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The Dillon tribune., 1883-06-02
Texas Pacific Land Grant,

The old Texas Pacific Railway Company
got its land grant from Congress, March 3,
1871. On June -, 1874. it got at extension
OF time for the completion ofthe road. The
grant was fer 100000 acres and the
length Of the road was to be l,4S3 miles.
When the contract lapsed, May ,, 1882, the
company had completed but ,Sl miles Of
tn. road, and it assigned all its rights and
intcrcst In the grant to the Southern Pacif.
ic. What were those rights and interests: !:
Clearly the right to SO much Of the grant
as was earned BY the completion of 1871
miles Of the road and no more. 1t could
not lawfully make over to anybody what it
had not earned and did not possess. This
quantity Is a,33o,I77 acres. To that ,nucl.
land the assignment may give the Southern
Pacific right and to no more, whatever
may be claimed under the principles Of the
Attorney. Generals decision in favor Of the
right Of the New Orleans Pacific Company
to the lapsed grant Of the Baton Rouge and
vicksburg Company Of 3Sos,ooo acres.
Any precedent that allows corporation to
assign the unearned part Of its grant to
another corporation after the grant has
lapsed and gives possession and title to
the assignee is not only in violation Of the
principles Of Ia y, but an outrage, and the
Cabinet officer who makes such ruling
ought to be impeached and turned out Of
Office In disgrace.
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S4oe101s
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Il., p>,a ~ r. A mil n. rSS

IiEIsNA. n. r.. April ~. 1883.
COMPLAINT having hecn entered ut this oii,cs M
- hy j. J.-mnc Spcrrv against Dctorcst Spsrry
fr al.ndoning his Homestead Entry No: Io6S: da-
ted September y, 1877, upon the ~ W AsW
sW x sec Is. and the sE x section .,,s g.
Mont,na Territnry, entered At tn. United States
Lind office ut Helena. Montana. with VI w to tne
.crlltion of said entry the said parties are hrre
summoned IL appear ut this "iticc on 'ns 20 gay
me. ISL, ut 10 "cock,an... to sp'na anil furnish
tcstim my concerning sa.d alleged ahand"nnsr'.. ~
.:"l said p,rtirs notified that tc:ll'nv 10 o. ~ ~
used at said hearing will hc taken hciors N"ncn
Wing. Pr,',atc Judge nj said county, IT his once IN
billion, Mnt:,n., on the 3.st dnv If Nav. ,>S' 1T u
Urk.ck u. IN. +. NDkjES'N, Ncs'>'e''
~. E. BAI.l.I)U. Receiver.
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oao REWARD

& rRNYE3 from :hc range near >hcr'a,n. IN, ms
Il on ih,. hi.,. Weight al,,ut min. hundred i!'s.
n Also, nnc iron gr.v COLT. nv" wears nIa
h.mi.d 9 on the shoulder. Aiso one yc;riins.
tn min lis Ctl.AS. PIE iSCH.
Sheridan. Mons.n,, My '9. 'sss.
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

IN h.re,nf;rs. :x,s,i;,u he,wccn III. undersigned.
was h,s iav ,ssv ID by mutual coascrt. 'sassctt
L. Lcy.mn retiring from IL firm Al persons M ire
bt.s md ali debts ewing .hc firm will hc collect.
e! hy him. Signed HAssErr =; ..ESs.N.
Dillu. Nav *. ,ss,, [1i.sSsl
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TAK NN UP.

TANEN M nv the subscriber one small hay Pc
NY. s; ;.ot in n.,se: branded q On lett should.
cr: also, u reversed I'm right shoulder. Taken M
).lv *, ,SS,, Owner can have the pony ny proving
r' ' ", II. GILBERT.
Five miles below billion.
D.,v RI. nd Valley. May ~. lsss lso's'i
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The Better Land.

