Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-07
LATEST TKhEGRAsIS.
VIA SEtNET0N.

THE issue of silver dollars for the
week ending Jan. 90, was III, 600; for
the corresponding period of last year
! $4,000.
! IT was reported about town Tuesday
/ that Ex-Governor Fletcher, of Montana,
was to receive the appointment to the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
/ John G. New.
/ IT is understood that the Office of As
sistant Surgeon General Of the Army
will be abolished. The Secretary of War,
III speaking of the subject, stated that
while he did not knoyy of proposed
bill to that effect, still such movement
would meet with his entire approba-
! ton.
THE resignation of John c.. Nav as
assistant secretary of the treasury was
received here Wednesday, and will be
delivered to the president in day Or
two. The Indiana delegation held a
meeting this evening and decided to
recommend the appointment of A. d.
Lynch, of indianapolis. to fill the va
cancy.
REPRESENTATIVE HARDENAN reported
favOrably from the subcommittee of
the house TO the committee on territor-
les bill providing that no territory be
admitted to the Union as q state unless
it has permanent population equal to
that required by congressional districts.
The subject was considered by the full
committee without action.
SENATOR GARLAND has reported ia
v0rably from the committee on judiciary
his bill to provide that hereafter ma
jOrity of justices Of the supreme court
of the United States shall constitute
quorum thereof. No member of the
court shall sit at a hearing or partici-
pate at a decision on any cause in the
decision of which he acted in court
below.
EX-SENATOR STEPHEN A. DORSEY, is
here, it is understood for the purpose of
going before Springer's committee to
testify in regard to certain matters con-
nected with the Star-route trials. No
subpoena was issued for Dorsey, and his
appearance before the committee is en-
tirely of his own volition.
REPRESENTATIVE DoCKERY expects to
introduce bill at an early day to pro-
hibit the discharge, without cause, of
employees of the house during the vaca-
ton of congress. Mr. Dockery has been
| led to the preparation of the bill by the
| facts brought out by the committee on
accounts, in the investigation of Tyson,
a stenographer of the last congress, and
the appointment in his stead of Gaines,
a nephew of ex-Speaker Keifer.
a PROMINENT Washington friend of
the Nicaraguan Canal Company has re-
ceived letter from Managua, Nicara-
qua, written by q native citizen of that
country, in which the failure of the
''canal project" is spoken of as deplor-
able, but is a recognized fact for the
present, though the writer expresses
hope for the future. believing that the
canal will be built through some other
(unspecified) instrumentaIity than the
existing company. The concession from
the Nicaraguan Government expires
September next, and it requires pre-
vious expenditure of $2,OO0,000 on the
work to make it permanently valid.
MAJOR GILMAN, for five years past
distributing clerk in the office of the
secretary of the senate, has been sue
ceeded by Mr.. Butler Malone. son of the
senator. Mr.. George NJ. Weston, of
Washington, and one of the founders of
the National Republican, has been APP
pointed librarian of the senate, in place
of p. j. Pierce, of Pennsylvania. Mr..
w. Burling ham ecf Iowa, has been given
a position in the folding room in place
of Mr.. w. A. Horbach. Virginia has
now, including committee clerkships,
1 six places under the senate.