The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-03
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THU plTTH or THE NEWS
swashiI.ngIt:o n aossip,

The president has given the last Of his con-
;greRsional dinners All the senators and con-
gressnen with their wives, have dined in state
iat the White House; and although the house of
Representatives. Is larger BY thirty members
than 1t ever was before, Gen. arthur is the
first preslde who has succeeded in feeding
the enIire rational legislature In a single win
Ter. These eight dinners have not cost less
than $40 q plate, including wines, and as be-
tween Fifty and sixty guests have been enter
tanned on every occasion, the president Ia out
The White House cook is the best in Washing
tom and receives o salary Of 81 800 3 year. /
An6lle pros has been entered BY the district
Sof A.sG fSoteldo, indicted some time since 5on
charge Of assault with intent to kill Clarence
sW; Barton, and this closes the legal record Of
this unfortunate tragedy which occurred ut the
Office OF. the National Republican, in which the
aSoteldo brothers and Mr.. Barton were partici-
Spators, and Mr. "A w. Soteldo met his death.
Mr. Soteldo was indicted and tried for the mur-
der IS Of his brother, aud acquitted y lls553S
us "a committee representing the National AS
ISOLATION of ex-Union Prisoners Of War ap-
pearsd before the house committee on invalid
pensions and urged the passage Of the bill PEN
sioning Union soldiers who were imprisoned
IN confederate prisonR a committee repre-
senting seventy -four posts of the Grand Army
Of the Rapublic Of Massachusetts appeared Be-.
fore the committee md urged the passage OF
the bill placing all Union soldiers Of the late
war on the pension rolls at % per month. s; s.
81 The bill relative to the treaty with the Sioux
Indians for the reduction Of their reservation
I in Dakota is still in the hands Of Mr.. Dawes,
chairman Of the senate committee on Indian
affairs, to whom it was recommitted for revision.
3 The bill will be reported very soon. It is UNI
derstood that the Bill, when finally completed,
will bemuch more atisfactory to alb concerned.
The house committee on appropriations has
! completed the consideration OF the pension ap-
Preparation bill. The measure appropriates
i $40, g., 400, and provides that any balance Of
the appropriation. for the current fiscal year
thai may remain nnexpendeds June 80, 1884,
timated At 500 6Oos, 900. IS.
The list of private secretaries 80 literally
provided for themselves by the senators en-
braces one extraordinary case. Senator Vance
! has his son for his private secretary, but by
the senator's especial REQUEST the young man
receives no comp ion whatever. s -.
}sSS The treasury department is informed that
new counterfeit $40 silver certificates are being
\ circulated in Ohio and Kentucky. The certif--
number "B 1407, and may be detected that
way.
The colored people around the White House,
who called Grant the old man, y and Hayes
Mister, speak Of President Arthur as old
Sweetness z ,s353sS III
Mr.. Mccoy will be heard before the commit
4 tee on public lands on his own behalf In the
matter Of his conf mation for the Aberdeen
land Office. .s3E