The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-06-25
Ersse> Washington,


Edward Camphausen, consul at Naples,
| is a leading lawyer OF Erie, Pa.
w. w. Carter, collector ofinternal revenue
| for the South Indiana district, has resign.
| ed.
Postmaster General Villas says the presi-
dent wants to let the postmasters down
easy.
George w. Savage of New Jersey, consul
to Belfast, is resident and prominent law.
yer of Rahwayn.
1t is said that the naval hoaf7, will not
recommend either the acceptance or reec-
ton of the Dolphin.
The president will not 60 to the Soldiers
home at all, but will try to stand the
weather in the White House.
The ordnance bureau of the navy depart-
ment has received nearly all the forgings
necessary for the completion of the eight
inch guns for the new cruise,~,
The tontrel,e. OF the currency has ap-
pointed Benjamin S. w. Clark and Samuel
Il. Taylor to be national bank examiners,
and has assigned the former to duty in New
York and the latter to duty in Indiana.
Judge Durham, first controller OF the
treasury. has approved the action of First
Auditor Chenowith in refusing to pass GER
tain accounts OF Mr.. Loring, late commits
sioner of agriculture, for the purchase of
seed amounting to $50, 800.
The Washington monument has cost in
materials and labor S1.3OO,OOO, and there
are not wanting engineers who say that
* hat no
dations will, within half-century, be ground
to powder under the tremendous weight OF
10000 tons OF stone they bear.
Commissioner Colman summoned to his
Office the entire force OF the statistical
bureau of the agricultural department,
numbering twenty-one persons of both
sexes, and announced that there would re-
main no money to pay their salaries after
the 2Ot,l inst. They were ali furloughed,
without pay, from the Goth inst. until the
let 81 July.
The following is an extract from dis
patch received at the state department from
United States Consul Haughwout, at Ma
pies, in regard to the importation of old
rags: feel that such importations are not
free from danger, and especially so when
that merchandise can be traced coming
rags are stored in those quarters where the
cholera was most severe last year.
The president has appointed the follow.
ing: Collector OF customs-John A. Rich
ardson, district OF Pamlico, N. c.; William
F! Rowland, district of Beaufort, N. c.;
William l.. Bancroft, district of Port Huron,
Mich, A. l.. King receiver ofpublic moneys
at Harrison, Ark. Israel Lawton, superin-
tendent OF the San Francisco mint, succeed.
ing E. F. Burton. Lawton is a native of
Albany, N. Y, and formerly surrogate OF
Albany county. He went to California
fourteen years ago. He was not candi-
date.
The president has appointed the following
named presidential postmasters: With.
H. McHgar, at Cambridge, Ohio, vice D. D.
Taylor, suspended; William j. Whipple, Wi
mona, Mimi, vice Daniel Sinclair, suspended:
Charles o. McCreedy, at Ballston, N. Y,
vice E. /. Crosse, suspended Daniel w. Krui-
sher, at North Manchester, Ind, vice Shelby
Sexton, suspended; Ker Beyce, at Augusta,
Ga, vice w. F. Holden, suspended; Robert
P. Menefee, at Bozeman, Mont, vice E. C.
Anderson, suspended; Barren S. Wassen, at
Laporte, Iowa, vice : r. Stebbins, suspend.
ed. The postmasters at Winona, Mimi,
Osceola, Iowa, and Laporte City, Iowa,
North Manchester, Ind, Cambridge, Ohio,
Augusta Ga, and Ballstown, N. Y, were
suspended upon proofs of acts of partisan
ship while in Office. Their acts were of va
rious kinds. Some were editors as well as
postmasters, and their newspapers, in some
cases since as well as before the election,
had contained scurrilous and indecent at
tacks upon the officers OF the government
as well as malignancy OF political feeling
toward their adversaries generally.