The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-26
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OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.

~ ~Sy 4oeus uCovs
Secretary Rusk. or q he IL oftener
spoken Of "UncIs Jerry" seems 10 stick
closer n hia desk than any other mem-,
her Of the administration. and the result
10 that while the other departments are
beginning 20 b envsloped In the uaual
GUNNER stagnation tho department OF
Agriculture b "hustilng." This Of
course may b only the result OF tho old
saw - new broom sweeps clean"
Among the transactions Of = week may
be mentioned: The establishment ofa
new division for the purpose Of editing
the scientific reports OF the department
into language that can be understood hy
plain every day sort OF folks; the publ
cation Of : sixteen pege pamphlet ex-
planning The work done and resuits &C.
complished bv The experimental stations
In different actions OF the country the
removal Of the State agent for Maryland
seRding Of On agent 10 tho Rocky noun
used In collecting Agricultural static
tics.
Ex.coneressmsn Hart, Of Ohio, tie
man that caused Senators Sherman and
Quay 10 have quite . serious falling u
several months ago. has At lsst received
the ONCE which he 1t that time accept.
ed. lie has tust been appointed Solicit
tor Internal Revenue.
Commodore Schley, who 10 to be the
Commander 81 the new steel cruiser
"BaltimOre" which made it, trial SEA trip
last week, pronOunces that vessel 10 be
magnificent, and says s'she will be able
Alto lick anything adoat. III Ne had
thirty or forty such vessels NJ would
; have . navy to be proud Of"
The plate printera are jubilant over
. be removal OF the steam plate printing
: presses from The Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. The removal wss made
by order OF Secretary Window. who de-
lclined 10 allow the Company owning
them to accept tho ridiculous compensa-
tioD Of one cent per thousand impress
ions % royalty for the nse Of presses,
7 which Congress had provided for, with
!, The expectation Of course that the owners
would refuse It.
Postmaster Gen. Wanamakcr has
dumped on" the telegraph COMPANY. BY
notifying them that il future the Gov.
eminent would pay only one mill per
4 word instead Of one cent, ~ ct present.
Representatives OF the telegraph COM
!. psnies while recognizing the legal right
I of the postmaster general 10 cay what the
! compensation shall be for this work.
: claim that they lose money by doing the
! work for the present price. and say that
. if Mr.. WaDamakev will not change his
mind they will carry the messages for
nothing, - 1t will be cheaper than to
keep the accounts and make the c0llec-
Itions 81 the rate Of One mill per word.
The usual number Of "refOrmera' In
ltkA snnekn6a ~ aAaarn Hk~ -~s
mental business which always follow 4
new standardization are now in full
swing. nall these "reformers" had been
Improvements the business svsfems Of
the vsrious departments would long ago
have reached perfection. But alas,
l"what IL one mans meat IL another man's
poison % what one man calls reform"
another calls nonsense.
Tho Office seekers are having . tough
time, with the THERMOMETERS in the nine
tiles, sud only IN hour or two In tho
week to see The dispensers Of patronage.
But they still hang on, ct least . great
many Of them do.
There are no new developments IN
tie Misunderstanding bet cen Secretary
Noble aud the Pension Commissioner,
which II vas believed NJ one time came
near ~resulting IN Tanners resignaiion.
The Persian Minister who was 20 ron.
IstrUc,ed that he failed TO see the humor
In the newspaper paragraphs ~ to his
master. the Shah's personal habits. ETC.,
has shaken the dust Of America from his
feet and gone home to stay. He accnses
us Of ~discourtesy, and yet be LETT with
; out even notifying tho State department
Iof his intention.
II Ia stated here with great positive
mess that the State Of Mr.. BIaine's health
lite so bad that he will not return 10
Washington, and that he will resign. I
don't believe . word Of II, and yet in all
probability Mr.. Blaine himself IL re-
sponsible for the report; be Il . 0 u
9, maniac on the eubject Of his health, and
1.-The "fnger ache causes him moro worry
than . serious attack OF sickness would
. the average man..
Mr.. Harrison and family have taken
up their summer residence ct Star Route
Sieve B. Elkins Deer Park, in West vir-
ginia. Possibly some echeme may 90
matched while he is enjoying EIkins
free and royal hopitality there. to cid
J Elkins In his known aspirations for tho
? u. 8. Senate. or else 70 give him another
lchance st tho Star Routes. 90 be can
make bis money back. 10 ts very con-
lvenient, sometimes, 10 own % attractsve
o. mountain resort, and induce he 0oes
= dispenser Of patronage, with : suite o.
. aids, 10 accept : tender Of : summers
= free board. and the run OF the lunch
q counter. But u costs even On owne.
considerable TO entertain that way, ana
r. highly probable he Will fo'low
Blaine's famous inducement for sucn
things by "cssting On anchor 10 wind
ward.r n not. why not, when The no.
I~torious character Of this Administrat,on