River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-11-18
VERY LATEST NEWS.
\ Record vt Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

ols, OF Philadelphia, Pa, commissioners /
to examine and report upon fifty miles of
railroad, constructed by the Northern Pa
cifc railroad company, west of the Mis-
souri, river.
AT republican headquarters at Wash !
ington, the following is given as the COM
plexion OF the next house: Republicans,
ItS; democrats, al epubican-greenback
ers, ); ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ]. This
proportion will not probably be changed
by the official count.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, after devoting
chapter in his annual report to legislation
on the subject of refunding, will strongly
urge upon congress to, in some way, re-
lieve the pressure upon the vault space of
the treasury now being made by vast ac-
cumulating heaps of silver
4 GENTLEMAN who has recently calledup-
on Gen. Garfield says that the latter is very
much obliged to the newspapers who have
Kindly taken off his hands tine trouble of
selecting cabinet While week has
hardly passed since election, upward of a
dozen of cabinet offers for the new admin
istration have been unearthed
THE navy department has received from
the Philadelphia navy yard full set Of
plans and specifications for an iron armor-
"a ram of 100 tons displacement, de-
signed (bv order of the department. by
naval constructor Hichborn. They are
said to contain many improvements in ma
val architecture.
THE consul of the United States at Bre-
men informs the department of state that
during the three months ending Septem-
her 80, 1880, 20,933 emigrants left that
port for the United States, an increase
over the corresponding quarter Of 1879 of
1880.
THE water is being drawn off the gov
eminent carp pond in this city. L he
Young carp will be distributed to the sew
c~al states, The state commissioners come
IT, Washington to get their allotment DIR.
II. ii. Cary. president of the Georgia fish
commission, is how in the city on business.
lie will take back to Georgia two thou
sand young carp, which will be distributed
over the state from Atlanta. He says that
the carp he took to that state last year
have thriven and grown rapidly. From
three or four ounces in weight they now
weigh four to six pounds They are ex-
cclent food fish, and the best with which
to stock ponds and sluggish streams.
The following circular was issued by the
secretary Of the treasury on the 18th inst:
Notice is hereby given to holders of United
States per cent. bonds issued under date
ot Feb S, 1861, and commonly known as
the skies of 1880, that said bonds with the
accrued interest thereon. will be paid at
this department Dec. 81, 1880, and that in
terest on said bonds will cease on that
day. These bonds, which are in de-
nominations of 81, 900, with coupons; and
q 900, s. 900, and $4,000 registered bonds
with inscription loan of 1861, should
not he COMPOUNDED with the bonds known
a. skies of 1881" issued under acts of
July II and Aug. ), 1861, and March ..
1868. Holders of these IS are advised
that if the bonds are received at this de
partment within sufficient time prior to
their maturity to admit of the necessary
examination, payment therefor can be
made more promptly at maturity. The
department will receive the bonds at any
time and hold them for that purpose, re-
deeming them in the order oftheir receipt
All bonds forw arded for redemption should
be addressed to Secretary of Treasury
Loan Division, Washington, ID. c."
and all the registered bonds should
be addressed ITO the secretary of
the treasury, for redemption Where
parties desire checks in payment for regis
tered bonds drawn to the order of any one
but the payee, they should assign them to
tile secretary of the treasury for redemp-
ton for account of there insert person or
persons to whose order check should be
made payable) The bonds of this loan,
IS of 1880, will also be purchased, mean
while in the usual manner. at the office OF
the assistant treasurer of the treasury of
the United States at New York, each
Wednesday, in snrh amounts az the snr-
plus revenues will permit, provided that
they can be procured upon satisfactory
terms. JOHN SHERMAN, secretary.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has not vet begun
to write his report, but it Is a well-known
fact that he will make certain recommen-
dations to congress upon the subject of re-
funding and the cessation of coming of
silver dollars. A person here, who has
made careful study of Secretary Sher-
mans speeches and his expressed opinions
at the treasury during the year, says that
the most important features of the report
will be the secretarys recommendation
to congress in regard to future legislation.
The most prominent of these recommen-
dations will be in regard TO funding Oper-
atoms the coming year. On the LIST OF May,
1881, there becomes due and redeemable,
at the option ofthe government, S50S, No.
800 of } per cent. bonds. On the Both of
June, 1864 ,33l $50 of 6 per cent. bonds
mature In order to be able to redeem
the government from the burden Of the
high rate of interest which is now paid,
the necessary money must be raised
4 local paper advocates the use of the
new annex of the Smithsonian for the in
augural ball. when Garfield is Inaugural
ted. 1t says: And now for the inaugural
ball, which in magnitude and magnificence
should be in keeping with the far-reach-
L. ga
represented in the life and character of its
great leader. the coming president of the
United States Let the event be one that
shall eclipse all previous efforts in this di-
rection, and let its every proportion be
commensurate with the greatness of the
occasion which calls it forth. Let it be
shown in this single effort that Americans
are as proud to entertain with lavish hand
one of their own truly great as they are
ever desirOUs of entertaining with prince
lv prodigality the truly great of other
lands. Fortunately, for once in the histo-
~ of Washington, the city is adequately
provided for in the way of quarters for an
inaugural ball that shall be in keeping
with the idea above suggested. Happily
the new national museum building, fire
proof edifce covering a space of 327
square feet, is about finished, and with an
early appropriation for the flooring, for
which Senator Blaine asked at the last
session, will be ready to more than meet
the demand for space and convenience for
the occasion.
THE forthcoming report of Assistan
Po~tmaster-General Hazen makes an in
teresting exhibit of the operations of the
registry system. The total number of let
teI> and parcels registered throughout
the country during the fiscal year ending
June 80 last, was 6,993.5l3, of which. IN
round numbers, 5,250,000 were domestic
letters. 10000 domestic parcels third
and fourth-class matter, 100000 letters to
foreign countries $3.50 parcels to foreign
countries, and upwards of 100000 letters
and parcels of official matter were for
wagded for the government and by law ex
emit from payment of registry fees. The
amount of fees collected was 1896, IA, an
increase Of nearly 80 per cent. over the
preceding year The increase in the num-
Der of letters and parcels registered was
/. ;lG7 ,49k The actual losses of registered
matter during the year was IFS letters
and parcels, which Is at the rate of one in
about every 200. This is proportionately
\ smaller loss than for the previous year.
The newly-authorized registration of
a third and fourth-class matter
merchandise, etc is reported to be still
attended with extraordinary success, and
l5S, 523 parcels were registered during the
fiscal wear at New York city. postotiee
aI,,,c Con Havan in Wow nf the fact