Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
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WAsHTNGTON NEWS rorEs
Washington Special: Business at the de-
partmenfs is unusually light, all owing to
the absence of officials on summer yaca-
tons. In the treasury, for instance, the alb
sentees, besides great number Of minor
officers and clerks, including Secretary Fol-
ger and his private secretary Sperry, Assist |
ant Secretary John C. New, Chief Clerk
Webster, Apportionment Clerk Butler,
Commissioners Of Customs Johnstone, Con-
tsolIer Of the Currency Knox, Assistant
: Treasurer Graves, Soil sitor Raynor, Director
the second auditor. At the navy depart
nlent the chairs Of Secretary Chandler,
Chief Clerk Hogg, Admiral Nichols and
dozens of clerks are vacant. Secretary Lin
coin, Chief Clerk Tweedale and Gen. Parke,
ct the engineers Office of the war depart
nent. are away. Secretaries Frelinghuysen
and Teller are rusticating. Attorney Gener-
al Brewster is at the seashore. Even Gen.
Hazen 10 not here. -s,-$
Washington, special-Maj. Kirby, Of the
railway mail division of the postofice de-
partment, was removed by the postmaster
general on the 18th. 1t had been his duty
to prepare matter for the Postal Guide
published by Houghton, Mifain q CO. of
Boston. The excess paid them over the
contract price has been very large and
Judge Gresham ordered that The copy should
be kept down. He then concluded to find
out why the excess should have been al
lowed. Kirby refused to answer any ques-
tons. He was finally asked If he was in
the pay of Houghton, MitHin & Co., and
upon bis declining to answer he was re-
moved. 49,
str1,a 1o,,,r cd Tch,
Heath, Dobbs D. NJ Chisholm, Chish ohm:
William A. Wallace, Oasis; Louisa F. Cham
berlain, lngart. Dakota--George A. White,
Yorktown; Lorenzo u. Sweetland, Sweet
land; Sarah n. Kaufman. Fort Berthold
Postoffices Observation-Disclosures: Dunlap.
Blue Earth county. Unconstitutional,
Becker county. Pestoftice Site Changed
Dakota: Starkey. one mile east. Railway
Service observation-disclosures: Route 35,O1s,
sanborn to Cooperstown.
The record of the court martial of Ca pit
John A. Kress of the ordnance department
was received at the war department recent
~, Capt. Kress was in charge Of the work
Of erecting barracks at Antonio, Texas,
ead was tried there for disregarding sn!order
for following the expenditures for the work
to exceed the estimates SO the appropria-
tion was expended when the buildings were
q little more than half finished It is IN
i7erstood that the court has recommended
ysprimaud.
Postmasters commissioned; Iowa, John
NJ. Byera, Lincoln; Wisconsin, l.. L. Gun
derson, Cumberland: Minnesota Mansey
Ross, Hill; Dakota Edward Lee, Thomas.
Postofices stablshed-Dakota, Stamsgar
Brown county. Mail Messenger Service Es-
tsb]isheo-Montana,G sllatin, Gallatin COM
ty,tronl Northern Pacific railway, TWO miles,
often AZ required,
Bentley went away anal wrote letter Of
resignation, addressed to the president. 1t
was very pointed and pitby letter ard it
is said the presi dent was very angry when
rs read it.
RAILROAD RUNIBLINGS.
The Manitoba Railroad company has de-
cjded to erect new depot at Herman,
Grant county, instead of repairing the old
one. It will be larger and finer in every re-
spect so as to accommodate the increasing
business of that station. 4 temporary
building for offices is being put up.
It IS reported that the St. Paul g. Duluth
will cut down the time between Duluth
and st. Paul in six hours, in order TO meet
the com petition of the Omaha between Du-
nth. Supeior and Chicago.
GENERAL NEVIS GOSSIP.
The failure OF George William Ballou e.
Co., was followed by theIsuspension Of the
firm. of i. G. Stedman & Co., bankers and
brokers, 80 Broad street. At .. IN. Ed
1aund c. Stedman announced from the Fros-
tum Of the stock exchange that pending
The examination into the affairs of Cecil
Ward & Co., he had made an assignment
The firm is composed Of E. G. Stedman and
his son Frederick, who has been 2member
for three years past. The, following state.
Tnent was made toya reporter lby Stedman's
prother-in- law: Stedman returned to his
office Monday from three days vacation,
and upon looking into the accounts fof the
firm found large deficiency. He at once
caused a thorough investigation, Fand was
almost Frustrated by discovering that during
his abaence Frederick Stedman had been
specializing heavily on his own account with
moneys belonging to the firm. Although
not positively known,i is supposed that his
transactions were made through the firm of
Cecil, Ward e. Co. The liabilities will not
exceed $780, 900 and the suspension will be
ouly temporarily.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
has adopted the following resolution: Ere
solved that the chamber of commerce of the
city OF Milwaukee disapprove of the plan
proposed by the executive council OF the
national board of trade at it's last meeting
for the revival of the mercantile marine Of
the United States considered as whole
and that the senators and representatives OF
Wisconsin in congress be requested to vote.
against thisssor any and every other measure
that contemplates the fostering of any pri-
'7ste enterprise, however desirable, at the
national expense.
Every steamship from Swedish port
since July Ia has drought large quantities
OF matches. The duty is 35 per cent. and
the matches are sold here for three quarters
the PR ce of our home goods. The Ameri-
can match manufacturers are endeayoring
to have duty levied on the boxes in which
the matches come. If they succeed it will
stop,the importation.
a new afternoon paper is soon to be
started in St. Paul by Richard Smith, ir.,
son OF s'Deacon'' Snaith, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. The paper will start
about Oct. /, if not before. It will be run
On two cent basis. a special wire has
been arranged for between Chicago and st.
Paul, as The Associated press could not be
obtained. X s$#3Es4 M (: -.
For three years or more capitalists have
bsen prospecting for coal oil ia the vicinity
of Canon City, Col, but with different re-
suits. On the 14sh inst, vein was struck in
j the Land Investment cornpany's well,
which has since yielded at the rate of forty
barrels day, and OF excel lent quality.
The new Georgia capitol Is 70 be- built Of
4 woods and mar, sles found in the state. The
present capitol Was built b, by 81. Kimball
Tor an opera house during Gov. Bulloek's
admin stration, and was bought BY the
state The site Tor the new capitol is given
by the city of Atlantis. u + ID . &
u II Advance sheets Of the annual report OF
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