Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-28
WASHINGTON

SPEAKER RANDALL favors snort SEES
sion.
TIE executive oommittc Of the ma
tional greenback party has issued an
address to tho people urging an indie
pendent course i'll politics, and no union
with other parties.
THE $40 certificates are going to have
an immense sale.
BELL is the new senator from New
Hampshire.
THE presidents message was very
short document.
GEN. BURNSIDE has introduced his
immense army bill again.
THE Cameron Oliver breach of prom
Use case has developed great deal Of
lastlness.
SENATOR VOORHEES, introduced the
first bill in the 10th congress. 1t re-
lated to private claim.
ABOUT one hundred bills were intro
duced in the senate during the second
days session.
II. J. BRIGHT, of Indiana, for sergeant
alarms Of the senate, and Col. John G..
Bursch, for secretary of the senate;
were chosen by the democratic caucus
and elected.
CYPRUS BUssEY who has been acting
i'm commercial circles in New York and
Chicago, in working up trade with Mex
leo, will be appointed pension agent at
New Orleans.
The president has nominated the fol-
lowing consuls general: James Rely
Weaver, of West Virginia, for Vienna,
and David II. Bailey, of Ohio,for Shang-
hal.
AT the first full caucus of the demo-
cratic members of the house, the senti-
ment prevailed that the session should
be short and no business attempted ex-
cept such as was mentioned III the pres
idents message.
THE president has nominated Jno. b.
Hamilton (IH.,) supervising surgeon
general of the United States marine
hospital service; Jno. M. Wilson Ohio
consul Mt Panama; George Scroggs
(Ill.,) consul ut Hamburg; Jefferson Z.
kidder Dakota associatejustice of the
supreme court of Dakota.
Ex-Gov. ALEXANDER II. SHEPARD has
leased his residence to Congressman
Bliss. of New York, and will start almost
Immediately for the City of Mexico,
where it il stated he will engage in vari-
Gus American enterprises and remain
in Mexico until the return of Gen.
Grant to this country, when he will join
him.
Tile permanent committee to the vi
enua Meteorological congress have just
paid the United States the high compli-
ment of recommending to u proposed
second congress, the adoption through
out the world of plan for exchanges
of data for simultaneous weather maps
or other purposes, similar to one first
organized for the United States by Gen
eral Myer, Chief Signal Officer, in 1878
and which has been continuously pur-
sued by the Signal Service to this day
THE President has nominated Wal.
ter $. Cox, of Washington, associate
Justice Of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia Peter A. Williams
United States Marshal of the southern
district of Florida; Dennis Eagan, col
lector Of internal revenue for Florida.
TIE president nominated Clar-
euce King, director OF the geo
logical survey; Francis A. Walker
superintendent of census; William
Harron, pension agent Of Pittsburg: ID,
III. Strother, West Virginia, consul gen.
eral to Mexico. Jacob II. Stewart United
States surgeon general of Minnesota,
GOVERNOR LEW Wallace, Of New
Mexico, has preferred charges against
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley, of the
Ninth Cavalry, for refusing to obey his
(Wallace's) orders, under proclamation
of the president, made last summer
concerning outlawry in New Mexico
but no action viii be taken upon the
chergeS as the General Of the army
will Justify Dudley in his action under
the circumstances.
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