Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

band being brought to justice. Three heavy |
st. Louis provision dealers have falled,
600: Guthrie & Co., liabilities, 5250,000 !;
Cheatham, Dranghan & Co., liabilities $375,-
0O0 The aggregate amount of meat on hand
and bought for future, for which these firms
are liable, is 100000 pounds of meat and
20, 600 barrels of pork 1sE
AT New Orleans, the other day, man named
Hawkins obtained a verdict in the courts of
S1S.O 900 against the PicGyune for libel Inn
mediately after the trial two of the jury went
to the Picoyttne Office and confessed that they
had been bribed one for $500 and the other
Sl25. The Grand Jury of the United States
Circuit Court at Raleigh, N. c., has unearthed
multitude of frauds by Government officials
and others, aggregating, in the last four years.
over S15O,O00. Forty-seven indictments have
been returned.
Mr. RoDDY, of the village of Burlington,
near St. Louis, the other day killed two bur-
glars, and fatally wounded third, while they
were attempting to rob his store.
Washington.
THE report of the Secretary of the Navy,
embodying the results of his investigation
into the cruise of the Polaris, has been pub
lished 1t affords little or no information that
has not been collected by reporters and cor
respondents from the party on the ice-foe and
already given to the public. Secretary Robe
son has no doubt that Capt. Halls -.eath was
due solely to natural causes, and that the
separf s,.n of the Polaris from the ice-hoe was
the rtszIt of unavoidable circumstances. -.
The Postmaster-General has directed that all
postal cards which cannot be delivered to the
person addressed shall be immediately re-
turned to the writer without charge. =. The
| Secretary of War telegraphed to Gen. Sheri-
dan. the other day, that the Government has
/ 4 cd fn nd
captured by Gen. Mackenzie.
The revised rules projected by the new
| Civil Service Commission have been examined
and approved by the Cabinet, and are now
| made public. One of them declares that,
while it is not the purpose of the rules and
regulations either to restrict the power of re-
moval or to extend the tenure of service, such
power will not be exercised arbitrarily, and
therefore application must not be entertained
BY any authority having the duty of nomina-
ton or appointment, for the removal of any
! person in the civil service, nor will any per-
| son be removed for the mere purpose of MAX
ing place for any other person. The follow
| ing are extracts from the rules:
The grouping heretofore made for the Executive
Department at Washington is modified by striking
out the words " female clerks, copyists, and coun-
tiers at 5000 year." These places being below the
| grade of clerkships of class l. selections may be
made by the appointing power at discretion from
ty to give the preference to such may be justly
regarded as having the highest claims to public
consideration by reason of the loss Of support or
property, occasioned by the death disability Of
| any person. in defense of the Union in in
other public service of the Government.
| Applicants for appointment cashiers of Col
lectors of Customs cashiers II Assistant Treasurers
cashiers of Postmasters, superintendent of money
order divisions in postoces, and other custodians
of large of public money for whose fidelity an
other officer has given official bonds, may be ap-
pointed at discretion; but this rule shall not apply
to any appointment to position grouped below the
grade OF Assistant Teller.
In cases of defalcaton or embezzement of the pub
lie money or other emergency calling for immediate
action, where the public service would be materially
injured unless the vacancy is promptly filled with
out resorng to the methods of election and appoint
ment prescribed by the existing regulations, or
| where vacancy happens at place remote and diff
cult Of access, and the methods prescribed for fill
ing it cannot be applied without causing delay
furious to the public service, the appointment may
be made at discretion; but this rule shall not 1py
to any place which is provided to be filled unde1 the
rules of competitive examination.
For the purpose Of bringing the examn ations for
civil service near to the residences OF those de-
string to be examined the appropriat ion at the
command of the President will warrant, Z nd for
the further purpose of facilitating as far as prac-
tcable, the making of selections for such service
equally from the several portions of the Union,
while at the time preserving the principle OF
promoting merit as tested by fair competition, Is
provided that the United States shall be grouped
into five districts. The President will employ or
designate suitable person to be Chief Examiner,
the Civil Service Commission, to promote uniformity
in preparing for, conducting, reporting, and grad
ing the examinations by said Boards at Washington,
and to prepare for, attend, supervise, and report
the examination herein provided to be held else
where than at Washington. The district examina-
ton shall be held not more than twice in any one
year in the same district, except in Washington
where examination may be held in respect OF
each department as frequently as the head of such
department, subject the approval of the President
may direct; and all persons so examined in Wash
ington wherever they may reside, shall be entered
on the record of persons eligible for appointment
equally as II mlIed elsewhere.
WASHINGTON dispatches announce that the
President has about decided to appoint ex.
Acknowledgement Hoar to the vacant Chief
Justiceship The Secretary of the Navy
went to New York last week to superintend the
fitting out of the steamer Tigress, which is tc
go in search of the missing Polaris. =. The
War Department invites proposals for supply
ing $50, 900 head-stones for the graves of the
Union dead. The free delivery of letters
has been ordered at Peoria, Des MONIES anG
Davenport.
IT is stated that the suspended Commits
sioners to the Vienna Exposition, Gen. Var
Buren, and others, will appeal to the next Con
gress for an investigation of the case. The
| Postofice Department has ordered the estab
. lishment of 293 additional money-order offices
: | seven of which are in Ohio. eight In In
, QlaQa, lnlrCy-LHI6o III llnnOls, ten III mlSsOuTl
, | twenty two in Michigan, eleven IN Wisconsin
, and sixteen in Iowa. This increases the tota
number of money-order postoffices to 1909
-. The official report of the Agriculture
Bureau on the wheat crop shows large in
, crease of acreage over last year, with goot
! prospects for more than the average yielt
per acre. The report on cotton show
2 the increase average of acreage over las
: year nearly II per cent. The presen
! condition. of the crop stands as fol
: lows; Florida, 2 per cent. above the annua
: average. All the others fall below. VIZ: Vir
: ginia and Alabama, per cent. North Caro-
! lima, Is; South Carolina, 12 Georgia anc
: Louisiana, 6; Mississippi and Arkansas,
T Texas IA; and Tennessee 10. The acreag
cultivated will fall considerably below tina
: planted. The weather generally during tn
7 last week in May was favorable, and there wa
a d hopeful prospect that the condition of tn
3 crop would rapidly improve. The worms an
!. caterpillars have made an early appearance a
: various points, and are causing considerabl
e apprehension of destructive raVages. No est
= mate of the crop ia roade