Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-29
VERY LATEST NEWS.
A Record af Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON


Tug distribution Of standard silver dol
lars for the week ending Oct. l6, was
500. 1856. For the corresponding week,
previous year. 1891 ,4S6.
DuRiSG the last fiscal year prices real
lied on American exports were about ~
per cent. higher than for the previolI,,
wear. This increase was on manufactured
articles NJ we'll as agricultural products.
THERE being some doubt whether all
the ships intended for participation in the
the naval review at Fortress Monroe can
be nut in complete readiness by the 10Th
inst, the secretary ~ the navy has de-
cidcd to defer the review 10 some time W
he yet fixed
United STATES ATTORNEY JOHNSON, Of
Go orado, having tolegraphed here that
Agent Berry, il arrested is III danger of
being lynched unless n sufficient escort Is
furnished, the Interior department has re-
questcd the war department 10 furnish the
necessary militaryprotection IN case Agent
Berry il arrested
TnE chief Of the bureau Of datisticsrc
ports that the total values of exports OF
domestic brcadstulIs from the United
States during September last were go, $751;
g36. and during the previous September
III, S2S, SiS; for nine months ending sept.
20, 1880 sos, 679, 80; same period in 1879,
Sl76, 3oo.olG
COZ. WN +. ApAIR, assistant chiel 81
the Cherokee nations, died IN W Washington
on the Goth inst, of typhoid pneumonia,
aged ~ yenrs. He commanded brigade
of Indians in the confederate army, and
since the close uf the war had been the
principal representative Of the Cherokee
interests IN Washington.
Tiln National Board of Health has sub
mitted its annual report to the secretary
of the treasury for transmission to CON
grcss The expenses of the board to Sep
TENDER 30tll were $32j,S $50, Of which S2lo,-
Ia was expended by the board and h.
6l3 by the southern states,
GES. pEVlNS has decided On the 2lst
| inst, that Agent Berry. Of The interior de-
partmcnt must hc delivered up Ia the civil
| authorities al Colorado. Grn. Drum tclc-
graphcd In Gen Sheridan this afternoon
to that effect The result OF this decision
IL to transfer the entire responsibility to
! Colorado, rs the authorities of that state
have full control. The people Of the war
department hope they are well out Of this
difficulty, ~ all through they have been
placed in u very embarrassing position.
TmE committee from 81. Louis were
shown the thinucss of its claims 1t has
now gone back, and il new census Is or
idcrcd il will he solely hCCause Secretary
Schurz IN resident ofSt. Louis, and anx-
ious q maintain his popularity At home.
One thing il certain, however: Nothing
will be gained 10y Il new count No frauds
will be- possible, and without fraud st.
Louis will not be able to recover the 50 OW
mythical children created nj two cents u
head by the vigorous and INSCRIPTIONS
deputy malshals Of 1870
Coz W. H. TnoMrsoN, superintendent
Of the railway mail service. in hls annual
report, saws La view of the increasing
wants of postal car service, and Of the fact
that there are great uumher of very
competent and faithful men who deserve
promotion but who cannot he promoted
unless the postotlicc department has mon
rs AZ command, ne asks for IN increase IN
the amount now appropriated for railway
postoiice clerks, from ~ ,i50, a0OtoSl 900
600 lie alao requests nm increase of 800
600 in appropriations for route agents,
aud nm increase Of $a1 600 for mail route
messengers, Col. Thompson earnestly re-
ncws the recommendation Of his report oi
last year for congressional authority To re-
classify employees nt the railway mail scl.
vice, "a that they should be divided into
five clusscsof clerks, with salaries ranging
from $500 to ~ 400 per anmlm.
TlE ANIMAL report Of the chief signal
officer will show that during the year
eight commissioned officers and eighty
two enlisted men have received natruc-
tions ~ Fort Whipplc The signal office
has received ISIS reports daily Caution
AIRY signals have been established during
the year tharlcvoiN, Sand Beach and
lloug Mich, and nj Provincetown
aud Fall River, Mass. -Four hundred and
thrtytve storm warnings were telegraph
cd to the superintendent nf the nomion
telegraph company, Canada Synopsis
and Indications have been furnished % the
press three times Il day. Two thou
snnd eight hundred aud thirty iiyc signals
have been ordered ia anticipation of and
five dangerous ~turms OF this number
81 4 10 percent were verified The total
number Of stations of observation il til,
United States is ~ from Isl Of which
daily tclegrnphir reports are received
SiN thousand one hundred and sixty seven
printed bulletins have been issued Tor the
Information of tarmers aud displayed in
rs many different cities aud villages.