Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-07-13
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Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON

THE senate has voted to postpone till
next session the consideration of the ma
tional bankrupt law.
A RUMoR that James Russell Lowell
had resigned as United States minister at
London, is officially denied.
TwENTY-sIx postoffice employees were
dismissed July 9Th, owing to the failure of
the appropriations.
The star route cases are to be dismissed
No reason is given and none can be found
out. The Judge will throw them out of
court.
Col. JAMES STEVENSON, of the Smith
sonlan institution, is about to start on an
other exploration in New Mexico and
Arizona.
OWING to insufficient appropriations
the board of health decided to close the
stations on the line of emigrant travel TO
| the West.
A NEW star-route Indictment is to be
found against Brady, the Dorseys, and
John A. Walsh, based on transactions in
the Salisbury contracts for Louisiana and
Texas.
IHE senate cOmmitte on pensions has
reported IN favor of granting pension to
Mary Wade, of Gettysburg. Pa, who lost
her daughter Jennie, aged 20, on july 3,
1858, by a rebel bullet.
THERE is good authority for the state
men: that Minister Lowell will soon be
| recalled, at his own request, to be succeed
ed by Governor Long, of Massachusetts,.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has nominated
Colonel Z. ii. Crane to be surgeon gen
eral, John Davis to be assistant secretary
of state, and Eugene Schuyler, to be min
lster resident to Roumania, Servia and
Greece.
IHE conference committee on the bank
charter bill failed to agree on the clauses
providing that gold or silver certificates
shall be counted as lawful reserve, and
that no national bank shall belong TO
Clearinghouse in which silver certin Gates
are not eceived.
The recently appointed tariff commits
sion Is now in session at Washington. The
object of the commission is 10 revise the
existing import tariff laws, and report
recommendations to the next session of
congress.
WHILE nothing positive is known re-
garding Guiteau's body, it is probable that
1t has been removed to the army medical
museum, located in the building where
Lincoln was assassinated, and the flesh
removed from the skeleton, which will
occupy position there near section of
Booths spinal column on exhibition.
IT is unoficially stated at the war de-
partment that four additional light bat
teries will be equipped. 1t is also under
stood General Sherman is in favor OF
detail of three years for captains and five |
years tor lieutenants on light artillery |
duty.
THE senate committee on public lands, |
TO whom was referred the nominations of |
Spaulding and Cary as land officers at Du- |
luth, are considering the propriety of in
vestigating the alleged land frauds in that
district. The parties in Duluth consider
ing themselves aggrieved will no doubt be |
given an opportunity for full and fair |
investigation if they so desire.
THE appropriation in the sundry civil |
bill to pay the expenses of the negotiation |
with the Sioux Indians for cession of |
part of their reservation in Dakota, will |
pass the house but Will probably meet with |
some opposition in the senate. Senator
Dawes is opposed 10 it, and says the open
ing up of any part of this reservation is |
premature. The commissioner of Indian
affairs, who 10 opposed to it, may exert
some influence against it. In view, how
ever, of the proposed legislation setting
orth Dakota apart as a new territory
and admitting the remainder as a state.
there is little doubt that the clause will
finally go through.