Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1883 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Appointments by the President: James L. Benedict, of New York, Surveyor of Customs for the District of New York. Charles R. Graham, of New York, Naval Officer for the District of New York. Andrew J. Perry, of New York, General Appraiser of Merchandise for the District of New York. Albert G. Edwards, of Missouri, United States Treasurer at St Louis. Elihu Root, of New York, United States Attorney for the Southern district of New York. A. 0. Tate, of New York, United States Marshal for the Eastern district of New York. Thomas B. Keogh, of North Carolina, United States Marshal for the Eastern district of North Carolina W. H. DeWitt, of Montana, .United States Attorney for Montana Silas W. Burt, of New York, Chief Examiner of the United States Civil Service Commission. John Irwin, of lowa,. Governor of the Territory of Idaho Robert J. Fisher, Jr., of Illinois, Examiner-in-Chief in Patent Office. Thomas M. Kilpatrick, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eleventh district of Indiana George W. Post, Collector of Internal Revenue for Nebraska Collector of Customs, William Hartsuff, District of Huron, Mich. Surveyors of Customs, George Frazee, Burlington, Iowa; Robert Armstrong, Dubuque, JowaDavid V. Stevenson, of Nebraska, Surveyor General of Nebraska and lowa Postmasters —Daniel T. Hunt, Rochester, N. Y.; Washington B. Merchant, New Orleans; Edward N. Talbot, Logansport, Ind.; Thomas Jones, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio; Noah N. Tyner, Fargo, Dak.; Aug. H. Hamilton, Ottumwa, Iowa; F. J. M. Wonser, Tama City, Iowa; Lee Clow.Prescott, Ark.; John W. Marshall, Plattsmouth, Neb. Thomas W. Palmer was elected on the eighty-first ballot as Senator from Michigan, succeeding Mr. Ferry. Mr. Palmer is a native of Michigan, and is actively engaged in the lumber business. He has served one term in the State Senate and was an. unsuccessful candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination in his district in 1876.