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Permit me, through your paper, to
answer the following letter, which
may, also, serve as a reply to many
inquiries made Of me Of like char
aCter:
PALOUsE CITY, July 1G, 1888.
II. GRASS, EsQ.:-Dadr Sir: Since
the Government has commenced an
investigation of the way in which
settlers are procuring lands, many
who have recently proven up are
offering their land for sale, and wish
to inquire wouldA person be safe in
buying such lands? If it was after
the purchase discovered that there
was fraud. practiCed in making the
entry would, or could the Govern
ment interfere with the title or entry
to prejudice Of the purchaser Please
answer and oblige.
In reply to the above inquiry, l
answer that a person who buys land
Of the party making the entry before
the entry is approved by the Depart
ment at Washington City, will not
be treated or protected as an innocent
purchaser.
The action Of the officers Of the
local Land Office is not final, but is
subject to revision, approval or rcjec-
tion by the general Land Office, and
if it is asccrtaned that the land was
acquired by fraudulent practices the
entry will bccancclcd without regard
to the claims Of the subsequent pur-
chaser.
The party making the purchase
takes only such right or interest as
the party making the entry acquired
and if by false swearing or failure to
comply with the law, etc, the entry
man is without equity i'm the prem
ises, his grantees must also be with
out equitable standing. The legal
title does not pass from the Govern
ment until the approval Of the entry
ut the general Land Office.
There will be Il careful examination
made of the proof Of residence and
all matters connected with each
entry, where patents have not issued,
and if it is made toappear that fraud,
such as l have indicated, has been
practiccd, the entry will be cancelled,
and the purchaser left to his srecourse
against the party from whom he
purchased.
The fact, however, that the patent
has already issued, will not relieve
the guilty party from liability to Il
criminal prosecution.
HENRY GRASS,
Special Agent General Land Office.
-U'dHd Wdild Union.
, 1883-09-22
BILL NYE'S HORNETS.



Last fall | desired to add to my
rare collection a large hornets nest.
| had an emhalmed tarantula and her
porcelain-lincd nest, and | desired to
add to these the gray and airy home
Of the hornet. Iprocurcd one Of the
large size afterc cold wcatherand hung
it in my cabinet by a string. l forgot
about it until this spring, When
warm weather came, something re-
minded me Of it. l think it was Il
hornet. He logged my memory in
some way and called my attention
to it. Memory is not located where
thought it was. ltseemcd rs though
whenever he touched me he awaken
ed memory, warm memory with
a red place all around it.
Then some more hornets cameand
began to rake up old personalities.
l remember that one Of them lit on
my upper lip. lie thought it was n
rosebud. When he went away it
looked like a gladiolus bulb. | wrap
ped wet sheet around it to take out
the warmth and reduce the swelling
50 that | could go through the folding
doors and tell my wife about it.
Hornets lit all over me and walked
around on my person. did not dare
to scrapG them of, because they are
50 sensitive. You have to be very
guarded in your conduct toward a
hornet.
IrcmCmbCr once while l was watch
ing the busy little hornet gathering
honey and June bugs from the bosom
Of a rose, years ago, l stirred him up
with club, more rs Il practical joke
than anything else, and ne came and
lit on my sunny hair, that was when
wore my own hair, and he walked
around through my cleaning trcsses
quite awhile, making tracks as large
as watermelon all over my head.
If he hadn't run out Of tracks my
head would have looked like a load Of
summer squashcs. remember had
to thump my head against the smoke
house in order to smash him, and l
had to comb him out with a fine comb
and wear a waste-paper basket two
weeks for a hat.
Much has been said Of the hornet,
but he has an odd, quaint way after
all that is forever new.
, 1883-09-22
LOST.

