The Russellville Democrat., 1881-10-13
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 TaE president has recognized Dominic, | Gnocchio as consular agent of Italy at St | Louis
 THE coinage of the various hints for Sep | tember was $2, S47 300, of which 2,i00,0 00t was standard dollars.
 THE estimates for new work proposed foi the current year by the light house board | and for the maintenance of the service | amountto about s 100000.
 A CONTRACT was awarded at the treasury department to day for lathing the custom house at St. Louis to Dwight & Hoyt o | Springfield, Mass, for $32, 800.
 IT is stated that the Washington detee tives have been able, by means of a com promise with the thiei, to recover greater portion of the jewels recently stolen from the room of MT. Christiancy. The jewels that were stolen, Mir. Christiancy first said were estimated to be worth 5000 He has since said that there were about three quarts of them. The two statements, when compared have created considerable com ment, and, to say the least, are somewhat singular.
 BATTERY c, 3d Artillery, Capt. Sinclair, passed through Washington en route for Yorktown. The battery has had pleasant march from New York, although hot weather has interfered somewhat with it's rapid progress. It meets at Washington with Battery A, 2d Artillery Capt. Pen nington, and tor the first time since 1865, United States troops are marching over Long Bridge into Virginia. The two bat teries will proceed together, and expect to be about one week in reaching Yorktown
 GEN. BRADY and his co defendants appear ed ir court at Washington, and by counsel moved to quash the information filed l.a government The motion could not be entertained, as the parties as yet have no standing in court. The question of bail was sprung and there was atilt between counsel --Ingersoll for defense and Col. Cook for prosecution--as to amount Bail will be fixed to day. Meantime the defendarfts are at large on their own reeognizance.
 IN the Christiancy divorce case John c. Eicholz. brother-in-law of Mrs. Chrisiiancy, testified that Mrs. Christianey was of a nervous and sensitive temperament, and had a kind-hearted and afiectionate disposi- tion He also testified that in June, 1876, Christiancy came to him and said his wife was pregnant and he wished an operation performed; that he had given her some medicine sent him by friend in Michigan, but it had failed to produce the desired effect. He was in public life and it would not do for him to make inquiries about such times and wished witness to gee some doctor in this city and get it done Witness declined to have anything to do with the matter. Eicholz also corroborated other members of the family in the state ment that Mrs. Christancy was at home on the Christmas of 1S79 when it is alleged, adultery with Giro was committed.
 THE Washington Gaxeite has published an article upon Assistant Secretary Upton of the treasury, asserting that he is worth over $250 600, all made since he came into office upon an average salary of $l 5C0 per year. That he owns a $l0,000 farm in Iowa, block of houses in Washington worth $l0,00o. and about 5000 in Y, s. securities. This application also alleges that Upton allowed S25,( co claim of Me Ewen, Indian agent, after it had been dis allowed by First Comptroller Lawrence, by reversing Lawrence's decisions, and that of $59 GOO already paid on that claim Upton got $50,00O. The Gdzette next repeats an accusation said to have been brought out in the treasury investigation, that Upton approved the allowance of money i'll official accounts to pay for copies of Lampheres book. It also maintains that it was Upton who stopped the investigation. Upton has addressed letter to the paper, asking who is theresponsible owner, and intimating that he intends to bring a suit against the paper.