Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-01
General Capital News.

WAsH1seros JAN 3l.-The President has nohi
mated AID. John W. Jacobus, of New YORK CITY u
b United States marshal for the southern oistric
of New York. The present marshal, Payne Was tn'
| candidate of the Conklingites in New York.
The nomination of Stanley Matthews is not dis
posed of BY the committee, but will p'ooap'y 0'
voted upon at special meeting within the next lev
days.
The Inaugural ball promises to be grand success
and every endeavor Is being made 10 mGAe :. -,
most elaborate occasion of the kind In the hetoiy o.
the country. In view Of the expense attAcnine
preparations no complimentary tickets WIZ 90 ssuSo @
except to President-elect Garfield aud family 1ns
work on the decoration of Pennsylvania avenue VII
he commenced at once. The escort OF the Presl
dent-elect will consist Of 10000 militia anu douIeu.
companies Of regular troops and marines. Prevlou
to the ball a reception Will Dc neG
Garfield, the President and Mrs. Hayes, and Gen
eral and Mrs. Grant Gen. Hancock mas aiso ooot
invited to take part in the reception, ana Is
from assurances received oy the comm'eeS ., ~.
accept. Gen. Sherman will be grand marshai OF tne
parade and Will make presentations at the recep'
ton. ...,;o,s
to-day examined the foreman OF the governmel
nrinting ofce and foreman-in chief Of its connden'
tial printing division, both OF Wnom tesuneo "
copies of the Chinese treaties could nave g9tten ou
in advance of their Transmission unoer Seal 10 ne
Senate The subcommittee of the House commip'
tee on appropriations, having the bill in charge re-
ported to the full committee to-iay the iegislative,
executive and judicial appropriation BILL. The
committee will meet on "Wednesday, Wnen 'he OIL
will te agreed to and reported to the House.
The House committee on comm cree continued
work Oh the river and harbor bill day, ana agreed
upon seve al email items Of appropriation Tor the
upper tributaries of the Mississippi. The amount
cf appropriation agreed upon for improvement OF
the Mississippi river it now stands In the Dill ls
81 0OG, ,e0J for the Mississippi from cairo 70 the
mouth and Sc 600 from afro to head~aters. Ii
{I,aft thaca ann
subject to revision before the bill is finally acopted
By the committee,
Representative Covert, chairman Of the House
committee on agriculture, reported to he House
lsneous items are the following: For the purchase
and distribution Of seeds, $sO,OGO For the eonun-
uance of the experiments in connection with the
manufacture of sugar from sorghum, $a6, ,oc0. Fol
continuing the investigation relative to insects in
furious to agriculture $4,000. For further expert.
ment in tea culture, $4,000 For the erection OF
new museum building 10 connection with the ayr:e
tnral department, $1,000. For the reclamation OF
arid and waste land in Territories. 'O,000
The bill introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Buckner to amend the revised statutes
relative to the election of directors of national
banks, provides that no two members OF the
same business copartnership shall be eligible
as directors of the same national bank; that no
money broker or private banker or director in
any private banking house or savings institu.
ton shall serve as director OF a national bank
located in the same city or town; and further,
that when any national bank director ceases
to own ten shares of its own stock, or other
wise becomes disqualified, he shall at once va
cate his Office as director.
The commissioner of patents to-day submit
ted to Congress his annual report of the opera
tions of the patent office during the year end.
ed Dec 81, 1850. From the detailed statement
of receipts and expenditures submitted, it ap'
pears there was received during the year from
all sources an aggregate of s749,695. Total
expended during the year 1868, 1865, leaving a
balance of S210,S20. On Jan. l, 1880, there
remained 81, ,420, ,S06 to the credit of the patent
fund, which, added to the surplus of 1880
makes the amount to the credit of the patent
fund, Jan. 1, 1881, 81 ,631 ,626.