Thurman Notified

The members oí the democratie committec appointed to notif.y ex-SeriatQr Allen G. Thurman of his nomination to the office o) vicepresifleut, went a CQlumbu June 28 for that purpose. The committee were cordially received by the nominee and members of his family. The scène which occurred In the white house a few days before, when Cleveland was notined, was re-enacted, and Mr. Thurman given the formal letter of notiflcation. Iu response to the letter Mr. Tnurman sald : Mr. Chairmax and Gkntlembx oï the Comm ittee - I pray you to accept my very sincere thanks for the kind and courteous manner in which you have commucicated to me the official iuformatiot of my nomination by the St. Louis convention. You know without my saying it that I am profoundly grateful to the convention and to the democratie party for the honor conferred upon me, and the more so that it was wholly unsought and undesired by me; not that I undervalued a distinction which any man of our party, however eminent, might highly prize, but simply because I had ccased to be ambitious oí publio Ufe. But when I am told in suearnost and impressive a manner that I can still render service to the good cause to which I have ever been devoted - a cause to which I am bound by the ties of affection, by the dictates of judgment, by a sense of obligatlon for favors so often conferred upon me, and by a fervent hope that the party may long continue to be able to serve the republic, what can I uiuler such circumstances do but yield my private wishes to the demand of those whose opinions lam bound to respect [Applause.] Gentlemen, with an unfeigned difHdence in my ability to fulüll the expectations that led to my nomination, I yet feel it to be my duty to accept it and to do all that may be in my power to do to merit so marked a distinction. Gentlemen, the country is blessed by an able and honest administration of the general government. [Applause. ] We have a president who wisely, bravely, diligently and patriotically discharges the duties of his high office. [Applause.] I fully believe that the best interest of the country require his re-election, and the hope that I may be able to contribute somewhat to bring about the result is one of my motives for aceepting a place on our ticket, and I also feel it my duty to labor for a reduction of taxes and to put a stop to that accumulation of a surplus in the treasury that, in my judgment, is not only prejudicial to our tinancial welfare, but is, in a high degree, dangerous to honest and constitutional government. Applause. I suppose, gentlemen, that I need say no more to-day. In due time, and in accordance with established usage, I will transmit to your chainnau a writtea acceptance of my nomination, with such observations upon public ques tions as may scem to me to bc proper, f Applause,] _ Public Debt Statement. The public debt statement issued Julv 2 shows: Total debt, $1,717,784,793; iess eash items available, $348,979,t72 ; les reserve held for redomption of United States notes, $8,979,(572 ; total debt Iess available cash items, $1,368,805,121 ; net cash in the treasury July 1, $1,025,584,656; debt less cash in treasury June 1, 1888, $1,180,014,159; decrease of debt during the month, $14,439,608; decrease sipco June 30, 1887, $113,844,080; total cash in treasury as ahown by treasurer' general account, ÍKÍ),S54,087. Mrs. Quincy B. Smith of Boston, a daughter of Louis Agassiz, has for eight pears supportod froe kindergartens in the yoorost quarters of Boston and Cambridge at a personal expense of $50,000. A lady writing on kissing saysthat a kiss on the forehead denotes roverence for the intellect. She docsn't say so, but a kiss on the back of the neck is a proof that U" young woman didn't hold still.