Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The small-pox, which is under control at Clarinda aDd Creston. Two cases were discovered the other day in a tenement-house at Milwaukee. During the thirty-six hours ending Monday morning a furious storm of rain and wind swept through the Northwest. In lowa it was particularly severe, partaking of the nature of a cyclone. From many points casualties are reported and great damage to property. In Central and Southern Illinois the storm was not so severe, but was chiefly remarkable for an unusual electric display. A cyclone struck the northwest portion of Beloit, Wig., demolishing barns and leveling trees and fvices. At Newark, Wis., the storm also wrecked several structures. The entire force of the Agricultural Department at Washington was furloughed without pay from June 20 to July 1, the funds of the bureau being exhausted. The prevalence of hog cholera in Nebraska, the recent outbreak in Wisconsin, and the fears entertained of similar outbreaks in other parts of the country have been made the subject of many communications to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who has been urged to make a special Investigation to determine the nature of the disease and the available means for its mitigation or suppression. In compliance with the demand Commissioner Coleman has appointed Dr. J. Gerth, a veterinarian of Newark, N. J., to proceed first to Nebraska and make a thorough investigation. The President has made the following appointments: John M. Twiggs, of California, to be Assayer of the mint of the United States at San Francisco, Cal.; Thomas Beck, to be Appraiser of Merchandise of the District of San Francisco; Joseph F. Shafer, to he an Assistant Surgeon in the navy; Thomas Cut tin, of Buffalo, N. Y., Chief of Secret Service, In place of Col. Brooks; Richard R. McMahon, of West Virginia, to be Deputy Second Comptroller of the Treasury; William Stapleton, of Colorado, was nominated for Melter of the United States Mint at Denver; Benjamin S. W. Clark and Samuel H. Taylor to be National Bank Examiners; E. C. Bannister, of Indiana, Special Indian Agent; J. Harvey, of Pennsylvania, and William S. Kaiser, of Indiana, to be Chiefs of Division in the Third Auditor's Office, to fill vacancies caused by removals. Collectors of Internal Revenue—John T. McGonigle for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania, Attila Cox for the Fifth District of Kentucky, George N. Davis, for the Fourth Di-trict of Michigan, August H. Kuhlemeier for the Fourth District of lowa, and George Wilson of Peoria, for the Fifth District of Illinois. PostmastersC. E. Cameron, at Alta, Iowa; Jacob J. Zeller, at Ottawa, Ohio: James R. Marrs, at Danville, Ky.; John B. Lombard, at South Framingham, Mass.; James R. Howard, at Castile, N. Y.; William H. Wilds, at Tuscaloosa, Ala ; Matthias Manley, at Newberne, N. C., vice A. E. Richardson, suspended; James W. Satcher, at Union Springs, Ala., vice J. W. Radborne. suspended; Lloyd Reed, at Clarksburg, W. Va., vice Wilbur F. Richards, suspended; C. C. Colclo, at Carroll, lowa, vice E. W. Hastings, suspended for illness at his own request; John H. Cochran, at Dallas, Texas, vice L. S. Garrison, suspended; Frank T. Forbes, at Fredericksburg, Va., vice Lawrence Taliafero, suspended; John Finn, at Decorah, la., vice A. K. Bailey, suspended; Valentine Ringle, at Wausau, Wis., vice Robert H. Johnson, suspended; John Warner, at Peoria, 111., vice W. Cockle, suspended; John A. Young, at Charlotte, N. C., vice W. W. Jenkin, suspended; George W. Crokell, at Concord, N. H., vice L. H. Carroll, suspended; Archibald H. Boyd, at Salisbury, N. C., vice James H. Ramsey, suspended; Orlando Humphrey, at Nyack, N. Y., vice S. L. Christie, suspended. The Postmasters at Fredericksburg, Va.; Decorah, Iowa; Wausau, Wis.; Peoria, Ill.; Charlotte, N. C.; Salisbury, N. C.; Concord, N. H.; and Dallas, Texas, were suspended fqr partisanship, upon proofs. The Postmaster at Nyack, N. Y., was suspended because chargeable with knowledge of a fraud perpetrated upon the Government while he was Assistant Postmaster.