The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-21
THE PITH OF THE NEWS.
Waahington Gossip.

/. A-sS Ward Of Minnesota il at the St James,
Washing tom III 3 ~; = -
Dr. 8, o. McC ormack Of Minnesota Is ct the
National Hotel, !Washington -
a bill was reported in the senate fixing tho
salaries OF district judges in Minnesota at ~,
Il Ex-Gov. Newton Edmunds, Judges A j..
Edgerton and p. @ Shannon and Bartlett Trip
OF .; Yankton are in Washington. ID
Mrs. Sarah Smell Of Minnesota has been pro-
noted from . q, 900 to q 81 200 clerkship in
the patent Office OF Washington. rs Is, s; =
The senate confirmed Henry Esperson as reg
lister Of the La Crosse. land Office, and B. N.
johnson to like position OF Fergus Falls, NJ
Mai. Strait will introduce in the house q bill
restoring to the pension rolls soldiers mothers
and widows who may remarry, and, by death
Of the husband, become again dependent. 3
The house committee on commerce has re-
ported favorably Mr.. Nelson's bill authorizing
the St Cloud Water Power Company to con-
struct . dam across the Mississippi river at St
Cloud, MINI. & ! f.s "
Several Of the clerks employed in the sixth
auditors Office, postoffce department, where q
great many Of the postal notes are handled
have been poisoned by constant contact with
them Arsenic is said to be one of the ingredi-
ents used in the coloring Of the notes.
Congressman Eaton Of Connection was asked
why he objected to to the resolutions deploring
the death Of Wendell Philips, and he replied:
81 do not propose to allow the house to pass
such resolutions about man who has OPENLY
proclaimed that the constitution of the United
States is ~ covenant. with hell, without some
discussion " & S;5i5 ,sss =
Senator Sabin was engaged on the 18th inst ]
in circulating the application Of Gen. Sanborn
among the Minnesota congressman for their
endorsements. They have all received from
guest that they should support his candidacy
He will receive the endorsement of the entire
delegation, although Maj. Strait would support
Gordon e Cole in preference If he should be-
come q candle date. Elf!, Ii: f5$, ~,
A bill was introduced in the house by Mr.
White Of Minnesota by request, amending the
Pacific railroad act Of July 2, 1874, providing
for the construction Of . railroad and telegraph
line from Sioux City, Iowa, westerly through
the Niobrara valley 10 such point on the Union
Pacific west Of the Tooth meridian as the COM
pany may select, and on the same terms and
conditions and with the same rights as arepr
yided in the act Of 1874, except that the COM
pany is not to receive any bonds or lands as
provided in the original act The bill is in the
interest OF the Union Pacific 81, ~ 80
Cheong Woo Bang, native Of China, ap-
peared at the clerks office in Washington for
the purpose Of becoming acitizen Of the United
States. He stated that ghe came here when
fifteen years Of age, and has lived here contin-
uously since, excepting a short time spent in
China, on o visit He had been educated here,
Joined q Christian church, and desired to re-
main citizen Of this country. The clerk de-
cided that no relief could be given him in con-
sequence Of the act OF May 6, 1857, which pro-
vides that thereafter no state court or court Of
the United States shall admit Chinese to cit-
genshship.N nj s. .S5s :5yS5 3 N y.
There appears to be some difference Of opip-
ion among the members Of the Minnesota dele
CATION as to the application Of Gen sanborn
for the eighth Judicial district Sjudgeship, and
the papers have not yet been filed with the de-
parment Of justice. Only two Minnesota rep
resentaives, Messrs Nelson and Waketfe cid
have endorsed Gen. Sanborn's papers These
gentlemen say they did so because the men they
preferred to recommend had not signiied q de-
sire to have the place When requested by
Senator Sabin to endorse Gen. Sanborn's paper,
Mr.. White, without assigning any special rea-
son, declined to do so. Messrs Washburn and
Strait refused their endorsement for the reason
that they had already committed themselves to
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