The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

house, including collectors and surveyors
such changes to be made atthe conyening OF
congress.
THERE was a conference at the war de-
partment on the 9Th inst, participated IN
by Secretaries McCrary, Evarts and Schurz'
Gen. Lawrence and Col. Corbin, secretary
of the Sitting Bull commission. 1t was de-
cided that the commissioners should meet at
| st. Paul on the 18th inst.
S. l.. COSTING, of Tennessee, called with
Postmaster-General Key, on President Hayes,
on the 4th inst, and presented a series oil
resolutions passed by the mayor and board
of aldermen of Shelbyyille, Tenn, inviting
the president and cabinet to stop at Shelby
vile on the occasion of their southern tour
and partake of the Inequalities OF the coun-
ty of Bedford. The president expressed
thanks for the invitation and said that if it
were possible he would avail himself OF the
opportunity to visit that locality.
! Upon investigation by the special agent OF
the postofiice department the bond OF the
postmaster at Baton Rouge, La, is founo to
/ be fictitious, no such persons asrepresented
on the sureties being in existence The
postmaster and United States commissioner
who certified to the correctness and affixed
their signatures thereto have been arrested,
and a new postmaster appointed.
| THE president on the 1st inst, appointed
Thos. w. Hunt, United States marshal for
the Southern district of Mississippi, vice j..
/ J.. Lake, Jr., resigned; Lewis f. Parsons,
United States attorney for the Northern and
Middle districts of ALBANIA, vice Charles +.
! Mayer, removed Sam'l G.. Reid, United
States marshal for the Middle and Southern
districts of Alabama, vice Geo. Turner, re-
moved.
FOREIGN.
A LETTER from Isaac Butts, the Home
Rule member of the British Parliament for
Limerick, ridicules the idea that Parliament
will ever grant home rule in order to get rid
| of any annoyance or Inconvenience Irish
members can cause.
THE Earl of Derby, foreign minister,
speaking at Liverpool on the evening of the
9th inst, said he did not think the pres
ent moment favorable for any interposition
by third parties in favor of peace, but the
time might come and it might not be far
distant, when England's good offices would
be acceptable He assured his hearers that
whenever in the governments judgement
that time arrived, they would not lose the
opportunity.
FIFTEEN hundred Spanish troops have ar.
rived at Havana and 100 at Santiago de
! Cuba.
EX-PREsIDENT LERDo, of Mexico, is to be
tried for crimes committed during his adj
treason.
THE London Times leader urges very
strongly that England should offer mediation
with the concurrence of other neutral pow
ers Offers. of mediation could be based on
the recommendations made by the Constan
tinople conference.
THEIRS leaves two wills-one relates ex.
clusively TO his fortune, the best part OF
which goes to Mrs. Theirs and her sister, the
other is political andliterary and will be exc
cuted by NJ. Barthelemy st. Hilvire. The
sketch of manifesto which NJ. Theirs was
to have addressed to France before election
has been found in his papers. He was to
have read it on the Sd inst. to Gambetta
CROP reports from various districts Of
England are very gloomy. Wheat and bar
ley are under the average. OF oats there
will be the average.
A PARIS dispatch of the Sd inst, says
"All the journals announce that ex-president
Theirs died suddenly at St. German at
O'Clock on the I'd inst.
A STEAM threshing machine exploded is
boiler in Westminster township, England
on the Isl inst, Three men were killed anC
two badly scalded and mutilated