The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-16
WASHINGTON News.

John c. Wise is appointed postmaster at
Mankato, Mimi:
Col. John Cibbon will We made a brigadicr
general when Augur retircs.
The president Joined in the singing 81
"Americl' ut DR.. sunlcrn,l's church in
Washington.
The rllmor that Miles will succeed Augif
in command OF lie lcplrtm eat OF the Mis-.
souri, is not credited.
The government statisticians have been
counting the shade trees in Washington.
They number 64.3ll.
The president has accepted the rcsigna-
ton OF =. Il. :. Pinchbuck lis surveyor 9f
customs at New Orleans.
The postmaster general viii terminate
ieases OF buildings Tor postoilices where the
! rates seen. 10 him exorbit,nt.
The commissioners af agriculture has ap-
pointed Tom King of Ohio ei:;ct Of the seed
, division OF the agricultural depart .!,cat:
1t will &C St Lieut.. Schultz II year Of hard
travelling IT, deliver to the Lena Delta peo.
pie the presents voted them by con ,rcss.
Hugh Haroldson OF Georgia has been APP
pOlntea %tiicf lt n division in the seventh
auditors o0ite ri .hr treasury department.
TIC. Nash, the post n,s-..t Gtnerars new
-
torial writer on the indianapolis Journal.
1t is expected that Judge Alexander, the
only rpD,ainins auditor Of the five appoint
ed qn;lei i,v,;:hlican rule. will he relieved and
succeeded:
stoned: j. NJ Long, Prinlt;tt, jn%u. II,
Sinter, Ada, Wis. j. J. Conrad. Pine lnl.ff,
WIS. Fannie WciSscnbcrg, Stephensvillc,
WIS.
I'D. Killer VI albany, n. T., has been
appointed disbursing rierk of the treasury
lor the sixth auditors Office. H., Killer
was az one time private secretary Of Seha.
/ tor Fair.
Postmasters commi>a;oncd:-.J. c. Gun
n1hgAnm, Bradford, 1d:,h4; ). ". Burton,
Custer. idaho; Julia Bridges, raiis,; Idaho;
r. F. Shields, Park Rapids. Mimi; j. Smith.
| ArRDa. Wis; j, !: ker4cdy, Highland, Wis.
J. II. smith, Mcrrin'ae, Mis-:
The court martial appointed to Try
Paymastar General Smith, oithe navy, COZ
yencd recently. The Charge: On WHICH the
paymnster general is to he trie., are ''se:, n
da'ous conduct, tending to the destruction
" good morals, AMl culpaDie deficiency III
the ~" formancc OF Duty
BY orders r., cc"ived from the secretary o.
the treasury, tho t,HHice OF deputy collector
OF customs, wciyhcr .ii;{i g"user. and two
coastwisc inspectors ship a providence,
r. L., were abolished, it is s,,ppuss' r. re-
duce the expenses in conformity With the re:
duced appropriation available Tor these
Offices.
The president appointed postpastcrs ip
eight cities to fill yac;.ncics occurring ny the
ex ration OlcOininisHiOns and RESI- signals ions.
Thirty mine cases for removal were eonsid-
cred. Among these twenty-twO suspep-
sions were made, and in seventeen caves
the alleged cause was not deemed sufficient.
The suspension ut St. Paul, Neb., WAS made
bee ausc the postmaster was found to have
priv ate business. The suspensions in one or
two eases were for personal unfit conduct,
and the others for part is.nship.
The president appointed the following
presidential postmasters: Robert ". Specr,
at Denver, Col, vice Robert Morris, sys.
pended; Michael Wayan ut Metlford, Wis,
vice IL. ri. ke"ler, suspend"l John Pep
per ut Doscobel. Wis.,, vice William +. Dc
lap, resigned. The postmastet go"ayal has
curtailcd the mail service upon the stAt
route from kelton, Utah, to Wcimcr, Ida
no, thus effCCtingn I'm annual saving OF ) 10, :
500. Bids were recently opened Tor the
stone work on the postnflice in Peoria. H.
Brainard & Co., OF Joliet, ILL.,, were the low
est bid'lers, A protest against their being
awarded the contract was, however filed
hy Messrs. Strauh & Co. OF Euiia-
! 10, the next lowest bidders, on
the ground that Brainard & co. arc e.,,t.
Tractors Of the labor OF the Illinois state
prison and would employ convict labor on
the postoftiee. The matter wa4 referred to
Solicitor McCuc who gave an opinion TINT
the department should not he expected to
! dictate the means by which contractors
should perform their work, and that he did
not believe the protest q valid one. Secre-
tary Manning has sustained the solicitor,
!; and the contract will be awarded to Brain.
! ard & CO.: