Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-11
NEWS OF THE W EEK.
Washington If ews.

Elk Senator Mitchell of Oregon slocated in
Washington as the resident attorney for the
Northern Pacific company s55 Is
The senate committee on public lands unan-
imously instructed Chairman Plumb to report
the nomination Of w. J. Anderson for the recei-
The treasurer of the United States is signing
about 600 checks day in payment of the res
bate of tobacco tax, and will hare to keep up
this average for two months or TO- #
}. Representative Maybury was instructed by
the house committee on Judiciary to prepare an
adverse report on the joint resolution propos-
ing constitutional amendment to confer the
right of suffrage on women lg.y 81 EE.} %
George Bliss, the star route counsel for the
government had to testify before Springers
committee, that he had already received
$57, 7a2. Is with Sc, 400 still due him, making
SD, 452 Is as compensation for his services.
Mr. Strait was before the subcommittee of
the committee on military affairs in favor Of
the bill for the relief Of James H. Bacon of
Litchfeld MINI. The subcommittee agreed
to report the bill favorable to the full committee.
Combinations: Col. David s. Stanley, Tween
ty-second infantry, brigadier general; J, A.
Riner, Wyoming, attorney of the United States
for Wyoming; James G. Tracey, Texas, mar
shall of the United States, Gastien district,
Texas >,@ ="
It is related that Representatives George D.
Wise Of Virginia and Townshend of Illinois,
and Senator German of Maryland were once
pages in congress- along with the actor, Stuart
Robson: and Gor1mon was afterward president
of the National Base Ball club
President Arthur and his cabinet, together
with Generals Sheridan Sherman and Hancock,
Postmaster General Gresham, and Hon. Lionel
Sackyiue West, the British munster, and his
family, have promised to attend the Cincinnati
dramatic festival, beginning April g.
The attorney of the notorious Maj. Nicker-
son, late of the army has filed his answer to the
divorce suit, brought by his original wife, in
court. It is sworn to before the United States
consul at st. Catherine, Canada, He swears
that he is not fugitive from Justice but is in
on account of his health" But his answer to
the petition is that the original divorce, which
he secured in Philadelphia while his wife was
in Europe, is legal and that his wife has no
further claim upon him.
The famous Bill Jones, the man on the gray
mare, who tried to shoot Guitcau while on the
way from the court house to the Jail, about two
yea]s ago, appeared in court the2d, to answer
an indictment for assault with inten to kill
When the case was called the court remarked
sententiously that he believed the prosecuting
witness was dead. The district attorney re-
piled that he understood so, but they had as
witnesses several policemen to prove the act
The attorney for Mr. Jones asked that the case
benolled, in order to save expense to the gov
eminent, as he would be able to show that Will
ham was not the on the gray mare who
fired at the assassin, but his suggestion was
not adopted, and the case was set for trial
on the 2Sth of the month