Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Maj. Heuer, of the corps of eugiawrs. has snltnuKed hi* report off :ae pw<T«ss of work co the imprjveesent off the south pass of the Miss.issipp. rirw ter the pas: tsesu year to Ges. Newts®, chief cf engineers. He fays: ‘<»ne of the facts ev®neeted with the improvement is that the fait depths an-i widths of the chaaneif requirei by law have been maintained thronyteoct tie year by Mr. Eads, and .bat no drsdgia,? of any kind has been required on any of this work since February, l-s?. No work has teen done in the pass or at the head of the passes during th-:- year.” The President has issued a proclamation ordering the cattlemen on the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations in Indian Territory to remove their herds within forty days. It is rumored at Washington that Chief Justice Waite, of the Supreme Bench, will soon retire, and that ex-Senator McDonald of Indiana, will be appointed his successor. Secretary Manning has answered an inquiry from the Federation of Labor Unions regarding the letting of contracts to employers of public labor, stating that the Government is governed solely by the bids having p view the greatest economy, and beyond this there was no thought of defining the policy of the Government in relatichi to contracts for public work.