The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27
General and Personal,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-Commissions were to-
day issued for tho following Indiana postmast-
tiers: Emerson Blackmore, at Blaine; James Far
REL at Montgomery; Francis B. Moe. at Sidney.
The time schedule of the star mail route from
Mooresville to Quincy, Owen county, has been
ordered changed as follows, after the 3lst inst:
Leave Mooresvile on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at A. M; arrive at Quincy by P. NJ;
leave Quincy on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days at IL A. NJ; arrive at Mooresvile by P. M.
The schedule on the route from Kokomo to New
London, Howard county, has been changed as
follows: Leave Kokomo daily, except Sundays,
at 2:30 p M; arrive at New London by $50 P. NJ;
leave Lew London daily, except Sundays, at IA.
NJ; arrive at Kokomo by 10 A. M
Capt Archibald McGinnis, of indianapolis,
was to-day appointed special pension examiner
by civil-service examination, at salary of
81, 400 year and expenses Captain McGinnis
was clerk of Representative Matson's committee
in the last Congress, and has made many warm
friends during his two years stay here. He
was a gallant soldier under General Brady's
command, and his appointment is generally in
dorsed by Hoosiers here He stood the highest
civilservice examination of any man in the
class.
Senator Voorhees, and Representatives Mat
son, Kleiner, Lowry and Ward-all of the Indiana
delegation now here-were at the White House
this morning, and urged the appointment Of Mr.
Straughn, of Indianapolis to the surveyor
generalship of Idaho. He has good qualifica-
tons, it is said, and his prospects are hopeful.
Senator voorhees, intends going to New York
city about Wednesday next. He is advertised
to speak there in the campaign on Thursday
night
General Black, Commissioner of Pensions,
growing weary of Representative Homan's
dilly-dallying. and upon urgent request of hun
dreds of interested people, to-day ordered a
reorganization of the Lawrenceburg pension
board by the appointment of Drs. Miller Terrill
and Josephs. Petitions asking for the appoint
ment of these men have been pouring in for
weeks but Mr.. Holman objected to them con-
tinualiy.
This evenings Critic says that Senator Harri-
son has established winter quarters at the
Mordmont, on Iowa circle
Representative Matsoc has withdrawn his pro-
test against the appointment of Judge Buskrk
to a position on the board of appeals of the
Pension Bureau. Buskirk is Endorsed by Vice
president Hendricks.
The Issue or standard silver dollars during the
week ended Oct. "a was 9l6, 358. as compared
with GAO, 499 during the corresponding period of
last year The shipments of fractional silver
coin from Oct to Oct "a amounted to $7S5, 3O3
VIM. A French, of Garden City, Kan, has
been disbarred from practice as an attorney be-
fore the Interior Department
The Secretary of the Interior has made the
following appointments of special examiners in
the Pension Office. under the civil-service rules:
e. E. Clark. of Maryland; Travis F. Hensley of
Missouri; Thos. A. Stocksager of Kansas;
John H. Anthony, of Illinois; George p Smith,
of Kansas; E. d. GALLON, of Virginia; F. W. Ed
wards, of Illinois; j. f. Klumpf of Pennsyl-
vania; f. E. Browning of Illinois, and Howard
S. McCandless, of Virginia.
The argument on the application of the Globe
and Washington Telephone companies 20 have
the United States bring suit to vacate the Bell
telephone patents will be prepared by the Secre-
tary of the Interior on the 3lst inst.
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
Richard NJ. Johnson of Indiana, to be chief of a
division in the Sixth Auditors Office, in place of
Dir. Dickerson, transferred to the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to-day
appointed G. Jaeger of Gilmore, o., to be an
internal revenue agent, vice j. W. Phelps re-
signed