The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-18
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON

The bill before Congress for the reclamation
of the trade dollar will likely become law.
Mrs. Cleveland will not commence her recep-
tons at the White House until after New Year.
"A number of Congressman have been heavy
losers in the recent break in the New York stock
market
Hon. Levi p. Morton and wife, of New York,
have taken up their residence in Washing on for
the winter.
Fourteen members of the Senate have their
sons serving them in the capacity of committee
clerks or private secretaries. ta4
1t is said that the health of Secretary Man
ming has improved very much lately and that he
is getting to be like his former SELF He isa very
busy man. 49,
MIR. H. c. Rogers, Deputy Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, has resigned at the request Of
the President. He is Republican and held the
place many years.
The bill to repeal the civil service law, which
was adversely reported from the committee at the
last session of the Senate, was reintroduced by
Senator Vance on Wednesday.
Hon. Abraham Dowdney, member of Con-
| gress from New York, died at his residence, in
that city, on the Goth inst. He is the twelfth mem.
Der of the Forty ninth Congress who has died.
After every snow storm in Washington an
area of thirty acres, of the public buildings and
grounds, has to be cleard by the employees 1t
took two and a-half days and cost S4O8 to remove
| tho last snow.
Mrs. Cleveland is very popular with a num-
| Der of statesmen and other prominent men who
visit the White House. Her manners are said to
be delightful and she invariably has pleasant
word and q smile for all.
| Mrs. Cleveland gets almost as many letters
as her husband does, mostly written by women
in every section of the country. Most of these are
| full of suggestions and advice upon almost every
imaginable subject but all of them go unan-
| swered.
1T is stated that the profits from the office of
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia
amount to between twenty and thirty thousand
dollars year, and some estimate them at SAC, 900.
This Office is held by Matthew'S the colored la~yar
from Albany, N. Y, who was appointed by res l.
dent Cleveland. ~
The Attorney General lately decided AZ fni-
portant point in the of Charles E. Holmes, oil
Maryland, who applied for the removal of the
| charge of desertion on the rolls against him, and
for his pay and a pension. The decision was
favorable to Mr.. Holmes, and hundreds of other
cases are effected by it,
A few days ago the President appointed a
man named Thomas Moonlight to the office of
Governor of Wyoming Territory. He is a resi-
dent of Kansas and a recent convert to Democ-
racy. He is said to be the only man in the
| United States named Moonlight and probably
this fact secured him the place.
The gossips say that Mrs. Cleveland intends
to give several dancing parties at the White House
this winter The President, so the story runs
was at first very much opposed to this, but his
wife gradually brought him around and the
dances are actually to take place and only the
younger society people are to be invited.
The President has so far recovered from his
late painful rheumatic attack as to be able to at
tend to his usual duties, including his public re-
ceptions. These latter no doubt cause him much
annoyance and trespass upon his valuable time
great deal, yet it would appear that the people
will not be satisfied unless he continues them.
The citizens of Washington have subscribed
u guarantee fund of $50, 900 to insure payment Of
prizes, &C., for National Drill and Encampment
to take place in that city between the 23d and
30th of May, 1887. The contest will be open tt
every regularly organized military company in
the United States the first prize being $1,000.
Among those who attended the Presidents
public reception on Wednesday an old color
ed man named Elias Polk who was President
Folks body He lives with Mrs. Polk
at her old home in Nashville Tenn. Elias, who
is 81 years of age, was shown through the house
and expressed much pleasure at what he saw.
Senator Jones, of Florida, has not resumed
his seat in the Senate as it was thought he woult
do ct the opening of the present session of Con-
gress. He is still in Detroit, where he met with
quite and accident the other day in being thrown
from carriage. The Senator, although not serv
ing his constituents fOrgets to draw his pay
The report of the Department of Agriculture
for December says "the returns of average farm
prices, by counties, show material reduction a
compared in values of the crops of 1885, in wheat
rye and barley. Corn has made an advance near
ly equivalent to the percentage of reduction il
quantity, and oats, in sympathy with corn rattle
than with the small grains used for human food
averages slightly higher value than last year"