Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1885 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

P. M. Kelly resigned the pension agency at Louisville, to take effect at,,the close of the year, and Gen. Don Carlos Buel has been appointed to succeed him. Leverett Saltonstall accepts the Customs Collectorship at Boston after declining to become a Civil-Service Commissioner. The following appointments have been made by the President: '___ 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 B. Pierce to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of Portland and Falmouth, Me. p 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, Cal.; William Faxon, of Michigan, to be Register of the Land Office at Detroit; E. L. Carson, of Texas, Indian Agent at Ouray, Utah; Leigh O. Knapp, of New Mexico, Receiver of Public Moneys at Santa Fe, N. M. : Robert B. Smith, of Montana, to be United Stated District Attorney for Montana. Presidential Postmasters—Tranquilo Labadis at Las Vegas, N. M., vice F. Romero, resigned; Mrs. Armann Quinlan at Monticello, N. ¥., vice Richard Oakley, resigned, and LJA. 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, 111., vice, A. G. Leigh commission expired; T. G. Bunnell at Newton, N. J., vice W. B. Mattison, commission expired ; 8. G. Bennett, at Pittston, Pa., vice J. P. Shiffler, commission expired; J. M. Higgs, at Connorsville, Ind., vice J. W. Roes, 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.

The great American Exposition was reopened at New Orleans on Tuesday, the 10th day of Nbvember, and the day was generally observed in the Crescent City as a holiday. There was a grand civic and military procession, and addresses of welcome were made by the Governor of the State, the Mayor of the city, the Mexican Minister, and other dignitaries. Complete exhibits from two-thirds of the States and Territories, . and portions of the exhibits from the others, were in position. The exhibits of Guatemala, San Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela and San Domingo were in position in the main building, while others were arriving from Brazil, Chili, Peru, and the Argentine Republic. Persons desiring to secure low rates to the Exposition by the shortest and quickest route (Illinois Central) should address Thomas Dorwin, General Northern Passenger Agent, 121 Randolph street, Chicago.... The counties of Dallas, Perry and Bibb in Alabama were swept by a cyclone, resulting, in great destruction of property. It is said thirteen persons were killed outright, and forty to fifty dangerously wounded. A number of citizens are reported missing. The Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New* York have reported to the Secretary of the Treasury as follows: During the year ended June 30, there arrived at the port of New York from foreign ports 356,906 passengers, of which number 294,013 came as steerage passengers and landed at Castle Garden, where they were examined by the Commissioner. Most of these were destined to Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iow r a, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The amount Of the immigrant fund collected under the act of Aug. 3, 1882, was $142,210, and the expenses of the commission amounted to $140,031. The Commissioners recommend that the act of Congress to regulate immigration be amended so as to provide for adequate penalties for all violations of the law. ‘jj During a blinding snowstorm the Canadian Pacific Company’s steamer Algoma was wrecked on Isle Royale, in Lake Superior. Twenty-five of the crew and twelve passengers are reported lost. The survivors of the wreck, thirteen in number, were taken off the island by the Athabasca. The Algoma was dashed to pieces on the rocks, the waves at the time of the disaster running mountains high.