The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-09
From Washington.

Thirtv-fve thousand dollars has been
sent from Washington to the governor oi
Dakota for the semi-decennia census.
1t is estimated that there has been a de-
crease of about $l2. 600, 900 IN the public
debt during September. The payments on
account of pensions during the month were
about 81, 000, 600.
TT. Mackey, Gen. Hazcu's counsel before
the recent court martial trial, which tried
him for his responsibility in the fate OF the
Greedy expedition, has published an octave
volume defending Gen. HaZeu, and giving
the arguments before the court together
with all the evidence.
Major Burke. OF the New Orleans Times
Democrat, has been TO Washington to get
the government to survey the territory IN
Louisiana where extensive deposits OF iron
have been discovered. The iron is brown
hematite, yielding 40 to so per cent ofpure
metal without sulpher.
Owing to an errorin the record, Brig. Gen.
John Newton, chief OF engineers, has had a
narrow escape from premature retirement.
According to the war department record,
Gen. Newton would reach the age July /,
1886, but he disputed the record, and
claims to have been born on Aug. "a, 1928,
and sustained his claim.
II appears that the president was influ-
enCed by the arguments offered by the Sab
bath association in their call upon him the
other day, for the order requiring messen-
gers of the special delivery service to be on
duty on Sunday, was revoked, II post
masters instructed that the service will be
confined to six days in the week.
1t is understood that a request was sent
by Secretary Lamar to Attorney General
Garland that suits be brought at once
against the Montana Improvement COM
pany to recover indemnity for timber cut
and manufactured from the public domain.
The Importance OF this case may be judged
by the fact that Eddy, Hammond Co.. EN-
ploy upwards of 3 1000 men in cutting tim
Der.
The president is now varying his daily
recreation by taking walks instead of rid
ing every evening as formerly, He enjoys
walking, and has spent a good deal of time
on foot out of doors lately. His life in
other respects continues uneventful, and he
walks a greater number OF hours and de-
votes less time to social and other recrea-
tions than any president We have had for
many years. -
Gen. Sheridan has drafted a careful and
elaborate protest to the secretary of war,
in which the history OF the whole business
of detailing the staff officers from the be-
ginning of the government has been gone
over. The general claims that the duties
OF his Office are such as to make it impor-
tant that he should be left wholly un.
tramelled in the choice of staff officers.
The presidents furnished during the Rebel
lion are uniformly on the side OF Gen.
Sheridan.
Owing to the designations among Dakota
postmasters, the following appointments
were reported: Paul, A. j. Weed, vice j.
A. Weed; Mapes, III. X. S~tearns, vice John
son; Kandiotta, John Manton, vice Camp
bell; Acton, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, vice Cir
ard; Conklin, james Heath, vice Crosby;
Crystal Springs, J.. S. Smith, vice White;
Gardner, William II. Sawtell, vice Byerly;
Lakeview, George +. Weaver, vice Baug-
ham; Wardell, j. p. Ashley, vice Robinson;
kelso, George III. 4. Johnson, vice Conant;
Helena, Adolphus G. Lindsay. vice Fiero,
resigned; Hamlin, Daniel Thorton, vice
Blythe, failed to qualify.