Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-02
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The United States civil service come
mission has decided to hold a series Of
examinations in the states Of Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Colo.
RADIO during the month OF May. The ex.
aminations will be for applicants desiring
to obtain clerkships or other positions
in the government service at Washington.
All applications for examination must be
sent to the civil service commission at
Washington, when blanks and full in
structions will besent to all persons who
apply The examinations will be held
at the capitals of the states named, under
the personal supervision Of Prof. John
NJ. Gregory. one Of the commissioners.
The dates and places of all examinations
will be announced in the future.
The bill OF Robinson. Of Ohio. to place
all uuion soldiers who.were confined in
confederate prisons upon the pension
roll, aud pay them two dollars per day
for each days imprisonment, was taken
up Saturday in the house of representa-
tlves and Mr.. Matison offered substi-
tute providing that pension shall be
given any ex-union prisoner whom tie
board Of pension surgeons shall find suf.
fering any disability, either general or
specific; also providing for pensionins
the widow Of any union soldier who was
confined in confederate prison and died
from the effects of his confinement, the
only evidence necessary in the latter case
to be the testimony Of the physician who
attended her husband in his last illness.
After some discussion the substitutes
we're adopted.
The lnembers.elect OF the New Mexico
legislature have sent Representative
Springer, to be presented to congress, q
memorial charging that over 100000
acres Of land in New Mexico and Colora.
do have been converted to private use.
The memorial was prepared by O. P. Mo.
Names, q representative in the legisla.
tnre Of New Mexico. 1t will be presented
to the house shortly. It is thought .
special committee will be asked to ip.
vestigate the charges. McMaine'a
memorial prefers charges of corruption
against general land officers. There are
six specifications charging flaud in con-
nection with the Maxwell grant. Sangre
de Cristo grants and others. The names
mentioned in connection with the matter
are: Jerome B. Chaffee. Geo. NJ. Chilli
colt, Stephen B. Elklns, Commissioner
Williamson. of the general land Office,
John I. Elkids, and others.
State Senator Gliggs, of Minnesota,
Just returned from the Cmur d'Alene re.
zion, says the yield OF gold the coming
season will be extraordinary. One miner,
. few weeks ago too poor to buy his own
outfit, has taken out 5000 from place
six feet square. Another has sold one
quarter OF his claim of five acres for S10,-
600 cash. A miner at Pathdruin has sent
$1,000 to the United States mint, He
showed three nuggets worth $l67. The
merchants OF Spokane Fails have taken
in $4,000 from the miners in exchange
for supplies. A few OF the places are
working. but on most OF them there is
from two to twenty feet of snow. The
snow is melting rapidly and miners who
are working take out forty dollars day
per man. The men who jumped
widows claim last fall, while fighting the
matter iu the courts, have taken out
$4,000. There are 5000 men in the
mines and their claims cannot be bought.
Many sit gun in hand watching their
claim. People are fooking into the min.
ing regions at the rate of 100 per day.
At Thompson's Falls over 100 buildings
were erected the last tive weeks. antic.
ipate an influx of from $4,000 to 100000
people.
1t is we'll understood by the commu-
nifty that DR.. Prices Cream Baking Pow.
der has constituted tor years past one OF
the special domestic staples. 1t is I'M.
questionably. if the opinions Of chemists,
physlcians and all classes of consumers
are worthy of acceptance, the purest and
best Baking Powder ever placed on the
market.
CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS.
JOIN THORNTON. J. b. MeuIros