Morris tribune., 1883-02-01
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

EVENTS IN V4SHJNGTON.
The Flathead Indians have agreed
10 sell portion of their land to the North
ern Pacific road and permit that lineto run
| through their reservation. The secretary Sot
the interior believes that ifthis agreement
is not ratified by congressat an early date.
! the Indians will cause trouble, when the
| the reservation. The Indian agent at the
reservation is making every effort to keep
| the crowd that follow the laborers on that
| line off the Indian lands. 1t necess ary he
will call upon the Military at Fort Missou-
| Ia
At 6 meeting of tn committee on Indian
affairs Mr. Deering was instructed to report
| bin to authorize the sale of timber on GER
tain lands reserved for the use OF the Men,
omonee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin.
These Indians occupy reservation in
Shswano county, Wis. The committee re.
port that some portion of this reservation is
| covered with valuable timber. In the last
few years the forest fires have destroyed q
portion of the timber, and it is only uues,
| ton of q few years when from the same
cause, most of the valuable timber will be
lost to the ln6ans The trees in other tracts
are Old have attained their growth h, and are
now going to decay. There can be no ques-
tion but it will be for the interest OF the In
dians that the timber be sold on these tracts.
One of the justices of the supreme court,
in discussing the state of business said they
are about three years behind on the calen.
dar, and are steadily falling more and more
to the year. The calendar gains on them
about fifty cases year. He says it is mis-
take to suppose that full bench accelerates
business. If anything they go slower than
they did before. The larger the court the
more apt there is to be diversity of opin-
ion. He thinks the remedy Is Judge Davis
intermediate court bill, which he hopes will
pass, HRS
postofflces establishes: Georgetown, Ed
munds county, Oak. Postmasters commits
stoned: Anthony Tuor, Ladus, OAK; Irwin
NJ. Lesser, Abbott, OAK, Fred. Dinsmore,
Edgewood. Iowa; w. C. Cathey, Ioka, lowa;
Ephram NJ. Carpenter, kederton, Iowa,
T. Gulgesjel, Sacred Heart, MINI; John G..
Stark, Randolph, Wis; Ernest II. Wilson,
Ashland, WIS; Matthew q. Wilson, George
town, OAK; Edwin s. Waterbury, Water
bury, OAK.
1t is said in Washington shat the passage
of any tariff bin nov will depend upon the
SUCCESS Sl conference COlnmlltSe, anu luat IL
is the purpose of the protectionist to pick
the committee in that interest. 1t is rather a
forlorn hope however for the success of the
tariff reform when the enactment of any
measure is made to depend upon the action
of conference committee.
Mrs. Eliza Dunno, mother Of Gen. W. A.
C. Ryan, one of the victims of the Virginius,
received on Saturday last So, 500 from the
state department at Washington as her por-
ton fthe indemnity to the families of the
fated prisoners shot at Santiago de Cuba, by
order of the Spanish officer, Gen. BurTiell.
Combinations: Gustavus Coward, Chica-
go, secretary of legation to Japan; Indian
agents; D. NJ. Robinson, Arizona, at Ma
waii agency, New Mexico; H. H. Jackson,
Cincinnati, Pima agency, Arizona.
The commissioner of the general land Of
fee requires that naturalization papers be
produced or evidence of their destruction
shown, te entitle foreign-born citizen to a
land patent.
President Arthur gave his first state din
ner to members Of the DIPLOMATIC corps at
the White home Wednesday night.
Robson 8 residence in Washington is ad.
veTtised for rent.