Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

the Indian Territory been open to settle.
ment or entry under the public laws. and
declares that the effort to induce the color.
ed people to emigrate to Oklahoma deserve,
the severest reprobation.
TIRE president has nominated Roswell
G.. Wheeler, of Indiana, TO be agent for
the Indians Z: the Pima and Maricopa
agency, Arizona.
GENERAL BRADY is said to be undisturb
ed bv the charges made against him. He
saws he will have something To say when
the newspapers get through popping their
guns.
A FIRM of architects in Boston submit
ted to Secretary Evarts design for >
monument to George Washington at hi
irthplace in Virginia, for which purpose
congress appropriated $4,000. Secretary
Blaine has authorized the preparation of
working drawings and an estimate of the
cost, and it is probable that the design will
be accepted
TIE subcommittee on bankruptcy of
the judiciary committee of the senate
consisting of senators ingalls,, Mcmillan,
and Garland, will soon address communi-
cations to several persons familiar with
the subject of bankruptcy asking whether
another bankruptcy law should be adopted.
and what the character of the law should
be.
CONGRESSMAN NJ. 7. OCoSNoR, Of
Charleston, S. c., who has been ailing for
some time, died on the 26th inst He was
member of the forty-sixth congress, and
was reelected last fall. His seat was to
be contested by +. w. Mackey Mr.
OConnor was born in Beaufort. S. c.,
September 30, 1881, and was therefore in
his o0th year.
IL the United States senate, Mr,Mor-
gan asked leave to offer resolution that
the consent OF the United States is neces-
sarv to the construction of ship canals
across the Isthmus of Panama, but Mr..
Hayes raised the objection that the con-
currence Of the house is necessary. A
motion to 60 into executive session was
lost, the vote being twenty-three TO TWEEN
ty-ihree.
EX-SENATOR DORSEY is maturing plan
to cause the removal OF l., Bradford
Prince, chief Justice of New Mexico. 1t
is alleged that Dorsey has corruptly OBJ
tanned twelve thousand acres of lands and
valuable water privileges in Colfax coun-
w, III lHdt territory, ana tHS matter II
likely to come up before Judge Prince for
investigation in July.
TIE unwilling of the statue of Admiral
Farragut at Washington was attended by
imposing ceremonies. Among the chief
participants of the affair Was Quarter
master Knowles. who dashed Farragut to
the mast at the battle in Mobile bay.
President Garfield accepted the statue in
a few eloquent phrases, and exPostmas-
ter General Maynard and Senator VOORHEES,
delivered addresses. The procession was
one of the finest ever witnessed at the
capital
THE principal event in connection with
the star route scandal was the deeapitation
OF John L. French, chief clerk of the con-
tract Office of the postofice department,
and the appointment of Henry d Lyman,
of Ohio, to succeed him. Mr.. Lyman will
act as second assistant postmaster general
until General Bradys successor shall have
been confirmed. The charge against Mr..
French was the same as that preferred
against General Brady. He asked to
have hearing before his removal should
go into effect, and his request was granted,
but it is not believed he can say anything
which will cause his retention.