Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-06-10
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W WASHINGTON

his Washington home.
| COMMISSIONER RAUM estimates receipts
from internal revenue for the fiscal year
will be about S135, 100000.
| A CLERK in the pension Office at Wash
ington has been sent to prison for five
years. His efiense was swindling straug
ers at three-card monte
| The postofice department estimates that
the sum of 81 ,250,000 will be saved in the
next four years by the new contract for
postal cards.
| IN the case Of tie Pacific Mail St.am
ship Company vs. the United States, the
Court oil Claims awarded the company
damages amounting to 1921 III The suit
was for money due for mail service
BY reducing and discontinuing num-
ber of super1uous star-route and steam
boat mail service lines the country was
saved last month the handsome sun. Of
$445,537
DRAFT ON London for $4,000 was
given to Secretary Blaine by SIR Edward
Thornton, to distribute among the Ameri-
can fisherman who suffered by the Fortune
bay outrage.
| CARMICHAEL's postal card, in which he
made an abusive remark regarding General
Mahone, is TO be boomerang against the
postal clerks who ventured 10 read the
card, and they will be tried for that
offense.
SIXTH AUDITOR MCGREw will be sue
ceeded by j. II. Ella, Of New Hampshire,
at present fifth auditor. The latter bu-
reau will be filled by H. S. Alexander, Of
indianapolis. Deputy Auditor Lillys
place will be given to Robert f. Crowell.
SECRETARY WAR ROBERT T. LINCOLN
returned from his trip to Fort Leaven-
worth in company with Col Ba- They
report the result of their inspection as
satisfactory in every respect. the prison
with It's 800 prisoners being in excellent
condition.
The citizens of Yankton, ID. T., have
sent petition to General Terry request
ing him 70 use his influence with the war
department for the retention Of CAPTAIN
ID. ID. Wheeler as Quartermaster at Yank-
ton. The services of Captain Wheeler
during the recent floods have been appre-
ciated by the people.
THE appointment of the Hon. Charles
kahlo, Of Logansport, Ind, to the posi-
tlon of United States Consul General at
Berlin, il one which occasions great salts
faction among the large constituency in
the Hoosier state WHO know the worth and
ability Of Mr.. kahlo. 1t is generally al
lowed that he will be the right man in the
right place.
IL filling the vacancies in the federal
offices ~ New YORK, the president selected
Stewart y. Woodford as attorney for the
Southern district, Tenney to be attorney
for he Eastern district, Henry A. Knox
to be marshal of the Southern district.
McDougall 70 be marshal Of the Northern
district, and Charles A. Gould to be col
lector of customs at Buffalo.
The maddest man in the United States
for about twenty-four hours was John G
Thompson, sergeant-at-arms of the house.
whom some malicious person reported as
short in his official accounts. There
wasn't word oftruth in il, but il wouldn't
have been much ont of the way to have
characterized Thompsons swear words for
the time being as something terrific and
unprecedented.
TIE sentiment in favor Of a law making
retirement in the army compulsory at a
certain age or period of service is GER
tainly growing. and it is believed will
continue to increase until the enactment
OF such a law Is secured The officers of
the Eighth Infantry have taken the lead
IN circulating 4 petition for signatures at
all the posts of the army, which will be
presented to congress next winter
The senate has confirmed b. X Bruce.
Of Mississippi, rs register Of the treasury;
q. i. Loring, Of Massachusetts, as COM
missioner of agriculture; jeremiah NJ.
Rusk, Of Wisconsin. as charge d'affaires
for Paraguay; Thomas A. Osborn, of Kan
sas, as minister To Brazil; Lewis Wallace,
of Indiana, as minister to Turkey; Steph-
en- \. Hurlbut, of Illinois, as minister to
Peru, ind Judson Fitzpatrick, of New Jer-
sev, as minister to Chill
TIE tree which Charles Sumner immor-
talized IN some of his speeches. and which |
he prevailed upon the authorities TO spare
when the capitol grounds at Washington
were remodeled, now looks as if it was
about 10 die. 1t was first preserved hv
leaving mound about it when the grounds |
were cut down. This caused the roots TO
become dry, and later the tree was care
fully lowered, but it did not seem to hare
vitality enough 10 take root again.
JupGE Hunt, the new secretary of the
navy, finds recreation in the reading of
fiction. and he over and over again reads |
Dickens, Thackerav and Scott He
speaks French, but does not care
much for French literature. He
reads for three or four hours after he re-
tires, and is not an early riser. He dresses
well and with a dark complexion has white
hair. He has a handsome summer resi-
dence at Tiveli, on the Hudson.