The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-09
CORRESPONDENTS.
To the Editor of the Herald


matters in the Departments. The acting
ince it!is to exercise the power of removal
and appointment, are making the best Of
the situation while the chiefs are away by
issuing limitations that resis would
be aeceped II rendered. The consequence is
that there will be number of vacancies to
be filled when tile chiefs return which they
will not be long in supplying. however
averse they might have been to making re-
movals. Many promotions are being made
in most of the various Departments, and the
vacancies thus being made in the lower
grades together with the additional clerk al
lowed under the apr opriation bill in sever
al OF the Departments, enable the present
Administration to select men of its own
party from the Inside to I'LL the offices.
The White House is not besieged at all
now since the Presidents departure. and
Col. Wilson is taking advantage Of the quiet
which surrounds the Mansion TO have a
fresh coat of white paint put on the exterior
of the building. II will stand forth in ell
the purity OF its Wilderness by the umethe
President and his wife return from their
jaunt to the Adirondacks. and will present a
cool and attractive appearance. The interior
also by that time will have undergone a
thorough renovatiDs and assumed an artist
ic arrangement Of new pieces OF furniture
and upholstery. .o-- .
The Presidents piscatorial feats are at
tracing considerable notice and causing
muck talk at the Capital just now. The city
was visibly affected when the news flashed
over the wire that the President caught a
fish. Then next came the electrifying news
that he had landed a five FOUNDER. and the
party had caught in all four dozen. On the
following day the whole catch was stated to
be over 100, and the weight OF the Presidents
biggest fish ii POUNDS. These dispatches
worked up the people of Washington into a
delirium Of excitement. The climax was
reached when it was told that the Presi-
dents wife had landed a beauty. weigh ing q
pound and half. The members of the U.
S. Fish Commission view with alarm the
havoc being wrought by the White House
couple among the "speckled beauties" as
the official reporter calls them. II the de-
structIon continues during the Presidents
month off at the same rate of increase there
will not be any fish left. Let US hope the
President will have some consideration for
us as a nation, and not force Secretary Bay
ard 10 precipitate the fisheries war upon us
at this time.
At the department Of State and War every
thing is serene, and there is nothing o ut
wardly TO indicate war with our Mexican
neighbors to be I'm minent. The officials OF
the two Departments, who are In q good pc.
sition to know whereof they speak, say that
there has at no time been anything In the
official correspondence between the two
governments to indicate that the little un-
pleasantness would be otherwise than
amiciably settled. q.
Some few members and Senators are still
In the city looking after affairs OF govern
ment but they stop only for o few days at
time, and then take ru into the noun
tains Of the adjoining State OF Maryland
and Virginia. where so many delightful
summer resorts are 10 be found. d. e
The first step mas been taken to yestab fish
at the Washington Navy Yard the, biggest
equipment and ordnance shop Id The coun-
try. The Secretary OF the Navy has, issued
an order closing all the bureaus OF the Yard
except those TO which equipment and ordi-
nance will be confined, for which there will
be provided All immense plant. The appro-
priation now made for plant and works is
only 81, l50, 600, but the amour OF work and
the appropriation will increase as the var
ious new vessels contemplated become
ready for armor I was told by an officer of
the Yard that 1t will be some time before
any number of new hands will be taken on
i'm the shops. Everything will first have
to be put In readiness for the new plant,
and 1t will be some time before the new
machinery and tools can be assembled here.
When work Is started which will be In the
fall, IL Is probable that l,5O0 hands will be re.
quired. Then look out for "big guns"
The demand for one, five and ten cent
pieces being made upon the Treasury De-
partment perplexes the officials consider.
ably, and it was found necessary q few days
ago to request the Philadelphia mint to in
crease the coinage. as the supply of these
meet the calls for them. Superintendent
Fox of the mint says that he can supply all
de mands inside Of 81 days.
The great earthquake OF last Tuesday
caused three-fourths of the Inhabitants of
Washington TO fairly quake in their shoes.
The first OF the three shocks occurred few
minutes before Is o'clock, and the third Is
minutes later. No one was expecting such q
visitation, and IL occasioned great conster-
nation, verSing almost on a panic among
the audiences of the various theatres and
other places Of amusement. Tle buildings
heavea and swayed, doors slammed, orna.
ments ratified, and confusion reigned su.
preme. The occupants of the upper stories
of nearly all the large buildings hurriedly
descended TO the ground floor to ascertain
the cause Of the unusual commotion. The
experiences Of people in private houses were
pretty much the same. Windows ratified,
bells rung, chairs rock cd, mirrors swung. In
scientific circles or tho government the
shocks have created great interest on the
subject of earthquakes. viii CHI has been in.
tensified by the frightful news from Charles
ton, s. c. It was thought by great many
that the Washington Monument and the
dome of the Capitol would very likely suffer
from the swaying motion, and consequently
the two places were visited by an excited
multitude, but No damage to the nobls piles
could be discovered I'm the gloom, An ex-
animation OF the structures the next day re-
veaied the fact that they were stiff plume.
and possessed no incli nation to tottsr to the
earth.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has issued regulations to collectors concern.
ing the oleomargarine law. Revenue officers
are relieved ofthe necessity OF proving the
imitation or resemblance to butter, except
as to mixtures Of taliow, beef, fat, &c., and
the Commissioner says that establishments
Of the magnitude necessary to successfully
conduct the manufacture Of .oleomargarine
may be easily discovered. and are likely to
be found adjoining slaughter houses, Maui
facturers are required to give bond In not
less than S. 700 and to keep books showing
sarticies used in making the olsomsryar-