The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-04-12
CONDENSED NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

The committee examining the United
States treasury are making rapid progress.
The bonds held to secure the circulation OF
national banks, the bonds held as security
for public deposits, and the bonds of the
Indian trust have been counted and found to
agree with the amount called for. All the
odds and ends have been cleared up, and
the work now before the committee Is q
straight count of sealed packages, reserve
United States notes and bags. of silver coin.
There are 1850 packages Of notes. Each
package contains about $500 bags o; silver,
each containing 81 900. The count will not
be finished for two or three weeks.
Washington Special: So much surprise
has been expressed at the removal of Indian
Agent Parkhurst, of the Crow Creek and
Lower Brule agency, correspondent asked
Indian Commissioner Price to state, if he
thought proper, the reason for the removal.
II have no doubt" Mr.. Price said, THAT Mr..
Psrkhurst 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 incompetency, and
his removal was ordered for this reason.
No charge of dishonesty or corruption was
made against him."
The president has made the following ap-
pointments: A. w. Sheldon of Marylan
associate justice of the supreme court OF
Arizona, vice W. w. Hoover, suspended!
H. E. Snyder, agent of Indians at Fort
Peck agency, Montana, vice Nathan i.
Porter, resigned; Wm: W; Garter, col Sst ::
ana; David B. Russell, United States mar
shall, eastern district Of Arkansas; and Hen
~ Ward, Indian inspector, vice VIM. J.
Pollock, resigned.
The appropriation of 5000, 900 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 Thornburg, new fort in
Wyoming Territory, $4,000; Fort Col
vile, new fort in Washington Territory,
ment, $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 he
had intended to make last summer, but
was prevented by The length of the sess.
ion of congress and an attack of illness
He would like to get away as early as June
for two or three weeks trip through the
western part OF the country which IS new
TO him.
United States Treasurer Wyman has signed
the checks for the first months salary tc
members of the Forty-eighth congress, in
Guiding that of Col. Tom Ochiltree of Tex.
as The members of congress get SILL
apiece. The salaries of Delegate Raym ond
Of Dakota and Delegate Iingeheiser of Idaho
are withheld, owing TO the fact that their ac:
counts as United States mafshals are not
get closed.
Ex-senator David Davis says he doesn'1
intend to spend next winter in Washington
because he neither wants his wife to be
gazed at and talked and written about, mol
himself to be ranked with some ex-ofice
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 act
Gen. Hazen stands by the boys in protes
ting against cutting down the allowance fol
rations during signal service officer s ab'
sence from his post,
The postofice department has declared
the Marion Trust companies of Chicago an6
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
sued for car cotplets since the 18th day O.
| March.