The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-07
From Washington.

There is a heavy demand from business
men and manufacturers for Secretary Man
ning's tariff circular.
The presidcntdcclincs to modify his order
relative to the cattlemen of the Indian Ter
ritory, and they will have to 20.
Pastmastcrs commissioned:-D. Geiger
Burk, Iowa; Martha NJ. Bass, Inland, Iowa
= {. Elliott, North Freedom, Wis.
Gen. Htzen asks that Sergeant McGauran,
OF the signal corps at Pensacola, Fla. be
conrt-martialed for refusing TO receive a
co!ored assistant.
tlal. Alex Shape, paymnster at Yankton,
OAK, Is IN Washington. having gone east
to attend the funeral oil Gen. Grant who
was his brother.iu-Iaw
The lot Springs Ark Sentinels saws that
Attorney General Garland will be made a
justice oi the federal supreme court if jus
tice Bradley retires in November.
The president has appointed Conrad Krez
oil Wisconsin. collector OF customs for the
district OF Milwaukee. Mr.. krez lives at
Shehoygan, is a lawyer by profession and
has served several terms in the legislature.
Admiral Jouett, who has been in Central
American waters for some weeks, has been
ordered TO collect the vessels OF the North
Atlantic squadron. and proceed with them
to the coast OF Maine. He is also ordered
to exercise the crews.
Last year the cost OF maintaining the
government asylum for the i~nsancin Wash
ington was Sl2O.S uo. Under the new con
tracts just made by the secretary OF the in
terror Tor the fiscal wear beginning July /,
1850, the supplies willcost Slo9, 245. show
ing Il net saving of Sll,554.
Postinasters commissioned: j.. r. Lewis,
Hillsdale, Iowa; &c. Fox, Seymour. Iowa;
J, Sheehy, Montgomery, Mimi; j. c.. Gra-
ham, Good Thunder. late Good Thunders-
ford, Mimi; James NJ. Reyes. Richland Cen
ter, Wis; William Is. Gillespie, Traer, Iowa:
Sumner Is. Chase, Usage, Iowa.
COMMISSIONS OF Agriculture Colman does
not believe in the seed distribution system
OF the bureau, and will advise in his report
that it be discontinued, rs it is no part OF
the governments business to furnish farm
ers with seed. He thinks the bureau might
as well furnish the farm machinery as seed.
The removalof Special Treasury AcentG.
ii. Parker, who WAS assigned to the duties
OF j Ohm Douglas, is final. The reasons given
at the treasury department are that Secre-
tary Manning desired theplacefor younger
and more active man. Mr.. Parker is an
Iowa man, and was not. as has been sup
posed, appointed as the successor of Doug
las. lie was simply sent to do the work OF
that position when Douglas was removed.
One cabinet officer. i'll speaking OF cattle
men, has said that he has heard OF the ag-
gressions OF communists. but that he has
never before witnessed such aggressive au-
daclty as that shown by the organized cap
ltal which has controlled affairs in indian
Territory and laid claim 10 the public do
main. The city is full OF the ATTORNEYS OF
these people, but the proclamation as to
the removal OF cattle is to he Executed, and
it viii be extended to the Cherokee strip.
The president contemplated leaving
Washington in q few days on his vacation.
The death OF Gen. Grant has made it nee
sssary for him to change his programme.
He will not leave town for that purpose
until after the burial OF the ex-president.
The amount due Gen. Grant as an officer
on the retired list Of the army. which will
be sent To Mrs. Grant by the treasury de.
parthicnt, is II little less than one months
pay, there being no authority To allow pay
beyond the actual date of his dcrcase.
There is jubilstion in Washington among
the colored people and the white friends OF
Roscoe Coniiling, ut the prospect OF his de-
llvering an Grafton in honor OF Gen. Grant
III the house Representatives. The choice
is hailed as II most fitting one. When Blaine
stood four years ago and awelt on the
character and life of Garfield, his eloquent
foe. whoiought him so bitterly at Chicago
in 1880, Coullling will stand to praise the
virtues OF the man by whose candidacy he
defeated Mr.. Blaine at thattime. The scene
will bc historic.
Gen. John b. Clark. the clerk OF thehousc
OF representatives., has designated and re-
qcsted the following named committee to
represent that body at the funeral OF Gen.
Grant; Honorables John G.. Carlisle, Ken
lucky; Samuel j. Randall, Pennsylvania;
William K. Morrison, Illinois; j. Randolph
Thicker, Virginia; q. K. Singleton, Missis-
sippi; Frank Hiscock, New York; Thomas