River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
EPIT0ME OF THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

The question with the Republican SEN
ators is, who is to put the bell on the cat7
They are afraid to elect Senator Anthony
president pro temPore and thus place him
next in the presidential succession after
President Arthur. The trouble is that no
one feels like telling him the real difficulty
that weighs CD their minds. At the open-
ing of the session, after caucusing two or
threa times, they put the bugbear aside till
vfter the holiday recess. Mr.. Edmunds does
net like to appear TO be holding on TO the
piace. Now they have decided to place the
matter IN the bands of a committee, which
Is expected to perform the delicate duty of
creating doubt in the mind of Mr.. An
thony himsel. as to his physical ability to
attend to the duties of presiding officer.
Mr. Butterwortb commissioner of patents
is sgitating the subject OF additional facil-
tiles fors transacting the business of that
department No bureau of the govern
ment is of more imp 1rtancs to the people
than this Almost from the beginning it
has been self SUI staining, and has now to its
credit ar unex pected balance of So 500 OC0.
The business of the patent office has in
creased with each year of its existence, but
the generosity of its lawmakers has not
kept pace with the needs of the Office. The
commissioner says il Is impossible to prop
cry bAAilodJl h1S fOlbAHc VA bdSAACGt 50 lODE
As cramped for room and running with re
duced force, as at present. He has been
diligently stirring members of Congress on
the sun sct and expresses the belief that
more liberality will be shown this year.
IN regard to the resolution adopted on
the 8th inst, by the house calling on the
truth in the state cuts to the effect that
British spy named O'Brien had sbeen al
lowed to tamper with American mails at
New York, where plans were laid to trap
unfortunate men, some of them American
citizens recently tried an senteLced to
Liverpool, Postmaster General Gresham said
be had absolutely no knowledge of anything
Of the kind aving taken place. Sharpe,
chief cf p0stoftice inspectors, has been
directed to proceed Immediately to
New YORK and personally make a thor
ough investigation into the truth of the
charges.
Srceetary Chandler is making arrange
slents to have the bodies Of Lieut. Comman-
der De Long and com panions appropriately
received upon the arrival at New York. He
will direct that COMMITTEES of navy officers
be d-tailed to receive the bodies. and they
will be accompanied by relatives and friends
OF the deceased. Upon reaching New York
the bodies will be taken to the navy yard
where tenn Grary vault will be erected in
which they will remain until finally in
TERED in accordance with the wishessof their
friends.
The following will be inserted in the of
fee regulations of the signal bureau under
direction of Gen. Hazen. white flag
with a black center shall be used to indi.
cate q I'D wave approaching. Whenever
it is a ticipated that he tenn perature will
all decidedly below normal, the assistant
in charge Of the indications division will
send t. legraIls to the observers at Chicago,
ST. Louis, Louisville. Nashville and
Cincinn, ii, hoist cold signals" and will
direct them lowered when the temperature
has raised to minimum.
Gen. Hazen said before the naval board
on the 10th: l do not view Mr.. Greeley's
situation with all these disappointm ents, as
one of jeopardy. He may have reached
the Danish settlements, and it is not, quite
prob bly, those of the Esquimaux. In either
case he will be fairly off IN the winter.
Senator Hill has introduced bill to re.
quire that a government building be con-
structed in every city and town ofthe Union
in which the postmaster draws a salary O.
81, 900 and over. Hill says that this policy
would save the government ST. 600, 900 per
year rent.
Postoffice stablished-Wiscensin, Eden,
Langlade county. Postofice name changed
Iowa, Browns station, Clinton county, to
Brown. Postmaster commissioned: Cath
airline A Sing, Baltimore, Oak.