The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
live WASHINGTON TOPICS.
80 ,eRosroI oeIsT SELECTED FOR
..s lsRICUL1URAL DEFARTMENE

80. % the Ltst of Pasfe rrsu whe
,.u,, Thsir Careers &c Psess .. TIE
....,.-Ths Decrease or In-,srstio-.
v,.urxorox. March 31.-secretaty Morton
-. sn.ry succeeded in selecting an Agro-
I.o,,s,st for the Department Of ARrieul-
~. THAT II the scientific appellation
"a, an expert In grasses. hay. DO Prof.
S".,t lawson scribner Of Tennessee has Just
,.,n appointed to the place. which carries .
IT,, 81 $1,000 year. The Secretary says
a.. are no means OF estima tinR with any de-
-. a, accuracy tho total value OF the grass
..o8netlou Of this county. but the value Of
~. average hay crop exceeds $500. 100000.
and while no data pre- available to estimate the
..,usl value Of the pasture lands. II 10 clear
"a, added to the hay value. total grass
..oduct will result probably more valuable
N.n any other single crop in the country.
"a. I'm portance OF collecting and imperting
.s.,ul inform alton regarding our grasses the
s.crstary says. is therefore evident The du-
~ Of the Agrostologist are thus summarized
|, latter In which the place was rendered to
Prof scribner:
"Ths Identification Of grasses and the in
....,sstion OF forage plants In this depart
..nt: to prepare monographs on grasses. care
s.rths grasses Of the herbsrium. to identify
su.b ss may be sent here for that purpose. TO
sosduct correspondence On this subject. and
grasses and forage plants which may be UNI
pT0ts orn IN Mssssssusetts asd reared In
snd l 4 the age Of eIshteen prepared . treatise
billet Of so pages. He made botanical col
fsetisn for Dowdoin College. In 1875 he was
gria ga faf
dthe section Of vegetable pathology, Prof.
bibner is member Of a number Of .cientino
French Government, for his services in mat
hf. pertaining to vitieulturs and the diseases
sively upon botanical subjecte. especially on
grasses. and has one OF the largest private
is a Sssps So ss sessme sne country
Funerals In the Senate chamber at o'clock
IA the morning are not apt to become popular
h Washington. State funerals In Washington
are not as impressive as they might be. even
statesmen are hauled out Of their beds In
order to appear In dignity and state at %
:s. h he ssy u 81
ths Senators were on hand when the chap
Fas.dsT o las. to deliver the Grafton over the
dead body Of Senator Colquitt. and the mem
@ Of the ,nr r.. the
torps. and other official bodies were conspicu-
sus chiefly by their absence A majority OF
SSsd ~ the a Occasion Of what little dignity Il
hight have assumed. President Cleyeland was
be q the sas :at'
he heads OF the senatorial pail bearers at Gen.
Sslns formed to prccssd from the Capitol to
the railway station. sat In the carriages. the
windows Of which were open. eating sand
senstor German. the late William L Scott.
Stuart Robson. and one or two others have
long been supposed to be the only well-known
men who began their public career As pages In
discovered that to this Ilst must be added the
name OF Col John III. Wilson. Superintendent
Of rns ThS the
ZION, and who is again on duty here During
tupstintendsnt at West Point. and his place at
Che White House WAS taken BY Lieut.; Parker.
%e'n boy IL. ssd dans
when the Missouri Compromise was the i'm
portsnt public question. and when the ssnste
Wilson vent to Cslifornla with Senator
asR oas liz
70 West Point As a cadet by a Congressional
w h, took nS to him Vent Ten
worf OF the Govern ment. and one night when
meeting In the. Opera House. an old gentleman
arouse At the close OF burst OF applause. and.
renting hi; finger ss the orator ,ho1tsd
lad sent Wilson TO West Point, and nobody
sSoSsSs tnas Ss
The fact that Mr.. Moculioch Of Indiana
called at the White House one day last week
70 sdviss President Cleveland to sign the
bin &c, s- to ihs
]. Hugh Heculioch. Who came from Indiana
p sstsblish the. Office OF Comptroller OF the
q the ShS sSs
Esbinsta Of Grant and Arthur. and for long
f s.ss the ass.l agent OF this GOve5n%snt n
EStcn. lie lives during, the winter on
&hts houss. and in the sum msr It q modest
put delightful country home on farm In
hnrSiand, Just acros: the District line: The
eld-fsshionsd swallow tail style, is . familiar
dsSs ar m SsCaiioeh Is dsyotsd to bis farm
him publicly since the fall OF 1888. when he
.letter favoring Cleyeland's IDEAS OF tariff re-
form.
The House Committee on APPROXIMATIONS to-
DAY reported it's fifth deficiency bill for this
kssslon. The measure carries an appropria-
hon Of II. 237. 900, and Is to supply further ur-
sent deficiencies in the appropriations for the
current fiscal year. IL includes appropria-
hons to set the United States courts going
again.
Atelsgram received this morning from Rep
tssentAtye Bourke Cochran. who Is now at
New Orleans. states that he will arrive In
Washington Monday afternoon.
Otieial figures prepared By Superintendent
Stump show that the number OF Immigrants
sntsrlng the port OF New York since Jan up
to Nar'h 25 this year. ss compared with the
corresponding period OF last year, had de-
creased 1851 Superinten stump says
mis- decline in immigration is due to dull
pines and strict enforcement Of Immigrant
avs Ocean steamship lines report that the
humher OF Immigrants hooked by them for
me lnited States this season Is sixty per
ssnt. less than at this time last year.
The total number OF fourth class POST
masters appointed to-day was Il. OF which "a
we're TO I'LL vacancies caused by designations
III, .nd death Among the appointm ents were the
Ass Jsrssy-Jos Lee English Crssk vice n. a seun.
sMolsa sYneellns Mount. Etna Hies @. W. Mount
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