Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-12
RECENT APPOINTMENTS.

The following named postmasters were
appointed by the president on the 7th,
George Wise. at Hamburg, Iowa, vice c. c.
Colbough suspended; Edward B. Miller, at
Pierre, D. T., vice s. M. Land suspended; :;
Henry C. Hunt, at Reedsburg, Wis, vice
John Kellog suspended; Chester H. Bur-
roughs, at La Crosse, Wis, vice b. 1. Bry-
ant suspended; c. D. Fem, at Nevada,
Iowa, vice Theo. J. Ross suspended; Fran
cis J. Horton at Glendale, Oak, vice A. G.
Timer, Office became presidential April /,
1885; Cornelius Carr, at Woonsocket, u. r.,
vice A, H. Tyner, Office became vacant
April ], 1885; J. A. Mantry, at Mound City,
Kan, vice I. J. Evesat, office became presi
Dental July l, 1885; Frank W. Try, at Pear
son, Kan, vice s. A. Fletcher resigned;
James L. Gilliland, at Washuo, Ia, vice J.
F. Grave, suspended. Thasfollowing is Of
fetal and is to day appe1ded to the book
containing the list of postmasters appoint
pointed at the presidential offices since the
adjournment of the senate: The suspen-
sions in the foregoing cases were, with two
exceptions, made for partisansnip. Thetwo
were made upon reports of inspectors show
! ing bad management Of the offices by in
cumbents. The president has not consid
cred all the cases of presidential postmas
ters which have been made ready and pre-
sented to his attention. He has made 467
appointments, of which 274, we're to vacan-
cies caused by expiration of terms or resig-
nation, and 1913 in pace of suspended Off
GERS.
In Dakota the following postmasters
have been made: Reynolds, B. F. Lavally,
vice Reynolds resigned; Buffalo, R. A.
Goodsell, vice Wilder resigned; Cavalier,
A. Vassail, vice Bechlet resigned Roscoe,
+. L. Sutley, vice Sims, removed; North
wood, A. Jenson, vice Houghen, removed;
Thompson, j. c. Jorge, vice Mcdonald, re-
moved; Dunsieth, P. F. Metler, vice Gil
bert, removed; Minnewaukon, T. E. Ma
ther, vice Ware, removed; Cummings, NJ.
Meeker, vice Wilbur, removed; Ojata, G.
E. Bates, vice Hutchinson, removed; Sisse-
ton Agency, H. B. Fay, vice Mann, failed
to qualify.
Among the presidential postmasters ap-
pointed on the 9th. were j. E. Jones, Por-
tage, Wis, vice Brewer declined; and N.
White, Maple Island, Mimi, vice Markell,
who has left the place. R. Hitchcock,
Tomah, Wis, vice H. s. Beardsley, re-
signed.
John r. Gill has been appointed post
master at Wilson, Winona county, Minn.,
vice Thomas Donaldson, and Wilhelmins
M. Dickman at Brennan, Wabasha county,
vice August Newman, resigned.
J. D. Putnam has been elected mayor of
River Falls, Wis, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of DR.. Andrews. J.
W. Bradshaw was his contestant, but Put
nam had 81 majority.
The New Richmond, Wis, city council
has awarded the contract for a bridge over
Willow River, to Fl. E. Horton & co. Of
Rochester, Mimi, for S, $50.
Joseph Warren of Sparta, Wis, has
been appointed collector of internal
revenue for the 10th, Wisconsin district.
The president has appointed W. l. Hall
postmaster at Beloit, Wis, in place of
Chalmers Ingersoll, suspended.
Walter r. Daily, has been appointed post
master at Antig, Wis, vice Henry Smith,
suspended.