The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-02-05
VERY --LATEST NEWS
a Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Forel.2n.
WASHINGTON.

Domestic and Foreitm.
WASHINGTON. ].
The house committee on Indian af
fairs, says a dispatch Of Jan. 28th, has
agreed upon bill prohibiting the loca-
ltion of any more warlike tribes of Indi.
ans in Indian territory, without special
Legislation from congress.g : ~. S'
The house committee on. alcoholic
liquor traffic, says dispatch of Jan. 9th,
has appointed subcommittee to con-
slider the feasibility Of congress creating
a commission on the subject. The COM
mission was advocated by Hiram Price,
Of Iowa, and Aaron M. Powell.
THE senate on the 28th inst. confirmed
the, following nominations: E. 81. Muir
ray, .of Kentucky, governor of Utah ter
ritory; Norman Buck, associate justice
Of the supreme court of Idaho. Post
masters: Missouri, L. c.. .Cantwell, at
Richmond; 5Jno. w. Brown, Warrens-
burg; Harry w. ,Grantley, Appleton City:
SPECIAL agen. stahel, says a telegram
of Jan. 9th, who was sent by the state
department to investigate the affairs Of
the Hong Kong consulate, has sent in a
voluminous report, the chief: point in
which is that there is 81 ,439 of emigra-
ton fees-25 cents per head-which has
not been accounted for to the govern
ment. On certain invoices the govern
ment should have been credited with
81, 466 more than it received. Fees from
other sources also appear not to have been
accounted for. Other charges of irregu-
larities made against the. administration
are not sustained.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations to be ENJOYS extraordinary
and ministers plenipotentiary, Jan. 49,:
James Russell Lowell. of Mass, to.
Great Britain; John w. Foster, of Indi-
ana, to Russia; Lucius Fairchild, of
Wisconsin, to Spain and Philip Morgan,
of Louisiana, 10 Mexico. To be United
States consuls: Lewis Richmond, of
Rhode Island, at Belfast; James W.
Tyler. of Arkansas, at Mayaug z; Stephen,
n. Simonson, Of New York, to be assist
ant appraiser for the port of New York.
To be postmasters: Michael G. Gerber,
Madison, Indiana; Robert V. Bogart,
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
THE house committee on postof1ice
and post roads agreed, Jan. 26, to report
favorably the bill providing that the
postmaster general shall readjust in &C
cordance with the act of Jan. 10, 1866,
the salaries of all postmaste1s of the
third, fourth and fifth classes, whose
salaries have not heretofore been re.
adjusted, who make direct official ap-
plication or sworn returns of receipts
and business for readjustment; and
whoSe quarterly returns show that they.
were intended for readjustment, sub
sequent 10 the law of 1876; such re.
adjustment to. date from the beginning
of the quarter succeeding that in which
the application or sworn reports were
made. -. ~
AN interesting decision was rendered
by, the, supreme court Of the United States
Tan. S6th TWAS supreme eoureSd eciss
ion No: 121, E 1T. and J.: NJ. Worthing-
| ton, administrators, etc. VS.. Martha W
Mason, in error to the circuit, court of
the United States for the western district
of Arkansas. This was a suit brought
! by the defendant in error, the natural
daughter of Elisha Worthington, by a
slave mother to recover compensation for
services rendered to said Worthington
during his lifetime in fultillment Of an
alleged promise made by him ito her be-
fore his death. The defendant in error
recovered verdict and judgment below
for twelve thousand dollars, That judy
ment is here affirmed, on the ground that
the record shows no error OF which the
court can take notice.
REPRESENTATIVE LIE FEvRE's COM
mittee expected to begin jan. 9th, an
Investigation of the agricultural depart.
ment. It is understood that Mr.. LIE Dues
present visit to the west has for its OBJ
iect the collection of the necessary evil
dence to .vindicate himself from the
charge that the money expended by him
in sorghum and cornstalk sugar expert
ments has not been wasted. The friends
of Mr.. LIE DUO assert that he will satisfy
the committee that sugar can be
made out of sorghum and corn.
stalks for much less than
the cost of the imported article. Res.
pecting Mr.. lie Dues effort in the line OF
tea culture, which tits alleged has alb,
sorbed much cash without correspond
| ing results, not only is satisfactory ex:
PLANTATION promised, but the commission.
er is quite sangnine that congress will
favor his proposition to give him the
necessary fund to purchase farm in
South Carolina exclusively for tea-cul.
ture purposes.
s. - - ,.- !: =: =: CRIME. .:..-1, =.
JASON P. SCR1BNER was sentenced, at
Augusta, Me-, Jan. 26, to life :imprison.
ment for the murder of his two children
| in Nav. 1878. r' =