River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-11-20
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY SchurZ, says dispatch OF
The 14th, is hard at work upon his report
the main body of which will be a defense
of his department from the charge OF
responsibility for the Ute massacre.
Two hundred and twenty thousand
dollars was paid into the treasury of the
Central Pacific Railroad, on the 18th
inst, on account of the sinking fund.
4 SELECT committee of senators con-
sisting Of Hamlin, Conkling, Kirkwood,
Eaton, and wallace, met in Washington
Nov. 18th 10 inquire into the claims OF
citizens Of the United States against the
government of Nicaragua. There are a
lot of old claims of citizens growing out
of the late revolution in that state.
A CABINET meeting was held on Nov.
14ih 10 consider the recommendations TO
be made in the annual message TO con-
gress. A dispatch of that date says
The presidents message is in course of
preparation. 1t will be shorter than
usual, and contain very few recommends
tons, other than those comprised in the
reports of the cabinet officers. II is be-
lieYed that the only important topics un.
der the head of foreign affairs Will be
the reopening of the fishery question
with Great Britain, and it is also under
stood that especial attention will be
direc' ed to the ACCESSIBILITY Of legisla-
ton 10 authorize resumption of the
funding operations.
THE following was furnished by the
signal service for publication on the 18th
inst: A few days ago the signal service
was violently attacked because at a post
on the New England coast a warning flag
was flying while the sky was bright and
clear, with what on shore seemed only a
brisk wind. The reports are now IN, and
show that at the time the signal was
complained of, a steamer on its way to
the port referred 10, and near it, was be-
ing wrecked at sea, and after narrow
escape crept into neighbOring port dis
led and in distress. The recent Nova
Scntian hurricane was sweeping near
the place To keep vessels out of storms
il is necessary to show signals outside OF
their track. The sun may be shining
while tornado is raging within fifty
mics. The signal says only be care
full"
The postmaster general on the 18th
inst, commenced to issue special orders
to postmasters against all persons known
to be concerned in the lottery business,
forbiiding postmasters to pay any postal
money order or 10 deliver any registered
letters addressed to persons thus named.
The special orders thus issued are di-
rected to the postmaster of New York
city in regard to the following, namely
Wiley Barrow, alias F. ]. CommerIord
alias Thomas j. Hayes & Co. W. r
Porter & Co.; W. G. Creighton, alias B.
II. Porter & Co; TheO Zseeke, alias B
Notham & Co; B. Frank Moore, alias
NJ. A Dauphin; Williamson & Co., alias
Royal Havana lottery Co, and b. Ma
than & Co all advertising New York as
their postoffice addresses. To postmas-
ter at Louisville, Ky, in regard to t. j.
CommerfOrd, alias Commonwealth dis
triDution Co, and to postmaster at New
Orleans in regard to NJ. A. Dauphin.
ADvICEs from Washington under date
of Nov. 18th, state that the annual report
of the general land Office is out for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1879. The
report shows that during the year 1888
353 acres of public lands were disposed
of, and 9,4S9996 acres were surveyed IN
addition to 734, sol 1886 acres previously
surveyed. The total number of acres OF
public domain still unsurveyed is about
one thousand and eighty-one million
acres. The disposals were mostly as fol
lows: Homestead entries, 5,26n,11
acres; lumber culture entries, 2,766,574
acres; cash entries, 622,574 acres,
including 165, 900 acres entered
under the desert land law; grants to rail
roads, 27S,334; swamp lands patented to
states, 1888 acres; other grants to states,
1892 acres. The amount of land sur
veyed during the last fiscal year exceeds
by Al, 100 acres the total area surveyed in
the preceding twelve months; and
while the report shows falling off OF
some 773,000 acres in cash sales, state
selections, scrip locations, and lands
patented for railroad grants, the In
crease in area taken up by settlers un
der the homestead and timber culture
laws has been sufficient, not only to
counterbalance this falling off, but to
make the aggregate disposals for the
year greater by 647,204 acres than the
total for the previous year.