The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11
EPITOME OF THE NEWS.


Congressman d. B. Henderson of lows
has prepared a bill for the general pension
ing OF soldiers OF the late war and others,
His proposition is to give q pension TO
every soldier v no served for six months IN
any war, provided he is now reasonable
fer disabilities. He woula have the rating
depend entirely upon the character and eX-
tent Of the disability, and without any RET
ernrce TO rank. Another feature is that
everv man who served six months, was hon
orally discharged and has reached the age
of sixty-fye years, independent Of any dis
ability, is given q pension provided he &C
tually needs it.
The secretary of the treasury has decided
10 stop the issue of the New York series Of
gold certificates. Chicago has been clamor-
ing Tor q distinctive issue, which the Secrc-
tary has persIstently refused, and his has
been no small factor in causing the with
drawal of the New York issue with the sig.
nature nf Mr. Acton. AS fast as those a.
ready put into circulation from Nav York
come to hand in the regular process OF re-
demptiOn they will he destroyed, n Ger.
t~iiCates Of the Washington series issued Ia
their stead.
The attorney general decides that a post
master, in order TO be entitled to receive
compensation provided by the revised stat
utes, for issuing and paying money orders,
must perform services required in the mon
ey order business in his office, in the sense
that If the work is not physically executed
by his hands, it must be executed under his
immediate SUI revision, by a clerk employed
by the pOstOtE 2e department proper, or paid
the postal funds as distinguished from
money funds.
1t is understood that no successor to Gen.
Mackenzie will be appointed for the present.
The war department will probably wait IN
Ill it becomes necessary to retire Gen. Mac
before making such appointment. 1t
said that ore of the senior colonies Of the
department of Texas will be placed in COM
nanG until Gen. Mackenzie is sufficiently
to resume duties or his successor
s appointed.
It is rumOred in army circles that, since
he retirement OF Gen. Mckenzie, Gen.
Crook will be sent to Omaha to take charge
If the department of the Platte, where he
vas formerly so popular, aDdGen. Q Q.
Howard, now commanding there, will be
transferred to Arizona, and permitted to
out certain views as to the settlement
II the Indian question on the border.
The December debt statement makes 2
air statement IN the way OF reduction,
hOugh the amount is not so large as that
# the same month last year. The total de-
rease during the month was $I1, TAB. 3t7,
for the first halt of the fiscal year the
ggregate is s53 049 433, against $81, 40, 783
or the Erat six months Of 1882.
The president on the 9Th inst, nominated
Malmros of st. Paul to be United
tates consul at Leith, Scotland. The
anne OLE. s.. WorthingtOn was also pFestn-
ed for the pOstmastership at Little Falls,
thatO of Fl. Kemper for a like position at
,
One of the big things of the session will
g the land grant of the Texas Pacific, to
'hicb the Southern Pacific lays claim. in I
Giving from $10,0G 600 to $25, 900, 600,
Ir. Huntington pitched his tent early and
prepared for q siege.
Representative Holmes Of Iowa will in
in the house a bill appropristing
lpds for the education of Kate Shelley,
be girl who saved a Northwestern train
ON destruction at Moingona.
President Arthur IN christmas Day made
alexander Powell, his faithful body servant,
present ola gold watch nd chain, as a
oxen of appreciation for his services.
There are 5000 cases of measles in Wash
lgton.