Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Work has been suspended on the govern
/ mcnt building at Columbus, q.
! Opponents of the OlcUmaTCarine bill
claim that it will be defeated in the senate.
! The health of Judge johnson. of the Ohio
supreme court, is slightly improving
| Twenty Thousand bushels of new wheat
were reported in the St Louis market YES
| terday.
The stolen city records of GaIlipoliS. Ohio.
have been traced to a secluded spot in the
country where they We're burned.
/ Great preparations are making in New
! York for a monster demonstration by the
| Trade and Labor unions on Monday next to
urge the British workmrn 10 sustain MI.
| Gladstone in his efforts to secure home rule
t0 Ireland.
! Base BalL-Cincinnau y, Baltimore 4;
! Pittsburgh ., Athletic l: BrOOklyn4. Louis
vile 3; Maro0ns ). Boston 0: Chicago 3.
| Philadelphia ;; Detroit II. Washington 10;
| New York Il, Kansas City :; ST. Louis ;,
Metropolitan u.
| Senator Pugh is engaged upon the major
| ty report i'll the Payne case. and Senator
| Huar has begun To write the minority.
Senator Sherman is also preparing himself
| for participation in the debate upon the
| floor Of the SENATE.
/ The Ohio State Liquor Dealers aSSocia-
| ton has about ten thousand members In
a meeting of the board of directors in Gin
cinnati Monday il developed that there
would be no opposition 10 the payment OF
the Dow law tax. but the local option and
| property lien features would be contested.
| Congress.
June 2s.-ln the senate, the political dis
abilities of two Nirginians were removed
| by the necessary twO-thirdS vote. The
| Legislative appropriation bill was reported
with amendments. The river and harbpr
bill was also reported back from committee
with amendments. The pension apprupri-
alton bill was agreed TO. \ bill was intro
dured authorizing the president to appoint
and retire Alfred PleaSonton as major gen
eral. Mr. Hoar gave notice that he would
on Wednesday neXt ask the senate to take
up the resolution for open executive Sr>-
SiOns. A bill was passed granting a pen
sion of 500 10 Emily Stannard. the
widow of General Stannard, of NeIm mt
| The conference on the post
Office appropriation bill WAS debated.
and the committee being unable to agree on
! the subsidy clause, a motion that the senate
/ insist ON its amendment was agreed to
/ yeas %:i, nays II. The presidents veto of
! the bill to quiet titles on the DesMOineS
river lands WAS then taken up. Mr.. 4 alison
| moved 10 pass il over the veto After his
speech, the subject went over until tomur-
row. Mr.. Blair reported bill Ia give
claimantS'tUr pensions the right of trial by
! jury.
! At $50 p. II. the nate went into exec
| utive session, and shortly afterwaTd al
! jOurned.
| In the house, under the call of states
| a number of bills and resolutions were in
| trOduced and referred. including Randairs
tariff bill. The sundry civil bill was then
taken up and considered until : o'clock,
| when the house adjourned.
1t makes person feel sad to hear a cry
| ing baby, suffering probably from some
slight pain, which could be- easily relieved
| by the use of Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup. which
is for sale at all drug stores.
Mr.. FELTON,. vice president of the New
| York. Lake Erie u Western railroad. tells
why the standard gauge of railroads was
| fixed at feet ; inches: There is no
scientific OF. any other reason for it. except
precedent and custom. In fact, all the sci
entifc or practical considerations that can
enter into the question are against it.
motive. he, for some reason best known
10 himself, built it to the gauge
of the old tramwaYs - for vehicles
drawn by hOrses-in Fn-land, which
was feet g. inches. That became what
was known As the marrow gauge in Eng
land, and was naturally followed in this
country to very great extent Some of
our roads have gauge Of feet 5 inches.
Others feet S3t inches and still others
feet inches. In England they have a
6-fOot broad" gauge. and at one time. for
a very little while, tried 7-foot gauge The
Erie road, built originally by English capital.
was at first 6-fOOt gauge. but in 1876 the
changing of it to / feet s. inches was be
gun. and now il is all of that gauge. The
Pennsylvania railroad company uses
gauge of feet 9 inches because that is
compromise gauge between the former
gauge of feet 81 inches on its eastern
lines and feet 10 inches on its roads west
of PittsbuTg. 1t would be well if the 4
feet s.. inches gauge could be widened
little, to enable greater width of the fire
boxes of locomotives. and consequently
more powerful engines, such as it would be
desirable TO employ"
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