Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
VERY LATEST NEWS.
4 Record ri Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

IT il thought that Assistant Secretary
French decision, favoring the owners Of
Canadian craft in the American lake ports,
will be reversed.
WEIGHTY influence is to be brought 10
bear upon the president to secure the APP
polntment as successor to General Myer,
late chief Of the signal service. of Maj w.
i. Wetmore, Of New York.
THE board of architects appointed to
consider the practicability Of erecting a
new congressional library, or whether it
would be advisable to extent the quarters
now occupied ip the capitol, have reported
in favor of constructing separate build
ing.
THE encampmcnt Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic of the Department Of Mary
land took place on the 18th inst The
ceremony of unwilling the statue at the
National cemetery at Antictam occurred.
The monument, which If II feet g inches,
in height has been erected at the cost of
$4,000, and was designed and executed by
James q PATTERSON.
Is the last ten days over thrce-quarters
Of million Of standard silver dollars have
been ordered from the treasury and scat
tered over the country. The 10000 circu-
lars sent out by the Treasurer Giliillan arc
bearing immediate fruits. Twenty five
orders have been received from the west
and south asking for from $500 To go, 900
each The largest order was from Athens,
Ga, and the next largest from Columbus,
Ind. With these orders are complaints Of
a scarcity Of small biIls, which is the
primo cause Of silver going 80 rapidly.
Tux records of the pension bureau show
Il material decrease in the number Of
claims filed since July from that for the
aamc length Of time Immediately prior to
TINT date. In July the number Of claims
received was I35S IN August, 2,l7G in
September 10 date, S0I, making total Of
7,i2S. During the hitter part of March
and the months of April and June there
were filed in the ncighb0rhood of 25 100
claims This great dee rease in the number
of new claims filed monthly il owing
largely 10 the fact that the receipt of
claims under The arcnrs act was limited to
July T.
RETURNS Of Sept, |, regarding the con
dition Of the wheat crop al harvest, gives
preliminary estimate Of the crop, but
there are two Investigations vet to be made
before u formal estimate will be issued.
The September estimate, this year, gives
the condition Of 30, against 90 in 1879, and
81 in 1878 This estimate relates to guam
tity aud quality, and does not take into
consideration increase of acreage. The
condition of potatoes, rs reported Sept. |,
shows decline with the month of per
cent. compared with the report of Sept !,
1870 There isa loss Of i per cent. in
buckwhcat, The average Of the whole
country ~ per cent. less than Inst year
tho same date.
CONGRESS, this winter, will be asked 10
restore the old paper fractional currency.
The advocates ot this measure claim that
ever since the withdrawal of the fractional
currency from circulation need has been
felt of some substitute, not only in ordi
nary transactions of business, but more
particularly for the transmission of small
amounts through the mails. The post
Office department IL every now and then in
receipt Of schemes proposing substitutes
for fractional currency. Among other
propositions il one that the postoilce de-
parlmcnt should issue certificates repre-
senling fractional parts of II dollar, But,
M remarked by high official of the de-
partmcnt the only substitute for the old
fractional currency il new fractional
currency.