The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-17
WASHINGTON.
interesting Notes and Gossip from Tho
National Capital.

Interesting Notes and Gossip from the
National Capital.
Important Decision BY Secretary Teller
Fred Douglass Oonvcntion---The
Oolored Citizens Excited
Presidential Appoint
ments, Etc,
Tho Commissioner Of tho General Land
Onicc hds received complaints from the
Postofiice Department. that cattle brecdcrr
III Nebraska have recently Enclosed With
fence, fer grazing purposes, d large tract ~
public land, and thereby cut on nm impot-
tanl mail route The case IL hoing inyeatl-
gated, and II Is thought at the Interior De,
rartment that measures about To DO taken
will Jesuit Ia breaking NJ this unlawful
practice Of fnnc, ng up public lands, rrao.
tico which has lately grown to he a serious
evil.
Secretary Teller has rendered decision
IN which he holds that the at Of june \
1873, which permits the sale NJ the minimum
price Of - per acre Of lands Na nea pfin-
cipaly Tor their timber and unit for cult
vation, dc not apply to mbcr lands which
may hc rendered susceptible Of eultiya Ton
by ordinary farming processes "such
lands, lilo Secretary says ARE nel within
tho purpose OF this act, which liz intended
TO embrace within its provisions timhercd
tracts only In broken, rugged or monn-
tlnoaa districts, with soil unit for ordinary
agricultural lurl o.es when cleared Of tim
Der"
Fred Douglass defends the motives Of
himself and associates in calling acolorcd
4 4 n sAs.t
has no seer.t purpose. that Its only object
l To ad.ancc the interests OF tho cOlored
lace, AMI that there Is no moro reason why
there should not DO colored convention
than that tho conventions Of lrishmen,
women, temperance people, workingmen
md religious societies should he abandoned
! Ia co.nIea men Of tho District arc much
excited over the removal by the Marshal Of
The Bis trct OF Perry Carson, who for many
wears has been one OF the leading deputies
ut thas Office
Work las commenced again upon tho
Washington monument A cargo Of MAJ bio
from the Leo puarr.es in Massachusetts,
arrived tho other day and VIII at once DO
nut Into coau!tioa t. he laid Tho total
pressure now lo.ne by the boil of the
foundations Is ASH toms, which Is about
Veto II the to;al pressure 10 10 finally
rac a uponit When completed tho shaft
will hc the lofticst structure in the world.
Tie total settlement OF the shaft thus Far
las been one and ene-quarter inches
The Cnmp,raller oil thecmrency has author
cl the FOIL w ng banks to begin business:
The National Gtrmaa~American Bank, ST.
Paul, Mimi capital, sa,o1.a,a Zig Rapids
Maj nal Bank Bis Tap, Dis, Mich. capital,
S.Ulet. Aurora National Bank, Aurora,
III. capital, $1,000
Secretary Folger has rented the estate In
the suburbs o. Washingto formerly occu-
p I'd by Commodore ra5,er on If the Coass
4 lrxav md III 1, 4 hal ii lCrm II will cn~
deayor to . an near 20 Washington most
OF the summer, His physicians do not
tn nix he will 0 succc sful
Ii is very evident that the defendants In
the star route case had no serious intention
OF resting their case without argument
Tho counsel for all the defendants will
speak, and Ii In not certain that tho trial
will not last several weeks longer.
The President has appointed George Gif-
ford of Maine, United States Consul at
Cognac France; and John W. Gurdette, Jr ,
Collector Of Internal Revenue Tor tho
Fourth district Of Iowa
The President has accepted another nifty
miles of the Northern Pacific railroad In
Montana. This section, recently completed,
extends from tho 10th tn the Gooth mile OF
road west of the Missouri river.
The President desis mated John J. Knox,
COMPTROLLER OF the Currency, to at as Com
missioner of Internal Revenue for ten days
from May ID
The Hon Geo ge S.oneman, Of California,
has rendered hi resignation rs a member OF
the Beard If Indian Commissioners