River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-22
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary Of Events During the
Past Week.
FKoM THE CAPITAL.


TIE treasury department has purchased
United States bonds to the amount of S237, !
600 for the sinking fund of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads.
THE president has appointed A. ~
Kimball, of Jackson Miss, receiver of the
public moneys for the district of lands
subject to sale at Jackson, Miss, vice
Robert j. Alcorn, whose term of Office has
expired
SECRETARY ScHURz having accepted the
invitation of the republican state central
committee of Indiana to take an active
part in the canvass in that State, will make
his first speech there next week,
The postmaster-general has decided to
break up the practice of sending through
the mails advertising cards of various
sizes with one cent stamps attached. After
Oct. no cards except the regulation pos
tai cards will be transmitted at a less rate
than three cents for each half ounce.
An order has been issued at the post
office department, disseminating the deliv-
erv Of letters addressed to 5. Slater, care
Of VI Silvery, No. 443 First avenue, New
York, il having become known that these
parties have engaged in swindling the
public by offering to sell them counterfeit
money.
TH2 commissioner of the general land
office issued his instructions to registers
and receivers, governing the repayment of
purchasemOney, fees, commissions, and
excuses, under the act of June 10, 1880.
This act authorizes repayment to inno-
cent parties" of all fees, commissions, and
excessess paid by them on fraudulent and
void additional soldiers and sailors home
stead entries.
THERE has been somewhat of a scare
among persons interested in the river and
harbor Improvements now in progress at
various points in the country, over the re-
port that the cabinet had decided to restrict
General Wright, the chief engineer, in the
matter of drawing the appropriations
from She treasury for the river and harbor
work, the impression seeming to prevail
that the work would be suspended. Such
is not the case.
JUICE TARBELL, deputy first comptroller
of the treasury department, has rendered
a decision in which he holds that the ex-
isting law does not make it compulsory
upon the government to pay sub-contract-
ors fer carrying United States mails, the
extra months compensation provided for
in the event of discontinuance ofthe route,
and unless sub-contractors make ,pecial
ginal contractor to receive this allowance
it falls 10 the original contractor when the
route is discontinued
MUCH complaint is made by census emu
merators here over the delay in receiving
! their pay. Their work has been closed
for some days, and the law making the APP
preparation for paying them is immedi-
ately available They swarm around the
building leading to the census bureau, and
are very clamorous. Some of them are in
very needy circumstances having families
to support, and having been out of EN-
ployment for six months past. The only
excuse for delay is that Secretary Schurz
will not draw on the appropriation until
all the returns are in and the official an
nouncement of the result IS made.
tbs annual report of Colonel Worthing-
ton, the statistician of the Agricultural de-
partment, just made gives some interest
In the Pacific and mining states and
Territories the range of wages for farm
laborers, without board is between $50. -
in Montana and S22.50 in Washington
Territory. OF the states east of the Mis-
souri,, Minnesota pays her farm laborers
better than any other Northern state
monthly wages with board being 1853
while Vermont pays only 1920. In the
Southern states the prices paid range from
5l2.26 in Louisiana to 81 80 in South Car
DINA, the average being $500 The cost of
subsisting the laborer for the average Of
the whole country in 1880 is S7.l7 a month,
against 37.l4 in 1879 The demand for la
borers IS good in all sections of the coun-
try.
The Post Office Department has issued
orders for the establishment of the follow
ing additional money order offices on Mon
day August 3 in the States named: Hi
nois-Ashmore, Atkinson, Belle Rive,
Bensonville, Gable, Crescent City, Cullom,
Farma, Grand Crossing, Green Valley,
Grove City, Jacksonville, New Burnside,
Palatine, Patoka, Ransom, Rosemond, lis
Silwa, Van Grin, Vermont, Wan
ccnda Wisconsin-kendall, Marsh
field, Merton, Theresa. Mime
sofa Appleton, Breckenridge, Can
by De Graf, Paxton, Fergus Falls, Fort
Smelling, Fountain, Hector, La Sueur
Center, Minnesota, Morristown, Murdoch,
Ortonville, Pipe Stone, Torah Iowa
Albion Audubon, Battle Creek, Blanch-
ard, Bristow, Britt, Clarion, Correction
vile. East Side Station; Des Moines,
Floris, Hastings, Lake City, Liscomb,
Odebolt, Jacksonville, Randolph, San
born, Scranton Station, Silver City, South
English Stanton, Nolga City, Wellman.
Dakota Territory-Big Stone City, Cen
trail City, Custer Flandreau, Fort Meade,
jamestown, Lead City, Madison, Mandan,
Parker, Scot and, and Waterfowl