Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

W. H. Faulkner, of the Indian service, has been appointed a special agent of tho Interior Department, to conduct the romoval of the Nez Ferces Indians from Indian Territory to Idaho and Washington Territory. The following appointments have been made by President Cleveland: Charles L. Scott, of Alabama, Minister I esident and Consul General of the United States to Venezuela. Warren Green, of Kentucky, Consul General to Kanagawa, Japan. John E. Bacon, of South Carolina, Charge d'Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay. To bo United

Spates Consuls: Berthold Greenbaum, of California, to Apia; Albert Loening, of New York, at Bremen; Joseph 8.-Hughes, of Ohio, at Birmingham, England; John H. Putnam, of Ohio, at Honolulu: Victor A. Sartorl, of Pennsylvania, at Leghorn; Robert E. Withers, of Virginia, at Hong Kong. In view of the excellent records and distinguished service of the following-named Consuls, the President decided that they shall be retained: W. F. Grinnetl, at Bradford, England; Lyell T. Adams, at Geneva; and Samuel W. Dabney, at Fayal. Anthony H. Keilev, of Virginia, who was recently appointed United States Minister to Italy, but declined, has been appointed United States Minister to Austria, to succeed Gen. John M. Francis, of Troy, N. Y. During the month of April Postmaster General Vilas appointed 600 Postmasters at fourth-class offices. The majority of the appointments were made to fill vacancies. A bill providing for the registration of voters in Cincinnati and Cleveland has passed tho Ohio Legislature and is now a law.