Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The collections of internal revenue for the first six months of tho fiscal year wore as follows: Spirits $34,064,395 Tobacco ; 12,f1T2,39i» Fermented liquors...! 9,570,492 Miscellaneous sources 151,282 Total $66,518,568 This is $4,270,786 less Ilian the receipts for tho same period last year. JThe doorcase was in collections us follows: From spirits $3,935,983 From tobacco 352,857 From miscellaneous 272,184 Tho only incrcuse was from fermented liquors, $2(0,238. The aggrogate receipts for Deeembor, 1884, were $275,049 loss than for the samo month the previous year. The wife of Justice Stanley Matthews died in Washington. Her’ remains wore taken to Glenoalo, Ohio. Washington special; “There was a very lively scene in the gentlemen's dress-ing-room of Stewart Castle upon the occasion of Mrs. Stewart throwing open her house for a general reception to tho official and fashionable society of W ashingtou. A son of Congressman Holman struck Senor Don Carlos de Castro, Secretary of Venezuelan Legation, in the mouth, and knocked him down. Friends of both parties Interfered to provent a general fight, and in the struggle several blows were exchanged between other excited young men. Young Holman was gotten out the house and the row bushed without it becoming generally known.”

William Penn Nixon, of the Chicago Inter Ocean; Morrison Mumford, of the Kansas City Time* ; and D. R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade, were before the House Committee on Postoffioes and Poet-Roads last week in behalf of the reduction of newspaper postage. The committee appointed Representatives Money and Bingham to recommend to the oommittee appropriate legislation to be embodied in the postoffice appropriation bill providing for the reduction of postage on nowspapers from 2 cents to 1 cent per pound. If the Appropriations Committee should And it impracticable to comply with recommendations, the Postoffice Committee will endeavor to seoure the passage of a bill embodying this provision under the suspension of the rules, on the third Monday in February. The estimates for carrying on the work of the executive departments at Washington for the year amount to $7,003,151. The committees engaged in arranging for the Inauguration of President-elect Cleveland expect to have one hundred thousand men in the procession, with one hundred bands of music.

The House Committee on Harbors and Bridges have agreed to recommend the appropriation of $1,000;000, to begin the Improvement of Galveston harbor, of which $5,000 a year will be given to Capt. Eads, for superintending the work, and $3,000 a foot for each additional foot of water obtained. The Gould influence is said to be the strongest of all outside Influences which approach Washington. The entire strength of the great lobby influence is concentrated about the Senate, and there Gould seems to be having his own way as usual. He has even manipulated the Senate Judiciary Committee until it has agreed upon a bill which Is practioally a surrender cf the Interests of the Government in the Union Paolflo controversy. Mr. Gould Is not in the habit of employing professional lobyists. He never wastes money in giving dinners. His successes alto accomplished by securing the best information. There are said to be at least six Senators who are his active agents.