The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-06
WELDING. THECHAIN.

large tract of land in Arkansas.
A large tract of timber land is being
bought by eastern capitalists in Ken
lucky.
Sherburn Bryant, of Milwaukee, has
pitched upon 5000 acres of Wisconsin
land. E- , ~
The land sales of the Grand Rapids
q Indiana Railroad company averaged
over $4,000 per month last year. t
The Dubuque Standard Lumber COM
pany has purchased an extensive tract
of land in Wisconsin. Z /
Ulysses S. Grant Jr., has purchased 15,-
600 acres of land in Baker county, Flor
ida. ....
The English capitalists who recently
bought $1,000 acres. of Florida land of
the Disston cempany have taken $4,000
acres more.
President Arthur is said to'be a large
stockholder. in the Northern Pacific
railroad, which received government
grant of 47,OO0,O0Ol acres of the public
lands.
An European company, headed by
Benjamin Newgas, of liverpool, has
just completed the purchase of 100000
acres of cotton lands in, Arkansas.
A party of Iowa capitalists have re-
Gently organized a company with
capital of $l50,OOO for the purpose of
purchasing land for speculation.
James Gilfllan, United States treas
urer has purchased 5000 acres of land
in Polk county, Florida, for a company
in Washington, OF which he will be
president
Destitution is on the increase in st
. Louis. The energies of the st. Vincent
deSPaul society and Provident association
will be taxed to their utmost.
The firm of Houseman, Wager &
Townsend, of which congressman-elect
Houseman, of Grand Rapids, Michigan,
is member, has recently purchased
1000 acres of land near Duluth, Mime
sofa.
An extensive tract of land in the Con-
nellsville region has been purchased by
the C. F. Fricke Coke company of Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania. The land is in
Fayette county Pennsylvania. 1t con-
tains 400 acres.
A colonization company has been
organized in London, England, with
capital, it is said, of $5,o0OO0O. 1t has
obtained a grant of 100000 acres near
Prince Albert settlement, in the new
territory.
Fifteen capitalists of Davenport, Iowa,
Moline, and Rock Island, Illinois, have
organized company for heavy deal in
Arkansas lands. The company will
invest largely in lands, which they will
sell to such gudgeons as may bite at the
bait.
A scheme is reported at Columbus,
Ohio to organize a gigantic company,
with $25O,OO0,OOO capital, for the purpose
of purchasing all the coal and iron inter
ests of Ohio. Lord Churchill, of England,
is said to be the chief of the syndicate.
A charter was recently filed in Austin,
Texas, by the New, York and Texas
Land syndicate, capital $5O0,0OO, to buy
and sell in blocks and otherwise landsin
Texas and other states The branch
Office is at New York.
The agent of the Duke of Sutherland,
now in this country, and in charge of
the land agent of the Atchison, Topeka
g. Santa Fe Railroad company, will
inspect the sAtchison lands . in Kansas,
the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad COM
pany's land in Arizona, and some lands
offered for sale in chihuahua, On the line
of the Mexico Central road.
Under decree in the case of Black
burn vssthe Selma, Marion & Memphis
Railroad company, Clerk Etheridge, of
the United States court, sold a large
quantity of land along the road in Car
roll, Monroe, Marshall, and Issaquena
counties, Mississippi. Messrs. Miner
Meriwether, Holmes Cummins, W. J.
Smith, Horace Andrews, and W. L.
Vance were the purchase rs at an average
of 81 cents an acre.
The extent Of fraudulent land entries