I can see no reason why additional ground should not be purchased for 'the proper accommodation and safety' of a large proportion of the public buildings completed and in process of erection.

Upon the verdict found, in the absence of insanity caused by any disability, it can hardly be claimed that his death was caused by his military service.

The entire town within which Bar Harbor is situated contained in 1880 1,639 inhabitants, as appears by the census of that year.

The gross receipts of the office for the year ended June 30, 1887, are reported by the Postmaster-General at $5,337.

The permission to purchase this addition at a price per foot greatly in excess of that already owned by the Government seems so unnecessary, except to benefit the owner, that I am of the opinion it should not be granted.

A letter addressed to the postmaster at Youngstown containing certain questions bearing upon the necessity of a new building failed to elicit a reply.

I can not see that it was such a result of military service as to entitle the applicant to a pension.

I am satisfied that the appropriation of $75,000 for a building at Youngstown is at present not justified.

I return without approval Senate bill No. 347, entitled 'An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Youngstown, Ohio.'

I return without approval Senate bill No. 835, entitled 'An act for the relief of Elisha Griswold.'

There does not seem to be any governmental purpose to which such a building could be properly devoted except the accommodation of the post-office.

The utmost liberality to those who were in our Army hardly justifies a compensation by way of pension for injuries incurred in sport or pastime or as the result of a practical joke.