The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

JoHN W. DonsEY, Star-Router, materialized
and Is out on 80. 900.
In personal interview the President in
formed Mrs. Sergeant Mason that he would do
everything in his powoE~to obtain the release
OF her husband from the Albany Penitentiary.
TIE Society of Civil Engineers adopted re-
solutions requesting Congress to take the initia-
tive in an endeavor to establish q prime
meridian, which shall be common to all nations.
WIZ. BRooKwAY and Chas. Smith have been
indicted for stealing from the Treasury De-
partment plates, dies, ETC., from which were
printed spurious bonds, and thrown by them
upon the market.
An ANIMATED struggle for precedence may
De expected soon among the respective champ
ions OF the bankruptcy bill, the Geneva award
bill, the Japanese indemnity fund bill, and the
Eads ship railway bill.
SEcRERARI FREIlNGHUIsEN has a cableeram
from the United States Consul at africa, saying
simply: "Trescott sailed on the Lackawanna
on the 18th" It would seem, therefore, Tres
colt Is now on his way 10 Washington vid Pam
ana, and viii probably be the bearer Of his own
dispatches concerning the final results Of his
special misaion.
COMMISSIONS for the following named Post
mastsrs have been forwarded: e. d. Palmer,
ct Richmond; Miss Nellie Martin, at Liberty
Mills; ]. E. Gutter, at Greenfield Mills, snd ].
b. Stone, at Grecntown, Ind, E. w. Fergu-
son, at Millerstown, KY; /. W. Wirick, at
Steam Corners; Jacob Flaker, at Weber, and
P. II. Bowling, Of Toledo, Ohio.
THE contested election case Of Mackey os.
OOonor (Second District of South Carolina),
now before the House with q majority report
IN favor Of the Republican contestant, viii be
called up - soon ss the bank charter bill has
been disposed Of The case Of Lowe us. Wheeler,
Of the Eighth Alabama District, also before
the Republican contestant, will probably be
taken up next after the Mackey case.
TEE impression has gone out that the hang
ing Of Garfield's assassin will be public, and
from inquiries made from the West and North
west especially, it would seem that this impress
sion is pretty general. The agents Of the
Baltimore and Potomac, the Baltimore and
Ohio, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
have received many inquiries as to chartering
trains and Captain J. @. Dane, Of the last
named road, has had over fifty such applica-
tons, one party offering, If the terms are
pie from beyond the Ohio River.
TIE May report Of the condition of winter
wheat by the statistician OF the Department of
Agriculture makes the average for the entire
breadth one hundred standard, undiminished
vitality and medium growth. The average
higher than reported for many years.
In April Of last year, eight-six. Only
States on the North Atlantic Coast and
those at the head of the Ohio Valley, Texas
and those Of the Pacific Coast fail to reach 100
while the extraordinary vigor of the crop in
other sections fully compensate for these local
deficiencies which amount to per cent. in
Connecticut, 10 in New York, 6 in PennsylYa-
mia, "a in Texas, in West Virginia, in Ken
tucky, 9 in Ohio, in California, and IL in
Oregon. The chinch bug is out in force in a
large portion Of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois,
and had appeared in some parts of Virgins,
but has done no material injury yet, and it is
hoped cold storms may destroy the pest Chinch
bugs and army worms are doing much injury
in Texas. Thereis frequent reference to brown
rust In leaves in several states South, but the
stem is not generally attacked, and injury
nominal. It ID now too late for much loss
from this cause