Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. Il can
assure my good readers that Secretary
Blaine will most certainly retire from
the Cabinet, probably next month. | re-
Gently heard him express himself quite
freely on this subject, and am thorough
ly satisfied from what he said and the
manner in which he said it that he is to
retire. / asked him if he had any idea
who his successor would be. He replied
that he had not, but stated that Mr.
Frelinghuysen had been prominently
mentioned in that connection.
Mr. Blaine will not be able to occupy
his elegant new house until the winter
is far advanced on account of delay in
the interior finishing. Washington will
be glad to know that even in retiring
from the Cabinet he will not remove his
winter residence from here, but will con-
tinue citizen in our midst.
The counsel for Charles j. Guiteau
have, under the recent order of the court
allowing them to summon twenty wit
nesses at the government s expense, had
the clerk of the court send out sub
ppnas for the following parties: Mr..
Augustus Parker, James G. Herman,
George T. Borroughs, Francis NJ. SEQ
vile, and j. Lewis Lee, all of Chicago,
H.; G. 5. Joslyn, Oneida Community,
n. Y; Z. O. Foss, Dover. n. H.; John
A. Rice, Merton, Wis; +. O. Spitzka,
New York city, and III. b. Amerling,
Williamsport, Pa.
The audit of the accounts of the Col
lector of Taxes for the District of Col
umbia from the 10Th of July, 1874, the
date of his appointment, to June 80,
1881, has just been completed. During
the period above named the. aggregate
of the collections have been about Sl5,-
600, 900, and of this grand total the ex-
animation shows the sum of So, 234. &c
unaccounted for Collector Cook on
learning of the deficiency, Immediately
made good the amount, and the COM
nlissioners, after examining the case
closely, have decided that the cashier is
responsible. lcitc the foregoing simply
to show that we are keepi NJ pace with
the times in the matter Of defaulting
officials.
Queen Victoria having modcstly asked
for only "a good photograph of our
late President, it is suggested that it
would be, on the part of cur govern
ment, amost graceful tribute and recOg-
milton Of her many manifestations of
womanly sympathy with our nation and
his family during his long illness and
after his death, and also of the many
tributes paid him by the nation whose
sovereign She is, if Congress would buy
and present to hcg one Of the best por-
traits of him that can be procured.
The United States Trust Company of
New York has had registered at the
Treasury department, S275, 900 in four
per cent bonds, in the name of the
company las trustees for Mrs. Lncretia
K. Garfield and the surviving children
of James A. Garfield, deceased" being
the amount purchased with the proceeds
of subscriptions to the Garfield fund.
These bonds will yield an annual in
come of Sll 900, and cannot be paid off
by the Government until the year 1907.
The President before leaving for New
York last week visited the White House
fer the first time since he took the oath
of Office. He suggested number of
changes, which will be carefully carried
out. He also selected n room for his
future occupancy. He picked out for
his private room the one in the north
west corner of the second floor. This
is the room to which the late President
was one day removed for few hours in
the early days of his sickness. The
room Just across the corridor from the
one selected by President Arthur was
the ''sick room of President Garfield.
The White House is the objective point
OF all cranks. one turned up last
week with pistol which he attempted
to use. On his arrival ut the door OF
the Presidents house he stated to Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Crump that he had been
elected President and had to investigate
the Presidents accounts at once, and
| desired that all the papers in the case be
sent to him at the St. Charles hotel,
where he was temporarily stopping
| He presented his letter of credentials,
which read as follows: John Waling-
You are hereby informed that DR.. John
Noatling is lawfully elected President of
the United States, and occupies the
White House every day. Signed
| Almighty God, communicated by the
Holy Spirit On being removed from
the house by policeman he attempted
to draw revolver, but was overpower-
|
He came from Northumberland, Pa,
and the police records shows that he
was here in May last.
Another crank has turned up at the
White House since. He was Z harmless
lunatic, laboring under the hallucina-
ton that he was President of the house.
An Ohio man will in dav or two re-
ceive letter from the White House.
| He sent ON to the President a request
| for . loan, and accompanied il with a
| promissory note to pay in sixty days.
| His note and letter were returned to
him without any accompanying docu-
mentS or money.
Those Americans who went to York
town on the Catskill cannot too highly
| praise Secretary Blaine ) tact in prevent
! ing any open rupture between his French
| and German guests. He and his asSis-
I tants had to be constantly watching lest
some breach of etiquette in regard to
questions of precedence should cause
open hostlities. In taking seats daily
at dinner, and in going up and down
stairs before and after meals. the great
est care had 10 be taken that those of a
lower rank should not walk one step
before those of a higher grade. Now
that the Germans are travelling in the
West and the French in the East let us
hope all are happy.
From the exterior Of the new house
now being completed for Col. and Mrs.
Bonaparte, it appears that they have in
its construction followed the craze for
low ceilings. Some families in New
York, whose people must follow the
latest fashion. whether it be in the cut
of lingernailS or architecture of dwellings
have actually altered their residences
lately, so as to reduce greatly the height
of the ceilings.
For several weeks past the District of
Columbia. in common with the rest OF
the country, has suffered from the
drouth. The cost of living has been in
creased from 10 to % per cent, and the
boarding houses and a number of hotels
have increased their prices accordingly
Last week, however, a rain came. II
continued for several days, but was toe
late to do vegetation any good or lower
the price of board. The fall races which
where to have taken place last week
were postponed on account of the
weather There are number of promi.
nent horse-men and horses present and
large sums of money are expected tC
change hands on the result FAX.
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