Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-10-12
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE papers in the possession of the dis
trict attorney relating to the star-route
jury bribery were sent to the attorney
general.
AFTER deducting all expenses there will
be net revenue of more than 100000
from the business transacted by the mon
ey-order division of the post-ofice the
last fiscal year.
THE Life-saving Service has issued
pocket-book of instruction to mariners in
case Of ship-Wreck to he used in co-operat-
ing with the lile-saving crews on shore.
GEN. SHERMAN IS been commissioned
acting secretary Of war. This is the first
time that an army officer has received
such commission, it having been inpos-
sible until the law was changed by the
last legislative appropriation bill.
THE board of officers of the Engineer
Corps has been ordered to reassemble at
Milwaukee to further consider the plans
Tor the improvement of the channel of
the lower Fox river.
THR secretary OF war has awarded con-
tracts for levee work on the lower Missis-
sip9i river. TIE total amount of levee
work contracted 'or is ,636, 200 cubic
yards, at a cost of 81 i 43, ,834.
Inc liIVSSlIEdLlOn LudL HAS De0u COu-
Quoted into the alleged attempted bribery
of star-route Jurors is about concluded.
| The government is understood to have
some rather startling evidence which will
ee brought out at an early day in the po-
lice court here.
| GEN. MCDOWELL reports to the war de-
partment from the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, that Indian matters seem to be quiet
on the Arizona frontier, and that the only
! trouble expected is from a possible return
of the Chiricahuas, now in Mexico, for
which ample prep paration has been made.
TRE belief exists in some quarters that
the tariff commission will disband very
shortly. None of the officials think the
commission has been success, or that
they have accomplished anything. Itwas
a great junking scheme for a few favored
ones, many believe, and altogethe. an un-
necessary expense to the public treasury.
TIE annual report of Gen. Suter, of
the Engineer Corps in charge of the Mis-
souri, river improvements. shows an eX-
penditure of $3.50, ,254 for this WORK, and
it is estimated that 81, ,383 900 can be
proftably expended during the next
fiscal year in the continuation of the i'm
| prOvements.
| 1hh SA pcIl6SS VI bue SplIdl
services for the past fiscal year were $413, :
928, and SO, ,1S4 patients received relief.
Of the 2 900 pilots and 273 seamen of the
revenue marine service examined for
color blindness. G3 of the former and 40
of the latter were found to be color blind.
AFTER long investigation by the secret
service buereau, William F. Salter and
| WiImot H. Ward, of Washington, have
been jailed for conspiring to steal bonds
and plates from the bureau of engraving,
in order TO bring about this dismissal of
Colonel Irish, the superintendent.
| JUDGE TARBRIL, Deputy First Comp
troller of the treasury. has been for sew
eral DAYS confined to his home with i'll
ness. Owing 10 the absence from Wash
ington of First Comptroller Lawrence,
Judge Tarbell is acting First Comptroller.
For some time he was unable to perform
even the duty of signing warrants Presi-
dent Arthur has been informed of the
situation, and will probably designate
some treasury officer Temporarily TO per-
rm the duties of the First Comptroller.
THE postmaster general is in receipt of
complaints from various places In the
west and sonth that postmasters refuse to
receive pennies in exchange for stamps,
because small coins are not current in the
localities. The acting postmaster general
informed these postmasters that they we're
acting contrary to section 1887, which
makes the minor coins of the q nited
States equal tender in amounts not greater
than % cents. The last complaint came
from the commanding officer at Fort Bid
well, Col, through the secretary of war.
The soldiers at that post receiving these
small coin for their pay were put to in
convenience because the postmaster re-
fuse d to receive them.