Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-30
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Tho acting secretary OF the treasury
issued 9 call for the redemption OF $40.
oOo,OOS bonds Of the three per cent. loan
OF 1882, principal and accrued interest.
to be paid the let Of November.
Sioux Falls Press: Gov. Pierce has
appointed O. NJ. Kmhler, warden os the
penitentiary in this city. Rev. G. B. Aus.
TN aud elijah Coffin of Bismarck, and
Theodore D. Kanouse Of Woonsooket
delegates to the national conference of
charities and corrections to meet at st.
Louis on the 18th prox.
Huron Times: The republican legis.
lative convention for the seventh legisla.
tive district Of Dakota, met in Aberdeen
Wednesday. The ten counties which
compose the district are entitled to two
councilmen and four representatives.
The nominations made were as follows:
For councilmen, Col. A. B. Smedley, of
Grant; and V. P. Kenay. of Brown; F.
A. Eldridge. of Day; NJ. F. Demoody, of
Edmunds. and L. Huntington, of Grant,
we're nominated for the house of repre-.
sentitives. The nomination of Clifford
at Pierre was endorsed unanimously.
Grant and Brown get nominee for each
house, while the large counties of Cod.
lngton and Deuel. are left without repre-.
sentation. There is already talk of an.
other ticket. There arc ten counties in
the district and but four of them are
represented on the ticket.
Mitchell Mail: Dawson county's
delegation to the territorial convention,
last week, proved themselves to be
among the ablest workers in the conven.
tion. They had no instructions and
were left wholly to their own good Judg-
ment as to what action they should take.
When they arrived at Pierre and took in
the situation, they determined to give
o. 3. Clifford their undivided strength,
which they did from first to last. We
were Informed that the victory for Mr..
R3etd was to large extent brought
about by the united work of our delega-
tion. The freely expressed opinion of
our citizens was for south Dakota man
first, il one could be found who had not
the ear marks of old factional feuds and
corruption. Such one we believe Mr..
Clifford to be, and that the people will
endorse the action of the delegates, next
November, there is no question.
From the statement prepared by the |
land Office showing the disposal of public
lands for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1884, it appears that the cash sales
amounted to 6,317,S47 acres, valued at
$l0,3025 $50. Original homestead entries |
included 1881 500 acres, fnal homestead
entries 1854, ,574 acres, and timber culture
entries 4,0S4,463 acres. Miscellaneous
disposals aggregate S,600,2l9 acres in.
Guiding 8,343.154 acres of railroad lands,
for which $l,5s6,4l0 was received.
The aggregate number of acres
of land disposed OF under oil
ACouoS CAOIuuAAS CAO AUu4 uOno-
stead entries, was 26,s54,04l, and the
aggregate receipts Sl1.83S,993. This is
an increase over the disposals of last
year of 1O1, ,157 acres and 1,075,52l In
dian lands to the amount of 607,l21
acres. which sold for $93s, ,lS7 are not
secluded in the foregoing totals. In
the amount of land disposed of during
the fiscal year, Dakota is far in the lead
of all the states and territories. with H.
0S2,SlS acres; Nebraska second, with 81
105,S51 acres; Minnesota third,
with 1,646,46s acres; Louisiana
fourth, with, 1851, ,516 acres; (over 1,O00,-
900 acres being to railroads) Kansas fifth,
with l.384,404 acres; California sixth,
with 1,119.65O acres, and Washington
territory seventh, with 1,0s5,753. The
remaining states and territories disposed
of less than 1000, 900 acres each. Of the
100000 acres disposed of in Dakota
100000 were taken under the railroad
grants