A NOTE FROM ZACK LEWIS & SON.
"A payable to James Mclaughlin, was lost
IA July, between the residence " the under
signed and the spokane river. A suitable re-
ward will be given to any one returning the
, 1883-09-22
Notice for Publication.
Riley Miller.
LAND OFFICE AT CoGgAx, ". T

LAND OFFICE AT CoLCAN, ". TT
Aug. II, 1888
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has hlcd notice 0f his in
trntiou 10 make final proof in support Of his
claim, aud that said pruUf will be made before
II. L. BurguynC, Notary Public, ut spokane
Falls, on Oct. u, At l r. NJ, lNNi, VIZ; Riley
Miller who made d. :. entry No. @2i Tor the
sw "A nc O., o NV and NV a NV Sec. 25
TIP , n. Il $50, W. m.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous rrsiduuC" upon. and Cul.ivu.
{ on Of, said land, viz: william Bowen, Ira
W. Bowen, b. +. Whpplr and NJ. :. Bentley
all Of spokane Falls, ". +.
j. NJ. ARMSTRONG, Register
, 1883-09-22

l.. II. NASH. ). KENNEDY STOUT.
NASH & STOUT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
VIII practice in the Courts of Washington
and Idaho Territories, and L. :. Land Office.
, 1883-09-22
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE At corrAx, ". r.

LAND OFFICE At CoLTAN, ". T.,
August 2. lSS}
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
y named settler has fiIpd notice " his in
trntIOn 10 make final proof in support of his
claim, and thut SuId proof will boz made before
II. T. Burguyur. Notary Puhiiruf his office in
Spol 1un Falls, ". r., ON oct. 3. lsSR, 90 A. NJ,
VIZ, Rushiu RhotIrs who filrd Il. :. No. gnil
for the e. NV i,.uud lots and . see Is Z - u
RAE.
lie names the following Witnesses To- prove
ton ut, said land, viz: John v. Huffman,
J. y. Woodruff, e. H. Rhondps and I'd. n.
Hail, uf SPOKANE Falls, T.. o., W. T.
J. NJ. ARMSTRONG, Register.
, 1883-09-22
A Letter from A. ]. PiChard.

A Letter from 4. J. PilGhaT1.
The communication Published be-
low is from A. J. Prichard, a man
who has spent some years prospecting
in the mountains of Idaho, Montana
and Washington Territory, and who
has been branded as a cOnsumatc
humbug by great many who have
been seduced BY his representations
to make long and weary pilgrimages
into the mountain reccsses Of Idaho
without discovering even the color
Of gold. We might state here that
we have heard Of this man frequently
since the establishment Of the RE-
VIEW, and that the general opinion
was that he was either insane or an
arrant knave. At one time a body of
men, who made the trip into ms
locality on his representations was so
incensed at the failure to discover
the mines he promised, that they
would have hung him were itnot for
'"e oou.iSel VI 'ooiei i''''uS' 1t iS
e'iuei'1 iio'h r'iV 'o' '''' uer 'i'l'''i1'''
49, a. nv S"t ,i y - . "''r '". ,."' 49, ~,
n''',, - ""ln."s p'0Ps, 80 '.'''' |
.LI'It 20, ~ ~ - ~ 90 ",'9
tiS@is' - -. " 80 - y, :"
a,.oa1 Ia =. ,,L5, " e ',.''' W,
roaoi,.;,,o so n,roh otta,s.ian W.,
a,,,o Li, -, a. ,,,af,oa..,.,
g.. LII, t,,n4 ;. " ,,.,m H. -. =" 9s,'',
- 80, ,s,' 49,, =, ~ :, .t. -
- - ..t--.,"I " ~ ''''''~'
- ''''> .-,-Y''i
tn miners D,.osnecto,,s ooJJbooo 6oey.
inn IN Interest in tbo ,ye,eyop,,,o,t
oft6js yco,ote co,,otr,, oDd Hs f,t,,e
,royforo
will pow saw n fow words bopino
tberebv IN pivc enroursgamcnt IN
the pionccr prospnctors and miners
NV name has been uublisbed bro,d-
cast as one Of the oreat humbups on
nIarer mining in tho Cpur Il, Alamo
Mountains I now s,v that I have
given but n small portion of tbp
knowledge I have obtained in nv
explanations of this unprospected
country. | obtained the knowledge
in nv researches that RIGHT here was
an immense mineral belt that was
unDrospe,tad. and found pnod inli-
cations of gold in various parts. Then
began tracing ND the formation and
found Il wide extent of territory fra
yersed by those Iodes. | found good
indications of placer mining grounds.
and continued nv investigations to
satisfy myself in regard to the con-
nection of this region with the Koot-
emf mines on thc north. and tbc
Boise, Salmon, and Clearwater, on
the south. Ihaye sppnt the best part
of the last five wears in prospcctinp
and looking over this new field. /
have found gold on yarious streams:
and. also. in support of this. have
found that there are vast spdiInrntar
deposits that will add more TO the
wealth of this country than could
ever have been expected from the
placer without a foreign support. The
Iodes alone of this region would make
it one Of the most prominent mining
sections in the United States. There
is a large extent of territory traversed
by lodes, that is also supported by
the best placer mining grounds, per
haps, at present. i'm North America.
, 1883-09-22
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE At CoLFAN, W.T.
August 10, 1885,
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice Of her In-
IGNITION To make final proof In support Of her
claim, and that suid.prDuf will o. mnde he
fore II. l.. Buroync, Notary Public, nf mis-
Office, spokane Falls, ON October 3. 1859, af II
a. m, VIZ: Ann Il. hgn, who made ID. $. en-
"a, tp ~ u. iIe.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and cultiNu-
ttOn Uf said land, viz: John CauEhcy, sam
uCl Rirn, James Il. FHICOuur, John ii. Flood,
all OF spokane Fails, W.T..
Is j. NJ. ARMSTRONG, Register.
, 1883-09-22

