The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-27
WASHINGTON POSTAL MATTERS.



Washington CITY Marrh 2s.-Spe-ctsl-
wheEher or not Ma Irene Weeks vas
an offensive partisan - not known, o8t
21a has been removed from the Office OF
port mistress a. Lopez Island. san Juan
county. sni Ernest A Taylor ap1oiufsi
as her sBccces$or. At the same time the
name % the Office xaS changed 20 Lopez.
in pursuance Of the policy OF the Depart
raent IN shortening names wherever pos
sshle Tire name OF the Office formerly
koxn az Forrest. CIsllau county has been
changed to Exs. and Elisha r motifs
commissioned postmaster. The Once at
Mineral. Lewis county. has been rnoFei
one and a half miles northwest from i1s
former location.
The following named Offices have 5een
dlacorffnussIs sfen0rnfu@e 7rsakane ccnn-
~, mail 70 re sent 20 West Branch. shar-
on ChehaIis county. mail TO Porter
At Sharon the term OF the Rspuolican
postmaster ~ =. F.sham. expired Jan
uary % and L. @. Wolfe good Demo-
crsf, was appointed 90 succeed him. but
MIR. Wolfe either did not want the ONCE
or could not furnish bonds. 50 the Office
was abolished
Following are the fourth-ciass postmas-
tiers recently appointed for Washing TOM
Deep Greek. Spokane eouHEF. SIT -
Downing, vice Edna Hewitt resigned:
Columbus klickitat county. Edward cen
dennlng vice " n. Hitchcock. resigned:
T1adu. COwIifz county. J. g. Ladu. vice -
I.adg. resigned; Cowiche. Cowlitx county,
8 l.. Masters. vice r. p Masters, de-
ceased. Diamond Whitman county, a ;.
Hamilton, vice :. j. Frazier. deceased:
sharon. Chehaiis county. L. g. W Ole wee
w p Esharn resigned.
The folioSing orders have been issued
- General SuFsegtutendent James r.
Whit. Of the railway mail service; The
postmaster at Seattle will hereafter dis
made a; his Office for Chicago and New
York via the SEATTLE and Portland railway
postofflce at SIS a. IN. Pouches Will con-
meet the Spokane and Portland railway
postoffice through the Tacoma ONCE oy
hand-to-haud receipt and delivery The
postmaster a. Tacoma VIII hereafter dis
patch the through registered pouch made
al his Office for Chicago via the Spokane
and Portland railway postoftiee train NO.
2 leaving Tacoma al p. N.
In making out the commission or George
W. Jerrels as postmaster at Messy Rock,
Lewis county. the name OF the posiofhce
Ia written as one word, and orders have
been sent out 10 postal clerks 10 that ef-
feet.
William c. Beard. OF Anacortes. Adam
g Hamilton. OF Diamond. Chris Halver-
son. OF Anatone, and Henry Hunter. OF
Oluey. new appointees. have furnished
bonds and their commissions have been
sent out.
star Service Fsta Richardson TO
dxarsls. Eve miles and back. three times
n weea from April I. 1895. to June 81.
fsss: Cokedaie 20 Railroad Junction. three
ard three-quarter miles and back. three
fiues- a week. from April 6, 1895, TO June
D. 1xsS: Monte Cristo 10 Orient. service
reduced 20 once week: Waterviile toChe-
Ian, service changed SO as 10 run from
WatervIle. by Troy and Lakeside, 20 Che
Ian. emitting Chelan Falls
Special service observation-disclosures 10
Porter: Edwards. San Juan county. from
Richardson. after March 81: Cokedale.
Skagft county, from Sedro. after April 8.
Mennonite o.. Spokane county. from West
Branch. the former Office being discontin-
usd. Lakeside. Okanogan county. from
Chelan: Troy. Douglas county. from Wa
tervllie.
Mail messenger service established-os-
trander. Cowiitz county from the North
ern Pacific railroad; Hooper, Whitman
county. from the Oregon Railway and
NAVIGATION road: both services began
March 81.
Railroad service OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Junction 90 Aberdeen. on the Northern
Pacific. as often as.trains may run, after
April |.
star service changes-FaH City 10 Nov
city. Leave Fall City Tuesdays. Thurs
DAYS and Saturdays after arrival of mail
from Seattle, hut not later than p. m;
Ana-ortes 10 Friday Harbor, Leave Ana
cortes Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
DAVIS. a. m. leave Friday Harhor Tues
DAYS Thursdays and Saturdays at a.
m Tacoma 10 Allyn: Leave Tacoma
TUESDAYS. Thursdays and Saturdays. : a.
IN leave Allyn Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, a m
Steamboat service established - Port
Townsend 10 Tacoma; permit Puget
Sound and Alaska Steamship Company.
Walter Cakes superintendent. to carry
Victoria. r G. mails In closed pouch
iron, Port Townsend 20 Tacoma six times
a week without expense 70 the depart
rnent. IN accordance with a written agree
rent OF that company. the department TO
f,royaar mail messenger service between
Tacoma postoffice and steamboat land
ing
AIaska-orca TO Nutchek new Officer
miles aud hack. once a month. from April
I iSas. 20 October 81 ls9S, seven round
trims In connection with steamer 20 and
from Sltka-