The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-25
General and Personal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-Postmasters' COM
missions were to-day issued for the following In
dianians: Frank M. Wright at Fairview; Chas.
w. Phillips Folsomville; John T. Benson,
Hooker; Reuben B. Johnson, Losantvile; Robert
). Bruner, Needmore; George w. Archbold,
Pleasant Mills; Cyrus E. Fink, TOWNSVILLE.
Permission has been given TO the postmaster
at Nashville, Brown county, to deliver mail to
carrier between Nashville and Morgantown an
hour in advance of schedule time during the fall
and winter, when the roads are bad, provided no
complaint is made.
Special mail service from Butlerville to Fargo,
Jennings county, has been ordered discontinued.
w. e. Barrett, of Clay county, is here, and is a
candidate for an Indian agency.
Hon. Richard luncheon, of LaPorte, who has
been here several days, will 90 to New York to-
morrow for short visit.
J. T. Casteel, of Brazil is registered at the
Ebbtt House.
Major Archie McGinnis, oe BLOOMINGTON re-
Gently appointed special examiner in the Pen
sion Office, has been assigned to Louisville KY,
for permanent work, and will start for that city
tomorrow.
Chief Clerk Youmans, of the Treasury, who
has general charge of the purchase of supplies
for public buildings under the Treasury depart
menr, has determined that contracts for such
supplies must be made at the regular market
rates. and that, where proposals for supplies are
in excess of such rates, the purchases shall be
made i'll open market
Reports received at the Treasury Department
indicate growing scarcity of 10-cent silver
pieces in all parts of the country In accordance
with instructions from the Treasury Department.
about $40, 00Sin dimes were coined at the Pha
delpha mint about week ago. These, however
were found insufficient to supply the demand
and the Superintendent of the Mint has since
been instructed to coin into dimes all the uncur-
rent subsidiary silver coin there may be at the
mint.
Walter Johnson of Michigan was to-day ap-
pointed law clerk of the Patent Office, vice D. A.
Mcknight, who was appointed law clerk in the
Office of the Assistant Attorney general.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day appoint
ed j. G.. Dugan to be local inspector of boilers at
Louisville KY.
Minister Cox has advised the State Depart
ment that the Turkish government has issued
two decrees dated Oct 10 and Nov l. The first
prohibits for one year the expectation of horses
mares and mules from Turkish territory and
the second prohibits, until further notice. the
expectation of cereals and cattle from the prov
inces of Adrianople, Monasteri, Kassova and
Scutari.
During the month of October, %, 918 immi-
grants arrived in this country a. decrease of 179
compared with October 1884
The chief of the Bureau of Statistics says that
the total values of the exports of merchandise
during the twelve months ending Oct. 81, 1885,
were $717,179,352, and during the preceding
twelve months, 1874, S35, ITO The values of i'm
ports for the twelve months ending Oct 81, 1885,
were $772. All, 800, and during the preceding
twelve months, 1862, 753 Alb.
Commissioner Colman, of the Agricultu raj
Department, will not be able to attend the cat
tlemens convention in st. Louis, this week, on
account of the illness of Mrs Colman.
The commissions of William Harrity, post
master at Philadelphia VIM Hyde, ST Louis;
r. j. Hartman, Toledo, O.: l. Gibbons, Keokuk,
Ia, and John Ruger, Lafayette, Ind, were
among those signed by the President to-day.
Gen. j. B. Stonehouse, late assistant Adiutant-
general and present acting assistant Adjutant-
general of the State of New York. who was
stricken with paralysis at the Ebbtt House. a
little over a week ago, died tonight.