The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-03
WASHINGTON LETE EsIs.
WAsHINaToN, June 28, 1886.

MIR. EDITOR :-1ne lateSC feature or Washington life is the adoption of the tricycle. by ladies. The broad smooth pavements of the city render travel ing by bicycle or tricycle. both con- venience and luxury. The use of these machines has long been popular for news gathering purposes, and a number of "wheels" may be seen, at any hour of the day or night, about the doors of the various newspaper offices. The telegraph companies were early in recognizing the advantage of :he system from business standpoint, and furnished their messengers with bicycles. The fact that the appear ance of lady upon trycicle would be likely to attract notice, and cause more or less comment, has until rec entity prevented their general adop- ton by the Ladies: A -number..of trycicle clubs have, however, been formed, among the ladies during the past few months, and during the course of a walk through the streets upon q moonlight evening, one con stantly meets these trycicle riders. The popularity of the tricycle. is in fact increasing daily, and if one may judge from the enthusiasm evinced by the ladies who are members Of the clubs, it Is safe to predict that the machine" will soon achieve an even greater popularity among the ladies than it has heretofore with the gentle men. D.
 It is rulnored that large number of dismissals are 70 be made in the various Executive Departments upon July 1st, the commencement of the fiscal year. The Sixth Auditor has announced the dismissal of twenty six clerks from his office, it being stated that the dismissals were made necessary by an expectation that the appropriations were to be reduced. An examination of the provisions of the legislative bill as it passed the House, shows that the Sixth Auditor is given all the force asked for, and that the total reduction necessary in all grades does not exceed six or eight.
 Tho President has been SO busily engaged during the week, considering the great number of bills which await his signature, that he has been obliged to deny himself to callers, and the regular meeting of the Cabinet upon Thursday was postponed upon that account. On Wednesday he sent fif- teen veto messages to Congress, and on Thursday a batch of thirty-twc bills were returned to the House with his reasons for disapproval. The ef- fects of overwork began to show themselves before the close of the week, and after continued urging by his friends the President finally de- cided to accept an invitation, which had been rendered to him by Repre- sentative Scott, of Pennsylvania, tc join in a pleasant cruise down the river. The party, consisting of the President, Postmaster General Villas Representative Scott, Mr. W. S. Bisse, and Lamont, left Washington on Fri day afternoon upon MT. Scott's steam yacht for a short cruise down the bay
 It having been learned at the Post office Department that certain clerks in the railway mail service had form ed conspiracy to prevent removals an order was issued on Thursday hy the Postoffive Department summarily dismissing twenty-six from the. ser- vice. The order states that the clerks have been removed "for insubordina- tion, in conspiring- to obstruct the regulation Of the service of tke De- partment. They have secretly ate , tempted to form an association with 2 view to dictate action to the Depart
 nent." The object of the society was to resist removals by threatening strike, or the combined rnsignat}oas of r>srv clerks at one time, so as to menace the Deparymen; with embarrassment.
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