The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-02-07
Washington Correspondence.
WAsHrNaroN, Jan. 81, 1878


Blaine and Hoar. The dispute was
ostensibly over the parts played re-
sEectively By Maine and Massachu-
setts in the war of 1918, but the real
"casus belli'' was the vote of the
Massachusetts delegation in the Cinc
cinnati Convention. 1t is conceded
that the Bland Silver Bill will pass
the Senate by q two.thirds vote.--
That the President viii: vetoe the bill
is feared by its friends, but many say
he will sign it, with the understands
ing that the Government sball cons
tinue to pay the interest on the pub.
lie debt in gold. The female suffra.
gists are still besieging Congress, ae
the women of Massachusetts alone
pay taxes on $131, 100000 ofpropeg.
ty, who can say, with justice, that
they should not havea voice in leg
is ation0 Now that the trees are
stripped of leaves, the new State De-
partment buil@ ng is beginning to
show somethil ( of its vast extent and
beauty. The work on the building
is not progr essing in the railroad
style of Mullet, but as fast as is con-
eistent with discretion and the
amount of the appropriation asaila-
BILE for tue purpose. The South front
is entirely complete. and is imposing
IN its vast proportions and comman"
ding elevation. When complete,
this building will throw the Treasury
building near it, entirely in the shade
not by reason OF its greater beauty,
but from the fact that q portion Of
the latter is sunk some feet below the
grade of the street and in order to
enter the really beautiful Northern
front you are obliged fret to descend
an area, after passing through which,
mount another fight of steps before
reaching the entrance. :
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, visited
the General Land Office to conault
with Commissioner Williamson in re-
lation to d claim which she presents
for upwards of $4,000 arpents of lana
granted and confirmed to her father,
Daniel Clark, in 1901 and 1904, by
the Board of Land COMMISSIONERS
The grants are in Missouri, within
seventy three miles of St. Louis. The
tracts aggregate about 1900 acres.
Mrs. Gaines wishes to ascertain to
whom patents for those lands have
been issued.
Francis Murphrey, the great tenn.
perance reformer opened the cam
paign at Lincoln Hall on the Sab
bath, and three thousand persons
filled the street who could not gain
admittance. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. Hon. Il. A. Hatcher, NJ.
c., of Missouri, presided. A choir of
$50 singers made the great Hall ring
with gospel temperance songs. 4
great work in the interest of temper
ance is now. sweeping over the city.
Howard University undor it's now
President, w. w. Patton, LID,
founder OF the Chicago Advance, has
a hopeful future; since the panic in
1878, the trustees have paid off $780,
900 of indebtedness, and are now ar-
ranging for the payment of the last
dollar of obligations resting upon the
Institution. Its buildings, campus
and out side improved property and
vacant lands will, with the revival OF
business become immensely valuable.
It has large class in both the Theo-
logical and Medical Departments
This is one of the Institutions whose
doors arc open alike TO male and TO-,
male, white and colored. ,':@8 :.
A new printing press is tho latest
invention, by which the reporter can
tako notes in tull copy in type, at the
rate of 200 words per minute. A
person can learn the process in one
week, so as to transcribe with accu-
racy and despatch. A witness can be
furnished in ten minutes after leaving
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