Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-04-27
From the Capital.

| THE secretary of war directed the issue
of 100000 more rations at New Orleans.
| GEN. HAzEN, of the signal service. who
has been ill, has so far recovered as to
be able to receive friends at his Washing
ton house
| THE appointment of G.. 0. Rockwell as
deputy collector of the port of New York
has been approved by Secretary Folger.
RRvIvALlsTs named Bently and Jones
visited the Washington Jail ard prayed
beside Guiteau.
THE president has nominated Ada c.
Sweet to be pension agent at Chicago. and
Geo. b. Armstrong to be register of the
land office at Huron, Dakota.
A BILL to discontinue the coinage of
| silver dollars is about to be reported by
the house banking and currency commit
tee.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR will take his chill.
dren to Annapolis, to show them the monu-
ment erected to their grandfather, Cap
tain Herndon.
Mr.. BLAINE will probably appear be-
fore the Peruvian investigation. William
Henry Hurlbert denies the truth of Ship
herds statement az to a marginal note on
a dispatch to the minister at Lima.
THE senate CO mmittee on railroads has
agreed to recon mend the passage of bill
Incorporating tue Cherokee Central road,
with the right of way through the Ia
dian Territory.
The New Orleans cotton exchange has
telegraphed its grateful ackno Judgments
to President Arthur for his message in re-
gard to the Improvement of the Missis-
sippi river.
In the United States senate, Mr.. Maxey
reported favorably bill renewing the ap-
preparation of March, 1877, to pay south
ern mail contractors. A bill was passed
to pay the claims of ,259 loyal citizens,
aggregating 1921 ,l3S, 70. small supplies
taken for the use of the army during the
war of the rebellion.
The president transmitted to congress
etter from the Mexican minister. propos-
ing the definition of the boundary line
from the Rio Grande to the Pacific by the
erection of durable monuments. The chief
magistrate suggests that, in accepting the
prop, sal, suitable provision be made for
an adequate military force on the frontier
to protect surveying parties.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR nominated Alphonso
Taft, of Ohio, to be minister to Austria;
William L. Dayton. of New Jersey, to the
Netherlands, and Nicholas Fish, of New
York, to Belgium. John M. Francis of
New York, was named for charge daffaires
to Portugal, and Adam Badeau to be con-
sui general to Havana.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER has is-
sued an order that all prisoners sentenced
to the penitentiary from the District of
Columbia are hereafter to be confined in
the penitentiary of Erie county, New
York Heretofore they have been mostly
sent to Albany, n. Y, although at present
there are prisoners fcom the District in
the penitentiaries a. Baltimore Albany,
Auburn, Buffalo and Erie
JOHN w. GUTTEAU has reappeared in
Washington FOR the purpose of obtaining
from his brother power of attorney. At
an interview in the jail the assassin be.
came furious in his denunciations of his
relatives. Scovile persists in remaining
in the case, although Reed has been given
sole charge. The district attorney an
nounces that in the proceedings in banc
whatever counsel make their appearance
will be recognized.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR nominated Henry
Nj. Teller. of Colorado, to be secretary of
the interior; William +. Chaudler,of New
hampshire to be secretary of the navy,
and William II. Hunt, of Louisiana, TO lie
minister to Russia. Teller's nomination
vas confirmed, the others being referred
to committees. For the federal offices in
Boston, Roland Worthington was nomi-
mated collt ctor of customs, Alden Is. An
derson for surveyor, and Daniel Hall for
naval officer. John j. Knox, of Minneso-
ia, was named as comptroller OF the cur
rency.