The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
FROM WASHINGTON,


Capt James Blackburn was appointed cd-,
lector of inland revenue for the Lexington, Ky.
district
A. 2. Swineford Of Marquette is to be governor
of Alaska, and DR.. Heenan of Minnesota is left
out in the cold.
The president appointed J. Parter Veazy,
postmaster at Baltimore, vice Harrison An
dreau, commission expired.
Ex-senator B. Z. Bruce, regiRser of the treas
ury, has rendered his resignation. 1t is re-
ported that the resignation WAS requested BE-
John Blackburn, brother of Senator Black
burn, was recently appointed collector of rev.
enue for the Ashland district of Kentucky.
The attorney general has appointed N. I. N.
Robinson of Louisiana law clerk Of the de-
p%artnent Of justice vieeA. r. Duttor, resigned.
A new treaty between the Colombian and
United States governments respecting transit
across the sthmus is said to have been Dnclu-
ded.
Appointments Of surveyors general for Min
nesota and Dakota are expected soon, and DON
nelly is thought to be the coming mar fer the
latter.
Treasurer Jordan says the treasury count
is practically over and everything found most
satisfactory, only a two-cent discrepancy having
been found.
Judge Lowering, formerly connected with the
law office of the interior department, AID at
present assistant commissioner of PENSIONS,
has resigned, to take effect on the 10Th iIBt
The president appointed Stuart Tayloito be
naval officer of customs at San Francisco, and
William d. H. Fl. Hunter to be colleciorof in
ternal revenue for the Sixth district o. Indi-
ana.
DR.. W. Il. ID. Hunter was appointed rSenue
collector for the Lawrenceburg, Ind, district,
through the efforts of Judge Holman In
diana. The district pays two-thirds the
federal tax collected in the state.
Secretary Whitney and John Roach have
agreed that the Dolphin shall have apther
trial before her final acceptance by the gqern-
ment The trial will take place on the sund,
and will be a six-hour run.
Secretary Lamar sent to the presidet the
report on the assignment of lands in sevfalty
to the Santee Sioux in Kansas and Nebiska.
1t appears that there are Al, 600 acres lefAfter
giving each man, woman and child 100 tres.
This excess will be thrown open to SETTLEMENT
ON the 18th inst
Secretary Manning requested the resigdtion
of Joseph Nimmo, Jr., chief OF the department
The resignation was promptly rendered MIR.
Switzler will succeed Mr.. Nimmo as child Of
the bureau and Mr.. Whitney will continue
to be chief clerk. Mr.. Nimmo has been a 1.-THE
head Of this bureau for the past eight yeas.
Postmaster Palmer of Chicago has beer re-
moved, and S. Corning Judd reigns inlhis
stead. Mr.. Judd is about ffty-fvo year, of
age, and a lawyer by profession. He hasal-
ways been identified with the Democratic pr
ty and is the present member of the DeRo-
cratic national committee from Illinois. He
has been a member of the legislature.
Postmasters Commissioned: L. 3. Edwahs,
Waterloo, Iowa: J.. FL. Dorner, Clemens, Ioia;
J. F. Russell, Warren. Iowa; p. 4. Dorfingr,
st Lawrence, Oak; H. West, Verona, WIS;
Emma f. Reeve, Sandusky, Wis. s. W.. Hobs
was appointed at Storm Lake, Iowa, vice WIS.
Vestal, suspended. j.. r. Ratekin of Shen$1-
doah, Iowa, was also appointed, vice Dufieh,
resigned.
The gold medal of the Military Service insi-
tuition of the United States for the prize essly
of 1884, on 'aThe Necessity for Close Relations
Between the Army and the People, and tie
Best Method Of Accomplishing the Result his
been awarded to Capt g. /. Price, FifA
United States cavalry. The essay of Lieut.. u
s. Dudley, Second United States artillery, wal
deemed next in order of merit
Commissioner Coleman, recognizing the inn
portance of the closer and more intimate asso
citation Of different agricultural colleges and
other industrial and educational institution
with the department OF agriculture, has called
q convention of representatives Of Different
agricultural colleges ana allied state institul
TONS. One of tho topics to be discussed viii
probably be the feasibility of making the farms
attached to the colleges the experiment farms
Of the department
The president has appointed the following
named postmasters: Charles II. Chapman, al
Hartford, Conn, vice L A. Dickinson, com
mission expired; Charles A. Foster, at Bellevue
Idaho, vice K. w. johnson, resigned; Willard
p. Carr, at Sioux Falls, Oak, vice f. w. Cald-
well, resigned; Charles j. Kress, at Lewiston,
Idaho, vice J. N. Hobbs, resigned; benjamin
\. Huger, at Charleston, s. O., vice w. Mott
commission expired; Jacob I. Bake, at Red
Oak, Iowa, vice X. s. Rogers, commission ex-
pired; Patrick Cain, at Fort Dodge, Iowa, vice
N. NJ Page, suspended.