Il bear thee sneak of the better land.
rBou calPst its children "a happy band;
Motheri 0 where Ia that radiant shOrel
Snail we not seek II, and weep no mOre}
Is 1t where the flower Of the orange blows,
Aud the f1re-6ies glance through tho myrtle
bOughsf"
MOT there, not there, my child"
ala it where the feathery palm-trees rise,
And the date grows ripe under sunny skiesi
Or midst the green islands of giittering seas,
Where the fragrant forests perfume the breeze,
Andsstrange, bright birds on their starry wings,
Bear the rich hues of all glorious thin2sf"
MOT there, not There, my child"
SIS it far awny, in some region old,
Where the rivers wander DER sands of gold9
Where the burning rays of the ruby shine,
And the diamond lights up the secret mine,
And the pearl CLEANS forth from the cora
strand2-
Is it there, sweet mother. that better lands"
Mot there, not there, my child"
Eye hath not seen 1t, my gentle boyi
Far hath not heard its deep songs of joy:
Dreams caIinot picture Il world so fair
sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb,
1t is there, 1t is there, my child"
Felicia Hemans.
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A widow,s Fine Gowns.

a WIDOWS FIne Gowns.
New York Letter In Washington Star.
Some dresses OF extraordinary beauty were
made recently for a widow of thirty, who is
about to enter the matrimonial state a second
time. One was of irony satin with long plain
train embroidered in a rich scroll pattern with
pearls, white jet and heavy silk down the
sides and round the bottom, which was edged
with a narrow triple pleating lined interiorly
with a double pleating of lace. The front
was cut out in leaves, to a triple series, en-
broidered and laid over flounces of pompa-
dour lace, the width diminishing toward the
bodice, which formed a very deep point, and
the hoilows of which upon the hips were
filed in with embroidered leaves, below
which were deep paniers OF the lace. The
bodice was cut square, embroidered in front,
and surrounded with a standing fraise of
exquisite lace. The sleeves we're formed
OF a single puff of satin and double TALL of
lace, the lower one descending over the
elbow.
Another dress was a very delicate COM
bination of shrimp pink with a lovely bro
cade on a tinted ground. The bodice OF this
dress was cut in one with the train, which
was trimmed with irregular falls of lace at
the sides and softly pulled at the back. The
entire front was covered with a network of
pearl embroidery as light almost as lace and
forming barred sections divided by twisted
ropes of small seed pearls which cost as much
in time and labor as jewels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLE.

French dresses are again made with the high
pulled sleeve,
Orange and fame eolors in vanishing eff
fects are seen in many OF the new silks and
novelty goods.
Silk mitts will be again worn this summer
in plain solid silk, in black and all the styl-
ish new shades of the season,
The new fraises and ruches for the neck
are very wide and full, and are nearly aYard
long, SO as 70 form a jabot down the front.
Bonnets and hats may be of absolutely any
shape, from the tiny capote-which is really
little more than a oap-to the broad
or large, high-orowned head gear, or the
pointed aud pulled French poke, the latter
being now filled up with close ruchings of
tulle, edged with gold or silver thread.
Every article of wear as the spring adj
vance seems 20 increase in size, except per
haps the boot. Plaids are getting large,
erinolettes threaten an increase OF dlmen-
sions. hats take on more circumference, and
the flower patterns on brocaded silks, satins,
and sateens are some of them large enough
to cover the back of any ordinary7sized
woman.
Sleeves are worn even more and more
tight, and the only exception to this rule APP
pears in the slashed sleeve, which IN evening
or demi-toilette dresses is pulled at the shout
der, slaShed open to display lace or satin OF
a different color, and finished off with silk
lacing cord. This sleeve has a corresponding
putting at the wrist, the lace or satin being
gathered in such a way as to fall slightly over
the hand.
1t is reported by dressmakers returning
from Paris that in lieu of the tournure or
%crinolette. French modistes are introducing
the old steel and pliable whalebones, which
are run into the hens of the ruthes OF a skirt
which fits the figure closely in front and at
the sides. In the back the ruties begin
about eight inches below the waist, extend
ing and slightly enlarging all the way down
to the bottom of the skirt.
Wrappers are once more a favorable gar
ment for home wear, and very tasteful, cool,
clean looking matinees are made OF the cheap
prints, with tiny spots or large polka dots on
a white ground. Ladies who object to loose
wrappers. and Young ladies who do not wear
chem, make instead these simple morning
dresses with a shortround skirt, with a single
deep hounce or two narrow ones, and a long
half-fitting sacque edged with a rut1e and
worn with or without q belt.
The most fashionable of the white toilets
worn this summer. instead OF being relieved
by the usual colors of rose color, blue or
mauve, will be ehliyened by the newer
shades of French terra-cotta. tea rose. shrimp
pink and the like, and a leading toilet will
be one of white nuns yelling or vigogne,
with broad sash and other satin -rihbon trim
mings of pale primrose yellow, with prim'
roses in the corsage and hair, and necklace
and chatelaine of amber beads.
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Summer Dresses.

