Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
THE d NEWS " SUMMARIZE |.
From Washington.


Gen. Gibbon was assigned to the depart.
| ment of the Columbia. ...s
Less than FIVE per cent OF federal office
holders have been changed SO far. 49,
Gen. McClernand is mentioned out in Hi
nois as having some show for the Chicago
| pension agency. s.s..,~,
Gen. Sheridan says the Cheyenne trouble
is caused by the encroachmemts ofcolonists
and cattlemen upon their territ Org.
Gov. Martin of Kansas sends Il strong ap-
peal to the secretary OF war urging hlm to
see that the Kansas borders are protected
against Indian raiders.
Young Holman, who made o spectacle OF
! himself on social occasion in Washington
| and was punished for it, goes on topo-
graphical survey near the scene OF the lndi-
an outbreak.
The president appointed the following
! postrnasters: IS. Stoy, al Butler, Ind,
vice Miss Ida Carpenter, suspended; Eh W
Brown, at Columbus City, Ind, vice J. W.
! Baker, suspended
| Surgeon General Hamilton, OF the marine
hospital service, says tina thus far there has
been but two cases OF yellow fever in New
! Orleans. The first, which occurred about a
month ago and proved fatal, and that OF a
child.
| Richard Nevins, an Ohio Democratic edi-
! tor, is the latest candidate for Public Prin'
| ter Rounds place who is sure OF success:
| Per contra, the president has assured
Rounds that he is satisfied with his conduct
OF the office.
Postmast commissioned: J. W. Sher-
+ man. Osceola, Iowa; S. f. Evans, Ottumwa,
Iowa; j. F. Burns, Dayton, Wyo. S. Weed,
Minnie, Iowa; E. G. Bennett. Kansasville,
| Wis; A. s. Clark, Osceolst Mills, Wis, NJ. 5.
Blanding St. Croix Falls, Wis.
Some time ago the chief postmaster in
spector received q communication accusing
! Postmaster Latham of Superior, Neb., OF
| having robbed the Bank OF Superior; and,
in charging the postmaster with the crime,
, he admitted his identity with the bank
burglary, and was Immediately suspended.
Attorney General Garland has given an
; opinion to the secretary OF the navy on the
question OF law involved in the controversy
with John Roach concerning the dispatch
boat Dolphin. Secretary Whitney, declines
at present to give the opinion to the press.
| 1t is understood, however, thatit is OF such
a character that the secretary will accept
the vessel.
r. III. Kelly OF st. Paul, received tele~
gram at Washington from General Manager
Cakes, OF the Northern Pacific, stating tina t
| the steamer Isabella, from China, would ar
rive in Tacoma about the Goth inst, skiing
that Mr.. Kelly apply to the secretary OF the
treasury for PERM ssion to have tllarge car
go of teas, on board the Isabella, shipped
over the Northern Pacific in bond. AS the
road is not bonded route, special permits
sion must be sought.
The following army orders have been is
sued: Post Chaplain NJ. Merrill, leave OF ab-
sence is extended three months. Lieut.. G. W.
Harold, Third artillery, leave for six
months on surgeons certificate Of disabili-
! ty. Brig Gen. John Gibbon, assigned by the
| president to the command OF the depart.
ment ci the Columbia, will proceed to the
headquarters at Van Couvers, Wash.
Brig. Gen. Miles having been relieved at the
department OF the Columbia, will report
for the command OF the department OF the
Missouri, and proceed to headquarters 1t
Fort Leavenworth. Lieut.. John stafford,
Eighth Infantry, leave extended one month.