The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

Ihf / TtSitleUu has referred charges made
against the recently appointed Postmaster
Jones, of Indianapolis, Ind, to the civil ser.
vice commission, and Commissioner Thoman
and Chief Examiner Lymon have gone to
Indianapolis to investigate the matter. 1t is
charged that Postmaster Jones violated the
civil service rules in discharging employees.
THE total values of the imports of mer-
chandlse during the twelve months ended
June 80, 1883, were $577, 4iG, $50, and during
the previous twelve months, SG67, G97 SOB. n
decrease of 500, 22J,S43. The values of the
exports of merchandise for the twelve months
ended June so, 1855, were Sal, 1913, 6S3, and
for the tweIve months ended June 30. 1854.
were sIiO,1l3,GJ9, an increase of 81, $50, 074.
ADDITIONAL appointments by the Presi-
dent: Anthony Eickhotf, of New York. to be
fifth auditor of the treasury: Conrad Krez,
OF W lSconsin, to be collector of customs for
the district OF Milwaukee, Wis; Samuel
Flower, assistant treasurer of the United
States at New Orleans; Truman H.. Allen. of
Oakland. Cal, to be pension agent at San
Francisco; Morris A. Thomas, of MARYLAND
and George X. Pearson, of Iowa, to be Indian
inspectors, and Jason Wheeler, OF OREGON.
70 be agent for the Indians of the
warm Springs agency. in Arizona;
TostInasterS-Charles W: Howe, Rochester,
y. h.. George W. Bell, Webster City, Iowa;
John +. Pyne, Ninton, Iowa; Ebenezer NJ.
Lockwood, Burlington, Kan.: William
Becker, Marysville, Kan. Henry +. STAY,
maker, Lancaster, Penn. c. c. Yongc, Jr.,
Pensacola, Fla. j. j. Shannon, Meridian, Miss. !;
:; Dew or Rochester, Mimi. F. l.. Thayer,
Waterville, Me. Nathaniel A. SWEET, Sacca-
rapha, Me. Alexander S. Halter, Wythe-
vile, Va; George D.. SANFORD, Grand Ha-
ven. Mich: Samuel S. Lucey, Marshall.
Mich. Dudley c. Brown, Brandon, Vt; ".
l.. Howard, Fair Haven, VT. Francis NJ.
Sitter, Albany, No. William Z. Black, Gal
latin, Mo.
TIM axaat np,p,,n - 1900 H.. n----t
Grant at his death, as general of the army,
was $500 80; his monthly pay was 81, 125, or
$3.50 per diem.
A WASHINGTON paper publishes a tabulated
statement showing that John Roach, the
shipbuilder who failed recently. since 1862
has received from the government for the re-
pair and construction o: vessels more than
$1,000, 900.
CoNsCLs appointed by the President: Al
cxander II. Shiplev of New Yerk at Auck-
Land; j. J.. McCaskill of Mississippi, at Duo
lin: Joseph F~alkanbach OF Ohio. at Barmen.
James Nheelan of New York, at Fort
Erie, Canada The President has also
decided to retain these United States
consuls on account of their excellent records:
J. II. Stewart, at Antwerp; II. j. Sprague
who has been at his post since 1919, at Glib.
%raltar; r. S, Clifton, at Goderich, Canada:
oscar Malmras, at Leith, England; William
thompson, at Southampton, England; X. J.
ptcNeis, AT lCoOfid. BRUSH COluUbia:
Philip Carroll, at Palermo, Italy; X. O. Will
Ilams consul g%eneral), at Havana; and c. c.
Ford commercial agent at Sagua la Grande.
JOHN C~ADwALADER has been appointed by
the President collector of customs in Phila-
delphia.
l.. SKINNER, of Baltimore, has
been disoarred from practice as an at aorney
before the interior department for extorting
illegal fees.
FIVE American steamship companies have
declined any longer to carry the United
States mails. PostInaster-G General Villas says
that these lines, probably under the
lead OF the Pacific Mail company,
entered into a combination appar.
emily to force tho distribution among
them of the 100000 appropriated by Con-
Sress for mileage compensation for carrying
the mails" lie says further that rrange,
ments have been made by which the public
Will sufter no inconvenience.
REFERRING TO the regrets that had been
expressed IN some quarters that General
Grant was not to be buried i'm his uniform,
with one OF his swords by his side, and to the
supposition that none OF his uniforms or
swords we're available for that purpose, be-
cause they were all turned over to the gov
eminent some months ago with his other
military relics, AdJutant General Drum said