Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
WASHINGTON

THE seat of Forsythe, of the fifteenth
Illinois district will not be contested as
has been reported.
The senate confirmed Francis A.
Walker, superintendent of census; JnO.
w. Clinton, postmaster at Polo, Ill.
CAPT EDWARD O'MEAGHER CONDOR,
the fenian. has been appointed to a
clerkship in the treasury department.
Mrs. SECRETARY MCCRARY has gone
to California, where she will spend sew
eral months for the benefit of her
health.
TIE President has nominated Wal
ter S. 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
THE President has nominated VIM.
l.. Scruggs, Consul at Chin King, and
VIM. E. Burchard, Consul at Omoa and
Truxillo.
The senate committee has agreed to
report favorably the nomination of
Clarence King as chief of the geological
survey of the territories.
DAVID T. CoRBIN. of South Carolina,
late claimant for the seat in the United
States senate occupied by Butler, has
been nominated by the president tor
chief justice of Utah Territory.
R. 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.
WHEN the council in the Cameron
| Oliver case had concluded their argu-
ment the judge charged the jury briefly
as follows: Gentlemen of the jury. take
this case and dispose of it. Mr.. Clerk,
pass the papers to the foreman" The
jury then retired.
In the Oliver Cameron case the Jury
rendered a verdict for the defendent.
The first vote stood three for the plain
tiff and nine for the defendent, second
was one for the plaintiff and eleven for
the defendent. 1t took two hours and
one-half to convince this one juror and
bring him over with the maj ority. An
effort will be made to secure a new
trial ana if refused the case will be car
rled to the court in Bane upon excep-
tiOns
The board of military officials which
investigated the charges against Fitz.
John Porter, discovered by new evil
dence that the previous court martial
made mistakes in its decision, and that
General Porter exercised the ordinary
discretion of a military commander in
not fully obeying the orders of General
Pope.
| PROF. RILY, entomologist of the de-
partment of agriculture, finding the
| close confinement of Office life in Wash
ington to be a great tax on his system,
resigns his position to continue the val
liable work done by him in the gras.
hopper region of the west. The pro.
fessor is chief of the grasshopper com
mission appointed some years since
and his salary as such is larger than
that allowed to the entomologist of the
department.
The United States consul at Munich.
Germany, informs the departm ent OF
state that an international art exhlbl-
ton will be held at Munich from
July 20 to October 81, of the
present year. Artists of all ma
tons are invited to contribute
paintings, statuary, architectural draw
ings. engravings and etchings. The
exhibition is under the direct patronage
of the king of Bavaria, who will award
gold medals to artists whose works are
recommended by the jury. Prep
arations on grand scale are
being made.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: Consuls general-Dayid
II. Strother, West Virginia, at the city
of Mexico; Jos. Riley, Weaver, ". Va,
at Vienna. U. S. consuls-John M.
Wilson, Ohio, at Panama; w. L.
Scriggs, Georgia, at Omoa and Truxillo;
Henry Dithmar, Rev York, at Breslau
john M. Morton, California, at