GONE very choice lots in Heath's Addition,
- very cheap.
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hyon will cut this ouf and stick 4 n
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4 convenient for references, ana be rpsr.d
me trouble and expense of writing lef-
|ters q Inquiry 20 the newspapers.
On and after October 4. less. letter
postage will be cents for each haf
ounce Or frac;iona. part thereof between
All points In the United States. The rafe
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in rates @ other classas OF matter.
On aud after the let or July, i6o3 Won
can obtain ~ any monsy-order Once
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paying fee OF cents. These posicl
notes will Be made payable to kesror
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!fsne. Amer the lapse OF that time the
holder cnn obtain the par value only bv
spply ling to The post-o6sce department &
Washington.
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Az she recent ferm or ths olfouit court
|of Floyd county, The final report OF tho
|administrator IL tho Colonel BoEles
estate was made. Colonel BowIes, the
|owner ofthe French Lick eprlnes proper-
|ty, who died years ago, len large es-
tate. worth 10000. Before HE death
his wife secured 4 divorce and e26. .0On
B0wles Get himself 70 work 70 beat her
|out Of the money, and litigation to secure
The money followed until his death.
Then the tight was commenced on tho
creditors tho heirs or BoWles. MrA
BowIe5 attorneys, and tho creditorA
Judgment after judgment followed. Tho
estate was sold &C . nominal priro, and
then came another fight o. Mrs. BoWloo'
lawyers 70 (recovcr their share n the
swag. The reports, running beck ten
years, show that over 90. .000E were paid
out % lawyers IN the conteste. $1,000 %
tho sadmIDistrator, and large sufDe "a
court fees. There q about 5000 len,
and mono Of Tie helrs havo W Desoolsed6
cent.
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The houso of Mr.. "A. J.:McEyoy. tfoln
dispatcher nt this place, Was 1rcd Into
|tulco Sunday night about A O'Clock. oy
|som0 unknown person, while The occu-
pants Of the house were in bed Two
shots were fired, but no one WAs Injured.
At about ton minutes Ailer this occur
renco, and while the night dispatcher 9.
N. Trcsler was writing "a hfs ofIce. :
shot Wa hrod at him from The platform
ysrItIS9. vi % strifine ~ ' - w,pdo@ No. oss,ss. - -
which probably saved M. T.b IllG
With this shot nred, the man who Wns
out cunning for train dispatcher, ceaeed
firing. The Airline Co.. has offered ono
dollars reward Tor tho one Who
did the ohooting. THE guilty party
should Be appFehendod ot ony cost and
brought % justice. fHuntlngbofg -
- - *
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Luther Benson KnoWs th<

