The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-06-19
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

Secretary Bayard, one of the best horsemen
at the capital, rides frequently of the finest
Kentucky thoroughbreds.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland held their
first official reception on Tuesday evening, assis-
ted by the ladies of the Cabinet.
Col. Lamont says the President has made no
arrangements for summer trip and it is not
known where he will 60, if he goes at ALL
Mrs. Cleveland will inherit about $50, 900 from
the estate of her grandfather, Col. Folsom, of
Folsomdale, N. Y, who died while she was in
Europe.
the tax rolls of Buffalo, N. Y, having disposed of
his property in that city, and it is understood
that he will not go back there to reside
The President refused to accept wedding
gift from the Sultan of Turkey. He thought it
would be violation of the spirit if not the letter,
of the Constitution for him to receive it.
The force in several of the departments is
being reduced on account of the appropriations
having been exhausted. 1t is expected that
large number of dismissals will be made at the
end of the present month.
1t is said the President has decided to alter
the civil service rules, and eliminate that fixing
the age limitation at forty five years, and also in
creasing the egibles to be certified for appoint
ment from four to a larger number.
1t is now believed that Congress will adjourn
about the first of July. Some of the members,
who want to be renoninated, are very anxious to
20 home and look after their fences, while others
want to escape the heat of the city.
Secretary Bayard has notified Mrs. Samuel
L. Vining, of St. Louis, that she is about to re-
ceive from the U. S. Treasurer check for 81 O00,-
600 awarded by the Court of Claims under the
terms of the French Spoliaton bill.
More than fifty clerks were turned out of the
Treasury Department this week and others will
follow very shortly. Among the number were
Miss Kate Dugan and Miss Elder, both of Mary
land, who were expert tracers in the Architects
office.
The President and his wife attended church
together for the first time in Washington on Sun
day last and of course attracted great deal of
attention. Rev. DR.. Sunderland, the minister
who married them, preached very eloquent
sermon.
There said TO be quite q large number of
men and women in the Departments at Washing
ton who are not citizens of the Uuited States, and
an effort is about being made to weed them out.
We hope every one of them may be bounced, and
that speedily.
There has been some talk lately of Hon. Ii.
G.. Davis, of West Virginia, being the successor
of Secretary Manning, but it is now given out that
he will not accept the place were it offered to him.
Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania, will most
likely be the man.
-Congressmen Fndlay and Compton, both of
Maryland, had lively set-to on the floor of the
House few days ago over the civil service law,
which was violently denounced by the latter.
But Mr.. Findlay proved rather too much for his
adversary and had the best of the fight.
1t has been remarked that the President
always uses new, crisp money and this is accoun
ted for by the fact that he receives new notes d.
rect from the Treasury. On the last day of each
month the U. S. Treasurer sends the President
his salary-$4, l66.66-the odd change in bright
new silver and copper coins and the notes all new
and of the latest issue.
In speaking of the number of Maryland poll
ticians VINO have visited the Capital since last
December, Senator Wilson said "There have been
three or four thousand of them at least. That's
counting all those who have come here and gone
to the houses of the Senators and Representatives
You have no idea of the immense number of visi-
tors we have had at our private houses"
Among the Presidents callers at Mondays
public reception was an old Union soldier and his
blind wife. They told the President that they
walked all the way from Illinois to Washington
in search of important papers which were to assist
the veteran in securing a pension. The Presi-
dent treated them very kindly and expressed the
hope that the pension would be forthcoming.
There was received at the White House this
week from Canada package marked "a wedding
gift" 1t contained chrome representing two
lovers sitting in the woods, the youth with his arm
around the maiden, and both eating Strawberries
out of basket in her lap. Below the picture were
these touching lines: