Show mt M t OUR rume of york clr bill the of sim dotti faifar exposed haw clerk ad a member ol 01 conom wr a borderer froin oar correspondent another uneventful week in political circles ho signalizes signalized tho doingo of tho congress in fact so commonplace anro the proceedings that were it not for the fact that the american hag flies over both of the capitol washington would scarcely bo aware that there was such a giace giave body in existence as the senate and of representatives As mr fernana Ker nana bill for the new yorki exhibition has passed the senate there is every probability that the enterprise will bo pushed to completion and there is every reason to that the philadelphia centennial will be eclipsed by the ambitious efforts of the new yorker tie bill provides that the united states government ment shall not be responsible in any way for the acla of the promoters of the enterprise ter prise it limits the continuation of the corporation to january ast 1st 1885 and provides that must bo subscribed and 10 per cent of eliat amount paid in before busio ness can begin the public debt statement which has just been issued from the trea bury shows a reduction in the debt of nearly the exact figures being this heavy reduction is due to the excess of revenue of the government over expenditures and the consequent purchase of bonds for the sinking fund and their cancellation during the month over of out standing were the treasury the reduction this month is the largest that has been made since april 1872 for that month the reduction was in march 1877 tharo was also a large reduction this was due however to the fact that about nine million and the geneva award was cancelled the reduction sin the debt from june last to date foots up tho handsome aggregate of the subject of sugar adulteration is now attracting a great deal of attention and a great deal cf curiosity has been excite din order to ascertain bow the matter is accomplished it seems that glucose a gr pe or other fruit sugar and of a bright amber color is added gallon for gallon to a low grade of molasses which brings up the latter to about six cents a gallon more in value than the finest quality of refined syrup whilo at alie same time it possesses only aboul 70 per cent of the sweetening power of aarup the same glucose in a pure solid form is used in cafe of sugars and large quantities of the compound dealers under the name is sold bythe of coffee brown sugar in tha matter of scandal another savory morsel has been prepared for i the palates of lovers of the article in washington this timo it has its origin in the person of a clerk of the white house or presidential mansion and mixed up in the case is the name of a prominent member of contreas Con greas from ohio and an ex army officer the clerk has been promptly discharged from the position while the congressman asserts he knows nothing about the doings of the man or his woman ono of the most which may be called a gallows honor was perpetrated yesterday in washington at the hanging of a negro named stone convicted of the murder wife the booso was alced on the neck of the culprit and tho drop fell when horrible to relate the head of the man wa completely jerked from hia body the head for a moment clung to the noose mid then dropped to the ground blood spurted from alie neck in streams and dyed the beams with gore one of the physicians in attendance picked up the head and the cap having fallen off he noticed that the lips moved while the fea durei were perfectly calm the heart continued its pulsations for two minutes after tho execution AUGUST april 1880 |