Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-08
House appropriation bill reducing the Pres.

House appropriation bill reducing the Pres
ident's salary.
The public debt statement for May
shows decrease of q, 4,6l7, ,675. The coin hal
ance is q, 60, ,766.
It is reported from Washington that
the Belknap impeachment will probably be
postponed until November next. From the
TACT that two-thirds of the Senators must
vote for conviction in order to convict, there
is much reason to question the advisability of
taking time and money to carry Oh the trial,
as much less than that number voted for the
trial.
Charges have been made by one Har-
ney, former do0rkeeper OF the House, that
he paid Speaker Kerr the snm Of e450 for the
appointment Of man named Green as second
lieutenant Of the army. An Investigation
shows that the man Green was appointed on
.Kerr's recommendation, but Mr.. Kerr says he
never received Ullc dollar fur the act
did he ever know or exchange word with
Harney. Leading Republicans join the DEM
ocrsts in the belief that Kerr is innocent.
Another charge against Mr.. Blaine,
made by Warren Fisher, Of New York, was
that he paid Blaine $l3O, 900 "for no consider
alton whatever" while contractor for build
ing the Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad
Fisher received q telegram telling him to
keep out OF the way, which he was preparing
to do when United Stated Marshal waited
upon him with subpoena, which he was
compelled to obey.
In the investigation of Blaine's con-
nection with the Central Pacific and Ft. Smith
railroad bonds, ON the 1st, a clerk for Fisher
testified that he brought to Washington sew
eral letters from Blaine to Fisher bearing on
the case, and that Blaine came to him on the
previous night begging him to give up the
letters and limiting ut suicide in case it was
not done; that he got the letters and refused
to return them. Mr.. Blaine took the stand
and denied under oath all but the fact of TAX
ing the letters.
Centennial Notes.
Mark Twain will preside at the OPEN
ing of the California building on the Centen-
NAL exhibition grounds, which takes place
on June l5.
CustOm-house officers are stationed
at every door of the exhibition buildings to
see that no dutiable articles are carried away.
This makes good deal OF troublcfor visitors
with bundles.
The proprietors of places of amuse-
ment are cheered by the estimate that there
are only 100000 strangers in Philadelphia
now, but that there will be 100000 month
hence. There are more than AZ places of ell
tertainment open.
Whittier's Centennial hymn was
sung in the old Christ church in Plliladel.
phia on Friday. This most venerable Of Rev.
olutionary ediices was thronged.
The pay visitors to the American i'll
ternational exhibition are more than three
times rs numerous, thus tar, as those to the
Vienna exposition during the corresponding
period.
The Philadelphia Times says that
I the principal thoroughfares of that city are
swarming with an army of sneaks and des
peradoes. The names Of several ''audaciou:
outlaws" at present utilizing the Centennia
are given. ''Satchcl jack late of Sing Sing
| under the alias of James Godfrey; Franz
Powell, alias Hutchings, alias ''The Snoozer;'
''Fly Cop Mealy," 50 called "Moscow Bill,
| "Waterspout Climber" of New York, will
many French and English pick-pockets.
The Markets.
June 5.-Wheat in New York, No
/, sl.24@l. 30, No. 2 sl.2l. Chicago, No.
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