River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-19
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WASHINGTON.

SENATOR LOGAN has plainly shown his
intention to vote against the confirmation
of Robertson and Stanley Mathews.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD, who sails next
month for an extended tour in Europe.
paid his respects to the president recently.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations will recommend the adoption of
Senator Morgan's Monroe doctrine resolu-
ton.
TUE Comptroller of the Currency has
called for reports from the national banks
showing their condition at the close of
business last Friday.
POSTMASTER General James has planned
a saving of $4,000 per annum by discon-
tlnuing useless mail service on the south
ern rivers, and is about to make still FIR
Their reductions.
THE especial purpose of Governor Fos-
ter in visiting Washington was to aid
Stanley Matthews in securing a confirm
alton as associate justice.
The secretary of the interior has decid-
en- that the Northern Pacific road has the
right to build its road across the Crow res
ervation on the Yellowstone river.
THE President has Withdrawn the nom
ination of w. A. M. Grier the original
master General. Grier declined the NOM
ination.
SEC. WINDOW will extend to May goth
the time for receiving per cent. bonds
for continuance at 81 per cent. 1t is be-
lieved that not more than $15,000,000 will
be redeemed in cash.
ROBERT Il. LINCOLN has caused an ap-
propriate marble monument to be placed
over the grave of his grandfather, Thomas
Lincoln, in the Gordon cemetery, Pleasant
Grove township, Coles county Illinois.
SECRETARY BLAINE has suffered severely
from rheumatism this spring and his hair
is white and his face pale from acute at
tacks; but he is now feeling we'll again.
and is thoroughly in good form,
THE post office department is consider
ing the legal questions involved in plan
to cut down the expendited star routes to
the point where they were before Brady
increased them to their present proper
tions.
MICHAEL J. KRAMER whom the senate
confirmed as charge d affaires at Geneva
is the brother-in-law for whom General
Grant asked a retention at Copenhagen,
but whom Garfield didn't retain worth a
cent.
L HE dWdluS lOI Carr yIDR Tie HILLS III
various parts of the country under the
miscellaneous advertisement of the 10th OF
March, were finally decided upon Saturday.
| In opening bids. material departure
was made from the usual custom, the OBJ
| jiect being to prevent fraud.
| SOLELY from the exhaustion of the ap-
| preparation, Superintendent Walker will
this week discharge nearly five hundred
clerks from the census office. The en-
| ployes at present number over twelve
hundred, and have work enough before
them to last year.
SECRETARY WINDOW has issued call for
$12O, 100000 in 5 per cent coupon bonds,
| on which interest will cease August Il
| unless the holders desire their indefinite
| continuance at the rate of 81 per cent.
The treasury will also receive registered
per cents, to the amount of $3.50, 900, 600,
| for extention on the same principle.
CHAIRMAN JEWELL, of the republican
national committee, has issued circular
| inviting expressions of opinion from re-
publicans throughout the country in re-
gard to the best method of electing dele
| gates to the next national con-
| ventiOn. 1t is the purpose to so arrange
matters that the Incidents of the
last convention cannot be repeated.
AMONG the appointments confirmed by
the United States Senate were General
James Longstreet as United States Mar
shall for Georgia, Philip H. Emerson as
United States Judge for Utah, and Albert
| Weodcock for Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Third Revenue District of
Illinois, vice Long" Jones, promoted to
| be United States Marshal.
| In the senate Mr. kellogg, of Louisiana,
presented resolution calling for the
names of all clerks or employees in the sew
eral departments of the government, to-
gether with the date of their appointment,
the state to which each is charged, and the
person on whose recommendation each
was appointed. 1t was laid over under
the rules. The object of the resolution is
to ascertain whether the Southern states
| have their fair share Of appointments.