The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-08-28
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

Eugene Higgins, appointment clerk of the
Treasury Department positively denies the rumor
that he is about to resign.
Extensive improvements are being made to
the terraces on the west side of the Capitol and
the grounds will be greatly beautifed
George Washington has been appointed a
member Of the Washington police force He has
been supplied with club instead of Ratchet.
u. S. Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania
lately became a father and grandfather, the two
events occurring within q few days of each other
Evidently it was time for Mrs. Cleveland to
take to the woods also, for they do say that she
has lately been averaging twenty letters to friends
every day.
Senator German was in Washington on Tues
day arranging his business affairs previous to his
trip across the continent. Members of his family
will accompany him.
The dockets of the Washington courts are
just now loaded with divorce eases, three suits
having been entered on Monday. Some of the
parties are prominent in social life.
Miss Van Vechten, who, rumor says, nearly
became mistress of the White House, will return
from Europe on the LIST of September, to be mar
red, rumor now says, to Mr.. Justice Gray,
The President has appointed F. A. Reeve, of
Tennessee assistant solicitor of the Treasury vice
Jos. H. Robinson, resigned. Mr. Reeve has been
q clerk in the Solicitors Office for many years.
old "Sandy," who had been engineer of the
few days ago. His proper name was Alexander
Herbert and he was upwards of sixty years of
age.
The President is having fine sport in the
Adirondacks He is an expert fisherman and one
of his best catches-since he "hooked" the pres.
emit mistress of the White House-was a six-pound
trout
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
selected design for the new oleomargarine stamp
It represents o farmer and a mechanic standing
face to face with the field and the workshop in
the background.
The annual report of the Librarian of Con-
gress shows that there are on hand at this time
565, 1874 volumes of books and 1872 900 pamphlets.
During the year the fees received for copyright
amounted to $23,293.6O.
Among the items in one of the appropriation
bills passed at the last session of Congress is one
to pay the Fourth Regiment of Vermont militia
the sum of s4 for services at the battle of Platts
burg during the war of 1912.
"A State Department official, speaking about
the verdict In the Anarchist trial in Chicago said:
at will have one effect, ut least for time 1t
will stop immigration of certain class of people
who rush here because their own country is too
hot for them.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasurery has
issued the 14lst call for the redemption of bonds.
The call is for $l5,O0O,00O of the per cent loan
of 1882 and notice is given that the principle and
accrued interest will be paid at the Treasury on
October LIST, and that the interest will cease on
that day.
Mr.. Thompson, the new Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, is staunch civil service reformer
and intends to carry out the Presidents wishes in
this matter. It is said that Mr.. Thompson will
not make change except for ineficiency or bad
conduct, and the employees of the Department
are now breathing freer.