The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-14
WASHINGTON DOINGS
Some Good Suggestions in Re-
gard to Military Matters.
Silver---No Information
In Regard to the German
American Expulsions.

WASHINGTON, November lathe Post
master General to-day appointed thefollow-
ing fourth-class postmasters. California,
Iat Compton, A. p. Bently; Descanso, John
A. Combs; Compos, Francis M. Riley.
MILITARY INSTRUCTION.
INSPECTOR General Davis. in his annual
Irepoft says: General Davis recommends
the assembling of all field batteries for a
school of theoretical and practical instruc-
Ftion. The purchase of cavalry horses dur
ing the past year has been attended with
delay and difficulty. Suitable horses are
not easily obtained. It is suggested that .
Ecavalry school be established for thorough
instruction in this arm. He says it would
be advantageous for the Government to
have a stud for breeding, to a limited ex.
tent, horses Of the best strain. shape and
Evigor, which should be the standard cav
AIRY horse. This would encourage
to breed = better class OF
horses. The law requiring the purchase
of all supplies after public advertisements
are condemned, and instances are cited
where the advertisement cost more than
the supplies purchased under 1t. The con-
Of military posts into much a
smaller number, with a corresponding In.
crease Of g%arrisons, il strongly recon-
mended.
GOT DAMAGE AND PAID H COSTS.
The jury in the Ease Of Rev. DR.. Hicks,
spiritual adviser OF the assassin Giteau,
the Evening Star Company, fol-
$35, 900 damages for alleged libel in the
publication of a statement that Hicks had
negotiated for the transfer Of Guiteau'e
bones to q medical museum for 81, 200, rem.
Fdered q verdict to-day for the plaintiff OF
En>u+ domo0oa
/ EATON SPEAKS.
Hon. Dorman B. Eaton, of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, being asked it he had any
bthin9 to sry concerning an interview in q
washington paper this morning, which rep
resented Commissioner Edgerton as stating
THAT the Commission vas unanimous in re
lizard to the weighers' examination at New
York, and that the Commissioners would
Esoon issue an explanation setting forth thu
reasons for such action, replied that the in
iterview us reported did justice to the an
[euaee OF the Commission. The matters te
be determined in re erence to the examina'
zion were particular and should not be re
garded as q precedent Tor other cases: n.
Lsaid he had the utmost confidence in thu
Eourposes of the new Commissioners and O
1.-The President to enforce the Civil Service
Iact and rules in their true spirit, and Will
lsnsrgy and success. He did aot think that
any further explanation was necessary, ane
Itwould be made, and declined to say any
tthing further concerning the matter.
L NAVY ESTIMATES.
u Commodore Montgomery Sicard, Chief o
1.-THE Bureau of Ordnance Of the Navy. sub
Units the estimate of the expenses for tn
next fiscal year at $3,468,8 42.
II SILVER PURCHASES.
The Treasury Department has this weel
purchased $40, 900 ounces OF silver Tor de
livery at the Philadelphia and New Orleans
mints.
n THE GERMAN Explosions.
The State Department officials say they
! have no information relative to the expul
sion Of German-American citizens iron
Prussia, which is referred to in the cabl'
dispatches. Secretary Bayard says tina,
our Minister at Berlin is instructed to watch
ill such cases with great care, and in cas-
there should be any violation OF the treaty
to advise our Government at once b. cable