, 1881-10-28
hons wtII fIltInser tn prevent the rohilrht1-
t!on ot !3tratfa,t during ttIc present s'*si".

-ttltlgG FnlgCr, WHO VII. yesterday fl9''1'
iuatr,l for Secretary of tic Treasury, ntnl
p,o,uptIy confirmed, is III l.ts GItII ycar. lav-
Ink l,cc,, }ynr,l Mt NM,,tncket April Ii. ists.
lie l,us l,ecul slccessfYely .tnstlcn III tllo
Peace, County Ju.lgc, Slate Senator. AS
ststaut United :stlttcs Treasurer ut New
Ynrk. Justice 1T tho Cnurt 0f Appeals, Alnl
Chief .Jn.tae Of tlle salnu uconrt. u" Isl Stnl-
wnrt II, politics, hut tfs appointment Il *Hls!
IL br acceptable tn ali sections ri tic lIrpul-
licAm 1l,rty III tho Empire Statc.
--T)lerc is so,ne talk about Secretary
I1lienlu's retirement from tic Cas'nct to ac-
cupt Il foreign mission. tletL l,a'm's friends
nre urging tlIat 9cntlct'iah f0r Secretary of
tho Interior, but 1t Is scnFeely probable tfIat
he will lu appointed to that or any other
Cabinet position during tic present Admin-
fstrutEu1,. Gcn. Iiaunl Is repnrtea to tlAsc
snitl sulnu time ago that he did not want n
Cabinet position, u,.u that liz Is well satisfied
will, hts ,,rasu,lt u!aee. IT Is also alnnst
ccrtaln tllat Secretary 1ipeoln will remain
In thu CabftIct.
-Supcriu.c.lcrt Mefinr1slc has Issued
Instructions 10 tho Chicago inlfcc forec To
tuke notice uf distractions nii thu streets,
sidewalks, u'ul nIleyways which 'nay hinder
trayei over tho salne, ald to sct ~ 1t tilnt tho
ely ordinance Is enforced, particularly In
the c.tst OF contractors who nrc III thu habit
NJ placng their materials tun far ont Ill the
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-cohgressn1ah MARX u. naiheli' oi
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rcad a rather long paper wl.!cl, advocated
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lcs"cs. A long series Of resolutions
calling for generous appropriations f0r yalt-
ous pet schemes OF Improvement werc
introlue"l. There seemed to b' II very 'ls'-
cf'c'l disposition to ignore NIL references to
tho Improvement of the Illinois River utul
tue Illinois Il Michigan Canal.
-pos,mastcr-Gcnora james was ,ton,l-
nated IL he Ills own surce.sur Yesterday.
The nomination was made; IN order to cflmr
III soluc doubts ns to tic meaning Of the Inv
which proytttes tl,at the term of tie Post
m,aster-t;eneral shall exptre one luuntl, atler
| thu expiration Of tho tern: ut thu President
who nontl,a.etl Him Sonu,ay t}lat sir. .Iul,lcs'
term expired o,io mont, hitter tile tleatl. ot
President t;nri,u'd, although this In r,,ther
doubtful construction Of the stutute. There
is no doubt that Mr.. .Ju,es Intends to retire