Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-06-28
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WARRINGTON.

The president has appointed Frederic
NJ. Cheney, of M Massachusetts,, q. S. Con-
sui at Il 4nzibar.
Four Spokane chiefs from Washington
territory are eproate to the national
capital, to state their grievance to Secre-
tary Teller.
leave his charming house. with it's suites
of cool, pleasant rooms and complete Ii
brary. Yet he will bend to the wishes of
his family, leaving on July 1 for their
summer home in Augusta, Me.
THE secretary OF war has informed Sec
rotary Teller that the military have taken
all necessary precautions to ex pel Capt.
Payne in the event Of another raid by
his party upon the Oklohama lands in In
dian Territory.
SIX Indian boys and four girls from the
Indian school at Hampton, Va, called
upon the secretary of the interior on
Wednesday. They are en- route to their
homes in Dakota. having finished three
years course at FL 4mpton.
COMMISSIONER DUDLEY received lon
dispatch to-day from Senator Harrison.
of Indiana, asking him to lay before the
president the pro- est of the people against
such sweeping reduction of the internal
revenue districts as was proposed to be
M ade.
In the criminal court at Washington,
Wednesday, Rerdeli was not permitted to
withdraw his plea Of guilty in the star
route case, and a nolle prose qui was ent sr-
ed. William Pitt Kellogg was brought in
by a messenger, and filed pleas in abate-
ment, attacking the construction of the
grand jury. Counsel for General Brady
offered to produce him to-day, and tae
warrant for lis arr,st was accordingly
withheld.
., The Committee of the Society of the
Cumberland has arrived here from Gin
cinnati, accompanied by Ward, the sculp.
tor, for .be purpose of selecting site for
the Garfield monument. The Committee
examined all the available sites and will
report to the Society at the next annual
meeting in Cincinnati in October. The
G, m mittee will recommend that Congress
b asked to contribute the site and $685.
000.a SUM equal to that raised by the So
ciety for the erection of the monument.
POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM has re-
considered his decision to readvertise for
proposals for certain work for the money
order Office, which the public printer
claimed would have been gwen to his bu-
reau had not clerical error been made.
Complaint was made by the successful
bidders for the work that such action
would be unwarranted. aud Judge Ores
ham, after considering the matter. de-
cided that their attitude vas perfectly
justif .ble.
In the Court of Claims, Chief Justice
Drake announced the decision of the
court overru,ing the motion for a rehear-
ing in the case of Cadet Engineer Leo
pold. The original opinion is thus al,
lowed to stand as the matured judgment
of the court, after hearing all the addi-
tional facts and arguments submitted by
Secretary Chandler through the Attorn-
ey General. In his recent letter the Sec
rotary told the cadet engineers if the de-
cision wao again in their favor the case
would be appealed to the Supreme Court.
0 Saturday last the Navy Department
~rdered Leopold to join the steamer Yam
tic. which is about to start for the Arctic
regions.