Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-10-29

10 the honest vlaItor, for 4 great deal
OF pleasure Of hiR visit IL taken away
by bps constantly being warned away
from objects CT interest. In apits OF
the watchful care Of the attendanlaya
handle was wrsnohsd from an old
bureau drawer, and the MayfowsF
CHAIR has besn literally out TO pieces.
A heavy coat Of psint,haa recently nhs
liberated the thousands Of names with.
In the littlp observatory, and hereafter
visltors will be required TO oonfns
their records to the visitors book.
The annual report OF the Inspector
OF Buildings shows that the improve.
msnta In the building line during Lha
season have far exceeded any prsyiona
year. The amount expended in prl.
vate buildings alone was more than
81, 600, 600. and the number Of build
ines erected was 1901.
Some interesting facts concerning
the wonderful growth Of Dakota. are
presented In the October report of
Mr.. Dodge, the statisticisn IT the De-
rartment Of Agriculture. The increase
In population from 1877 to 4l5.e64
within The five YEARS that have passed
since the census Of 1880. has already
been published, bnt 1t ia only by
comparison between tilis incipient
commonwealth aud some Of her older
sisters, long since admitted into the
family Of States. that q Just idea can
be gained Of her wonderful progresas
Such comparison has been made by
Mr.. Dodge. and 1t appears that in the
number Of farms which increased from
27.435 in 1880 10 50. 467 in 1888. Da-
kota ontranks seventeen OF the thirty.
eight States, the number at present
exceeding that Of any one OF the Nav
England States, or the number in Cal
ifornia, Delaware, or Maryland. 1t
exceeds the combined number in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Oon-
necticut, and it also exceeds the num-
her in Oregon, Nevada, and Colorado
in the West, combined with that OF
Rhode Island. Delaware, and Florida
in the East. No State cast Of the AL
leghanies or south Of the Ohio out
ranks it as wheat. producing State,
and even Wisconsin holds lower
place.
In pursuance Of the policy early
announced, Of discbarging ali clerks
who had been derelict in paying their
debts, several dismissals have been
made from the Treasury Department.
The idea is that if the clerks are not
sufficiently business like to meet their
own liabilities they are not capable
of attending to the business Of the
country, and, therefore, should be dis
charged for inefiiciency.
Professor Baird will, at the earliest
opportunity, ask Congress to investi-
gate The affairs Of the Fish Commission,
as lie believes this to be the only way
to present to Congress the work ac-
compliAaed by the Commission and
the reasons upon which expenditures
haye been based.
The thirty. ninth anniversary Of qol-t
ored Odd Fellowship in Washington
was celebrated by that ordasaoii Mon
day last. Twenty local lodges parti-
cipated in the parade, 1t had been
arranged that the possession should
be reviewed by the President as il
passed the White IIons4. 1t appears
that the President had been consulted
several days previous and had agreed
to review the parade. The promise,
however, escaped his memory, and
reception to the members Of the Pres
bvterian Synod was aiterwarl set for
the same hour, and strangely enough
the same hour was set apart for the
daily public reception, 1t can be
readily imagined that The result Of
this mistake was amusing. The Dig
nifed clergymen had to wait in the
corridor while The public reception
went on and the twenty lodges Of Odd
Fellows waited in the grounds, the
bands playing, while the synod was
paving its respects
The shipments Of coin from the va
rious sub-treasuries in Washington,
since September %, amount to $780,
100000 in silver coin and abont S.
O00.O00 in gold. An the gold came
from California, 1t is estimated that
it will take month to count tha
coin already received at the Treasury.
III.