Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Riyeh and harbor appropriations of $lB,000,000 to $20,000,000 will be asked for the next fiscal year.... Treasurer Jordan, telegraphs a Washington correspondent, 6ays that the policy adopted by the Treasury Department to secure a better circulation of silver coin- is meeting with | gratifying success. During the month i of Aogust just endtd there was 1 paid out from the different snb-treasuries j $1,667,444 in standard silver dollars | and $1,495,902 in fractional silver coin, | which amounts were largely in excess of j the issue of silver during the correspond- j ing month of last year. Mr. Jordan says the withdrawal of $1 and $2 notes from ! circulation was made necessary by the rapid accumulation of silvor in "the subtreasuries. It was expected in'this way to . create a Remand for silver coin. 1 hat the plan was successful is shown by the output of silver during the past month. So far no formal complaints or protests against the withdrawal of one and two dollar notes have been made. 1 Applications have, however, been received j for large quantities of small notes. In ! each case answer has simply been made j that the issue of these notes has been sus- i pended for the present Treasury officials ' express themselves as much encouraged by the present 6tate of the finances, and pre- ; diet an improvement in the general busi- j ness of the country. A patent has just been issued at Wash- ! ington for an apparatus, composed of a ; system of springs, to run sewing-machines, entirely doing away with the treadle. The motive power is produced by simply bearing the foot on a rest. It is conceded in diplomatic circles in Washington that the Bismarck-Cuba agitation has assumed rather alarming proportions. .. .Repoits from military officers in Indian Territory state that the terms of the President’s proclamation, ordering the removal of cattle from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations, are being complied with in good faith. The President returned to Washington on Monday, the 7th inst, much improved in health. Miss Cleveland is expected at the White Honse Oct 1. „ A brilliant social season is contemplated. The President has purchased, for $5,000, a fine span of Hambletonian horses.