Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-15
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The secretary OF wsr has appointed the
following visitors to West Point military.
academy at the annual examinati on In June:
Prof. A. 9. Movable, university of Virginia;
Hon. John c. Roper, Boston; Rev. +. b.
Wheeler, Poughkeepsie, N. y; David A.
Wells, Connecticut; Capt. S. II. franklin,
us%S. NJ; Rev. Jas, Lewis, of Howell,
Michigan. and Brig. Gen. C.. C. .Augur, l..
SA. - mgtsvf fs4 "a "a 8.
,-~sTHR Presidsathas nomihated stephen d.
Packard, of Louisiana, United States consul
at Liverpool; Lucius Fsirchild, of W1scen.'
sin, as consul general At Paris; Horace f.
James, of Indiana, consul at Turks Island;
John Virgin, postmaster At Faishssy, III. I .
The postmaster general has sent Senator
Dorsey, chairman of the committee on ap-
propriations, several Letters from the bureau
chiefsshowing why the estimatesof expenses
of the department should not be rednced.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SEwARD an
nounced~t0s the sAbinst -msstisx snzshe a,l
instant, Mar 4eFa he'd been reesiysat thsts
the goVtn4eat a aFitaSsl slanl Md aId-l |
land had acceptedtbe inyitation Of this gov.
ernment to participate ia a conference on
'he Sn'ei f"ee"Nn
+ The investigator OF lnatters csnnected
with the Chinese consslste has been post.
ponsd until the skslhl @bminister Seward
UNITED srArE zAsuRER 41ussIssAs
says that the paleles vho appl U silSer
dollars, in anee6seC united s ne1es,
win be require = ~ tAss frci1 shasges
on the same. Tks departne ent Spays. the
charges on sabaidiasy .csin, but cannot do
SO on silver dollars. The president has ap.
proved the aet prohibiting the Aofuaes q
twenty cent pieces. M sss
MINISTER SEWARD teisgraphs h the de-
partment " state that the famiSe in the
northern provinces Of China viii continue
| III months lonsse.
7 THE acknowledgement has Officially in.
formed congress that $4,000 are required
to supply the deficiencies for the eeunpensa-
ton of pastmasters. and q, IN; ;ssssto supply
the deficiencies ID postal fsveuses Tor ne
fiscal year ending with lnnaasx he ssys
these appropriations are necessary 10 psep-
erly condqctihe Services Of TIN iepsE4aS1t.
i TIE gexStfyDf tlle treasury is Spnnued
10 the Fend4ng measure for tfe consoifda.
atiea Of the Offices Of the fourth and fifth
auditor, ON the ground That union would
lbe detrimental u tke interests OF the gcv-
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TIE Western Emigration Society, colored,
have adopted memorial to congress, ask.
ing an, appropriation TO transport smigrants
!, west, and to furnish outfit Of farming uten.
!. sils, seeds, ETC., for the first year or two,
when it is calculated they will be able 10
supper. themselves. sei ,e.sae
AT the sixtysecond snniversary of the
American Bible Society at New York, or
the 9th inst, the annual report was read
showing the copies OF Bibles manufactured
at the Bible hoase to be 664,ss3; printed
> abroad, 233, sos; purchased abroad, 17,97S,
i total, 9O6,779. Copies issued st home, 668,
!. 900; abroad, l93, ,6es; tetsi, 857, 4es. Bible,
: for the blind were also issued to the mum
4 Der Of SCI, making an aggregate of II -,
in thirtyssix yesssa The issues IN the 10
i ciety for 6xty-two yesfs amount ID s4,sS4
e 3i5 copies. The receipts for the year wer,
I. 456,954. This amount is less than that o
Y last year by $s6,625. The fact was men