Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News.

special duties VIII bcto reassess moor cs
in the largegeities, and the Work Will DC
commenced Immediately
All the members Of the Cabinet were IN
Washington on the goth. sG
Receipts Of Fractional currency for the
week ending September 10, S69l,2oo;
shipments, sG3s,7dhgmHW I
In consequence Of The great demand
made everywhere for small notes and cur.
rency, the Treasury Department has made
arrangements in New York for furnishing
$3.50, 900 day in fractional currency, be-
ginning on the Goth The new one, two
and ten dollar notes win be ready to issue
on October I, when the cngrayer williur-
nish 100000 per day
Anew York telegram of the 18TH says:
al, ia stated that it is not the intention OF
the administration TO push the settlement
of the Cuban difficulties for the present,
nor do anything that would be likely to
irritatc Spain and provoke war with her
Matters viii probay be allowed to drltt
along as they have been doing, in the
hope that the Spanish Government will
finally accept the SickIes proposition"
The amount Of specie held by all the
National banks of the United States on
The 9Th inst. amounted to $l1 14S, l4l.4B.
A Washington telegram Of the 2Oth
says: at il stated that strong hopes are
entertained by our Government that Spain
will eventually accept some proposition
that will secure the independence Of Gu.
ba. No fears are apprchended Of a COLI
sion with Spain, as no cause Of oilcnse has
been or will be offered. Minister Sickles
note, which causes SO much comment, was
simply a reminder that if Spain had for
maly accepted the United statcsas mcdi-
nlc between that country and Cuba our
Government was ready TO enter upon ne
gotations.'
Washington specials Of the 2lst say the
United States Government rcpudiates
Sicklcs' action as exceeding his instruc-
lions, and pledges itself to ccnsure him.
The Commissioner of Agriculture at
Washington has received from the Kansas
State Fair, what he pronounces one of the
inest collections Of fruits and cereals ever
received at the department
President Grant and family returned
10 Washington on The morning of the 22d.
The East.
James NJ, Clark, recently appointcdby
President Grant District Judge for the
District Of Rhode Island has declined the
appointment
On the Goth the heat was intense in
New York city, and case Of unstroke
l. reported
Ii0ratio Seymour has been selected as
q delegate TO the New York Democratic
State Convention.
On the morning of the 10th q collision
occurred at Athens Pa, on the Pennsyl-
sarm Il New York Railroad, between an
express and q way train One person was
killed outright, one other fatally and seyc.
fsl seriously injured,
The National Convention of the Uni
ycrmlist denomination assembled in Buf,
hio on the 2lst Reports were read on
Sunday. Schools, the condition Of The col
lcges, and on the state OF the Church.
An Augusta, Me, telegram of the DIST
says "Thc entire vote of the State is re.
ociyel, except thirty.seycn small towns
and plantations. Chamberlain received
50.1al Smith 3S,9;I and lliehborn l,6i2.
Tho Senate stands 2S Republicans, 3 Dem.
ocrats u Democratic gain of / ! the House,
ii3 Republicans, "a Democrats four dis
tricis to hear from Last year the House
stood Republicans, lei Democrats, 30"
The New York Democratic State Con
rcntion on the 22d nominated the follow.
,ng ticket Secretary of State Homer A,
Nelson; Comptroller, William f. Allen
Attorney General, NJ b Champlan !;
Treasurer, Wheeler IL Bristol; State En-.
giucor, Van Richmond Canal Commits.
s,onor, W, W. Wright State Prison In
spcctor, +, Latin OF Ulster; Judges Of the
Cour, of Appeal, John A. Lott, OF Kings,
and Robert Earl, of lIcrkimer
The Massachusetts, Republican State
Convention ON The 22d rrnominatcd all
che present State officers by acclamaton,
with the exception of State Auditor, the
name of Chas. En- icott, of Canton, being
substituted for that Of the present incum.
bent
The Now York Htrdli of the POD says
The report that several hundred thousand
dollars had been ombczzlcG from the
Methodist Book Concern is denied by its
managers.
The New York Sun of the 98d contains
an emphatic denial Of The report that See
r.Iary Fish had recalled General Sicklrs,
and states that General SicSlcs has not in