Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-18
WASHINGTON INTELLIGENCE.
New scheme Whereby Fourth-class Post
masters Increase their Salaries.

Sol har Ep ri
masters Increase their Salaries.
wAsurvcrov Sent 15.-postmaster T.
w Hoo, of Ellsworth Mass has been
rocon,mend.d for ramov,1 for mailing cir.
cul,rs at his office that shoull hnve hean
,noiled at Rn.tor E,urth.cl,s. nn.tmos-
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.erS are paul st'i'ile9 o"sc' upon 'i'e nun
per OF stamps cancelled AT thelr olnces
The practice is believed to prevail to
great extent. The inspectors investiga-
tious b,,, ,o,.o,l,d tbo f,ct tbot tbora ,r.
nnrsons in inroyn citie. ,vho ,nnisa II 81 bnsi
p If iU', W ldroi, ,ant
nnnntitias If cirrI1Iors fnr firms frea IF
cost unon the nnvment of one cent hostage
upon each circular. They take these cir
cuIars TO small village postoflice and
stlpulate with lhe postmaster Tor Il share
III ms COMMISSIONS ana lhlS Slare IT seellS
iucratIye There is said to he no statute
under which such persons can be punish
ed' ana 1t Is probable That he attention OF
Eon;le'H VII DC cailt,i 10 inc nee" ol ie@
Wv,
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ASH! N"l"N' 3ePt' lo.-r f9U comp
.Io'Iel 'uln"lH Nus M!It'en letter W
MeNSI9' 7He'l'p'iSer u H9o'i anu ralh
W. ilacNet'' a'torHeNS' explaining ms
poSlioh III re-trd 10 U"c court vi commas
sloher' ol Uhe AH'paiilt Chains IN reply 10
receHt leuler from uhehl' Nl'er giving
history ol lhe orSail|a'loh ol the court ne
quotes from the "cu ol congress creating
the urIo"l'l' 10 Sho" tii'lt I'ie oillcers Oh
the . CoulI we're l!lllItu. ne mus on IN
in tLt1 ,nlnIny If tnn cn,,,t ,lI ta,,i,,,,,, -
receive stated salaries, for the empoyment
of whom no authorization was made or in.
tended by Congress. He CONSTITUTES the
term "incidental expenses" in the act to
mean repairs. gaS. towels. postage
stamps. etc, and it cannot be Justly con
Strued, he saws, to mean the employment
of Il large and unnecessary clerical force.
r,,o .,,,,.,.s ,,,. Min, ,...
e s,'.. W. ,"', -" JUS
Large o"iPnie"' vi hui'i"h-9ui' Z" DC
instituted Against eh-o"mmissioh-
r"f Agriculture Loring.
WAsIINGTON. Sent. 16.--Iieut Com
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1i'''.5 ... 80 ,, IUn'' ~ I'M
n.,I,' w. ,..' '' - {, We
cit1,o Alaska Auou.t "a ra,o,+. tI,at
e;rco r,,l,,ot tho .bin had vi itod rIon,o,,,
yy-r,,,,roI Shor,,,, Trn,on,nd E-iIIi.,,a'
,,aI,i,7,, Shout stn,,., ~ o,nI ,,i,,a, a,,,,
drri,,rr tho Eva ,r,nr,or ,.isitad ,,l,,,.,,, ~
80 -, iva" y an
'l' principal NIllaSeS III southeastern
Alaska. The mining interest has re
ceived great impetus by the success of
tho mill an Don,I,ss island Tha fr.+
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-, 'P''ie"' vi "'ii,o'i was iii""e III july
alter twenty-five days work, and he was
informed that St5, 600 worth of bullion was
shipped to San francisco. 1t is estimated
(hat loOo Indians were congregated at
Jnncoh! having come IRON almost every
ed ~ , I'a icy MonM
muInted a rood deal of mGuev wLirh thav
seemed to keep Four of the miners who
were taken 10y the Pinta in MAY to Chiloot
To 20 to the Yukon river had returned.
They reported that us far as they went
they found nothing to pay. The .Iuro
river mines had not turned out as EXPECT
ed though IL few miners were at work
still Some quartz mining was going ON at
Silver bay MANY pruspectors were ont