The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-26
From Washington,

Ex-Congressman Franklin OF Kansas ac-
.epts the Canton consulship.
President Cleveland wears good boots and
dresses in black broadcloth habitually.
A majority OF congressman favor the ear
y passage of a bill repeating the tenure OF
office act.
Army officers are prohibited from issuing
orders for mileage occurring outside the
limits 81 their command.
George B. Hall of Minneapolis is strongly
ndorsed for an assistant superintendency
Of the railway mail service.
Hon. 5. w. Langhorne, the newly ap-
pointed register OF the Helena (Mon.) land
office, has taken charge OF he office.
Commissary Sergeant Jeremiah Foley,
recently appointed from first sergeant,
Seventh cavalry, is ordered to Colu urbus
barrcks.
Lieut. Col Basil Norris will be relieved
as medical director at San Francisco by
Col. Bailey. and is ordered as medical di-
rector of the Columbia.
The widest religious excitement attends
the meetings OF the Salvation Army at
Washington, Ohio. Women lay in frances
and Others have the Jerks"
Babu Yopal Vinayak Josher F. T. S.,
of Bombay. Brahmnical pundit, is now
travelling in the United States, in the inter
est OF Buddhism and Theosophy. He is
at present Il guest OF DR.. Elliot Coues, in
Washington, d. c.
Papers have been received by the clerk
OF the house OF representatives giving motto
Of contest for four seats in the next con-
yress as follows Campbell against Weaver,
Tor the Sixth Iowa district; Kidd against
Steele, Eleventh Indiana; Page against
Pierce, Second Rhode Island and Hurd
against Romeis, Tenth Ohio.
1t is not true that the navy department
has information of an alarming character
from Panama, or that Admiral Jouett' s
orders were prompted by reports that i'm
mediate outbreaks are to be expected.
Secretary Whitney is authority for the
statement that Il naval force is ordered to
the lsthmus because experience has shown
that it is better to have n force on hand
than to wait for the symptoms OF trouble.
The chief OF the bureau OF statistics re-
ports the total value OF the exports OF do
mestic cattle and hogs as follows: October,
1885, Sc, S06 O0S; October, 1854, 81, 47S,-
D30; ten months. ended Oct. 81, 1885,
SIS, S26, Oh: for 1854, ST., 1874, 551; beef
and pork products for twelve months,
ended Oct. 81, 1885, $50, 062. 0S6; for
1884, $50, ,46 S,21S; dairy products, six
months. ended Oct. 81, 1883, 81, 591 ,427;
Tor 1854, $40. eS7,4S7
Collector Hedden of n. Y. says that he
had decided to appoint J. NJ. 0 Brien to the
weiehe ship OF the Brooklyn district made
vacant by the suspension OF George w.
Sterling. Mr.. Heddeu added that though
he had. by the resolution OF the civil SER
vice commissioners, the rights to choose
from the whole list, he nevertheless pro-
posed to follow the civil service law strictly
and therefore gave the preference to Mr..
o 'Brien because he passed the best ex-
animation and was an old soldier.
The president has made the following ap-
poiutments: Registers Of land Offices:
Ralph \. Marble, at Duluth, Mimi; Will
lam Z. Christensen, at Redwood Falls,
Mimi; Thomas F. Cowing at Fergus Falls,
Mimi: Henry Phinehart, at La Grande,
Or; Winfield S. Austin, at Olympia, w.
T.. Emmett Horn at Eau Claire, WIS; S.
f. Thayer, at Wausau. Wis. Receivers OF
public moneys: Sylvester B. kepler, at
Eau Claire, Wis; L. l.. Aune at Fergus
Falls, Mimi; John I. Clubhouse OF Oregon,
at La Grande Or. Indian agents: Charles
f. McChesney OF Dakota, at the Chey-
enne River agency; Peter Renon Of Mon-
tana, at the Flathead agency in Montana.