Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-04
CHANGES IN THE OFFICES.
Appointments by the President. Etc

The President to-day made the following ap-
pointmeDts:-Herbert Foote Beecher, to be col
iector of customs for the district Of Puget
Sound. in the state of Oregon and Territory Of
Washington; Archibald S. Killman, to be col
lector of internal revenue for the district of Ne
vada; Baker p. Lee to be collector of customs for
the district of Yorktown, Va.
He also commissioned the following postmas
r tsrs:-A ndrew Border, at Sparta. MS; Willie E
town, n. Y: Chas. E. Weeks at Jamestown, n
Y; Samuel NJ Smead, at Fond du Lac, Wis
Kackey cis " a. aIes, Wesos m lemon f hex. James; T.
at Newport, N. H.; Chas. w. Webb, at Ander-
son c. a., S. c.; Mrs. Mary II. S. Long, at Char
Herbert F. Beecher, who was to-day appointed
collector OF customs for the Puget Sound dis
tr1ct, Is son of Henry Ward Beecher, who
pointment, nor would he allow any member OF
ms family to make any effort to secure 1t. The
President was informed by outside parties OF
young Beecher's desire to secure the office and
his fitness for it and appointed him. He is
resident of Port Townsend and IS captain and
part owner of a steamboat which plies on
Puget Sound. His vocation compelled him to
be away from home a great portion of the time,
and the exposure affected his health, making
him desirous of changing his mode of life.
LIE Lee who was appointed collector Of Gus
the second congressional district of Virginia at
the last election. He is resident of Hampton,
General Goode.
ASoiuChl mas dnpolueu feheN,
OF Boise City, Idaho, to be register of the land
office at Boise City, Idaho, vice Edward L.
Curtis, resigned.
Darius A. Ogden, of Penn Yam, n Y, has
been appointed chief of division in the third
auditors office of the Treasury.
James Wooden, the colored watchman at
the Treasury department, who got frightened
out OF his wits on the first night of his service,
has been dropped from the rolls, and James
Crump, who was formerly lieutenant OF the
watch, has been appointed i'm his place.
Mrs. X. r. Barnes was to-day promoted from
q 5000 10 81 900 clerkship IN the office of the
third auditor, Treasury department..
Capt. John Walters, the well-known wrecker
of Newport, r. l., has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the third life saving district
OF Rhode Island and Long Island. Capt.
Walters has an enviable record for saving life
while superintendent of a wIecking company
of New York.
Fourth-claSs Virginia postmasters were ap-
pointed to-day as follows: A. NJ. Brounley vice
F. de Bordenave resigned, at Franklin, South
ampton county; w. II. billiard, vice ]. c.
Painpin, resigned, Tye River depot, Nelson
county; I. S. Barnard, vice Elias Parsons, re-
signed, Magnolia, Nansemond county; Orville
Shields. vice $. X. Lawhorn, resigned, River
side; Kockbridge county; W. T. Burrow, vice
j. Fl. billiard, removed, Claremond, Surrey
county; James H. Bonney, vice s. F. Kellam
removed, Princess Anne c. H. Princess Anne
county; P. A. Cooke, vice A. p Bohanan, re-
moved, Snrry C.. H., Surry county; c. II. Cob
ron, vice w. B. Scott, who never took charge of
the office, Stuarts depot, Augusta county.