Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
WASHINGTON.

HE secretary of the treasury has ap-
pointed 2. B. S. Pinchback, of Louisi-
ana, a special agent of the treasury de-
partment.
Sen. ISAAC P. CHRIsTIANCY, of Michi-
gan, was nominated and Immediately
confirmed minister to Peru last week.
THE last debt statement shows the ag-
gregate cash IN the treasury instead Of
coin and currency, as heretofore. The
assets and liabilities of the treasury are
also shown.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the 4 per cent. loan
for the month of January, 1879, $685.
S51, ,150: calls for bonds for the same
period, $150,000,000.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the
course of the government in dealing
with Sitting Bull will be to require him
and his people to surrender as prison
ers ot war, or else go back again into
Canada.
THE senate finance committee of
congress has decided to recommend the
reduction Of the tax on tobacco from
25 to 20 cents per pound, and to admit
free of duty licorice. which enters
largely into the manufacture of plug
| tobacco.
OWING to difference Of opinion re-
garding the transaction f certain busi-
ness in the Indian office, VIM. Leeds,
chief clerk of that office, has been sus-
pended for thirty days during which
time there will be an investigation into
existing difficulties.
THE new river and harbor bill that
will be pressed for early consideration
provides for appropriating between
S., 100000 and $6,0O0,000, and tie items
are about one-half the estimate sub
mitted by the secretary of war The
committee have recommended an ap-
preparation of $300000 towardthe pur-
chase of st. Mary's canal from The state
of Michigan.
SENATOR FERRY's new national mill
tia bill, introduced in the semte, pro-
vides that all able-bodied malg citizens
between the ages of Is and IS years,
resident within the respective states
and territories, except such a may be
exempt by law, shall constitute the
militia. The militia are to b. divided
into two classes-the active, TO be
known as the National or State Guard,
as the legislature of each safe NAV
prescribe, and the inactive, tobe known
as the reserve militia The bill pro-
poses to appropriate 100000 for the
purpose of providing arms, ammuni-
ton and other ordinary aad quarter
masters stores for the active militia.
THE total amount of he legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill as reported from the house commit
tee is $15, ,155, $50, which i 1920, ,572 less
than the appropriation last year, and
$941 ,626 less than the dDartment esti-
mated. Section 2 of the bill provides
that the present coast anq geodetic sur
vey be transferred from he treasury to
the interior department. A reduction
treasurers at Baltimore, St. Louis, chi
cago and Cincinnati. Estimates for
the support Of life saving stations are
reduced from S20,400 to SIS, 800.
THE legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, as reported from
the house committee on appropria-
tions, foots up S15,155, ,56s67, which is
$222, ,57289 less than the appropriation
of last year and s941, ,6369 less than
the department estimates, Section ? 2of
the bill provided that the PRESENT coast
and geological survey, with supervisory
and appellate power over Ihe same, au-
thorized by law, is hereby transferred
from the treasury to the interior de-
partment. to be hereafter nown as the
coast and interior survey, except special
surveys necessary for geological pur-
poses, the survey of the northern and
northwestern lakes under he direction
of the war department. ltcaI Surveys
for river and harbor Improvements and
surveys for military purposes in ac-
cordance with the plan of he National
Academy of Sciences. Tie offices OF
surveyors generally are Dolished to
take effect June 80; 1879, aid the work
will be hereafter done by the super
intendent of the coast nd interior
survey. Officers of the army and
navy, when not otherwise employed,