The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
THE PITH OF THE NEWS.
washington Gossip.


Gordon E. Cole is mildly favored by Mime
sofa congressman for the McCrary shoes.
Senator Morgan introduced a bill providing
for the judicial settlement of land grant for
fixture claims.
P~ilkington & Co., St. Paul agricultural i'm
plement dealers, unfurl the failure flag to the
tune of $4,000, with ample assets.
Senator Sabin dined the Minnesota delegation
10 the river convention and to congress at hs
residence in Washington on the 9th INST
The house elections committee finally consid-
cred the North Carolina contest of Pool VS..
Skinner. and by a vote of 6 agsinst5 decided to
report Skinner entitled TO retain the seat
Democratic national executive committee will
meet at Washington on the 22d inst, for the
purpose Of calling a national convention. The
claims of rival cities are already being dis
cussed.
The commissioner of the general land Office
during the past week cancelled forty-six frad-
4 ulent land entries in Colorado, forty-one in
Dakota, seven in New Mexico, two IN Michigan
and one in Minnesota.
Rear Admiral Edward Simpson will be ap-
pointed president of the naval advisory board,
and Commodore S. II. Franklin superintendent
of the naval observatory, upon the retirement
Of Rear Admiral Edward Shufeldt on the 2lst
inst.
Speaker Carlisle recently made the first Sc
lection under the new system of appointing
stenograpbers, by appointing Andrew Devine
stenographer for the committee on expend-
itures of the department of justice. Devlne Is
one of the efficient stenOgraphers removed by
Speaker Keifer.
The president has approved the sentences of
adismissal in the cases Of First Lieut. William
l. Clarke of the Twenty-frst infantry, and
First Lieut. Joseph i. Cummings of the Third
cavalry. tried and convicted of the charge of
duplicating pay accounts. An order will be is
sued from the war department dismissing them
from the army.
A committee of fifteen citizens of Dakota
appeared before the senate committee on terrific
ries to advocate the passage of the bill pro-
viding for a constitutional convention for the
territory and to oppose the recognition of the
recent convention at Sioux Falls, on the ground
that it did not fairly represent the people of
the whole territory.
Political gossips say that The refusal of the
senate to confirm the nomination Oft. B.. KeOgh
for the marshal of Western North Carolina and
Paul Strobach as marshal of Southern Alabama,
is a severe blow of Senator Logan at the Arthur
machine in the south, which is preparing to
work up an Arthur boom in that latitude with
an eye to results at the Chicago convention.
The subcommittee of the privileges and cleo
tons committee, appointed to investigate the
causes which led to the death of Matthews in
COpiah county, Miss, on the Sth inst held a
meeting and decided on their plan of action.
They leave Washington on the 18th inst, for
H%azelhuTst, the county seat of COpiah county,
and will decide as to proceedings on arrival.
Sessions will be held at New Orleans and Jack
son Miss.
The secretary of the treasury has approved
the recommendation of Surgeon General Ham
ilton, that an immediate inspection be made of
cities bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and the
caribbean sea having with the Uni
ted States, in order that their actual sanitary
condition many be known in advance of the
yellow fever season. A medical officer of the
marine hospital service, and a revenue marine
officer will be detailed for the purpose.
The name of Mr.. Green of North Carolina is
evidently a misnomer. Under the innocent Ii
tie of "a bill to encourage the cultivation of
fruits" he introduced and induced Speaker
Carlisle to refer to the committee ON agricul-
ture the following bill; That it shall be law
full for any one to manufacture the apples,
peaches, grapes, plums, berries and other per-
ishable fruits, raised by himself or his tenants
into brandy free from any internal revenue or
restriction as now existing.
A bill was introduced in the senate by Hale
providing for the payment to Lincoln II. lib
bets of Portland, Me, $4,000, in settlement of
his claim for loss sustained by him in bring
ing back to New York in December, 1860, the
cargo of the brig Tornado" of which vessel
he was the master, consisting of 5000 kegs
of g%unpowder shipped from New York to New
Orleans, by which action said cargo was pre-
vented from falling into the hands of the au-
thorities of the seeding states.