River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-20
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Events nv WASHTNGTON.

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The Sunday Capital says mo decision
was reached in the army and navy court
marital cases laid en- the Presidents desk
during his absence I'm the West. 1t IS
known that he h soma reluctance to meet
the issue present in the case of Col Ilges.
IL Montana he met many friends of that
officer, indeed every one seems to be his
ffienG in the region where he has served so
long and so well. who made the strongest
appeals for a lenient view of the testimony
in the case when the preeident came to act
finally upon the proceedings of the court.
L is also Believed that tue review of the
case by the judge advocate general of the
army, which aecOmpan. IS the proceedings
as they are laid before the president, will
he of service to the friends of Col. flges in
their efforts To save him.
The secretary of the interior, in a decis-
ion Just rendered, holds that presumption
settlement initiated and filed in good faith
is Z bar to timber entry, under the act of
June 5, 1878, for the disposal of timber
lands in certain states and in Washington
territory. He also holds that where set
tier alleges that he has filed his declaration
to become a citizen and fails for time to
secure record evidence OF the fact, such evil
dence when procured may be filed any
time before final disposal of the land, and
when filed is conclusive to his qualifica-
tons as pre- emptor with respect to citi-
zenship.
Proefim pTessiop upon silk fibre paper
have been made at the bureau of engraving
and printing of the entire series OF paper
mouey of the United States. from the de-
| nomination of 81 up TO $1,000, aud of all
denominations of the 5 per cent. bonds. Toe
collection has been bound in handsome and
attractive style in Russian leather, and it is
intended for presentation TO the Russian
GOV rnment, which made formal request
for the same
The question of what is the proper uni
form to be worn by retired army offisers has
long been in dispute bat has at last been
solved by the war department authorities
to be the Uniform of he rank held, and OF
the corps to which the officer belonged when
retired from the service, but emitting from
the shoulder knot the letters of the corps or
the figures donating the regiment to which
the officer belonged.
The superintendent of the money order
system of the poslofice department is conf
dent that the crusade against the new pos
tai notes VII die out in short dime, when
the public gets a little used to them. At
PRESENT CUhuES III utSiSu VI COlDt Oh Ii4S
postal note is not Contemplated, but if *
perience suggests any modification likely
| to improve the notes, they will be adopted
A prominent officer of the government il
authority for the statement that the new
postal notes are made so simply that theil
counterfeiting would bevery easy. Numer'
| ous complaints have been received, especi
ally from banking institutions relative to
tne fimsy character of the new notes, and
p city fair imitation of one of them, for a
| small amount. has been sent to the secret
| service bureau for investigation.
A postal money order convention between
the United States and Haw allan islands has
heen signed by Postmaster General Gresh
am and tae Hawaiian minister, to go into
effect Jan. 1.
The increase in the sales of public LANDS
during tie last fiscal year exceeded that of
the previous year by 834 per cent, and that
of the fiscal year of 1881 by 50 per cent.
A legal question is raised with reference
| to the Ilges court-martial, which is thought
in some quarters 10 be fatal to the verdict