The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-29
WASHINGTON.

The issue of standard silver dollars for the
week ended Aug. III amounted 10 S29j, $685.
For the corresponding period last year
S424. 494.
Indian Agent Allen, OF the Montana
Blackfeet Agency, telegrnphs Indian Com
missioner Price denying the truth of the re-
rOrt that the Piegan Indians are starving.
He says he has sufficient supplies for pres
ent needs.
Orders have been sent from Washington
to many postmaSterS in southern Illinois to
discontinue the use of the patent revolving
wheel ut the general delivery window, as 1t
violates the law by making public expos
ure of letters.
Judge Thoman of the civil service COM
mission says that owing to the large num-
Der of appointments it will be necessary to
hold examinations soon in Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin.
During the month of July this year S12,-
053, $40 worth of breadstuffs were exported,
against SIC, 313, 673 worth exported in July,
1888. During the first seven months of this
wear the exports are valued at so, 547, 25l
ganst sos, APO, GIG exported during the cor
esponding period of last year.
Governor Murray, of Utah, telegraphs the
indian Office that the Ute Indians are on the
war-path, and have killed several men,
stolen, many cattle, and burned several
ranches. He asks that troops be sent to pro-
tect the whites. The Indian office Is under
the impression that an old feud has broken
out anew between the Indians and the cat
tie men, who want to appropriate Indian
lands for grazing purposes. '..
Lieutenant Greedy on Wednesday made
the admission that by his orders Private
Charles b. Henry was shot dead on the 9th
day of June, for having persisted in stealing
from the limited supply of provisions held
by the expedition. A detailed report of the
execution has been forwarded to the secre-
tary of war. With regard to the rum0rS OF
cannibalism, Lieutenant Greedy says that IL
anything of the kind occurred 1t was an in-
dividual act.
A number of bank presidents throughout
the country have written the Postmaster
General asking him to exclude Thompson's
Bank Note and Commercial Reporter from
the mails. In referring to these letters, AS
sistant Attorney General Freeman said:
'"The Postmaster General has no power to
protect the bankers from this sheet. A pa
per is not unavailable for the reason that 1t
attempts to levy blackmail. The intended
victims of this fellow should appeal to the
courts"
Indian Commissioners Price has rendered
his resignation, to take effect upon the APP
pointment of his successor. His friends
claim that Secretary Teller has not treated
the old gentleman with the respect that was
due to his position, but this Is denied. There
are good reasons on both sides why the
troubles between these two officials will
never be made public. The selection of q
successor y to Mr. Price is matter of some
difficulty, as the cOmmisSiOnershlp OF In
dian affairs is controlled by religious in
fiuenceS.
Mai. L. w. Clark, chief of the revenue
marine division of the treasury department
advocates the retention of either the rhetis,
Bear or Alert in the revenue marine, as
they are admirably fitted for service in.Alas-
kan waters. The Corwin will be unseaw0r-
thy after her present cruise, and unless a
new vessel shall be constructed by the
spring of 1886 the annual cruise OF the reve-
nue. marine into arctic waters could not he
made. The retention of either of the YES
sells would remove the necessity OF an APP
preparation.
In connection with the farmers bulletin
published jointly by the war and postoflice
departments, 1t has been decided to exhibit
cold wave flag from each postofiice In the
ing. The flag viii be of white, with black
SQUARE I'm the CENTER and will be displayed
from prominent places on the. postoffices:
The news of an approaching cold wave will
be telegraphed by the war department to
all the postoflices on telegraph. lines, and
those offices will communicate the news to
interior postofiices 1t Is thought the news
will be of material interest to farmers.
The United States consul at Barbados,
West Indies, telegraphs to the state depart
ment as follows: 1.-The ship Bracadaile left
ST Lucia for New York on the 10th with
cholera. This is the British steamer which
left Calcutta on the 4th of June bound for
Demarara and New York. The cholera
broke out during her passage, and on her ar.
rival at Table bay, July 4, she was reported
to have had eighteen fatal cases. There
were 65l coolies on board, of whom twenty.
eight were down with the cholera. The
steamer took In coal at Table bay and left
for st. Lucia, where she arrived on the 3D.
instant, and was placed In quarantine
The health officer at New York has been
notified to quarantine the vessel on her ar
rival. r-,.s
PEST IN MANY PLACES.
Reports of cholera mortality received
Monday are as follows: Department of the
eastern Pyrenees, q; Herault, IL; Ande, 5;
Garde, 8; Vancluse, 1; Bases Alps, 2. In