The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-03-06
THE PlTH or THB NEWS.
Washinston Gossip.

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The widow Of Gen. Fitzpatrick is in Washington
| Introduced circumstances, and congress will be
asked to grant her pension. .........
Postofices established: Wisconsin-Bryant
Langlade county. Postmasters commissioned:
Edmund K. Cavileer, Pembina, Oak.
The following postohices were recently es-
tablished: Bondurant, Sawyer county, Iowa;
Manwaring, Sawyer county, Wisconsin.
The nominations Of B. G. Tiffany, register,
and w. j. Anderson, receiver at Grand Forks,
have been favorably reported to the senate.
The name of Hon. James M. Tyner is being
mentioned in connection with the governorship
of Dakota, after Gov: Ordway's term expires
The controller Of the currency has author
lied the st. Paul National bank of St. Paul,
Neb, to commence business with capital Of
Louis Tasistro, the ex-trarslator~ of the state
department, is Frustrated with paralysis at
Washington. He is eighty yearsold and starv-
ing poor.
Col. Royal of the Forty Eighth United States
cavalry is in the city. He is detailed as presi-
dent Of the board of officers to consider cavalry
equipments.
1t is said the proposed news copyright will
have no chance of going through the house, as
enough members are already pledged against
It to defeat it
Ex-president Gowen, of the Reading road, is
succeeding in his law practice. He has yearly
retainer Of $50, 600 from Vanderbilt and the
Reading road
specia! mail service was recently discontin-
county, Iowa; Hillsdale Gallatiu county and
Lewis, Meagher county, Montana.
The secretary of the treasury has given no.
tice that the department will redeem bonds en-
braced in the 126th call prior to maturity May
l, with interest to date of presentation.
Hon Milo White of Minnesota asserted pos
itively that there would be no compromise in
the Owatonna postmastership matter, and that
he will not withdraw Judge Wheelocks name.
J. B. Butler, formerly of New York; appoint
ment clerk Of the treasury department, recent
~ mentioned as successor to Assistant Score
| tary New. has resigned his present position.
The movement to secure the appointment of
Postmaster General Gresham to the circuit
judgeship in the Seventh judicial district is a
serious one, and is undoubtedly made with his
| consent
| The American government has received an
| invitation through the Imperial German lega-
ton at Washington to participate in the exhi-
bition Of dairy products at Munich, from I'd to
18th October, 1884
The house committee on invalid pensions has
agreed to report favorably Representative Mat
sons bill increasing the pension of widows and
| dependant parents of deceased soldiers and
sailors from $Sto $12 per month.
Senator Sabin introduced Wednesday the
Nelson bill as it was reported from the house
committee on Indian affairs, to open up the Red
Lake Indian reservation. This will very ma
terialy facilitate action on the bill by congress.
| An application has been received at the post
Office department for the appointment of Miss
Lizzie Mutt as postmistress Of Uniontown, Pa
She is the sister Of young Mutt, recently acquit-
ted at Pittsburg on the charge Of numbering
Dukes.
| On the mutual application of the officers
concerned, the following transfers in the First
| infantry have been ordered: First Lieut. H.
T. Reed from Company B to Company I; First
| Lieut. NJ P. Mans from company to Com
| pany B.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon W. II. Faulkner,
q. 8. A., has been ordered to proceed from
| Washington to Fort Smelling, Mimi, and re-
| port in person to the commanding general of
| the department of Dakota for assignment to
duty in that department.
| Representative Brewer was directed by the
house committee on manufactures to reportfa-
vorably his bill to impose fine of not more
than 500 or imprisonment of three months, on
| any person interfering in any way with COM
mercial traveller selling goods by sample.
| Gen. Longstreet, United States Marshal of
Georgia, testified before the Springer commit
tee recently He denied that lie was default
or to the government, and said, on the contra
| ~, proper footing Of his account would show
the government was indebted to him 81 600.
| The senate committee on public lands report
ed the bill for allotment of lands in severalty
| to Auckaro, Grosventres and Mandan Indians
! on Fort Bertholdi reservation, Dakota, giving
each head Of a family 100 acres, each single
male above twenty-one eighty acres OF land,
to be held in trust for them twenty-five years.
The postoffice appropriations bill, as pre-
pared by the subcommittee, which was con-
sidered Wednesday by the full committee, ap-
ues of the next fiscal year are ~, 104 600;
amount asked for by the department, $4,000,
189; appropriation for the current fiscal year,
Postofices establishcd: Wisconsin-Birch,
| Chippewa county. Postmasters commissioned:
Daniel F. Roger, Apena, Oak. Robert Camp
bell, Buffalo Grove, Iowa; William s. Sevans6n,
Crescent, Iowa; Jane Van Antwerp, Dennis,
Iowa; Alfred Frazier, Honey Greek, Iowa; Hen
|
Strahan, Iowa.
The house committee on accounts is investi-
eating the practice which has long been scan
/ DIAL, of spending enormous amounts of money
| ut congressional funerals It usually costs
from $4,000 to $1,000 to bury congressman,
and it very seldom costs less. More than hall,
| in many cases two-thirds, of the money is
wasted in useless extravaganza.
The bill repeating the test oath, which re-
Gently passed the house, has been passed by
the senate, after being modified by an amend
ment proposed by the senate judiciary commit
tee, providing that no person who held COM
mission in the United States army or navy be-
| fore the war, and was afterward engaged in
| the military, naval or civil service of the So
called Confederate States, shall be appointed to
any position in the United States.
On Friday Senator Mcmillan presented a
petition from the common council of Duluth,
asking for the improvement of the Duluth
harbor. Petitions were presented to the house
by MI. Nelson from Burdick in favor Of the
Reagan interstate commerce bill; from G. III.
| Bearbin, relative to Indian traders; from w.
p Todd and others, relative to the improve
| ment at Lake Traverse and Big Stone, and the
head waters of the Minnesota and Red Rivers
in Minnesota.
Department of state has received information
from the United States consul at Birmingham.
England, that the foot and mouth disease is
among cattle in almost every county in Eng
land. The secretary of the treasury has re-
| quested the secretary of state to notify United
| States consuls in Great Britain not to certify
invoices of cattle unless after an examination
| of the animals by veterinary surgeon they
are satisfied that the animals are free from
| disease.
Senator Sabin gave a dinner party Friday
evening to some Minnesota friends It was So
cial gathering of old acquaintance, and was ex-
tremely enjoyable. There were present:
Senator Mcmillan, Gen. John B. Sanborn, Gen
r. N. McLaren Dr. David Day, Judge Greenleaf
Clark, Judge II. r. Brill, Charles E. Otis, W. D.
| Cornish, Horace Thompson, R. F. Crowell, w.
r. Merriam Of St Paul. G. H. Nelson and s. R.
Stmson of Saltwater, Charles johnson of Min
neapolis and J. Bookwalter of Pembina, Oak
Pensioners in all parts Of the country are
sending mammoth petitions to congress pro-
testing against any change in the present man
ner of disbursing pensions. A bill is pending
| providing for consideration of severrl of the
! pension agencies and this has raised great
commotion amongst those interested. Mem
| present the petitions of Grand Army and other
soldiers organizations, are personally appealed
to by pensioners to use their influence to pre-
vent any such step being taken.
Personal Points.
Wah Lee Of Louisville has married a Dutch
| woman.