The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-09-26
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL,
lettings Here and There in Washington
What the New Administration is
Doing Gleanings from the Tel
egraph and the "Reliable"


ONCE OF chlef OF the postohce inspectors to VIM.
A. West, of Mississippi.
"A clerk in the Sixth Auditors Office was dis |
missed on Tuesday because of his inattention to |
duty He is Georgian named McWhorter.
Secretary Lamar was sixty years old on the
18th inst. His health has not been very good for
some time, interfering with the performance of his
duties to some extent.
During the past year the Government has
disposed of 20, 1868 acres of public lands, TIE
aggregate amount received from which was 81, $780,
1I4.SO.
Mr.. W. G. Ford, of Brooklyn, N. Y, has been
appointed chief of the statistical division of the
State Department, vice Michael Seaman, reduced
to fourth-class clerk.
st. John, the late Prohibition candidate for
the Presidency, was in Washington few days ago
importuning the President to turn out some of the
Republican Office holders in Kansas.
Vice President and Mrs. Hendricks have re-
turned to Washington for the winter. 1t is said
that Mr.. Hendricks came early to take hand in
some important appointments soon to be made.
"A muatto woman named Sarah Jenifer, died
in Washington on Tuesday, aged liz years. She
WIS UOTu SldVo III ITluco 0eUIBe 3 COUNTY, uu.y
but was given her liberty many years before the
war.
Mr.. F. P. Blair, of Missouri, son of the late
Gen. Francis P. Blair, was in Washington a few
days ago to see the President. He wants to be-
U. S. District Attorney for the Eastern District Of
the State.
The Maryland Democratic Association in
W. bold and
pointed committee to look after the registration
of voters and to defray their expenses to their
| respective voting places.
Geo. H. Sterling, recently appointed weigher
at the New York Custom House, has been suspend
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 1t turns
out that Sterling was not appointed in accordance
with the Civil Service rules.
| Col. D. g. Mcintosh, of Towsontown, and D.
| N. Henning, ESQ, of Westminster are among the
applicants for the U. S. District Attorneyship of
Maryland. Peter Taragona, of Baltimore, has
also filed an application for U. S. Marshal.
Tibet two men most prominently named for door
keeper of the House of Representatives are Sam'l
| Donaldson, of Tennessee, and John Trainor, Of
| New York, with chances in favor of the latter
Eugene Higgins will not be a candidate for the
| place.
The old postmasters all over the country are
being rapidly fired out and by the close of the
present year very few of them will be left to tell
the tale First Assistant Postmaster General
| Stevenson has his hand in now and he is making
the fur fly.
Washington is rapidly filling up with winter
| a fba oif nuite lively
appearance All the prominent department Off
Gals have returned and are hard at work. The
President is overrun with business and his callers
| are numerous.
Active preparations are being made for the
opening of Congress. The inside of the dome OF
the Capitol is being painted and work on the ter
races outside is in progress 1t costs the Govern
ment many thousands of dollars annually to keep
the Capitol and grounds in proper order.
Miss Mary Hidreth, of Washington, is short
ly to be married to Mr. Addison Cammack,
prominent member of the New York Stock Ex-
change, who is said to be worth $4,oOO.OOO He
is So years of age and the prospective bride is 20
and the daughter Of the late Geo. Hildreth.
1t is rumored in Washington that U. S. Mar
shall McMichael has been requested to continue
in that Office during the present administra-
tion but it not believed that there is any founda
ton for the report although it is known that the
President is very partial to Mr.. McMichael.
An eccentric Ohio farmer sent to the Treasury
Department ON Monday package contain'9s
about $1,000 in United States notes. He had
the notes buried in the earth for years, being
of- b al in hopk and so thew had
become badly mutilated and defaced he wanted
them redeemed.
An association styling itself the "Grand Uni
ted Order of True Reformers" has been incorpora-
ted in Washington, its object being the SUPPRESSION
of immortality. The Capital of the Nation is q
right good place in which to start such an organ
ization. Let us hope that it will be able to ac-
complish some good.
The President has finally, after much persua-
sion, appointed his brother-in-l law, Mr.. N. B.
Bacon, of Toledo, Ohio, superintendent of the Gus
tom House in that city. He is Republican and
was one of several applicants for the place. He
was strongly endorsed by Democrats and was only
selected because of his peculiar fitness.
1T was this week ascertained that the person
al accounts of George Washington, which have
been kept in box in the Treasury Department,
are not in as good condition as their value as
relics would make it fitting that they should be,
and steps have been taken to secure better pro-
lection for the papers in future
The fight against Mr. Morris A. Thomas, of
Baltimore who some time ago appointed In
dian inspector, has not yet developed anything,
apparently, to his detriment, as he has gone West
in the discharge of his duties. He told Secretary
Lamar that he would rather resign than embar-
rass him, but it is not believed the Secretary will
ask for his resignation.
Demands are being made on the Treasury
Department from all parts of the country for FIVE
and ten dollar notes, which said to be very
scarce One and two-dollar notes are also in great
demand, but there is no immediate prospect of any
| further issue of these notes. The effort to get
silver dollars in circulation does not appear to
have been very successful.
Mr.. Eaton, one of the Civil Service Commits
soners, has resigned and this will give the Presi-
dent an opportunity to reorganize the Commits
sion. The ofice-hunters now have hopes that
the President will so construct the Commission as
to render the law as nearly imperative as posi-
BILE, but their hopes will prove to be vain, as he is
pledged to strict enforcement of the law.
| The Harper Bros and Geo. VIM. Curtis want
the President to appoint Public Printer Rounds,
who is still holding Of course this will be
violently opposed by the Dem ocrats because Mr..
Rounds has two or three thousand appointments
which do not come under the Civil Service. 1t
will be remembered that Harper's Weekly, al.
though Republican paper, supported Mr.. Cleve-
land and no doubt contributed largely to his cleo
| ton.
| About three months ago the President ap-
pointed E. J. Dawne, U. s. Judge for Alaska,
and he has now determined to remove him, be-
cause of his unftness for the Office and because
the appointment was improperly procured. 1t
was this appointment that drew the caustic letter
from the President to a man who endorsed Dawne
and afterwards found fault with his appointment.
The Presidents letter was published at the time