The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-19

Lewis A Croft of Nebraska. tot
sioner of the general land office;
Stone of Iowa, to be assistant col
of the general land office; James
send of Indiana, to be recorder
eral land office. The nomination
B. Raum of Illinois, to be conn
pensions, was reported favora
committee on pensions.
It is, of course, unknown as .
extent Mrs. Lords death vii
winters programme at the Whit r
the programme itself has not ...'
riously considered, ltis quite e $50 s'
ever, that the New Years receipt '..
is an official event, with the pres a,
central figure, will take place as .
the probable exception that Mrs ODD. r.
may not be present There is .
DOUBT, also, that the other ofiica ..f
and dinners will not be interrur .
event, although all will und
more subdued than usual. j-
When the senate committees were reor-
gained last spring Senator Chandler was
not n member of that body, Gen. Mdrston
having been appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the expiration of the senator 8
term When Senator Chandler returned he
found his committee plac all taken and
his rooms given over to some other senator.
The craftsmanship of the new committee on
immigration has been given him, but there
Is no room at the capitol for the committee
to use.
There is likely to be an investigation in
the house of representatives in addition to
the one now in progress over the deialcaton
OF the serSeant-at A resolution has
been drawn up, and will be introduced by a
republican member at the earliest opporttl.
nifty, asking for an investigation of the con-
duct and accounts OF the Office of the clerk
of the house for the past few years.
For the first time in many years Pig Iron
Kelley is not member of the committee
on ways and means of the house Of repre-.
sentatives. The old man has laborcd for a
quarter of a century in that committee
room. The Judge was made chairman OF
the committee on manufactures TO give him
private room and q secretary. This is the
committee made famous III speech by the
eX-humorist of the house, Mr. llorr oil
Michigan, when he read the record to show
that not one bill had come from that com.
mittee in twenty years. The senate com.
mittee on manufactures is an ec''"''" 'r'-
portant one. 1t has membersl
senators and has not hal / meetil
years, and does not intend TO |
The present members of the com
not know where the committee
located, The chairman does, b,
room is quiet and luxurious ret
somely fitted up, with a clerk al
ger to wait upon the chairman. D..
many 9th committees in both
and senate fully as important
worked Us the comulttec on ma
Congressman Morse will intro .
to provide for postal telegra
He will also introduce bill auth
postotfice department TO forw;
mai matter, col Getting double pc
place of delivery, thus avoiding
tious de'ay of awaiting notice an --.-.e
stamps to prepay such postage.
The dead body of Franklin B. Cover
was found in a room at Wormley's hotel
Suicide it is thought, was the cause of hi;
death. Deceased ba for many years occu
pied large share Of The attention of thi
country. When the Molly Maguires wert
on trial, and the dreadful revelations Of thai
oath bound organization had horrited thu
entire world Franklin p. Gowen, then al
attorney at Pousyile Penn. did so much
to bring the miscreaBts to Justice that he in
CURED the enmity of the friends of the con
demned men, and So loud were the threat,
of vengeance that he procured special or
der from the courts and obtained permission
to cary n revolver, After that his conrec
ton with the Reading Railroad company
and the Reading Coal and Iron mad
him prominent figure in the linancia
world.
Among the bills int: oduced into the senat,
is o to reimburse the several tates for in
terest OH moneys expended by them on az
count of raising troops employed in aiding
the United States to suppress the late re
belion Also one to hold the world
fair in Washington in 1892. The bill is tn,
one prepared by the Washington board o
promotion 1t provides for the issuance o
$4,000 600 OF District of Columbia bonds t,
meet the expenses.
Secretary Tracy has officially authorized
the aiming of the sea going torpedo boa
No. |, now nearing completion at HERE
schof's works, B;istol as the Cushing, il
honor Of Commander William b. Cushing
y. S. N, who blew up the confederate ran
Albcmarlc, at Plymouth, n. G., in 1861.
II IS reported from Japan that Mr. Mutsu
the Minister to the United States, has beer
recalled on account of ill health.