Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, AUGUST 9, 1889

port to Capt. Platt of the steamer Fish HawB
as naturalist of that vessel The Fish Hawh
is about TO comm nee preparations for un-
dertasing th3 oyster-starflsh Investigate ms
in Long Island souifd. MIR. Hodge has dc
voted much TIM to tie study o. the st1rflsh
problem. He was also engaged on this worl
for the fish commission last summer.
AnIrew T. Dnsmore of Michigan, CLERK
in the general land office, has b en- promoted
to be chief of the draughtng division in the
same office, vice George U. Mayo. TIE fol
lowing appointments have been mad In the
pension Office: John G. Bishop of OHIO,
qualified surreon Jeremiah Connolly OF
New York, John Frew Stewart of Ken
lucky, Ira Brashears Of Ncbra~ka, Walter l.
Hines of Dakota and e. Augustus Harish of
Oregon, as special examiners.
Representative Farquhar, New York,
member of the special subcommittee of the
house shipping committee on Alaska, says:
"This countrT will go right on asserting and
maintaining its jurisdiction over the Beh-
ring sea fisheries and England can't say
word III earnest alb nut the matter. Russia
stands ready to make good our title derived
by purchase from her. Great Britain can
not afford TO antagonize two great nations
Russia and the UnlR States. There is no
doubt about Russias disposition in the mat
ter. They guaranteed us title and Eng
land cannot seriously question that title
without antagonizlng Russia. IL she went
into the fight she would have two antago-
nists. This is well understood in England,
as we'll as in Russia and in America"
Lucretia T. Bclnell has been appointed
postmistress at West Cummington, Mass.
A statement prepared at the treasury de-
partment shows that there was net de-
crease of $459,1l3 in the circulation during
the month of July, and q net decrease OF
500 814 in money and bullion in the treasury
during the same time. The decrease in cir
culation was principally in national bank
notes and gold coin, and the decrease in
money and bullion in the treasury principally
in gold bullion and national bank notes. The
total circulation Aug. l Is stated at 81, 319,-
CSC, 937, and the total money and bullion in
the treasury at the same date at 1852 0i2, O29.
secretary Tracy has referred the report of
the board that supervised the recent trials of
the Petrol to q board composed of the chiefs
of the five bureaus of the navy department
The contractors ask for Eew trial. but
the board does not recommend that it be
had.
1t is explained at the state department tina.
the letter to Lord Mayor Sexton of Dublin,
which the latter asserts was broken in
transit, was purely q routine communication
acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the
resolutions Of sympathy with the Jonnstown
sufferers adopted by the Dublin council.
The letter was signed by Acting Secretary
Of State Wharton, and not by President
Harrison.
The executive committee of the national
encampment, G. A. R, to be held in Mil
waukee, Wis, next month, have asked the
secretary of the navy to order the Michigan,
the government war vessel on tho lakes, to
take part in the military and naval display
that will pnarly tho sion SpppntorU
Tracy will probably grant the request.
Mai. s. Willard L1rtan, who was removed
from office by the last administration, has
been restored to duty in the first comp
troller's office under the operation Of the ex-
tension of rule 10 of the civil service rules,
which permits of the restoration of all ex-
soldiers who have been removed from Office.
Mr. Cramp of tho shipbuilding firm of
Charles Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, has
visited the navJ department, endeavoriny to
close up the account for the construction Of
the Yorktown. He will probably be sue
cessful this time. There is a balance o. from
$50, 900 to $50, 900 due.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has left
Washington on q vacation of q week or
longer, a portion Of which he will spend at
Cape May and Saratoga Springs.
The contract for work on the ceiling of
the Baltimore pos Office has been awarded
to John Collins of that city at his bid of
$295O.
The president has rendered the collector
ship of he port Of New Orleans to ex-Gov.
H. G. Yarmouth He has appointed John
F. Patty naval officer at New Orleans.
Warner P. Sutton Of Michigan, for several
years consul general at Matamoras Mex,
and lat r tran ferred to Nuevo Laredo, and
q. G. Trescott, son of W. S. Trescott, one of
tbn igctN, hnx ,tn1
clerks of the congress of American nations,
which meets in this city next October. Mr..
Sutton is detailed for the duty by the state
department.
Secretary Noble has served motion for
review filed by George H. Smith ct al, in
volving the 'Bul of the Woods" lode and
mill site in claim in Bozeman, Mont. In
mineral land claims, the statutes provide
that the possessory rights of adverse claim
ants shall be submitted to the courts for ad-
judication. In this case it was contended
that the decision of the court was binding
upon the interior department as to the right
of the successful party to a patent The
secretary holds that the decision of the
courts rs between the parties is final, but
that it does not preclude the secretary of the
interior from insttuting an investigation to
determine whether tho successful party has
in good faith complied with all the require
that he has not SO done, a patent may be de-
| MED
The secretary of war has awar led the
contract for furnishing castings and forg-
ings for 10incl rids to the Standard Steel
Casting company Of Thurlow, Pa, at 27
cents per pound. The bidders for furnishing
the army with forgings for threo hoops and
parts Of breach mechanism for a 10 inch
steel wire gun were the Midvale steel works
! Philadelphia, 9S cents per pound delivered
In $50 days, an the Bethlehem Iron com.
pany Of South Bethlehcm, Pa, 40 cents per
pound for certain of thee forgings, and 81
per pound for the breech mechanism forg-
ings, The latter bid was accepted.
The Post says: 'Atty Gen. Miller has
some practical views on the way national
legislation shoul be governed Instead of
waiting until the last days of congress
to pass appropriation bills, he
thinks a regulation should be made, by q
con titutional amendment If necessary, by
which such measures should be disposed of
before any other business should be taken
up, That would e1fectually prevent the
abuses which are sometimes attendant upon
putting riders on these bills at the last mo-
ment"
THAT BEHRING SEA SEIZURE.
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