Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-08
LATEST TFLEGRAMS.
"a SHiEGTON.

| THE coinage Of the mints in January
was $4, ,221 GOO, of which $3.50, 600 were
standard dollars.
THE issue of silver dollars for the
week ending Jan. 26, was III ,006: for
the corresponding period of last year
253, 1000.
GEN. Fl. G. WRIGHT. chief engineer,
will be retired on the 9th of March. 1t
is understood that Col. John Newton
will succeed him.
A PETITION signed by 10000 represen-
tatives of all branches of labor asking
for the passage of the bill 20 prohibit
the importation of foreign contract
labor, was presented to the house com
mittee on labor.
THE resignation of John c.. Nav as
assistant secretary of the treasury was
received here Wednesday, and will be
delivered to the president in day or
two. The Indiana delegation held
meeting this evening and decided to
recommend the appointment of A. ID.
Lynch, of indianapolis. to fll the va
cancy.
REPRESENTATIvE HARDEYAN reported
favOrably from the subcommittee of
The house TO the committee on territor
es Il bill providing that no territory be
admitted to the Union as a state unless
it has a permanent population equal to
that required by congressional districts.
The subject was considered by the full
committee without action.
SENATOR GARLAND has reported fa-
verably from the committee on judiciary
Ills bill to provide that hereafter ma
joriiy Of Justices Of the supreme court
Of the United States shall constitute a
quorum thereof. No member of the
court shall sit at hearing or partici-
pate at decision on any cause in the
decision of which he acted in a court
below.
EY-SEEAToR STEPHEN A. DORSEY, is
here, it is understood for the purpose of
going before SpriDger's committee to
testify in regard to certain matters con
nectcd with the Star-route trials. No
subpoena was issued for Dorsey, and his
appearance before the committee is en-
tirciy of his own v-,lition.
REPRFSENTATIyE DoCKERY expects to
introduce bill at an early day to pro-
hibit the discharge without cause, of
employees of the house during the vaca
tion of congress. Mr.. Dockery has beer
led to the preparation of the bill by the
facts brought out by the committee on
accounts, in the investigation of Tyson,
a stenographer of the last congress, and
the appointment i'll his stead of Gaines,
nephew of ex-Speaker Keifer.
\ PROMINENT Washington frien! of
the Nicaraguan Canal Company has re-
ceived letter from Managua, Nicara-
qua, written by n native citizen of that
country, in which the failure of the
canal project" is spoken of as deplor-
able, but is a recognized fact for the
present, though the writer expresses
hope for the future, believing that the
canal will be built through some other
mnspccified) instrumentality than the
existing company. The concession from
the Nicaraguan Government expires
September next, and it requires n pre-
vious expenditure of $2,000,000 on the
work to make it permanently valid.
Major GILMAN, for five years past
distributing clerk in the office of the
secretary Of the senate. has been sue
cccded hy Mr.. Butler Malone, son of the
senator. Mr.. George NJ. Weston, of
Washington, and one of the founders of
the National Republican, has been ap-
pointed librarian of the senate, i'll place
of 7. j. Pierce, of Pennsylvania. Mr..
w. Birmingham cof Iowa, has been given
Il position in the folding-room in place
of Mr. w. A. Horbach. Virginia has
now, including committee clerkshiPs,
six places under the senate.