The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
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CAPTAIN Couch, the leader of the Okla
homa boomers, has had an interview with
Secretary Lamar The secretary informed
him that the Oklahoma lands We're part of
the Indian Territory and reserved for the
Indians, and that their occupation by either
intending settlers or cattle men would not be
allowed.
FURTHER appointments of postmasters by
the Presidents John l.. Lindlev, at Ansonia.
Conn; Christian T. Georgia, at Unionville,
Conn; William b. Hall, at Wallngford,
Conn; DAME! b kirkley, at Camden S. C
Householder, at Noblesville, Ind; j. S.
Catherwood, at Hoopestown, H.; Alexander
Mckenna at Crookston, Mimi L. r. Debrav.
at Clyde, Kan. George H. Tracy, at Wilbur,
Neb
ADMIRAL JoUETT has telegraphed TO Sec
rotary Whitney from Aspinwall that trains
are again running across Panama and that
each passenger train accompanied as n
guard by fifty United States marines, with
rifles and howitzers. Colonel Haywood and
26o marines with two field pieces, are at
Panama
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL Villas has deter
mined to require applicants for positions as
postoffice inspectors to pass rigid physical
ana mental examination to show their fitness
before appointing them.
THE President has appointed Andrew j.
Gross United States marshal for Kentucky,
and Carlton Stout postmaster at Mclean. ~
Y, and j. X, Coifroth, at Somerset, Penn.
SENIOR DE PERAITA, the Costa Rican min
lister, has received the following telegram
from President Zaldivar, of Salvador, who
was in command of the army of that republic
at the battle of Chalchuapa which proved so
disastrous to the late General Barrios, presi-
dent of Guatemala: Peace with Central
America signed-a new triumph doing great
honor to Salvador"
SECRETARY BAYARD has written a letter
to New York colored man denying the pub
llshed charges that he was unfriendly to tn
colored people
stood that the policy of President Cleveand's
administrat. on with regard to appointments
to places in the Southern States that are now
held by colored Republicans will be not
to substitute white men for col
ored men, but TO replace incom.
petent or dishonest colored Republicans
by colored Democrats, who are worthy and
capable. In accordance, it is said with this
policy, the postmaster general has Just AZ
pointed Representative Tom Hamilton,
colored Democrat, of Beaufort, route agent
from Beaufort to Jacksonboro, S. c.
The President has made the following
further appointments w. II. Brinker, of
Warrensburg, Mo, TO be associate Justice of
the supreme court of New Mexico Thomas
w. Scott of Virginia, to be marshal for the
eastern district Of Virginia. Henry W. Hob
son, of Denver to be district attorney for
Colorado. To be consuls general: James NJ
Morgan, of South Carolina, for the British
colonies in Australasia, at Melbourne; Jacob
Mueller, of Ohio, at Frankfort-on-the-M Main
To be consuls: Charles w. Wagner, of Mis-
souri, at Toronto; Thomas r. WEIGH. of Ar
kansas at Hamilton, Ont. Francis Ii. Wig
fall, OF Maryland, at Leeds; Charles Jones,
of Wisconsin, at Prague; Richard Stockton,
of New Jersey, at Rotterdam:
William Slade of Ohio, at Brussels; j. Har,
vey Brigham, of Louisiana, at Paso del
Norte, Mexico; William j. Black, OF Della.