Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-01-23
WASHINGTON.

a GENERAL feeling prevails that Burn
SIDES army bill cannot pass.
FUNERAL services over the remains of
the late Representative Hartridge were
held in the hall of representatives of
Washington Jan. 9th.
A. B. HAYNOR, of Maryland, has been
nominated an associate justice of the
supreme court of the district of Column
bia.
IT is officially estimated that it will
require $20,000,0O0 to carry out the
provisions of the bill for the payment
of arrears Of pensions.
The president LIS decided to appoint
Col Strother Porte Crayon as consul
general to Mexico, vice COlburn, de-
ceased. This is the presidents own
selection.
REPRESENTATIVES, Knott, Culberson,
and Lapham, constitute the sub-com-
mittee of the seiudiciary committee
to investigate the charges preferred
against Judge Blodgett of Chicago.
SENATOR HOWE has presented bill
for the relief of such members of the
MenomOnee tribe of Indians IN Wis
consin as may desire to become citi-
zens Of the United States.
THE house committee on printing
will report favorably Singleton's bill to
reduce the expenses of public printing
and binding. 1t is expected 100000
will be saved annually by the bill.
The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures authorized Mr..
Muldrow to prepare a bill for the re-
demption of the trade dollar at par and
to prohibit its further circulation in the
United States. The question whether
It's coinage for export shall be permitted
IN the future, was not disposed of.
OWING to a difference of opinion re-
garding the transaction of certain busi-
ness in the Indian Office, William Leeds,
chief clerk of that Office, has been sus-
pended for thirty days during which
time there will be al investigation into
existing difficulties.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY will ask
congress to insert in the sundry civil
appropriation bill a provision to COM
plete the first story of the new post of.
flee building in Chicago at once, and
will probably accomplish what he asks,
as the supervising architect will re-
commend it.
The senate on January 16, confirmed
Roger S. Green as chief justice of the
supreme court of Washington Terri
tory; John P. Hoyt, associate Justice
supreme court of Washington Terri
tory; Gen. Hand, secretary of Dakota
Territory; Louis E. Paine, Virginia, u.
S. attorney of Wyoming Territory.
The mails of January II at the trea-
sury department brought the
largest subscription for 4 per cents that
has yet been received in a single day,
the aggregate reaching more than'thir-
teen and a half millions. AS soon as
Secretary Sherman learned this fact. he
issued call for twenty millions of 6
per cents, instead OF ten millions. as he
intended. This is the first twenty mill
ion call.
The house committee on claims will
report favorably on the bill relieving
the late assistant treasurer Chandler, at
Boston, from liability for the acts of
his disbmsing clerk, Hartwell, who
secretly loaned Mellen, Ward & Co.,
$450,000 of the funds of the sub-treas-
ury. The committee take the ground
that Hartwell was appointed by Chand-
ler's superiors, hence Chandler should
not be held responsible for the misde-
meanors of his subordinates.
JUSTICE Hunt having caused it to be
known through friends that he should
not again attempt to take his place on
the bench, even if ne RECEIVERS. there
has been less reticence among officials
in talking about the question of a sue
cessor. The opinion is decided among
those whose opportunities for knowing
are good that Judge Devens will be Of
fered the place if he desires, and that
in case he is selected, Stanley Mat
thews is very likely to be appointed to
succeed him as attorney-general. If
Justice Hunt is retired by special act.
or if he should die, the vacancy will
probably be filled before the present
session ends. Otherwise it must re-
main until next December.
REPRESENTATIVE SINGLETON has intro