The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-02-12
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and F0rel,m
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
PARNELL spoke IN the house of reprs-
sentatives on the evening of Feby. 2nd,
20 very large audience. IS ~ j
The Southern Ute chiefs under com.
mand of Col. Page have arrived IN Wash
ington, says special of Feb. 2nd.
The senate finance committee decided
on the 3rd inst. to report adversely on
the Warner silver bill. Those voting
for the bill were Beck and Voorhees,;
those voting against it were Bayard,
Herman, Morrill,, Ferry and Allison. Two
members of the committee were absent,
THE president, on the 3rd inst, nomi-
mated George Walker, consul general at
Paris, Jas. L. Howard, of New York,
appraiser at New York, Robert M. Wal
lace, of South Carolina, U. s. marshal
for the district of South Carolina, and
William M. Hartsutf, postmaster at Port
Huron. =
SAYsa dispatch Of February end: The
opening CT bids for the Star mail service
in Ohio, Indiana, and the southern states
east of the Mississippi River has been
finished. The bids aggregate about
10000, the largest number received at
any previous letting. The greatest num-
Der for one state was 1900 for North Car
olina; for Tennessee, 9,100, the second
highest number.
The senate, on the 2nd>inst., confirmed
visor Of census of Pennsylvania, Ed
ward A. Howell, 3rd district; postmast-
ers, James H. Ashcroft, Paducah, KY;
Charles E. Burney, Jacksonville, Mo-;
Ellhu Enos, Waukesha, Wis. Wiscon.
sin supervisors of census, A. A. Lopez,
LIST district, David A. WEIGH, 2nd, Leon
ard Lottridge, 3rd, Thos. s. Allen, 18th.
The bill introduced in the house by
Representative Hazelton, Feb. End, to
extend the provisions of'an act, entitled
can act for the relief of certain pen
sioners," approved March 3, 1879, to
certain other pensioners, extends the pro-
visions of that act to all pensioners now
on the roll, or who may hereafter be
placed thereon, for ampu'atio of either
arm at the shoulder joint. The act re-
ferred to gives pensions at the rate of
$3.50 per month.
SAYS a dispatch of the sd inst: On
motion of Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood,
Samuel R. Laurey was admitted to the
bar of the supreme court to-day. Mr..
'Laurey is colored, man is president of
a colored college or academy at Hunts
vile, Ala. He is the fifth person of his
race who has been admitted to the bar of
the supreme conrt, but so far none of
them have had any cases. Mrs. Lock.
wood was so determined herselfto be adj
mitted to the bar of the supreme court
that, after the court refused her she got
congress to pass special act providing
for her admission.
The first step toward the renewal of
the agitation OF the Chinese question in
congress, says telegram Of the 18th inst,
was taken by the Introduction of a reso-
luton, yesterday, calling on the president
Tor Information as to any pending nego-
tiations for change of treaty with
China. It will be remembered that Mr..
Evarts said, when the Chinese bill was.
last under consideration, that he was
then negotiating for change of treaty.
This fact, however, had been kept con-
cealed from every member of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, apd il was in
timated in debate that, if M Evarts had
made known this fact, congress may not
have taken such action. Six months,
however, have passed, and it is not be-
iieved that any greater. progress has been
made.
A WASHINGTON telegram of Feby. 1st
says: The president has signed the bill
for the grant of land in, California
claimed by the Idria Quicksilver Mining
Company, thus ending, so far as the ex-
ecutive is concerned, the famous Nc
Garrahan case. This subject has occu-
pied the attention of the public for about
q quarter of century, and has been the
subject of decisions in scores of subordi.
nate courts and finally in the supreme
court of the United States. Ithas been
discussed and reported upon in every
congress since 1860. It has been prolific
of scandals, and has been the direct
cause of the retirement of at least two
cabinet ministers and scores of congress.
men, and other public men have been
publicly accused of bribery in connec-
ton with it.. The present administra-
ton received the matter US legacy from
Gen. Grant, and has had it under con-
sideration nearly three years. The de-
livery of the patent to the representative
of the New 1dria company is, therefore,
an event of unusual importance.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
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