Show S Washington Notes WASHINGTON January 2A prominent government official says that when in New York a few days ago he learned that five physicians had been called in consultation to examine the state of General Grants health and arrived at the conclusion that the General was completely broken down physically and required absolute rest The subcommittee of the House committee com-mittee on appropriations haying in charge the fortifications appropriation bill intends to report the full cOin mittee the same measure reported to the House by the majority of the appropriation committee last session which appropriated about 7 000000 Representative Springer chairman of the subcommittee appointed to inves tigate the conduct of Marshal Wright at the Ohio election left Washington today for Cincinnati VanAlstyne and Stuart other members of the committee will meet Springer in that city The investigation wilt begin on Monday and continue two weeks With the beginning of the New Year the time for taking observations by the Signal Service wqs made eight I i minutes and twelve second earlier so as to conform to the standard or seventy I fifth meridian time instead Washing ton local time as heretofore |