Philadelphia Press.
Very pretty zephyr ginghams come in
robes with plain material for the overdresses
and stripes for the skirt. These are put up
in boxes, and are accompanied by a plate to
show the manner of making. Polonaises are
much worn Tor such suits. still many ging-
hams are made up in whatm may we'll be called
the standard style for wash dresses, viz: a
short round skirt with one. two or three
~fiounces at the foot. a long, round overskirt
draped by means OF tapes run in castings into
a short wrinkled apron in front, and falling
in full, soft puffs at the back The bodice
for tine dress NAV be either a round, full
waist NTH, a hell a J9leated BLOUSE f2{ri
c~oat-tail, the sides sloped on the hips and
pointed front. The taste for crinilated edges,
j. e., edges cut into tabs or points, reaches
to giughams, and some very eff
fective dresses have Jersey basaues,
with the edges cut out and
bound with solid colored ginghams, while
overskirts and ~iounees are finished TO match.
One of the laws of fashion is that the lower
skirt must be trimmed to match the over
skirt-it is nolonger in good taste to put lace
or embroidery on the overskirt and plain
flounces on the under; the latter must also
be edged with the trimming. The dress
should. however, always have a narrow rufle
with plainly .hemmed edge set at the foot
under the flounce, in order to protect the
lace or embroidery thereon.
Wnlte nalnSOOkS ana VICTORIA lawns are OF
many kinds. from the plainly-made dress
with tucks for the sole trimming, to the
elaborate robes made almost entirely of EN-
broidery. or trimmed with Oriental, Russian,
or Medicis lace by the piece.
Esthetic costumes, with round shirred
waists, full pulled sleeves and plain round
skirt, formed of a single deep embroidered
iounce, are liked for young ladies and
misses.
The handsomest white dresses are either
almost entirely composed of lace, or else are
all of the new open-work embroideries, with
barely enough plain material to hold them
together.
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Too sudden.

DetTOlLr z Ifees.
At the last meeting of the Lime-kiln Club
Professor Tomkay Williams, chairman of the
committee on astronomy, introduced a reso-
luton to the effect that the Lime-kiln Club
held that if the moon was inhabited at all it
was by the colored race, and that every house
was furnished with a piano. and every mead
of a family had a trotting horse aud money
in the bank.
ut am too sudden, Professor, altogether
too sudden" replied Brother Gardener; "let
de committee on astronomy fust be sartin
dat de moon am inhabited. Git de lay of de
land. Fin out wheder de people run to ter
hacker, cotton or con. Kinder peek aroun'
n little and diskiver If it ain cheaper to
slide down hill dan to keep a boss an buggy.
De char declars de resolushun outer order"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
Summer Underwear.


Brooklyn Union.
A few words as to underwear as the
change of season comes on may have
an interest, specially as the subject
has received a good deal of at
tention lately. and several varieties OF make
can be highly recommended both for health
and comfort The latest novelty is the
sleeveless vest, which has a rib finish round
the arm-hole, and is especially suitable for
wearing with the fashionable tight
sleeve. High-necked vests, both in
gauze and gossamer, are made in
the same way. Combinations of vest and
drawers in similar materials have very much
to recommend them, while one cannot speak
too highly OF the Swiss knitted shapeless vest.
with square neck, which is perfectly elastic
and fits like an outer skin, absorbing the
moisture of the body and yet atfording no re-
straint or extra warmth. Vests of netted
silk are in every color, white. pink and light
blue being mostly worn. They are shaped to
the figure and are exceedingly comfortable,
For less ex pensive wear, b%albriggan mixed
with silk answers every purpose, while raw
silk vests are increasingly popular. Chill
dren's underwearls Il matter of serious consid-
Grafton at the season of the year when they
are perpetually overheating themselves. The
best adapted for all purposes are unouestion-
ably the combination gauze or gossarher vest
and drawers, which are suitable both for bows
and girls; they are very light IN make, and,
while they tit loosely TO the figure. do not
add any sensible weight to the clothing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
A Revival of the Train.


