River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-30
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.

THE treasury department, says dis
patch of the 10Th has transferred an adj
ditiozal Sl0,0OO,000 in gold to The assay
office in New York, to facilitate foreig n
exchange.
A DISPATCH from Washington under
date of Oct 25th says the San Francisco
mint is coming small gold pieces to sup
ply the demand. The Philadelphia mint
is at work principally on silver dollars.
i WASHINGTON special to the Chicago
Journal of Oct. 23rd says that Secretary
sherman has made known his purpose
to his friends not TO be a candidate for
the United States senate in Ohio as the
! successor of Mr.. Thurman. The inter-
| probation put upon this by them is that
be does not care 10 complicate his can
didacy for the presidency with the state
contest.
4 DIsPACH from Washington under
date of Oct Goth state that the the dem
ocEatic members of the committee which
went to Kansas to investigate the charge
/ that Senator ingalls, procured his re-
| election 10 the senate by improper means,
| returned here to day, having left Senator
| Cameron and Logan, the republican
! members, at their homes en- route. The
committee do not hesitate to say that the
/ investigation was a failure, so fan as any
attempt to show corruption on the part
/ of Senator ingalls, was concerned.
/ A DIsPATCH from Washington of Oct.
/ 22nd says the post Office department con-
/ templates issuing an order to establish a
| postal car service from Toledo over the
! Wabash railroad and Kansas City d
| northwestern railway to Kansas City.
| The postmaster general to-day received a
cable message from DR.. Mcdonald, su
| perintendent Of the money order service,
announcing that he has agreed with the
director general at Paris upon the gen
eral terms of convention for the exchange
| OF money orders between the United
| States and France.
4 DISPATCH from Washington of the
25th irst says at the cabinet session the
| only vacancy mentioned was that of the
/ Columbia, Tenn postmastership. Judge
| Key presented the name of eX-congresS
man Arnell, and his appointment was
agreed upon. No appointment TO I'LL the
vacant English and Russia missions will
be made at present. a number OF names
are under consideration for both places,
but it may be authoritatively stated that
no selection has yet been made tor either
A TELEGRAM from Washington under
date of Oct 25th, states that at the cabi
net meeting Gen Sherman and Assistant
| Secretary Hawley represented the wal
and treasury departments respectively
! The meeting was devoted principally to
a discussion of the Ute question. Score
| tary Schurz and Gen. Sherman gave all
the information in the possession oftheil
| departments. Discussion turned upon
what steps should be taken towards the
Indians, and it was decided that for the
present only precautionary measures
should be adopted.
! A WASHINGTON press dispatch of the
oath states that the chief of the bureau
of statistics has prepared statement Of
the exports of provisions from this coun
try for the month of September last
which, compared with a similar state
ment published year ago for the month
CT September, 1878, shows a large in
crease in the amount of Provisions ex
ported, but a general falling off in prices
The following table shows the amount
of provisions by pounds exported in Sep
1 tom bar 1879 aud SoDtpm brr 1879.