The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

s. Braden has been appointed assayer at tn
ASSAY Office at Boise City, Idaho.
Secretary Manning has forbidden the reading
of newspapers during Office hours in the treas
ury department..
JR Ra;rd If e --ola, received his appoint
..,,4 -. :, rlntendent of the dead letter
oa:n|z .ehd Immediately assumed Office.
The selection of W. F. switzler of Columbia
che bureau Of statistics caused great surprise
Government clerks at Washington inves
&c, 600 every month in the Dauphin Louisians
lottery swindle They aim for the $75, COZ
prize and don't get 1t.
The comptroller of the currency appointed
Kent K. Hayden of Omaha to be national bank
examiner. He will be assigned to the district
of Kansas and Nebraska.
Cerro Gordo Williams, who was sorely disap
pointed when another man drew the Mexican
mission, is willing to call it even if the presi-
dent will accredit him to Rome
An effort is said to be making to secure the
the appointment of Col H. A. Morrow of the
Twenty first infantry, as judge advocate gen.
eral OF the army, vice Swain, to be bounced
Appointment Clerk Higgins has prepared a
list of 400 employees of the treasury below the
civil service grade and subject to dismissal.
Those whose names are on the list are in a
state of trepidation.
DR.: D. N. Horton has been appointed surgeon
in charge of the hospitals and medical service
in the Western divisions Of the Northern Pacif=
ic road, to succeed DR.. I. E. Cohn, resigned
The appointment wentinto effect May1
Gen Black has determined to relieve Miss Ada
Sweet at the close of the fiscal year: This fact
is known beyond all question. It is known
further that Gen. Black proposes to install
Mrs. Mulligan as Miss Sweets successor.
Consul General Van Buren left Japan on
Jan. %, on sick leave granted by ex-Secretary
Frelinghuysen, and sent his resignation on
April from San Francisco. His health is
seriously impaired by his long residence in
that country.
Indian Commissioner Atkins will make a
tour of several Indian agencies in the North
west this summer. Secretary Lamar is consid-
ering the idea of going with him. Mr.: Atkins
has gone oNew York to open bids for Indian
supplies He will buy 100000 pounds Of
There seems to be an organized effort making
to secure the appointment Of Col. H. A. Nor
row, OI Ll0 i Weuty 1ulduIiy, DIS JuuSo
advocate general of the army. This officer is
said to be alawyer as we'll as soldier, and has
a good war record, having been wounded
three times.
The president appointed the following pres
Dental postmasters among others: John R.
Parshal at Farlbault, Mimi, vice E. N. Leav-
ems, commission expired; Henry s. Howell,
Watertown, Wis, vice j. T. Moak, commission
expired; William Brown, at Lake Geneva,
Wis, vice Charles Noyes, resigned.
Prof Anderson, the newly appointed minis
ter to Denmarck, took leave of the scandina-
VANS of New York at the hotel Hungaria,
where q representative company of Danes
Norweg1ans and Swedes had gathered to bid
him God speed. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeesen
welcomed the new minister, end Prof Ander-
son replied.
A large black granite block, highly polished,
was landed at Castle Garden to be sent to
Washington to be placed at the base of the
monument 1t is gift of citizens of Wales,
letters on the face in Welsh is the following:
my Language My Country, My People.
Wales Forever!"
The president appointed Horatio B. Lowry
to be quartermaster in the United States ma
rine corps. with the rank of major, and Rich
ard S: Colum to be assistant quartermaster,
with the rank of captain. The secretary of
tho treasury appointed Thomas s. Farrow of
South Carolina and Alonzo B. Dickerson of
New Jersey to be chiefs of divisions in the
sixth auditors Office, vice William b. Gunni-
SON Of Maryland, and Thomas E. Woods of
Illinois, suspended
The rumored invasion of Oklahoma recent
ly by cattlemen has led to the determination by
Senators Dawes and Ingalls,, the subcommittee
Of the senate Indian committee appointed to
'aYestigate the le4se sy.tem 'a the Indian terrt-