Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-01
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doings of Havykcye Citizens ut the
Nation.s CaDital,

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Doings of Haykcye Citizens ut the
Nations Capital.
Washington, Jan. 26.-Dr. A. L.
Armsbury has been appointed a
pension examining surgeon At Rock
RAPIDS.
The postoffice at Stella, Allamakee
county, has been discontinued; mail 70
Waukon.
Warden c. Pyle and w. j. Hubasher
have been DESIGNATED as members of
the civil service board for the postof-
fee at Webster City.
The president yesterday nominated
~. II. Burdick TO be postmaster al
Postville.
Iowa pensions: Original Harmon NJ.
Myers. Comfortable, Sc. Restoration
and reissue Olender A. Salisbury
(dcad), ESthervills, S24. Renewal and
reissue Emanuel Keeper, Muscatine,
Sc. Increase-frsd NJ. Collins, Orient,
Sc to SIS; Thomas j. Hartley, Toledo,
IS TO $40. Original widows, etc.-Ves-
talina c. Salisbury, Estherville, $1s;
minor of Robert F. Thompson, Water
loo. $40; Julia a. McCord, MARSHALL
town. IS; Sarah Il. Bloodgood, Vint IN,
SIS; Mary Obrecht, Harlan, $12.
Washington, Jan. GA postoffice
has been established at Larinda, Cal
houn county, and William v. Harrison
has been appointed postmaster.
John O'Keefe has been appointed a
letter carrier at Cedar Rapids, vice Will
liam E. Bixby.
Mary Randolph, wife of Smith D.
Fry, of Keokuk, died here yesterday in
the hospital, after eleven months of
suffering, the result of a malignant u-
NOR.
Iowa Pensions: Original-Edward
G. Barley, Cedar Rapids, So; James
Brown, Council Bluffs, So; Charles H.
Emilton, Woodbine, So; Bourtis B. BIZ
ven, Sioux City, Sc. Increase-James
H. McKibben, Biddick, Sc to $40; John
Wilkinson, Pollen, SIP to $17; Isaac
Duke, Shambaugh, SO to $40; Charles
Marquand, Davenport, $40 to $12. Re-
issue-Alexander r. Fuller, Creston,
$14. Reissue and increase-Thomas B.
Bascom, Charles City, Sc to So. Orig
inal widows-Mary Chase, Sloan, So;
Caroline j. Kinyon, ERADICATE, So.
Washington. Jan. 90. Thomas Punie,
Jr., has been appointed substitute
letter carrier at Cedar Rapids.
Charles Joy has been appointed a
stamper in the postofice at Webster
City.
The supervising architect has sent
out advertisements for bids for sites
for postofices in the following cities
in Iowa: Creton, to be opened Feb. 26,
corner lots to be 1873 by.142 feet, inside
lots 113 by 1872 feet; Clinton, bids to be
opened on Feb. 81, corner lots to be
16O by IA feet and inside lots IA by
200 feet; Oskaloosa, opened on Feb. 2S,
corner lots 100 by 1870 feet and inside
lots 100 by 40 feet.
Iowa pensions: Original-AlfredA An
gel, Mt. Pleasant, Sc; John Haxton,
Britt, Sc; John j. Winterburn, Green,
Sc. Increase-James M.Wilson, Ochey-
edan, So to $40; Solomon Lint, Robins,
Sc to SO; John Langhead, Blakesburg,
$12 to $14; James Harrington, Spring
dale, So to $12; George c. Bethel,
Swan, Sc to $40. War with Spain, orig
inal-John E. Jerrold, Perry, Sc.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-The following
postmasters have been commissioned:
Will b. Barstow, Manila; Frank
Holmes, Galesburg.
f. w. Weiland, of Dubuque, has
been admitted to practice before the
treasury department.
Mrs. Julian w. Richards arrived yes
terday morning and will remain until
the close of this session of congress.
Judge Towner, of Corning, is here,
looking after his candidacy for the
federal judgeship.
Iowa Pensions: Original-George w.
Brown, Iowa City, SO; Theodore w.
Orvis, Perry, So. Restoration and adj
Kohn, (dead), Burling-
ton, SO to So. Increase-Robert Ham
mond, Malvern, Sc to S.; VIM. Was
kow Sumner, Sc to SO; Vim. Meier,
Paullina, SO to $40. Original widows
Mary Z. Price, Lee, SIS; Serepta Var
ger, Shenandoah, So; Martha A. Nor
gan, Cumberland, $12.
Washington, Jan. 31.-George i.
Carpenter has been appointed a sub
stitute letter carrier at Des Moines:
Postmasters appointed: Cass, Jones
county, Herman Specht, vice w. K.
Wild, resigned; Paralta, Linn coun-
ty, j. A. Lacock, vice S. L. LoomiS re-
moved.
Postmasters commissioned: Floyd d.
Humbert, Prospect; Chas. Zabokstslly,
Welfare.
Senator Gear, who has been ill, is
much improved, and his physician says
he will be able to leave his residence in
a few days.
Iowa pensions: Original-He P.
Rice, Cedar Falls, Sc; w. c. Lambert,
Minburn, Sc; James N. Prouty, Hum
beldt, Sc. 1ncrease-C. w. Wallace,
Sloan. So to $40; Emery CARR, Grundy
Center, SO to $40. Original widows
Margaret Iompkins, Sioux Rapids, SO;
Susan c. Condra, Livingston, So; Mary
R. Hughes, Bondurant, So; Barbara C.
Magee, Burlington, So; Margaret A. Da-
Wis, Des Moines, SO.
Iowa patents-Robert c. Bolon, Line
vile, wire stretcher; Scion O. Campbell.
East Peru, gate; George A. Culver,