The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-03-12

The postmaster general has appointed
Maj. e. G. Mcclure Of South Carolina az ap.
pointmsnt clerk Of the postofiics depart.
ment viee James Crownley. resigned.
W. H. Appleton Of New Hampshire, prin.
ctpal examiner In the patent Office in the
division Of textiles, has resigned.
A good deal is being said in diplomatic
circles about the purposes OF Perry Bel.
mont, chairman OF the house committee on
foreign affairs, in pushing his bill limiting
the exaeti0n Of fees or the levy Of taxes for
the consular yeritication Of invoices. The
consul generars ices at Paris during last
year aggregated $51, ,176, while he Is al.
lowed 9 salary Of 81, 900 = year and clerks
and other expenses The consul general at
London collected over $50, 900 in fees last
year and he 10 allowed Sc, 900 and clerks,
etc.
Tho appointment by the president Of a
colored man from Albany to be recorder of
deeds in the District Of Columbia in place
OF Fred Douglass has caused the Democrats
OF that district to howl with indignation.
The house committee on the Judiciary
resolved to report the Lowell bankruptcy
bill to the house on the 18th inst. with
amendments.
There will be some delay before Mr. Ed
munds takes up Marshal Campbell's case
In the senate judiciary committee. The
TACT 10 that everythinx h going slowly now
Minnesota, as the president once said, is q
long way on. Tho status Of the Campbell
case 10 that the charges have been fled and
nothing more. Mr.. Edmunds has notified
the plaintiffs to send on their proofs an soon
az possible. What will be proved Is wholly
matter OF conf ecture.
During tho trial Of John 8. Dyde, junior
partner OF the firm Of EckersdOrff & Co., for
forgery, in Montreal, Col. Dyde, the father
Of the accused, fell dead in the witness box.
John B. Coughs will has been filed. The
widow 10 made executrix, with power to
revoke any bequests which are to relatives
and missionary societies.
Col. E. H. Mcpherson, graduate OF West
Point and q well-known Indian fighter,
committed suicide at Evansville, Inl.
Salem, the second Oldest city in Massa-
chusetts, will celebrate the 25Oth anniver-
sary OF her Incorporation on July s.
The following fourth.class postmasters
were appointed: Dakota-Arthur, Cass
county. g. w. Hall; Lodi. Clay county, s.
]. Douthet. Minnesota-Victoria, Carver
county, ". R; Hoag; Postmasters Com
H De
Caledonia, =. N. Falk. Minnesota: Lam.
bertville, William Opdyke: Belcher, T. w.
Brown; Fairhaven, j. H. Biller; Fertile o.
Kankel; Freeport, J. Poschen; Lexington,
William Berrisford; New Munich, ]. But.
weller. Wisconsin: East Delavan, G. w.
Fryer. Postoffices Establishcd-Dakota
Moline, Faulk county. Sarah Hillman;
Morris, Eddy county, T. p. Morris.
The river and harbor committee voted
appropriations for the Red River of the
North, Grand Marais and Duluth.
The senate callsior the records OF the ad.
ministration OF Morton, surveyor OF the
Port Of San Francisco, who damned civil
service reform.
c. R. McKenney. Of the Lake City senti.
mel, on his late visit to Washington bore q
petition signed by the mayo, councilmen
and q majority OF the business men III Lake
City, addressed to the Minnesota deleza-
tion in congs ess, setting forth the urgent
necessity Of harbor OF refuge in Lake
Pepin ut this point, and he insufIiciency
that purpose, and requesting them to Ia
Dor for an increase Of such appropriation.
Last year Chicago insurance agents re.
ceived about $4,000, 900 in premiums, and
paid out $2.564, 900 in losses.
Ex. Speaker Galushu A. Grow il a self.
announced candidate to succeed Senator
Mitchell.
Parson Downs has sued the Boston Post
for $50 900 for alleged criminal libel.
Thomas Christie and H, King. clerks in
the First National Bank ut Bradford, Pa,
are arrested for cmbexzling $50, 600 Of the
institution's cash.
The committee on public buildings take
no action on the proposition to limit the
cost OF the Minneapolis building to $780,
900.
The following postmasters were appoipt.
cd in Minnesota: Buras-C. Z. Casper,
vice Hare, resigned; Pottsdam-F. Peter
ick, vice Engleby, resigned; Thicl-Manton
II. Hampe, vice Hall, resigned.
w. Helena Randall Of st. Peter asks that
q patent be issued to her for q half section
OF land subject to entry, at Redwood Falls,
without the payment of fees.
H. 8. Allen, one OF the Oldest settlers in
the Northwest. died ut his home in Chip
pewa Falls Of inflammation OF the bladder,
after brief illness, at the age OF eighty
years.
The bodies OF NJ. Colman and Wilson
Patten, two well known citizens OF Seattle.
WASH, were recovered from Lake Washing.
ton: They were assassinated on the night
of Feb. BY some unknown persons. Col
man was foreman Of the grand jury that
indicted a number ofmen for participation
in the recent Seattle riot, and also those
who shot and killed several Cinnamon at
the Newcastle coal mines.
The passenger rate from San Francisco
to Chicago is cut to $50.
Tho organization OF the Northwestern
Base Ball league is completed at Eau
Claire.
Schumacher's oatmeal mills in Akron,
Ohio, are damaged about $1,000, 900 by
fire; insurance light.
Gov. Knott Of Kentucky orders state
troops to Pulaski county to extinguish an
armed uprising OF miners against convict
labor in the mines.
E. H. Graham Dewey, principal witness
in the Maxwell-Preller murder case in St.
Louis. turns up in Dubuque with shady
record.
The evangelist, Sam Jones, receives severe
criticism from Chicago clericals and club
men for his reckless utterances.
The American hotel in Boston loses a
wing by fire. Loss, $85, 900; insured.
Judge Mcconnell, at Wahpeton, OAK,
sentences the remaining parties to the Dill
murder to the penitentiary.
Arthur Mackaye gets divorce from
Maud Miller, Joaquin's daughter.
i. H. w. Cadby, an extensive dealer in
O. steal instruments at Kingston, Catskill
and Schenectady, n. Y, with headquarters
ut Hudson, N. Y, was arrested at Hamil-
ton, Canada, charged with a $6, 900 forgery.
The charge is made by the Farmers Ma
tional Bank Of Hudson. He will be return
ed ON extradition papers.
Sam johnson. negro, aged sixty five, out
ragged the nineteen-year-old daugter oi
Henry Herbert, white, at Eatontown. N.
Fred Kenzle, for twenty five years host
lerin Pennsylvania, has fallen heir to $780,
600 left by a relative in Germany.
A sensation was created in Burlington
Neb.. by the announcement that Mrs Alice
Bell had shot herself with suicidal intent.
The lady had recently been married to An
drew Bell the ann of q nrominant h,,siness