The Portland daily press., 1886-10-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Pensions Granted to Disabled Ex-
Soldiers in Maine.
Changes In the Postal Services in
this State.
A Reduction Of the Force in the Cow
eminent Printing office.
Pensions to Maine Disabled Soldier

Pensions to Maine Disabled Soldiers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The following pen
/ sions have been allowed to people in Maine
| TN. Daniels Belfast.
W. P, Bennett, Meddybembs.
A. z. Sherman. Wiscasset
| ]. O. Adams, Houlton.
j. Il. Currier. Cherryfeld.
| w. A Holan, South Windsor
G. w. Lamb Portland.
| j. W. C. Starblrd, Bangor.
| Dorcas S. White widow of s. s. White, Solon
T. W. Turney. PreSque Isle.
| B. s. Hodgton, Lewiston.
| Phelinda, widow of Jonathan Lewis, Clinton.
| Pensions were increased to the following
A. Merrill Phillips
| A. S. Cunningham Brooks.
j. HusSey, North Carmel.
| B. +. Smith, Whitneyyille
B. II. Butler, South Norridgewock
]. E. Pars0n, Ellsworth.
ID. King, Lewiston.
w. Weller, Bangor.
r. G.. Tibbetts, West Corinth.
j. Turner, North Haven.
J. W. Grindle, North Pane''scot
e. {. n. Hhatjii;lk CLARK, East Belmont.
@. w. Shores, East Corinth.
Postal Changes.
The following changes in the Maine postal
service have beens announced:
Postnedsters Commissioned
A. Cate, Dresden.
d. 5. Currier, Sargentville.
Change in Star Schedule
Route from Rockland to Foster Centre Leave
Rockland daily except Sunday at 10. 80 a.. m, or
on arrival of mail from Hope. Arrive at Foster
Centre in hour. Leave Foster Centre daily, ex-
eept Sunday at IL m. Arrive at Rockland at 1
p. m
The Postoffice Department has issued an
order increasing the mail service between
Centre Lincolnville to Belfast to three times
a week to take effect Oct. H.
Report from the Land office.
Commissioner Sparks, of the General
Land Office has submitted his report of op-
erations for the last fiscal year. The sales,
entries and selections of public land en-
brace 2,099,967 acres. Receipts from the
disposal of public lands were $7,412, 767. Of
the Indian lands there were 1,132,596 acres
disposed of, the receipts of which amounted
to $607, 729.
Veterans at the White House.
A portion of an excursion party of veter-
ans of the old 7th, 10th and 37th Massachu-
Setts regiments, from the vicinity of Spring
field, who have been visiting Gettysburg, ar
rived in the city last evening and spent to-
day walking about the city. The President
gave them special reception this afternoon.
This evening they left for Fredericksburg.
Forty More Heads.
Public Printer Benedict cut off the heads
of 40 more employees in the government
printing Office today. He will have to make
further reductions in order to bring his ex-
penditures down to his appropriations. Some
will be made on Monday.
Death Of George w. Adams.
George w. Adams, president of the Even
ing Star Newspaper Company, died at his
home this morning
Money Improperly Allowed State.
Third Auditor Williams Of the Treasury
Department, in looking up the claim of sew
eral States for indemnity for expenses in
CURED in defending the United States dur
ing the late war, and in acts supplemental
thereto, finds that the State of Indiana has
been Enormously, improperly and unlaw-
fully allowed" various amounts; first in
excess of vouchers; second, twice for the
SAINT service; and third, amounts allowed
without vouchers; in all amounting to $46,-
123. Auditor Williams has written the gov
ernOr of Indiana, enclosing an abstract CIV
ing details, that he may take such action as
he deems best. The abstract, he says, serves
to show that gross carelessness or something
worse in the settlement and adjustment in
these accounts, for which some person or
persons then in the Third Auditors office
are responsible. Take, fer example, voucher
No. 100, the account of o. III. Kendrick,
charged on the abstract filed by the State,
whereas the voucher itself called for
$1,000. Voucher No. 1914, account of
Robert Benn ett & Co., voucher for $54 is
charged on abstract filed by the State and al
lowed by the third auditors office $5,425, a
difference of $53, 10; voucher No. 4611, ac-
count of A. Bookwalter, amounting to $3.50,
is charged on the abstract presented by the
State and allowed by the third auditor for
$3.50. There are other like items for smaller
Tho Ind hu cta
that it is perhaps proper he should add that
erroneous and unlawful allowances shown
occurred at various times; first, in the year
of 1865, and continuing down t. the year
1874, and that claims in which other charges
were discovered appear to have been formu-
lated and filed by Gen. W. III. Terrill, late
military secretary to the governor and
Thomas b. Mccarthy, former auditor of the
State. who were legal representatives of the
State in such matters.
Contagious PIeuro- Pneumonia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10-The Commission
er of Agriculture has written to A. w.
Cheever, secretary of the Massachusetts
Cattle Commission, Boston, as follows:
I'm reply to your question as to whether
there can be any doubt as to the existence
of contagious plenro- pneumonia among the
cattle of certain distillery stables in Chica-
go, would state that DR.. Salmon, chief of
the bureau of animal industry, and Doctors
Merry, Trumbower, Herr, Rose and Row.
land, veterinarians of long service in the bu-
reau of animal industry and of much expe-
rience in diagnosing and detecting this di-
sease unhesitatingly pronounce it pleuro-
pneumonia or lung plague of cattle. In re-
ply to the question what the department is
doing toward exterminating the disease,
would state that it is doing all possible under
the law passed for the establishment of the
bureau of animal industry, but this law is so
defective as are the laws of the various
States where the plague exists that
measure of extirpation cannot be taken
unless all those interested in the cattle in
dustry of the country join in q united effort
to secure the passage by Congress, This win
authority. to slaughter diseased and exposed
animals"