Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-03-17
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WARRINGTON

REPRESENTATIVE BLACK, of Georgia, is
reported as dying.
TIE president has authorized the nae of
troops to aid the governor Of Nebraska to
suppress disturbances at Omaha.
The speaker has announced that the
special committee on woman suffrage will
be composed Of Messrs. White, Sherwin,
Stone, Hepburn. Springer. Muldrow and
Shackelford.
APPLICATIONS for relief of the sufferers
from the Hoods continue TO pour in. 1t is
believed that fully 100000 persons are in
need Of relief
The president has signed the bill for a
marine hospital at Memphis, and an APP
preparation of 100000 will be reported
for similar institution at Cincinnati.
WASHINGTON special gays that an in
innate friend Of Conkling is authority for
the statement that he will certainly ac-
cept the iustieeshiF.
JoHN RUSSELL YOUNG has been nomi-
mated envoy extraordinary and minister
nlenipotentiary Of the United States to
China. and q. Watts u s. marshal for
the western district of Virginia, and
Judge Blatchford, Of New York, for az
sociate justice Of the supreme court.
CoEKLING's letter declining the associ-
ate iusticeship is said to have been merely
private note TO the president, and will
cot be given out TO the public. The va
cant seat was next rendered TO Senator
Edmunds, who felt Obliged to refuse the
honor.
THE president has nominated Samuel
Blatchford, Of New York, to be an nssn-
ciaie justice Of the supreme court, Senator
Edmunds having At last decided 10 decline
the position. AT the request Of General
Grant, John Russell Young was appointed
minister to China.
THE six months of mourning which the
president fixed for Observance OF Garfeld's
death has nearly expired, and in few
days the heavy black bordered paper upon
which all official communications have
been written at the white house, and the
other public tokens oi the mourning, will
disappear from public view.
IT il understood the subcommittee Of
the house committee on ways and means,
have virtually agreed upon bill reducing
the internal revenue tax on whisky and
tobacco. and removing the tax entirely
from number OF articles not embraced
in the schedule. The total amount Of re-
venue to be effected by the bill is estimat-
ell AT about $fO,UU0,UOO.
IN the house Of representatives. a bill
was passed for 4 local board of inspectors
Of hulls at Gallipolis, Ohio. An appro-
priaiion of $4,000 was made to erect
statue 10 Chief Justice John Marshall. In
committee Of the whole on the state Of the
union, the tariff commission bill was
tabled by ~ TO 30 A bill from the senate,
authorizing the secretary Of war to use
hospital tents Tor the relief OF sufferers
from the overflow Of the Mississippi was
passed.
TIE government steamer Anity left St.
Louis, loaded with rations for the sufferers
near Friar's Point, Miss passenger
from New Orleans, desiring TO give inter-
viewers something worth while. says the
Mississippi is one hundred miles wide at
Terrene; that back of Riverton there il
An acre Of unfooded land literally covered
with snakes; that starving cattle are feed
ing on each other, and that five mules are
given for skif.