Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-07-21
NATIONAL, CAPITAL,

Civil Service COmmi> Sioner Oberly Will be
in Boston next week. He goes to reorganZe
the Bottom board of civil service examiners
and to look over the field generally. He will
stop in New York on MS way east to examine
the methods of the local board Of examiners
there.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mint during the week ended July 10 was
Sj7G, lSS. The issue during the correspond
ing period Of last year was SII9,l9S The
shipments of fractional silver coin since July
] amount to SPA ,GjJ.
Hugh S. Thompson of South Carolina has
been qualified us assistant secretary OF tho
treasury.
Representative King of Louisiana has in
troducel in the House Il bill providing for
board of four experts to select suitable
form and construct for Steecad unarmed
rams of not less than 5000 tons displacement
with the most improved stearing gear, and
capable of stcamng at a speed OF not less than
IS knots an hour
The President has nominated William c.
Myers of Tennessee to be n second assistant
engineer in the revenue marine service OF The
United States
The President has pardoned William Watts
of Portland Me, convicted at San Francisco
some months since Of maltrcating sailor on
the vessel of which he was master.
1t has been reported that before the attor-
ney-g general leaves for his vacation he will
give back his Pan-Electric telephone stock to
the poet Rogers from who he re 'cived it.
When a reporter asked him about the report
the other day, the attorney-gencral laughed
and replied: How can give it away when
suit has been filed against us that will
hold. If dispose of it I'll let you know
The acknowledgement has a Ided 453 post
Office, to the list of money order offices, the
business of that number having increased
during the wear so as to come within the
provisions of the law authorizing the cS-
tablishment of money order offices. or
thes, Connecticut has six, Maine three,
Massachusetts, seven, New Hampshire four,
Vermont four.
The members of the Senate have contribut.
ed so each for The purchase of portrait OF
Senator Wade Hampton, painted by Mr.:
Query of South Carolina, to be presented
to the State OF South Carolina. The por-
trait is to lie accompanied by a letter on
parchment expressing the pleasure it affords
the senator's to present the picture OF their
distinguished friend and colleague to his ma
tive STATE. Every Senator will sign it.
Speaker Carlisle who has been quito unwell
for some days, is about to go to Capon
Springs, Va, for Few days rest.
Tho remodelIed NJ ial bill provides for one
new cruiser, for the construction OF the mont
tors, for the construction of two torpedo
boats and appropriating 81, 5OO,00D for the
cruiser, the monitors and the to pedo boats,
81, 900 for the armament Of the present
cruisers, $3.50, 600 for ordinances and S75,O0O
for torpedoes
Gen. b. +. Butler is trying once moro to
sell his Cape Ann granite house. just oppo-
site the capitol, to the government, to be
used as Offices. 1Io wants S2i5,0OO for 1t.
He has been here trying for several days to
get an item providing for its purchase atthat
price in the sundry civil bill The prospect
of success for his project is not very temp.
ing.
Commander Stampson has been selected tt
succeed Captain Ramsey as superintendent
of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Representative Breckenridge of Kentucky
will endcavor at an early day to have passe'
the bill enabling tobacco growers to sell thei
products to any one, whether the purchase
has license or not and reducing the tax OF
fruit bru9dy from ninety cents to fifty
cents
Gn. Butler does not seem TO be as sure thai
h. is not to he "A candidate for congress in The
Lowell district this fall as some other people
are. He does not say that he is going to be
but then he will not say that he Is not TO be
II is beginning to be believed here that h,
will 10 a candidate.
The Mexican pension bill which passed TIL
Senate the other day hlS been taken up 10y
the Hos committee, and the amondmen
limiting the age at which uninjured soldier
in that war may receive pensions Ito O.
years. noH-concurred in. The bill goes bac!
to the conference committee.