The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-19
Washington (SOSSiD.

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.
Z. Tubbs, suspended.
William +. Smith. recently app ointed
assistant secretary OF the treasury, qualiti-
ed at the department.
Assistant Attorney General Simons was
dismissed by Attorney General Garla nd
and a 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, E. w. Caldwell; Buxton, Oak. T. H.
WooIdey; Big Timber, Mont, 0. 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 controversy, has
been turned over to the navy department,
and now it is 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 ap-
praiser OF merchandise district of New
Orleans; Samuel J. Tilden, Jr, collector of
internal revenue Fifteenth district of New
York, vice James 5. Smart. suspended.
The president has appointed Gen. Joseph
J. Bartlett, New York city, sec cond deputy
commissioner OF pensions, in place of Lew
is c. Bartlett, resigned on account of ill
health; and William H. Morgan of Nash
VILE Tenn, member OF the board oflndian
commissioners, in place OF Orange Judd, re-
signed. Gen. Bartlett served with distinc-
tion 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 a number OF changes made
by President Cleveland, is as follows:
President, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk; secreta-
ry, Gen. Elisha Whittlesy; A. K. Smiley;
New York; NJ. E. Gates, New Jersey;
w. S. Lyman, Rev. L. Abbott, T..
Brooks, John Chandler New York; Nc
Kinney, Connecticut.
Secretary Lamar overruled 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 velGoations. The law re-
commissioner holds that there must be
$500 worth OF improvements at each loca-
tion. Mr.. Lamar says that ii the aggregate
OF all the improvements Is $500, that is
all the law asks.
First Assistant Postmaster General Stew
enson discharged two offensive partisans
recently. One is Mormon, who has four
wives and seventeen daughters. and under
the Edmunds act man cannot hold Office
II, -
postmaster at Colington, Prince George
county, Md. 1t is charged that on election
day this postmaster. who is Il republican,
enticcd Il large number OF democratic yOt-
ers into the store and furnished them with
liquor keeping them from voting. This
was considered good cause for removal.
The president made the following 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 pension
agent at Detroit Mich. vice Samuel Post,
suspended: Don Carlos Buell., pension agent
at Louisville, Ky; John b. McLane. Ore
gon, agent for the Indians OF Grande Ronde
agency, Or. Leverett Saltonstall, appoint
ed collector OF customs at Boston, ,is a grad
uate of Harvard university and d lawyer
by profession, but for soine years has not
been engaged in active practice. He has
been a Democrat since the disruption OF the
Whig 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 conven-
tions. In 1876 he was one of Mr.. Tilden's
most trusted advisors, and his speech in
that campaign was circulated by the Demo-
cratic national committee. When the con-
test in Florida arose after the election, he
was selected as one OF the visiting states
I'm Mr NJ Spt tpr afu i'm hat
state. He recently declined civil service
commissionship rendered him by the presi-
dent. Don Carlos Buell., pensi on agent at
Louisville, is the most noted Union general
of the late war, who organized and for a long
time commanded the Army of the Ohio.
Since the war he has been engaged in busi-
ness in Kentucky.