In recent letter from Alabama 10 thf
RushvIlle Jacksonian, Luther Benson
'|puts Quiefus upon some Tonublicau
1twsddie that u flying around very loose
Nv in some Of the party organs:
1 The Republicans up North arc keep-
1inR up terrible howl over The two
I3outhern delaultipx State Treasnrcra
They have both done what no Repnb;j-
Fan Official thief ever has done or ever
will do. Vincent. or ihIa State. lc(t hnli
IIhe money, flt0,O00, IN the tressury.
What Republican thief ever left one- hair
NE money! A Republican leave half
|ihe money! Polk, Of Tennessee, has of.
Ifered 70 pay every dollar of HE defcicn-
nv back into the Htafe Treasnrv n they
will just LEI him OUT OF jnil and promiee
|noi % send him 70 tho peniient;ary, hut
they refuse. just tlilk OF Republican
thief offering to make good 10 tho state
'or Nation hia theft II let OF. or the
more than 10000 Republican cflcials,
not one was ever known to leave one
copper cent that be could get his hsnda
on, nor has ono ever offered 10 make
good the amount or lie efeal. Tho fact
that Vincent left half The money IN the
Treasury IL evidence that ic Il Demo-
craf; and Polk offering % mako good
every cent he took, stampz him q Demo-
crat also. Tho conntry can rest ensy and
% aesured that Hon. Joseph +. Nc
donald is not going 70 appoint eithor|
Vincent or Polk 70 90 Office under his
administration.
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exo. 23. Provided penalties and flne
lor ohstrucilng roads, drains or dana.
\ orc. - Butts commenced by one 81
perv'sor may Be- continued By his cue
lecseor.
sFc. %. Gueesesora IN Office 70 collec
lali dellnguenciea accrulng during ID,
term Of HE predecessor.
bEc. 70. in determining npon m.
amount and character or work wlicl
shall first be done, tho trustee shall fok,
Into consideration its Importance 70 III.
travelling public.
6Ec. -. Provides for ihe publication
|of the road law, furnishing same "a
County Auditors. who shall deliver one
copy, upon demand, 10 zach enpervIeor
SrC. 70. Empowers trustees 10 admin
lfter oa!hs, touching al business or their
townships.
szc. 20. All moneys ia The county
treasnrics % be paid 10 trustees, instead
of road supeiinfcndcnfs.
hEc. ~. Requires supervisors 10 re
port in fuIl 10 thu trustees on The last
Saturday 10 September, of each wear.
6EC. ~. Trustees 10 audit reports. and
enforce payments Of all money due. a..
SIC. %. Provides penalties FOR sp Ser.
Vieors iesuine fraudulent road receipfs.
DEC. 81 Supervisors responsible FOR
~ tools belonging to his district.
bEo. -. Relates to roads located on|
ownship lines, 70 whom tho work shall
10 assigned, &c.
Sac: 20. AboIishes the oflce OF Road
5uperintendonts and Road Masters. and
eq ulres these officers TO turn over 20 the|
rustece AZ property, books money, &C.,
ii hand All legal clajms Ana dema nds
roated BY snperintende tents to be- naid
" trustees out OF flrst money received
or road purposes.
sEc. %. Repeals all laws inconslst snt
Nth this acf
bEc. 81. Declares an emergency Tor
he immediate taking effect o. The Act. |
nd declares TIE same IN force from and |
Ter its passage.
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Tho commissioners of Knox oounty
have ordered elections 70 b held q VIn~
|ccnneo and Harrison townshIpa April
|39lh, On lovylng . z per cent. tax q "a
or tho Vinconnos 4 Ohio River yoilrood.
The amount asked fb0m VIcccDnos towu-
shIp = go 900 and from Hanison town-
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The Huntington Democrat is edited
by Senator Hllligass. He knows inst
what he is talking ebout. 10 says III
thc lastinumbcr Of his paper:
Lieutenant Governor Hanna held ne
appropriation bill from fifteen 10 twenty
minutes prior 70 tho final adjournment
of the Senate without signing II. Ana. "a
complete tho iniamy, adjourned the SEN
aie - tho face Of dozen Senators wbo
were demanding the yeas and nava II.
was under these circumstance fslIour
Hepublicans: that Hanna killed the 50.
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Bishop Simpson has transferred Rev,
Dr. Walter Underwood 10 Seaford,
Maryland, and Rev. Il. 4. HoiIecker ha1
bocn transferred from Wilmington,
Maryland Conference, % The Indiana
Conference and stationed q Washing
ton, Daviess county.
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The Zenith Mills give employment a.
rcclly and indIrectly % fofly.tWo mon
constantly. Thls y o0(sido 0f thoII
ageno9 - points @ tho raiIroodo purchas.
~ Whook -PEincvoon Demcool
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-08
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION.

