The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-10-14
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 10th, 1881.
No estimate has as yet been made OF the
expense incurred by the Presidents sickness.
II is thought that the grand total will foot up
to q very large amount. The various items
will hc collected and presented to Congress,
and an appropriation will be made covering
the entire amount. The bill of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will be a large
item. 1t is stated that the cost of laying the
track to Elberon was $4,000. while on two
occasions special trains were furnished and
the entire line cleared. The next big item
will be the doctors fees. The amount is
variously estimated. DR.. Bliss fee is stated
to be about $4,000, while Drs. Hamilton
and Agnew viii charge $1,000 each, DR..
Reybugn will also receive a large fee. The
other two doctors (Drs. Barnes and Wood
ward were, during their attendance upon the
President. in the employ of the Government.
Whether they viii receive any extra compen-
sation will depend upon Congress.
A gentleman at an auction this morning
on y. street, bid of small sole-leather
trunk. He paid 10 cents for it. On the flap
over the keyhole he found, after the trunk
came into his possession, a heavy brass plate,
on which was handsomely engraved the words
8 George Washington, Virginia" Inside the
trunk, among other things, he found silver
coffin plate with the following words hand
somely engraved thereon: George Wash
ington, born Feb. 22nd, 1892. Died Dec.
18th, 1T99.' The gentleman will endeavor
to trace the history of the trunk. At any
rate he intends to present it to the Mount
Vernon Association. There seems to be no
doubt of its historical genuineness.
Returns made up in the Internal Revenue
Bureau on Saturday show that larger num-
Der OF stamps were issued on Tuesday than
on any day previous in the history of the
Government. There were sent out on Tues
day tS9 packages of internal revenue stamps,
filling 125 mail pouches. The total number
of these stamps is 13,229,2Ol, representing a
face value of $2,s94 ,247.3O. Most of these
stamps were for use in the tobacco trade
The present boom is attributed to the fact
that tue tobacco crop of this year is short,
and there is a probability of corner in it
being attempted. All wholesale dealers want
to have their goods properly stamped in case
the corner shall develop.
Mr.. George NJ. Scoville, a Chicago lawyer,
who IL brother-in-law to the assassin Gui-
teau. is in the city. He is to appear for Gut
teau. and is going to set up the plea of in
sanity when the case comes up for trial. He
says he will not attempt any bubbles or legal
fechnicaIities, but present and argue the case
on It's merits. Guiteau's acts since the shoot
ing will have very little weight with jury.
His conduct prior to that event may how
ever. produce some effect. Mr.. Scoville is
going to New York to obtain the assistance
OF one or two lawyers who have written to
him, aud who are evidently DESTROYS of OBJ
taining notoriety by defending the Presi-
dents assassin. Mr.. Scoville expects to pro-
duce number Of Witnesses who will testify
10 Guiteau's insanity. He expects to be
ready for trial in about three weeks.