Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-10-02
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source and
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON.

! A DISPATCH from washington of Sept.
| 25th states that during the first twelve
weeks of the current fiscal year en-
| bracing the period from July 1st to
! Sept 90, imports of specie at New York
exceeded the exports by $50, 5,3O6,314.
| A TELEGRAM from Washington under
date of Sept 24th says from members of
! both houses of congress who occasional
! ly visit this city on the way to and from
the numerous investigations set on foot
| last winter, it is learned that the general
| expectation among them is that
| the coming session is to be very long and
probably exciting. The sessions imme,
diately before the presidential election
are usually long and generally exciting.
| II is considered quite probable by mem
| bers that the winter session will last un-
| til September.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of Sept. Goth
states that the post office department is
preparing proposals tor carrying mails
in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee,
which will be published in November,
and the opening will be in February
next. The mail services, under these
roads where service is now weekly, it
will be semi-weekly. All semiweekly
service will be increased to tri weekly,
and all country towns and court houses
will have daily service.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 25th
says the treasury department is. in re-
ceipt of letters from the west, com mplain-
ing of a scarcity of notes of small denom-
inatiOn, and asking that a supply of such
notes be sent to several sub-treasuries
with directions to pay them out in eX-
change for notes of larger denominations.
The assistant treasurers, with their linn
tied clerical force, cannot undertake to
exchange one denomination of notes for
another, but the treasurer OF the United
States will furnish new notes of such de-
nominations as may be desired, in re
turn for bankers drafts in New York,
and will transmit them as the applicant
may indicate, but without risk or eX-
pense to the government.
A WASHINGTON city dispatch of Sept
25th, says Ex-Governor Mccormick, who
last served his country in the position of
American commissioner to the Paris ex-
position, returned to this city about a
week ago, He has been sick for some
time, and is now only able to crawl
around to the state department for an
hour or so each day The silver
medals and accompanying diploma
for American exhibitors at the Paris
exposition have arrived, and will be dis
trlbuted during the present week. The
illustrations for the official reports Of
the American commissioners are in the
hands Of competent artists, and the re-
ports will go to press at an early day, al
though it is not supposed that they can
be published before the first of January.
They will make four volumes, uniform
in size with those containing the Vienna
reports of 1878.
A DISPATCH from Washington of the
9Th says the war department has just
received the following:
SANTA FE, Sept. 23rd.-Lieutenant
Dawson, Wright and Day struck Vic
torla'S trail at the head of Sierra Blanco
Canon, on the 10Th, following 1t to the
head of Los Animos river, where, on the
18th, they ran upon the Indians who
held strong position. Capt Boyer, with
his company, and Hugo came up and
took a part in the fight. After
hghting all day the troops were
compelled to withdraw under
cover of darkness, with loss of five men
killed and one wounded, and 50 horses
killed and six wounded. Morrow has
sent Lieuts. Blackson and Gatewood and
Sixth Cavalry with their Apache scouts,
and Emmett with Navajos to the scene
OF action, and will follow Immediately
with part of the company of Ninth Cav
airy, and Wright with % men of Co. G
will join him tomorrow. Victoria is
said TO have about 140 Indians. Two
Navajos and one citizen were also killed
in the fight.