Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1889.

congressman AlOLLO 1aTI Ol OuiOi
has at last received the appoint.
ment which was rendered him early
in the administration, aud was
afterwards, for some reason hung
up until now. IL will be remember
ed that Senator Clay had canbi'
date for the same pOsition-Sollcl-
tor of internal reveue, and that he
was quite angry when he found
that the place had been offered 10
Hart. The man that Senator Clay
inOrsed for the position has long
ago been appointed to better one,
while Mr.. Hart patiently waited
aud wisely kept his mouth closed.
He evidently believes IN the aphor-
ism call things come to him that
waits
Secretary Rusk has issued a
very large edition Of Farmers s
Bulletin No. ], "a sixteen page
pamphlet explanatory of the work
of the experiment station OF the
department of Agriculture. 1t
shows that the United States is
is ahead of the world IN the lnterets
it shows in helping the farmers
improve their condition by bring
ing them the aid of science. The
pamphlet should be reaG by every
intelligent farmer 1t may be obtain
ed upon application 70 the depart
ment.
The steam plate printing presses
have all been removed from the
bureau Of Engraving ard Printing,
Secretary Window having decided
against allowing them to remain
The plate printers are consequently
happy.
Secretary Rusk has removed
w. w. Bowie, State Agent Of
the Agricultural department for
Maryland, aud abolished the office,
for the reason that the information
desired can be obtained by regular
employees of the department here
for less money.
The Persian Minister who was
so deeply offended by numerous
paragraphs in American news
papers relatating to the Shah, has
gone home Disguised with us. He
left without taking official leave of
either the President or Secretary
of State. Well, we shall try TO
worry along some way without
him.
Staustician J. X. Dodge, of the
department OF Agriculture has
gone to the Rocky mountain re-
gion to investigate the means used
for the collection Of Agricultural
Statistics.
Commodore Schley has Just re-
turned from Philadelphia, he
went to accompany the new
steel cruiser baltimore on
her trial ocean voyage. He is en-
thusiastic in his praise of the mag
nificleDt ship and thinks It Will be
one of the most formidable war
vessels ,afoat when armed and
EQUIPPED. The new vessel will be
commanded by Commodore Schley
as soon as it goes into commission.
II is stated at the Interior de-
partment that no more special land
agents will be appointed for some
time to come, but quite a humber
of changes are expected among the
Registers aud Receivers Of the
Land Office.
Secretary Proctor has returned
to the city, he shows the effects OF
his recent lndispOsitlon but is now
all right.
The treasury department has de-
clded that in the redemption OF
mutilated legal tender notes three
fifth of a note shall entitle the pre-.
senter to Its full value and less
than thon three ffths to nothing,
unless and affidavit is filed that
the missing portion of the note has
been destroyed. Heretofore the
practice has been to redeem these
notes on the basis of tenths that is
the note was divided into ten parts
and as many tenths as were repre-
sented by the parts presented were
paid for.
POSTMASTER Gen. Wanamaker
has created a furry in telegraph
circles BIZ taking advantage of the
law authorizing the postmaster
general 70 set the price the tele-
! graph company shall receive for
the transmission OF Government
messages. The price now paid is
one cent word and the telegraph
comp mics claim that the business
is done at a loss al that figure, but
Mr.. Wanamaker says the price
shall be reduced to one mill a word
The report that Senator Wash
burn Of Minnesota ia financially
embarrassed is not believed here
The report was not started until
the Senator was on bis way to
Europe. lie told friend Just be
fore leaving Washington last week
that for once his business interests
had been put into such shape that
he could leave them and be certain
they were being properly admins
cred. He has gone TO Carlsbad
Springs under orders from his ply
stefan.