Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-12
WASHINGTON

month viii be required for o~,.
them and making awards. PViilhi
lHE new Spanish minister
slSo' mas been presented to tho n.at!
oeNt' ana recognized in his ot !; 81
capacity. oHich
HE war department has reca;v,a.
formation that Geographic comnn,Sa, III
ton Is now opened between Flu Iuni ca "a
llott, Custer, keogh, and Rs y, = II
which are connected with Bisn, ! roI
Deadwood. This connects aIm ,oe ana az
the frontier forts by telegraph. al
OWING to a difference Of on;n;o
garding the transaction of certa; ,,O h,I r
ness III the Indian office. VIM NJ Ia ouSl'
chief clerk Of that Office, has been s1' sns
pended for thirty days during W wb SuS'
time there Will be an investigate" H ~.
existing difficulties. ''H mo
CHIEF JOSEPH and the interior ID,
ment have arranged for the cessiopp ' 4.
the Nez Perces of the amount Of ob,g.
1880 square miles in Idaho. The te yyr
are, six townships in Indian Terr f,nn
and S250,000 in money, to be nIac ,,iT Z
the treasury and to draw Der cont -
terest, nearly $4,000, '' Hl
THE president has nominated n,t,
V. Bell as collector of cr.toSr..
at Detroit; also the reannor,
ment of Alganon S. Bardra,
as collector OF customs at New Orlean,
nee Geo. l.. Smith, to be removed ori
VIM, l.. Mcmillan, postmaster at New
Orleans, uice Berdger.
THE British Minister has informed
the Department of State that the plenro.
pneumonia having been detected IN
cargo of cattle on the ship Ontario. from
Portland, her Maiesty's Government !,
considering whether it can retain the
United States trade under the eyemr.
ton of part four of the fifth scheduiaI
of the act of 1878.
OF the 100000 four Der cent
bonds sent to Europe to the syndicate
the great bulk were in denomination,
of $1,000 each. The syndicate wera
uncertain what denominations woul
be most in demand. The favorite d.
nominations in this country are nd
criterion for them. In this colntr,
double as many 800 bonds sell Al
$1,000.
The comptroller of currency report
that the total amount of bonds held b
the national banks, as security Tor the
circulating notes, on the 1st Of Febu,
airy, was $34S, 939, 200; of this amour
$67 ,961 $50 We're six per cent bonds
The banks also hold S1S4S56,300 Fr
per cents are also held by the banks
1878 $50 four and half per cents
and So, 542, 200 of four per cents. TIL
amount of national bank circulatiO
outstanding on the lst inst, was S3291
930,S49.
THE President has stated that he sha
fill the vacancy on the Bench OF ii
United States Supreme Court which WI
undoubtedly be caused by the resign,
ton of Judge Hunt by the appointme1
of some one from that judicial dstHd
which comprises Vermont, COnnecuCl
and New York. This has put an en-
to the hopes Of the friends of Chief Ju
tice Grey, of Massachusetts,, and
Stanley Matthews. 1t is generally u1
derstood that the President will tend1
the appointment to Senator Edmund
of Vermont.
THE encouragement has recent
issued an opinion in which ne pr
hibits the solicitor of the treasury lro1
recommending for compromise al
claim where the parties are soHe
The brewing interest claims that taeel
listing law, sec. 3 1859 of the revised sA
utes, is very severe in cases OF ilt
technical relation, and have prepare
bill which provides to amend the 4"
ton so that whenever any dl'lr1c.
torney shows that any claim, ioE ~
equitable or other reason, may PROV
" be compromised, the secretary ol
treasury may, in his discretion, Col
promise 1t. ca:.,
A WASHINGTON dispatch to d Oa 1
paper some time ago stated lnaI ~ -,
urer (fillfillan had attempted TO Ia
Secretary Shermans plan more saCy'
full by sending great number Oh en-
lars to private Individuals, as "t5
banking institutions, notifying -
that "silver in amounts OF from
to SO, 900 will be sent free to al!
dress" A letter has been recei,e ~
the treasurer from an Illinois oacSNV
man. which saws: II have seen ny
of Secretary Sherman; also the pl' NJ
vours Now. | am Il deserving =
IA, 1,r,,o FAMILY and no
ney, and you say that you, o w" M
free to any address from Sl,Vu " n
$4,000 / will take any am no ,be II
the lowest figure named up to 'n nf +
600 and will make good use a y,
think, if you want to give 1t n.o agj'
the deserving poor, ~. some
deed like to be one that w.