River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-15
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE president nominated w. A New
ell, of N. j., on the 7th inst. to be COVER
or of Washington territory.
TEE president nominated X. s. Love
joy, receiver of public money at Nlobrara,
Nebraska, and j.. w. Groesbeck, post
master at Harvard, on the 9th inst.
THE house committee on banking and
currency authorized its chairman on the
7th to report bill repeating that por-
ton of the revenue law requiring two
cent stamp on bank checks.
IN the senate on the 18th inst, the
vice. president sent note stating that h e
would be absent several days, and Sen.
Thurman was re elected president pro
tenn of the senate.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of April 9th
says the president has nominated j. w.
Barr, of Louisville, KY, for U. $. district
judge, and Chas. G. Dow, for postmaster
at Portage, Wis,
THE president, on the OH inst. nomi-
mated John W. Barr, Louisville, United
States district Judge for the district of
Kentucky. Postmasters - Charles G.
Dow, at Portage; Mrs. Lit'leton B Conn,
at Oswego, Kansas; G. M. Reyes, San
dusky, Ohio.
THE secretary of the interior and CON-
missioner of Indian affairs, says dis
patch of the 9Th, are endeavoring to per
suade the Chippewa Indians TO settle in
severalty. The same course will be
taken with all semi.civiliZed tribes.
ADvICEs from Washington of the 7th
state that the senate executive session,
after long and animated discussion
over the Mississippi census supervi-
sors, finally rejected all the appoint
ments.
A TELEGRAM from Gen. Schofield to
the adiutant general at Washington, of
April Sth, says all the cadets at West
Point disclaim any knowledge whatever
of the attack made upon cadet Whitaker,
and a thorough examination shows that
he has received no injury except the cuts
on his ears. A court of inquiry will at
once begin an investigation to learn the
truth if possible.
On the vote in the house, on the It'll
inst, the following republicans voted for
the Townsend paper mill: Bedford, Col
orado; Calkins, Indiana; Cannon, Hi
nois; Haskell, Kansas; Hawk, Illinois;
HAYS, Illinois; Marsh, Illinois; Morton,
New York; Page, California; Ryan,
Kansas; and Thomas, Illinois. Aldrich,
of Chicago, did not vote. Fort was
paired.
The receipts from customs for the
month of March reached the extraordi-
nary total of $19,000,000, while receipts
| from internal revenue were about 80
| 100000 Before Secretary Sherman left
| for Ohio he ordered the assistant trea-
surer at New York to purchase five mil
| lions of bonds. making $13,000,000 that
were purchased for destruction during
| the month.
| THE house committee on military af-
/ fairs on the Sth, made the following
| selections for appointment as suprenten-
| dents Of the national Soldiers Homes:
/ Gen. j. NJ Palmer, of Illinois, to succeed
! Thomas O. Osborn, of Missouri; j. D.
! G.. Fulton, of Wisconsin, to succeed O.
| B. WolcOtt; Gen. Joel Parker, of New
| Jersey, TO succeed II. G. Stebbins; Gen.
| VIM. b. Franklin, of Connecticut, to sue
| coed Gen B. F. Butler; Gen. Chas.
Roberts, of Maine to succeed Frederick
| Smyth; Gen M. L. Nc Mahon, of New
| York, to succeed Gen. j. II. Martindale.
| General McCleallan's name was with
drawn, as acceptance would involve the
resignation of the office of Governor of
| New Jersey
| MIR. TOWNSEND, of Illinois, whose re-
| ference Oh Ills tdIlu Dlll W tuC COhlLlIt-
on revision of laws caused the great
tariff struggle of two weeks ago, OBJ,
tanned recognition on the 7th inst, and
moved the same bill for passage under
suspension of rules, and while he did
! not receive the necessary two-thirds vote,
he did receive more than majority
The vote was: Yeas, 113; nays, so.
Townsend's bill proposes to amend the
tariff so that salt type, printing-paper,
and chemicals used in the manufacture
of printing paper, should be placed upon
the free list. The vote upon this ques-
ton ran pretty close along the party line,
with the exception that Pennsylvania
democrats opposed the bill aad few
western republicans favored it. The
majority in favor of the bill was so
| large that the advocates of free printing
paper claim that if bill containing that
| separate item could be introduced from
the ways and means committee it would
certainly be passed.