, 1881-02-10
NOTES.
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SssAiaI f1itndfeh Ia The Ehitnca EriafiNk.


Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON. u. e., Feb. N.~~rhe lntcst
Cnbinet gossip assig,s tssbert Lincoln to tla
War Department.. Atr. f.lncOtn'a freit[3
prefer tint. IT he receives Cabinet position,
lte should bo assigned tu tho Interior DC.
partnent. ...
4 NEW tnl1SrERFErr.
Chief 1)rU0ks at tho Srcret-Serycc 1slrcan,
!.as received Information that NEW es'unter-
fe. iit,to l,as naslc lta arpcaralsce In Kerr
tnrky. 1t Is att imitation of tho " u,ittet
States mute, series ur iSIaj letter u, small ily-
urcs II under sattl letter. John Allison, Rug
lister: \. II. Wyman. 'rreas,rcr. Ills printed
MI localized lihrc-mlpGr, which ls only Il little
Inferior to tho genuine, although stlnicwt1al
thicker Tic nOtt.fs ncarly alle-!Intf III inct
shorter ttan the genuine, htt. ~ fur rs cx-
aMtnetl. Is Il fac-simile, exccnt tllat IN tsl3
genuine ncar ths 1'rxasnrer''s signature, anl
II, circnlnr fnrn. Is prlntelt lit res ehnri,,.ter
"serscs lsi5"; also Hear tlle Er1netIsc tattlo
de,tonlnnt10hal counter chntn1nitg tin largo
figure . IN tho upper rlEl,l-haAtl G corner Z Of
1857 Neither Of these l,ausints, ap,sars
1,i tho celltro nf tho nntc, ntzhugh, ssIbsc.
qscnt issues, II u Thought, ni;ly, s,ow t!le
| fcrts. Tho ,lutn f. beiirsest tt hc M fmprr..
feet specimen nf whit eail lle accomplished
BY pllottlftlnEraplly. It Is In! lly blurred III
NlmtnE nil very much nj cni.r VIII, noia, t r.,
calculated tn deceive persulls who aro hot
muney experts.
| AZ Exlr.opEp SENSATION.
! Tho Washington Past will Tomorrow
morning cxIWse The reimrt tint M ol W0lIi'
which, 1t Is said, was stoe front tho Treas
clerk in tic Department.. .1'Ilere nro several
rt'nsol,s why ting story % should h. M rcEar.et
iy-seycr. years ago there, we're III women
Treasury officials tlmt thu letter was written
,y sorle one who wan'e. IT,, to r foslrM r..
saine ttuho desired to l1Elire IN !. will scns't
ton. The iaper OH which TIM letter was
| written !Hls tfio appearance Or being sheet
Of trtter;l,ea,t, s!ts'. as II !lse III tllo Dspars
uctcrlsllcs. 1t Is thought TINT perhaps the
| contribution las bcci hiulc by sn!ile crazy
persoll who tabors ualler tic lln!lycEiiut!on
Ut having Mt some time lefrnudGh tic Gov
erlltl,ent.
! To tho Trtstern 4t.suctat.t Prtts.
cnSntcS o Wp p csus m Fe9 cs Hattie tay tISie e
report adversely upon Representative bun.
toil's bill ITO provide fur tic settlement Of
unpaid claims Of those officers Of tue Hue Of Of
sa ts sSG,oWsy " t Wayy ay"iG y %S Essys a II f ~
returned IN the bn0ky nr tho Treasury
Tllc bill, ns adopted, wolslh have Involved
tho payment of sevrEAl million dollars.
! THE SENATE CONF1Il,tEn
tho nomination of Ellis Hfsrbower rs United
States AIursllal OF SGbraskn.
THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATE
IL made of the total amount Of matchmaker
| pnssing through tho mails dltrlllE tho ytai
1851: Number Of letters, 5l3, ,i}i I'll; le,Atn1
cnrtls, ls'Ui3,Dla; newspapers. 40Ij, 1pU, IL.
pieces Of all csflsses, ,tipa', ,hD.:, s'G.
rlIE CATTLE DISEASE.
Tic disease. which l,a5 CAUSED the death
Of ~ many NI,11nA!S mar Bedford, TNy!nl
County, ill.,, ul.d WhlG]l las been reported II
tllu newspapers tn b. Ill outbreak Ut cor
tnElnuA pieurt-1EGnnloNta, llNs been ,lHatlt
tho subject Of examination by sklllfHl a1N
exper!HleGl veterinary SURGEONS. under tht
direction ut thu Department OF Agriculture
nt1tl thDy report flint 1t t.UcS not prove to bt
this Mtlcll-drcadetl disease.
THE PENNSYLVANIA CENSUS,
lilo Cutlslls f,nrcAis furnishes the follow
Ing Bulletin: The foottngs TOR tl1o Stute q
Pennsylvania arc ns fNltGWs: Alntes. =, HI,
tskI f1nntcs, =, IiJ. 1ll. NAtlrt, - I'll: for
eigi, 5S7,:ts}. tVhttn, i,ln7, ,1NI; col0rcd, Vi,
tSj, Including III tho StAtu ltChinGsc.s Jann',
esc lt;s Indians ind llalfbrecds, and = Las
Indians. Total, ! Isl, ISL.
1sEyENuE.
The receipts of fntcrual revenue t0-ta
were S:sA, ,0O5; from CUSTOMS, Si60,3s0.