The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-07-02
FROM THE NATIONAL cAp1TA1.
THE GRANGE COMMITTEE,

WARRINGTON, July 2.-The Executive
Committee Of the National Grange Pa
irons of Husbandry met here yesterday
to consider and decide several points
affecting the Order, and will probably be
In session week or ten days. The Com
mittee consists of VIM. Sanders, Of d.
c., Chairman; e. Shankland, of Iowa;
John 7. Jones, Of Arkansas; d. Wyatt,
Of Aiken, s. c., and W. I. Chase, of New
Hampshire.
Among the subjects to be considered
Washington to some agricultural center,
and proposition for an exchange be-
tween the cooperative societies Of Great
Britain and the United States.
Mr.. Worrell, Manager and Director of
the Mississippi Trading Company,
which, it Is proposed, shall be the me-
dium Of exchange, is In this city with a
delegation from cooperative societies OF
Great Britain, to explain details of the
proposed plan. Col. j. M. Mcdowell, of
Wayne county, N. Y, one of the early
friends of the Order, and at present
Treasurer, will arrive this evening.
The headquarters of the Changers will
be at the National Hotel, which was
closed to the public this morning for gen.
eral repairs, but Mr.. Tenney, proprietor,
being Granger, makes an exception to
members of the Order, and receives them
rather as private guests. The action of
the Committee will not be made public
till after their adjournment.
DISMISSED.
A rough estimate of the number Of
persons dismissed from the Treasury
will approximate one hundred and fifty.
All clerks heretofore on the temporary
rolls were dismissed.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Bids were opened at the Treasury De-
partment for the construction OF nine
life-saving stations on the lakes, and five
houses of refuge on the eastern coast of
Florida. The bids for life.saving sta
tions ranged. all the way from 5000
to $5,475- each, while the bids for the
houses of refuge range from $12, 700 to
$92, 900 for the tive. The contract for the
life-saving stations was awarded to w.
t. Bushnell, of Evanston, ILL.,, and for
the houses of refuge to j. o. Goodall s.
Co., of Fernandina, Florida, formerly Of
Bucksport, Maine.
OUR NATIONAL BLESSING.
The following is recapitulation of
the public debt statement for June:
Debt bearing interest in coin bonds at
six per cent, 81, 100, S65, $50; bonds at i've
per cent, $6VI, l52, l0O; total principal,
81, ,707 1898, 800; total interest, $38, II, ,585;
debt bearing interest in lawful money,
certificates of Indebtedness at four per
cent, S678, 900; navy pension fund at three
per cent, SH,OO0,OO0; total principal,
$14,67S,O0O; total interest, $2i9,06O; on
which interest has ceased since matu-
r.ty, principal, $11 ,425, $40; Interest, $227,-
316; debt bearing no interest, old demand
and legal-tender notes, $37, ,5S4, 169, 750;
of deposit, $5S, AIS; fractional
currency, "a, ,212, ,942, ,4l9; coin certificates,
$21, ,796 300; total principal, $40, ,Sl8 241, ,169;
total interest, 81 399, ,4S4; total, 81, ,270, ,932,
08S; cash in Treasury. coin, s t9s5, ALI, WA
currency. $3,973, ,95l, 1858; special deposits
held for the redemption OF certificates of
deposit, as provided by law, $58,4l5, 900;
total, $142, 243, a6l 50. Debt less cash in
the Treasury June 1, 1875, 1912, 1855, ST., ,63S;
debt less cash in the Treasury July l,
1875, $2,13O, 1925 sS; decrease of debt
during the month, 81, 430, 249 80; decrease
Of debt since June 80, $14, 1896, ,3l4 "a.