The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
by the government was $4,000 to which
$161 900 interest was added
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.


NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
The McCook project to place Gen. Grant on
the retired list is effectually smothered.
James Madison Tarleton, consul general at
Melbourne, Australia, under President Pierce
recently died at Washington from want and
starvation.
Strong influences have been brought in favor
| OF the appointment of Judge Settle Of the Uni
ted States district court of Florida to the bench
| Of the Fifth judicial circuit in place of Judge
| Woods.
| The chief of the bureau of statistics reports
| the total value of exports of petroleum products
from the United States for the ten months ended
October 81, 1880, SOS, 1923, 945, and during
| The president has nominated Rodney ".
Daniels collector of customs at Buffalo; Allen
T.. Wykoff pension agent at Columbus United
States consuls-John F. Vanigen, at Toleapu-
ano, and Harry P. Dill, of Maine, at Forterey
Postmaster, J. W. Clement, Marion, Iowa.
1t is current talk that the president intends to
| consult Gen. Garfield in the selection of the new
secretary of the navy, and that person will be
| chosen who will remain in Gen. Garfeld's cabi-
| net There are several gentlemen who will be
glad to take the place if they feel certain of
holding over when Gen. Garfield enters the
White House.
| The senate, in executive session, voted down
Judge W. 3. Woods to be associate Justice of
| the United States supreme court, and his con-
| frmation therefore stands. The senate con-
! frmed W. Van Dusen postmaster at Odelbolt,
| Iowa, and Theo. F. Singiser of Pennsylvania to
be secretary Of Idaho.
| Mr.. Oglesby, the messenger bearing the cleo
torial vote Of Georgia, which was not cast on
! the day prescribed by the laws Of the United
States, has delivered the same to the vice pres
| ldent, who will, it is supposed, when the time
for counting ELECTORAL votes arrives, submit
| Georgia's vote to the consideration of the two
houses IN the absence of the passage of any
measures to regulate the counting of votes.
The diphtheria is alarming Chicago. The
| sudden spread Of the disease is thought to be
due to the change in the weather from dry to
damp. Small pox has also broken out sudden
! ly. Less than two weeks ago there was only
| one patient at the pest house, and now there are
twenty.
eral plan for the inaugural decorations, conclud-
ed it's work and recommended a series of thirty
eight light arches of gas pipes over Pennsyl-
yania avenue. with the appropriate decoration
of all the statues in the city. 1t is proposed
among other decorations, for the executive
mansion to have about 100 lanterns of different
sizes and 100 dozen candles Citizens will also
be requested to illuminate their dwellings, plx-
ces of business, ect The estimated amount re-
quired to decorate the streets and public build
ings is fixed at ST. 3, 600.
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, has introduced a
bill granting pension to William Blaisdell, of
Company F, Fifth Minnesota volunteers the
rate to be $;24 a month. The same gentleman
has presented petition, signed by large num-
Der of Minnesota soldiers asking congress that
all soldiers discharged for disease be granted
the same bounty as those discharged on account
of wounds. Mr. Poehler asks the committee
on pensions to authorize the pension office to
place the name of Corporal Thomas Pettjohn,
rate Of pay allowed total blindness
! Mr.. Poehler, of Minnesota has introduced
and had referred to the committee on military
affairs bill for the relief of the first Minneso-
| ia mounted ranger volunteers. It directs the
accounting officers Of the treasury to pay
| bounty to those enlisted men who served during
the rebellion, as follows: To those who served
one year or more, $500; those who served six
months, but less than one year, $500; those who
served less than six months, 1888. In case of
| the death of a soldier, who, if living, would he
entitled under this bill, the widow, children or
mother shall then receive the money.
The complications among the army officers
| of high rank are justa present quite numerous
1t has at last come out that the Warren court of
inquiry has been the cause of decided differ
ences of opinion between Gen. Sherman and
| Gen. Sheridan. The former favored tho order
ing of the court on the ground that it would be
well to smooth over old difficulties and differ
ences in the army Gen. Sheridan, however,
viewed the matter in the light of an order which
PEELED them to show that they were justified in
| relieving Gen. Warren of his command at Five
Forks while in the face of the enemy.