The National tribune., 1890-04-10

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nose and Indignantly exclaimed:
You fool! Can you look at that head and
not know whose boy ann
Mr.. Townsend is of New England ancestry,
! his father emigratng from Massachusetts, TO
! Ohio in 1916 The town of Greenwich, Huron
Co., is his birthplace. He was born in 1910,
/ and is therefore in the prime of life. lie was
4 q student of the Western Reserve College when
the war broke out, hut left his desk, laying
/ down his textbooks for a musket, aud went to
/ the field after but year there. Was pro-
NOTED TO Lieutenant and resigned on account
of disability ia 1868 Studied law aud was adj
mitted 10 the bar in 1860. Was elected to the
Legislature of that State, serving but one term.
/ Removed to Colorado in 1879, from whence,
after 10 years good citizenship the citizens of
that State sent him with rousing majority TO
/ represent them in Congress
/ Mr.. Townsend has n charming wife and two
! children. Mrs Townsend will doubtless be
very popular in Washington society, as she is a
most lovely woman, but she cannot have her
children with her at present, as they are both
+ away at school; the elder, son, is member
of the Junior class in Yale College, and the
/ younger, daughter, is now in her third year
at NasSaT, finishing a special course.
Mr. Townsend is member of the G.A.R,
/ belonging TO +. V. Sumner Post, No. "a,
! Department Of Colorado, at Silver Cid, in that
/ State.
bill that the committee will report can be any
too liberal; that the people of the United
States owe debt of gratitude to the soldiers of
the late war that no mere money consideration
can ever discharge. He can be relied upon
therefore TO speak and vote for every measure
that may be offered while he occupies a seat in
Congress for the benefit Of his late comrades in
the army.
ARMY AND NAVY.
The official report Of the Board appointed to
conduct the trial of the torpedo boat Cushing
has been received and approved by the Secre-
/ tary ahe Navy. The Board says that through
out the three hours run tho engines worked
smoothly. and there was no difficulty whatever
/ IN maintaining the required boiler pressure Of
] Pas pounds. the safety-valves, which were set
az $50 pounds opening frequently. The verti-
| cal vibration Of the boat was extremely small
/ the tTsnsyersal vibration was moderate. aud
naturally most noticeable at the extremiiies.
! The performances of the boat were most salts
4 factory. On the completion Of the measured
/ mile runs the torpedo boat al her light dis
placement was taken outside the bay and run
around Block Island, aud at a speed of about
/ IG knots. During this run the boat was tried
with the sea abeam and on either quarter, aud
was turned in both directions with about 30
/ degrees helm. Under all circumstances the
boat behaved well. There was but slight vi
/ braton Of the hull the heeling due TO turning
WAS small, the rolling moderate aud easy. With
1 the sea abeam the period OF one complete Oscl-
/ latiOB was y seconds. She Will be accepted
and placed in commission.
The Ordnance Board on the recent tests
made az Sandy Hook with new method of
firing shells containing high explosive com
\ pounds 81 aitro-glycerine. is OF opinion that
I the explosive matter contained in these shells
u - liable 10 become dangerous through evapora-
I tion or by lying Ia store and AS for this reason
It's use in the military service would be forbid.
! den. IL is recommended that for the present no
further tests be given the shells.
| Order have been issued 10 have the T. s. g.
Essex ready to be put in commission on the 22d
/ inst. This vessel Is now at the New York
I Aavy-yard preparing for sea. She will be at
tached to the South Atlantic Station, and will
/ first proceed 70 the coast Of Brazil.
Orders have been sent to the COmmandant of
the New York Aayy-yard 10 put the u. S. s..
| Enterprise out Of commission as soon ~ posi-
bic. All of her officers will be detached aud
her crew discharged.
NEW APPoIETEEs.
George +. Turrittin, Of Nevada, 10 DO Sur
veyoT General Of Nevada
To be Pension Agents: John g. Mitchell,
Of Ohio. at Columbus Ohio; Edward H. Har-
ycy. Of Michigan, at Detroit, Mich.
To be Registers OF Land Offices: James |.
| Fleming, Of Kansas, at Topeka Kan; H. c.
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To be Receivers Of Public Moneys: @. c.
Thazler, Of Nevada. at Carson City. New. J. J.
Lambert, Of Colorado, AZ Pueblo, Col.
To be Indian Agents: James Mclaughlin, oil
North Dakota at the Standing Rock Agency,
ia North Dakota; Charles s. Kelsey, of Wis.
cousin, at the Green Bay Agency, in Wiscon.
sin.
Alexander Mcmillan, OF Michigan, to be
Deputy First AuditO. Of the Treasury.
THE PAS-AuERTcAEs TO SEP A PARADE.
Secretary Of War Proctor last week com
piled with the request of Secretary of State
Blaine that the War Department devise means
10 give the foreign delegates TO the Pan Amer
lean Congress view of the military Of this
country. aud he has accordingly issued orderl
for parade 70 be beid OH the Ilth Of April by
the Regular troops station here together
with the District Militia. The Secretary o
the Navy has been asked 10 order out tn
Marines stationed in Washington and the Ma
rine Band besides, Oh this occasion There viii
Thus be representatives Of every branch of the
service
CONFERENCE WITH PosTAAsTERs.
In response 20 invitations the P0stmasters o.
several OF the principal postofices Of the coun
| try met last week at the POstOiiice Department
Several subjects Of an administrative character
were under discussion. The views OF the Post
masters present were asked with reference Il
the practical application Of the proposed eight
| HONi INV W SHtll respective OHICSs Inc hunl
tional cost which il would entail. the merits o.
the measure generally and the ACCESSIBILITY o.
urging It's passage The question of yearly
leave of absence Of fifteen days 10 clerks in
postofices aud in the service generally wa,
discussed; also the subject Of a simplided and
UNIFORM system OF bookkeeping III postofiices.
TESTIMONIAL.
Capt. Henry A. Phillips late of the Pension
Bureau, has received a most fitting testimonial
OF the affection aud respect Of his old comrades
in Brooklyn, n. Y, for whom he has worked
go many years aud so efficiently. IL is a hand
some morocco album the pages of which bear
ia elegant penmanshp recital Of the com
) rades military history and his services for hil
: comrades since the war, and the expression O
the esteem which those with whom and fol
whom lac has labOred feel for him.
CHAT ABOUT PEOPLE.