The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-07-30
Washington News.

CA. Lounsberry is appointed postmas-
| ter at Bismarck, and =. II. Cuthbert at
| Helena.
Herbert Glaisyer has been appointed
postmaster to succeed George Chant at
Handley, Clay county, MINI.
Among the appointments of post
masters by the president was that of George
j. Love at Huron, OAK, vice John Cain,
suspended.
Col. 0. p. Burnside, the defaulting dis
bursting officer of the postotiice department.
who is SIS, 600 short in his accounts, cam
not be tried because he is in an insane asy-
| lum.
The work ofconstructing the great Roman
Catholic university at Washington will not
be started until next spring Plans will be
decided on at the meeting OF the prelates,
on Nov. IL.
President Cleveland, in proclamation,
| has ordered the removal OF cattle from the
leased Indian lands They must go in forty
| days-this action taken in conformity with
Gen. Sheridan's suggestion.
Sheridan has organized an Indian police
| force, composed OF 100 young Cheyennes.
1t is said the general, in his report, will at
! tribute the dissatisfaction among the
! Indians chiefly to the cattle leases.
! Postmaster General Villas says that he
| had no intention of reconsidering his decis-
ion against distributing the 100000 APP
propriated by congress for the transporta-
ton OF mails in American steamships.
After cabinet consultation, and in ac-
cordance with the advice of Gen. Sheridan.
the secretary of the interior has decided to
! turn over to the war department the COM
plete control of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservation in the Indian territory.
The president appointed the following
| postmasters: Samuel H. Buck at New Or
| leans vice w. B. Merchant, suspended; Ben
! jamin f. Russell at cambridge, O., vice j..
A. Wilder, suspended; William III. Dawley
at Amigo, Wis, vice Henry Smith, sus-
pended.
The president appointed the following:
William H. Moffatt of New Jersey, consul
at Athens; John Devlin of Michigan, consul
at Windsor, Ont; John C. Rich, lieutenant
commander, United States navy; o. E.
Lasher and II. S. Warning, lieutenants, and
c. C. Rogers, lieutenant junior grade.
| The president is daily importuned to APP
point from civil life to lieutenancies in the
army. Many OF these applications are most
meritorious, but the president has deter
mined that at present he is not justified in
making such appointments. He thinks va
cancies should be filled from the West Point
classes.
A check for $75O,OOO drawn by the
United States treasurer, and made payable
to Gen. Edwards, subtreasurer at st. Louis,
is missing, and as a result hundreds OF pen
! sion checks, salary checks ETC., drawn by
/ the government and mailed to creditors
have been protested by the various local
banks in which they were placed for collec-
ton.
Inventors received patents from Washing.
ton as follows: James Barry of Wilmar for a
! car coupling; FrankN Foster of Duluth foran
adjustable finger ring; John Lucas OF Hast
ings for q wheat. oats and cookie separa-
tor; John J. Parker of Aitkin fora drag
saw; Charles r. Sincad Of ST. Paul for a
holder for legal blanks, and William H
Vankeurer OF Winona for mixed paint.
The following appointments have been
made: Thomas j. Hickman of Louisiana
and Emmett Seibels Of Alabama, special
agents OF the land Office H. o. Billings OF
Alton, ILL.,, chief OF the presumption division
of the land office to succeed Henry Howes,
removed; ] Ohm McMurray OF Brockville, Pa,
chief of the lands and railroad division oil
the secretary's office to succeed Zeublon B.
Sturgis of Indiana, removed.
The employees in the office OF the first as
sistant postmaster general have petitioned
that officer to have the hours of their labor
reduced SO as to allow them to leave the
continuance OF the heated term, The clerks
have been working extra hours In addition
to their regular work ever since February
last. The petition was sent up to the post
master general, who made the order re-
curing the force in that office to work until
$50 p. m.
The president appointed the following
presidential postmasters the incumbents al
being suspended:-Joseph N, Bogert at Viii
kesbarre, Pa, vice A. s. Orr; Miles j. Fin
lin at Streator, ILL.,, vice F. NJ. Ryan; Char
les f. Gallagher at Salamanca N. Y, vice
B. B. Weber; John L. Hardley at Fairfield
H., vice F. w. Scott s. Barclay Radebaugh
at Urbana ILL.,, vice +. M. Wright; Clinton
Rosette at Dekalb, ILL.,, vice A. s, Jackson
George p. Sanford at Lansing Mich. vice
T. d. Bingham.
The president has appointed the following
presidential Observation-Disclosures H. Kav
anagh, at Waterford, N. Y, vice Joseph
Hartman, commission expired; Charles j.
Walden at Fayette, Mo-, vice NJ. s. Lake,
resigned; William B. Gillespie, ut Traer
McCloud, at Mnysville, Ohio, vice d. Webb
resigned; Albert N. Finn, at Nashua, N. H..
vice NJ. s. Buxton, suspended; s. N. Hor
neeke, at Detroit City, Mimi, vice c. w
Dix, suspended; David w. Gwynn, ut Tai
apoossa, Ala, vice William g. Stewart
suspended; John p. Newell, at Danville, ILL.,
vice William r. Jewell, suspended; james
w. Taner, at Evansville, Ind, vice H. s
Bennett, suspended; Samuel Berry, al
Winchester, ILL.,, vice M. Brennan, suspend
ed; John 7. Smith, ut Freeport, ILL.,, vice
S. d. Atkins, suspended; William NJ. Var
Antwerp, at Jackson, Mich, vice w, l.
Seat on, suspended; Homer Luce, ut Hig
ginsville, Mo-, vice j. w, Endley, suspended
Henry #. Fellers, at Bloomington, Ind
I MI ofors. IoI