The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-04
GENERAL NEWS.
Sitting Bull is Back on Us.
Miles Proposes to go After Him.
Turks and Gar Ready for Peioe.
Great Rejoicing Over the ArmI.tios
Now Comes the Critical Point.
WASHINGTON.
Bids for Carrying aIaIIs.--Coinage
of Trade Dollars.

Bids for Carrying hails..-Coinage
of Trade Dollars.
WAAH1saToN, Februry 2.-Forty thou
sand bids hAya been received for casfyfig
the mails for the next four years In near.
ly all that portion Of the United States
lying west Of the Mississippi river and
extending to the Pacific Ocean. Awards
will be made by March S0th.
The Secretary Of the Treasury will po1
open the mint at Philadelphia for thiI
coinage OF the Trade Dollars, and vii
place such restriction on the westeri
mints "a will prevent their coinage To-
shipment east. The coinage OF suffi
cient amount TO meet the actual de-
mand for export will be authorized fol|
the present or until Congress shall have
acted on the coinage Of silver dollars foI
circulation.
When Mr.. New was U. s. Treasurer h,|
imposed fine on all banks and businesIl
firms sending packages Of money which
were inconyenient for counting, TO COM
pensate the office for the extra troubl,
and time involved in the counting. Thes,
fines aggregated sl,s0O, and were turned
over 10 his successor, Mr.. Wyman, and
came into the charge Of the Chief OF the
Redemption Division. Now the 81 800
are missing, and patient search insti.
tuted by Secretary Sherman cannot dis.
cover the fund. which was last seen in an
envelope in the safe OF then Chief Of the
Redemption Division.
PHILLIP BILL.
Representative Phillips bill to pro-
vide for funding the savings Of the peo-
pie in popular loan and 10 make Il in.
terconverlible, provides for receiving
savings at postal savings banks for %
cents and upward, and when $40 have
accumulated on any account postal
money order IL to be issued, which may
be placed in 8. IS bond, interest payable
quarterly, which bond Ia at option recon-
vertible into legal tenders. The bond
should be Issued in postal orders in de.
nominations OF $40, $50, $50 and 500 by
the Treasury OF the United States and the
Assistant Treasurer or q government de-
pository. The proceeds are TO be invested
in paying per cent bonds subject 10 call
and 500, ,0O0,O00 are to be held for recon.
version.
LIBRARY. .,
The Senate and House Library Com
mitlees to-day jointly considered pro-
position to build an extension TO the Con-
gressional Library, and agreed TO report
a bill asking the appointment OF Con-
ference Commission, consisting OF the
chairmen Of the House and Senate Com
Ri,iSSf1;; e. On ! Ip.SSblic Buildings and Grounds
spoaord. Librarian. who shall thorough
ly consider the matter and report their
decision. h&e&:.S-:
RELICS OF THE WRECKED.
Tie Signal Service Observer at Cape
Hatieras reports yawl boat, some
clothing and Il pocket book washed
ashore. Tho pocket book contained the
discharge papers Of Jas. A. Bowen. The
station at The wreck Of the Metropolis re-
ports that Captain Ankers left for Nor
fork after the auction Of the wrecked
material, and the scene Of the wreck is
deserted. The keeper OF No. 4 station
buried fifteen bodies washed up during
the night from one to eight miles north
OF the station. One man had on gold
plated watch and gold chain, also Eve
KEYS. The rescued were furnished with
blankets from the steamer Plymouth.
The Chief Of ordinsnce has notified
Gov. Colquitt, Of Georgia, to make q
requisition for the arms to be issued out
the quote due the State in July.