Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-02
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News.

Gonal Bank. Pittsburgh, sent to Washing
ton on the 10Th. N5 examination, has beer
pronounced coaa,Jytt., by Treasurer Spin
Her
A committee u The New York Stock
Exchange recently called on Commissioner
Delsno and requested him TO reconsider
inf recent decision olaSsing them as bank.
ers, and requiring them TO pay that tax
The Commissioner refused 10 reopen the
question, having given it full considea'
aon already
Customs receipts from August to A.
sncluslvc, amount to S3,074,44l,
An order has been issued from the War
Department forbidding residence of set
sIers on military reservations. All in.
truders will be notified by the military
commanders TO leave the military reserva-
lions, and if they refuse to do 50, they will
ae removed by force.
A Rochester locksmith on the 21st oper.
s1ed on the lock adopted by the Govern
ment for its use in the Treasury Depart
mcnt at Washington, and succeeded in
opening the safe in the Supervising Archi-
Gect's office in one hour and seven minutes,
and afterwards accomplished the same feat
IN twelve minutes, The telegraph says
" The process, it seems, is one known to q
number of artisans, and after seeing the
performance, those present ceased 70 won
der at the skillful bank robberies reported
IN New Jersey aud New York"
A Washington special Of the 23d says;
A very large number Of soldiers dis.
charge papers are retained in the Office of
She Commissioner Of Pensions. All the
other bureaus return them after acting
upon the case which they accompany AT
Ser their final action in the Pension Blu
reau they are retained, bat can be OBJ.
Iained by direct application to the Com
missioner. Those signing their letters by
mark must have il witnessed by two per,
spns, and verified by some officer having
seal
The records of the State Department at
Washington show the following regarding
State action on the Fifteenth Amendment
20 the Constitution of the United States.
Complete ratitcation North Carolina,
West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South Caro-,
Una, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Connect
rrt, Florjda--i2 Defective ratification
Kansas, Missouri Rejected in Della
ware and Kentucky
GOV Scnter, Col. ID. NJ. Nelson, Gen.
3. A. Mowbray and Colonel John B.
Brownlow, Of Tennessee, were in Wash.
sngton on the oath, en- route for New York
GoYerqer scnter would return TO Wash
snEton IN q few days, for the purpose Of
calling u. President Grant
y Washington dispatch says the de-
mands on the Treasury for fractional
currency are SO great and the amounts
oluircd so large that to supply them
would ncCcs3itatc the issue Of currency
al the rate OF 100000 day for u year to
rnme
The Secretary ofthe Interior has ordered
,Iiat hereafter all Indian claims--ior boun.
~, pensions, damages for dcpredations,
.et.--must be settled through the Indian
Bureau
Preliminary steps for founding a com.
urefcial college for colored men have been
taken at Washington, and II is proposed
eventually to extend the movement all
over the country,
4 letter was received at the White
House in Washington, on the 95th, from
Paris, written by Freuchman, asking
permission to establish gambling house
IN New York city, to be regularly licensed
and placed under surveillance of the police
u contribute portion of its profits to
thc Government and be managed in all
respects like the gambling houses of Baden
Baden and WeisbadCn.