Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-02
WASHINGTON CITY.
SENATORS VANCE AND HuNroN RE.
TURN AFTER A NEEDED REST.
Additional Applications FILED at the
Treasury Depsrtment-visisors Few
postmasters Appointed.
frrom our Reru,ar Correspondentl


WASHINGTON, May I.--Senator Honton
after an absence of more than week has
returned 10 the city. In company with
Representative Marshall, he to-day visited
several Of the departments IN the interest
OF Virginia aspirants.
Senator Vance has returned from o visit
of ten DAYS TO bis nome, in North Carolina.
He is looking well. and enjoyed his stay
very much in the mountains. Tho Sena-
tor had been working very hard for six
weeks and was IN need of n little rest.
Two Virginia applications were filed ct
the Treasury Department to-day. Frank
Harper, of Alexandria, wants TO be spe-
cial agent and N. w. Linton, of Ch:lton's,
desires n position as inspector under the
superintendent Of construction for the
Washington CITY post office building, now
In process Of erection.
The North Carolina applications were
William L. Bond, Of Edenton. INSPECTOR OF
Customs for the Florida Distinct >. 4;
Nicholson, of Raleigh. Chief OF Division OF
the Sixth Auditors Office.
AN OMISSION.
In The interview of Mr.. Harry nj.
Smythe. of Tazewell county, published IN
Yesterdays DISPATCH 1t should also have
been stated that the editor OF the Hedd'tqtf
considered Washington as one OF the SOUTH
west counties that would be FOR Repre-
sentative OFerrall for Governor along
with Wythe, Lee. and SmNth counties
Mr.. Smythe particularly msnuoneu "usu-
ington county, and the omission was unin-
tentIonally made by the winter.
ARRIVALS.
latest arrivals from Virginia include L.
A. Jordan aud G., d.. Richie OF stanton,
Thomas Atkinson of Richmond, r.. M.
Hardin OF Big stone Gap, and Thomas w.
Miller of Roanoke.
Mr.. John G.. Miller. of Dsnville, candi-
date for Bank Examiner, has returned 10
the city.
Colonel J. Hampton Hoge, of Radford.
applicant for the Hong Kong consulate Is
MI A. Moore. Jr., Of Clarke county, is
one of the well-known NlrGinians In town
Representative Marshall TODAY recon-
mended at the Post Office Department air.
/. l.. Nottingham for appointment a. fost-
master az Wise Courthouse. Va
The following North Carohnlans are re-
cistered at the Metropolitan: IheO ..
Davidson and II. l.. Graham. OF AsheyiIle;
Miss NJ. Dowd, OF Charlotte. and William
+. Burbank and wife, of Winston.
Very few visitors from either Nirglnla or
North Carolina are here at present. 1he
absence of most OF the nlgner sONtInmeut
officials has had q tendency 10 reduce the
lis, of arrivals Next week there Will no
doubt be more lite AZ the nations capital.
APPOINTED.
No postmasters for North Carolina were
appointed to-day. The Virginia list was
as follows: Bula. Gooohland county, Mary
s Dunn rice :. J. Mills. resigned; How
ariayllle. Alhcmarle county. Eldrldge
Turner rice II. G. Bragg. removed; Maui
rertown, Shenandoah county, j. !. Coli
man r,cc L. h. ShevOr. removed Meadow
Station. Henricu county, J. L. Glbbon race
j. n. Gibbon. dead Melrose. Rockingham
county. j. L. Humbert rice }. n. &. Armen-
trout. removed White Rock, Bedford
county. A. Ii. Rorer r'ce ). ii. Keats,
dead.
Total number Of fourth-class appoint
ments TINS day. ninety-four. ot winch
seyentv-seven were to I'll vacancies caused
by resignation and death.
COMMISSIONED.
Postmasters have been commissioned as
follows:
Virginia-Lucy A. Spencer. Bowden; f.
K Page. Bowlesville.
North Carolina-Jesse :. fillmore. Bryson
CITY: }. VIII. Jones. Fair View; Mary r.
Middleton. Hallsvlie.
After May Sth change will be made IN
the mail service from NannOy TO Wllbar,
\. c.. 50 as 10 have the route end at Red
dies River, omItting NIlOar, decreasing
the distance one mile.