. n. r. Bonds.
Jay Cooke says the fears of the hold
ers of the N. p. II. r. bonds are ground
less, and that the road has little debt
except to Cooke & Co., besides its bonds.
These are first lien upon II ,OOO, 600
acres of land, for which the Company
has already received patents, and also q
lien upon 558 miles Of railway in actual
operation, which earned surplus over
expenses last year and must constantly
improve, as it is developing trade by it's
connection with the Upper Missouri
river. Besides it's Pacific division con-
Meeting Puget Sound with the Columbia
must be profitable. Cooke thinks tho
present Company will be able to carry
the road and eventually complete it.
official Acceptance Of Gen. sichie.' Hes,g-
nation.
A New York Herald special says the
resignation of Gen. Sickles, as U. S.
Minister, has been officially accepted.
Caleb Cushing Appointed to Succeed Sick
les. He Accepts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The President
has appointed Caleb Gushing Minister
to Madrid. The nomination was sent
will be-? to the Senate Immediately on
reassembling. Gushing has just had a
short interview with the President in
reference to the Spanish mission which
lie has accepted.
Congressman LuttrelI's Vote ON tho Salary
Dec. 20. -Congressman Luttrell says
with reference to the comments on his
vote on the Salary Bill that he consulted
and voted all the way through with
Hale. Cox, Kasson, and other leading
members, in favor of total repeal and
of reduction to the old pay Of s5 600.
He also voted against all amendments
calculated to prevent total repeal, and
therefore voted against the substitute
bill which was finally passed by major
ity, fixing the pay at 81, 900, an increase
of 1T least $500 per annum.
A patent was issued to-day to f. f.
Rice, for Alban lode, in Storey county,
to be forwarded by his attorney.
Luttrell will, after the holidays, in
troduce bill granting two sections of
land per mile to the State of California
to construct military wagon road from
Etna Mills, Siskiyou county, via Snw-
yer's Bar and Arcata to Ukiah, Mendo.
elmo county, and also branch from
Fort Jones via Happy Camp, Del Nerto
county to intersect tho main road ut
Orleans Bar, klamath county. Tho
precedents for such grant are found in
legislation for Oregon, Washington Ter
,itory and Wisconsin.
Lieut.. Geo. Badly has been detached
from the 1uaa,Dru and ordered to tho
receiving ship Independence, at Mare
Island.
Appropriations for River improvements,
Etc, to be Largely Reduced.
Dec. 90 As there is no absolute ne
cessity for heavy appropriations for the
improvements of harbors, rivers and
Notifications under the Engineers Blu
reau of the War Department, the esti-
mates for such improvements amounting
to $40, OOO, 600, will probably DO re-
duced to 5000, 600.
Reduction Of Estimates IN the Pos:ofl,o
Department.
Estimates in the Postofice Depart
ment have been already So much reduced
that no further extension of railroad pos
tai services can be made during the pres
ent fiscal year.
The Custom House Ring Telegraphs an
Infamous Lie TO Washington.
'Cn1cAao, Dec. 20.-A Washington
special says Attorney General Williams
has received several dispatches from
Oregon in regard to charges made here
relative to the alleged removal OF Dis
trio Attorney Gibbs for improper rea-
sons. The fact appears to he that
Rufus Mallory has been notified of his
appointment to the place of Gibbs, but
the later has been retained in office,
especially to try the cases of which
complaint has been made. These trials
have taken place during the present
month, and the last were disposed OF
durinp the mast week. Under date OF