The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-25
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

JoHN W. DoRsEY, Star-Router, materialised
and 10 out on e10, 900.
A NUHsER of persons engaged in selling
Louisiana and Havana lottery tickets have bssn
sent to jail.
Carr. JAxxs B. EADs goes to Europe shortly,
but meantime will retain his ofice - member
OF the Mississippi River Co2mission.
M a personal interview the President in
formed Mrs. Sergeant Mason that he would do
everything in his power to obtain the release
Of her husband from the Albany PenitentiaTy.
TEE Society Of Civil Engineers adopted re-
solutions requesting Congress to take the iuitia-
tive in An endeavor to establish . prime
meridian, which shall be common to I'll nat,ons.
THE general deficiency appropriation bill will
which ID to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the payment Of pensions during the fiscal
year. El
SECRETARY FREIINaHUYsnN has . cablegram
from the United States Consul ut Arica. saying
simply: "Trescott sailed ON the Lackawanna
colt il now on his way to Washington via Pam
ana, and win probably be the bearer Of his own
dispatches concerning the final results Of his
speciEl mission. ~. r
COMMISSIONS for the following named Post
masters have been forwarded Z. d. Palmer,
at Richmond; Miss Nellie Martin, ct Liberty
Mills; J. e. Cutter, at Greenfield Mills, and ].
son, At Millerstown, Ky; l. W. Wirick, 1t
Steam Corners; Jacob Fiaker, at Weber, and
p. b. Bowling, Of Toledo, Ohio.
SHIPHERD has issued . card to the public
which ID intended to express his opinion Of
Blaine and the committee investigating the
Affairs Of the Peruvian Company. Nconcluds
~ follows In answer to requests already re-
ceiyed from nearly every State in the Union, I
am considering the expediency Of continuing
the narrative. The necessary data are Ill
ready, and il the public wants facts and docu-
ments. am rather inclined not to refuse
them."
TEE impression has gone out that the hang
ing OF Garfeld's assassin wall be public, and
from inquiries made from the West and North
west especially, it would seem that this impress
sion Ia pretty general. Tho agents OF tho
Baltimore and Potomac, the Baltimore and
Ohio, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
have received many inquiries ~ to chartering
named road, has had over fifty such applica-
tions, one party offering, II the terms are
advantageous, to bring forty carloads Of peo-
pie from beyond the Ohio River.
TEE grand jury returned now presentments
against General Thomas ]. Brady, John W.
Rerdel, Henry N. Turner, J. R. Miner, J. NJ.
Peck and Harvey N. vaile, charging them with
conspiring to defraud the United States in
connection with awards Of Star-route CON-
tracts. Four allegations of overt acts COM
mitted outside the statute OF limitations have
been omitted. Twelve new overt acts have
been inserted, the acts being in making fraud
ulent claims against the Government, based on
fraudulent allowance for increase allowed by
Brady. A number of petitions are incorporated
and finally the date of conspiracy is brought
forward to May IS. 1875.
THE Peruvian Minister called upon the Presi-
| dent and presented an autograph letter OF
/ ANT ln0 NJ a
Government and people Of Peru at tho death Of
Minister Hurlbut, and sincere sympathy with
the Government and people Of tho United
States. The letter refers to the late Minister
- "The truest and noblest champion OF
Peru's cause, which is the cause OF right and
Justice" President Arthur expressed gratifica-
ton that the country in which General Hurlbut
performed his last work had been pleased to
commend him SO graciously; and he assured
Minister Elmore OF his appreciation Of the 40
tion, and promised reply should be sent at IN
early day to President Montero.
TEE INDIAN QUESTION following dis
patch was received at the War Department
'The situation at the Mescalero Agency Il
much the same, only worse than it was with
the Cheyennes.s The Melcaleros must BE- fed Or
they will starve.s The Indian Bureau,, "a it ap-
pears, can not feed them. The army must,
therefore, feed them, or heavy military furce
must be placed around them to make them
statye peacsably. There is time yet to provide
for them. but it can not safely be postponsd.
It should be attended to ct once. JoHN PoPE,
General Commsuding." Agent Uewellyn. OF
the Mescalero Agency, sends the following dis
patch to the Indian Ofice: s"Telegraph mo n
once if it is true that Congress has made NO
appropriation for the subsistence Of these In
dams. Beef and four will last until July I.
have private arrangements to make, and want
my family awey from here by July 1. You
know or any other agent cannot control these
Indians on empty stomachs." The Agent wal
informed that the Secretary had asked Con.
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