Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-03

have either sold or laid away for rainy
day. Men were drawing fat salaries and
doing no work They had established a
pension list among themselves. There
are one hundred and three persons on the
rolls here besides the force In the field
Fully onc-huli these are droncs.
The bureau has sent men surveying
around The country in places whore there
was no call for them, simply TO enable
work droncs 10 draw salaries.
What right had these fellows here TO
provide themselves with chronomctcrs To
Ice used rs time pieces Tor their private
purposcsy
OF course men in the field doing work
Tor the government mast have these
splendid Instruments, but then they are u
part of the paluphcrnula OF the bureau,
and are kept eases and not worn around
Washington in ycst-pockcts
llillgnrd, the superintendent, was drunk
about the department continually, and In
jhc winter he spent his time lobbying for
heavy appropriations and in throwing
scientific dust Ia The eyes OF unSus-
pccting members Altogether, the devil
has been TO pay
There is no telling how much these lcl-
lows have SVuandrrrd siucc the maugu-
ration OF tho so-callcd bureau. II would
probably reach millions And hut for
Judge thcmowcth's raglc-cyc, this ">ci-
cmiitc' thlcycry might have gone on, like
the brook, forever Turn the rascas out
GRANTS m'RlNL PIACE.
Now that ihc Grant family have decided
upon Riverside park, New York city, rs
the final resting place ol the great
chlcliain, all the outside world can do Is
To acqucscc aud wonder why such a
spot should have been selected in prefer.
cncr To the beautiful grounds ui the
"NoldicrS' llomcN Ia the national capital,
and IN the lovclicst city on the globe
But this is now with The family aud the
people of the Empire city, II would be
lmsccmly indeed 10 wranglc over the
burial place ol the impcrlurbnhlc chief
tain.
rrtCr no MS ASHES
wherever they may rcpo,c IN nj, native
land, and sacred br the spot where they
minglc with lis soil
tlir DGTrR COT Sly COMMISSIONS,
The last session of congress provided
for the appointment OF commission TO
lucatelhe northern boundary line of Texas.
which has been in dispute since time mi-
memorial This Is Il matter of
soNE MOMENT no rENNS,
since Greer county contains six thou
sand square MILES, or three million eight
hundred nnd forty thousand acres. The
act of congress authorizes the secretary
oi war 10 detail one ormoir officers of the
army Ia represent the government
on the commission and to
act in conjunction with a
similar number To be appointed by the
governor of Texas. The secretary of
4 I,,.I -. /
ready To appoint his part OF the corps, hat
has received no response aS yet The
line VIII he located this fall, ii GOV. Ire
land puts his men in the Held in Time.
The act appropriatcs SlO,nOO 10 paV the
expenses of the commission.
run runiIC PRINTING OFFICE.
| The public printing Office and It's pat
rnnagc is hlg thing, Il Is The largest
! printing office in the world. Twenty
! three hundred persons are employed IN
the building at this season and POO when
congress convcncs. The superintendent
Is paid $500 per anuum and is allowed
Il carriage and horses, The chief clerk
receives $4,000 year, and he, too, l. al
lowed carriage aud pair The head
/ foreman j. allowed horse and buggy
There are sin subordinate positions that
pay $1,000 pcrannum, eight that pay ; / 500,
SIN That pay Slt00, two thai nav SIGOO.
SIN that pay $1,000 and eight that nay
$1,000. CompoSitor> are paid nv the piece
and skilled ones make from 80 to Sl.95
per day. Bookhindcr~ and hnishcrS are
paid 30 cents per hour and work from
tlUlit 70 rwEINE untRS \ p\N,
at their option II they arrive hyo min
ntcS hchiud time II counts an hour against
them,
Illc work j. now a year behind time. IT
Is claimed that the building i only half
large enough, and that the operatives are
crowded Internationally close
The Republican superintendent, MIR
Rounds, has not been removed up to this
date, nor most of his SubomnatcS. II Is
said that Col, John u, Stoll, a newspaper
man OF South Bend, lud., viii he his sue.
oeSsor Whom he change Is made Il is a
tremendous institution to handle salts.
mctorlly, aud the responsibilities are
F, great. MI Rounds term does not eN-
pre- until next spring. and whether n
change is 10 be made before that time N"
Que seems 10 know,
There arc a number of apnllcnnts tr,
the place and they are hungry.
ORErNRrth tNu nrNuCR,riC cnAIIuoN
~ IOWA.
'Nf N'"NNt tNt NlcVNNack candidate
Tor governor IN lSS6,and now Il member nl
cungress,iS here looking after some oi the
patronage IN Iowa. lie SAYS the coal.
ton between thc GrcenhackcrS aud Dem.
oclRtN Is complete. The Democat> win
lt9Ne tue acknowledgements and the
superintendent of public Instruction upen
ia the Gwenback brethren. The general
says the hyphcnatcd Ticket win Min he.
Hond thc WmdNcnuW of doubt, The