Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-27
WASHINGTON.

for the apprehension OF the gang.
WASHINGTON.
THE two houses adjourned Dec. Goth
az per resolution, until January 9TH.
JOHN Z. HoYT has been nominated
associate justice Of Washington terri
tory.
TIE president nominated Mrs. Emily
i. Dillman for postmistress Of Toledo
Dec. 18th
THE funeral Of Congressman Williams
occurred Dec. 22nd. 1t was largely at.
tended.
l.. BRADFORD PRINCE, of New York
has been nominated chief justice Of the
supreme court of New Mexico.
THE treasury department disposed Of
over million and Il half of four per
cent. bonds, Dec. 2lst.
TIE New York custom house nomi-
nations will not be again considered un
I'll the January reassembling Of con
gress.
NEGOTIATIONS are now in progress ut
the interior department with Chief
Moses for placing his tribe upon a rescr-
vation.
THE short session Of congress proved
disastrous to the health OF several rep
resentatives. Messrs. Thornburgh and
Riddle Of Tennessee, were both taken
very i'll about the time Of Mr.. Williams
death.
SAYS u Washington telegram Of Dec.
Is: The United States treasurer cX-
poets to have by the first Of January,
exclusive ofdeposits, 1885,, 000, 900 in coin
with which to resume specie payments.
TIE army bill is perhaps the largest
one ever presented to congress. 1t cor
tains 500 printed pages and will require
twelve hours to read it. It's passage
this session is doubtful.
TIE governor of Washington Terri
tory :clegraphs Secretary Schurz that
there is better news from east of the
mountains, and lie don't think there
will be any collision between Moses
band Of Indians and the whites.
TIE secretary of the treasury issued
u circular December Odd, TO custom
house officers authorizing them to
.
$. notes as well us gold coin and stand
ard silver dollars in payment of duties
on imports.
TIE investigation committee under
Blanes resolution, met first Dec. 20th,
but little business was done except to
adopt u resolution calling upon Mr..
Blaine to furnish such statistics and evil
dences of election frauds rs he might
have, upon which the committee could
base operations.
lT was reported in Washington oili-
cial circles Dec. Goth that Senator Kirk
wood, to whom was referred the nomi-
nation of Samuel Hayes to succeed
Fillcy III tie st. Louis post Office, will
give tho president an opportunity to
withdraw The nomination, believing the
change is DOT jusliiiable Large forces
were in Washington urging Mr.. Filleys
reinstatement.
THE secretary of the interior has tel
egraphed tho governor OF Washington
territory with regard to the reported
outrages by citizens upon Indians IN
the department of the Columbia in
struCting the governor to use his utmost
endeavors to prevent any assaults upon
the Indians, and further informing him
that the law officers Of the government
have been directed by the attorney
general to prosecute all offenders III
such instances.
TIE house committee on postotlices
and post-roads has substituted for its
own bill, which provides for the classi-
liention Of mail matter and rate Of post
age thereon, bill prepared by tho pos
tai conference recently held in New
| York. The bill does not materially
differ from the house bill, but is much
better arranged and more satisfactory
TO the interests involved. 1t provides
for four classes of mailable matter and
for the registration of newspapers and
periodicals under particular rcstrc.
lions.
THE house commerce committee has
been hearing arguments from one Capt.
Cowden, an ex-steamboat man, who has
rehabilitatcd m old-time theory Of re-
claiming the lands of the Mississippi
valley. His plan briefly is not to build
levees, but when the water gets too
high let 1t OIL through Il convenient
canal for the pGrpose. lie believes
that such canal cut from the Red
river to the Caucasian would divert the
waters of the former river from the lat
ter. Another plan is to connect Lake
Bergne with tho gulf, thus atlording a
new mouth TO the Mississippi BY these
means he argues the level of the river
will he lowered, the current increased
in rapid,ty, and the channel deepened.
To do all this Mr.. Cowdcn wants an ap-
preparation of only $lo,000,000.
FOREIGN.
THE socialist newspaper, IuknaN
was suppressed i'll Berlin Dec. 20th.