Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-26
CURRENT EVENTS,
WASHINGTON.

THE two houses adjourned Dec. Goth,
as per resolution, until January 9TH.
JOHN P. HoYT has been nominated
associate justice of Washington terri
tory.
THE funeral of Congressman Williams
occurred Dec. 22nd. 1t was largely at
tended.
THE president nominated Mrs. Emily
/. Dlllman for postmistress of Teledo,
December 18Th.
THE treasury department disposed OF
over million and a half Of four per
cent bonds, Dec. 21st.
l.. BRADFORD PRINCE, of New York.
has been nominated chief justice of the
supreme court Of New Mexico.
THE New York custom house nomi-
nations will not be again considered un-
til the January reassembling of con-
gress.
NEGOTIATIONS are now in progress at
the interior department with Chief
Moses for placing his tribe upon res
ervation.
THE army bill is perhaps the largest
one ever presented to congress. It con-
tains 500 printed pages and will require
twelve hours to read it. Its passage
this session is doubtful.
THE short session of congress proved
disastrous to the health of several repre-
sentatives. Messrs. Thornborgh ana
Riddle of Tennessee, were both taken
very i'll about the time of Mr. Williams
death.
SAYS a Washington telegram of Dec
IS: The United States treasurer ex-
poets to have by the first Of January,
exclusive of deposits, $I35,000,000 in
coin with which to resume specie pay
ments.
THE gov ernor of Washington Terri
tory telegeapns Secretary Schurz that
there is better news from east of the
mountains, and he don't think there
will be any collision between Moses
band of Indians and the whites.
The secretary of the treasury is
sued a circular Dec. 23d, to custom
house officers authorizing them to re-
ceive after the LIST of January, U. S.
notes as we'll rs gold coin and standard
silver dollars in payment of duties on
imports.
THE investigation committee under
Blaine's resolution, met first Dec. Goth,
but little business was done except to
adopt a resolution calling upon Mr..
Blaine to furnish such statistics and
evidences of election frauds as he might
have. upon which the committee could
base operations.
1t was reported III Washington Off
cial circles Dec. Goth that Senator Kirk
wood, to whom was referred the nOmi-
nation of Samuel Hays to succeed
Filley in the st. Louis post office, will
give the president an opportunity to
withdraw the nomination, believing the
change is not justifiable. Large forces
were in Washington urging Mr.. Filley's
reinstatement.
THE secretary of the interior has tel
graphed the governor of Washington
outrages by citizens upon Indians in
the department of the Columbia, in
structing the governor to use his ut
most endeavors to prevent any assaults
upon the Indians, and further inform
ing him that the law officers of the gov
ernment have been directed by the at
torney general to prosecute all offenders
In such instances.
The house committee on pOstoffices
and pOst-roads has substituted for It's
own bill, which provides for the classi-
| fcation of mail matter and rate of post
age thereon, a bill prepared by the pos
tai rnnnJ1tl w hold Nnu,
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 restric-
tons.
The house commerce committee has
been hearing arguments from one Capt.
| Cowden, an eX-steamboat man, who has
| rehabilitated an 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 it off through a convenient
canal for the purpose. He believes
that such canal cut from the Red
river to the Calcasian would divert the
waters of the former river from the lat
ter. Another plan is to connect Lake
Bergne with the gulf, thus affording a
new mouth to the Mississippi By these
means he argues the level of the river
will be lowered. the current increased
in rapidity, and the channel deepened
| To do all this Mr.. Cowden wants an an.
ropriation of only $10,000,000.