The sun., 1894-05-13
POST oFFIOE NoAENCLLTURE
Some Odd Names and How Some or Then
Came to Bo Adopted


FSem a< 81 Louis Globe Dsnoeral
WASHINGTON. May 2-Postmaster-Ge Gen eral
Bissell has undertaken . reform. He wants
short names for new Post Officea Some OF Mr..
Bissells predecessors attempted reforms In
the direction OF Post ONCE nom enc clature with
rather curious results. When the residents OF
q new town In Missouri sent in their appIica-
tion for Post ONCE several years ago the
name they suggested was not satisfactory to
the department for some reason.
Select another name" wrote the Postmas-
ter-General; something not so common.
something peculiar"
..Peculiar'" :. And the mail bag has gone to
I'M B.ssIl aoo.ns have ave- run rum on sir'sh Short"
+ ts%porsriiy short =, There are .irssdy
four Snort, crseEs. one sh0d Shorter. and
sSSFs Hin. ssa sRsp., W shols aaIi Iouassns snGas
and short on. North Carolina contributes the
last last. msntIonsd Ba, variety n short sSm6inI
sh9rt Tract and shortyiIle.,
DTsIsrEss %sIs s:.ssitsT Ihs Post oiiiSs DEPART
com mpinations like bay CITY, Bay Centre. and
Esys Indiana has town Has n.S.d snS 'E0 Is sfi
TiBpecanes coqsty. Tennessee mas named
have one BEEN .RS Ss
ranging rom Big Bar 10 | Big Woods. woods Win Win sSeS SS
SE 9STiElnslisy shSwn as Big Bug IN Arizona and
no room for further honors to the Postms sster-
General. Tea Belefontainss are spelled In
seeans seem TO be fertile In the selection Of
sHHiSne H nsmes They have got = Yz Post once.
60 tell Let. an DSi A. an Andy. % Ben. a Bob.
Boy. Bud. q Cute an Ego GAbe. Gath.
bsr hS ON. asn seq aSS SSfres S .H. NSti@' S9%
Missouri runs somewhat to synonym.a She
ODD. She has Freedom A and I a IibsrtysilIs ~ " H
Missouri has her share OF homsly names OF
budsnviils Ji@town. Dryno6. ESsnsssr. SaSSM COM.
bInatlons with Lone seem to be popular In
Lone Dell, Lone Oak Lone spring. Lone star,
and Lone Tree. The present ConRrsssionai
SaS Ps gs called
Hs BsRS sGy BGpS syaG ate
BIIntsr could have chosen Tor Missouri Post
the phase Of human nature which prompted
the selection Of BraggAdocio as q Post Once
Missouri has a NishSaborna. q CoeEram's
fhssetoa Hses sSE SPS and HbTa5Ss bSd% ISS RS:s
Adam is In Georgia Eve is In Kentucty' csiI |
In Kansas. Abel in Alabama. A letter ad-
dressed 70 Canaan may 20 TO sixteen States |
bsioTe u hnds its destination. The long roll OF
Iost onices contains greater variety Of saiuts |
than the calendar. Virginia has 81 Tam |
mRnJs. st. Ann, ST Anne. st. Anna st Annie
81. AIMS are all Post Offiees. one 81 Jo, five |
~. Joes, and eighteen st. Josephs attest the |
popularity ot that saint and the iTrevsrence Of |
his lattsr Oar Admirers In Alabama there Is |
a Salnts store aud in Mississippi there Is a
SAINTS Hest. Texas and Iowa have New Works, |
llnelnnati IL found In six States. There are |
Iour ChleAgos and seven PhilAdelphlAs- ST |
LOUIS 10 fognd in Michigan and Montana as |
Hel as In Missouri Centre 10 the name Of a /
fost once In twenty-five states. Toe Centre- /
towns CentreViles, and other Combinations
IN Delaware county. Ohio = Post ONCE IL
named Africa, NiTginiA has Negro Arm and /
Negro Foot North Carolina has Negro Head /
aand Arkansas has Negro HILL The Acre is 10 /
" n est lLTglnlA The Bay is in louisiana Other
roSt Otnoss Eith the articles are The Bend
he orneT. The DAlles. The Falls The FOTkL
ne ns{ssr. ne Glen. The Grove, The Guma |
ne Hollow. The Plans The Ridge The Rock |
! hs springs The square. The Neirs.
lheFe 10 no Post ONCE named luba Dam AL |
hough many people think there Is Texas
JAS luno. aud California has q luhA CITY |
dlehigAn aud North Dakota have DeTiiiG |
-4ke IheTe are three Tariffs, one In Ohio |
4 hlSh ls quite NJ one In Nest Virginia. and 4 |
hlfd IN North Carolina. TaHtVllls IL in Ten |
lsssse. hissisalppi has a FTestrads. Three
sstst.ssa.oeeEEiA Kansas. ARd New YoTk-hGVs