The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-20
.PITH OF THE NEWS,
EVENTS IN VAyHfNGfoN.

420 sunday CdDlt0d says: NO oecNOn
vas reached IN the army and havy court
marital cases laid en- the presidents desk
during his absence in the West. It fs
known that he h s some reluctance &c -tfaet |
The issue presented in the ssss of Col. llges. |
[n Montana he met laahy friends of that
officer, indeed every one seems to be his |
friena In the region where he has served so
long and so we'll. who made the strongest
appeals for lenient view of the tesnm0hy
in the case when the president Came to act
finally upon the proceedings of the court.
It is also believed that the review of the
case by the Judge advocate general of the
army, which accompanies the PROCEEDINGS
as they are laid before the president, will
be of service to the friends of Col. Ilses in
their efforts to save him.
The secretary Of the;intefior, in decis-
ion just rendered. holds that pre- enA ptiots
settlement initiated and iled ip good faith
is bar to = timber entry, under the act of
June 8. 1875, for the disposal of timber
lands in certain states and in, Washington
territory. He also holds that where q SET
tier alleges that he has filed his declaration
to become a citizen and fails FOR time to
secure record evidence OF the fact, such evi.
dence when procured may be filed any
time before final disposal of the land, and
when filed is conclusive. to his quaiifica.
tions as 9 pre- emptor with respect to citi.
zenship. : = 4
Proofimpressioa upon silk Abre paper
have been made at the bureau OF engraving
and printing of the entire series OF paper
money of the United States, from the de,
nomination of 81 up to 81. 900, and OF all
denominations Of the per cent. bonds. The
collection has been bound in handsome and
attractive style in Russian leather, aud it is
intended for pressntstion to the Russian
GOV rnment, which made formal request
for the same.
The question of what is tho proper uni
form to be worn BY fetired army off sers has
long been tn dispute, bat has at last been
solved by the war department., authorities
to be the uniform of be rank held, and of
the corps to which the officer belonged when
retired from the service, but omitting from
the shoulder knot the letters Of the corps or
the figures donating the regiment to which
the officer belonged,
The superintendent of the money order
system Of the postofice department is conf
dent that the crusade against the new pos
tai notes will die out in short time, when
the public gets little used to them. At
present a change in design OF colo1 of the
postal note is not contemplated, but if cx-
perience suggests any modification likely
to improve the notes, they will be adopted
A prominent officer of the government is
authority for the statement that the new
postal notes are made so simply that their
counterfeitipg would be very easy. Manner
ous complaints have been received, especi.
ally from banking institutions, relative to
no phor rs ho
pretty fair imitation of one of them, for
small amount, has been sent to the secret
service bureau for investigation.
A postal money order convention between
the United States and Haw allan islands has
been signed by Postmaster General 0resh.
am and the Hawaiian minister, to go into
effect Jan. /.
The increase in the sales of public lands
during tte last fiscal year exceeded that of
the previous year by 3S4 per cent, and that
of the fiscal year of 1881 by 81 per cent.
A legal question is raised with reference
to the Ilges court-martial, which is thought
in some quarters to be fatal to the verdict.
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.
At a meeting ofstockholders of the Ohio
Central, held IN Toledo, Ohio, on the 18th
inst, about one-half of the $4,000 600 of
stock in the company was represented.
The old board of directors made very full
report of the operations OF the company in
its present condition, up to June 30. 1883.
Tho gross earnings we've 81, OF, 100; all
expenses, 1921, 1923; met earningr, $349, 722;
total floating deot, $798,5s3; cash items on
hand, $349, 1856. Surplus over the debt,
$500, ,904; total first mortgage debt on all
divisions, 1858, 900; income debts, 6,49O, 600;
car trust certificates, So, ,l20, ,oOG; fixed
Charges cha to pay on mortgage bonds, s541,-
rentals, $50, 900; total fixed charg,s, $780,
$50. All treasury securities were sold.
The mileage is 342 miles,. main line; Al
miles IF sidings. The equipment consists
of Al engines, 578 freight cars, IL passen-
ger cars and 13O miscellaneous cars.
Hon. T. G. Pound, Of Wisconsin, was in
St. Paul on the 18th inst. fo1 the purpose
ofconferring with the citizens in regard to
completing the st. Paul Eastern Grand
Trunk railway to that city. Mr.. Pound is
ing his entire time to the early completion
OF the road. The route is from Oconto to
Shawano, on the Wolf 1iver, thence to War.
sau on the Wisconsin river, thence to St..
Paul, the exact location from WARSAW to
81. Paul, not being decided as yet.
The emigration department of the North
ern Pacific road is making . collection OF
ores--and minerals fr.m the various Mon
tana mines. A large number OF specimens
have already arrived at the Office in St.
at the Cincinnati exposition, a portion will
bs sent to the Boston exposition, and fine
lot kept in the emigration Office. Some re-
markably fine oecimens of petfi6ed wood
have found their way into the collection,
An unbroken line of rail now extends from
Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and
some enterprising citizens will ship ten
FREIGHT cars filed with canned corn put up
in Portland, Maine, directly to its name
sake on the Pacific coast, without change
OF cars. ''From Portland, Me-, to Portland,
Greg, 80 that they cannot fail to be no.
ticed all along the route. The train will
be photographed before it starts.
J. T. Odell, assistant general manager of
the Northern Pacific railroad, has received
from W. F. Allen, Philadelphia, a magni-
6cent map shOwing~the proposed standard
time OF the lines Of railroad on the Ameri-
ca continent, There are five standards
proposed, one for each of the five great dis
tricts, and indicated in colors.
Recent development have brought to
light that the Fargo & Southern air line is
only an extension of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul, whose terminus is Ergo,
and connection with the main line at juno
ton switch, mile east of Ortonville.
The passenger agents of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, the Omaha, and
the Albert Lea roads were in consultation
in st. Paul and Minneapolis on the 18th
inst, and it is supposed they came to
mutual understanding in regard to cutting
rates, and it is probable that no more cut
ting will occur.
Hawley Cole. who for q number of years
has been connected with the Chicago &
Northwestern at Milwaukee. az passenger
agent, has been appointed Milwaukee pas
sepger agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern road.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES,
The report of the commissioners of the
State of New York shows 363, ,374 emigrants
landing at the Port of New York from Aug,
3, 1885, to June 81, 1884, inclusive. The
largest number landed in any one month,
6.953, was in May. 1883 and the smallest,
S,3i3, in Japuary OF the same year. The
duty imposed on the board of returning
paupers, and persons unable to take care of
themselves to the port from whence they
came, has been carefully exercised, AID