New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27
NEWS NUNCIATURE.
a General Review of the News of the
Day Condensed from Associated
Press Dispatches.
Doings at Washington.

The officials OF the land Office at ST. Cloud,
Mimi, have received "a letter from Commits
sioner tockslager informing them that the
Northern Pacific company hasa prima facie
claim to the land in the idem nifty belt and O
settler can relinquish his entry and have his
homestead right returned or money refund
ed.
Col. C. A. Louns sherry was appointed spe-
cial agent in the land department at Wash
ington. Congressm an Cutcheon of Michigan
recommended him to Secretary Noble as one
OF the best soldiers in his (CutchoOn's) com
,mand during the war and he was also
strongly endorsed by Dakotians and Min
nesotians.
Postmaster General Wanamaker went to
Philadelphia to attend the funerals of a neph-
ew. Mr.. NJ amamaker has special telegraph
wire running from his business ablishment
in Philadelphia directly to his office in the
postoffce department.. By this means he is
kept informed of every thing that is being
done in Philadelphia, and can be consulted
any moment.
The president sent the following nominar
tions to the senate: Frederick D. Grant, of
New York, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United States
to Austria Hungary; John;C. New ofIndiana
to be consul general of the United States at
London. Paul Fricke, ofTexas, to be United
States marshal for the Western district OF
Texas.
Postmaster General Wanamaker issued an
order directing all clerks in the Office of the
tirst assista Mt postmaster general, and such
as may be required from the other bureaus
of the department., until otherwise directed,
to begin work at $50 o'clock a. M, instead
of o'clock, as heretofore, and to remain at
their desks until O'Clock r. M, instead of
O'Clock. These increase of hours is made
to facilitate the dispatch ofapplications nd
preparations Of pa pers for action inthe Office
OF the first assistant postmaster general.
The clerks in the dead letter Office are also
required to work fro m $50 a. m. until 6 o.
M. until the work now in arrears in that
division is brought up.
The following are the last nomin ations
made by President Harrison: Andrew c.
Bradley of the District of Columbia, asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia; John R. McFie of New
Mexico, associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico: Frank r. Aikens of
Dakota, associate Justice of the supreme
court of Dakota; Whitelaw Reid ofNew York
minister to France; Julius Goldschmidt OF
Wisconsin, consul general at Vienna. Post
masters--Mrs. Lucy Bowers at Upton, Iowa.
Charles II. Everitt, at Atlantic SIowa; W. F.
Carpenter, Manning, Iowa; Mrs Sarah
Earthman, at Griswold, Iowa; Frank T.
Piper, at Shendon, Iowa; Edward McGlach-
lin, at Stevens Point, Wis; Adelman M
Andrews, at Plankington, Oak.
Justice Gray, OF the United States su-
preme court has confded to his associates
on the bench, the fact that he is engaged to
be married to Miss Jeanette, the youngest
daughter of Justice Matthews, of that court
Miss Jeanette Matthews is the second
daughter of Justice Matthews by former
marriage. She is about twenty-seyen years
of age Officials of the court say that JUS
tice Gray will be sixty-fve years of age this
spring. which those who were not speaking
by the book might reward as an over-esti-
mate: Justice Matthews is just sixty -fve
and if he shall sufficiently recover to resume
his place upon the bench he will sit by the
side of his son-in-law. It never happened in
the history of the court before that father
1n-law and son-in-law both sat upon the
bench together.