Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
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Washington Letter,
WASHINGTON, NAV II, 'St


each performance. The foreign legations
enjoyed the show exceedingly, and cabinet
officers and supreme court judges forgot
for the time their dignity and robes
Jumbo was the chief attraction. This Is
no advertisement.
Summer has become an acknowledged
fact in Washington. Summer millinery
aud thin apparel fiji abou, everywhere,
fans are in motion. and for the last few
DAYS, with the thermometer among the
aineties, ice has been one OF the ch!el
articles in demand.
The open air concerts given by the
marine band in the presidents grounds
during the summer season WILDE resumed
his week. They will be given Saturday
af,ernoons beginning at half past five
O'Clock. These are occasions when a
grca. crowd congregates, ostensibly to
listen 10 the music, but really to display
tine c othes. To see and be seen.
The new civil service rules were this
week approved and signed By the presi'
dent, after careful revision by himself and
cabinet. Because OF tie dissatisfaction
expressed about Mr.. Keim's appointment
as chief examiner Of the civil service
commission, at his own request his name
has been Withdrawn, aud on Thursday
President Arthur appointed Mr. Charles
Lyman, chief clerk of the treas1rer's
office, to the place. The selection is
generally acknowledged to be Il good cne
Notwithstanding the many prominen
applicants for the vacant commissioner
ship OF internal revenue, the president
has not vet seen f. to name successor to
General Raum. Mr.. Knox, comptroller
Of currency. has been designated to
assume, ;emporarily, the duties OF the
office. Though several names have been
mentioned as eligible for the place, with
Presidan, Ar.hur's inscrutable ways it
would be mere guessing 10 forecast his
choice. The quid nuncs will be at sea
until lie proclaims his mat.
There is more talk abou. the proposed
national co.ored convention 10 be held in
this city next fall, A committee has
called meeting OF coored men from the
southern states to be he'd in Washing on
on the l4,h inst, for the purpose OF
deciding the best course 10 pursue in
regard to the national convention. Mr..
Fred Douglass, who is chairman Of the
committee, says there is no secret in:eu
ton or purpose about the convention.
That the co.ored men will come together
for consultation as 10 the hes: means Of
lettering their condition as a class. He
expressed surprise that the convention had
met so little favor from republican papers,
and that the tors OF c9lored newspapers
mad generally opposed it. Among all
sorts of motives attributed TO tie callers
Of the convention IS that OF office seeking.
The steam dredges are daily busy a.
The Potomac flats aud crowds of people
visit the scene OF operations to inspect the
work.
Many employees Of departments desire
0 participate in the reunion OF the society
Of The army OF the Potomac on the 10th
and I7:h ms, bat have 10 legal claim to
leave OF absence on those days. The
presden: erjoys giving them an extra
holiday now and then and so he has
eqles:ed the heads Of the executive
departments TO release employees from
duty on the approaching reunion days.
The spring meeting OF the national
Jockey CLUB begins on Tuesday at the race
track near this city. The entries are said
ID be the hes. ever made. Heretofore the
races have been as popular as circus,
being attended daily BY the president and
members OF his cabinet, foreign ministers,
a1d leaders of society, both ladies' ard
.-nllemen, and an equally distinguished
class of spectators is expected at this
Meeting.
The May crop bulletin Of the agrcu'-
.ural department was issued yesterday
The greatest in;eres: has conferred upon
this report, and extraordinary efforts have
been Put forth BY the mercantile, grain
radng, and grain producing classes to
obtain the statstician's estimates 10 ad
rance Of the issue .of the report. The
May returns OF wheat 10 the department
II agriculture make condition, compared
with April averages, materially lower in
New York and Michigan, and Ohio anG
Illinois. All the remaining northern
states show an improvement since the
April report, rs well as the Pacific coast
and nearly al Of The southern states.