The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-08-06
From Washington,


ning's tariff circular. :. r st55
The president declines to modify his order
relative to the cattlemen OF the Indian Ter
ritory, and they will have to go. ;s#.s
{ Pastmasters commissioned:-D. Geiper
Burk, Iowa; Martha M. Bass, Inland, Iowa
P: c. Elliott. North Freedom, Wis. 4 $i.yias
Gen. Hazen asks That Sergeant Nc auran,
OF the signal corps at Pensacola, Fla, be
,court-martialed Tor refusing to receive q
'colored assistant. e535!! y5i.
Mai. Alex Shape; paymaster at Yankton,
Dak.,. is in Washington. having gone east
to ATTEND the funeral$of Gen. Grant who
was his brother-in-law. i.s,
The Hot Springs fArk.) Sentinel says that
Attorney General Garland will be made a
justice OF the federal supreme court il JUS
tice Bradley retires in November. s { ,t't
The president hns appointed Conrad Krez
81 Wisconsin, collector Of customs for the
district OF Milwaukee. Mr.. Krez lives at
Sheboygan, is a lawyer by profession and
has served several terms in the legislature.
Admiral Jouett, who has been in Central
American waters for some weeks, has been
ordered to collect the vessels OF the North
Atlantic squadron, and proceed with them
to the coast OF Maine. He is also ordered
to exercise the crews. AN q rs
Last year the cost Of maintaining the
government asylum for the insane in Wash
ington.was $3.50, 800. Under the new con
tracts Just made by the secretary OF the in
terror Tor the fiscal year beginning July / !,
1885, the supplies illcost sos, 245, show
ing net saving of $I4, 554. * 4 ~ tx
Postmasters commissioners: J, B, Lewis.
Hillsdale, Iowa; j C. Fox, Seymour, Iowa;
J. Shelby, Montgomery, MINI; j. c. Ora
ham, Good Thunder, late Good Thnnders-
ford, MINI; James NJ. Reyes Richland Cen
ter, Wis; William B. Gillespie, Traer, Iowa:
Sumner D. Chase, Usage, Iowa.
Commissioner OF Agriculture Colman does
not believe in the seed distribution system
of the bureau, and will advise in his report
that it be discontinued, as it is nc part OF
the governments business to furnish farm
ers with seed. He thinks the bureau might
as well furnish the farm machinery as seed.
The removal OF Special Treasury Agent q.
II. Parker, who was assigned to the duties
OF John Douglas, is final. The reasons given
at the treasury department are that Secre-
and more active man. Mr.. Parker is an
Iowa man, and was not us has been sup
posed, appointed as the successor of Doug
las. He was simply sent to do the work OF
that position when Douglas was removed.
Z One cabinet officer, in speaking OF CATTLE
men, has said that be has heard OF the jag-
sgressions. OF communists, but that he has
never before witnessed such aggressive au-
dacity as that shown by the organized cap
ital which has controlled affairs in Indian
Territory and laid claim to the public do
main. The city is full OF the attorneys OF
these people, but the proclamation as to,
the removal OF cattle is to be executed, and
it will be extended to the Cherokee strip.
N6o
Washington in a few days on his vacation,
Tho death Of Gen. Grant has made it nee
essary for him to change his programme.
He will not leave town for that purpose
until after the burial OF the ex-president
The amount due Gen. Grant as an officer
on the retired list OF the army, which will
be sent to Mrs. Grant by the treasury de-
partment, is a little less than one months
pay, ther, being no authority to allow pay
beyond the actual date OF his decease. A.
There is iubilation in Washington among
the colored people and the white friends Of
Roscoe Conkling, at the prospect OF his de-
hvering an GRAFTON in honor OF Gen. Grant
in the house ofrepresentatives. The choice
is hailed rs a most fitting one. When Blaine
stood four years ago and dwelt on the
character and life OF Garfield, his eloquent
foe, who fought him SO bitterly at Chicago
in 1880, Conkling will stand to praise the
virtues Of the man by whose candidacy he
defeated Mr.. Blaine at that time. The scene
win DO historic. sf5:l5 q
Gen. ohm B. Clark, the clerk OF the house
Of representatives, has designated and re-
qested the following named committee to
represent that body ut the funeral OF Gen.
Grant: Honorables John G. Carlisle, Ken
tucky; Samuel ]. Randall, Pennsylvania;
William K. Morrison, Illinois; J. Randolph
Thicker VIrp1nIos n n ~
sippi; Frank Hiscock, New York; Thomas
B. Reed, Maine; Thomas B. Brown, Ind
lana; Benjamin Butterworth, Ohio. These
gentlemen viii be requested by mail to meet
in New York city on the 18th Of August at
some hotel not yet determined upon. 5$5