The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-09

SECRETARY Hunt has tolegraphcd to Iiieuten-
ant Danenhower aud party to return to the
United States and to Engineer Melville to con-
tinue the search for" Lieutenant De Long.
THE annual report of the commissioner OF
patents shows that the total receipts of the
office during the sst year were $685. G65.S9
and tho expenditure s605, ,173.2s. During the
year there were issued 1920 patents and
designs, as against 16, 5s4 Cor tho year ending
December 81, 1880
THE commissioner of pensions, in reply to a
House resolution calling for information as to
what amount would be ro luired annually to
pay pensions during the mast twenty-five years,
estimates the amounts viii ,h will be required
for tho twenty-five years ending with 1906 at
81, 81, 651, 593.
DURING January the public debt was de-
creased s12,97S, ,89G.36. Tho decrease Of tho
debt since June so, 1b81-tho end of tho
last fiscal year--is ss8 ,OS5, ,991.25 The cash in
tho treasury is s2i6, OPS 4Ss.59. The total re-
ceipts last month were s33, ,444, 1877, against
500, 473, O70 in January, 1851, ond the total ex-
penditures were s12, 800, 900. against $13, 50O,-
600 in January of last year.
Mr.. ScovILLE is reported to have considered
favorably the offer of some speculator for the
purchase Of Guiteau's body for exhibition pur-
poses.
LAST month the various United States mnts
coined l. 1893, 600 gold pieces worth $S,0G1, OO0
1900, 600 silver dollars, and 5,692,000 minor
coins worth $S7, 800, being total of 1886, 010
pieces worth SIC, ,440, 100.
A WASHINGTON paper publishes report of an
interview with the assassin in which he in.
dulgcs in the usual amount Of blasphemy and
bravado The reporter adds: "He is begin
ming to show much nervousness and irritability.
He is suffering from q severe dold, which has
inflamed his eyes. One Of the Jail officials who
has observed the prisoner closely, said he
would not be surprised if Guiteau did
not live to be hung, rs his health
appeared to bo failing rapidly" The sssas-
sins attention being called to the reported
arrangement made by Mr.. Scoville with a
Philadelphia firm to exhibit his body Guiteau
said: II won't have anybody meddling with my
body, This thing has been done without my
consent. 1 don't want my relatives to make
any money out of 1t. Scovlle had no business
to do it. intend TO will my body to come in
stitutlon but Will nave uso lor III myself ior
! Il long time"
GU1TEAU has issued an address denouncing
the course of the newspapers in bis case, ad-
vertising bis photographs and autographs and
condemning the scheme for putting his body or
| exhibition.
Mr. BLAINE has written an open letter to
President Arthur protesting against the revoca.
| ton Of the invitation to the North and South
| American republics 10 attend an American
Congress "for the purpose of agreeing on such
basis of arbitration for International troubles as
would remove all possibility Of war on the
Western Hemisphere"
The congressional library now numbers
42O,092 volumes, as against 396, 788 volumes
one year ago. The accessions during 1881 en-
braced %, 3Ot volumes and 70, 834 pamphlets.
THE jefferson school building, one of thu
finest education Il structures in Washington
has been destroyed by fire. 1t accommodated
600 pupils and W as valued at $135, 600.
SECRETARY HUNT has telegraphed to Lieu
tenant Danenhower, at Irkutsk, Siberia, that
owing TO the condition of his health the order
to remain and continue tho search for the
Jeanette survivors is revoked and he is com
manded to return home with the other in