The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-22
NATIONAL. CAPITAL.

Civil Service Commissioner ODerly Will DO
in Boston next week. He goes to reorganize
the Bo,ton board of civil service examiners
and to look over the field generally. He will
step in New York Oh mis- way east to examine
the methods of the local board of examiners
there.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mint during the week ended July 10 was
S576, 1888. The issue during the correspond
ing period of last year was S1l9, 49S. The
shipments of fractional silver coin since July
! amount to S2l4 $50.
Hugh S. Thompson of South Carolina has
been qualified as assistant secretary of the
treasury.
Representative King of Louisiana has in
troduced in the House hi providing for
board of four experts to select suitable
form and construct for steeclad unarmed
rams of not less than 5000 tons displacement,
with the most improved stearing gear, and
capable of steaming at speed OF not less than
IS knots an hour.
The President has nominated William C.
Myers of Tennessee to be a second assistant
engineer in the revenue marine service of the
United States.
The President has pardoned William Watts
of Portland, Me, convicted at San Francisco
some month, since of maltreating sailor on
the vessel of which he was master
1t has been reported that before the attor-
ney general leaves for his vacation he will
give back his Pan-Electric telephone stock to
the poet Rogers from who lie received it.
When q reporter asked him about the report
the other day, the attorney general laughed
and replied: 'How can give it away when
a suit has been filed against us that will
hold? If dispose of it I'll let you know"
The acknowledgement has aided 453 post
offices to the list of money order Offices the
business of that number having increased
during the year so as to come within the
provisions of the law authorizing the es-
these Connecticut has six, Maine three.
Massachusetts, seven, New Hampshire four,
Vermont four
The members of the Senate have contribut-
ed $40 each for the purchase of a portrait of
Senator Wade Hampton, painted by Mr..
Query of South Carolina, to be presented
to the State of South Carolina. The por-
trait is to be accompanied by a letter on
parchment, expires sing the pleasure it affords
the senators to present the picture of their
distinguished friend and colleague to his ma
tive State. Every Senator will sign it.
Speaker Carlisle, who has been quite unwell
for some days, is about to go to Capon
Springs, Va, for Few days rest
The rerlodeIled ne 7ai bill provides for one
new cruiser, for the construction of the mont
tors, for the construction of two torpedo
boats and appropriating $4,000, 900 for the
cruiser, the monitors and the to pedo boats
900 for the armament of the present
cruisers $3.50, 900 for ordinance and S75,O0U
for torpedoes
Gen. B. F. Butler is trying once more to
sell his Cape Ann granite house. just oppo-
site the capitol, to the government, to be
used as OH ces. He wants S2T5, 900 for it.
He has been here trying for Sc eral days to
get an item providing for its purchase at that
price in the sundry civil bill. The prospect
of success for his project is not very tempt.
ing.
Commander Stampson has been selected to
succeed Captain Ramsey as Superintendent
of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Representative Breckenridge of Kentucky
will endeavor at an early day to have passed
the bill enabling tobacco growers to sell their
products to any one, whether the purchaser
has a license or not, and reducing the tax O,
fruit bra ody from ninety cents to fifty
cents.
6 n. Butler does not seem TO be as sure that
he is not to be Il candidate for congress in the
Lowell district this fall as some other people
are. He does not say that he is going to be,
but then he will not say that he is not TO be.
1t is beginning to be believed here that he
will he a candidate.
The Mexican pension bill which passed the
Senate the other day has been taken up by
the Ho SO committee. and the amendment
limiting the age at which uninjured soldiers
III that war may receive pensions Ito 6l
years no ,-concurred in. The bill coes bach
to the conference committee.