The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-16

called for to-day were in the Office Of the
| Sixth Auditor who has charge Of the
! postofiicc accounts.
Amope thc Nirginians who have re-
! GENTLY arrived here are Miss Lucy Hem
| don of fredericksburg. Ira .. White. Of
| Norfolk John T.. Moore OF Charl0ttes-
Vile. and n l.. Boswell OF Richmond.
Mr. A. a. Mccullough. OF Norfolk,
came up by boat this morning.
General William r. Towncs. Of Dan
NiHr the new Consul General az Rio.
and Mr John n. Lewis. Of the same
place. Vice and Deputy Consul General.
lcft this afternoon for New York on the
FIRST stage Of their trip TO Brazil. which,
as before stated. viii take about six
weeks General TOwnes spent today At
the State Department recci ing his final
instructions. he will sail from New
York Wednesday m the steamship
Majestic" Of the White star Line for
Liverpool
Colonel Charles r. OFerral is expected
90 arrive here from Harrsonburg to-
nicht.
Bishop r VI. Whitue and Mrs. whit
ne arrived here This afternoon. and are
registered at the metropolitan.
Judge William u. Rhca. of Bristol. and
Attorney General Scott. representing the
state OF Virginia and judge st. John.
Of Bristol Tenn. representing the STATE
of Tennessee. got here yesterday. and to-
day appeared before the Supreme Court
OF the United States. asking that court
90 order "a survey TO establish beyond
dispute the boundary line between the two
States which for so many years has been
"a matter of controversy. II Will Doe re-
membcrod hy readers Of The Times that
"a recent decision Of the Supreme Court
was against Virginia I'm this matter The
request to-day does not reopen the case,
but. 81 granted. will settle for all time
tine matter over which there has been
So much expensive litigation. The court
took tho matter under advscment.
The only appointment made in the
Treasury Department to-day Of Interest
90 the readers Of The Times was that OF
g.. H. Denny. tc be Superintendent Of
Construction of the public building at
Rcilsville, ". g.
Calvin e. Parish Of North Carolina.
has filed an application for a position
as chief Of "a division in the Second Comp
trollers office.
w. "A. Bray. OF the same state. has had
filed by friends an application for the po-
sition of Superintendent Of Lile-Saving
Stations.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
Maxwell appointed 109 fourth-class post
masters to-day. of which 50 were 20 hll
vacancies caused 10y designations and
deaths The Virginia appointments were:
Hampstead. King George county, r. II.
Stuart. vice n. r. Welch, resigned.
saint Clair Bottom Smyth county r.
T. Young vice Andrew Rouse, resigned.
Shawvcrs Mills TazeweIl county. 5. j.
Cundi0. vice l.. r. Lefile, resigned.
SurrF Courthouse. Surry county. +. A.
Cooke. vice Joshua Cooper removed
Thornburgh. Spotsylvania county J. a.
Black. vice Cyrune Ganinger. removed.
The North Carolina appointments We're:
Arden. Bunc0mbe county, VI. l.. Shut
ford vice ~ a. Hickman, resigned
Clarkton. Bladen county. j. III. Clark,
Jr. vice n. G.. Han. removed
Edinbor0ueh Montgomery county II.
D. scarboro. vice r. F. Barringer. dead.
Jubilee. Davidson county. NJ A. LomaN.
vice Nancy G.. Wilson. removed.
Leicester. Buncombe county r. ID. f.
/ Robertson vice W. u. Henderson, re-
| signed.
The following Star service postal routes
have been established
Grape Lawn to Livingston six times
week. From July 1st.
Massanetta Springs, by Chestnut Ridge
900. oJ TO Iarrisouburgh six times "a
week. From July ]. l62
The following fourth-class postmasters
iu North Carolina have been commissioned
to date from the 1lth:
James A. Houck. Granite Falls; Marquis
t. Wallis pineWIe.
The name Of the postofice at Pittsbor-
oueh Chatham county n. c.. has been
changed 10 pittsboro, with Fanny r.
TAYLOR as p0stmistress.
THE following Star service postal route
has been established I'm North Carolina:
Johnsous Mills TO Grifton and back six
times a week. From July /, 1893.
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