rev York Evening Iost.
Every dress now pretending TO any ele-
gance must have a train, if it be for indoor
wear. But there is one advantage about the
trains of the present. Nearly all are made
adjustable, so that if the short skirt is fully
trimmed, it answers for calling or the prone
made; while for evening the addition OF q
train will give 1t grace and finish that it
would otherwise lack. The train falls from
the waist in pleats, which are attached to a
band that fastens around the waist at pleas
ure. The train is fastened again to the sides
Of the skirt by means of buttons or safety
hooks half way down, the fastenings being
hid under the kilt or 1~lounce. A very pretty
dress made this way had a detached train
and bodice of satin brocade, while the skirt
was composed of black lace rulies over black
silk. The front of the bodice was somewhat
singularly devised, being cut into fine points
or narrow VS., thespaoes between being filled
In with black lace. The sleeves match tho
bodice in style, and reach the elbow only,
the widest part of the " boing at the top Of
the arm. The neck and sleeves are both fin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12

Youths Companion.
George Eliot was not a beautiful woman,
but she had beautiful hands, one of which
was a little wider and plumper than the other.
In conversation with her friends she would
explain this popularity. 1t had a pleasing
and honorable significance. When she was
fifteen years of age she began Ito use her own
affecting words) ito be acquainted with the
unspeakable grief of a last parting in the
death of her mother" Soon after her elder
sister married and removed to q new home,
and then her brother Isaac 1.-THE 'Tomn of
The Mill on the Floss'') did the same.
Being thus left alone with her father, who
carried on a farm and lived in q rather
large house, she became his housekeeper
and general assistant. This was her
own choice, as her father was in liberal
circumstances, and offered to hire a compe-
tent woman. He was dotingly fond of his
daughter, whom he used to call his 'little
wench," using an ancient English word
which was still employed in remote country
places as a term of endearment.
The future authoress, the first genius of
her age, was now initiated into practical life
and labored for some years chiefly with
those beautiful hands of hers. She was
dairy mistress, housekeeper, gardeners as
s%istant, seamstress and occasionally even
bore her part in the harvest field, without
ever quite laying aside her books, and in
winter studying hard.
She would point, i'll late years, to her
broad right hand and mention with some
pride that its breadth bore testimony to the
great number of cheeses and pats of butter
she had made and assisted to make in her
earlier life. She spent five years in this way
before her father gave up his farm and office
to his son.
How much she derived from her practical
experience no reader of her works need to be
told. Besides %strengthing her mind and
giving her an essential part of education it
supplied her with the raw material of many
of her most vivid and life-like scenes.
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READING FOR THE SABBATH



They came In the early morn.
The tender sisters. to lind HIM
They found hut the linen clothes
That He left in the tOlnb behind Him.
And one, seeing only the Earb
In which she had lovingly arrayed Him,
Cried, ssThey have taken the Lord,
And know not where they have laid Him"
I go to the parish church,
Aud my arms and my heart are reaching
Forth for the crucftied Christ,
And l long for the good old preaching:
But | seek in vain for the flock
Who of old would have loved and obeyed
Him.
They have taken away my Lord,
And | know not where they have laid Him.
They hail Him King OF the Jews;
Or they mock, and deny, and dertde Him..
Alas! There is none upon earth
That I should desire beside Him.
They have taken Hin out of the heart,
And in gorgeous purple display'd Him,
They have taken away my Lord
And 1 know not where they have laid Him
They cry in the street, from the dawn
To the dark, "He is here, we have found
Him.
l ask for the risen Christ,
And they show me the linen that bound him.
TIL infitlel press, aud the men
Who of old would scOurRed or betrayed Him,
They have taken away my Lord
And l know not wIereuhey have laid Him.
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TREASURES OF AN ACTRESS.
Edwin Booths Present to a Patriotic "First
Old Woman"
New York Letter.


