The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK,
FROM WASHINGTON.

HhOm WASHINGTON.
Forty seven California office seekers canhett
Washington on passes over the railroads.
W. G. Snow, late postmaster at Palatka, Fla.
has been arrested, charged with Irregularities
The foes derived from our consular system
by the government are $10O, 900 more than the
whole expense.
John Dudley has eaaen appointed postmaste,
1t Newpeit, n: H., vice George O. Morse, sus;
pended for selling money orders on credit, il
violation OF the postal regulations.
Mrs. Villas, the wife Of We postmaster gener
II, and daughter, hare returned to the city.
which Will be their home for the present
afey have taken house on Iowa Circle.
Land Commissioner Sparks declares that
bona fide settlers will not be injured by the
recent order suspending final action on e1.
tries; it is only the frauds that he is after:
Miss Cleveland returned to Washington re-
Gently: Il is Understood that while in New
York she placed the manuscript of book in
the hands of publisher, who will soon issue
The secretary of the treasury issued warrants
for the payment Of about $5, 600 600 on account
Of PENSIONS The total payment on this &C.
count fer The present month Is estimated at
l0OOO,00O
Col Villas says that nothing has been done
in the way of selecting new superintendent OF
railway mail service; yet it is thought that d
change will be made before many moons have
waxed and waned.
Maj Armstrong, Of the Cleveland Plain:
Dealer is an applicant for the Cleveland post
office. The present postmaster is Thomas
Jones, Jr., a brother Of Senator Jones of
Nevada.
Secretary Manning says that the records OF
the New York custom house on file at the
treasury department show gradual but de-
cided reduction in the expense of conducting
the business of that Office. The pay roll foI
October, 1854, amounted to $3.50, 900; for April,
1885, $244, 800, and for May, 1885, 1927, 1000
Capt Clarence E. Dutton, Of the ordnance
department of the army, who has been engaged
in the study Of the geology of the great plateau
region of the west, has started for California
undor instructions from Maj. Pafnell, director
OF the geological survey, to make study of
the geological phenomena presented by the
Cascade mountains
The Naval Register, just issued, shows that
the number of officers borne on the pay rolls
is 2, IA, and the number of sserviceable" ships
is thirty five, of which only one, the Tennes-
see, is accounted q first rate. Only twenty
pears that there are too many ships for officers.
And the ships we cannot brag Of.
The president recently appointed Samuel NJ
Smead postmaster at Fond du Lac, Wis, vice
George E. Sutherland, suspended upon an in
spector's report, showing that the postmaster
had paid to clerk employed in his Office, his
M SNFo o1.yt q
clerk in the postofice, when his services in the
postofice were only nominal and unnecessary.
There has been great pressure for the ap-
pointment of a minister to China from the
Pacific coast. Democrats from California and
Oregon have been urging most persistently
that the selection be made from that quarter
Tho impression prevails, however, that no
Californian will be appointed, on account of
the feeling of the people of the state toward
the Chinese.
COL Hunter Brooke Of Cincinnati, a clerk in
the adjutant generals Office, who died at tho
Was fifty-four years of age He served during
the late war with distinction on the STATS Of
Generals McCook, Rosccrans and Thomas
The members of the army Of the Cumberland
will take charge of the funeral arrangements.
Col Brooke enlisted as private in the Second
A1ulIoSOtd leBlA1ei1t duu iOSo idp1uly 10 u1Su
rank.
Howard Williams, who was appointed stew
ard of the executive mansion by President
Arthur, and his chief assistant were Motif ed
of their dismissal Williams is d colored man,
and was for number of years the valet Of
Senator Conkling 1t is understood that the
meals at the White House will hereafter be
prepared by an accomplished Irish cook, who
performed similar service for President Cleve-
land while he resided in Albany.
In letter to John Roach, Secretary Whit
ney says: You will, think, recognize that the
performances Of the Dolphin thus far impose
upon me the duty of exercising an unu sual
degree of caution. 1t is quite possible that
the difficulties encountered in the trial trips
may have been due to accident and temporary
causes, but you would not now expect her to
be accepted without your having an opportun-
lty to demonstrate beyond ali question the high
character of her work have understood you
to assent to the proposition; and while do
not understand you now to claim for her the
speed nor the horse power contemplated, you
do insist that so far as your part is concerned
the plans have been properly executed. have
given orders for a further trial on Thursday
the 18th prox In addition to this, I must ask
that she be put to q similar run at sea upon
each day as you may name. If deemed by you
too trying upon her new machinery, o speed
of twelve knots will answer the conditions
She should be loaded down to her lines, and
no expense of this latter trip will be borne by
the government IN case she il. accepted.