River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-20
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
TIE senate committee ON patents de-
cided TO report the house bill designed TO
protect innocent users of patents with a
number of amendments.
TEE Treasury Department has pur.
chased 29o 900 ounces of fine silver for
delivery at the Philadelphia and San
Francisco minis.
EX-SEN. CoNoVER was unanimously
nominated as candidate for governor by
the republican convention, of Florida,
which is tremendously proceeding with
its work.
RALPH p. AUCKLAND, of Ohio Charles
G.. Housed, of Nebraska: George B.
Smyth, and Daniel Chadwick, of Con-
necticut, have been appointed govern
ment directors of TIE Union Pacific
railway company, to serve until The next
regular election eli directors of said com
pany.
The senate confirmed Charles A. Gal
loway Collector of Internal Revenue
Third District of Wisconsin; S. N. Todd.
Census Supervisor Second District of
Ohio; William A. Hunt, Census Super
visor Seventh District of Ohio.
A TELEGRAM was received on the 18th
inst, by Secretary Schurz, stating that
on Friday last, Chief Vict0ria's band of
Apacbes, attacked Indians on the San
| Carlos reservation, at Eagle river, killing
an Indian and his family, twelve in
number and succeeded in making their
escape.
TEE house, on the 18th inst by vote
| of 1853 to IS, decided the seat contest be-
tween $. Ii. Yocum, republican, and A.
u. Curtin, democrat, from Pennsylvania,
| in favor of the sitting member, Yocum.
| The latter was warmly congratulated by
| his republican friends.
a DISPATCH says the statement of the
! bureau of statistics shows the total value
| of exports of petroleum and petroleum
| products from the United States for the
| month of March, 1880, at 81, s ,342; for
nine months ending March 81 1860, $780,
| 61525G; and the same period IN 1869,
| $31, 44S,9 61.
/ THE house committee on Indian AT
/ fairs has ordered favorable report to
| be made to the house upon Representa-
| tive Washburn's bill to authorize the
| secretary Of the interior to ascertain the
amounts due citizens for supplies fur
nished the Sioux or Dakota Indians, of
Minnesota, subsequent to August, 1860,
! and prior to the massacre in August,
1862, and providing for their payment.
A DISPATCH of May Sth, says the ways
and means committee have finally agreed
upon tariff bill salt is stricken out OF
the bill and sugar is made the subject OF
| another bill. The duty on wood pulp is
reduced from 20 to 10 per cent. adval-
Drum, jute butts from So to So per ton,
! fax ard all other fibrous material for
manufacture into paper from 20 and %
! 10 the uniform rate of $40 per ton, sized
| paper from 25 TO 20 per cent. and book.
| and newsprint from 90 to Is per cent
| advalorum. The bill will soon be re
| ported favorably to the house.
THE committee on railways of the
| house reported favorable, on the 18th, a
! bill incorporating the Cherokee 81 Ar
kansas railway company The commit
tee says that no subsidy or land grand is
asked, and only such franchises as ought
/ to be granted. The road is to connect
The southern and central portions of
| Kansas over the Little Rock 81 Fort
nd Memphis Il Little Rock roads
-. Mississippi river at Memphis,
/ hereby. as the report declares, reaching
I The NEST profitable and natural market
/ sor the grain products of that portion OF
/ Kansas
I Bill was filed in the clerks Office,
- Washington, on the 18th in behalf OF
x Senator Isaac l. Christiancy for di-
7orce from the bonds of matrimony with
Lille NJ Christiancy. The papers were
! filed in the clerks office at a very late
hour, and upon being recorded were i'm
mediately withdrawn with a view oil
keeping them from representatives OF
the press, but enough of their contents is
known to warrant the statement that the
senator charges adultery in various in
stances ]. W. Oliver, representing Mrs
Christiancy, was present, and entered an
appearance for her.