Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-12-23
VERY LATEST NEWS.
Record OF Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

TIE secretary of the navy, decides to is
sue an order establishing training fleet
headquarters at Coasters harbor Island
in the Narragansett.
THE senate committee on public build
inQs and grounds, recommended the pass
age of the bill providing for the appropri-
alton of S250,000 for the immediate re-
building OF the q. S. custom house at Pen
sacola. The new building is to accom-
modate United States postotiee, etc.
Sen. BECK's bill, which provides Tor the
free purchase and registry Of foreign-buiIt
ships for use by American citizens as for
eign trade, has been referred to a sub-com-
very careful investigation of he question
involved will be made.
4 DISPATCH of the 10Th inst, from Wash
ington says The report that Justice
Hunts condition is critical and that his
mind is entirely gone is incorrect. This
is the condition of Justice Clifford, not
Justice Hunt. The latter's health has
greatly improved of late and he has learn
ed to write with his left hand since the
write one was paralyzed
THE president has nominated Judge
William B. Woods, of Georgia, to be as
sociate justice of the' United States su-
preme court, vice Justice Strong, resigned.
Mr.. Woods is now United States circuit
judge for the fifth circuit. comprising Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missls-
sippi and Texas. He was appointed from
Alabama, but is a native of Ohio.
THE department of agriculture says of
the condition of cotton that there is a de-
cline in the return of December l, as com
pared with that received November l.
The continuance OF rain and very cold
weather in November lowered the estimate
of the states bordering on the Mississippi
river.
THE president nominated Eugene
Schuyler, of New York, to be charge DAT
faires and consul general at Bucharest; w.
+. Peddrick, of Pennsylvania, to be secre-
tary of the French claims commission.
United States consuls-John Farrell, of
New York, to be consul at Bristol David
A. Mckinley, Of California, to be consul at
Honolulu, and Theodore Canisius, of Hi
nois, to be consul at Gelstemande.
A JOINT resolution has been prepared
and will be introduced in both
houses, for the appointment of special
committee to take testimony and investi-
gate the methods used in New York, 10
manipulate the money market, by enforc-
ing arbitrary-a and artificial rates of interest
in excess of the legal. 1t is stated that
prominent national bank in New York
city, has been an active participant in Gre
ating a stringency. In explanation of
this, among other things, it is said that
parties in control of the bank, anticipat-
ing d republican defeat at the presidential
election sold short some 800, ,000,00 of old
bonds at or 8 per cent. below the present
prices.
A BILL was introduced on the 10Th inst,
by Senator Hill. of Colorado, for the re-
tirement of small legal tender notes, pro-
yides that in place of legal-tender notes
of denominations less than S5, which NAV
be held in the treasury or hereafter pre-
sented for redemption, the secretary of the
treasury shall each month substitute notes
of the same character, but Of higher de-
to the amount Gas nearly as
of the standard silver dollars
coined during that month, and that no
more legal tender notes of lower denom-
ination than five dollars shall hereafter
be prited. Sen. Pendleton's bill, prohib-
iting political assessments, contributions,
ETC., provides as penalties for its violation
dismissal from office or annulment Of con-
tracts with constructors assessed or contrib
uting.