Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

and loss of life and property. but it was inju-
dicious and without inst cause. The poncas
had an unassailable title TO the lands in ques-
ton. and had violated none Of the condi.
lions upon which It Was given them.
The commission recommended that Cou-
gress pass an act granting to every Ponca l60
acres Of land in Nebraska or Dakota, or in Ia
dian Territory, as they may ell ct, in one year,
and allowing during that year free intercourse
between the two portions Of the tribe.
The Internal Revenue Committee of
the House have agreed TO report to the House
a bill taking the tax off savngs-banks and ma
t;onal-bank deposits, bank capital, matehe.,
patent medicines and bank checks. This will
make total reduction of 80, 1888, 800 III the
revenue.
The Commissioner o. the General
Lind Office recommends the amen lment of the
laws 10 iroyIde that ia all entries Of lands, ex-
cept for mining purposes and town rites, set
tiers may deposit moneys to have surveys made
This acio IS in.ended to cover an unsurveyed
parallelogram which is low the refuge OF the
worst class of outlaws. and is not Within the
hints Of any State or Territory. 1t is said to
s one OF the finest ions in The w, st, andl es
4 rih of Texas, between Indian Territory and
New Mexico. The President-elect viii take
mp has perma NJ residence III Washing
ton about Feb. Is.
GENERAL.
CAPT. HowGATE, formerly of the Sig
nal Service, who has stated he intended toscnd
out another Arctic expedition next summer,
has probably abandoned his project, al lac has
sc d his ship, the Gnlnare, 10 some Baltimore
Merchants, and is now seeking an American
registry.
ACCORDING to figures furnished by
the Census Bureau, 1921. 451, $50 worth of A.
AZ and 5-per-c. mt. bonds are held by corpo-
rations. The national banks hold $40. 251, 400
the savings banks Sl31, z2l,490, private banks
Slu9a4, $50, insurance companies 1887. 450,
trust companies SI3, 4Si, 050, and express COM
panies SGiD, 100.
An agreed case is to be submitted to
the courts TO test the legality OF the payment
of dividends by the Central Pacific railroad
while the road il in arrears.
THE racing fund in the United States
for the current year viii approximate 81 ,OOO,-
0G0. Nine English horses have reached New
York, to be entered III Our summer contests
An English trainer and some jockeys are also
expected.
CLEoPHAs IIAcHANcE, a Canadian, who
killed Miss Desilet for resenlng his addresses,
was hanged at ADMINISTRATIVE, Quebec. The
murderer walked to the scaTold without coat or
hat, and shivcrlnglY awaited execution. HIS
Nrithiugs were terrible, and blood and water
Issued from Liz mouth 49,. The steamer Roches-
ter, FROM Boston for london, lost 54S head OF
cats Oh her passage.
AMONG the most destructive fires may
| @ noted by the burning Of TroS q Co.'S -four
iDg-mill, at Madison, Ind, the finest in that
State the loss boinS 1920, 900 the Downtown
club rooms, No. 50 Pine street, New York I;
Adams coJton mil at Banbsidge, Ga a gra II
storehoase at Orank, vlile, Ont. four sto es 1T
Jonns.Uwn New Yotk: and four carIoads o
cotton at McComb Clly. Miss The ex Pres
dental und Icing raised by the New York
aa,S amounts to S225, 90 whith will pro
by b gwen TO Grant uuui~ht. Van eriit I.
Could. Mackly, and ex-GJy. Morgan coaIrbI-
ed S25,JU0 each.
POLITICAL.
JOHNSON n. CAMDEN has been elected
Senator by the Legislature of West Virginia,
the twenty Republicans voting for A. W. Camp
bell. s.. B. Maxey has been reelected SENATOR
from I, xas, hrOetmorton auding second o.
the ballot. The NV Jersey Legislator elect
cd VIM. J. Sewell 10 he UmtedStates senate. :.
Washington 90 respondent Gays there IL no
Goubt thst senator Allison can have the re,s-
uTy portfolio in President Garhcld's Cabinet ii
nc desires. ID 10 sad, However. hat he has de-
I fmined to remain in the Senate He har
been urslng tue Hon. Jane, +. Wilson, OF his
State for the post Offered to himself, but the
Eoss per> sav Mr.. Wilson Will get the Score airy
ship of the Interior, md thBt >eaa OF WihdAn.
of Minnesota, Is the one most likely t. lie seer
tary of the TIE suIy. =
HOWELL L. JACKSON, State Credit
Democrat, was elected to the United State
Senate by the TeDnessse Legislature on The
thirteth ballot. E. 1T is sad that the rennsyl-
wanna member Of he new Cabinet Will be Wh8r-
ton Barker, tie banker, who, III May, 1879
prcst nted Garteds name for the Presidency.
-. Con ressnsn Berry, of California. til ks
the new trraty with C,ina will ufford no rclIoi
from the curse of Celestial immigration. Con-
gresham Page says he Pacific coast wants an
amendment to the treaty. to enable Congress
to prevent or restrict immi grafton.
GEN. GARFIELD has selected as his
Private Secretary rfof. o. c. II H. principal of
the Normal School at Oregon, Mo-, who was a
member of the college faculty at Hiram, Ohio,
when Garfield was PIE .ident OF that institauon
THE Washington st is authority fer
the statement that Gen. Sherman has so CON
Quoted himself as to gain the ill-will CT the
PRECEDENT, Gen. Grant, Gen. Sher dan, and tie
friends OF Cen McDoN ell -. TIE students of
the Uhivers ty of Michigan have formed a
Civil-Strvice Club.