River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-03-11
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WASHINGTON.

the month of February was $5,672,0l9.
COUNT LITTA, first secretary of the
Italian legation in Washington, died
March 3rd
The house committee on war claims
decided March End, to report adversely
on twenty-five claims, aggregating half
million dollars.
COMMODORE ISAIAH HAUsCoMB, chief
Of the bureau of conservation and repair
ia the navy department, died in Wash
irston March 9Th.
THE president, on the 2nd inst, with
drew the name of p. b. s. Pinchback, as
naval officer at New Orleans. This leaves
Lewis, the present incumbent, undis-
turbed.
THE president, on the 3rd inst, romi-
mated Chas. A. Galloway to be collector
OF internal revenue for the 5rd district of
Wisconsin,; and Henry S. French, to be
postmaster at Mortified, Mimi.
NOTWITHSTANDING the action of the
house committee on ways and means in
respect to the tariff, the quinine men are
still urging that a duty of ten per cent,
be levied on that article, says dispatch
of March 5th.
THE supreme court, ON the LIST inst =,
rendered decision involving the con-
stitutionality Of 3 law passed by the
West Virginia legislature in 1872, ex.
Guiding COlOred citizens from jury SER
vice. The court holds the lawto be I'M
constitutional, Justice Field dessenling.
AT meeting March end, of the house
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, Stephens obtained leave to report
favor hly hill h1ichinu an aSeav
office in Arizona. A favorable report was
ordered TO be made to the house, on the
Vance bill, for the retirement of the trade
| dollar. Total coinage of the various
minis during February was $S,169, 1853
of which $4,000, 400 were silver dollars.
THE house committee on ways and
means virtually decided against any re-
vison of the tariff this session, during the
conference on March End. By vote of
Z to the committee tabled the sugar
and steel rail tariff bills, together with
ether tariff measures. The affirmative
votes on the motion to indefinitely post
pone, were Gibson, Phelps, FELTON,, Gar
field, Kelly, COnger and Frye; negative,
Tucker, Morrison, Mills, Carlisle, Dun
nell and Wood.
SECRETARY THOMPSON received a
cab egram from Montevideo, March End,
stating that another death from yellow
fever had occurred on board the U. s.
steamship Marion The last victim was
Midshipman Harvey Wyke from Hi
pOi3. This makes three deaths that had
occurred on that steamer from yellow
fever. The sick were then improving,
and no new case had developed tor a
week.
A VERY dangerous counterfeit one
hundred dollar bill on the Pittsburg
PA, National Bank of commerce was
discovered in the redemption agency of
the treasury department on the 9th inst.
1t purports to be of the series of 1875
and is printed on good imitation of
fibre paper. 1t is the first counterfeit
which has appeared on this series of
bank notes.
THE senate confirmed the following
nominations, March 4th: United States
marshals-Ja James Kerns, western district
Of Pennsylvania; E. s. Kearney, district
If Oregon. Postmasters-Mis n. Hus-
tin, Millersburg, Ohio; n. K. Macken
zie, Wall2ville, Ohio; NJ. d. Kirk, Stur-
gis, Michigan. Indian agent-G. Bel
KNAPP, Tulle river agency, Colorado.
Army promotions-Lieut Col Elwell S.
Otis to be colonel of the Goth regiment
infantry; Maj. A J. Dallas, lieutenant
colonel of the 22nd infantry. Captain j
s. Fletcher, major of the 23rd infantry. :.
THE house committee on public build
ings and grounds, by unanimous vote,
March 3rd, accepted the report OF the
sub committee tav0ring an appropriation
of $500 600 for the erection of public
buildings at Peoria, H., one hundred
| Thousand to be expended the first year.
The committee also agreed to recon-
mend ar appropriation OF forty thousand
for public building at Portsmouth,
Ohio. one half to be available the first
year.
THE bill introduced in the senate March
Sd, by MIR. Bailey, to refund the national
debt, authorizes the secretary of the treas
ury, whenever the bonds now outstanding
shall become due, to issue bonds in ex-
change for them bearing special interest
and redeemable at the pleasure of the
United States after twenty years.. 1t also
provides for issuing two hundred millions
of notes bearing 81 per cent interest,
redeemable after two and payable in ten
years from date of issue, but prohibits
the redemption of more than forty mil
lions of these notes in. any one fiscal
year.
Miss JENNIE RAYMOND, in whose be,
half Miss Belva Lockwood, attorney
filed papers in suit against Sen. Hill,
of Georgia, for alleged seduction, pub
lished the following card for publication
March 4ih: Whereas a suit has been
filed by Belva A. Lockwood=an attorney
at law in the District of Columbia in my
name against BENZ. II. Hill, the same be-
ing an action of damages for seduction
and support of child. Now, Of my own
free will and consent, without pay or re-
ward, or promise thereof. declare that
have no claim whatever against BENZ.
Il. Hill, and he. is not my seGucer; that
the papers filed by said Lockwood were
filed against my solemn protest; that
| they were never read over to me or by
me, and their contents were unknown 10
i ,le, and no oath was put to me or taken
! by me in said case.
(SignedD JENNIE RAYMOND.