The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-05
PLAIN DEALER.
EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Posters, Circulars,
ETC, ETC, ETos
sAT,sYAcy1eN n xIATNIss, l1ox1gx1ss Al
ps1cI ovAlAxTIIo.
81 GIVE US A TRIAL BEFORE ORDERING
ELSEWHERE. -
REVENUE DISTRICTS.
The Presidents Order Reducing
Them in Number.
No Les Than Forty>four Fat Plaoe
Abolished.
Ero., ETC, nro,
Washington Telegram.l

lVOoAnBSOu ACiU8So oAAsI
The President has issued an order outline
down the number OF collection distTictf
from l26 to eighty two. This pruning pro
cess has been In contemplation for some
time, and political bosses. place holders and
Government employees in expectancy have
been besiegfng the President, crying to him
and threatening him. But hc was obdurate
Then he was reminded Of the great infiu.
ence Of collectors at election t1me, snd
hints were slyiy put forward about the ,nl. ntal.
boom This littiS aftifice was - useless y
tears and threats had been. The Pres dent
had decided upon forty -four decapitatiCns,
and upon the humiliation OF forty -fOur use
less Offices The new order Of things begins
July /, or az soon thereafter Is practicable.
Illinois loses two districts, The second
and Third will be consolidated, and Will be
known as the Second Lucien Croker viii
be Collector, with headquarters at Aurora
The Seventh and Eighth districts will be
merged under the name of the Eighth, with
John w. Hill as Collector. The following
are the changes in neighboring States:
WiscOnsin-All east II the dividing line 10 70
be known As the First district, with Irving n
Bean Collector. His headquarters will probably
be it Milwaukee All west of the dividing line
will be known as the Second district, With Leon
ard Lottridge Collector
indiana-Thc Tenth and Eleventh diEtricts
With Thomas N. Kfkpstrick Collector The
First and Seventh are consolidated to be known
as the Seventh. with William w. Carter Collect
or He will probably continue hs d nssdausr s,sth ar
consolidated under the name OF the fourtn, witn
Horace Mckay as Collector He viii probably
have his office at Indianapolis.
Muscatine Scott, Louisa, Washington Johnson,
Keokuk, Iowa, Benton, Mahaska. Pcweshslk,
Tama, Marion, Jasper, Warren, Polk, Madieon.
wattamie, shelby and Harrison counties are
consolidated into one district, to be known g
the Second, with John W. Green Collector. All
named In consolidated into one district, known
as the Fourth, with j. w. Burdette Collector
new appointment. All that portion Of the state
district, dis ri & @ known . ss the % Third, with James j.
Simpson Collector.
Mchigan--The State il to be divided BY )
the boundaries OF the United States judicial
districts. All cast Of the line 70 to be known -
the First district James n. Stone 10 Collector.
He will pronably have his hesdaussrters s g g
the Fourth district, with Charles w. Watkins.
Collector. He will probably be located at Grand
Rapids. ri o.. r,r., - s.cona ,,,s,r,c,. =.
consolidated, with Isaac II. Sturgeon Collector
He will probably make st. Louis hrs head
quarters. The Fifth and Sixth are consolidated.
Minnesota-The First and Second are CON.
eolidated with William Bickel Collector. He will
probably be located At St. Paul.
Ohio-The Third and Sixth districts are con-
eolidated, with George p. Dunham Collector.
His headquarters will probably be DAYTON. The
Seventh and Eleventh are consolidated, with
| Marcus Bogss Collector His Office will probably
| be at Chiliicothe The Fourth and Tenth are
| consolidated, with John p. kumler Collector.
| The Fifteenth ana Eighteenth are consolidated,
| with Worthy s. Streeter Collector. His of1ioe
| will lrObably be in Cleveland.