The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
CONDENSED NEWS.
Washington 9Ossib.

The committee examining the United
States treasury are making rapid progress
The bonds held to secufe the circulation Of
national banks, the bonds held as security
for public deposits, and the bonds OF the
Indian trust have been counted .hd found To
agree with the amount called :Or. All the
odds and ends have been cleared up, and
the work now before the committee is g
straight count of sealed packages, reserve
United States notes and bags of silver coin
There are 1850 packages Of notes. Zach
package contains about 2. 800 bays o. silver,
each containing $1,000. The count will NO,
be finished for two or three weeks.
Washington fpecial: So much surprise
has been expressed at the removal of Indian
Agent Parkhurst, of the Crow Creek and
lower B:ule agency, correspondent asked
thought proper, the reason For the removal.
II have no doubt" MIR. Price said, ''that Mr..
Perkhrrs: did the best he could, but he fail.
ed more on account of inefficiency than any.
thing else. Numerous complaints were
made to the Office of bis inconlpeteticv, and
his removal was ordered fer this reason
No charge of dishonesty or corruption was
made against him.
The president has made the following ap.
rointments: A. W. Sheldon OF Marylan
associate justice of the supreme court oil
Arizona, vice w. W. Hoover, suspendetl
Il. d. Snyder, agent of Indians at For;
Peck agency, Montana, vice Nathan 8
Porter, resigned; VIM. w. Carter, col .,c,ol
OF internal revenue, Seventh district of 1ndi.
ana; David B. Russell, United States mar
shall: eastern district 81 Arkansas; and Hen.
~ Ward, Indian inspector, vice VIM. ].
Pollock, resigned.
Tie appropriation of $500. 600 for enlarge.
ment and construction of such military
posts as in the judgment of the secretary Of
war may be necessary, have been allotted as
follows: Fort Thornbrrg, new fort in
Wyoming Territory, $4,000; Fort Col
vile, new fort in Washington Territory,
$50, 600; Fort Auachuca, Arizona, improve.
nlcnt, $4,000; Fort Bliss, Ell Paso, Texas,
improvement. $4,000.
The president said to friend that he de.
sired to go west this season and pay q
visit to Chicago and Milwaukee, which ht
had intended to make last summer, bu,
wac prevented by The length of the sess
ion OF congress and an attack of illness
tie would like to get away as early as Junt
tor two or three weeks trip through The
western part of the country whish IS new
TO him.
United States Treasurer Wyman has signed
the checks for the first months salary t.
members of the Forty eighth congress, in.
Guiding that of Col. Tom Ochiltree of Tex
as. The members Of congress get s41;
apiece. The salaries Of Delegate EaymopG
OF Dakota and Delegate Lingeheiscr OF idaho
are withheld, owing to the fact that their &C
counts as United States :narshals are no,
set closed.
Ex-senator David Davis says he doesn'>
intend to spend next winter in Washington
because he neither wants his wife to bt
gazed at and talked and written about, mol
himself to be ranked with some exotic,
holders who spend their lives hanging
about the Hobbies.
AS Judge Gresham who will not be ready
to assume the duties of his office for several
Gays, the president has designated the first
assistant postmaster general Hatton, to &C,
as postmaster general for ten days.
Gen. Hazen stands by the boys in protes
ting against cutting down the allowance fol
rations during signal service officers ab
sence from his post,
The postoflice department has declared
the Marion Trust companies of Chicago and
Indianapolis fraudulent concerns.
The Washington correspondent of the
Courier Journal says Dorsey is Bristow's
twin in looks.
There have been thirty-oue patents is
March.