The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-08-09

has gone off with the President.
Secretary of the Treasury Folger is
seeking to build up hls not robust
health by drinking in lake breezes
at Geneva, N. Y: Secretary of War
Lincoln is spending some time at a
summer resort on the New Jersey
coast, but will return soon. Secre-
tary of the Navy Chandler is CIV
ing an official welcome to the Greedy
survivors at Portsmouth, N. II. 1t
is surmised here that, before Mr..
Chandler is again seen in Washing
ton, he will have paid visit to tho
Blaine cottage at Bar Harbor. the
effect of which will be felt in the
political contest in New England.
Secretary Of the Interior Teller
is absent for a months vacation in
Colorado. There are those who be-
lieve that the month will not be
wholly given up to rest and recrea-
ton, but that plans will be laid for
the good of his party in that state
this fall. Rumor has it that Secre-
tary Teller, having in view the near
approach of 4 new administration,
is not indisposed to think about
coming back to the United States
Senate as successor to Mr.. Hill,
whose term will expire next March.
Assuming this to be true, the poll
ticiansss expect Mr.. Teller to take a
lively interest in the work of the
next Colorado legislature. Attor-
ney-General Brewster has been SO
nearly exhausted by his efforts to
supply Congress with the unlimited
information it was constantly seek
ing, to keep track of the Springer
committees Investigations, and to
keep the routine work of the De-
partment of Justice from falling be-
hind, all at the same time, that he
has found it necessary to seek the
salt air for recuperation. Post
master-General Gresham, who takes
a lively interest in general and In
diana politics in particular, is
spending his vacation in the Hoosier
state, and is expected to be of some
service to the Republican party
there before he returns.
Meanwhile the vast machinery of
the government runs on quite as
smoothly as if all the chief engin-
eers were at their posts, and will
undoubtedly continue to do so un-
til the last cabinet officer has re-
turned for their final winters duties.
CATTLE QUARANTINE.
All matters relating to the cattle
quarantine are now in process of
transfer from the Treasury Depart
ment to the newly created Bureau
of Animal Industry in the Agricul-
tural Department. The most i'm
portant Of the Treasury regulations
row in force will be continued for
the present Considerable COM
plant has been made by cattle i'm
porters regarding the length of time
60 days. which cattle are now re-
quired to remain in quarantine, and
a proposition to reduce the time is
under consideration, with proba-
bility that it will be adopted. Sixty
days is thought to be sufficient to
insure safety. The disease from
which trouble is now chiefly feared
is the foot and mouth disease,
prevalent in England.
LIEUT.. SCHWATkA RESIGNS.
Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, Third
Cavalry, of Arctic fame, has resigned
from the army. and his resignation
has been accepted, to take effect
Jan. 81, 1885. He has been granted
leave of absence until that date
with permission to go abroad. In
his letter of resignation he makes
no mention of the reason for his ac-
ton, but it is generally understood
that he intends entering upon some
special duty under a foreign power.