Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-01-20
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WASHINGTON

SECRETARY FoLGER has called in $40
DO,OOO IN extended bonds, on which in
terest will cease March l3.
A SENATOR who has participated in the
treasury investigation says there il ample
evidence Of petty thieying, but upon no
prominent official can the responsibility
be saddled.
THE bill relating to Increasing the eff
fciency of the navy will not be left to a
subcommittee, but will be taken in charge
| by the general committee on naval affairs
GUTEAU. the assassin. has furnished
the associated press with a brief of his
| proposed address to the Jury. II is like
his usual drivel about the Deity having
inspired the act He makes his only strong
point in the concluding sentence.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR sent alexander III.
Stephens a handsome basket of flowers,
with his congratulations on his attaining
his seventieth birthday. Miss Nellie Ar
thur gave dinner party to number of
young friends
The agent Of the Mescalero Indians il
on his way 10 Washington to secure re-
duction of the reservation to twenty-five
square miles, cutting off the mineral
lands, with which the reds are satisfied.
hhhE u e1cellent reason 10 predict that
the president will make no more cabinet
nominations this winter. The delay is
expected {. prove fatal to the aspirants Of
ex-senator Sargent Nominations 10 the
various vacant foreign missions will be
sent in next week.
SCOvILLR created sensation in the
opening Of his closing speech for the de-
fense, by bringing in an Indictment against
Ip a. ri aff &. tl
prosecution, and such leading experts AZ
DIR. Kempster, charging them with a
conspiracy to hang the prisoner" Mr..
Scoville IL exhibiting much very bad
temper.
Is the house, Mr.. Bayne introduced
bill to sweep away all the bank Ia xea. and
Mr.. Browne measure for the issue and
exchange u fractional treasury notes. An
appropriation Of $540, ,060 for work on the
ceneus was passed Mr.. Brown offered a
resolution calling on the secretary of the
interior Tor statement Of the amount an
nnally required for pensions during the
next quarter century.
GUIrEAu opened proceedings, the other
day, by admitting that Davidge is high
toned christian gentleman and a sound
lawyer, but declaring that he had made
no mistake in regard to Corkhili Da-
vidge proceeded to review the evidence
offered When he came to speak o: the
assassn'S divorced wife, Mrs. ScoviIle
cried out that she is a liar. On the aues-
tion of sanity, Davidge declared the pris-
o..er responsible enough to he hanged.
Is the senate, Mr.. Logan introduced a
bill To pay Mrs. Abraham Lincoln $l5, 900
~ arrears Of pension for FIVE years, and il
was referred to the pension committee
The house bill appropriating $40, 900 for
the census deficiency was passed. The
feature Of the day was debate on the res
olutioh for the repeal of the pension-ar-
rearsges act. Mr.. Voorhees, declared TIE
measure an honest one; Mr. Beck argued
against the scheme at great length, and
Mr.. Ingalls, expressed his willingness to
vote 81 600 000O0,0O0 to the soldiers.
GEoRGE SCovILLE has refused to send
any more meals 70 Guiteau, or to furnish
him any more letters. All the relatives
realize that the assassin is en- route to the
gallows. John w. Guiteau thinks that
the jury will. on two hours deliberation,
sentence his brother to death, sane or in
sane, the expert testimony having been
very strong against him, and the pressure
of public opinion being Irresistible. John
further expressed the opinion that the
prisoner is an idiot, born without ordi-
nary common sense