Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1885 — LATER NEWS IETMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS IETMS.

The resignation of P. M. Kelly, Pension Agent at Louisville, Ky., has been accepted, to take effect Dea 31 next, and Gen. Don Carlos Buell has been appointed his successor. The President has appointed the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall Collector of Customs at Boston in place of Roland Worthington, removed. The President has also made the following appointments: James A. Bayard of Maryland, to be Secretary of Arizona; Joseph C. Strannan of Indiana, to be Surveyor-General of Idaho; James Dawson of Colorado, to be Surveyor-General of Colorado; John Hise of Arizona, to be Surveyor-General of Arizona; George Frank Bales to be Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Port Jefferson, N. Y.; Edward R. Pierce to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of Portland and Falmouth, Me.; Russell G. Woodman, to be Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of Portland and Falmouth, Me. ; Robert A. Thompson to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of San Francisco, Cal.; Christian Reis to be Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of San Francisco, Cui.; William Faxon, of Michigan, to be Register of the Land Office at Detroit; E. L. Carson, of Texas, Indian Agent at Ouray, Utah; Leigh 0. Knapp, of New Mexico, Receiver of Public Moneys at Santa Fe, N. M.: Robert B. Smith, of Montana, to be United States District Attorney for Montana. Presidential Postmasters—Tranquilo Labadis at Las Vegas, N. M., vice F. Romero, resigned; Mrs. Armann Quinlan at Monticello, N. Y., vice Richard Oakley, resigned, and L. A. Bostwick at Lowville, N. Y., vice W. Scott resigned; W. S. Hammaker, Findley, Ohio, vice E. G. Dewolfe suspended; G. M. Shelly, Kansas City, Mo., vice T. S. Case commission expired ; Robert Humphrey, at East Brighton, N. Y., vice Mrs. M. Smith, suspended ; Oscar D. Derr, at Roanoke, Va., vice A. S. Asberry, suspended; G. K. Yerington, at Girard, Hl., vice A. G. Leigh commission expired; T. G. Bunnell at Newton, N. J., vice W. B. Mattison, commission expired ; S. G. Bennett, at Pittston, Pa., vice J. P. Shiftier, commission expired; J. M. Higgs, at Connersville, Ind., vice J. W. Ross, suspended: John B. Ruger,’ at Lafayette, Ind., vice J. G. Samples, suspended; Joseph Elder, at Richmond, Ind., vice E. D. Palmer, suspended; Richard Mooney, atßondout, N. Y., vice A. N. Barnes, suspended; John A. Bardol, at Superior, Wis., vice S. E. Tubbs, suspended. Returns from the cyclone which swept through the Southwest some days ago show that thirteen persons were killed and large amounts of property were destroyed in the counties of Dallas, Perry, and Bibb, in Alabama. The body of Mrs. J. W. Taylor, of Louisville, which was interred six years ago, has been found completely petrified, with every feature life-like. John Smith, a miser of Weston, West Virginia, had $1,600 in currency hidden in a hollow log in the woods. In attempting to add to the treasure he found it was gone. Secretary Lamar is engaged in hearing the petitions of nine different telephone interests for the vacation of the patent granted to Mr. Bell. It is alleged that Meucci used a telephone in 1849, and never abandoned his invention. * The Commissioner of the General Land Office has refused to approve a list of lands selected by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, including about 58,000 acres of land in Washington Territory embraced within the forfeited grant of the Oregon Central Railroad Company. A faith-cure convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., the last week in November. Watson & Bartholow, dry-good’s commission merchants of New York, have failed, with liabilities of $400,000. Work has been resumed at John Roach’s ship-yard on the cruiser Chicago, and at his New York shops 150 men are employed on the cruiser Atlanta and dispatch-boat Dolphin. The St. Louis Crematory Society, organized by 300 business «nen, has secured a permit for a building on Grand avenue, near Tower Park, to cost SII,OOO. King Theebaw has informed the British Government that he must consult Germany and France before giving up control of his foreign relations. Four regiments of the British expedition have started up the Irrawaddy on armed steamers. The iron steamer Algoma, belonging to the Canadian Pacific Road, struck ,a reef off Port Arthur, Lake Superior, in a dense fog, and went down. The loss of life is reported at thirty-seven. The crew of thirteen and two passengers were saved.