The Lamar register., 1889-04-06
Legal HOltdavs.

following bulletin is issued:
July 4lh, and December 25th, are
legal holidays in every state and ter.
ritory in the Union; man is per.
fectly safe to celebrate them any.
where. 1t is not so with January
LIST, or New ears day; he can
whoop-it up in any state or territory
except Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia,
Kentucky. Maine, Massachusetts. New
Hampshire, and North and South
Carolina.
February 22nd, or Washinenon's
birthday, is legal holiday in all
the states but Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine. Missouri. North Carolina,
OHIO, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas.
May 3oth, or Decoration Day, also
called Memorial Day. is legal holi.
day only in Colorado. Connecticut,
Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York. Pennsylva-
mia, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Wisconsin.
Thanksgiving Day Is usually the
last Thursday in November, and is
appointed by the President of the
United States and the governors of
the various states.
Public Fast Days are legal holi.
days in such states as may set them
apart for religious observance BY
proclamation of the governor.
Election Days, state or national.
are legal HOLIDAYS in California.
Maine. Missouri, New Jersey, New
York. Oregon, South Carolina and
Wisconsin.
labor Day, first Monday in Sep.
tember, is a legal holiday, in Mas
sachusetts. and a number of the west
ern states.
Gentlemen travelling will do well
to sew this in the lining of their
coats ard not go on an extensive eel
ebration in strange state without
consulting it. thus avoiding inter.
state complicatons.-Texas Siftings
WAsHINGroN, d. c.. March 3O.-
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to day:
John I. Abbott of New Hampshire
to be Minister to the Republic of
Columbia.
Edwin II. Terrill of Texas to be
Minister to Belgium.
To be delegates to the conference
between the United States and the
republics of Mexico, Central and
South America, Hayti, San Domingo
and the empire of Brazil. to be held
in Washington in 1889: John j
Anderson of Missouri, Cornelius N.
Bliss of New York, William Pinck-
ney of Indiana, I. Jefferson Cool
idge Of Massachusetts, William Hen
ry Trescott of South Carolina. An
drew Carnegie of Pennsylvania, John
X. G. Pitkin of Louisiana, Morris NJ.
Estee of California and ]. H. Hanson
of Georgia.
Postmasters-Joh G. Eckles, Tu-
lare, California. Isadore S. Loventhal.
Modesto, California; George Sturte-
want, Alameda, California; John NJ.
Bacon, Oregon City. Oregon; Thomas
G. Mcdowell, Eilensburg. Washing
ton Territory; Sarah j. Lawson,
Phillipsburg, Montana.
April l.-James N. Huston of In
diana, to be Treasurer of the United
States.
Ellis H. Roberts of New York, to
be Assistant Treasurer at New York
City.
William +. Wharton of Massachu
setts, to be Assistant Secretary of
State.
George II. Shields of Missouri,
to be Assistant Attorney General,
vice Rich Montgomery, resigned.
The Denver News says that many
of the people from western Kansas
who went to Washington territory
last fall are now returning, utterly dis
gusted with the country. The farm.
ers say they prefer dry country to
one where it rains all the time and
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