Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

A couple of blooded dogs brought by a Virginian as a gift to the President got into a fight in liis presence, aud created a great racket. The dogs and their owner were finally put out of tho room, aud the presentation ceremony did not come off. The proclamation of tho President, reimbursing the 10 per cent, discriminating duties on Spanish imported products, is to be withdrawn, as Spain is to make concessions regarding duties on United States products imported into Spanish Wost Indian possessions. The announcement is temporary, in tlio expectation that permanent treaty arrangements will follow. Mr. Fairchild, First Assistant Secretary of tlio Treasury, says there is no legal provision for tlio cxc.usion of Mormon immigrants. Gen. Sheridan set aside the verdict of acquittal rendered by a court-martial in the case of Caps. W. S. Johnson, retired, who admitted having executed two sets of vouchers for his pay for the same month. In a building at Washington occupied by the fish commission a terrible fight took place between an Arizona lizird afad a Florida alligator, which had been thoughtlessly placed together on Ilie same floor. The latter received a dislocated shouldor and was probably fatally poisoned. Attorney General Garland has given an opinion to tho .Secretary of the Treasury that national hanks must deposit interestbearing bonds to secure their c rculation, and that the called 3 percent bonds cannot be used as a basis of circulation. It is proposed to renew the negotiations for au enlarged extradition treaty with Canada. It is estimated that the expenses of the postal service for the next fiscal year will aggregate $55,342,150, au increase of $976,286 over tho current year. President Cleveland has selected

Thursday, November 25, as a day of national prayer and thanksgiving. The official proclamation reads a 3 follows: It baa long been the eastern of the people of the United States, on a day in each year especially set apart for that purpose by their chief executive, to acknowledge the goodness and mercy of God and invoke His continued care and protection. In observance of such custom I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 25th day of November, instant, to be observed and kept a 6 a day of thanksgiving and prayer. On that day let all our people forego their accustomed employments and assemble in their usual places of worship to give thanks to the Ruler of tne universe for our continued enjoyment of the blessings of a free government, for a renewal of business prosperity throughout our land, for the return which has rewarded the labor of those who till the soil, and for our progress as a people in all that makes a nation greut. And while we contemplate the infinite power of God in earthquake, flood, and sterm, let the grateful hearts of those who have been shielded from harm through His mercy be turned in sympathy and kindness toward those who have suffered through His visitations. Let us also, in the midst of our thanksgiving, remember the poor and needy with cheerful gifts and aims, so that our service may, by deeds of charity, be made acceptable in the sight of the Lord. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this Ist day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundredth and eleventh. By the President: Grover Cleveland. T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.