Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-10
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WARRINGTON.

! A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the LIST says
the excess of exports over imports for the
year ending Aug. 81, 1879, amount to
| $3.50, 70g, BAL.
WASHINGTON advices, under date of
| Oct. LIST, state that there Is very vigor-
Gus movement now in operation in Utah
TO break up polygamy', The grand jury
lust impaneled Is made up of men who
do rot believe in polygamy. The first
work Of tie grand jury will be TO obtain
list Of the polygnmOus marriages from
the endowment house, and return indict
ments accordingly The precedent es.
tablishcd in the Reynolds case will be
all that is required for successful prose.
cutions.
COMMISSIONER HAYT received the fol-
lowing on the 1st:
TO A. II. Hdyt, CommtsStoner Of indi"m
.4Gutrs:
Since the arrival of the mail from the
White River agency, a special message
has arrived and reports Major Thorn.
burg's command having been attacked
by Indians on Milk Creek, ~ miles
north OF the agency, and the Major and
Is soldiers killed. ] fear agent Meckcr
and employees are massacrcd, rs teams
and wagons transferring Indian supplies
from here have been destroyed by the
Indians. (Signed JAMES FRANCE.
A SPECIAL from Washington Of the 1st
says that statements prepared by The
bureau of statistics show that the imports
Of gold and silver mt all ports of the
United States from July to Aug. 81 ex.
cccdcd the exports thereof by $5,0S ,23l.
Weekly returns Of the collector OF Gus
toms at the port Of New York show That
during the four weeks from Monday,
Sept. /, To Saturday, Sept ~, imports OF
gold and silver ut that port exceeded OK
ports by $40 $3.50, 05G Adding thisto theeX.
cess of such imports into the country dur.
ing the months OF July and August, there
Is an excess of imports amounting To
$32 ,5G7 ,2S7 OF the total imports OF gold
and silver nj New York since July l.,
Obl5 ner cent. consisted of gold and a.
per cent. VI silver. or the total imports
of gold and silver at New York since
July /, 30 per cent. was from Great
Britain, "a per cent. from France, 32 per
cent from Germany, and Ia per cent.
from all other countries.
A WAsnIHaToN telegram Of the I'd says
arrears of pension claims TO the amount
Of $20,7A ,b07 have been settled up TO
Oct /. The average amount Of arrears
In each case settled Is $5i5. Whole mum.
her of eases settled in September, 1887
II Is estimated there are still about 5000
or 1000 pensioners entitled to arrears,
whose cases have not been settled. Set
Elements hereafter cannot be made ms
rapidly as heretofore, because of The
great number of cases in which there Is
no title to arrears, which must be ex.
nmined In search for those IN which
there is u title. IL il stated for the inlor-
nation of all pensioners who believe
themselves entitled TO arrears and who
do not receive notice Of settlement other
claim, either by allowance or rejection
by November lst that they can hasten
settlement by writing a iclter to the Office
giving again the number OF their pension
certificate and their present post.otlice
address. Ii Is almost certain that the
twenty i've millions appropriated will be
sufficient 10 cover the arrears which were
due upon pensions allowed previous to
January % 30.
The following shows the condition OF
the treasury, ut Washington, October LIST: