Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-04-20

cas>' involving lands within the limits
Of th,, originally located line of thu
route of the road In Michigan from
the Marc ,1ette to the Wisconsin stats
line. The commissioner holds tha,
lands previously certified for thil
line, and which was ..relinq ulshed
under Q Joint revolution of congress,
were by operation of this statute and
by such relinquishmSnt restored tc
the public domain, and that the same
are subject to presumption and home
stead entry - other public lands Of the
United States. In the case decided
to-day the lands are also within the
limits originally fixed for the inden'
ity selections BY the Ontonagon line.
The commissioners says that no indem.
ity or other withdrawal exists cover
ing the land In controversy, and he
therefore awards the same 70 the set.
tier first In time.
POSTAL NOTES.
Postmaster General Gresham to.
day approved the specification for the
new postal notes, and advertisements
will be issued at once, inviting pro.
posals for printing the notes.
The National academy Of science
held only a business session to-day.
SEVEN HUNDRED RECRUITS
are on their way to strengthen the reg
iments In the departments OF Colum-
bis, Arizonia and New Mexico, with q
view to the possible necessities of In.
dian compaigns.
+ RAILROAD FUNDS.
The money withheld from railroads
by the postotfioe department In pur.
suanoe of the act Of 1876, and to which
the postmaster general decides the
roads are entitled, amounts In the ag-
gregate to about $500, 900.
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
General Hazen to-day telegraphed
to the weather observer In the West
Indies that after the thlrtieth instant
no mere reports on cyclones can be
made owing to the failure of congress
to make an appropriation for the pur.
pose. The station there will be sban.
doned.
THE HENRY STATUE.
The statue of the late Professor
Henry, first secretary and director of
the Smithsonian institute, which has
been erected on the Smithsonian
grounds, was Unveiled to-day with
appropriate ceremonies. The exercises
began with Q rendition of . grand
march by the Marine band, during
the performance of which the invited
guests took their places upon the plat
form about the statue. Three daagh-
ters of the late Professor Henry oc.
oupied seats directly In front of the
statue. Afterprayerb by Rev. DR.. Hodges,
of Princeton, Chief Justice Waite,
90 chancellor of the Smithsonian In.
stitute, formally unveiled the statue
with few we'll chosen remarks, In
which he congratulated the friends of
the institute on the good fortune of
having made Prof. Henry Its first
director. As Justice Waite pulled the
kropes to unveil the statue and the oAn-
tSsAs fell tottho s-oand tho band and
IIchoristers rendered Haydp's grand
chorus, "The heavens are telling" "
with fine effect. President Porter
then delivered his Grafton on the life
and character and services of the sub.
jeot of the statue.
THE PHYLL2xERA.
The entomologist of the Smithso-
nian institute has reported that no
sign of phylloxera 10 discoverable upon
the vines from Madeira submitted to
him by the New York customs house
officers, and adds that Il IL extremely
doubtful whether phylloxera could be
discovered upon any cuttings now held
in New York, and the chance Of the
introduction Of the pest by these cut-
tings IL so slight as not to be worth
considering.