New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

washington, August
A BIG LOUISIANA FARM ne o'ss ,,,
a., ,ho world 10 In the southwestern part VI NY
S,.ta" said r G, Vinton. or louisiana "' ','
Normandie. "lt II owned ana ope'"'eu ~ ~,
-. ~ Nortl,ern capitalists. and embraces l'""
~ ~, =, land which were originally big past
~. -. ,,t,,e The land Is devoted to the cuitiVa-
Vs., 90 cotton corn sugar and rice. East and west
W. w. .,,nt, extends one hundred miles The south. I
srn Pn%Sins % Na'd Sood deal OF attention is paid to
raisins cattle Of which the synra steamers on
iS nsvisabe rivers that through their mann NAM
moth farm and they have also rice "'''''' '
~ars Ice plant and bank
p,cyCIJNG AND BEER,-"whether or not the
,,vc,e IS responsible for the falling OF IN 'he CON
s,mntion Of beer, do not pretend 10 say, !"
.rtes W a. Paul, Of milwaukee,, at the Shore-
~, ..but the fact Is that of late there mas pe'"
= no,,ble dim,nution OF the quantity OF beer con-
.,mcd IN several of our Western cities ihe,o -
,sr,lv any line Of trade that does not lay "
no, the bicycle and tho beer men are no eAoeP
ZION There would really seem some iosicei siou'',
49,. ,or the complaint. When one comes 10 'l'''h
-. ., 60 Ga s,lv seen that the rider of wheel
No, need very much beer in his business i,st, pee.
and the bike s-e not exactly WbpeeImen is apt
W. ~ a., reckless and go TO scorchng or frying rh 1o
rvr aoyra street or delivery WAGONS, ra eo
aysrsSe AYERS Ne gsea forth to ride his seed he knows
the value Of clear lear bn hsaq all otber kinds Of slim
u-ith
Wants and thereby avoids Acquaintance W
emergency hospitals
A. E1~~FNTRIC GOVERNOR.-A Missou'ia''
&, .neak,nr Of Governor Stevens, or his S'"'e, COZ
to-day: He Is kindly disposed man. an" n
many ecccntric;ties. lie has amused the pVop'U
more than once since he took once ~ iau 49,
,ho cu.torn in Missouri for years Tor the WV
~ 90 re.ease TWO prisoners on each OF the 'hree
,rnc,pal hoiidays-July T. Thanksgiving Ia! an"
rccember 2S Governor Stevens, without sN"s
any reason at all increased the numper 10 '''.e'
ord will exercise cemency on that rauo uu'i"s ~
,ern lie calls the men In and gives 'hem ~
lie talk before bcstowing their pardon upon 'i0' ~
JIe lectures them as 10 their duty, warns 'heih
against falling back into old RUS, p0'e VT noon,
fhev may hope to regain the confidence OF pe"piH,
tn s q, ,.artine gives each cordial handshake lie
makes the whole proceeding as faihety t anu a. tro
Go Sour ase 10 stare AT him pretty hard when lie
remarked that he had no DOUBT theie VIZ 'ho n"gh,
a. a. ~. in prison walking the streets free don.
think he has any Senatorial aSphauoiiSs m'is ~,
+ itdv IS eIy hl u M h hand nd Ills predecessor MI stone
IS very anxious 10 come to the SGnag S OFFER
az General CockrelTs seat. But II Generai S 6ocN-
fch Nj Wi' ne v"ry hard man for anybody to beat
IN he riIra portions of the State the Ola sehue-
man is invincibIe.
THE SHELVING OF BLAND.-Roferences to
This years silver campaigns do not contain 'he
raroo of 'I-nce Dick Bland ard this develops
,re ,in,o the fnal vote the Tariff bill was taken
I1o had gone home some weeks before ana con-
tented himself with pairing against 'he h'eaSu'o,
A., ,o.cuaint,nce of the Missouri Congressman said
to-day: MIR. Bland is getting along IN years anu
active campaigning Is no longer In his hne' ne
feels that the younger men ought TO 90 'h"' H0
has los, none his interest In silver and ne hopes
70 see the cause triumph In the end. Rut some
times think that Mr.. Bland must resent ~ MS sou
the trea ment the silver men have mel Uu. W ,e
him. That was genulneN ic Lousn 9as not only de-
fa,ed for ;he Presidential nomination. hut FOR MAJ
Nv, ON hin. and gave its vote for young ;nan
who was in college when Mr. Bland was M iaEms nrls
en-, House was organized. the veteran Has aeTin
passed for young ana 9h1teu 1f uBiana mus;
aE - him Tor directions That Of thing bears
heavily upon the most unseinSnb i ibaad but he must
II 70 an tbat in a certain sense ne has been snclVeo
The issue for Which ne R SO lSs 3GU is not unlike
nat OF Colonel Morrison, Who aitot, inanIsd ,sIsd nv
,dr''t Mr. cleveiand"
co,-Nr1NG THE TREASURY CAsH-The
,.-.o,. Dorartnoent is now in the midst Of the
,,aarsnntal count Every four years or oftener' II
,rara 6 a change Of the United States treasurer
all the vast pile OF coin in the Treasury u eou'VD
dollar bv dollar. and weighed. and proper le'u'IS -
and conparsons made. II is done III o'uei W
scertain whether the money is all there ana De-
,o,sa the Treasurer IS heavily bonded onlcer anu
os,onsthle for the sums intrusted 10 his Keeping
These neriodjcal counts much ailke Ill 'le
manner in which the work Is executed Coii
,,i,tee of expert officers is appointed IN ""ic" wv"
the former Treasurer and the new en nersons
Besides these counters; there are aaIlo the sne
boring men, hardy ana strohs hsiUning IN Of the fiscal
Gle The work begins at the 6eginnkI 6egi INV ~ August
wear July /, and EXTENDS tniousm, s, oT tho Latter
and September, closing with the I'll" -
month.