River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-17
THE PITH OF THE NEWS.
washington News.

The President and Miss Nellie Arthur viii
move out to his soldiers home cottage during
the latter part of the week
Postoffices established: Dakota airchild
Walsh county Minnesota Cable, Sherburne
county, Montana lliston, Deer Lodge county.
Postofices Discontinued Dakota. Red Lake,
Brule county. New 0fices-George Vogel
Hanson, Hanson county, OAK. William A. Nc
CURE, Mcclure, Kidder county, Oak
The secretary of state has received the fol-
lowing telegram from Consul Mason at Mar
settles: Deaths Thursday at Toulon were eleven,
Marseilles fifty-aine; to-day thirty five in six
teen hours. No emigrants go from here direct
EmlGrants from Southern France usually en-
bark at ocean ports. Surveillance of emigrants
and baggage from such ports is suggested.
There was little reunion here the other
night, which attracted no attention in the news
papers; but brought together a notable group.
1t was a reception given 10 the ladies who had
served as nurses with the army during the war
There were dozen or more of them, and as
the veterans had done, they formed an associa-
ton to supplement the efforts that are being
made to secure them pensions Miss Harriet
Dame was elected president
Maj. Ben Perley Poore has been preparing
an index to all documents ever issued by the
government, and it shows list of 63, Csc. Il
includes all the publications by congress, the
departments, the Smithsonian institution and
various others for the last l00years. The cata-
logue states whore each volume is to be found,
whether in the congressional library, the pub
lie libraries of the several cities or IN cata-
logued private libraries. 1t will be an inyalu-
able aid to writers upon public affairs.
The postmaster general has received the fol-
lowing letter from the postmaster at flag sta
ton on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road on the frontier: To-day adrunken cow
boy rode his horse into the room occupied by
the postofice and fired five six shots into the
floor, walls, ceiling, etc, one shot passing
through the general delivery boxes containing
mail, thereby endangering any articles of value
of letters Of Importance. Is this crime of
which the United States postal authorities
should take cognizance:"
Postal Observation-Disclosures established: Da
kota-Neptune, Kingsbury county. Postmast-
ers Commissioned-Solo Ables, Green
castle, Iowa; Roberto Lyle, Sulphur Springs,
Iowa; Isaac Holmes, Truro, Iowa; lchabod A.
Bayd, Wyota, Iowa; George Riedle, Junction,
Mimi; Thomas NJ Clafin, Boltonville, Wis,
Peter McKenna, Brant Wis. William j. Lath-
rop Werner, Wis, New Ofices-Alfred M,
HOLLAND, Hickson Cass county, Oak. Norman
Kelner, Kelner, Walsh county, Oak. John A.
Baughman, Lake View La Moure county, Oak. I;
Evan F. Gross, Union, Potter county. Oak.
Washington Star: The Washington monu-
ment has now reached height of 40 feet,
and the customary shift is being made to
continue the structure twenty feet higher, at
which point another and last change will be
made, as only five courses will then remain
to raise the structure to height of 800 feet
From this point the pyramidal roof, fifty five
feet. will begin All the stones which have
for haaf, laid haxYa n
the inside, but the stones of the next course
will be put a little on the inside, and the next
ones little further, and so ON
these corbels forming the support for the in
terror arch, which will be the base of the pyra-
midal roof 1t is expected that the monu-
ment will reach height of 800 feet IN less
than two months time. Steps will then be
taken to commence the work upon the roof;
and, while that work itself will not take more
than three weeks, the preparation for 1t Will be
so delicate and of different character from
any heretofore made that it will be some time
before the laying of stone is begun by the
list of November it is confidently expected that
the structure will be under cover and practl-
cally completed There will be some finishing
touches to be made, perhaps, but these can
wait till next year, if necessary.
Washington Special: The consular and dip
lomatic appropriation bill provides for com
mission to visit the several states of South
America for the purpose of opening market
for the produce and manufactures of the United
States. The president has appointed as such
commission George H. Sharpe of New York,
who managed his canvass at the Chicago con-
vention; Thomas G. Reynolds of Missouri, a
Democrat and ex- governor Of that state; and
Scion 0. Thatcher, alawyer of Lawrence, kans.
Henry L. Thomas clerk in the state depart
ment, is made secretary of the commission.
They are to be paid $500 salary and their
expenses An unusually large number of
pleasure junkets have been provided for the
benefit of senators and representatives at
the expense of the government A commit
tee of seven, consisting of Mr.. Randall, Mr..
Hewitt of New York, Burns of Missouri, Crisp
of Georgia. Hiscock of New York, Reed of
Maine, and Phelps of New Jersey, is given a
rowing commission to travel from ocean to ocean
to visit all the navy yards, all the steel-produc
ing works in the United States, and other manu-
featuring points for the purpose of determin-
ing the best location for the manufacture OF
guns and engines for the United States navy;
This pleasant summer excursion was planned
and secured by Mr. Hiscock. The senate com
mittee ON Indian affairs consider it necessary
to inquire into the condition of the Indians
of California, and will visit the Pacific coast
during the summer, at the governments ex-
pense for this purpose. This excursion
will be enjoyed by Messrs. Dawes, In
gals, Harrison, Cameron of Wisconsin,
Bowen, Coke, Walker, Slater and German.
The senate committee on fisheries, consisting
of Messrs. Lapham, Sewell, DAVIS, Palmer,
Morgan, Groome and Farley, has had imposed
upon it the arduous duty of visiting the varl-
Gus lakes, ponds, bays, rivers and oceans which
are more or less inhabited by piscatorial races,
for the ostensible purpose of seeing that the
fishing laws are enforced The committee has
authority to go anywhere that fish are to be
found, and stay as long as they find agreeable,
at the expense of the government There are
several other pleasant excursions of this sort,
but these three are specimens to illu strate
what bold pretenses congressman will resort
to in order to have the expenses of their sum-
mer vacations paid by the people.