The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-04
WASHINGTON news.

The postmaster general has appointed the
following poStluasters Connecticut-Harry
Rider, East Norwalk: George A Cooper,
Montowese. Maine-H W. rtl tt, Ath rms;
G. P Silsby, Aurora f. F Davis, Ca-tine;
William W. Hodgdon, Centre; I. j. Peakes,
Charles on; f. II. Nickerson, Swanvile;
William E. Sheerer, Tenants Harbor; NJ. R.
Rich, fremont; G. W. Bryant, West Paris;
Fra k Percival, Weeks Mills; ii. Durham,
Winterport. Massachusetts-Wl liam Fl.
Sampson, Greenbush; d. R. Thayer, Hins
dale William T. Martins Merrinacport;
a. G Brown, North Billerica; William =.
II. Willett, South Quincy. Vermont-N. M.
Batchelder, Newfane; Mrs. Marcy Stock
well, West Brattleboro.
Nicholas NJ. Bell, superintendent of the
foreign mail bureau, postoffice department.,
has rendered his resignation. Norman I.
Robinson of Virginia, chief law clerk in the
office of the attorney general has resigned.
The senate has confirmed the following
nomi atoms: James o. Churchill, Missouri,
to be surveyor of customs at the port of ST.
Louis: Charles E. Mont 18th, 10 be agent at
the Nez Perces agency, Idaho; John Sum
onsby, postmaster at Bar Harbor, Ne.
The president has made the following
nominations of ministers: Robert Adams of
Pennsylvania, to Brazil; Lancing B. Miner
of California, to the Central American
states; VIM. Q. Bradley of Kentucky, to be
| minister resident and consul general to
Corea; VIM. L. Scruggs of Georgia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tertiary of the United States to Venezuela.
Senator Hawley, chairman of the COM
mittee on military affairs, Immediately a ter
The Armes- Beaver episode, wrote a letter to
Gen. Schofeld, commander of the army
suggesting that the depal tment take some
action in regard to the matter. He has re-
ceived a letter from Gen. Sc ofield, the tenor
of which, Senator Hawley said, would in
dictate that it is probable court martial will
be ordered to investigate Maj. Armes' con-
| duct
| 1t is reported that the German govern
ment has requested that Klein, who left
Saroa Immediately after the killing the
| German sailors and came to San Francisco
be arrested and returned to Apia to be tried
| before the American mot the GERMANY con-
sular court for ''murderous assault" tits
| 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.. ID. Robinson of
| Chicopee, Mass, and j. 0. Humphrey of
| Springfield, ILL.,, as a commission to nego-
tiate with the Cherokee and other Indians
| for the cession to the United Sta es of their
| title, claim or interest in certain lands in the
Indian territory, as provided i'll sect.
| IA of the Indian appropriations at, APP
| proved March q 1899. The lands for the ces-
sion of which this commission will negotiate,
embrace all of the Indian territory west of
the Goth degree # longitude, except Greer
county, the Oklahoma section recently opened
| by the presidents proclamation and such
other lands as have been heretofors sold and
contain approximately 2 1000, 900 acres.
| A statement prepared in the internal reve-
nue. bureau shows that the production of
oleomargarine from July l, 1885, to Dec. 81.
1888, was Is, 497, 697 pounds being decided
increase over that of the preceding six
months. II is estimated at the bureau that
| If the pres MT rate of production is main.
tanned, the amount made during the fisca
! year ending June 80 next will reach 45, O0O,,
4 GOO pounds. The production for the last ifs
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.