Morris tribune., 1882-08-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ne,ys from Wdshin0tOn,


The clerks in the various outside bureaus
of the war department are being all dis
charged, and most of them hired over again.
Under the bill recently passed the clerks in
the office of the commissary general, surgeon
general, and adjutant general are made civil
ians, while heretofore most of them have
been enlisted men. The heads of bureaus
are taking the opportunity to recognize the
force, and some of the discharged men will
stay ont for inefRciency or other objection
able qualities. A number of female clerks
in the office fthe secretary of the navy have
been dismissed on account of failure of ap-
preparations.
A statement has been prepared in the
office of the second assistant postmaster
general, Elmer, the successor of Gen. Brady,
showing the decrease in the cost of the star
route service for the year ending June 30,
1882 frSm which it appears that the cost OF
transportation ofthe mails has been cur
tailed ia per cent. Mr.. Elmer, in speak
ing ofthe subject, said that he was proud to
be able to make such good showing in one
year, and would endeavor to keep his rec
ord on satisfactory basis.
The officials of the various st. Paul roads
have issued a circular, announcing that Mr..
J. A. Hanley is appointed superintendent of
the Minnesota transfer and stock yards from
August l, 1882. Mr.. Hanley will be at that
point the representative and Joint agent of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba, the
Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 st. Paul, and the Omaha line, and as
such will have entire control of all freight
business there.
Somebody sent Jay Hubbell the names of
twelve employees in the Philadelphia post
office who had been overlooked in the dis
tribution of assessment circulars. In due
time twelve letters came from Washington
for the parties named but it was some time
before they could be found. AT last it APP
peared that they were the twelve cats sup
ported by the government, for the benefit OF
the office. They have one and all declined to
nspond.
Finally the Guatemala minister who was
forced to resign because he refused to be
convenience for Barrios in his tilibustering
designs, has found it necessary to explain
that he was not a confederate of Blaine in
his grand Pan American international con-
federation scheme. Mr.. Blaines explana-
tions need great deal OF Supplementing by
other statesmen and diplomats.
The president approved the bill to reim-
burse the Creek orphan fund; the act for the
sale of part of the Indian reservation, Ne
braska; for the relief of the executors of John
W. Forney; the sundry civil appropriation
bill; the act relinguishing the title which
still remains in the United States to all lots
or portions of grounds within the limits of
the present city of Burlington, la.
The appropriation bills have now al
passed, and their aggregate is something
startling. 1t is some SAG. 100000 more than
last year, though $34 600, 600, of this is for
pensions, made necessary by the legislation
of the last congress.
The claims ofthe army officers for longey-
ity pay will be settled in the order of their
presentation. Hereafter none of this class
of claims will be made special without fur
ther direction of the secretary of the treas