Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-03

4, 1872; $50 per month from June 4, 1874;
$72 per month from June Il, 1878, making a
total of S14, $50. From this time on he win
be paid S72 per month
THE National Academy of Science held a
meeting at Washington and the following
officers were elected: President, o. G. Marsh,
of New Haven, Conn, reelected President
for a term of SIX years, and Professor r. L.
Langley of the Smithsonian Institution,
Vice-President for similar term.
SUPERINTENDENT BELL, of the Foreign
Mails Office has received a communication
from the postal authorities OF Germany re-
commencing the establishment of 'sea post
Offices for the distribution Of GeTman-Amerf
can mails on shipboard.
RED CLOUD, the big Sioux Indian Chief,
called on the President accompanied by
Agent Jordan, of the Rosebud Agency.
FROM one hundred to one hundred and fifty
fourth-class postmasters are now being ap-
pointed daily.
The President made the following appoint
Inents: Robert P. Porter, of New York, edi-
tor of the Press, to be Superintendent of
Census: J. w. Cunningham TO be Assayer of
the United States Assay Office, at Boise City,
Idaho William e. Calkins, of Washington
Territory, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Washington Territory
John B. Donnelly to be Marshal of the United
States for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
and ex-CongresSman Edward S. Lacy, of
Michigan, to be Comptroller of the Currency.
ADDITIONAL nominations by the President:
Marvelle W. Cooper, of New York, to be
Appraiser of Merchandise In the District of
New York: Marshal J. Corbett, of New York,
to be Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise III
the District of New York; Timothy Guy
Phelps to be Collector of Customs for the
District of San Francisco; F. Snowden Hill,
of MARYLAND, to be Collector of Internal
Revenue for the District of Maryland, and
John H Cozzens, of Rhode Island, to be Col
Iector of Customs for the District of Newport,
r. I.
The Mexican Government has accepted the
invitation and will be duly represented at the
International Marine Conference to be held
at Washington, October Is, 1889.
FURTHER appointments by President
Harrison are: Scion W. Stocking, of Onon-
daga, N. Y, to be an Examiner Chief in
the Patent Office; Ralph w. Wheelock OF
Mitchell. Dakota, to be Receiver of Public
Moneys at Mitchell, Dakota; Harrison Kelley,
of Jacksonville, Oregon, Receiver of Public
Moneys at Drewsey. Oregon; James K. Hay
den, of Olympia Washington Territory, Re
ceiVer of Public Moneys at Seattle, Washing
ton Territory; Morris B. Wickersham, OF
Alabama, to be Attorney OF the united
States for the Southern District Of Alabama.
ROBERT CCoRM1CK, of Chicago, has been
appointed Second Secretary of Legation at
London. Mr.. Mccormick is a son-in-law OF
Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune
The annual meeting Of the National Acad-
envy of Sciences in Washington has ended
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, the new British
Minister to the United States, has arrived in
Washington.
DR.. HAMILTON, Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service says there will be
another general yellow fever scourge in
Florida this season, and that there are evil
dences Of it already at jacksonville and
Tampa
WITH the application of the Civil Service
rules to the railway mail service there will
be a total of 81, 200 Offices of the Government
under these rules the list including the de-
partmental, customs, postal and railway mail
service