Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-17

leia4ohs WIN zen Arthur were quite cordis
ana stated That the recontly-pubhshed stoIie
about the Cabinet scene, in which be and tn
President were represented to DO the chic
actors, we're pure fabrications. No such seen
ever took place.
WASHINGTON.
LIE Naval Advisory Board, which he
ben considering the reorganization of tn
ANY, reports to Secretary Hunt that there ar
nov only twenty-one ships of war efficient O
worth repairing and recommends the cons.rnc
ton Immediately OF forty-one ships OF variou
clas.es. 1t recommends wood as tho best ma
I nal for gunboats, and for vessels of all othei
kinds a steel keel covered with wood anC
sheathed with copper. The cost of the forty
one vessels Is estimated at $3l .00O, 900 and i
viii take eight years TO finish them.
FOLLOWING is the text of the Presi
dent Thanksgiving proclamation:
II has long been the pious custom q our people,
WITH the closing OF the year, 70 look back upon the
blessings brought to them tine changing course Of
feasoB5, and % return solemn thanks 10 the all
giving source from whom they ADH; and,
although al this period, whom the failing leaf adj
Munlehes US that tho time Of sacred duty is
- had, our nation still lies in the shadow
"f lt5 great bereavement, and the mourn
ing which has hIed hearts still finds sorrowful
expression toward the God before whom we but
aey bowed IN grief AID sup dcation, yet the count
les b. fits which haTe shgwePed upon during
tue r9st twelve months call for feryent gratitude
sud make 1t f'ng that should rejoice with thank
fumes HAT the Lord N HIS infinite mercy has most
EiEl-aly favored our country and our people.
Peace without and prosperity within have been
Yonchsnfed 10 us. No pestileuoe has visited our
shores. The abundant privileges Of freedom which
our fathers left Us in their wisdom are still our III
erca&ug heritage, ard II in parts Of vast domain
some Hinic has visited our brethren IN thcir for
Ell BONES, yet even his calamity has been tempered
sad IN ma"ner sanetihed by the generous compass
fg afaH \ F1-A
throughout our and.
Tor tuese things it 4 meet that the voice Of the
nation should 81 up 10 God in devout homage.
Wherefore !. Chester A. Az thur. President OF tha
United States, DO recommend that all the people OBJ
serve THURSDAY, the pain Jay of November instant,
az day national thanksgiving aud prayer, by
ceasina, - far az may be, from their secular Hbors,
&nI ineeng ia their several Places Of WORSHIP, there
T. JON IA ascriblng honor and praise 20 Almighty
God, whose goodness has been manifest in cur
hi-ory and III our iyos and Offering earnest prayers
that His bounties may continue 10 Us and to cur
children.
IN witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
ant seal If the United States 10 lie affixed.
pouc Al th' City Of Washington, this 4th day of
November, ia the year of our Lord one thousand
sRat hundred 0nd oghty-one, and of the Inde-
pendeuce Of the United states the one hundred and
ska CHESTER a. ARTHUR.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR returned to Wash
ingtor, on the 9th inst, from a weeks visit to
New York. It is said that complete Cabinet
slste will soon be prepared for presentation to
the Senate. The retention Of Postmaster Gen.
eral James VIII depend upon the action Of the
court OH the star-route informaIions
All the personal effects of the late President
Garfield including his books, pictures, etc,
we've removed last week from tile White House
to tho Baltimore and Potomac depot for trans
portation to Mentor. Special cars were
placed at the disposal of Mrs. Garfield Nv the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the re-
moval OF the goods. The Alderney COW pre-
scented to the President was sent on the
same train with the goods.
THE amounts due the bonded Pacific
railroads from the United States Government
for military transportation for the year has
been taken bv the Secretary Of the Treasury
to apply to their Indebtedness to the United
States. 1t amounts to SS36,63S.
In the Supreme Court OF the District
Of Columbia, Judge Cox decided that proceed,
ines ~ information in tho star-route cases was
improper, bol ling that tho crime charged
against Brady and others Is Infamous" and
that the proceedings should be by Indictment
The IntOrmaNons were therefore auashed
and Brady and his fellows have gained a
substantial victory. Col Cook, after Judge
COX mad rendered his decision, made a per
sonal explanation of his COURSE in the matter
Col Cook says that the star-ruute people vii
be now proceeded against in the regular way,
BY indictment, sud that there Will he 10 "let-
up' The star-routers bgye won the first
round, however, and their victory makes them
defiant Col Totten, their leading counsel,
SAID IN open court, replying to Col. Cook, that
The cases would never be brought before petit
Jurv.
GGN. DUMoNT, Supervising Inspector
General Of Steamboats,, in his annual report
recommends that tho Board of Supervising In
spcctor5 he abolished, and, instead thereof
that tho Secretary OF the Treasury be en-.
powered To convene mixed committee com
posed OF local and Assistant Inspectors t.
examine and report to hlm upon the eificienc,
o. any device to 10 used upon steam vessels
anu which may require his approval. He also
recon 'enla the appointment of local anC
As'siu. Inspectors by tho Secretary o.
the Treasury ON Tire nomination Of the lmmed.
lata superior officer ot each grade 8I.o. tina
tho superior oiicer he given power to suspend
6ubordinate1 pending investigation Of charge
involving incompl t.ucv, neglect Of duty. OF
N -Dchav lor., the annual report of Surgeon
GeneTsi Barnes states taat $3.50 Goo viii b,
needed foi the medical department of the arm,
for the fiscal wear Tha death rate Was Mn,
per 900 among white ana twenty per ,00i
-mong colored troops the total deaths in til,
army from all causes were 245. He Ioiterste
the demand for 4250,000 for a medical museum
at Washington.