The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-03-28
NUNCIATURE
A General Review Of tho News of the
Day Condensed from Associated
Press Dispatches. >.
Doings at Washington.

1t is understood that a change will be
made IN the Office of supervising architect OF
the treasury in a few days. Secretary Win
dom has rendered the Office to q leading ar
chitect in the West, and is awaiting his an
swer.
The officials Of the land Office at st. Cloud
Mimi, have received q letter from Commits.
sioner Stockslager informing them that the
Northern Pacific company has q prima facie
claim to the land in the idemnity belt and q
settler can %re!inquish his entry and have his
homestead right returned or money refund
ed
The president sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate: Frederick D.. Grant, of
New York, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United States
to Austria Hungary; JohnC. New of1ndiana,
to be consul general Of the United States at
London. Paul Fricke, ofTexas, to be United
States marshal for the Western district of
Texas.
The secretary of the treasury has issued a
circular stating that oil persons desiring
five cent-nickel pieces, can have the same
forwarded to them from the United States
mint at Philadelphia to points reached by
express companies, free of transportation,
in sums of $40 or multiples O that amount,
upon receipt and collection by the superi,i;
tendent of the mint OF a draft on New York
or Philadelphia, payable to his order. To
points not reached by express companies,
and where delivery under contract with gov
eminent is thus impracticable, the coin can,
on the same terms, be sent by registered
mail at the applicants risk, the registery
fee to be paid by the government.
y The following are the last nominations
made by President Harrison: Andrew c.
Bradley Of the District of Columbia, asso-
ciate Justice of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia; John r. McFie OF New
Mexico, associate justice of the supreme
court of New Mexico: Frank R. Aikens of
Dakota, associate justice Of the supreme
court Of Dakota; Whitelaw Reid ofNew York
minister to France; julius Goldschmidt OF
Wisconsin, consul general at Vienna. Post
masters-Mrs Lucy Bowers, at Upton, Iowa;
Charles q. EveIitt, at Atlantic, Iowa; w. F.
Carpenter, Manning, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah
Earthman, at Griswold, Iowa; Frank II,
Piper, at Shendon, Iowa; Edward McGlach-
lin, at Stevens Point, Wis; Adelman M.
Andrews, at Plankington, Oak.
- Justice. Gray, of the. United States su-
preme court, haseonfided to his associates
on the, bench, the fact that he is engaged to
be married to Miss Jeanette, the youngest
daughter Of } Justice Matthews, of that court.
Miss Jeanette Matthews il the second
daughter of Justice Matthews by O former
marriage. She is about twenty-seyen years
of age. officials of the court say that Jus.
tice Gray will be sixty-five years of age this
spring, which those who were not speaking
by the book might reward rs an over-esti-
mate: Justice Matthews is just sixty five,
and if he shall sufficiently recover to resume
his place upon the bench he will sit by the
side of his son-in.law. 1t never happened in
the history of the court before that father
in-law and son-in-law both sat upon the
bench together.