River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-06-23
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WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY BLAINE is confined to his bed
by rheumatism.
SECRETARY BLAINE is to have as hand
Senator Cameron.
IT is announced that Secretary Kirk
wood will remove Alonzo Bell, assistant
secretary, and George NJ. Lockwood, chief
clerk.
SECRETARY BLAINE will leave Washing
ton next week for the coast of Maine,
where he will spend the summer for his
healIh's sake.
SENATOR BECK, interviewed at Washing
ton believed the democrats in Virginia, if
they made good ticket, could beat the
readjusters and straight republicans.
PITNEY, the custodian of the treasury,
refuses to testify before the investigating
committee, and boldly claims that it can
not compel him to do so.
JAMES III. MARX, who has been connect
ed with the postofice department for half
a century, received floral Maltese cross
from his fellow clerks at Washington, on
his S1st birthday.
In the suit of Walsh against Brown. in
volving star-rou'e frauds, entered at Wash
ington, the complainant has supplied the
government with much damaging evil
dence AGAINST the riBgsters.
WASHINGTON firms have secured the
contract for supplying Brussels carpets
for the public building under contract of
the treasury department. About $4,000
yards will be required for the next fiscal
year. The contract price is $l.19 per
yard.
WHEN Secretary Window made the 1881
call for per cent. coupon bonds May ~
$l18,000,000 worth were outstanding.
Since then $35 100000 worth have been
received for continuance at 81 per cent,
and it is believed that the balance will be
sent in within the limited time.
BY Topping off useless star and steam
boat service, Postmaster General James
has so far saved the country 100000 an
nualiv. His high aim is to make TIE
postoffice department self-sustaining, and
he thinks he will be able to accomplish it
by the end of next fiscal year.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD is strongly in
clined to help Malone in the Virginia
campaign, but has informed Congressman
Tucker that the cabinet will decide the
matter. A large delegation of Virginia
republicans, headed by General Wickham,
is on the way TO Washington, to protest
juaters.
PosTMAsTER-Gener James, in reply to
expressions of fear that he may carry
economy too far and thus cripple the pos
tai service, SAYS that there need be no fear
whatever on this head. He fully appre-
ciates the necessity for extending and i'm
proving the postal service, to enlarge the
facilities for the distribution of the mails
| in all sections of the country, but more es-
peeially in the large business centers.
THREE Chippewa Indians from Wiscon-
sin, in paint and feathers, accompanied
by an interpreter, gave Indian Commits
siOner Price surprise partT recently.
They claimed to represent 175 families.
who mad sent them to Wash ;Dgton to Sc
cure a new reservation. The commits
sioner shelled out more common-sense adj
vsce than a red ever before heard from a
federal officer, and admonished them to
find their way at once to their cornfelds.
THE Directors of the Maritime Associ-
alton of New York adopted resolutions
urging on the President, Secretary Win
dom and Collector Robertson the wisdom
of maintaining the Civil-Service reform
principles which have governed the APP
pointment and promotion in the New
York Custom House for the past three
years. to the end that faithful and efficient
men be retained, and that promotion
should be made on the ground of ability
and experience.
1AA charge made by Mr.. French, COM
missioner of railroad accounts, that the
Central Pacific Railroad was diverting to
the pockets of its shareholders the % per
cent. of the earnings due to the govern
ment for money loaned to it has not been
withdrawn by him, Wall street rumors to
the contrary notwithstanding. The at
torney general has instituted suit for i'm
junction to prevent the c. P. r. r. from
declaring dividend out of the net earn
ings, pending congressional investigation,
Mr.. c. w. DURAN, of Chicago, a mem
Der of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers, is in Washington at the invita-
ton of government officials. who desire to
examine into the Durham house drainage
system in connection with the white house
and other public buildings NJ. Durham
will sail for England on the 18th inst. to
place his system on exhibition at South
Remington, London, at the sanitary exhi-
bitten of Parkes' College of Hygiene, on
the occasion of the International Medical
Congress.