Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Washington Gossip.

The Dolphin win receive her battery and
will be sent to join the North Atlantic
squadron in the gull.
The president appointed John A, Bar
don postmaster at Superior, Wis, vice 5.
Z. Tnbbs, suspended.
William Il. Smith, recently appointed
assistant secretary Of the treasury, quaiih.
cd at the department
Assistant Attorney General Simons was
dismissed by Attorney General Garla nd
and a man named Howard appointed in
his place.
Capt. Robert Mcdonald, Fifth infantry,
has been granted an extension of his sick
leave until May, 1886, and win spend the
winter in the South.
Postmasters appointed recently: Cor.
nell Oak, Osman Hutchins; Dempster,
OAK, II, w, Caldwell; Buxton, Oak, I. ii.
Woaldey; Big Timber, Mont, o. NJ. Hatch;
Piegan, Mont, =. NJ. Martin,
The steamer Dolphin, the dispatch boat
built by John Roach for the navy, about
which there has been a controversy, has
been turned over to the navy department.,
and now ID il a source OF contention as 60,
che selection OF the officers to command
her.
Col. Robert Vaughn Of Louisville Is an,
nounced as a candidate for clerk Of the
house OF representatives Tor the coming
session. He wasCalonel oithe Seventeenth
Kentucky Infantry, Unitei States army,
dupipg the war, and was n candidate
against Gen. Buell. for the Louisville pen
sion agency.
The president made the following ap.
pointments on the 10th. James Burns,
surveyor Of customs for the port Of Kan
Gas City, No.; Oscar Nnlelon, assistant an
praises III merchandise district OF New
Orleans; Samuel Y. Tiiden, Jr., collector Of
internal revenue Fifteenth district Of New
York, vice james 5, Smart, SUSPENDED.
The president has appointed Gen. Joseph
.. Bartlett, New York city, second deputy
commissioner OF pensions, In place OF Lew.
IL G.. Bartlett. resigned ON account OF i'll
health: and William H.. Morgan OF Nash
vile, Teun.. member OF the board ofIndian
commissioners, in place qI0range Judd, re-
signed, Gen Bartlett served With distine.
lion during the late war.
The growth af the business Of the money
order bureaus ~ the POSSIBILITIES department
has beea something remarkabie, and the
report for the last fiscal year shows shata
thoroughly popular institution IL haa he,
come. In 1866 there were 1855 offices, and
the aggregate value of the orders drawn
waa $4,000, 900. Last year there were
| 1885 offices asd the orders amounted to
$l20, 600, 600,
The second controeer OF the tre, Jury has
d~issallowed an item ofS29o in the accounts
OF Green u. Raurn, late brigadier general Of
volunteers, which amount he received as
the full pay and allowances as brigadier
general from March 2 10 March 81, 1885,
on the ground that while lac was nomina ted
aaa confirmed rs hrigadier general in Feb
| ruary hs dill not accept his commission or
report Tor duty a.til March 81.
The members OF The board oiTndian con.
n~iasIopers are IN the city, 10 prepare their
annual ssport. The board, as now con-
stituted. with u plumber Of changes made
by President Cleveland, y AZ follows;
President, Gen. Citation H. Flax secreta,
nv, Gen. Elisha WhittIesy; a. X, Smiley
New York: NJ. r.. Gates, New Jersey;
w. s, Lyman, Rev. l.. Abbott, II.
Brooks, John Chandler, New York; ] Me-
Kinney, Connecticut.
Secretary Lamar overruled a decision by
Commissioner sparks, which is OF import
ance to miners. The Goodhope Mining
company Of Stockton, Cal, has settled on
i6a acres miperal iapds under the mining
laws, and made fyelocations The law re-
quires $500 worth OF improvements The
commissioners holds that there musi b.
$500 worth OF improvements AZ each loca-
ton. Mr.. Lafnarsay that 1.-THE aggregate
OF all the improvements is $500, that Is
all the Law asks.
First Assistant Postmaster General Stew
suEon discharged two offensive partisans
recently One is q Mormon, who has four
wives and seyspteen daughters, and under
| tho Edmuuds act . nan cannot hold office
! who is a p~olygamisf. The other was a
westminster ~ Colbngton, Brinee George
county, Md. II Is chaeged that on election
day this postmaster, who IL u republican.
entiecd n large number OF democratic yOt-
ers into the store and furnished them with
liquor, keeping them from voting. This
vas considered good cause Tor removal.
The president naade the following appoint
ments on the Sth, Hon. Leverett Salton-
! stall, collector OF custumsa t boston, in the
place ~ Roland Worthington, remqyed;
Col. Robert MeKinstrey, TO be pep~oG
agent at Detroit, Mich: vice Samuel Poet,
suspended: Don Carlos Bnell, pension agent
at Louisville, KY; JokR Is. MeLane, Ore
gon, agent for the Indians oiGrunde Ronds
agency, Or. Leyerett S~altoustall, appoint
cd collector OF customs mt Boston, is a grad
nate Of Harvard university and a lawyer
by pgpfession, bat Tor some years has not
been ehgs 90 in active practice. lie has
been Il Democrat s.Hce The disruption OF the
Wing party and for many S&EEs has been
an active and influential msn.nes 81
the party in his state, repeatedly repr sent
tng ,f a. the Democratic national conven-
t3ons, ip ts7g he was one OF Mr., Tilden's
most trusted adytsoyg, and his speech In
that campaign as rircuts4Gd by the Demo
cratic national COMMITTEES, Nhlp the CON
test in Florida arose after the e%ieoiiGg, rs
was selected as one 81 the visiting states.
Inss 10 protect Mr.. Tilden'sinterests In that
state, ne recently declined a civil service
commissionsh,p s@Bderei him by the presi-
dent. Don Carlos Bueil, nsREiop agentat
Louisville, Is the most noted EHihn geaesal
ofthe late war, who organized and Tor o long
time commanded the Army OF the Ohio,
Since the war he has been engaged In bush
ness in Kentucky.