Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

It is claimed that the efforts of the Treasury Department to secure a better circulation of silver are meeting with gratifying success. The Indian Bureau has been informed by Gen. Crook that the hostile Apaches are now in Mexico, about twenty-five miles south of the boundary line, and are still moving southward. General Newton, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A., estimates that an appropriation of about $18,000,009 or $20,000,000 will be required to continue the work of river and harbor improvements during the next fiscal year. —The total collections of internal revenue during the month of July last were $8,832,314, or $581,211 less than for the same period ot 1884. There was a decrease of $893,675 in the collections for spirits, and a decrease of $10,479 from miscellaneous sources. There was an increase of $131,418 on collections for tobacco, and an increase of $188,501 on fermented liquors. The rumor that Postmaster General Vilas is to resign is not credited in Washington. The rumor that Secretary Endicott and Gen. Sheridan were estranged is authentically denied. The War Department reports full compliance with the President’s order l or the removal of cattle from the Indian Territory. Th® President returned to Washington on Monday, the 7th inst., much improved in health. Miss Cleveland is expected at the White House about Oct. 1. A brilliant social season is contemplated. The President lias purchased, for $5,000, a fine span of Hatpbletonian horses.