Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-12-26
rhe Annual Report OF as'orncy-Gen.
craI Garland.


craI Garland.
The annual report to Congress Of Attorney
General Garland gives detailed and sue
cinct statement OF the operations of that de-
partment during the past year, including the
business of the supreme court, the court of
claims, and the court of commissioners of
Alabama claims He discusses the various
plans suggested for the relief of the courts.
and endorses the general features of the
Davis bill for the establishment of a court Il
appeals, or intermediate court, as best adapted
for the purpose. That measure, however,
does not, to his mind, cover the case, and he
suggests plan based on that bill, the main
features of which were Incorporated III the
Presidents message to Congress, with his
communication.
The encouragement treats at length on the
subject of prison reform, and repeats the rec
concentration OF his predecessor that author
ity be given the judges OF the United States
courts 10 sentence in their discretion prls-
oners convicted of first offences to such refor
matories or graded prisons as may be Sc
lected by the attorney general lie also suS
gests the advisabiity of building jails at each
place in the county where United States
courts are held. The nee essity OF building n
government penitentiary where all persons
convicted OF United States offences could be
confined, is strongly urged Such convicts
he says could be employed in the manufac-
ture of supplies exclusively for the govern
ment which would assist in making the in
stitution selfsustaining
He renews the recommendation. OF his pre-
decesSor that the number of witnesses which
the United States shall be required to sum
mon and pay for any defendant shall lot ex-
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materiality and Importance are first ap-
proved and certified to by the district at
torney. He also adopts the views of his pre-
deCessor on the subject of criminal pro-
cedure, and says that it is of the highest i'm
portance that the peadingS in criminal cases
be simplitied, n uniform system of challenge
provided. and the whole proceedings shorn Of
the technical objections and number lcss dlla
tory motions that can now be interpossi to
prevent speedy trial upon tine merits.
The attorney general suggests the prOpriety
of erecting on the grounds adjoining the de
partment If justice proper building for the
accommodation, in addition to that depart
ment, of the supreme court and other proper
courts and commissions OF the Unitel States
A Chicago street corner lot. that was
bought in 1852 for less than $4,000, has
lust been leased for ninety-nIne years
at an annual rental of So 600. A ten
story $1,000,000 building is to be cree
ted upon it.
1t is rather odd to know that for So
years past some person has found it
worth his or her while to pay the an
nual interest on green umbrella,
pledged in Paris Monte'de- Plete for u
sum of 3 franks, 50 cents.
Further experiment with cocaine is
said to demonstrate its efficiency in
allaying seasickness! Doses of less
than grain should DO taken every two
or three hours at the beginning OF n
voyage before vomiting sets in.
Tramps and bummers are sometimes
close figurers. A P,ttsburg man who
recently paid So % TO the city treasury
of AlleghCng, rs fine for being drunk
and disorderly, explained why he went
over the river to get drunk by saying
that it cost more in Pittsburg the regu.
lar tariff there being 81 Co He consid-
cred that he saved a dollar every time
he went to Allegheny for a spree.
a New Haven youth recently, "for
fun" inserted an advertisement for a
husband. A Western farmer answered
it, and the young man wrote at length,
describing himself as handsome, mid~
die aged woman with long bank ac
count. The granger came on last week
to see the woman. tie Is now after the
man with sutton fraud and loss of
time and money
A metallic telegraph pole has been
adopted by the Canadian Government
Cor its telegraph lines on the Northwest.
ern prairies. The pole is constructed of
ma leable galvauiz, iron, and l,2
inches in diameter at the top and 4
Incl es in diameter at the bottom and
weighs less than fifty pounds. The bot
tom OF the pole is set into a claw plate.
upon which the earth is closely packed
to a height OF about two feet.