Morris tribune., 1880-12-30
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

The value of the agricultural products of
the United States for 1880 is estimated at
S2, 600, ,000,0
Gen. Grant, President Hayes and Henry
Ward Beecher spoke at the New England
celebration in New York on the 21st.
There were seven hundred and forty cases
of corporal punishment in the public schools
of ST. Louis during the last quarter of ten
weeks.
Ex-senator Howe has written letter, tax
E. w. Keyes to the United States senate
and favoring the claims of MIR. Sawyer.
Gen. Sherman has assigned Lieut.. Col.
Dodge, Twenty second infantry, to his staff,
vice Audenried, deceased; Maj. Tidsall,
Second cavalry, vice Whipple, resigned;
Maj. Morrow, Ninth cavalry, vice A. D.
McCook, promoted to the colonelcy of the
Sixth infantry.
The president has nominated Rodney W.
Daniels collector of customs at Buffalo;
Allen I. Wykoff pension agent at Colum-
bus. United States consuls-,JOhnF F. Van
igen, at Toleapuano, and Harry z. Dill, OF
Maine, at Forterey. Postmaster. W.
Clement, Marion, Iowa..
The senate, in executive session, voted
down the motion to reconsider the confir-
nation of Judge W. B. Woods to be asso-
ciate Justice of the United States supreme
court, and his confirmation stands. The
senate confirmed W. Van Dusen postmas-
ter at Odelbolt, Iowa, and Theo. F. Sing
| iser of Pennsylvania to be secretary of Ida
| ho.
| 1t is current talk that the president in
tends to consult Gen. Garfield in the Sc.
| lection of the new secretary of the navy
| and that person will be chosen who vii
| remain in Gen. Garfeld's cabinet There
are several gentlemen who will be glad tt
take the place if they feel certain Of hold
| ing over when Gen. Garfield enters tht
| White House.
Mr.. Oglesby, the messenger bearing tht
| electoral votes of Georgia, which was no
cast ON the day prescribed by the laws o
the United States, has delivered the SAM
to the vice president, who will, it is sup
posed, when the time for counting elector
al votes arrives, submit Georgia's vote t.
the consideration of the two houses in tn
absence of the passage of any measures t.
regulate the counting of the votes. -
The committee appointed to report on
general plan for the inaugural decora
tons, concluded its work and reco
mended a series Of thirty eight light archie
of gas pipes over Pennsylvania avenue, wit
the appropriate decoration of all the statue
in the city. 1t is proposed among othc
decorations, for the executive mansion
have about 100 lanterns Of different size
and 100 dozen candles. Citizens will ais
be requested to Illuminate their dwellings
places of business, etc. The estimate
amount required to properly decorate tn
streets and public buildings is fixed at $15,
600. - ls~~~~ -
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, has intro
duced bill granting a pension to Williar
Blaisdell, of Company F, Fifth volunteers
the rate to be $24a month. The same gen
tleman has presented petition, signed b
large number of Minnesota soldiers askin
ongress that all soldiers discharged fc
disease be granted the same bounty as thos
discharged on account of wounds. Nj
Poehler asks the committee on pensions I
authorize the pension Office to place tn
name of Corporal Thomas iPettijohn, Mint
} Minnesota regiment, on the rolls at the raj
Of pay allowed fer total blindness. "a
] Mr.. Poehler, Of Minnesota, has intro