Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

determined. He has quite a following
which / am informed is daily increas.
ing. Something should be done AT once
to counteract this influence. otherwise
trouble Is sure to follow TO an extent
which cannot be foreseen. A little
more strength at Fort Niobrara would
be judiciOus, and should be ordered At
once. This would strengthen the Indian
Department without interference from
the United States. and might save rs
greater trouble and expense in the end,
lSigned) e. y. SUMNER.
Major Fifth Cavalry, Commanding.
Washia3ten Topics.
WAsHN0TON, August 25.-No inter
ruption of mails for Egypt or the Ori-
ent has cen announced TO the PostofIioe
Department, and mail matter Ia being
forwarded as usual. Some countries in
continental Europe, however, evidently
anticipate trouble at the Suez canal.
since they have made inquiries as to the
sailing of steamers from San Francisco
for China, Australia and India, and
other matters incident to transit across
this country between New York and
California in case they should find it
necessary TO ship mails BY this route
instead of the moro dirert course east,
Tho Australian English mail now CROSSES
this continent, for which service the
English Government annually pays
heavy transit charges, and the same
Office would be performed for European
mails to China, should they be discreet,
owing to the uncertainty 0f the war in
Egypt.
Information sent from the west to DO
litical managers Of both parties here
by State aud local workers in that &c.,
ton shows that the temperance ques-
tion has become perplexing feature in
politics. In some Congressional dis
tricts the Temperance organizations are
taking hand in the fight, and the move
ment seems to be two edged one, cut
ting both parties alike. There is no way
TO foretell how far the movement may
60, or how many votes it may control,
hence it ia useless to calculate.
From all accounts it seems that a
growing rumoR has been in circulate on
for day or two that ex-Secretary Blaine
has assured the straight out Republi-
cans Of Maine of his hearty indOrse-
ment Of their course and his support in
the campaign. During General Gar
fields administration. when the advice
of every other member Of the Cabinet
favored an indorsenent of the Read
juster movement, Secretary Blaine op-
posed this vigorously, and when his ad-
vice was afterward cast aside and the
Administration began its encourage
ment Of Senator Malone, he remained
passive, and gave no efforts of his own
TO the advancement of the cause. He
has q long time been antagOnistic to
Malone, and has not looked upon him
a. q fit leader for even the keadjuster
cause. This opposition in the past
therefore gives much color to the report
now in circulation.
A Drunken Jaror.
The free and easy manner in which
jurors in the Star route trial conduct
themselves has frequently been criti-
cised, but today the sight of one of
them reeling, stupidity intoxicated, ap.
parently, along Pennsylvania avenue,
created considerable comment concern
ing the latitude allowed. The surveil-
lance of the special officers of the De-
partment Of Justice seems to have re-
laxed recently, and the jurors haye
taken advantage of 1t. In this cOnnec-
ton il may be stated that ~ soon ~ the
| recess hour arrives Brady, with his
counsel and few chosen friends, leave
the court room and seeks consolation
for their griefs in the bay room, oppo-
site the City Hall, which rejOices in the
name "H0le in the WALL" Here the
Star Reuters hold forth until their
presence is required in court, and when,
AZ it frequently OCCURS, juror or court
official steps out for drink or bite of
lunch, he ia quickly hustled into the
back room among defendants. Wine is
the principal feature at these MONDAY
feasts, and the proprietor is authority
for the statement that Brady's bill for
the past month was upward of $500.
The Hole in the Wall" will, therefore,
regret the close Of the trial. Quite q
rivalry exists between this establish
ment and one adjacent, where counsel
for the government generally pass their
recess. A mug of beer and sandwich
are usually the limits of the stomachs of
the prosecuting att0rneys, sad the pro.
prietOrs of the rival saloons are not at
all backward in vauntinR the feats Of
their customers to strangers. The i'm
preston generally prevalent here is that
the defendants, with the exception of
Brady, will be acquitted. The best the
government can hope for in his case
will be hung jury, and that the Star
Route subject will then be quietly al
lowed to die away.
A Davsree Libel
BosToN, Aug. 25.-On 6le in the clerks
Office hero 10 a libel for divorce. dated
1880, filed by the wife of Chas. X.
Thorno, Jf. She sets forth she is the
lawful vito Of Chas. Il. Thorne,
JI.; that she wns married
to him in this city April oath. 1859. and
never having been legally separated
from him. The bill further sets forth
that ON October 9Oth, 1850, daughter,
Grace E. Thorne, was born TO them. II
10 further alleged that Thorne soon after
went 10 California; that he returned 10
New York and lived for some years in
unlawful intimacy with Mary Swift
Brown, wherefore an absolute divorce
n peayed and q suitable alimony. 40
tion on this bill has been several times
postponed at tho instance of Thorue's
counsel, tho court meanwhile ordering
aliuony at the rate of ono thousand
dollars per annum. In Mr.. SWift's will
OCCURS this provision: "Aftsr bequesting
one-half the estate In trust TO my dAugh-
tor Mary, wife OF Chas. r. Th0rne, that
upou her death il shall be divided
among her children BY her marriage
With oaid Thorne. This lady claims 70
be the only Mn. Thorne, bears IN exoel-
lent reputation, and has lived here In
quiet retirement many years. She y the
daughter Of the late VIM. CAulder, .
gentleman favorably known during his
life. The daughter Grace II Just begin
ming 20 attract attention ON the stage,