Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-05
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The postmaster general has appointed the
following poStmasters onnecticut-HarTy
Rider, East Norwalk; George A. Cooper
Montowese Maiue-H w. Bartlett, Athens;
G. ?. Silsby, Aurora; L. F. Davis, Castine;
William W. HodgdoD, Centre; T. J. Peakes
Charleston; q. II. Nickerson, Swanv.lle;
William E. Sheerer, Tenants Harbor; NJ. r.
Rich, fremont; G.. w. Bryant, West Paris;
Frank Percival, Weeks Mills; IL. Dunham
Winterport Massachusetts-W H.
Sampson, Greenbush; ID. r. Thayer, Hins-
dale; William T. Martins, Merrimacport;
II. G. Brown North BillsTica; William II.
II. Willett, South Quincy. Vermont-N. M.
Batchelder, Newfane; Mrs. Marcy Stock
well, West Brattlebo'o.
Nicholas M. Bell, superintendent of the
foreign mail bureau, postoflice department.
has rendered his resignation. Norman T.
Robinson of Virginia, chief law clerk in the
office of the attorney general, has resigned.
The senate has confirmed the following
nomi cations: James o. Churchill Missouri,
to be surveyor of customs at the pert of st.
Louis; Charles E. Monteith, TO be agent at
the Nez Perces agency, Idaho; John Sum-
onsby, postmaster at Bar Hsrbor, Me.
The president has made the following
nominations Of minister's; Robert Adams Of
Pennsylvania, to Brazil; Lancing B. Miner
of California, to the Central American
states; VIM. o. Bradley of Kentucky, to be
minister resident and consul general to
Corea; VIM. L. Scruggs Of Georgia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary Of the United States to Venezuela.
Senator Hawley chairman of the COM
mittee on military affairs, Immediately al ter
the Armes- Beaver episode, wrote letter TO
Gen. Schofeld, commander Of the army,
suggesting that the depaItmen take some
action in rnnoP1 tO tho rna no hoc
ceived letter from Gen. Schofeld, the tenor
of which, Senator Hawley said, would in
dicate that it is probable courtmartial will
be ordered to investigate Maj Armes' con-
duct.
1t is reported that the German govern
ment has requested that Klein, who left
Samoa Immediately after the killing cf the
German sailors and came to San Francisco
be arrested and returned to Apia to be tried
before the American mot the German) con-
sular court for ''murdeTous ASSAULT 1t is
not known here whether Klein is an Ameri-
can citizen or not, but that is not regarded
as material.
The president has appointed A. NJ. Wilson
Of Fayetteville Ark, G.. D. Robinson of
Chicopee, Mass, and j. o. Humphrey of
Springfield, ILL.,, as a commission to nego-
tiate with the Cherokee and other Indians
for the cession to the United States of their
title claim or interest in certain lands in the
Indian territory as provided i'll sect
IA OF the Indian appropriations act, ap-
proved March 2, 1882 The lands for the ces-
sion Of which this commission will negotiate
embrace all Of the Indian territory west Of
the 96th degree Of longitude, except Greer
county, tho Oklahoma section recently opened
by the presidents proclamation and such
other lands as have been heretofore sold and
contain approximately q, 000, 900 acres.
A statement prepared in the internal reve-
nue. bureau shows that the production of
oleomargarine from July 1, 1888, to Dec 81,
1888 was 1e, 497, 697 pounds being a decided
months. 1t is estimated at the bureau that,
If the present rate of production is main
taised, the amount made during the fiscal
year ending June 80 next will reach 45, 600,
600 pounds. The production for the last fis-
cal year was "a, 325, 527 pounds. The firm Of
Armour & Co. of Chicago made about one
sixth Of the oleomargarine produced in this
country.
! Major Marcus A. Reno, late u s.. A., who
servei with Gen. Custer at the time of the
| Yellowstone Sioux massacre, Is dead at the
! Providence hospital in Washington, D. G..
sudden attack Of pneumonia in both lungs
caused his death in few hours, he being i'll
at the time with erysipelas in the hand
Major Reno was brave officer in service
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removal of rank. Gen. Custer, just before
his last fatal engagement with the Indians,
divided his troops, placing one division un-
der Major Reno's orders. The latter com.
mand escaped the massacre but their com.
rades were slain to man. In 1880 Major
Reno, for reasons, was dismissed the service
A young woman in this city, who is ut thC
head of typewriting establishment, says
that since the new administration came into
| ba, ho
| ~. The reason is that each applicant fol
office thinks he must have his papers type
written. The young woman claims thai
| each of her assistants has earned on TN aver
age of $40 q week since March f. She charge
an increase over the usual rates to com
pensate for the bad spelling and writing, and
has no difficulty in securing it,
The president Is giving a good deal of con
sideration to the selection of suitable per
son to represent this government in China
He regards the post as one requiring diplo
matte skill of the highest order which is thu
reason he declined to send Colonel FREQ
Grant thither. A gentleman who SPOKE
with the president regarding the matter
quotes General Harrison as saying that h
would select non9 of the candidates who haC
been mentioned in connection with the place
but that on the contrary, the appointment
would create quite as great surprise.
The Monongahela, announced to be on it
way to the relief of the American men-of-
war at Samoa, is under the command o.
Commander G. Z. Wingate who of lat,
years has been stationed at the Charlest1wI
navy yard, in charge of the nitre station a
Maiden.
The postmaster general has appointed th,
following named fourth class postmasters
Warren c. Todd, Georgetown Me-; Monro
Boynton, Monroe Me-; Emma j. Black
Sandy Point Me-; Louise Clough, South Ac
ton, Mass; AlbertSoule, Somerville, Me.
The nomination of Murat Halstea1 to be
minister to Germany has been rejected by
the senate by a vote of 25 to 10.
George B. Ferguson of Maine has been ap
pointed collector of customs at Belfast Me
When the Russian extradition treaty
comes up in the s'nate it is expected to EN-