Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

HaH nreCO, VINO mas Just returned INlu
4 visit to the SisSeton agency, pa.
kota Territory. says while there
he met and conversed with some Sioux
Indians from Standing Rock agency.
They Wore couricrS sent with
tobacco from tho Sioux Of the
plains to invite the SissetonS to
join them in hoStilitieS against the
whites; tnat already eight different
bands of Sioux had joined the eonfed-
Grafton and that Sitting Bull himself
lad made visit this summer 70 Stand
NJ Rock agency where he spent three
or four days in disguise. Also that the
government had threatened 10 take the
ponies from some of the Sioux and
+ Indians on the Missouri, which
would be resisted 10y all of those tribes
and that 4 general Sioux war was immi.
nent and would soon bc announced
Whether there is any truth III the state
ment made Ivy Indians from Standing
Rock agency or not, | can't tell, but
! they certainly made such statement
THE SILVER DOLLARS COMING.
A Washington dispatch Of the 24th
says. Last Thursday the United States
Treasurer addressed Il circular to the
banks throughout the country, inform
ing them that they would be supplied
with rs many silver dollars as they
might want, in exchange for greenhackS
or treasury warrants, the cost OF trans
portation to he borne Ly the Treasury
There are about eight millions of these
dollars III the Treasury The second
! day after the circular went out twenty
banks IN the smaller and neighboring
cities responded, their aggregate requi-
sitions amounting 70 100000 To-day
many new responses We're received,
from the west particularly, and tonight
the acquisitions will aggregat. $1,000
000. One bank in Memphis ordered
100000. Treasurer Gillian expects
that rs soon MS the other
banks ut remote distances shall
have received the letters, orders
for silver in large amounts will be
crowded upon the departments On ac-
count of the heavy expense Of trans
porting silver dollars 10y the Adams
Express, an arrangement has been
made with the postotlicc department
whereby AL Of this new silver is to he
sent III poun! bags As mad matter,
These expenses, which are to be borne
by the government lay way Of an in
ducement to the banks will be only
one-hfteenth of what the cost of CX-
pfessage would he. While Secretary
sherman gives IN cQuivocal denial to
the statement that the greenbacks 50
received are to be uSud for resumption
purposes, Treasurer Giitilan says they
are to be SO used.
PACIFIC RAIlW NY LANDS DECLARED OPEN
TO PRE-EMPTI0N BY THE SECRETARY OF
TIE INTERIOR.
In the Dudvmottc case Secretary
Schurz decided that the Pacific Railroad
lands may be pre-empted. The dccis-
ion says that nearly all Of the grants
made 10y the United States to aid in the
construction OF railroads or other works
of internal provcment, have
annexed to them conditions, some
Of which are conditions precedent. and
other conditions subsequent. Such con
ditions arc found in this grant to the
Kansas Pacific 1t cannot be denied
that congress had the right to make
the grant to said company absolute and
unconditional, but III order 10
secure the objects for which the
grant vas made, conditions were
annexed. The company had the right
to accept or reject the grant, with the
conditions therein made, but, having
accep pied it, it is now estopped TO deny
their force and effect. One of those
conditions, and the one under which
the applicant now claims the right 10
enter u portion of the land granted to
the company is, that all such lands, so
granted 10y the section, which shall not
he sold or disposed of by said company
three years after the entire road shall
have been completed, shall be subject
e settlement and prescription like
other lands, At u price not exceeding
S1.25 per acre, to be paid to such
company" While il is true that
neither of the decisions of the
supreme court clearly and distinctly
define the right of tile government iii
the disposal Of said lands, still they
clearly Indicate the opinion Of the
court that such right exists; and
whether it be considered that the es-
tate granted is conditional estate, or
an estate with conditional limitation
lin either case am Of opinion that il
must be held that the condition runs
with the grant, and y in effect rescr-
yation Of power Of sale in the gov
eminent, Of the lands granted to the
company which remained unsold by it
At the expiration Of three years after
i the entire road was completed, under
provisions Of the pre-cmption law.
II II manifest, think, that Congress
did not intend 70 grant 70 said company
50 large a quantity Of land to be held
and sold by it at speculation prices, but.
desiring 70 give il aid and assistance in