Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-19
Sale of Choctaw Orphan Lands in Mississippi.
DEPARTMENT OF THE interior

DEPARTMENT THE INTERIOR,
DUBLIC NOTICE, s IS HEREBY Tfi GfTEN,' n THAT
Il the m pieces esSrb
Lowndes, and Bolivar Mississippi wil at
the times and places designated be exposed for sale
der for cash. by be appoinedon behalf of
the Choctaw orphans by the their trustee
the Ch9ctaw treaty of 1880, viz:
house door in Coeev the following tracts in Yalobusha
county,
A IN tosonsAip toentythres (es) range eight () east
The west half and southeast quarter of section twenty
The east half of section twenty mine (29;)
The The northeast Quarter of section hirys9ne (a1)
Th me mort north hal haif9f 20 section thirtyctwo lsS0
And at the time and place the following described
The south half Of section thirteen toaOnsdip 0enysir
On Monday the 10Th Of December 1855, at the court
house door in Charleston 7aa1atcis county following
described tracts of land in said county, viz:
All Of sections three 5 ten a. and thirty three (ss
The southwest quarter of section nine (9;)
The north half and southwest of section twenty
two (22;l
The west half of section twenty-five (25;)
The north half of section twenty y-sx (26)
The west half pt section twenty-seven (27 }
The The Hsf % M of section "a Z and
the northeast quarter of section thirty-six (36.)
A., In toa0nsho tsoentyHoe (252 range ts0o (2) east
All of section twenyseven (27O tweny-eght 2S0 and
The northeast quarter of section four a
The southwest of section wentyhree (55 y and
The east half of section thirty (3O)
IN tOGCnShp taUenty-t0ur GA range three (3) east
All of section three (3;)
The east half of the northeast quarter of section two
The northeast quarter of section four a.
liz toIonshi0 ttcentytre (25,) range three (3 east.
The southwest quarter of section fourteen C4;)
The southeast quarter of section fifteen (15;)
The southwest quarter of section twenty-five (25;)
The southeast quarter of section twenty-six (26;)
The southeast quarter of section thrtythree &3S and
The southwest quarter of section thirty (34
On Monday, the nth day of December 1885, at the court
house door town of Lexington, H2nes county
following described tracts of land in said county, viz:
In tornship sieteeo Cl6,) range one () erest
The west half Of section fifteen 15 y and
The half and southeast quarter of section twenty
two (22(
The southeast quarter of section twenty (20.)
On Saturday the 22d of December 1885, at the court
house door in the of Columbus the following described
The northwest quarter of section twenty-five 22 town.
ship nineteen (l9,) range seventeen 40 east.
Of above described lands quarter sections
were selected In 1854, at time when some OF the best
lands the State unuccuped and unappropratcd and
the other five quarter sections and lot or
eighth of section have been acquired in settlement from
debtors the orphan fund. The late commissioner
tie with dc btors that fund describes the lands above of
fered sale being almost without an exception rich
and FERTILE well and located many of them
considerably improved, and being largely enhanced
excellent population of the section in winch they lie and
eminentiy adapted" for planting purposes.
An appraseent of these showing their value,
and the minimum price at which each tract respectively,
may be sold, will be made prior to the dates of sale.
where the purchaser purchasers of tract
shall fail TO comply with the terms of SALE the land pur
chased will be resold his their expense and risk
The ,itle TO these lands is believed to be ndsputabe;
right of the orphans will be defended by the government,
their guardian
o'clock of each day. and continue until the lands all
offered.
CHARLES E. MIX,
Acting Commissioner
Aug. IA 1855. 10S9-l wtDec 90