Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
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IHE following nominations ba,
confirmed by the Senate: wenasm
derson, of Wisconsin, to be Consul
at Montreal. Joseph E. Johnston
ginia, to be Commissioner for tba
of Alaska, to reside at Cunalasl,
Williams, of Missouri, to be Comm;
of the District of Alaska, to reside =.
City. To be Indian Agents-Gn
Williams, of New York, for the IND
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency
Territory; Chas. E. Marshney for
dams of the Cheyenne River Aoe0,
kota. Lafayette Dawson, of Miss,
be United States Judge for the Did
Alaska. Jas. B. Hayes, of Wiscon
be Chief Justice of the Supreme d
Idaho. Chas. NJ. Thomas, of Ksl
to be Associate Justice of the 81
Court of Dakota. To. be Receiver u
lie Moneys-Luke A. Burke, Of Dali
Aberdeen, D. 7.
The records Of the long session
Forty ninth Congress shows That
bills and 2G4 joint resolutions hayeb n
troduced, Of which only $50 bills and
resolutions of other than a private
have become laws. Not more than
bills which have become laws have !
any general importance. These )
the Congressional library, the Presi
succession, the shipping bill, the
union incorporation bill, and the red
of money order fees. All the questi]
lore Congress to which the grea1e]
portance was attached in the Pred
message and in popular opinion red
Enacted upon.
GRAVE alarm exists throughout til
ing districts of Montana over the raj
cline of silver. The Mter. Mountai
mates that $4,000 people in the u
are dependent on the mining indus
other enterprises, including Incl,
farmers and mechanics. The rece
probation of 10 cents per ounce in
represents the profits of the mimi!
panies, which will have to close do7
less q reaction occurs The lead an
per mines, i'll which silver is an i'm
bi-product, / also seriously atfecte
The Senate has confirmed the Il
tons Of the following postmasters:
VIM. H. LOOMS, Shawneetown;
erick Bates, Elmhurst; VIM. H.
Elgin; John L. Walsh, South CHM
Wilmot Scott, Galena. NebraskaCl
Patterson, Wymer. Iowa.. B. Cid
Sioux City; VIM. A. McAllister,
E. NJ. Funk, Manning. Wisconsh|
L. Carr, Neillsville; Chas. r. GleaA|
Claire.
, Gov. LARRABEE. of Iowa, has il
proclamation Offering a reward of
the arrest and delivery to the pr
,hor.ties of the person OF persons 4
the murder Of Rev. Geo. C. Hsdll
Sioux City, the said reward to be pa
upon conviction.
MIR. SEwELL, from the Committee on
reported to the Senate on the 4th inst. u
resolution accepting from Vim. Fl. Vs5
and Julia Dent Giant objects of virtue |
presented by various foreign GovernnI
the late U. S. Grant; that they are ACCEPT
grateful acknowledgment and will be I
the United States and preserved and n
in the National Museum for the use and
ton of the people of the United States. |
On motion of MI. Cullom, the joint ri
for the acceptance Of lands nea' Cha
military purposes was made the specla!9a
the first Tuesday of the next session. NJ
rison offered, and the House of Represe1l
unanimously adopted, the following rei1
That the House Of Representatives
United States has heard with profound 81
the death of that eminent and distinsulsi
izen, Samuel J. Tilden." The Senate !
ments to the fortitication appropriation I
n~on-concurred in and Messrs. Randall
and Butterworth were appointed %coniere1