Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-01

for the Union Pacl4c ana Central Pacific railroad
companies. IN she hope that Congress may devise
method for more ludicious investment OF that
tary sherman. In a communication 10 CongrsSs ia
December. 1872. and again IN June 1870. that in
vestmeat be mace ia the first mortgage bonds az
the companies, worthy or the consideration o; Con-
greSS
rTsTslc1 OF COLUMBIA
The net expenditures or account o. tie District
Of Columbia Tor The fiscal year lsss were
sS.sV'oisc2. TIE revenues deposited Ia tie Treas
TRY on ms account Tor TIE same period wers
since December :. 1859. there has bsen rs,i,.i
tlfoug TOE operation q, the sinking lend s2ss go
OF The bonded Indebtedness or the District reducing
tiie amount annually required for INT crest s.
49, Vie usaSs ., the c"iami sSion"rs OF the sink
ING tund or the District OF Columbia were deyo!yea
on the Treasurer OF he Tinted states hy the act IL
.ongTess OF June III. ISIS. there has been retirei
IN lie annual lnJenst charSe ~ seleSi - inc
amount realized the saie OF The PONDS in winch
the Ten per centem retained from contractors IN
TIE pisiiict OIL coGnoia Nas Invested, as rcpulreI
Hy the act Of iu3c IL. 1873 co Stat iOGD nus cN.
ceeocd The sum necessary 10 pay the amounts
On,inat.y Withheld, owing TO the advance Ia tae
securities IN wA:ta the iuvcS;Hsea;s we're made
The surplus has been covered into the Treasury -
miscellaneous rooein,s G, account OF pro.esas of
hereafter disposed OF as Congress nav al-o,. t1uN
half OF the smoIBt originally retained wa. pad ~
Columbia.
STATUTE or LIMITATIONS oS CT Ans
The necesS;tc OF legislation for the adja1ca;.an
or claims coming within the jurisdiction q. tRts
pa'tnent has frequently been Grgei. and Is again
drought 10 the all chiffon CoEgress In the belief
tiiHt >0iEe limitation 4 iEe viii b. adopted within
Nnlcl sucA c.a;as shah De presented :or settle
meat
HE trOu bicd Household Oh the Queen.
'iCroRfA INTERPRETING IN the FAMILY AFFAIRS
OF usE DAUGHTER evIsE. ETc.
A press dispatch from London says Society
has taken advantage Of the political mn 10 dis
cuss with even greater cacerness than usual
the troubled household OF the Queen and Of the
distinguished personaces who have been
DRAGGED into the law courts. The recent visit
of the Duke Of Argyll 70 the Queen is universal
ly associated With the strained relations be-
tween the MARQUIS OF Lorne and tie Princess
Louise The scandal of the ostentatious keep
inc apart cf the two Young people has grown
too public. When Louise Is in London the
Marquis is in the Highlands. and when he re-
turns TO the metropolis Louise ii es 10 GERMANY
Thus there there was always a minimum of a
couple of hundred miles between them. The
Queen has ordered the Princess 10 report TO
herself OF Windsor. and some arrangement Is
contemplated under which the ilI-ina,ed pair
VIII maAe someconcessioR to appearances by &C.
casionaily stopping under the same roof The
Queen il meantime numerically dashed by
means OF the savage aen ofl.ahouchere Karoline
BauerS memoirs continue 20 supply terrible
materials 10y the description they afford of the
family If the Queens sainted husband. and
Lahby doles out weekly extracts each worse
than the other. from the unedifying pctures OF
brutal ROYALTIES