The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-01
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

In @ communication to the Senate by the
acting secre airy of the treasury it is shown
that The quantity Of domestic spirits re-im-
ported and entered for warehouse since
MAJ ch 81, 1876, aggregates 253, 5Ol taxable
gallons, and thaj tho quantity OF such spirits
remaining in customs warehouses aggregates
1906 taxable gallons. Of this quantity
there have been entered at New York III,
500 gallons, and there remain in New York
ware ouses 81, 097 gallons.
Information has been received at the State
Departm mt which indicates the permanent
re-establishment of an Amer can protector
ate over the Samoan Islands, and an
amicable settlement of the difficulties be-
tween the I'm ted States, British and German
consuls. 1t may be added that the State De-
partment here did not approve the action or
Consul Greenebaum in placing the Samoan
flag over that of the United States.
TIE illness of Senator Morrill, of Verm mt,
is of such serious nature as to cause grave
apprehension in the minds of his friends He
is no better aud it is feared that owing to his
age, which is rs years, and his enfeebled en-
dition he will not be able to rally.
The contract for supplying the Post
Office Department with official envelopes
and registered rackages has cen awarded
to he Morgan Envelope Company and the
Plympton Manufacturing Company of
Hartford, Conn. who g combined bid was
the lowest. This contract is for one year
and amounts to about $4,000.
The Postmaster General discovered, some
time ago, that mum er of railroad postal
clerks, fearing removal, were trying secretly
to form an association to dictate action to
the department He began an investigation,
and as result quite a large number of the
ring eaders were remov d, most of them b.
ing clerks on Western lines. The headquar-
tiers of the movement was in Indianapolis.
The senate has confirmed these nomina-
tons: G. T. NJ Nil g. register at Garden
CT Y, Kan; R. l, Copley. collector of Gus
toms at Georgetown, D. c.; H. Sheppard,
collector of in ernal revenue, 9th Virginia
district E. H. Bryan of California, consol at
Lyons, and number Of postmasters, includ-
ing A E Blakeslee, at Thomaston, Ct; G..
T. Georgia, Unionville, CT; P. e. Brady,
Attleboro Mass. w. NJ. Hunewell, Exeter,
N. H.; George w. Holmes, collector of inter
nal revenue, 4th district of Virginia.
Rumors of Atty Gen. Garland's resignation
are being revived
Public Printer Rounds is making tour Of
the mills which furnish paper to the govern
ment office, with O view to ascer aiming
their methods and conditions.
George F. Davenport, arrested on an in
dictment for forging the name of Secretary
Whitney to check for SOS, pleaded guilty
in the criminal court. The court gave hin
one year in The penitentiary at Albany.
TIE secretary of the interior has allowed
s7140 on the claim of $40, 7S0 of Barlow, San
derson & Co of Vermont for depreciation
committed by Cheyenne Indians.
Col Lamont says there is no immediat
prospect of any action by the President il
regard to ihs Boston Office.
The house committee on foreign affair
have agreed to report favorably the bill
providing for military attaches at our lega
tions in London, Paris, Berlin, Vie ma an
St. Petersburg, and to protect ocean cable;
The Senate committee on public building
and grounds ha o submitted a proposes
amendment to the sundry civil appropriate
bill providing for an appropriation of 5000
for the public building at Montpelier, Vt, il
addition to the amount already appropriate
and increasing the limit of its cost t
SIPS. 600.