Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-05-26
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W WASHINGTON.

STANLEY MATTHEWS has taken the oath
of office and been assigned to the sixth
circuit.
The Turkish town of Vissini was pill
laged by brigands, who carried away sew
eral women among their plumber.
THE Jews of Nasilikow, were attacked
by the mob at a railway station preparing
to leave the city, The military came te
their rescue.
THE smallpox is extending its rayage;
in London. The number of patients treat
ed at the hospitals for the past two weeks
was ,247.
! Sec. LINCOLN has approved the plans oil
the board of engineers for the improve
ment of Milwaukee harbor, at cost ot
! 100000.
/ THE nomination OF William H. Robert
son as collector of the port of New York
was called up in the Senate and confirmed
without dissenting voice.
/ GEN. GRANT has signed new contract
with the Mexican government for exten.
sions of the Mexican Southern railway
which Re submitted to congress.
In consequence of his labors toward the
reelection of ConkIing and Platt, Payne
will not be renominated for marshal OF
the southern district of New York.
THE director of the mint estimates thai
the gold coin and bullion in the Unit
ed States amounts to $500 0000,000, about
half of which is in circulation. Only
England and France have larger sup.
ply.
The Austrian counsel at Kieff has
warned the merchants of Austria regard
ing business transactions with Southern
Russia on account of the Russian depre
datlons on Jewish merchants.
a REPORT was current in Tuam, ireland
that a vessel which left Galway last week
for the United States with a large number
of emigrants has been lost and that all or
board perished. No confirmation of the
truth of the report has yet arrived.
INDIANA has at last received recognition
General Lew Wallace, Of Charlottesville
at present governor of New Mexico, hav
ing been appointed minister to Turkey
Gen. Wallace was offered Central Ameri
can mission, but declined it.
GEN. S. A. HURLBUT, of Belvidere, Ill.
has been nominated minister to Peru, vice
! ChristiancY. who has been recalled. Gen
! Hurlburt has had experience in diplomatic
service, and will make valuable repre-
sentative at this important post.
ADsUTANT GENERAL DRUM has issued ;
circular to officers of discontinued vOlun
! teer forces asking that books and otheI
records of their commands be sent to hi
office at WashintOn, to be used as means O
verlfication in settling volunteer pension
claims.
COLLECTOR ROBERTSON was serenadeC
at his hotel in Albany by the republican
general committee, whose enthusiasm lee
them to march through the rain. He pro
nounced his confirmation a victory like
those won at Chicago in the abrogation O
the unit rule, the establishment of distric
representation, and the defeat Of the thirC
term project.
| CONKLING is expected in NewYork. Hi
! friends declare that he will immediately
enter upon legal practice, and will advise
his friends 10 elect General Grant as hi
successor. Plat held a consultation will
a number of political intimates, one O
whom reports that both ex-senators are
surprised at the manifest disapproval O
! their course.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MACVEAGH has
given an opinion at the request of Secre
tary Window on the matter of exporting
| butterlne and Oleomargarine as butter, IL
which he holds that under the law col
lectors of customs have no option in the
matter, and adds that further Legislation
is necessary to cover the case.
THE state department issues a contra
diction of Conklings' statement abou
Minister Fish, son of the ex-secretary
He was rendered position in Denmark
by Secretary Blaine, but declined it in F.;
cablegram asking for promotion. Cramel
was transferred from Copenhagen to Ge
neva at the personal request of Genera
! Grant
AMONG the appointments confirmed by
the United States Senate were Genera
James Longslreet as United States Mar
shall for Georgia, Philip H. Emerson a.
United States Judge for Utah, and Alber
Weodcock for Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Third Revenue District o
Illinois, vice Long" Jones, promoted t.
be United States Marshal.