In reply to inquiries the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue explains the effect OF the
law reducing internal revenue taxation as
follows: That taxes upon capital and depos-
its of banks and bankers and national bank
ing associations are repealed from this date,
except such taxes as are now due and paya-
BILE !; that the reduction of tax upon checks,
drafts, &C., and upon matches, perfumery,
medicinal preparations, and other articles
imposed by "schedule A." as following sec
ton 3,457 revised statutes, takes effect July
1st, 1888; that after May l, 1888, the tax on
manufactured tobacco and snuff will be 8
cents per pound; on cigars So per thousand,
and on cigarettes 80 cents per thousand; that
there will be rebate on tobacco, snuff, ci-
CARS and cigarettes of the difference in taxes
recently imposed, and taxes as now provided
for, Where claims amount to $40, they
must be presented within sixty days from
Nav 1st. Regulations upon this matter will
be Immediately issued, and blanks will be
furnished upon which claims can be made.
That the law provides for very large re-
duction in special taxes upon dealers COM
mencing May 1st, 1888. The Commissioner
also states that immediate arrangements
will be made for changing the form of
special tax stamps, and stamps for payment
of taxes upon tobacco, snuff, cigars, &C., SO
as to supply collectors with these stamps in
time to meet the requirements of the trade
prior to May 1st, 1888.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-08
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS.

The United States Government, through
its agents in this State, headed by Attor-
ney-General Brewster, is busily preparing
for the prosecution, for political effect, OF
citizens of South Carolina for alleged viola
tions of the election laws, the intimidation
of voters, and similar charges. On Tuesday
of last week United States Commissioner
Bauskett, at Columbia, issued warrants for
the arrest of the following citizens of Mon
ticello, Fairfield county: JAS. Heron, j.
NJ. kirkland, S. S. Curry, Thos. McGill, Jr.,
James McGill, Joseph McMeekin, Joel Nc
Meekin, Nicholas Peay and Thos. Aiken
Two white Greenbackers, J. w. Aughtry
and J. H. Martin, swore out the warrants,
charging the parties with violating the
election laws in refusing to assist them as
Deputy Marshals when called upon do so at
the polls. Aughtry swore out warrant
against Heron for assaulting him at the
polls. Yesterday was appointed as the day
for hearing the charges against the accused.
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cotton raising-a catastrophe that would at
once plunge the country into hopeless bank
ruptcy-is the use of manures and artificial
fertilizers At present all the bones in
Egypt which would be worth their weight
in gold when converted into fertilizers, are
exported to Europe. The Egyptians steadi-
ly refuse to allow any concessions to be
made to any artificial manure company on
the ground that the "bones of some. Mos
lem saint might be disturbed and put to
vile use." If plebiscite were to be taken
to-day the overwhelming majority Of Egyp-
tians would vote against the use of artificial
manure. English diplomacy will soon find
itself face to face with this manure ques-
tiOn
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THE MICHIGAN SENATOR.

The balloting in the Michigan Legislature
for United States Senator ended last Thurs
day by the election of Thomas w. Palmer,
of Detroit, who received seventy-five votes,
on the fifth ballot that day. Forty-two
votes were cast for Stout, and two for Ferry
on the last ballot. The contest has been un-
precedented in the history of the politics of
that State, eighty-one ballots in all having
been taken. And with the final result ig-
ANONYMOUSLY ends the Senatorial career of
Ferry, whose sudden and terrible collapse is
sad commentary on the uncertainty of pO-
litical supremacy, even after reaching po-
sition of absolute authority, which position
Ferry had attained. He had, as presiding
officer of the Senate, held the deciding voice
as to the fate of Hayes and Tilden. No
man was more responsible for the commits
sion that made fraud triumphant. Now, he
is bankrupt in purse and person, CONNER
cially and politically. Alcoholic stimula-
tion and morphine have, in conjunction
with desperate straits, brought him almost
to deaths door. AT dinner party it was
once remarked that he refused wine and
drank only Apolynaris water. He was
even at that time a secret drunkard, or
one of those men who keep liquor at home
and imbibe it during the night. When
misfortune overlook him he sought consola-
ton in excessive intoXication, which is just
about the worst thing any man could do.