Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-20
LATEST CHANGES IN THE OFFICES
Appointments by the President, Etc.

The President has appointed the following
named presidential postmasters: ]. w. McMas-
ter, at Hazelhurst, Copiah county, Miss, vice j.
| L. Meade, suspended; VIM. N. Carter, at Viro.
| qua, Wis.,, vice r. 8. McMichael, suspended;
| Thos. r. McDearman, a. Danville Va, vice A.
| NJ. Wheeler, suspended; Jas. ]. Cakes, at South
bridge, Mass, vice P. H. Carpenter, suspended;
Frank T. Lynch, at Leavenworth, Kan, vice
John Mckee, suspended; Geo. w. Sembler at
| City Island, N. Y, vice Jerome Bell, commits
sion expired; John Hayes Page, at Schenectady,
NY, vice J. A. De Reiner, commission expired;
Samuel !. Bassett; at Richmond, Mo-, vice L. c.
Cantwell, resigned.
The postmaster at Hazelhurst, Miss, was sus-
pended because having been asked to resign
known to the department at the time Of his APP
pointment, he declined compliance. The post
Were snspended for ad and tbe
masters at Leavenworth, Kan, and South
bridge, Mass, were suspended because of the
| were conducted Charges Of partisanship were
also preferred against them.
To be collectors of internal revenue-Robert
| Black, first district of New York; Matthew H.
Nanderveer, third district of New Jersey;
Francis s. Shields for the district of Louisiana;
Geo. II. Dawson, for the sixth district of KY;
Thomas Hanlon, for the seventh district of In
diana; James w. Newman, for the eleventh
district OF Ohio; Christian J. Knecht, for the
district of Minnesota.
! The following named clerks in the Treasury
dictionary term Of six months each, have re-
"A: v: stiles, Of Minnesota, $1,000, Office of
H. s. Frisbie. of Alabama, 5000, Office of tn
first controller.
Miss Phebe r. Norris of Pennsylvania, 5000.
| office Of the Treasurer of the United States.
PROMOTIONS
Halsey jennings of New Jersey, from class
| to class 2; A. w. Stiles, of Minnesota, from
81 900 to class 1; F. j. WEIGH, of Massachu-
sets, from 5000 to class 1, Office Of the sixth
auditor.
w. Bechet, E. 9. Moran and A. H. Walcott
Treasury watch, to take effect LIST of July.
A Libel Suit.
W. E. DOUGHERTY CLAIMS $4,000 DAMAGES.
Mr.. T. ]. Mackey to-day, for w. E. Dougherty
entered a suit to-day against Louis H. Perley
for $4,000 damrges for libel. The plaintiff
alleges that January 80, 1854, when
States Senate, the defendant (of the sur
geon generals office wrote to the
sergeantat-arms of the Senate stating that
plaintiff had lived at 1416 Rhode Island ave-
therefrom without giving notice or paying rent,
and that when he (defendant) called upon plain
tiff to pay the rent he became fmpudent;
feet and his (Dougherty's) conduct has been
that OF the meanest, dishonest impudence and
bravado, he feeling that he was irresponsible
defiantiy told me to go and report him where
he was employed as soon as / choose"
He complains that by reason of this letter he
has been greatly injured in his credit and good
name, and brought into public scandal and dis
grace, &c.
THE PATENT OFFICE LITHoGRAPHING
WoRK.-The commissioner of patents Mr..
Montgomery, has under consideration the
awarding OF the contract for doing the photo
photography work of the office. The law re-
QuireS that the work be done in this city and
the commissioner regards this very proper
and necessary provision. Mr.. Norris Peters has
had the contract for a number of years past,
and this year there are one or two other bid
ders. The award will be made in a day or
two, and as Mr.. Peters makes the most favor