The Daily Tombstone., 1886-06-11
WASHINGTON AETTER.
WASHINGTON. June ', 1886.

or lne 'HFSb I2Ny CT me IanQ las formally passed from the sister to the wife of the President. l. is known that in many of the foreign counties it is customary or the celebration of any great event, for the king, prince or potentase to manifest grace and clemency by restoring to liberty pri- soners who have suffered long cou-
 inehent. Although President Cleve- land las as q rule been slow to inter fere with the operation of the Inv. and the judgment of courts, he pr formed an act of clrlnency upon his wedding day, ia granting full and unconditional pardon to B F. Bige- low, who, as receiving teller of the National B5nk of the Republic, in
 his city, was convicted of embedding the funds Of the bank, and sentrnceI | 60 serve term in prison for five years The President lad carefully examined the papers in the case several days before, anu after deciding to grant the application lhe papers were retained upon his desk in order that the act Of pardoning might be consummated up on his wedding day. There has scarcely been a topic of conversation during the week. excepting the White House wedding, and even now, that several days have passed, and the happy couple are spenjins their horeymoon at d point distant from this city, the interest seems to have scarcely abated. Those who were present pronounce the affair d success in every respect. The pro gram which had been previously arranged, Vas carried out in all of its details. The decorations of the White House were Iof an elaborate character, and 1t + sail that the builling never presented a n4ndsome- appearahce.
 AsiIe from the Eresld,nts wedding, which has go cclipsed all other events, the week, wh.vh commenced with Decoration Day, has been an interest irg one. Although thonfaGds took advantage of the holiday fJr days outing, and all of the resorts along the river and various railroads in the vicinity of the city were occupied by excursion parties, still the effect was scarcely noticeable at the attendan 3e upon the memorial exercises in the soldiers cemeteries. The various statues throughout the city were gar landed with flowers by committee of he c. A. R., and the usual solemn and impressive cerem6nics were eI- acted u Arlington and the other cem- eteres.
 Congress las been busy; the Senate in the discussion cf the Canadian fisheries trouble, the taxation Of rail road Land grants, the Chlnese.Iudemn- fly bill, and other important meastres, besides passing unanimously a bill to proven. the acquisition of real prop erty by aliens; and to prohibit corpora tions, excepting railroads, canal aud turnpike companies from owning more than five thousand acres Of land, unler penalty of forfeiture to the government.
 The anti-oleomargarine bill which has occupiel so much Of the time of the House during the past two or three weeks, Was passed on Thursday by very handsome majority, and it now remains 10 be seen as to what dis position will be made of it in tAy Senate.
 Although the general impression prerlils that the present. Congress has bcep idle and that much of its time has been spent in talk, the records show that greater amount of work has been done for the same length of time than during any former Con gress. It k true that large propor- sion of the great number of bills that have passed have been of a private nature, still the number of general b lis has been greater than ever be- fore. The records also reveal the iae' that the number. ot reports from the committees in Do Il Houses are far in