Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-31
WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the treasury has APP
painted Z. y. 5. Pinchback, Of Louisi-
ana, q special agent of the treasury de-
paltment.
IT was currently rumored Il few DAYS
since that President Andrew ID. White
of Cornell university, had been rendered
the Berlin mission.
GEN. SHIELDS, of Missouri, is the only
man who has ever represented three
states in the U. S. Senate. There are
only thirty-three working days in the
term to which he has just been elected.
a TIE vote on the question Of trans
ferring the Indian bureau firm the in
terror to the war department occurred
III the JOINT committee considering that
question, when the final action was
taken.
ROBERT LINCOLN, attorney for the
owners has made Il demand upon the
government for rent upon the recently
burned Honore block in Chicago until
next July at the rate Of $4,000 per
year.
SECRETARY SHERMAN estimates that
the carrying out of the provisions of the
pension bill just passed will require the
expenditure OF about $150,000, 600. This
is three times the sum estimated by the
commissioner of Pensions.
OWING to u difference of opinion re-
garding the transaction of certain bust
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 bill just passed by congress
to facilitate the funding of the national
debt, provides for the issuing of certfi-
Gates Of deposit in exchange for lawful
money, the certificates to bear three
per cent. interest and be convertible at
any time into four per cent. bonds.
GEN. SHERMAN is investigating the
condition of the abandoned military
posts and neglected property Of the
United States in Florida and ut Atlanta,
with view to ascertaining the meas
ures necessary to secure the interests
of the United states.
REPREsENTATIvE FINLEY has sub
mitted to the committee on public
expenditures his report with re-
ference to the investigation Of
the government printing office. AZ
ter charging general extravaganza, the
report recommends the adjustment of
the printing office, and the letting of
the printing to the lowest bidder. The
report proposes that only the Compress
sioadt Record, and the bills offered in
either house, be printed in Washing
ton.
TIE principal items in the post-oilice
appropriation bill, reported in the house
from the committee on appropriations,
are rs follows For compensa-
ton OF postmasters, S7,550,000; for
clerks in postotlices, s., 100000; for
payment of letter carriers, 81 800, 900;
iol mail transportation on star routes,
So 600 633; for transportation BY rail
road, $S7l5,3l0; for transportation BY
steamboat routes, 800 900; for trans
portation by postal cars, 81, 250,0 900; for
compensation for railway postal clerks,
1885, 700; route agents, 81 ,075000; for
transportation of foreign mails, $780,
600 tits provided that If the revenues OF
the department shall be insufficient to
meet the appropriations made by this
act, the sum Of s. POI, 319 or 50 much
thereof as may be necessary is hereby
appropriated to supply deficiencies in
revenue Of the postotiice department
for the year ending June so, 1880. The
sum recommended by the bill is 1884,
960,343 Total estimates upon the bill
are placed at $50 81, 800. Appropria-
tions for the year ending June 50, 1879,
were $685., 563.73.