Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1883 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The condition of Hon. William t>. Kelley, who is suffering from a cancer of the Jaw, says a Washington dispatch, is believed to be more serious than at first supposed. Dr Agnew, of the quartette of physicians who attended Garfield, has the case in charge. President Arthur, accompanied by Secretaries Folger and Chandler and Attorney General Brewster, went to New York and participated in ceremonies of opening the great Brooklyn bridge. The President has appointed Richard Lambert, of California, United States Consul at San Bias, Mexico. Postoffice officials claim that there ■Will be #3,000,000 surplus this year, which is about twioe as much as last year. No surplus is expected after the 2-oent stamp takes effect There is not the slightest probability that the Southern Pacific railroad will be successful in its attempt to secure the landgrant of the Texas Pacific. The matter will not be taken up for consideration for some time, but Secretary Teller has already said enough to make it clear that he will not grant the request The Secretary of the Treasury lias decided that the #100,(H10 appropriated for the prevention of the spread of epidemic diseases shall be disbursed by the Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service The authorities at Washington are of opinion that the provisions of the Immigration law relative to pauper immigrants will warrant the exclusion of two-thirds of the Mormons brought here from foreign countries. *