Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
FrO0a WASHINGTON.

THE death f C lionel EDWARD Simins,
aged ninety years, one OF the defenders OF
:hr capital ON thA Bri-isA in l>li, &C.
Cured Il. Washington Il :cw nights 90.
He J rd lived there since the foundation of
the city.
THE National Union League has sum
moIci 4 E.:ti nal Co;mciI to meet at w ash
iugton NHsci, &.
BUi,r~.i January, 1881. exports of bread
stuITS N"rc valued at >I...Si.1el- Il ainst
SIJ.s:sJ...1 .rr til" same time in S>i: for
the seven lHnut hs end ii Jan. 81, iS>i, Il ~,
:-G, %; for tie same tune last year, >l3:i,
GS0, -;
Cp>GrrsS on the I4:h hal bills l. for. it
askin5 the app opria ion of s1p,o2o,0lo for
the erection OF ei-ity-nina public build
ings.
The President has ordered the pro-
motion oF Lieutenant Rhodes, of the
revenue cutter d xter, for heroic work at
the wreck II tie steamer City of Colum
bus.
THE House Committee on Appropria-
tioEs. after conference on the li'n wi h
Secretary Lincoln, decide / 10 report a bill
for an al,liri nal s'lII of S5p1,oJD for the
." sIIff .rcrS.
THEcyGTcUT the Uni-ci States and Can
ada t..- business failures during tie seven
day. c-.'r,l 81 the IL. numh"r"d1 3,again t
:t7n TIE previous week. Tine dis rihu'ion was
aS follows: y W En-, an Sta'c u; Mid
i!,. -; Wcstc,n, =: S"u'h. rn, -; Pacific
St.tcs AMI Territories, Il; Canada and
t." Province, GG
THE PreSi,Icn- on the II accepted the
.e=i-n1-ion of John {. New, Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury, to take eff ct
immediately.
G,l the Ii. n an additional appropriation
OF sea, ,nD0, making t 9" total amount $3oi,-
u0D. for the relief of t e fool sufT rcrs,
passed both hou, # ConGre,s and was
signed f,v I e President.
y DEIEGATIrN from Congress visited
Bnliim Z. on the l6.h to inquire into the
advantages Of Il propose canal across the
peninsula, which would require the ex
ped ture of S:;J,Anp.GOD.
TIE House of Represent otives on the
10th of January list adrp'cu the folio tring
resolutions:
Ecs"rrd, Thai, this House has heard with
deep re- ret Of tht. d' attn rf the eminent Ger
man statesman. Elm ,ri Laser: that n.S loss
is not alone TO t" Tnurn"d by the PcoIlc %
his native land. y Ia re his firm AMI con-:u NJ
rNjpSI' ion ut AMI devotion 10 free ami lib IA
IDEAS ia.c materially advanced the social
poiItscal ard g. unn-nIc condition of th"~t
pcop t., bat by tn" lovers IF hb"rty Through
OF: the wore Il; :ha; cory of thcSy -cSp
luti0nS be forwarded to tn" family ~ thf
hccs. sci well T. the Minister Of The
L nitel states resident at the Capital pI fh'
German E'ai i;", T." bc by him communicate,
through the ". FE:n:.t" channel to the pi"-iti
ing officer rt I. e legislative body oi whi.h III
Was Il cInh + =
Th.. Berlin corr cs non,ieut of the I.o ldor
TTHcS on the 18th inst. at"d that ''P inc,
Ri smarck has return Il to- Herr Won f. en-
d, ckcr, the German NJ mister a w ashinS
ton, the resolution of coincidence on H"r
L:skcr'> death pa sed 10y Congress, with ;
counter rcIIr-t that he return the reso
luton to the Hou>" nj Repre- entail :, a
the position f Ll~krr i'll Germany was no
such to justify t." resolution"
On the Il a CuIumnndcr w. s. SchlC,
was selected t. tIbc charge Of the Grccl,
relief exp dition.
1T has hc"r decided 10y the Cours q
Claims that the term of service OF an arm
officer includes the time spent in study a
West Point.