River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06

Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.


the Wood funding bill comes up again in
the house. of representatives the debate
shall last hnlv one day.
THE Uni tied States consul at St. Thomas
recently Had dispute with an American
captain. Irhe consul shot and slightly
wounded khe captain, and the captain
caned the donsul.
ELEVEN Sioux chiefs called at the white
house, on Dec oath. and shook hands with
the president. Their mission is the nego-
tiation Of j right of way with several rail
way lines.
IT is now pretty well decided that there
shall be nd tariff legislation by congress
this session, except possibly the passage Of
the Latou bill: which provides for an in
vestigation OF the whole subject
THAT Blaine viii be secretary of state,
and Chauncey !. Filley postmaster gen
eraI, in tn. new cabinet, is asserted most
positively sby Senator Vest. Mr.. Filey
declines tcI comment on the prediction.
1T is again asserted as probable that
Senator Blaine will be secretary of state in
President iiarield's cabinet Ex-Gover-
nor Oglesby, of Illinois, is spoken of for
secretary df the interior, which would be
an excellent choice.
The Hon A. l.. Alderman is dead. He
was attornFy general of the United States
during President Grants first term and
has since heen the leader of the republican
party in Georgia He was mentioned as a
lit successor to Judge Woods in the fifth lu-
dicial circuit.
The president of the Brazilian council.
replying ia the question concerning the
American ministers attendance at an anti
slavery banquet, reiterates the govern
ments policy of non-Interference with
the gradual extinction OF slavery, and
says he regards Mr.. billiards action as a
purely Individual matter.
THE fret. volume of the history of the
war which a. being gotten up under the
auspices eft the war department has been
published 1t oeals with the events pre-
ceding the firing on Fort Sumter, which
ended In secession. No such gigantic his
tOrical undertaking was ever before begun.
SOME further correspondence about the
Fortune Bay fishery question has been
published which tends to the belief that
the matter .will be arranged to the salts
faction OF asll parties Earl Granville is
far more c0nciliatory and amendable to ar
gument than was lord Salisbury.
4 COMMISSION 10 audit claims of French
citizens resident in the south during the
var IS ab3ut to commence proceeding
here 1t il providing with elaborate and
costly maclt inery, and is composed of per
sons fond Of holding office. The claims
aggregate many million dollars. The
commissions expects to sit for years.
THE consgl at Gaspe Basin reports to the
Department of State that American fisher
mem do not sail in the Canadian waters as
was their custom years ago, only occasion
al boats being seen cruising about the Gulf
of St Lawrence now. They have aban-
doned the exercise of their rights to the
inshore fisheries of Canada, having found
better fishing on their own coasts. The
report shC~t The injustice of the award by
which the large sum OF $500 900 was
paid compated with the value of the priv
ilcge. even had the Canadian authorities
not iuterfered in the exercise ofthe ri ghts
ii conferrcdl
GrNERAo. Howard, since his designa-
ton 10 West Point, indicated the course
which he should pursue as commander OF
the academy His own experience as a
cadet was unpleasant. He was ostracised
or sent to coventry, for nearly two years
by his class, pf which Curtis Lee was the
leader Howard's ohense was the recog-
milton Of his guardians son as social
equal, who was then a sergeant IN the
corps of eng Ineers stationed at West Point.
Howard committed an additional ofiense
against the pro-slavery cadets at West
Puin = his Opposition to the extension Of
SLAYER, Howard thinks that there must
be an abandonment Of this policy of sepa-
ration, and that, without surrendering dis
cipline, there must be a closer relation be-
tween the officers and the cadets. The
spirit Of caste must be broken down.
One OF Gen Grants friends is respon-
-lble for the following story: ''Notwith-
standing the cordiality with which Gen
Grant entered the late republican cam
paign, he cherishes, snd does not hesitate
TO express very bitter feelings towards
some Of the leaders for the kind of war
| fare they p.ade on him at the Chicago
convention During his late visit in New
/ York he took occasion tn let Senator
| Blaine understand he regarded his CON
| duct in conuection with the attacks upon
/ Gen Grant s.candidacy as so far trans
dressing proper bounds as to put an end
4 to personal intercourse This he did by
/ declining To- gee the senator when he call
/ ed and sent in his card When Gen
/ Grant, a few, DAYS afterwards, was receiv-
/ ed bv the senate, Mr. Blaine was the only
/ member of Hat body who did not go for
/ ward 10 be presented. In commenting
while in New York, upon those things in
| Mr.. BlaiueA course which displeased
/ him, Gen. Grant declared that he shoulc
never speak To him again
ONE of the most interesting election
1 contests in the next house of representa-
/ tives will be that Of Lynch against Chai
1 mers. from lie sixth Mississippi district
/ The contestant is a colored man. He wa
/ in early life slave He was member o
/ congress from the same district befor'
| Chalmers obtained the seat. Lynch ha
/ already fled his notice of contest ant
/ Chalmers his ANSWER. Both claim to b'
/ elected from the ''shoestrlng district, 50
called heeaued of the gerrymander of The
region Of Mississippi bordering on thu
/ river. Chalmers asserts that he Is entitled
/ to his seat, aid holds his certificate o
/ election on the ground of Illegal republi
I can ballots which were thrown out in thu
count. Ifthey had been counted Lyncl
would have hall majority. These ballots
were thrown Qut on the ground that they
/ bore distinguishing mark, in violation
/ of the state Iaw The mark consisted o
printers daSheS. Gen. Chalmers saws il
/ his answer Iliat there were republican
/ tickets printed in Jackson, Miss, undel
4 the supervised of the state executive com
mittee like he democratic tickets, with
out any mark On them. He holds that the
contestant could have procured such un
/ marked tickets in jackson for his distrie
/ at 81 per l0p, and vet he paid - pei
| LOCO in Nickskurg for these marked tick
cts
The state dlnner-set at the executive
mansion has been enlarged by the add
/ ton of 800 PIECES. making the whole mum
/ her nov neariyt 900. The set originally