Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate today
10 be ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
plenipoteDtiary of the United States-Geo.
V. N. Lothrop of Michigan, to Russia; Jabez
L. NJ. Curry of Virginia. to Spain; Charles
DENLY of Indiana, to China John B. Stallo
of Ohio, TO Italy; Charles ID. Jacob of Ken
lucky, TO United States of Columbia; John
+. Bacon of South Carolina. to be Charge
d'Affares Of the United States to Paraguay
and Uruguay.
Lambert Tree of Illinois, to be minister
resident of the United States to Belgium.
To be ministers resident and consuls gen.
eral of the United States-Boyd Winchester
OF Kentucky, t. Switzerland; Frederick H
Winston of Illinois. to Persia John E. w.
Thompson of New York City, to Hayti; VIM.
A. Seay of Louisiana, to Bolivia; A. Hop.
kins of North Carolina, Liberia; Walker
Fern of Louisiana, to Roumsnia, Servia and
Greece.
To be Consuls General CT the United
States-Jacob Mueller of Ohio. at Frankfort
on the Main; H. Clay Armstrong of Ala
bama, at Rio de Janiero; Michael II. Phalen
OF Missouri, at Halifax; d. Lynch Pringle of
South Carolina, to be secretary of the lega-
ton and consul general of the United States
to Guatemala.
To be secretaries of the legation of the
United States-Frederick S. Mansfield OF
Texas, to Japan: Joseph L. Morgan of South
Carolina, to Mexico; John G. Lee of Penn.
at Constantinople: James Fennerlee of Md,
TO Austria and Hungary Christian NJ. Siabert
of New York City. to Chill; Charles A.
Dougherty OF Penn, at Rome; Edward H.
Strobel of New York, at Madrid; VIM. W.
Rockill Of Md, at Pekin; Henry Vignaud OF
Louisiana, at Paris.
Henry L. Muldrow of Mississippi. to be
first assistant secretary of the interior
Geo. A. jerks of Pennsylvania, to be as
sistant secretary of the interior.
VIM. E. Mclean of Indiana, to be first
deputy commissions. of pensions
Joseph j. Bartlett of New York, to be
second deputy commissioner of pensions.
Strothern Stockslager of Indiana, to be
assistant commissioner of the general land
office.
Robert B. Vance of North Carolina, to be
assistant commissioner of patients.
Frank Gordon of Georgia, to be principal
clerk of SURVEYS in the general land office
Territorial Governors-Edmund Gross of
New Mexico, of New Mexico; C. Meyer
Zulick of Arizona, of Arizona; Edward A.
Stevenson of Idaho, of Idaho; Alfred p.
Swineford of Michigan, of the District of
Alaska; Samuel G.. Hauser of Montana, of
Montana.
To be surveyors general-Geo. w. Julian
of New Mexico; John Hise of Arizona Benz.
II. Greene Of Montana; Jonathan +. Gard
ner of Nebraska and Iowa; Richard p. Ham
mond, Jr., of California; Richmond S. De-
ment of Utah James A. Dawson of Colorado ;
Benz. +. Ledbetter of Louisiana; Joseph c..
Stranghan of Idaho John C. Thompson of
Wyoming; Maris Taylor of Dakota; VIM.
ID. Blexham of Florida.
To be postmasters in Maine-Delancey
Young, Auburn; Timothy Shaw, Jr., Bid
deford Joshua s. Palmer, Portland; Frank
L. Thayer, Waterville; Albert B. Page,
Houlton.
Capt. John G. Walker to be chief of the
bureau of navigation, with the rank of COM
modOre.
Capt. Montgomery Sicard to be chief of
bureau of ordnance, with the rank of COM
modore.
Commodore Stephen B. Luce to be rear
admiral.
Commodore John Leedavisa to be rear
admiral.
Capt. George E. Belknap to be commo-
dore.
Capt. David b. Harmony to be commo-
dore.
Captain Andrew E. X. Benham to be COM
modore.
Naval Cadet Andrew r. Wentworth of
Maine, to be assistant surgeon.
The crop reports of the department of
agriculture for December gives the farm
prices of the principal crops. The increase
in the product of corn has reduced the aver
age value of the crop to 33 cents per busbel.
The average value of previous crops in
December was SO cents. Compared with
former prices corn values are very low. The
price of wheat, though still low, is consider
ably above the last December average, which
was sixty five cents. That of 1883 was 81
cents, the present is 7S cents. For five years
past the average farm value has been 80 cents
per bushel, and for the preceding ten years
l05 cents. The range of state prices is from
81 cents in Nebraska. to Sl.25 in Massachu-
setts. The average price of rye is 56 cents
cents more than last years of barley Sc
cents. an increase of 7 cents; of buckw heat
Sc cents, a decrease of cents; of potatoes,
45 cents, an increase of cents; of hay S. s.
per ton, in place of SSH last year. The
average price of oats is % cents, same as las,
December. The price of cotton average:
$40 cents per pound of lint farm value
which is 9 mills less than December price
last year.
A general order has been issued from head
quarters of the G.. A. X in this city, inform.
ing the members of the organization tha
Washington has been selected as the site o.
the proposed monument to Gen. Grant. TC
suitably mark the event and to the evidence
for all time of the equal share of the com.
rades of the Grand Army in this work OF
commemoration, various posts are requested
to prepare the rolls containing the name
rank, regiment and post of each donor
which, when returned to the national head
quarters will be bound into volumes and
properly cared for, and provision made to
furnish each post lithographic or other suit
able form of engraving of the finished mon
ument. The quartermaster has been direct
ed to deposit the funds received as contribu-
tions with the trust company, and it is to be
solely dedicated to the erection of the monu.
ment, and subject to no other charge, save
only the cost of printing and distribution OF
rolls, and the proposed engraving of the
finished monument, and all time and labor
expended in this behalf by the grand army OIL
any of its comrades or authorities shall be
without cost to the fund.
At the evening session of the public health
association committee appointed to award thu
Lamb prizes reported that not one of the 81
ESSAYS submitted on ''healthy homes acc
foods for the working classes" was found o.
sufficient merit to deserve the frst prize, bu
the second prize Of $500 was awarded te
Victor C. Vanhue of Ann Arbor, Mich. The