Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-12
Washington Gossip.

A proposition Ill coGne up at tho coming
aessian OF congress to make the general
land office q separate executive bureau.
The park commission in Washington, ID.
C., spends $4,000 a year setting out shade
trees. OF which there are now 10000 In the
streets.
C~omaapder j. j. Read, Of the United
States steamed, Michigan, o at Eric, has
been ordered TO the nan-Uf-yaT Quinne-
baugh, in the Mediterranean.
Mai. ". ID. OHToole, iormcri y captain OF
the Fifteenth infantry. aud later the post
trader for years at Fort keogh, Mont, Is
now employed on the ed itorisi stan Of the
National Republican.
1t is reported in army circles hat Fort
Ellis. Mont, is liable at any time to he
abandoned, and valuable farming land
now hes.i 20 tha government AZ a military
reservation will be thrown open to settle
ment.
The postmaster general has appointed
the following fourth-class postmasters:
MISUNDERSTANDING agency, Charles o.,
Common; Milaca, William Srcnmbe. losa-
Hawarden, James :. Cohen. Dakota
Clifton, Miss Anna Lee.
+ Congressman Lowry OF Fort Wayne, Ind,
dining in a Washington restaurant, became
80 tsofane and noisy, after drinking a few
bottles Of wine, that Voorhees,, who was
with him, left and gentlemen With ladies
vigorously sat down upon him.
II, W. Wiley, chief chemist u the agrieul
turaI department, has been authorized to
90 TO Europe anil make q special study OF
sugar making. Ths sorghum experiments
OF tbs department especially in the South,
have not been attended with the snecess
that was expected.
In his annueI report 20 the secret airy ot
the in terror Edward Clark, architect al tho
capitol. saws the exterior marble wallis OF
that building are now receiving the iiTst
thorough cleaning since its construction.
The building has been put in thorough re-
pair and Ventilation, and the Sc nate cham
berimproved. SaaOHs recommendations
as to electric lighting and ott,sF htqor mat
tiers are made.
The secretary Of state has received IRON
the United States consular officers at Ma
gasaki, Kanagowa and Osaka, Japan, ac-
counts d the wreck 81 the American bark
Cashloc, OF Boston, on sept. IL. The YES
sci, which was laden viii. $4,000 eases oil
kerosene, when about uRs huRdred 9gd ~
" miles from Tanagoshimn inland, near
yaadunan's straits, encountered n severe
tyEhpn and was wrecked.
Comm,ssis.eg Sparks OF the general land
offices believes itOI.. reports that a large
part Of the homestead cRttisS in Dakota
are fraudulent. lie has received foreign
adyertisements Of ex-Union soldiers or
sailors o-Ejng homesteads the formal
ity OF living q. them, copies OF railroad
tickets with homestead entries under the
timber culture act attached, as ~ssatuitous
oupon The commissioned says he viii
not certify any entries until convinced that
they ars regular, lis viii ask congress for
f~orceenoush to do tbs Sqgk speedily.
There is rather n funny scandal ~ VII
Iard's hotel. A venerable gentlemen, who
formerly represented Missouri In congress,
Is stopping there, aud annoyed the cham
Der maids by his amoroug actions. They
got a bell boy to dress uD IN girls clothes
and sent him into the The old gen
tisman made the same advances To theboy
who did rot Fepulse them, and the old gen
tleman continued bis embraces untn he dis
covered the imposition that bad been prac.
ticed apoa him. Then the psapFictQr oi
the hotel, instead 81 tnrning him intD lA&
streets, kicked out the hoy who had him
arrested cd . charge OF assault and battery
Gen Grants presents. which were turned
over to the government ny Mrs, Grant, are
attn locked Up in the boxes IN wi,seb they
were shipped from New York, and wtil ~.
main In the war department, ip custody OF
the secretary Of wsF. gntilthcy J eaceepted
by congress. The gift, winch NOS made pos
sible by the generosity % NJ. Vanderbilt.
was accepted by the senate an the last SEQ
SION, but the bill Offered in the house failed
90 pace on account ot lack Of time. Ii Is
shooght that they win be formally accept
ed at the coming seSsi6n, aud q place, prob
ably the National mussufE, designated for
tha exhibition 81 tha presepts,