River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-26
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE retirement from active service by
operation of the law of Major General
Mcdowell, Oct. 18th, is announced to the
army.
PROF. GREENKR, the colored orator, has
returned from his last tsur in Ohio, and
goes at once to take the stump in Penn
sylvania.
BAY CRY, Mich, and Sandusky. Ohio.
have been placed on the list of free de-
livery postofices.
Smith < Crinp. OF Chicago, were
awarded the contract for plastering the
public building at Albany, at $1,000.
Or. HAMILTON has forwarded to the
Garfield auditing committee a bill for
$25, 900 for professional services.
Mr.. JAY HUBBELL, chairman of the
republican congressional campaign COM
mittee, remains in the city looki ng in
person after assessment details.
DR.. McGILLIcUDY. Indian agent at
Pine Ridge, has rendered his resignation,
but Secretary Teller declines to accept it
until the pending investigation is closed.
THE total values OF exports OF domestic
breadstufis during the nine months ended
Sept. 80, were $134. SIP, 779; for the cor
responding period of 1881, the values
were 9lfl, 900.
Cor. II. A. Bowen was discharged from
arrest at Philadelphia on paying his hotel
bill. It appears that Attorney General
Brewster declined to hold a private inter-
view with him.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER is ex-
pected in Washington IN few days. He
has taken the house recently occupied by
the French Minister, and he is now ar
ranging to forward his furniture and
books from Philadelphia.
TIE board selected by congress to audit
claims for services rendered during Presi-
dent Garield's prolonged struggle for life,
| is waiting to hear from Drs. Hamilton
and Boynton. Nearly every other credi-
tor has fled his bill. An ice company asks
for 8, 1862.
THE bankers of Chicago are earnest and
united in their disapproval of the ruling
of Secretary Folger that gold certificates
can only be procured at the sub-treasury
| in New York, which forces upon weste IN
people express charges, in both directions,
on the coin and on the paper.
THE architect on the capitol notes the
| following expenditures: On capitol build
iEg, $57, 600; lighting grounds, $4,000;
improvement of grounds, $4,000; exten-.
sion of government printing office. S4O,2
600; extension of city hall, $4,000.
JOHN G. NEW recently told an appli-
cant for Office that he would appoint him
when he became secretary of the treasury.
The remark got afoat, and now Mr.. New
claims to have fears that Martin /. Town
send, of New York, will be the next
treasury chieftain. ~
THE expenses of the marine hospital
service of the past fiscal year were 49,
| 928; sc. 1S4 patients received relief; 2090
pilots and 273 seamen were examined by
| the revenue marine service for color
blindness, and 63 of the former and four
of the latter were found color-blind.
Col. Bowen, special agent of the de-
partment of Justice, who was accused by
Foreman Dickson of attempting to bride
the star route jurors. was arrested ID
Philadelphia, at the instance of q hotel
proprietor, for leaving the house without
| paying a board and wine bill of $54. He
was held in $500 bail by the magistrate.
I The constable who made the arrest found
| Bowen in conference with Attorney Gen
eral Brewster.
| SECRETARY FoLGER will leave Wash
! iDgton again at once to make canvass of
thestate Of New York. He is to speak at
Albany Thursday evening. All reports
! from the state are more encouraging to
| the republicans than two weeks ago.
Confidence is expressed, and it is an
nounced that the Ohio election has reused
| the republicans all over tho state, and
that the several districts vii poll full
| vote.