The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-07-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Assistant Secretary bussey has reversed
decision OF tho pension oific5 in rejecting the
the Forty-ninth regiment Indiana volun-
teers, for pension on account of rheuma-
u'm contracted in the service, The claim
was rejected by tho pension office upon the
ground that the alleged rheumatism was
not contracted In service and line OF duty,
and that any disability claimant may have
had In service was evidently due to his bad
habits" Mr.. Bussey discusses the evidence
IN the case and reverses tho action of the
pension office on the grounds that the claim
ant was evidently q sound man al the date
OF his entrance to tho service,
The secretary Of the treasury has appoint
ed Robert ID, Layton of Pittsburgh and John
Milholland to be immigrant inspectors under
the provisions of tho allen contract labor
law. Mr.. Layton Is appointed as repre-
sentative Of the laboring interests of this
country The secretary has also appointed
John Nj. Morton, son Of tho late Hon. o. P.
Morton, to DO shipping commissioner for the
port Of San Francisco, and Henry johnson
Philadelphia.
Inc treasury department has affirmed the
action OF the collector of customs at New
York In assessing an additional duty of 90
per cent. ad valorem on certain silk and cot
ton velours imported in April last.
Congress provided last September that
sample l2-inch cast-iron mortar might be
submitted to the ordnance board, and that
the Test OF this mortar range, accuracy and
endurance should be determined by a pre-
vious test OF 200 rounds applied to the steel.
hooped mortar. 1t is now claimed by the
South Boston Iron works that the ordnance
board wants to establish another kind of a
test of quite different character from the
test prescribed in the law; namely, to test
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steel-hooped mortar has been tested and then
to place the guns side by side and fire them
till either ono bursts. This seems to be d.
rectly contrary to the spirit of the con-
gressional enactment.
The government engineers have found II
necessary to close the new free bridge be-
tween Georgetown and the Virginia shore
which is the chief means Of communication
between the District and national cemetery
at Arlington. This is duo to the fact that
Now York diver has discovered that large
tree has been forced by the recent flood under
the base of the southern pier of the bridge,
and that in consequence that pier is becom.
ing undermined. 1t already perceptibly
leans 1t is expected that 10 days will be re-
quired to complete the repairs. 1t is not
quite clear whether there is an appropriation
adequate to make the repairs.
The pension office recently granted claim
for pension filed by George Hindson, but
only allowed the attorney in the case 50 as
his fee, notwithstanding that he produced an
agreement betwean the claimant and himself
by which he was to receive S25. Tho attor-
ney took an appeal TO the assistant secretary
of the interior, and in long opinion made
public today the assistant secretary overrules
the action of the pension office and allows
the full amount contained in the agreement
The war department has just sent to the
Fuller LIGHT lnttprV nt Rrottlphprp VT
four steel 6 $40 inch rifles with limbers and
caissons complete. The company has thu.
been honored with the first new standard
pattern breech-loading guns issued to the
national guard.
The president has made the following ap.
pointments of consuls: Emmons Clark Of
New York at Havre, Archibald j. Sampson
of Colorado at Acapulco Roswell G.. Horn
of Michigan at Valparaiso, James f Harti.
gan of the District of Columbia for the Port
Of Trieste and all other ports in the Austrian
dominions, etc.
dispatch has been received at the navy
department from Admiral Gherardi at Port
au-Prnce, saying that affairs at Hayti are
quiet and that there is no fighting of mo.
ment. He also reported that there had been
10 change in tn political situation since his
last report. Legitime holds Port-au- Prince
and Hippolyte remains outside of the town,
The following fourth-class postmasteri
have been appointed to Maine Joseph w.
Sheldon, DRESDEN; Charles w. York, Lynch.
vile; Josiah Chase, North New Portland
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
offered the Western Union Telegraph com.
pany one mill per word for all government
messages regardless of the distance t. be
sent Under the law it is supposed that tele-
graph companies are obliged to accept what
ever the postmaster general may see fit to
offer. 1t is claimed that one mill per word
is less than the actual cost Of the paper on
which the message is sent and the envelope
inclosing it.
opened between the 18th Of October and the
first of November.
Secretary Tracy has ordered a court mar
tial in the case of Captain Harrington, who
stranded the practice-ship Constellation
near Norfolk on the 18th ult.
President Harrison is in receipt of COM
munications from officers and professors of
leading American colleges and from stu
dents, urging that steps be taken looking
towards the foundation of national univer-
sity to promote higher education In America
The photographic Office which was by
the recent order of Secretary Tracy trans
ferred to the bureau of equipment, has been
restored to the jurisdiction Of the bureau of
navigation, it appearing that the statutes
place it in this bureau.
The officers and employees Of the United
States treasurer's Office presented ex-Treas-
urer James w. Hyatt with gold watch,
handsomely engraved, as token of their
appreciation of his administration.
An order was made by Commissioner
Sparks, March 16, 1885, suspending all land
entries in Wyoming made within townships
from 70 to 81 inclusive, and east of range
on oI1nnpcitipp bot taI 10
territory involves over two million acres
and has long remained in this state of sus-
pension. Acting Land Commissioner Stone
after consultation with Secretary Noble
made an order relieving this suspension, and
directing the examination Of all entries with
view to patent
A soldier in the regular army recently
made inquiry of the land office whether he
would be allowed to file homestead entry
in Oklahoma. In an opinion on the subject,
Acting Land Commissioner Stone held that |
the soldier has the right to make such entry
as an abstract proposition, but that if he did |
he would be required to observe the law as
to residence. This law requires the per-
son making the entry to reside on the land
for period of five years before the patent |
can issue.
A claim for pension, filed by John Quincy
Adams through Col. j. D. Rhodes, on ac-
count of services with the United States
colored troops, is witnessed by Patrick Henry |
and Thomas jefferson. The question APP
pears at the bottom of the application: ''Can
any more reputable names appear to this |
CLAMP
The president has granted respite till |
August 8 in the cases of Jack Spaniard. |
Joseph Martin and Elsie Jayne, convicted of |
murder in the western district of Arkansas, |
of murder in the Indian Territory and sen.
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