The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign
WASHINGTON,


Two hundred and fifty bills were intro.
duced in the house on the 18Th inst.
Hon JAMES M. EDMUNDs, postmaster
at Washington, &C., died on The 18th inst.
The senate on the 10th inst. confirmed
Joseph B. Leake, to be United States dis
trict attorney for northern Illinois.
A HEARING in the contested congress
iOnal election case of Bradley vs.. Slemons,
Of the 2d Arkansas district, was begun
Dec. .17th.
The banking and currency committee
has decided to substitute Prices bill for
Judge Bnckner's bill requiring one-half
of the national bank reserve to be Kept
in coin. The bill will be reported after
the holiday recess.
A COMPANY has been incorporated un-
der the laws Of the District of Columbia,
wi h capital of $4,000, to publish a
weekly newspaper, devoted entirely to
the interests of the army and navy. Mr..
Edmund Hudson, of the Boston Herald,
will take editorial charge Of the paper.
So says dispatch of the 18th inst.
CAPT DODGE, who so valiantly pro.
cee6ed with his colored company to the
relief Of Capt Payne, will be promoted
to fill a vacancy occasioned by the re-
ii ement of Lieut.. Col. Henry Prince
from active service, who has passed the
age of g., says Washington inform alton
of the 18th inst
SAYS Washington dispatch of Dec.
18th: The contested election case of Ig.
natius Donnelly against W. w. Wash.
burn, in the Third congressional district
of Minnesota, has been postponed until
Jan. 8: when it will be taken up for oral
argument. Mr.. Donnelly, the copte> tan:,
was a member of the thirty.eighth,
thirty-ninth, and forlieth congresses.
Previous to this he was lieutenant gov.
ernor of Minnesota, and has served in
the Minnesota senate.
THE senate confirmed the following
postmasters on the15tL inst: Michigan
VIM. Wallace, Battle Creek; George r.
Stone, Allegan; James w. HiDe. Lowell ;
L. A. Hamlin, Owossa; John B. E Hardy,
Three Rivers; c. G. Thompson, Whit .
hall; F. w. Hastings, St. L uis; NJ rtin
Hauer, Albion; Fred'k E. l. ider, Char
lotte. Minnesota-Vergel M. Hall, Glen.
coe; G. S. Crandall, Owatonna Iowa
John Blanchard, Monticello: s. W. Sny.
der, Cedar Falls: A. J.West, Shenandoah
lllinois-Ed. Bowyer, Olney; J. B Lowe,
Onarga; D. M. Simons, jacksonville; A.
VI. Sergeant, Shawneetown; s G.. Sparks,
Yerden; W. G. Snyder: Fulton; o. G..
Town, Pecatoneca.
"EDeEwooD," the residence of the late
Hon. Salmon P. Chase, and later of
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, is offered for
sale, says dispatch of Dec. 17th. 1t
will be remembered that last year this es
tate was in danger of being sold for taxes,
but Mrs. Sprague appealed to congress
to relieve her from this taxation, giving
as her reason her extreme poverty. This
appeal met with considerable opposition
at first, but Senator Conkling, after much
effort in behalf of Mrs. Sprague, finally
succeeded in getting congress to pass u
bill. Now again Mrs. Sprague finds
herself unable to support snch an estab
lishment, and by the advice OF friends
has concluded to offer it at private sale
The sale will take place next spring.
THE joint committee on the compile
ton Of the Washington monument, sub.
mitted detailed report to the house, On
the 18th, showing that 967 ,903 had been
expended in the work of Strengthening
the foundation, leaving available $50, 097
of the appropriation for that purpose
$3l 1856 had been expended upon the com
pIetion Of the monument, leaving $6S
643 available of the appropriation fol
that purpose. The total amount unex
pended Of the appropriations and now
available for carrying on the work is
$l00,739. This amount will be suf11cien
to c mplete the Strengthening of thu
foundation providing the iron frame
work of the interior stairway for $50 feet
to construct the shaft and add 1872 feet tt
the height Of the monument. To con
tinue the work until Oct. 81, 1881, it viii
require 100000 additional, and to com
plete the shaft to the proposed height
500 feet, will! require $677,32l.