The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

WAsHISGToS, D. C. March 2ssi 1873.
that any one is bound in respect; ergo
President Hayes docs not give the capi
tai of the nation the poor privilege o
being represented at the Paris exhibition
byan honorary commissioner.
The Post Office committc have agree(
to report bill authorizing the Depart
ment to adopt a stamped letter sheet ell
velope, 10 be sold by the Post-masters a
envelopes are now. Its use will lesser
the tonnage of the mails, win prevent TIL
reuse of washed stamps, will be a grfa
saving and convenience to the genera
public, as one half of all letters may b,
written on such stamped letter sheet en-
velopes."
Three snits were brought some tint
since in the Supreme Court of the Distric
by direction of the War Department
against General O. 0. Howard for alleged
.misappropiiation of the funds of the
Freedman's Bureau These suits came to
----.---:--- h.. iYdr,nnnt in
each case for the defendant and Gen
Howard stands fully acquitted in the
Court and before The country in whose
service he has borne an honorable part.
The House was resonant with the an
CRY and tumultuous din-with its ever
attendant sub bass of noise and hustle on
the occasion of the discussion of the con-
tested election case, Dean VS. Field.
Quivering over the wires came a mes
sage the reading of which cast a gloom
of sadness over the speakers face and
gave sepulcbral muffle to the gayel as
he raped the house TO order to announce
the death of fellow member JOIN E.
Leonard of Louisiana, who had, but as
yesterday occupied his seat in the House
in perfect health.
Silver dollars with shining face and
pleasing ring, pass from hand to hand
the bulls and bears have signed truce
and the country still lives.
At least 10000 names will be added to
the pension rolls by the passage of, the
bill now Law granting pensions to SOL
diers and sailors of the war 1912 and their
widows, and restoring to the rolls the
names of all pensioners stricken there
from for participation in the rebellion.
The latest invention is an application
by Edison, OF the telephone, to the ordi-
nary clock;a Phonetic apparatus calls off
the hours with sound not unlike the
human voice. NO more alarm clocks
with din and rattle disturbing the pleas
ant dreams of drowsy sleepers Bridget
will rise at the pleasant call of this vox
humana saying six o'clock; be up and
stirring"
McGarrabsn's claim is again The subject
of Investigation. Fornearly twenty years
this man has been an enigma Poor, ig-
fiorant and impudent, he has succeeded
in winning 10 his support year after year
influences which controlled Congressman
Senators and Cabinet officers. Several
asundrcd of his private letters have been
secured and these throw a calcium light
upon the mysterious influences which
were the source OF his hitherto hidden
power.
Mrs. Fasset is working daily in The Su-
pieme Court Room on her painting of the
Electoral commission and will remain
there until the 25th inst when the Couit
conyenes. The picture gives evidence
Of great merit, and this illustration in oil |
OF historic event in the Presidential an
mas Of the country, by the preservation
u the likenesscs in group of some Of the
principal actors viii be valuable. This
portrait will I've a landmark in the history
of the nation That will never be erased.
it memories remarkable crisis in our
life. and win prrpetuate both by reason
Of its intrinsic value as chapter of his
tory and its exfrinsic worth as an art
the Incident j. represents, and
the name of tie artist, throughout al
tune. &