Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK,


Mrs. Bacon of Toledo, Cleveland's sister, do
MES an alleged interview concerning the future
management Of the White House.
Congressman Washburn has appointed Henry
L. Alexander of Minneapolis cadet at West
Point, in compliance with the recommendation
Of the examining board, and has named VIII
liam P. Chrissenger alternate.
1t is the opinion of number of members of
tho house committee on naval affairs that no
action will be taken by the committee on the
recent recommendation of officials of the navy
department. for appropriations for new vessels
for the navy.
A citizens committee of Yellowstone county,
Mont, forwarded to Hon. Henry l. Dawes,
United States senator and chairman of the
commission to treat with the Grow Indians, a
reservation to the Colorado syndicate. The
protest is tifty-oue feet long, with closely
written signatures.
Elisha B. Thompson has resigned the Wau-
paca postofice, and George NJ Chamberlain
Will probably be appointed Monday by tho
president Tho four Years. term Of NJ L.
Torpey, postmaster at Morris, Mimi, and G.
Selvig, postmaster at Wilmar, expire Dec. ~
The president will probably send their reap
pointments to the senate next week.
The bill introduced by Senator Cullom to
facilitate promotions throughout the army by
retiring from active service, upon their own
application, officers of the army, who served
in the war Of the rebellion, meets with the ap-
prOval OF army officers, and, If passed, would
provide simple and easy method of awarding
justice to men who will otherwise suffer in
justice.
Charges have been filed in the Indian office
against Agent s. j. Armstrong of tho Grow res
ervation, Montana. Mr. Mcdonald charges
him with the improper use of his position to
compel the Crows to enter into lease with
John f. Blake and j. c. Wilson as trustees for
syndicate of cattlemen whereby the greater
portion OF the Crow reservation is leased for
ten years at one cent al acre.
Statements have been published since the
presidential election in which it was charged
that the civil service commission had decided
to enlarge the scope of their rules so as to en-
brace chief clerks, heads Of bureaus. postal
clerks, and great many other government OFF,
Gals not now coming under the civil service
regulations. In conversation Judge Tooman
said that the commission had not considered
such a question.
Potoffices established: Observation-Disclosures,
Emmons county; Hoven-Potter county:
Iowa-Graceville, Guthrie county. Minnesota
Rogers, Hennepin county. Postofices dis
continued: Iowa-Bethel, Marion county; mail
to Tracy Postmasters Commissioned Leslie
Strong, Bancroft, Wis; G. G. Mulliken Dry
Woods, Wis. j. a. Goodwin, Buchanan, Oak. &;
Barbara Howen Hoven, Oak. J. B. Guiles,
Graceville, Iowa; D. H. Hawkins, Rogers,
MINI.
The following nominations were presented
to the Senate, Thursday: Otis R. G. Clarke,
Rhode Island, commissioner of pensions;
CALVIN B. Walker, Indiana, first deputy CON-
missioner Of pensions; Noah P. Loveridge,
second deputy commissioner of pensions;
Luther Harrison, Pennsylvania, assistant COM
missioner general land offices; George B.
Anderson, New York, Indian ms pector; John
E. Bryant, Georgia, United States marshal for
the Northern district of Georgia; Stephen T.
Wilson, Pennsylvania, associate justice Of the
supreme court of New Mexico: commissioners
for Alaska, John G. Brady, Alaska, to reside
at Sitka; George P. Ihric, Pennsylvania, to re-
side at Wrangel; Chester Seeber, California
to reside at Onalaska The president also sent
in the names of large numbe of persons ap-
pointed during the recess to various positions
in the army and as registers of land Offices and
Indian agents.