Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Thomas E. Benedict, Deputy Controller of New York State, and editor of the Ellenville (N. Y.) Press, has been appointed to succeed S. P. Rounds as Government Printer. A Washington dispatch to the Chicago News says of the appointment: “There is considerable excitement here among the members of the Typographical Union over the report that Mr. Benedict is the proprietor of a ‘rat’ office. Union prices and union workmen are the in - variable rule at the Government printing office, and the fact that Benedict is an enemy of the union is sufficient to arouse a very gen-

eral opposition to his appointment A local printer said to-night that Benedict was quite as unpopular with the union as Cutting is, and the prediction is freely made that the Senate will not dare confirm him. ” A statement issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department regarding immigration gives the total number of immigrants who arrived at the six principal ports of the United States during the month of July, 1886, as 31,348, an increase of 3,866 over the number arriving during the same month last year. During the seven months ended July 31, 1886, there arrived 221,313, or 6,610 more than during the corresponding period of 1885. The following table shows the number arriving from each of the countries named during the seven months: England and Wales 29,967 1re1and34,222 Scotland >7,993 Germany46,Blß Francel,7B7 Austria 9,727 Bohemia and Hungaryl3,2o7 Russia and Polandl6,l2o Sweden and Norway3l,lßo Denmark 4,429 The Netherlandsl,739 1ta1y17,021 Switzerland 2,967 All other countries 4,126 During the absence from Washingon of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of the same office, Miss Minnie 8. Cook is acting as the head of the Indian Office. Brigadier General John Newton, Chief of Engineers, has been retired at his own request. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild has issued regulations for the enforcement of the oleomargarine law. The necessity of marks and brands Is made manifest and a form of bond for exporters’ use is given. Special stamps have been designed for the article.