The Baltimore County union., 1886-03-27

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has issued patent for 16O acres of land in Potta-
wotome county, Kansas, to Boston Corbett, the
man who killed John Wilkes Booth.
Arrangements are being made for holding the
Kirmes in Washington in May. Many ladies and
gentlemen who took part in Baltimore will assist,
and the affair will be grand scale.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has been living
constantly in Washington for two years and his
constituents don't like it and talk of sending some
one else to the Senate when his term expires.
Rev. DR.. Butler, the new chaplain of the U.
S. Senate, is described a reserved, dignifed
scholarly man, of rather austere manners, and
lacking the easy cordiality of his predecessor.
The National Board of Health is to be abol-
ished and in its stead bureau of health will be
established in the Interior Department, to be pre-
sided over by Commissioner at an annual salary
of 81, 800
Mr. I. Freeman Rasin, the new Naval Officer at
Baltimore, filed his bond with the Commissioner
of CUSTOMS ON Mvntay. 1t is fur $40, 900 and his
sureties are Messrs James Sloan, Jr., and Thos.
N. Lanahan.
On March Goth the total amount of gold in the
Treasury was S243, ,652; gold certificates,
,6S1 6OO gold certificates in circulation, S94,
$40 net gold in the Treasury, coin and bull
lion, S14S,9S9,9S2.
"A conscience stricken individual at Grafton,
W. Virginia, on Wednesday sent $500 to the
Secretary of the Treasury as his contribution to
the conscience fund.-" which is just now receiv-
ing many accessions.
Arrangements for the proposed permanent
exposition in Washington progressing satisfac-
torily. A number of prominent Baltimore gentle
men have been added to the committee, which
now has $50 members.
Congressman Pulitzer, who is the proprietor
of the New York World, has given his first years
salary (s5,OOO) to the New York Hospital to en-
dow bed for the benefit of sick and disabled
newspaper workers of every kind.
Senator Payne, of Ohio, is nearly seventy six
years of age, tall and thin, with clear, clean cut
features, high cheek bones and prominent FORE
head He is worth at least S., 100000 and is the
....-.I secretary nltney.
The balance of the Maryland appointments
still hang fire and no one knows when the Presi-
dent will make them. He seems determined to
take his own time and he's pretty hard man to
move when he makes up his mind to "go slow"
Judge Jas. Laurenson, of the Postofiice De-
partment, who has been continuously in the gov
ernment employ for fifty-thre years, celebrated
his SD birthday on Monday. He lives in Balti-
more and makes the trip to Washington every day.
"A number of colored ministers from Virginia
conference called on the President the other day
and presented an address, thanking him for his
expressions in regard to the future of the coored
race, &c. They were cordially received by the
President.
The price of real estate in Washington-in
the private residence sections at least-is more
than double what it is in Baltimore and some of
the prices being paid by wealthy people for build
ing sites are next to fabulous Holders of real estate
are accumuating wealth very rapidly.
A Washington photographer is holding an
election as to who are the handsomest and ugliest
members of Congress. So far Mr.. McComas, of
Maryland, comes third on the list for the hand
soonest representative with 9S votes, against 100
for Daniel, of Virginia, and 11O for Hiscock, of
New York
The annual report of the Bureau of Labor
shows that during the year 1885 nearly one mill
lion men were out of employment in this country.
This, the report says means loss to the consump-
tive power of the country of S1,0O0,O 900 per day,
or a cripplng of the trade of the country of over
$500, ,0OO, 900.
1t is said that Secretary Lamar has only had
his hair cut once in twenty years, but that he ex.
poets to have the operation performed again as
soon as warm weather comes. The last time it
was cut was in 1876 when he fell asleep in bar
ber's chair and woke up to find himself looking
much like ordinary people.
Senator Jones, of Florida, disregarding all the
earnest solicitations of his friends still remains in
Detroit pressing his suit for the hand of a lady
who will not even speak to him and who returns
all his letters unopened. The people of Florida
want Jones to resign, but he won't do it.. 1t is
growing belief that the old gentleman is "little
off,"
The Senate District Committee. which is
composed of eight Senators-fve Democrats and
three Republicans-on Monday by tie vote
ported adversely on the nomination of Jas. c..
Matthews, colored, for Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia. The three Republican
Senators and one Democrat Drown, of Ga.,) voted
for confirmation.
Last week coored spittoon cleaner in the
Interior Department was bounced and white
man from Kentucky was appointed in his place.
When the white man saw the array of spittoons
to be attended to he fastened to the Congressman
from his district and protested and then returned
and handed in his resignation. The next day the
colored man was reinstated.
The Senate has passed bill providing for a
commission of five persons to investigate the alco.
holic liquor traffic, its relations to revenue and
taxation, and its general, economic, criminal,
moral and scientific aspects. The commission
will consist of five persons, to be appointed by the
President. All of them shall be advocates of pro-
hibition and shall serve without pay.
Lately letter on dress reform has been going
the rounds of the press, purporting to have been
written by Miss Cleveland, but that lady says
she did not write it, although to some extent she
agrees with the sentiments expressed therein
This is only another evidence of the little depend
ence to be placed in the average Washington cor
respondent. They are notoriously unreliable.
Last week the Senate confirmed a number of
internal revenue collectors whose nominations
had been chung up' for long time because the
Secretary of the Treasury had refused to state
the cause for the removal of their predeces
sors. Finally the Secretary said that the old col
lectors were good men and thoroughly competent
to discharge the duties Of their offices, but that
the President thought it would be better to have
men in those places who were in political sympa-
thy with the administration. This was all the
Senate asked and the nominations were at once
favorably acted upon.