Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-17
APPOINTMENTS
Some Important oaiess Filled by the Pres
ident Yesterday.

Some Important Ofhees FILLED by the Pres
ident Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, July l6-The President to.
day appointed the following named Prssi-
dental postmssters:
Jas. Fl. Dobbins, at BsIlefonte, Pa, Woe
]. S johnson, commission expired. Au-
gustus Over OF Canton, Pa, vice Allen
Ayres, resigned Wm A. Lewis, at Aysrt
Mich, vice JOS. Sayles, commission eX-
pired. Eugene L Brown, at Esufanta,
Ala, vice Il. c. Russell, resigned. Theo-
dore W. Ivory, at GlenWoOd, Is, vice I, l..
Stephens. resigned Henry c. SlorS at
HIDE Park, Mass vice 5 P Blodgett, re-
signed. Geo +. A. Kimbsll, az Yergennes,
, VT, vice II. c. Johnson, resigned Gard
ner A. Wilder, a. Cireleville, o, vice n. E,
Lutz, suspended. Lyman W. Rsdington,
at Rutland, VI, vice A. Il. Tuttle, sus-
pended.
Charles W. Field, Of Georgis, was today
appointed Superintendent of Hot Springs,
Ark, wee Hamhn, removed. The salary OF
the Office lsS2, 500.
l.. ID. Sale. Of Michigan, has been appoint
ed Librarian Of the Patent 0fice, vice Flint,
reduced
The President to-day appointed Vim. I.
Darlington Collector of Customs for the dis
trict of Teche, Louisiana, and commissioned
the following named Postmasters:
Jonah I. Howe, Trumansburg, \. \.
Alex-M Dick, West Newton, Pa
>. Matte K. Chisman, Hampton, vs..
ESQUIRE L. Msjor, Shelbyville, lad.
Eh W. Brown, Columbia City, Ind.
y IN
Samuel S. Thompson, Birmingham, Ala
John c. Wise, MAnksto. MINI.
John Pepper, BOscobel, Wis.
Edwin S. Smith, South Haven, Mich.
Consul At Glasgow.
The President made the following A?-
pointments this afternoon:
Francis L. Understood to be consul At
Glasgow.
CHM Coywoo to be interpreter of the
United States consulate at Canton.
Only Seton.
Second Comptroller Maynard has decided
that Georgia is not entitled to receive the
SS5.555 appropriated BY Congress March
e3d. 1883, TO reimburse the State tor expenses
incurred in the war OF the revolution IN
I775, but that the sum must be set Oh
sssinst the amount due the United States
from the state Of Georgia under the act OF
1851. levied by Congress upon al the states
70 defray tie expenses Of the war oi the
Rebellion.
The quota of this tax spportioned to
5Gaor0ia wss $5S4,367, Of which S5l2,S
s.;Ij rsmains unpaid. This decision is to
ths effect that the money appropriated 70
thsS,a,sby the act of lSS3mustbe converted
;nso the Treasury Of the United States and
applied toxardthe sxtinguishnent OF States
Indebtedness.
Secretary Whitney has invited Com
usr5ers Sampson and Goodrich, Naval
Construetor Bowles, Commander Wilson
and Mr.. Herman Winter, of New fsrk, 70
meet him July 23d TO consider matters per
tanning to the construction OF New ships
under recent laws
The steel Cruiser Contracts.
By he terms of the contracts signed on
July 2sd and 10Th, 1888. BY Mr.. John Roach
and William Z. Chandler. then Secretary OF
the N.,y. TIE thrre st@el cruisers. Chicago,
Roaton sLa Atlantis, we're TO have been CON
,,Ieted in eighteen months time from the
date Of tie contract. fhe period thus
allowed Ger CON pleiipg the vessels expired
on the 22d and 26,h Of last January,
/. pesrly hvo PonThs ago, and the
cauia,r r. sre yst unfinished IN Mr.. Roachs
ward 5, Chester. Il is thought, however
tt,at Mr. Rozch may not be entirely to
hkme for this dtlsy. and 1t Is said that the
secretary of lhs Nayy bsfore taxing ofAeiAi