Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The state department has been notified of
the appointment of the following delegates
to the conference of American nations to be
held in Washington neXf October: From
Mexico, Gen. Angel Ortiz Monasterio;
Venezuela, Mr.. Nicanor Bolet Pieraza, a
distinguished litterateur and political econo-
mist.
The constructor at work on the cruiser
Boston will put force of men at work on
the damaged hull as son as possible. He
thinks it will take six weeks to finish the
repairs. When the work is done, he says
the hull will be as strong as ever.
The board of ordnance and fortifcation
has notified the Haskell Multicharge Ord
nance company of New York that it has or
dered one eight-inch Haskell multicharge
dynamite gun, payment to be made upon
the delivery of the fini he'd gun at Sandy
Hook proving ground, and requests esti-
mates for the test of the gun. This order
has been duly approved by the acting sacre-
tary of war. The gun is expected by the
inventor to throw long shells charged with
dynamite from six to ten miles,
The commissioner of internal revenue has
issued a circular prohibiting the refilling at
distilleries of casks or packages previously
used at the same distilery.
Inc UHIUeu IoUuUOo UOI.JuI HO.G I-v,.i.,
Island of Mauritius, has informed the state
department of an outbreak of smallpox in
the district of Flace, seventeen miles from
the capital.
A special passport, such as Is issued to
distinguished citizen intending to go abroad,
has been signed at the state department for
Senator Evarts of New York The senator
will visit Europe in a few days to consult
specialists on the continent about his eyes,
which have been failing him of late, and his
physician had advised a visit to the oculist3
of Paris and London.
A complaint has been filed with the civil
service commission against Postmaster An
keny at Minneapolis, charging him with
making illegal appointments,
The work of decorating the memorial hall
in Mrs John A Logan's house on Columbia
Heights has been completed. Mrs. Logan is
now having stained glass made for the win
dows for the granite mortuary chapel in
Rock Creek cemetery, where the remains of
Gen. Logan now rest. At the top is the
United States flag and the headquarters flag
of the general.
1t is now proposed that the various foreign
steamships bringing mails to this country, or
taking them hence, shall have q clerk on
board, whose duty it shall be during the
voyage to sort the mails according to rec
ognized schedule, so that on reaching the
point of distribution the time and labor
required for the sorting shall not be neces-
STATED. Should the countries in the Postal
Union agree to such plan, the time re-
quired for the distribution of the mail mat
ter will be much shortened. To the mer-
camille community this is expected to be of
great advantage, as it will often enable
merchants to reply to their correspondents
by earlier mails and facilitate many bust
ness transactions
There will be a material reduction in the
cost of the new postal cards by the change
of contracts, although the cards in the new
contract will be superior in quality to
those in the old one; and besides, the pub
| lie will be afforded better facilities for
correspondence and advertising by the ad-
| dition of two new sizes of cards. Size No.
| l is to measure 2 1916 by Az inches; fize
! No. 2 Is to be of the same dimensions (3x
! SIS in of the present card, and size No.
is to measure 3% by 61s inches.
The trouble in the government depart
ments, owing to the suspension of the con-
tract for carrying government messages,
| results In making Uncle Sam pay cash at
transient rates for all the messages sent.
| The postmaster-general, who has authority
to set the price for this work, claims that
one mill per word is a fair price. This is
| denied by the telegraph companies
One pensioner of the government is in
luck. His name is Richard Whiting, and in
1888 he was granted a pension of s24 per
month, which was subsequently increased to
$50 per month Afterwards, through a
mistake made by a surgeon, the pension was
reduced to SS per month. The pensioner ap-
piled for a reopening of his case, and Assist
ant Secretary Bussey has just decided that
he is entitled to a pension of S72 per month
and arrears since his discharge which will
amount to $4,000.
1t is reported that ex-Attorney- General
Garland has been employed to represent the
Northern Pacific railroad in Washington at
a salary of S25 900 a year.
A movement is on foot for the extension
of patents by the commissioner of patents
Secretary Proctor can countermand order
in relation to the Charles river bridge at
Boston, but it is not likely he will.