Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The President has appointed the fol-lowing-named Presidential Postmasters: B. J. Sheridan, at Paola, Kan., vice J. L. Perry, resigned: Robert F. Chilton, at Santa Ana. c a!., vice Charles E. French, resigned; Edward Van De Casteete, at Depere, Wis., vice P. R. Proctor, resigned; Harry S. Parker, at Farmin.ton, N. H., vice VViiiiam H. Hayes, resigned; F. H. Spinney, at Medford. Mass., vice J. H. Fames, resigned; Burritt B. Breed, at Lisbon, D. T.. vice R. P. Bigger, deceased: L. R. Davis, at Athens, Ala, vice Thomas J. Lake, mspended; Milton H. Westbrook, at Lyons. lowa, vice J. R. Beers, suspended; Jas. B. Blackwell, at Marietta, Ga., vice A. A. t letcher. suspended; John Shearman, at Monro City, Mo., vice B. H. Tucker, suspenled; Thos. A. Garey, at Galveston, Tex.; vice Wm. n. Griffin, suspended; E. E. Waggoner, at Shelbyville, 111., vice S. H. Webster, suspended; John A. Collins, at Washington, Mo., vice D. Q. Gale, suspended; E. P. Matthews, at Bowling Green, Mo., vice William.!. Shepherd, suspended; John Flynn, at Duluth, Minn., vice Jos. E. Knowlton, suspended. The President has appointed the following Indian Agents: W. L. Powell, of Virginia, Neah Bay Agency, Washington Territory; John V. Summers, of Missouri, at Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory; Mark W. Stevens, of Michigan, at Mackinaw Agency, Michigan; Charles Hill, of Nebraska, at Santee Agency m Nebraska, vice William H. Spaulding, declined: Moses Neal, of Kansas, at Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, vicj Isaac A. Taylor, resigned; Henry E. Williamson, of Mississippi, at Crow Agency in Montana, vice Henry J. Armstrong, resigned; Fletcher J. Cowart, of Alabama, at Mescalero Agency in New Mexico, vice W. H. H. Llewellen, resigned. The open : ng of the Theater Royal at Montreal has been indefinitely postponed owing to the small-pox epidemic, there being at least 4,050 cases of the disease in the city.

In a street fight at Abingdon, Virginia, Judge George W. Ward, editor of a Democratic newspaper, was fatally shot by Dr. W. M. White, Independent candidate for State Senator, and two of his relatives, ail of whom were arrested and admitted to bail. The first shot was fired by Dr. White, who had been lying in wait for Judge Ward. A Socialistic riot, in which many persons wero injured, occurred at Amsterdam. Rumors that Italy intends to seize Tripoli have alarmed the Turks, and the strength of the garrison in that dependency is to be raised to 15,000 men. O’Donnell, the Home Rule member of Parliament for Dungarvan, Iroland, has withdrawn from the canvass for re-election, owing to a breach with Parnell, whose policy he vigorously denounces. Hog cholera is doing much damage in the vicinities of Red Wing, Minn., and Janesville, Wis. At Saybrook, McLean County, HI., Dr. Harris shot and killed Dr. Barton. Both were prominent practitioners in that locality. Judge Chipman, of the Detroit Superior Court, in n decision just rendered, holds that newspapers are not privileged to print complaints filed In court, and in so doing must assume the responsibility for all the allegations contained therein.

The Postmaster General decides that the salaries of postal employes can not bo attached for debt.

Statements prepared at the Treasury Department show that the amount of silver dollars put in circulation directly from the minis during the past two or three months is nearly double the amount similarly coined during the corresponding period of last year. The issue from the mints during the week ended t'ept. 26 was $738,577, as against $155,895 issuol during the corresponding period of last year. The Cape May challenge cup was won by the English yacht Genesta. Coleman S. Adams, cashier of the Framingham (Mass.) Savings Bank, who committed suicide a month ago, was a defaulter to the extent of $228,000. The Attorney General of New York decides that the State of Georgia is a defaulter, and prohibits savings banks from investing in Georgia bonds. Jordan, Marsh & Co., the Boston dry-goods merchants, who have beeu attached by New York cloak manufacturers for $300,000, say tho proceedings are the result of a conspiracy iu which one of their employes is involved.