Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-07-20
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Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON

SENATOR Don CAMERON is credited with
saying that congress will not ad journ un-
til the 18th of August.
Mr.. ALLISON in the senate Friday called
up the conference report othe extension of
the national bank charters, which was
concurred in.
A BILL has passed the house autboriz
ing the transfer of the property of Ma
tional Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home TO the Garfield Memorial H ospital.
The tobacco people are in force at the
capital attempting to have adopted the
measures of relief proposed in the tax
Dill now pending in the senate.
IL the house Mr.. Grape submitted the
conference report on the bill to enable
national banking associations to extend
their corporate existence. The house
agreed to the report by a vote of 1O8 TO
IHE senate is very thirsty these hot DAYS.
Three hundred empty "Apollinaris" water
bottles IN the corners of the cloak-room
attests this fact. They were all full at
noon.
1T ls rumored that the sultan OF Turkey
Will offer minister to Turkey, Lew Wal
lace, between whom and himself recip-
rocaI affection exists, the post of COM
mander-ln-chief OF the Turkish armies.
The secretary of the treasury has issued
nottce of the readiness of the department
to change d and per cent into 3 per
cent. registered bonds, under the rev law
approved July u.
The doctors of the Army Medical Mu-
scum have analyzed the powder found in
the bouquet which Mrs. Scoville took to
Guiteau the night before the hanging.
and pronounced it arsenic. There wss
more than enough of II TO kill a man.
The government expects to bring about
indictments through the newly organized
grand jury summoned to consider star
route matters upon the evidence of Walsh,
upon whose testimony, il will be remem-
bered, Mr.. Brady was indicted.
By an order issued from the war de-
Partment the military departm ent of
West Point will be discontinue August
~, 1882. The General of the army, under
the war department, will have supervision
of the Military Academy. Colonel Wes-
ley Merrill, of the Fifth Cavalry, is ap-
pointed superintendent, and will relieve
General o. O. Howard, September !.
General Howard is assigned to the com
mand of the department of the Platte. re-
lleving General George Crook, who is as
signed to the command Of the department
of Arizona.
FINAL proceedings in the Christianov
case will be taken this week, and it is ex-
pected the court will enter decree in this
suit, which has beer pending now for up
wards of two years with great expense 10
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 a COM
promise, both parties desiring the divorce.
II will be remembered that during the
administration of Postmaster General
Key, the subject of prohibiting the trans
mission through the mails of matter re-
latlng 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 postmast gen
eral sees differently, and on proper 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 it reaches the
postmaster general a ruling will be made
upon it by him.