River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12
From the Capital.

The coinage at the minis during July
was s., 800.
ALL delinquent receivers of public mon
eys at the land office will be promptly
prosecuted.
GENERAL J. \. WILLIAMSON, Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has gone
on a weeks vacation, and Principle Clerk
Myron f. n Howell officiates in his alb
sence.
WASHINGTON is almost entirely deserted
by responsible officials, and persons having
business to transact have great difficulty
in discovering anybody who Is able TO at
tend to them.
Mrs. VAN LEW, who was formerly post
mistress at Richmond, Va, is in this city,
making vigorous effort for reappointment
as soon us Forbes vacates the office She
is a persistent talker and presents a
clean record as one of her chief merits for
the Office.
THE interior department is in receipt of
dispatches from Los Pinos, Col, stating
that the Utes now appear to be satisfied
with the Ouray treaty, and that the pros
pect is that all the Indians will be off the
reservation by next spring.
AN Interesting report is made by Com
mander Beardslee, of the United States
steamer jamestown, at Sitka, Alaska The
report is dated July r. He forwards adj
vices from Ghilicot by canal from Edward
Bean, leader of the band of prospectors
sent to the headwaters of the Yukon in
June, in charge of the jamestown. The
party had crossed the divide and received
good treatment and services from Indians.
Several other miners Joined them. They
are searching for gold. The party, con-
sisting of about twenty, are protected by a
crew of the launch, in command of Lieut.
Lain.
OFFICIALS in the Treasury Department
are discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of adopting
a new design for national bank notes. The
fact that the design for any denomination
of nationa. bank notes is the same for all
banks, with the exception of the name of
the bank, renders the task of the counter
feiter comparatively easy. The old designs
have been in use many years, and every
denomination except the 81 notes and the
81 900 notes have been countefeited Large
amounts of counterfeit national bank notes
are probably in circulation now, the ex
istence of which is unsupported.
ANOTHER naval officer is to be SEM 10
Cuban waters to make report upon the
last Spanish insult. In the search of Mer-
rift and Newcombe the spanish authofIt-
les were notified They promised apology
and PREPARATION in case the affair had oc-
Cured outside of the league limit from the
shore of Cuba where they have control
The administration sent Admiral Rey.
nods to make an investigation.
lie reported that the two Ameri-
can vessels were inside the limit.
For all practical purposes that
ended the case, if Admiral Reynolds re-
port could be trusted. 1t would probably
have ended the matter had it not been for
this new case, occurring fully fifteen miles
out at sea, and therefore admitting of no de
Tense. This third case happening at this
time, so soon upon the heels of the other
outrages, indicates a policy upon the part
of the Spanish authorities that is not to
be tolerated A naval officer, in speaking
of this policy said that the Spanish people
had perfect contempt for our weak and
almost powerless navy, and while they
would not care TO involve themselves seri-
ously with this country, they yet feel their
own naval superiority enough to take great
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