Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-25

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The postmaster general to-day sent to
the senate committee on public buildings
and grounds list OF 12S cities in which
postofices are in government buildings
or are to be in public buildings
already authorized. The Illinois build
Ings are st Chicago, Cairo, Springfield,
Galena, Peoria and Quincy. The last
two are as yet unbuilt. Among the small
est towns that have government buildings
Eastport, Maine, 1900 inhabitants in
1880; Barnstable, Mass, 1922; Charleston,
W. Va, 4,192; Belfast, Me-, 5,30S and
Bristol, r. L., COPS. There are sixteen
cities of over 5000 inhabitants that do not
have government buildings, five of these
are in Massachusetts. The largest of
these is Washington with $4,000 inhabi-
tants. This statement is apropos of an
effort to get an appropriation for post
Office building for this city.
THE SOCIAL SEASON.
In the face of the disagreeable weather
of this afternoon, Mrs. Logan's reception
was largely attended. She was assisted by
her daughter, Mrs. Tucker, by the wife of
Bishop Simpson and by Mrs. Ransom
Durham, Mrs. Geo. E. Adams, Mrs. and
Miss Smith, of Springfield, Mas, Miss
Cannon, Miss Lowry and Miss Pearson.
Mrs. Logan wore a toilet of golden
brown satin and light brocade; Mrs.
Tucker, crimson cashmere trimmed with
black velvet embroidered in colors; Mrs.
Simpson, dregs of wine satin with striped
brooade; Mrs. Durham, g trained dress of
black velvet with point lace trimmings;
Mrs. Adams, bronze ottoman and green
and bronze striped satin; Mrs. Smith, a
mourning toilet of black silk; Miss Smith,
black silk and lace; Miss Cannon, dark
green ottoman silk, with front embroidered
with cheve flowers; Miss Pearson, crimson
velvet and satin; Miss Lowry, black otto
men and lace.
Mrs. and Miss Cullom received
in the main parlor at Wizards,
Mrs. M. L Joslyn and Mrs. Judge Meldon
receiving at the same time.
The secretary of state and Mrs. Fre-
linghueysen held a large reception this
evening, Mr.. McElroy, nearly ali of the
members of the cabinet and diplomatic
corps being among those present during
the evening.
Jnstioa and Mrs. Woods held the last of
their Thursday evening receptions to-
brilliant.
SENATORS SECRETARIES.
The senators have decided that they
cannot govern Icountry properly
unless each one has sec
rotary whose salary is paid
out of the contingent fund. That is, they
have increased the salaries Of thirty five of
their number $1,000 apiece. This talk
about secretaries would not have arisen
had not the senate encouraged the en-
ployment of clerks by committees that do
nothing and whose clerks are merely sec
retaries to the chairmen. Senators who
are not chairmsn have euvied the chair
men till they could stand it no longer, and
have now decided TO help themselves TO
the contingent fund. Had the senate
never tolerated the employment of COM
mittee clerks except where they
were needed as such, this
demand for private secretaries
would never have arisen. Now the chair
men of important committees are the ag
grieved persons. They have no secretaries
except the COMMITTEES clerks, who have too
much committee work to do to allow Of
their being very useful private secretaries.
Instead Of being better off than the others,
senators who are chairman of working
committees are not nearly so well off as
those who are not ehairmen at all. tt
| won't be long before they will insist on
having private secretaries in addition to
committee cler ks.
SENATORIAL EXCLUsIvENEss.
The house is catching on to senatorial
ideas very fast, and it won't be long