Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-02-24

Central Pacific road be compelled to pay
to the government 90 per cent. of its earn
ings. instead of the - now required by
the sinking fund act
Mr.. EADs has recovered from his defeat
in the house and is as busy as ever present
ing his cause to the Senate. He has been
before the committee on Foreign Affairs,
and defended his ship railway. The sub
stance of his remarks was the same as be-
fore to the house committee.
To MORE thoroughly guard the revenue,
the treasury department decides that all
compositions or preparations of which dis
titled spirits is the component or chief
value shall be subjected to no lest rate OF
duty than that imposed upon distilled
spirits, whether specially provided for in
the tariff or not. This does not apply to
bay rum,
The greenbackers are working indus
triously with the view of presenting a
compact front in the next house, and their
holding the balance of power Messrs.
Weaver and Gillette, whose terms ex-
pire with this congress, viii devote their
energies to keeping their party organized.
They insist that every greenbacker elect
ed to the next congress will vote together
republicans or democrats, The republic
cans lack one of sufficient number neces-
sary to organize the house, and the green
hackers will force the democrats TO join
them to beat the republicans. leading
republican says that Brumm of Pennsyl-
vania, and Ford of Missouri, will certain
ly vote with them in the organization of
the house.
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pass with the number Of representatives.
fixed at 307. The house is strongly dis
posed to this number and the committee
will not, it is believed, oppose the house
when the bill comes up again for discus
sion. The present number is 293.
At 307 California, Iowa, and
Michigan gain one representative each,
Kansas gains three, and Minnesota and
Nebraska two each. making gain Of ten
in the northern states. Arkansas Missis
sippi, North Carolina. South Carolina,
and West Virginia gain one each, and
Texas gains four, making gain of nine
in the southern states and Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, and New \ rk, lose
one each Ii is curious that the number
3O7 is more favorable to New York than
any number intermediate between that
and the present. At 29i and up to 30S
New York would lose three representa-
tives, and from 30S to BOG the state would
lose two.
The following card from Judge Noah,
Of the war department, was print
ed on the 10th inst, and has created great
surprise:
To My FRIESps And THE PUBLIC In consc-
quence Of recent disclosures from friends and
prominent citizens Of Washington affecting the
presumed integrity of Mr.. William H. Lewis, the
cards of invitation to the nuptalS of my daugh-
ter. at Ascension church. on Wednesday next, the
10th inst, are with her earnest approval, hereby
recalled. The marriage with Mr.. Lewis will not
take place. }. NOAH.
Mr.. Lewis professed to he clerk in
the pension office, receiving $500 per
wear, and owning house in the upper
part of the city, besides having an in
terest in the business of the avenue jew
eIers, Lewis Bros, of whom he was a rela-
tive. These gentlemen, however, disown
and refuse to have anything to do with
him. Besides he was not a clerk IN the
pension Office, and had no visible means
of support. He went to Semkens early
! in the week and purchased diamond
| locket, giving a check on Riggs 4 Co. He
| then pawned the locket for $40 and went
TO Baltimore on a drunk. The entire ar
rangements for the wedding had been
made, but the friends of the young lady
| thought that it was better to retract the
step thea wait until it was too late.
Mr.. BLAINE will go to Mentor next
week. Mr.. Nichols, Gen. Gariield's mes
senger, has arrived here, and has spent
the greater part of the time in Mr..
Blaine's bedroom, giving the latter full re-
ports of the situation at Mentor. Gen.
Garfield is so torn in his own mind over
who is to be placed in his cabinet that it
| is now certain that nothing definite
as to its entirety viii be known till
after the consultation with Mr.. Blaine.
! Mr.. Blaine intends to have Senator
! Allison secretary of he treasury, and his
positive desires and opinions will soon
| eliminate that matter from the muddle.
| II Illinois gets cabinet place it will un-
ouestionably go to Robert Lincoln. The
only doubt about in this case is whether
! Illinois is TO have cabinet position. The
Blaine people say, too, that Charley Eos
ter will be in the cabinet, but according to
| all reports no cabinet will be made at
| Mentor. Gen. Garfield isso overwhelmed
with advice in that place that he will not
presume to act until he has come to Wash
! incton. Then his closest friends, headed
! by Blaine, will consult with him, and
agree in a friendly caucus upon the seven
cabinet advisers. Public men who have
seen Garfield within the past week say no
cabinet will he made at the Mentor farm
house.
Physicians Have Found out
That q communicating and foreign element in the
blood, developed by indigestion, IS the cause Of