Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-11-18
VERY LATEST NEWS.
4 Record OF Important Events.
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

direct from Denver. He says the Utes do
not want war and will not fight unless
they think it their last resource.
GEN. MCCooK recomends that law be
passed by congress authorizing the en-
listment into the army of one hundred and
fifty competent young men tone for each
military post), TO be rated as schOolm as
ters, with the rank and pay OF commissary
sergeant.
PRESIDENT HAYES has appointed Chas
w. Seagle, of Fairfield, Iowa, Thomas p.
Clark, Of Newport, R. l., and A. B. Mich
OILS, of Philadelphia, Pa, commissioners
to examine and report upon fifty miles Of
railroad, constructed by the Northern Pa
cific railroad company. west of the Mis-
souri, river.
a SPECIAL POSTAL arrangement has been
executed with France, increasing from the
lst of January, 1881, the limits OF weight
and dimensions for packets or samples Of
merchandise exchanged mails to twelve
ounces in weight, and the following di-
mentions: Twelve inches in
length, eight inches in width. and four
inches in depth.
THE water is being drawn off the gov
ernment carp pond in this city. The
young carp will be distributed to the sew
eral states. The state commissioners come
to Washington to get their allotment. DIR.
II. IL. Cary. president Of the Georgia fish
commission, is how in the city on business.
He Will take back to Georgia two thou
sand young carp, which will be distributed
over the state from Atlanta. lie says that
the carp he took to that state last year
have thriven and grown rapidly. From
three or four ounces in weight they now
/ II - II
cellent food fish, and the best with which
to stock ponds and sluggish streams.
THE following circular was issued by the
secretary of the treasury on the 18th inst:
Notice is hereby given to holders of United
States 6 per cent. bonds issued under date
of Feb. s, 1861, and commonly known as
the skies of 1880, that said bonds, with the
accrued interest thereon, will be paid at
this department Dec. 81, 1880, and that in
terest on said bonds will cease on that
nominations of 81 900, with coupons; ard
| 81, 900, $4,000, and $4,000 registered bonds
with inscription loan of 1861" should
not be cOnfounded with the bonds known
as ''sixes of 1884," issued under acts Of
July Il and Aug. ), 1861, and March 3.
1868. Holders Of these 6's are advised
that if the bonds are received at this de-
partment within sufficient time prior 10
their maturity to admit of the necessary
examination, payment therefor can be
made more promptly at maturity. The
department will receive the bonds at any
time and hold them for that purpose. re-
deeming them In the order oftheir receipt.
All bonds forwarded for redemption should
be addressed to Secretary of Treasury,
Loan Division, Washington, d. c."
and all the registered bonds should
be addressed To the secretary of
the treasury, for redemption" Where
partiee desire checks in payment for regis
tered bonds drawn to the order Of any one
but the payee, they should assign them to
the secretary of the treasury for redemp-
ton for account of (here insert person or
persons to whose order check should be
made payable.) The bonds of this loan,
6's of 1880, will also be purchased, mean
while In the usual manner, at the office of
the assistant treasurer of the treasury OF
the United States at New York, each
Wednesday. in such amounts as the sur
plus revenues will permit, provided that
they can be procured upon satisfactory
terms. JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has not vet begun
to write his report, but it is a welI-known
fact that he will make certain recOmmen-
datlOns to congress upon the subject of re-
funding and the cessation of coming Of
silver dollars. \ person here, who has
made careful study of Secretary Sher-
mans speeches and his expressed opinions
at the treasury during the year, says that
the most important features of the report
Will be the secretary's recommendations
to congress in regard to future legislation.
The most prominent of these recommen-
dations will be inregard to funding oper-
atiOns the coming year. On the 1st Of Nav
1881, there becomes due and redcemable
at the option OF the government, S50S, ,44O,-
$50 of 5 per cent. bonds. On the 30th of
June, S264, ,33l $50 of 6 per cent. bonds
mature. In order to be able to redeem
this large amount of bonds. and relieve
the government from the burden of the
high rate of interest which is now paid,
the necessary money must be raised.
TIE forthcoming report of Assistan
Postmaster-General Hazen makes an in
teresting exhibit of the operations of the
registry system. The total number of let
ters and parcels registered throughout
the country during the fiscal year ending
June 50 last, was 6,993,513, Of which. IN
round numbers, 5,200,00 were domestic
letters, 100000 domestic parcels-third
and fourth-class matter, 100000 letters to
foreign countries, $3.50 parcels to foreign
countries, and upwards of 100000 letters
and parcels of official matter were for
warded for the government, and by law ex-
empt from payment of registry fees. The
amount of fees collected was 1896, ,774, an
increase of nearly so per cent. over the
preceding year The increase in the num-
ber of letters and parcels registered was
l ,567 ,491. The actual losses of registered
matter during the year was LIS letters
and parcels, which is at the rate of one in
about every $500. This is proportionately
smaller loss than for the previous year.
The newIy-authorized registration of
third and fourth-cIass matter
merchandise, etc. is reported to be still
attended with extraordinary success, and
l53, ,523 parcels were registered during the
fiscal year at New York city postofice
alone. Gen. Hazen, in view of the fact
that most of the losses of registered matter
occur on "star service" routes, recon-
mends that mail contractors on star"
routes be held accountable for losses di-
rectly rraceable TO carelessness or other
fault of their agents, and suggests that
il ali contracts. hereafter. a clause be in
serted providing for such accountability.