Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doings of Hawkeye Citizens at the
Nations Capital.


Nations Capital.
Washington, Feb. 17.-Wm. Callahan
has been commissioned postmaster at
Waukon Junction.
Rural free delivery will be esta blish-
ed on March Is as follows: ST. Antho-
ny, Marshall county, With one carrier,
length of route, 21s4 miles, area COW
cred, twelve square miles, population
served, $50; w. r. Atkinson appointed
carrier; Salem, Henry county, with
one carrier, length of route, 2OA miles,
area covered, 30 square miles, popula-
ton served, $50; Lawrence A. Bunker,
carrier.
Iowa Pensions: Original-Abraham
Demo, National, Sc. Increase-J. r.
Hansen, Correcpionville. SIT to $50; j..
Hood, Creston, So to $40; Elwood B.
Temple, Lisbon, $40 to $12; w. G. Otos,
Osceola, SIS ito $14; Walker Y. Hopes,
Shannon City, Sc to IS; Isaiah Segbert,
Ottumwa, So to So. Reissue and in
crease-Frank A. johnson, Creston,
Sc to SIS.
Washington, Feb. 2O.-Rural free de-
livery service will be established on
March is as follows: keystone. Ben
ton county, one carrier, length of
route twenty-eight miles, area covered
forty-one square miles, population
served $40. carrier Louis Wiese; New
London, Henry county, one carrier,
length of route twenty-siN miles, area
covered thirty-three square miles, pop
nlation served $50, carrier Charles E.
Lyman. @ Y.
Robert w. Scott. has been commits
stoned postmaster at Ladoga.
The report of the commissioner of
patents for she year ending Dec. 81
shows the number of patents granted
to citizens of Iowa was 400, to each
1851 of the population of the state.
Bids for the federal building site in
Clinton will be opened on the 25th:
for the Oskaloosa site on the 27th and
for Creston on the 2Sth. This is the
immediate result of the enactment of
the law by the Iowa legislature ceding
jurisdiction over all lands acquired for
general government uses to egUnited
STATES. AS the law applies generally
there will be no delay in selecting the
sites for am public buildings which
may be authorized in the future.
Representative Lacey. of Iowa, has
introduced bill amending the civil
service act 1t provides that govern
ment employees shall serve for five
years with opportunity for re-appoint-
ment for another five years.
Those now in the service shall
serve out she term of five years, and
those who have served beyond that
time shall be divided into classes whose
terms shall gradually expire.
Iowa Pensions: Original-John NJ.
Egeath, Bridgewater. SIS; George Mil
Ter, Lacona, SO; VIM. H. II. Waugh,
Monticello, So; Leander Welsh, Daven-
port, &C. Austin &. Hol-
lingsworth, Blocllton, SO to SIS; Tyler
f. Sprague, Alta. SIS to $l2: Vim. f.
Hopkins, Unionville. Sc to IS; Dewitt
c. Ferris, Corydon, $40 30 Sl2; Chas
III. Daniels, Nlnton, So to $40; Peter T..
Clayton. Mt. Ayr, $12 to S24; John
Hem, Belmond, $14 to $17. Original
widows, etc-Marilla S. Henry, Ma
quolleta, SIS. Restoration and reissue
Minors of Julius Goodwater. Marion,
$14. Original widows uhama j.
Armstrong, Missouri Valley, IS; Mar
tina Tryon, Nevada, SIS: Caroline Nc
Alexander, Glenwood, SIS.
Washington, Feb. 21.--Judge Seeds,
of Manchester. was yesterday appoint-
ed clerk of the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries and as
sumed the duties of the office.
DR.. III, Nj. Farr has been appointed
a pension examining surgeon at Mt.
Pleasant.
Rural free delivery service will be
established March Is. as follows: Pitts
burg, Van Buren, county, one carrier,
length of route. 21A miles. area cover
err, 30 square miles. population served
SIS: carrier. Emmett r. Morrison; Wa
peilo. Louisa county, one carrier.
length of route % miles, area covered
% square miles. population served COS,
carrier, VIM. A. Thompson.
Iowa pensions: Original Alexander
S. Mcconnell. Grinnell. Sc; Christian
Steinman, Napoleon, SIS: VIM. r. Web
ster. Lalleview. Sc. Additional Hen
yy A. Cowles, Spring Valley, Sc to IS.
Restoration and increase-Geo. w.
Garman. (deaD Pulaski. $40 TO $14.
Increase Hiram Il. Bigmav, Hudson,
So to SIS: Geo. w. Mauro, O,tumwa,sl2
to $l4: Robert +. Walker, Oakland. SIS
to SIS: Adam Robinson, Des Moines. S12
to $14: Darius Pingree, Dnrant. SIS to
$40: Geo. w. Hammond, Des Moines.$ SO
to $40; VIM. Fl. Austin, Hunters. Sc to
$40; Knud Mulikson. Hustad, SO to
$40. Reissue-James S. Plumly, Des
Moines, $40. Original widows-Anna
S. Lybe, Sidney. sls.
Iowa patents-Charles A. TroSel,
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