Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
WASHINGTON.

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The patent office receipts for the year
just ended were 1925, 1926. a,,-IH ,4n1 q
THE treasury is constantly accufhu-
lating gold!on Do 7rn 10 - ie'I2t 2df
ALEXANDER III. STEPHENS was severe
" attacked with neuralgia Of the bowels
few days since. Iei- 7na ra. g
REPRESENTATIVE HARTRIDGE, of Geor-
ela died Of pneumonia Jan. 9Th, in
Washington. 81. III. .t... -a,u,,...,a.
THE Mormons are detected since the
announcement of the supreme court
decision against polygamy, sv ,. .4,r. "a
THOMAS L. NELSON. Of Massachusetts,
has been nominated by the president
as district Judge of that state.
LEWIS e. PAYNE, of Virginia, has been
appointed .. S. attorney, and A. Worth
Spates, Of Maryland, secretary of
Wyoming Territory. ~
DR.. LINpERMAN, director Oft mint,
estimates that the mines of the United
States added nearly $100,0OO,0 to the
wealth of the country in 1878. . il
JUSTICE WARD HUNT of the supreme
| bench was stricken with q fatal par
alysis Jan. 9Th. ..4.......... -. .
The subscriptions to the four per
cent loan on the 9th inst. We're oyer
eleven million dollars. - -
FUNERAL services over the remains of
the late Representative Hartridge were
held in the hall Of Representatives at
Washington Jan. 9th. g."
THE house committee on education
and labor has agreed to q bill providing
that not more than fifteen Chinese
shall be allowed to enter this country
on any one steamer. nItU.ByH i
THE post Office departm ent has re-
duced the price Of stamped envelopes
twenty per cent. throughout the entire
schedule, and the result is already seen
in increased orders. r
The Teller-Blaine senate investiga-
ton committee met Dec. 3Otn. Teller,
Cameron, Kirkwood, Bailey and Gar
land were constituted a subcommittee
to visit New Orleans, Charleston, and
other places to secure testimony. ns g.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, in asking con-
gress for $15O,OOO to defray the trans
portation charges on silver bullion dur
ing the present fiscal year, calls atten-
ton to the fact that railroads are
charging exorbitant rates on this COM
modify, and suggests that some legisia-
tive action be taken to reduce those
rates fn -.. -.as-.a .la.z Tae
DELEGATE CANNON, mormon, from
Utah, is trying to secure from the adj
ministration such 2 construction of the
recent decision of the supreme court
against polygamy, as will not apply the
ruling Of the court to those mormons
already bigamously Or polygamously
married. st... tE ,.t5 81 .a. a-
LIBRARIAN SPoFFoRD's annual report
shows that the congressional library
now contains in round numbers So,
900 volumes and 10000 pamphlets.
The prospects for new library build
ing are good, and it will probably be
erected IN judiciary Square, although
property-holders on Capitol Hill have
several sites, which they offer at nigh
prices. ......,.. .f. Liza. -
The claims business at Washington
is brisk. Virginia is preparing to pre-
sent claim of $4,000 and Maryland
a claim Of $4,000, with eighty years
interest, for moneys advanced to aid
in the original building of the capitol.
This is to be followed by claims from
Virginia and other states for moneys
advanced during the war Of 1872.
A DECISION was rendered Jan. 9th
by the United States supreme court, in
the case of Geo. Reynolds, VS.. United
States, brought here by appeal from
the supreme court of Utah. The case
involves the whole question of polyga-
my in the territories and the con-
stitutionality Of laws passed by
congress for its suppression. Reynolds
was indicted by the grand jury for con-
tracing a bigamous marriage. He
was tried in the third judicial circuit
court of Utah, and found guilty. He
appealed to the supreme, court of the
territory and finally to this court, which
now af1irms the judgment of the lower
tribunal and decide d that congress had
power to pass laws prohibiting poly
gamous marriages IN Utah and that
such laws are constitutional.
The bill introduced recently by Rep
resentative Cox, of New York, relative
to the taking of another census, pro
vldes for taking census OF
the population, wealth and in
dustry of the United States on
the first of June, 1880, the superin-
tendent of census to be appointed by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. The clerical force is to be APP
pointed by the secretary of the IN
terror, and one or more, supervisors for
each state and territory, not exceeding
$50 in all are to be nominated by the
governors of the several states. Schedu-
les of inquiries at the tenth census are
the same as these contained in the act
for taking the census Of 1850, with some
addition provisions, $3.0OO,OOO is fixed
as the maximum cost of census. The
bill provides that any state or territory
which at intermediate five years may
or shall take census and report to the
secretary of the interior, the govern
ment in such case is to pay half the cost
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