Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31
WASHINGTON.
TIE TOBACCO INTEREST AED THE
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
xr. Trigg Stirring Up Postal matters IA
His DistfIc: Changes Increase
OF The Army.
ltrom our nesular correspondent.l

ffrOm OuT ICENfDi tpft'0t''~NA't'f
wAsuISaToN, March 30. Repre-
sentative Wise introduced to members
of the WAYS and Means Committee to-
Ssv MIR. Cameron, the Australia part
neT Of the firm Of Alexander Cameron
& Co and Mr.. John McGill, OF Peters
hing. and an arrangement was made for
hearing before the committee in re-
card to The expoIt-tobacco bill. This
b;u is in charge Of Mr.. Harris,
Of Georgia, member Of the Ways
and Means Committee, and has been ia
vorably reported. IL provides for the
establishment OF export tobacco. ware
houses aud the admission duty free Of
materials used in the manufacture Of to-
bacco. Mr.. Wise says the object, in
brief. is to enable our manufacturers to
produce their manufactures as cheaply
as il can be done in Canada or Austria
liza. When the bill ia called up in the
House Tucker, Cabell, and Wise will
advocate it.
Mir. Spicer and Mr.. S. A. Ellison,
tobacco-manufactuTers OF Richmond,
were in the city to-day 10 be present at
the opening Of bids for supplying tobacco
for the navy.
WHAT TRIGG IS DOING.
Mr.. Trigg has been stirring up things
At the Department in regard to postal
snairs in his district. The post-oflices
At Littonsyille and Dickensonyille are
discontinued and new Office estab-
lishtd at Russell Told courthouse), to
be called Dickensonville. The Office
was previously at that point until 1t
suited Senator Mahone's purposes to
have il moved four miles away. f. NJ.
IIeson is appointed postmaster at the
new Office.
To accommodate persons who have
been receiving their mails at the late
Dickensonyille, new Office is estsb-
Ished at Mason's Store--Drury Mason
postmaster. Littonsyille is one mile
east of Dickensongille.
The Office at Pats Store, Russell
county, has been removed one mile
north, and the name changed to Sims
s. +. Combs, postmaster.
The Office at Willow Springs, Rus
sell county, has new postmaster--N.
7. fugate.
j. Il. Mougle is appointed postmas-
ter at HOlston; W. ID. johnson at
Crockets depot, WyIhe county; and
J. 6. Easily at Iyanhoe Furnace,
Wythe county.
Mr.. Trigg has obtained daily mails
for Wise Courthouse, and says he is in
fair way to get the same mail facilities
for Clintwood, in Dickinson county,
and Grundy, in Buchanan county. All
the other county-seats in his district
have daily mails.
LOGAN's TROUBLE.
Recently Senator Logan turned upon
Hale. Of Maine, and insinuated that
the opposition to LOgan's bill to in
crease the army came from Blaine.
Since the debate on the Logan propo-
si,ion WAS resumed several senators
who are known as warm friends Of
Blaine have cleverly put Logan in an
unfortunate position for presi-
Dental aspirant by emphasizing
the fact that the purposes Of Logan is
TO strengthen the army so that it may
be used to keep down the labor or
carnations. Logan has squirmed a
good deal and sought to divert attention
from that point in fact, he has several
times lost his temper, but the fire has
been kept up with a good deal of zest.
DIR. O'FERRALL.
Congressman 0'Ferrall has returned
from his home in Virginia. lie says
that although he was paired in favor
of the education bill he regrets that
sickness detained him so that he did not
return in time to vote for it yesterday.
Bartlett Boiling, Of Albemarle State
Senator Petit. Of Fluvanna: Judge
Grimsley, of Culpeper, and Captain j.
Il. Patteson, Of Petersburg, are in the
city.
Fred. Eiiinger, of Stanton. and S.
b. Witt, of Richmond, are in the city.
The name Of the post-oiiice at Glib
bons, Person county, n. c., is changed
to Allensville.
New offices North Carolna-Cloth's,
Henderson county, Millard q. Jones
postmaster Light, Davidson county,
James W. Lee postmaster. Virginia
Three Square, Goochland county, Rich
ard ID. James postmaster Consent,
Patrick county, George W. Collins
postmaster.
Postmasters commissioned North
Carolina-Charles p. Farmer, Speight's
Bridge, and Peter ID. Webster,
Quaker Gap. Virginia-E. Lawreace
Mann. Annandale John E. Sanderson,
Hickory; Edwin c. Greear, Guests
Station; and John A. Nolan, Rangeley.