River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-03
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE Judiciary committee has done
nothing with the Acklin scandal case
and will not report upon it TIL next
term.
The president has nominated James
w. Patterson as postmaster at Hillsbor-
ough, O., and William T. Case at Logan,
o.
SUNSET Cox declared that he has pos
tive information from Utica that Sey-
| mour would not decline if unanimously
| rendered the nomination.
The house committee on public build
| ings and grounds agreed to make favora-
BILE reports upon the bills for the erection
of public buildings at the following
points: Columbus, Ohio, to cost Lot
exceeding 100000, and Fort Wayne,
Ind, 100000.
THE bill agreed upon by the commit
| tee granting an extension of six years 10
| the Northern Pacific railroad from the
| 4th of July, 1880, allows actual settlers
to purchase half section of land from
the company instead OF quarter section
as originally provided.
| The senate rejected the nominations Of
1 S. Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, ID be
associate justice of the supreme court
| for the territory of New Mexico, and B.
M. skinner, Pomeroy, Ohio, to be post
master at Pomeroy.
| JUDGE GRAY, pardon clerk in the &c
1 pariment of justice, has prepared a
| favorable report in the case of ex-post.
master Macarthur, and it is probable that
his pardon will be issued in few days,
| The white house people are kindly dis.
posed toward Macarthur, which makes
| him hopeful in securing his pardon:
ORDERS have been received by the
minister from England from his govern
ment TO convey TO the government of
| the United Statas the sincere thanks of
| her mBjesty's government, for the gener-
| Gus and friendly conduct in having dis
/ patched the United States snip Consella-
tion, loaded with provisions, which were
| so much needed for the relief of the
| distressed subjects in Ireland, and which,
| besides boing a substantial aid to them
! had been accepted by all her majesty's
| subjects as proof of the friendly feeling
| entertained towards them by the govern
ment and citizens of the United States.
SENATOR BAYARD has gone home, and
! there is arumor to the effect that his fail.
! ing health is the cause, and that he will
retire from politics entirely. This crea-
1 ties quite a flutter as he is not onley sup
posed to be a candidate for the Presi
/ dency, but, in the event of losing the NOM
| nation, was confidently expected to he
reelected to the Senate next winter. lie
has been in the Senate twelve years, be
ing one of the most prominent on the
| Democratic side. Hehas no son eligible
to succeed him as he succeeded his
father. The truth of the report is denied
THE senate committee on appropria-
tions authorizes Mr.. Window to re-
port back the agricultural appropriation
| bill with an amendment providing 49,
coo to purchase machinery, etc, for ex-
periments in the manufacture of sugar
from sorghum, eOrn-stalks, and other
producing plants; appropriating
$4,000 to enable the department of agri.
culture to employ three additional as
sistant CHEMISTS; $4,000 TO the house
item for labor, etc, in the department
grounds, and increasing the salary OF
the commissioner of agriculture from
$1,000 to $4,000 per annum.
An effort is still being made TO stir up
the old Texas and Pacific scandals oil
ten years ago. The committee decided
TO have nothing to do with the matter
last week, but the George party still per
sisted that they must be heard. 1t was
confidently declared that resolution
would be offered in the house calling fol-
investigation, but the day passed with
out allusion to the matter except in the
Hobbies, where all kinds of rumors filled
the air, duplicating almost anybody IL
railroad wickedness. 1t Is very gener
ally thought to be political sensation al
ism, though in reality there is not much
definite knowledge current upon the
subject. AT any rate it has not yet de.
veloped sufficient dignity to demand
serious public attention.
SECRETARY SHERMAN sent TO the House
to day letter from the Assistant Treas
urer at New York saying the additional
amount of silver he can receive will not
exceed $4,000, 600, making, with what
we now have on hand, $28, 100000. The
silver now in vaults weighs 500 tons
After describing the. present system OF
storage, Mr.. Hillhouse continues: off we
adhere 10 this plan it will limit the silver
we can receive to an amount much less
than was anticipated when the vault was
| constructed; but it is the only one con,
sistent with safety and convenience.
take the liberty of calling your attention
to the matter, as there seems to be no dis.
position in Congress to stop the further
coinage of silver. II it is to go on at the
rate OF $2,000,000 a month. the question
of how we are TO dispose of it, with our
present facilities, will soon be pressing
one"