The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Dunn-Coot- -Rosecrans Protest
Cattle pectior- Don Cam.
eron Retires.
Biaine and His BOOk--the Ex-Secre-
iaTy's Habits No Place for
"FemaIes"--Htem

ASHiNGTON, June THE protest which
Messrs. Dunn, Cobb and Rosecrans have filed
With the secretary of the interior against ac-
ton on his part resulting in the Issuance of
certificates to the Southern Pacific Railroad
company for lands originally granted to the
Nebraska Pacific will be followed up by other
papers, which, it is chained, show that GER
tam senators and members soma of them
now in public life, were bribed to vote for the
grant 1t is claimed by the parties interested
in defeating the application of the Southern
Pacific company that it can be shown that
large amount of land grant bonds were to be
used topay the lobby that secured the original
grant
CATTLE INSPECTION.
Regulations in preparation at the customs
division of the treasury department propose
to establish in connection with the quarantine
sheds system of inspection of vessels which
shall afford guarantee to the British author
tiles that ~ diseased cattle can leave this
country Every vessel arriving with cargo is
to be disinfected before it is allowed to leave.
Healthy cattle have sometimes been shipped
in a vessel which contained the germs of con
tagion, and as a natural result landed on the
other side infected with the foot and mouth
complaint, or pleuro pneumonia These reg
ulations have been proposed by the cattle
commission and are being put in shape by the
customs officers for the approval of the sec
retary.
INTO PRIVATE LIFE.
A reporter in talking with intimate friends
of Senator Don Cameron learned that it is
very doubtful if he will ever appear i'll the
political arena again. His official career has
been a constant drain upon his health his
purse, and his temper, and he has about made
up his mind to enter private life for good.
BUSY AT HIS BOOK.
| MIR. Blaine will leave in few days for his
old home in Maine. For some time he has
been wholly absorbed in the preparation of
his historical work, which will deal with i'm
portant public events for the last twenty
| years. He spends five or six hours daily on
this book only quitting his desk to take his
afternoon drive with Mrs Blaine No one is
acquainted with the details of this work, as
he keeps his own counsel and asks no advice
| His occasional visits to the congressional
| library, his own private papers, and above all,
his wonderful memory, furnish him with all
the material he desires
NO WOMEN NEED APPLY.
1t has been decided that the practical work
| ingS of the civil-service commission will eff
fectually prevent the future appointment OF
| ladies to positions in the various departments,
and there is no little stir in consequence. The
way this will be done is for the chiefs of di
visions in reporting the additional help re
| auired to designate so many 81 100 clerks, SC
many 81 900 clerks, &c, and in each case in
sert the word male" The reason that the
chiefs of departments will call for male clerks
is that they feel at liberty to subject them tc
discipline, and are not so subject to the infiu
ence of sympathy in their case as with ladies
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
The Treasury department is informed Of
the arrival at San Francisco of a large cargo
of tea consigned to merchants of Chicago
and has directed that samples be forwarde1
| to New York for inspection before the tea il
| delivered.
In the star-route trial, this morning Mr.
| CARPENTER read the record in support of tia,
assertion that it contained nothing to show
that Rerdell had charged the -. B. b" checl
to the mail account by Dorsey's direction.
Mr.. Merrick said it was due to Judge Bel
ford to say there was no testimony in or on
of this case that in any way implicated or in
volved him in the star-route matters. Judg,
Belford was a most honorable gentleman
holding high position in public life, and a
current rumors might be calculated to do hin
some damage he (MeTick) made these remark
in reparation for any wrong done him, Mer
rick then continued his argument
The President has designated St Vincent
Mimi, as a port ffom which imported mer
chandise may be shipped in bond in transi
through the United States to and from To
British possessions in North America
A civil service examination will he held il
Chicago, June 10 and 90 by the local boar
I Of examiners, aided by Dr. Gregory