The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-06
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.

/ iiCi bttlhlltt icll, NilStbbillP tliC hCttiS
and scalding herself badly.-Oxford
Press.
The cut of lumber in Ottawa Val
ley this year is nearly up to the
average, amounting to 625,0O0,0O0,
which represents cash value of
s7,500000
The report of the Chief of the
Revenue Marine Service shows that
the cost of the service for the year
was 1851 ,311; that the assessed
amount of fines upon vessels appre-
hended through the efforts of this
service was almost as great as the
cost Of maintaining it.
Steam was raised in fourteen bat
teries of boilers at the New Orleans
Exposition on Monday night and
$500 horse power of engines was set
going. The commissioners of thirty
States are on the ground, and there
will be no delay of the opening on
December 16.
Diphtheria is raging in Omro,
Ohio, this week, to an alarming ex-
tent. The public schools are all |
= closed Sixteen deaths have occurred |
since Sunday.
On Saturday last John d. Makiver,
of Chadd's Ford visited one of the
West Chester hat stores and select
ed ten hats and caps that he had
won by betting with Republicans on
the result of the recent election. The
: total value of the hats and caps TAX
, en- was S4S.
1t is estimated at the Treasury
. department i'll Washington that
there has been an increase of about
S7j0,0O0 in the public debt duripa4
f the month of November, 'r,ane Tn
: hr;, nave th eef Unusually heavy
uutiiiE ARionth and the receipts An
comparatively light. The principal
Increase in the disbursements was TIL
IN account of pensions, which
to over SS,000,000. The II,
receipts was about S4,0OO,0OO less -
.han Tor the corresponding month
Of the year. In that month there TIL
was a decrease in the debt of 81 100
OO0. This is the first time since
July, 1879, that the monthly state NJ
mcnt has not shown IL steady de- |
crease in the public debt. In that FL
month there was an increase of So
100000. The increase at that time -
was on account of heavy payments
of arrears Of pensions. The pres
ent increase gives no particular con- II
Germ to Treasury officials in view of o. 9,
fact that it is due from natural
causes. The Treasury surplus to- G
day is sl41 100000. Y
The most popular visitor to the p
printing office just now is the man .
who shuts the door. Exchange. G
We will make it the imam who i
con- to pay his subscription" and ]
will wager two half-used lead pra-
ellis, a penholder and pen and ?
newly opened five cent bottle of ink
that the majority Of the editorial r
fraternity viii agree with us.-Cecil !
News Yes, doctor, you are about
right. If a man comes to pay a ,
years subscription, and leaves the
door open, we will excuse him.
Washington, ID. C., December a.
A near friend of the President states
that his reason for recommending ,,
that General Grant be placed on the
pension list was that he knew Gen
eral Grant to be III very embarrassed ,
circumstances, The S260,000 Grant
fund was invested, at the suggestion
of the late Ex-Governor f. d. Nor
gan, in Wabash Railway bonds,
Morgan guaranteeing per cent.
interest for ten years. But the
bonds do not yield any interest, and
the Morgan estate is so involved that
it is difficult, if not impossible, for
the executors TO make good the
guarantee. Besides, the ten years
period will expire within the next
two years. Grant cannot sell the
bonds, and so is practically without
pecuniary resources, II is under
stood that Logan will shortly intro
ducc bill placing Grants name on
the pension list, and that it will be
pressed in both Houses. The bill |
will be offered in this shape, and not |
as a proposition to place Grant on
the retired list, because the latter
would be amended so as TO place
Grant on the retired list, because the |
latter would be amended SO as to
place Fitz John Porter and others
on the retired list.