Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-23

younseSt member Of the house of rep-a.
sentatiYes, il soon TO wed Miss Morgan. ..
Washington.
| CLRRK ADAMS has placed upon the roll.
| of the rext house of representatives the
name of Cannon as delegate from Utah
instead of Campbell.
COLLECTOR HARVEY, of Chicago, b,.
reached Washington, where he will repor,
to Commissioner Raum the facts regarding
back taxes of the Bank OF Montreal. :
Miss Nj. M. GILLErT, of Wisconsin, who
is studying law at Washington, has been
commissioned by President Garfield !,
notary public for the Dis;ric, of Colum.
| bia
! j. A. BENTLY resigned the commission
ership of pensions and w. w. Dudley, on
Indiana, was appointed to the vacancy
Judge Mcfarland. OF Kansas. was given
the land office comnlissionership.
| BRADY and Dorsey will be the frs,
batch of star-route operators to be pres
ecuted by the government. No indict.
ments against ether alleged criminals will
be asked wien the prosecution is uncer-
tain of procuring conviction.
A. w. CAMPBELL, of Wheeling. an.
nounces that he has had no intimatior
| from Washington that he would be ap.
painted minister to Berlin, and has not
disposed of his newspaper interest.
! IT is rumored among army Offices in
Washington that the court-martial ha,
sustained the charge against Whittaker
the colored cadet.
LIZ working up the star-route frauds. Il
has been discovered that the special favor.
ties in Texas were General Armstrong, of
the confederate army, and Major John D..
| Adams, friend of Dorsey
THERE is authority for the statement
that the report of the treasury investigat.
ing committee finds nothing rejecting up.
on either Assistant secretary Upton or
Chief Clerk Power. Washington trades
men have turned considerable sums into
the treasury since the inquiry began.
| TIE superintendent of the census has
received request from poor woman to
run his eye over the names ON the rolls
and see ii he cannot discover the where.
abouts of her brother who disappeared FL
teen years ago.
| In the process of refunding the public
debt, the question has arisen whether 4
per cents will be purchased Tor the sink
ing fund in preference to redeeming con-
verted 81 per cents. Secretary Window
says the question has not vet been CON
sidered.
Mr.. JAMES A. MARI, chief clerk of the
| First Assistant Postmaster Generals office
celebrated his 8lst birthday at Washing
ton recently. The employees of the Office
presented Mr.. Mari with silver service
Congress at its last session, in view of Mr.
Mars meritorious services. increased his
pay $500 per annum. He has been in
government employ over fifty years.
Bob INGERsoLL's mining strike is the
sensation at Washington. 1t seems that
last winter twenry-one undeyeloped silver
mines in New Mexico were purchased by
Pope Bob, General Halbert E. Paine,
and G. P. Farrell, brother-in law of In.
gersoll. Gillette, who developed the
wonderful Comstocs lode, was sent ont to
say of $4,000 per ton. -Four Of the mines
have shown wonderful richness.
| THAT must have been funny scene at
the Office of the Secretary of State when
Mr.. Blaine's house servant called him up
on the lelepnone ana informed MIN tnal
Mr.. Conkling was there and wanted to
know when he would be at home. who"
said the astonished Secretary. "Mr. Conk-
ling" was the reply. 1t is at this point
easy to imagine the gray hair of the Sec
rotary rising straight up. But explana
tions were maze, and the bristles were
smoothed down. The servant had mis-
taken the name of Senator Conger, and
called it Conklng.
IT is believed in Washington that United
States Marshal Dudley, of Indiana, will
be appointed to succeed Gen. Williamson
as Commissioner of the General Land
Office. 1t is also understood that ex-Sena-
tor Spencer. of Alabama, will be appoint
ed First Assistant Postmaster General as
soon as the star-route trials are over Gen.
Tyner has requested tina, he be allowed to
retain the position until then, in order that
it may appear that the president and cabl-
net officers do not believe that he has
had anything to do with the crooked
ness in BradY's division of the depart
ment.