Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-20
Washington Gossip.

The Dolphin will receive her battery and
will be sent to join the North Atlantic
squadron in the gulf.
The president appointed John A. Bar
don postmaster at Superior, Wis, vice s.
Il. Tubbs, suspended.
William E. Smith, recently app ointed
assistant secretary OF the treasury, qualifi-
ed at the department.
Assistant Attorney General Simons WAS
dismissed by Attorney General Garla nd
and n 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 will spend the
winter in the South.
Postmasters appointed recently: Cor
nell, OAK, Osman Hutchins; Dempster,
Oak. F.. w. Caldwell; Buxton, Oak, T. II.
Wooldey; Big Timber, Mont, O. NJ Hatch;
Piegan, Mont, s. NJ. Martin.
The steamer Dolphin, the dispatch boat
built by John Roach for the navy, about
which there has been q controversy, has
been turned over to the navy department,
and now it liz a source OF contention as to
the selection OF the officers to command
her.
The president made the following ap-
pointments on the 10th. james Burns,
surveyor OF customs for the port OF Kan
sas City, Mo-; Oscar Valelon, assistant APP
praiser OF merchandise district of New
Orleans Samuel j. Tilden, Jr., collector Of
internal revenue Fifteenth district OF New
York, vice James S. Smart. su spended.
The president has appointed Gen. Joseph
j. Bartlett, New York city, second deputy
commissioner OF pensions, in place OF Lew
Is Z. Bartlett, resigned on account OF ill
health; and William H. Morgan OF Nash
vile, Tenn, member of the board ofIntlian
commissioners, in place of Orange Judd, re-
signed. Gen. Bartlett served with distinc-
ton during the late war.
The members OF the board ofIndian COM
missioners are in the city, to prepare their
annual report. The board, as now con-
stituted, with g. number OF changes made
by President Cleveland. is as folio VS.
President, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk; secreta-
~, Gen. Elisha Whittlesy; A. K. Smiley;
New York; NJ. E: Gates, New Jersey;
". s. Lyman, Rev. l.. Abbott, e.
Brooks, John Chandler, New York; j Nc
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
16O acres mineral lands under the mining
laws, and made fvelocations. The law re-
quires $500 worth of improvements The
commissioner holds that there must be
$500 worth Of improvements at each loca-
ton: Mr.. Lamar says that If the aggrega tie
OF all the improvements is $500, that is
all the law asks.
First Assistant Postmaster General Stew
enson discharged two offensive partis,lns
recently. One is Mormon, who has four
wives and seventeen daughters and under
the Edmunds act a man cannot hold office
who is a polygamist. The other was a
postmaster at Collington, Prince George
county, Md. 1t is charged that on election
day this postmaster, who is republican,
enticed large number OF democratic vot-
ers into the store and furnished them with
liquor, keeping them from voting. This
was considered good cause for removal.
The president made thefollowing appoint
ments on the 7th: Hon. Leverett Salton-
stall, collector OF custums at Boston, in the
place OF Roland Worthington, removed;
Col. Robert Mckinstrey, to be pc nsion
agent ut Detroit Mich; vice Samuel Post,
suspended; Don Carlos Bnel1, pension agent
at Louisville, KY; John Il. McLane. Ore
gon, agent for the Indians ofGrande Ronde
agency, Or. Leverett Saltonstall, appoint
ed collector OF customs at Boston,i lis a grad
Ae1V0 " AAdI S1ku uA1tSI6lGy HJlu d HW.ySr
by profession, but for some years has not
been engaged in active practice. He has
been Democrat since the disruption OF the
Wing party, and for many years has been
an active and influential member of
the party in his state, repeatedly repr sent
ing it in the Democratic national 5conven-
tions. In 1876 he was one OF Mr.. Tlden's
most trusted advisors, and his speech in
hat.campaign was circulated by the Demo
cratic NATIONAL committees. When the con-
test in Florida arose after the election, he
was selected as one of the visiting states
men to protect Mr.. Tilden's interests in that
state. He recently declined a civil service
con1missionship rendered him by the presi-
dent. Don Carlos Buell., pensi on agent at
Louisville, is the most no ted Union general
OF the late war, who organized and for q long
time commanded the Army OF the Ohio.
Since the war he has been engaged in bust
ness in Kentucky. Chill .,=s