The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-01-26

various forfeitures. give the list in
full:
Texas Pacific; grant, 14,3O9, 76O acres;
miles of road built, NONE; land forfeita.
BILE ALL.
Oregon Central; grant, 3,70l, 700 acres,
m lies of road built 1877; land earned
1900. 900 acres; forfeitable, 1,70l 200
acres.
Ontonagon and State line; grant. 232,
900 acres miles Of road constructed, NONE
land earned, NONE; forfeitable, ALL.
California and Oregon; grant, 1885,
526 acres; miles of road built, 1877; land
earned, 1,45i, 600 acres; forfeitable, 66l,-
926 acres.
Northern Pacific; grant, 4S2l5 Gao
acres; miles of road constructed, Mt 20
sections per mile, 22s; at 40 sections per
mile, 1877 miles; total. 425 miles; land
earned, 10, 075, 200 acres; forfeitable, 81
$50 $40 acres.
Atlantic and Pacific; grant. 40 900, $50
acres; miles of road built at 90 sections
per mile, 50; ut 40 sections per mile,
36 total built, 1876 miles; land earned.
2, G60, 500; land forfeitable, 3S 029, 760
acres.
Southern Pacific; grant, 5,5l1,2 ,2G4
acres. miles of road built, 1872; land
earned, 2,440, 45O acres; forieitablel2. OGl,
Sl4 acres.
New Orleans PdciA5; grant 903,218
acres but fourd to contain 1,5U0,000
acres; no road built; Land all forfeitable.
Atlantic, Gulf and West India Tran
sit Company; grant f,l7O,2OO acres.
miles Of road constructed, 1856; land
earned GOO, ,000 acres; forfeitable, 57I, 200
acres.
Pensacola and Georgia; grant 117S,-
$50 acres; no road constructed; all for
feitable.
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central;
grant, 226, $50 acres; no road built and
all forfeitable.
Mobile and Girard; grant, S5s,G44
acres; no road constructed; all forfeit
able.
Selma, Rome and Dalton; grant, 641,-
2Sl acres; miles Of road built, 100; land
earned 400, eco acres; forloitable 24l, ,2S1
acres.
Vcksburg, Shreveport and Texas;
grant, 725,760 acres; miles of road con-
structed "a; land earned, $50, 600 acres;
forfeitahle 365 760 acres.
Sioux City and st. Paul: grant. 4s7.-
240 acres; miles of road built, Sc; lands
earned, SIG, 700 acres; forfei.able, l70,.
$40 acres.
From the aoove it will be seen there
are 121 900, 00O acres of land granted. of
which only al, coo, 600 acres have been
earned. leaving 100, 600 coo esres forfeit
ed. OF this lOOOO0,OOO acres of land
80, ,000 COO are claimed by three corpora
tions, two of whisA are in possession and
are selling and mortgaging the land.
TIE QUEER PART CT TEB ABOVE.
The Committee has spent the frst six
weeks OF this session on little corpora
tions the whole amount of whose lands,
as reported set aside by Mr.. Krkwood,
n executive document IA is 792 500
acres. 1t has now tackled tho Toxas
Pacific the smallest of the three large
grants and decided to declare that for
feited, Then it proposes to take up sew
eral moro small corporations, tho whole
amount of whose forfeitures will ba but
2 1900, 900 acres, and thus leave tho two
largest companies the Northern Pacific
and the Atlantic and Pacific, with thcir
rs 600, 600 acres Of land, to the fag end
of the session, during which time these
corporations, being in possession, can
and will sell and mortgage as much OF
the land as possible, thus having limo
cent purchasers intervene between them.
selves and forfeiture, The eight grants
already considered are all in southern
States. OF the fourteen yet to be con.
sidered, seven are in the south, Ave en-.
lisely or partly in California and Oregon
sni two IN the North. Is the committee
trying 10 excte a sectional feeling on
the subject, or is it part OF she Carlisle.
Morrison programme to consolidate the
South and West, or free trade and anti.
monopoly. with the money of two great
corporations to run the campaign?
DEMOCRATIC OPINION.
"Its no use. We've put our foot in
1t up to our eyebrows" said a Pennsyl-
vania representative the other day. 1--WE
might throw Hewitt overheard and thus
have pacified the Irish voter, but when
OHIO retires Pendleton, the father of civ
il service reform. aud then Clay of Ken.
tucky backs that mp by introducing II bill
in the House repeating the civil service
: law, the bottom is kicked out of our
boat and we can never explain away
these things in campaign. Next Novenl-
Der will scoop us.
A LOGAN BOOM IN MARYLAND.
| The Logan boom in Maryland las
been started by the organization of Lo-
gan Club at Baltimore. which is to haye
a vice president in each county and thus
extend its influence over the whole
State. Similar Clubs are to be form I'd
in other large cities on the same general
plan.
LEMON PIRE- WATER.
The authorities have been informed
that Indian traders are violating the Law
against selling liquors TO the Indians, 10y
placing pure alcohcl in small 'ottles aud
tiavoring it with Lemon extract and
then labelling the bottle, Jewell Extract
OF Lemon" The Indians buy it readily
and flavor themselves beyond sobrieiy.
Commissioner Price has ordered AN in-
Yestigation.
MINOR NOTES.
The 81 100000 Mississippi Appropriation
bill has passed both houses and awaits the
Presidents signature.
The Presidential Electoral bill now be-
fore Congress is one of the most importa ut
measures, as u makes several changes in
the present systel.l, Full details will be
given your readers when its passage becomes
| imminent.
Great suffering exists in Washington
among the posr The cltIzeuS have organ
lied and are contributing liberia relief