The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-07-19

John A. Mcdowell, brother Of 0cn.
McDowel,, has hcsn appointed Superintendent
OF Construction of the Chicago Custom House.
The President haa appointed John l..
fr,sb.e, of Michigan United states Consul Il
lilo Oranso. Iirsxl..
A Washington telegram 10 the Tin.
ctnnAt Thurs says 1T has loAkcl ont here,
ffom soureca entitled IL The highest conslderA-
tion. that All arrangement has boon completed
whereby Justice SwA,ne will bo Eisen, In
March next. foreign appointment. and Mr..
stanley Matthews, whase ksnatnrship eHplrea
~ tho same time, will be appointed 10 tho su.
prcme.bench vacancy TIM. caused
Ex.aov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, Ap.
rearcd before tho Potter inyestlg ating commit
too IN thu nth Inst. aud WAS examined by
0cn. Dutler. Ie testified thal tho election In
Louisiana In 1870 Was entirely loyal. Tho wit.
neHs gave detailed statement - 10 tho com.
position of the respective houses of tho Iagis.
latare, and, after rcciting tho law Of Louisiana
n considerable length, no stated that Gov.
Packard WAS legally insa surAted on tho 9Th of
January, is77, Al which time there MAS i
Republican quorum In 10th houses. Ocn.
Butler produced tables complied from
thu Returning lsoArd's figures, which showed
that, after tho board hAA thrown out auficisnl
Democratic parishes to oIect thu General A.
sembly, Il was found thsre were still two
Hayes electors defeated, wlcrenpon thu llu~
turning board threw out pArishcs and pro.
cincta until they had snccc0dcd in seuuring i
majority 81 the Hayes electors. Tho Wit.
nsNa stated that, assuming that tho ngnres 10
thu corroct dndIng of tho Returning BoArd.
Il loft thu General Assembly Republican In
both branches. and atill lsft two Hayes sisat-
or1 IN tho minority. Mr. nullsr whersupon
tho Board proceeded TO give ths screw All.
othsr tWist Witness That II not my testl-
mony. Q.--llow much On thu returns, ~ ~
turned BY tho Returning board. did thu lowest
Hayes olcctor run bohind pAcksrd2 A--1hese
tables show majority for Governor of t0i,
while two Republican electors (IDytsAe and
JoAoph) wcro In the minority. The Tiiden
electors had majority, ] believe. ~
the fsrs " the returns cast In tha
different parlaacs originally, and ~
did Nichols. 4. i. Wslss VA recalled
aud Questioned by Mr.. Cox Ia regard ~ tho
sherman lstlsr. Witness sAld hs found II In >
box sent from hls brother u NAyon Nara " his
fAther-in.lAw's warehouse In DonAidaonyille.
llo found tho lellSr after Mrs. jerks visit !.
torc Il up Il once bccansc II exposed my
brothers wrong-doing. Ny brother told mo
thore were no grounds for protesting thu par
ish. Witness admitted BIZ hAd boon indicted.
fafcted his bond, and afterwards, II thu sux.
gcrslon " tho District Attorney, made false
AFFIDAVIT Ia order ~ have TIM bond restored.
IN answer 10 thu question relating 10 his IN.
ditniunt. ~tt.e1s, turning ~ Mr.. cos. ~Ald -
citrd, "iou Republicans could u.e ny bro.
ther WIN IL dead. to-day yoa could lise IN on
tir stand ~ swear ~ ~, kind " M that ,nu
wanted III order 10 support and sustain ,o,, ~.
day, ihAt yuu cant ner nio A. yniir i.ol. yufl
propose lo ruin me-. uns. Iox sliMrlHlm,ssl
any such notion ~ that imputed IL him BY
witness. and said hs wanted 20 give witness Al
opportunity 70 ssndicato himself.
Tho President has appointed Aicxsn-
der kesL, ~ Ohio. isscriyer ~ Public Moneys
II wAia WAils, Washington Territory, Flint Z.
Jawett, of Missouri. Gommlssinlpr to she Paris
International Exposition, caspar n. h.lLolt. u
lows, Consul u CAn,teaeby. Msslco. Eugene
schuyler. consni u Birmingham, England.
Ex.dov. Kellogg VIA again before the
Potter committee on tho i2th Inst. Referring
70 tho Maevsash Commission. ths witn~ss
hoard. ia~t sAll, that tho Hhssman lsttsg hsd