River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FROM WASHINGTON


S S Cox sticks to the Turkish mission.
Mai. Mclaughlin has Withdrawn his spplica-
ton for an Indian inspectorship.
Anton Klaus of jamestown is in Washington,
and called on the president and his old friend
Col Villas, recently
Ex-senator Tepton Of Nebraska is an appli-
cant for the receivership OF the Bloomington
(Neb. } land Office.
The president has appointed board of Off
GERS to report on the Notifications and defense
of the United States.
Mormon delegation laid their grievances
before the president, and were assured that
the Edmunds law should be impartially admin
istered
Many senate employees will be dismissed in
July, by the sergeant-at-arms, acting under
the direction of Mr. Allison, chairman of the
senate committee on retrenchment
The little church in Washington, where
President Garfield worshiped, was sold to
lumber dealer the other day, to be broken up.
The dealer paid $3.50 for the editice.
The president has intlmated that he intends
TO remove all the territorial officials who are
Objectionable to the people whom they govern.
b. Platt Carpenter of Montana is said to stand
Oh slippery SfOuHd
1t is stated that, as a favor to his father
Walker Blaine is to be allowed to retain his
place as assistant counsel for the government
before the court Of Alabama claims until the ex-
piration of the courts life in December next
Democratic members of the Iowa congress
sional delegation assert that the president has
decided to revoke the commission issued to
Christopher L. Williams, making HIM marshal
of the Southern district of Iowa, and appoint
Campbell in his stead.
In the Smith court of inquiry recently @. N.
Young, of W. J. Young & Co. of New York, who
furnished butter for the Greedy relief expedi-
ton, testified that the firm had paid George b.
GoffOf Washington eight cents per pound for
securing the contract for them.
Richard Nevins, Jr., returned to Pittsburg,
with his commission as superintendent of con-
struction on the Pittsburg postoffice. The APP
pointment was made on the accommodation
of Mr. Randall and Gov Curtin. The removal
of Malone, his predecessor, is on the broad
ground that he was an offensive partisan.
Col. Richard Root, United States marshal for
the Southern district of Iowa, has resigned his
position because he %believes the Democrats
should nave the spoils," and that Cleveland
may rule over this great nation successfully
for four years, and that at the end of your
term good sound Republican may be elected
to take your place.
Carey T. Pope was appointed by the presi-
dent postmaster OF Hillsboro, Ohio vice ].
Patterson, suspended. The change was made
upon the inspectors reports showing shortages
in Pattersons accounts on two or three differ
ent occasions which, although Immediately
made good, were violation of duty; and pur-
suanee of the policy of the administration de-
manded his removal, which was also recon-
mended by the inspector.
Secretary Lamar appointed the following
special agents of the bureau oflabor: Charles
b. Judd, Colorado; Jonas Libby, New York r. L.
Gould, Maryland Henry G. Wilson, New Jersey;
William H. Henson, New Hampshire; James
Reed, Massachusetts,; arthur B. Woodford,
Connecticut; J. Il. Groves, Delaware; H. l.
Johnson and Gregor Fox, Pennsylvania;
Charles L. Gillian and William s. Maudbv,
Ohio; Ringgold W. Browning, Maryland;
William O. Trenholm, South Carolina Henry
Newman, Missouri; Henry Jones, Georgia,
and Silenus o. Ward, New York. These were
selected without regard to their political faith
or views on economic questions.