River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-27
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
Z WASHINGTON.

THE house of representatives has ousted
Tillman, democrat, and seated Smalls.
colored.
The secretary of the treasury has called
for the resignation of Superintendent
Davis, of the New Orleans mint, for in
efficiency.
TIE senate having ratified the trade
mark treaty with Spin, American cigar
manufacturers can no longer use the
brands of Cuban houses.
A BILL has passed the house authoriz
ing the transfer of the property Of Ma
tional Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home TO the Garfield Memorial Hospital.
THE tobacco people are in force at the
capital attempting to have adopted the
measures of relief proposed in the tax
bill now pending in the senate.
SWAIN, the judge advocate general, in
a report to the secretary OF war on the Pc
tition for the release Of Sergeant Mason,
holds that the proceedings of the court
martial were irregular and Illegal
THE house of representatives was the
scene of another bear dance, Wednesday,
Hewitt, of New York, and Robson, of
New Jersey, being the principals. Harsh
language was used on both sides, and at
times there was great excitement and con-
fusion on the floor.
THE secretary of war issued circular
letter to all employees of the war depart
ment calling for full information regard
ing their positions, the date of their aP-
pointment, what state. etc., and also in
qulring the number of relatives, If any,
otherwise employed in the government
service.
THE president has sent the following
important nominations to the senate:
VIM. Hale, of Iowa. TO be governor of the
territory of Wyoming, q. Schuyler Cros-
by, of New York, governor of the territory
of Montana, and w. Hoover, of Califor-
MIA, 20 be associate Justice of the supreme
court of Arizona.
FINAL proceedings in the Christianey
case viii be taken this week, and it is ex-
pected the court will enter decree in this
suit, which has been pending now for up
wards of two years with great expense TO
both parties in pocket and reputation.
Judge Christiancy's counsel some time
ago abandoned the plea of immortality as
cause for the divorce asked, and substi-
tuted that Of desertion on the part of the
wife. This was in the nature of COM
promise, both parties desiring the divorce.
REPRESENTATIVE DEUsrER states that
his bill for the regulation of emigrant
passengers had bee reported upon favor
ably to the house. The new bill, he says,
contains no clause whereby change will
be required in the construction of steamers
plying between the United States and
Europe, and, as the objections found by
the president in the last bill have been re-
moved, he anticipates its passage by this
congress.
IT will be remembered that during the
administration of Postmaster General
Key, the subject of prohibiting the trans
mission through the mails of matter re-
lating to lotteries was presented for action.
At first General Key decided that such
matter could not be sent through the
United States mail, but on some legal
technicalities this decision was afterwards
overruled. The business of the Louisi
ana and other lottery companies has con-
sequently prospered ever since. II is un-
derstood that the present postm aster gen.
eral gees differently, and on prop er pre-
sentation OF the subject to him would ex-
clude this matter from the mails. With
this in view, Representative Robertson, of
Louisville has prepared protect against
allowing the use of the mails for this pur-
pose. This protest will be placed in the
proper channel, and when &c reaches the
postmaster general a ruling WI be made
upon it by him.