Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Geu. Hazen, in his annual report on the operations of the Signal Service, states that during the past year no general storm has passed over the country without warning. H. D. Cooke & Co., private bankers of Washington, have suspended payment. The head of the house is a brother of Jay Cooke, and was formerly Governor of the District. The liabilities are said to be $140,001), mainly due to local creditors. The firm was interested in the Florida Canal Company and the Washington and Ohio Road. The Patent Examiners-in-Chief at Washington have made decisions in the telephone case of Bell, Edison, and others in favor of Beil, one decision involving the principal feature of the telephone.