The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
THE NEWSM BRIEF,
GOSsIPEROM WASHLNG1oN

GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON.
The navy department. was shfown into .
state of high excitement Oh the 18th BY the
appearance Of = very pretty young girl
named Mamie Roe She wore vide belt
IN which she displayed significantly large
pistol and bowie knife. II am looking
for clerk" she said, "and H 1ind the
villain ! will kill him On sight," She
showed detefnh animation And was anxious to
lind the individual. whose name she would
not Qivulge. After roaming about awhile
Mamie was finally induced to give up her
weapons and leave the building. The navy
department clerks are anxious TO and out
who the lamb is that Mantle wants to
slaughter.
A large delegation of leading Georgia re-
publfcans arrived in the !city recently, for
the cole purpose Of Securing the scalp OF
General ISngstreet. They . want it,
and tadeing from the wy they
a1 the %sat It esd o sst THAT That
wiro p1llers II bis party, nobody seems to
know. though the visitors boast that they
hsse enough against his official head to
more than warrant the president in cutting
it of.
A circular of instruction Il heing pre-
pared at the internal revenue bureau, TO,
the guidance Of collectors, with reference Ia
the liability Of bitters to tax as a beverage
The collectors will be instructed to asses.
! the dealers and rectifiers with regard solely
to the actual use to which tho bitters an
put. A raid will be made upon Hostetter
Plantation, Rock and Rye, Kidney Gin
strickland's compounds, and all snch med
icated drinks.
Mr.. Sherman is a member of the com
mittee to revise the rules of the senate. II,
says there will be no general meeting ut tn,
committee to consider the subject Until Oc
! tober, when sessions will probably be heft
in Washington. In the meantime Chair
man Frye and one or two other nleinber
of the committee will confer together, ant
arrange business for The full Committee.
! Alexander Rivers, Of Virginia, Unite,
States district judge, retired, has written
letter to the president denouncing the Ma
hone coalition, and reminding him Of th,
fate Of vice presidents who after SettihI
into the White house, betrayed their part!
friends. Rivers is q Republican, and ha
been q readiustef.
Secretary Teller has reafirmed the decis
ion ofsecretary schurz against the vslidit,
Of the claim made by the state OF Califot
mia and a company chartered by. the stat
to several hqndred acres Of land lying with
in the limits of San, francisco. Great ei
forts have heeh made to secure decision
favorable TO the state. ~
II ID understood that the attorney general
nothing daunted by failure in other South
ern States. is taking steps to prosecute pei
sons in North Carolina guilty of electiol
frauds last fall. He feels that it is his dut,
to do 80, without regard for what naN b.
the difficulties involved or the chances o
success.
President Arthur is said to Re tadignan
over the .oonaicting publication, concernir
his proposed trit to the Yellowstone Park
and ahthozeEtatively denies that he will visi
the western plains.
Judge Thurman, of the civil servic
commission, will leave Aug. for San Fran
cisco to superintend local examination.