Old Woman"
New York Letter.
There are old women, and old woaasn.
The old women OF the stage are not as old as
they make up to be. Take Aunt Louisa
Eldridge, for instance; she has been playing
old women's parts | don't know how long,
yet | never meet her on the streets that | am
not taken aback to see her look so young!
At the closidg of Booths Theater on Mon
day, Aunt Louisa was engaged to play the
part of Lady Capulet, q weak-minded old
scold, not at all in her line. AS the nurse,
Aunt Louisa is fine, but she has no
sympathy with Mother Capulet; and.
though she took the part out of good
nature, she didn't play 1t with much
spirit. In the green-room, however, she was
quite herself. When l went in to say good
bye to the old place l found her there with a
mysterious box in her hand, Il want to
show you what Mr.. Booth gave me in Lon
don" said she. You know l was over there
about be being Hss s SSethins stn and he used to run me ae
q q85H wwSS e fgg Ground and w hang Sn it up daS in MY MY
and Mrs. Booth, poor thing, and Edwina
called on me. and when they left Mrs. Booth
handed me this box and said: This
Is a present from Edwin As soon
as they were gone l CT the
strings and opened the box; on
top was a card: To Aunt Louisa, with the
0Ob II lObC 10
what was inside" and Mrs. Eldridge shook
ont a pair of black silk stockings with the
American flag embroidered on the instep.
~ was awfully pleased at this attention from
MIR. Booth, and as l was going to the theater
that night l bought a bunch of flowers for
him. After / got in my box / wrote on q
card and tied it to the bouquet: With Aunt
Louisa's compliments. I've got elm on
When he went off he said to Mrs. Booth:
Mary, Aunt Louisa's here, and she's got ,em
ON and he told her that he hardly dare look
at me, for fear I'd stick my feet over the
box of the railing for him to see. Bless my
soul! how long ago it seems. Mrs.
Booth dead, Mr.. Booth off in Germany. and
poor Edwina engaged to be married, and her
betrothed not yet we'll enough to marry her"
and Aunt Louisa put the toe of one of the
precious stockings to her eye. Hasn't
young Waux recovered yeti" I asked. No,
poor fellow. He has never been right since
he was smothered with gas. You remember.
He didn't turn 1t all off in his bedroom, and
when they found him in the morning he was
quite insensible. He was sent to Europe to
Edwina, but he didn't seem to know her, and
he has been pretty bad ever since. Sort of
dazed. 1t is an awful blow to Edwina." And
well it NAV be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
Conquering the Clocks.

IWHWWH UTWNNs
A noteworthy triumph of technical art,
once not considered reliable by the most
careful aud accurate Workmanship. has Just
been achieved in Berlin. Charles ", after
much experimenting with clocks, came to
the conclusion that q man could "no more
bring two pendulums to beat in unison than
the heads OF a million men under a single
hat" but what the Spaish monarch failed to
do has been done by a German matchmaker,
who shows in his shop window no fewer than
six clocks all beating time with their pendu-
lums spontaneously.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12

Hartford Courant.

IHTEEUTU VUWTHITt
Told by q Waterbury tencher-It was in q
Latin class, and a dull boy was wrestling
with the sentence, Rex fugit, which, with a
painful slowness OF emphasis, he had rem
dered 1.-THE king fees" But in what other
tense can the verb fugit be found?' asked the
teacher. A long scratching of the head, and
a final answer of Perfect" owing to n whis-
pered prompting. "And how would you
translate it then?'' Dunno" "Whv, put a
has in it," Again the tardy emphasis
drawIed out: ''The king has heas.n
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The Cost of Dressing.

London Society.
A few years ago a lady acquired some fame
in England by teaching her sisters how to
dress upon els a year. A Partisan lady, now
writing to the Gaulois upon asimilar subject,
though with less economic views, places the
sum total required at the modest figure OF
1900. And this p~resupposes the possession
OF a good wardrobe and a well-6lled jewel
case,
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A Question of Praoticabillty.

Washington POST.
During the discussion of the temperance
issue at the Methodist ministers meeting in
Cincinnati, on Monday, it was remarked that
there is not a leading secular paper in the
hibit the liquor traffic in Ohio. This is not
strange. Secular newspapers, sensibly con-
Quoted, do not waste their time and strength
in trying to do impossible things. They
have learned by experience thar the liquor
trade can be regulated, but cannot be de-
stroyed,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12

London GlODe.
1t is a good rule TO postpone suicide, at
least. say, for a period of twenty-four hours.
Had Herr Sandman, the member for Ham
burg in the German Reichstag, done this, lie
would probably have been alive to-day. But
he yielded to the news OF an impending bus
mess failure, and the telegram which came
on the following day, stating that the crisis
had been met, only arrived in TINE for the
inquest,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
Paris Fashions.


NOW lOTk Herald.
The latest Paris colors are rotten goose
berry" 'decayed oranges" faded roses and
''grocers' blue" the latter being the color OF
the blue paper in which sugar is wrapped.
Auctions are the Paris fashion.
Yellow bonnets are still in favor in Lon
don.
The chic perfumes in Paris are amber,
peau d'Espagne, mousseline and joneuil.