Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-17

pension agents, etc.
Much excitement exists all through
north Dakota at present. In Barnes
county it is said that citizens generally
are refusing to pay any more taxes until
the status Of the Northern Pacific road
is settled. In Fargo one firm refused
city tax certificates for $4,000 in conse-
qnence of thedecent opinion Of the SUI
preme court.
One hundred and ninety nominations of
~postrcasters have been sent to the sem
ate. OF these e~ighty-one are democrats
appointed to succeed offensive parti-
sans OF these 100 are appointments
made to %yananciea. Among others in
this list are the postm asters at Fort
Dodge, Creston, Charitan and .Eldora,
Iowa.
There are a large number of applica-
tions for the position of commissioner
OF education, which Gen. John Easton
recently resigned in order to accept
the presidency OF Marietta college.
Among the applicants are n. d. Shan
non, of Missouri, J. A. Granger of New
York, Duane Dotty, of Illinois, William
Shelton, OF Tennessee and q. f. Smith
OF Kentucky. The position pays $4,000
per year.
DR.. q. V. Riley. entomologist of the
department of agriculture. has donated
to the national museum his extensive
private collection OF North American in
scots, representing the fruits of his Ia
b RS for over twenty FIVE years. His
collection contains over $4,000 pinned
specimens and much additional material
preserved in alcohol or by other meth
DDS. 1t is estimated by those familiar
with the collection to have a money val
ne of OF least $25, 600.
Aberdeen special: The appointment
OF Col. Harris, Of Vicksbnrg, Miss, to
the registership of the land office at
Aberdeen in place OF Mccoy, the friend
of n day, who carries the democrat
10 party of Dakota on his sturdy shout
Gers, does not imply that Mccoy is to be
turned out of doors suddenly. It has
been arranged that Mccoy is to be kept
in the land Office for some time vet.
This was q part Of Mr.. Days erraud in
Washington recently.
NE@:N NI H@4H.H
The senate committee on public lands
held its first meeting Monday. It took
up The measures referred to it by the
senate and referred them to the sub
committees. These included bills for
the repeal Of the presumption. timber
culture and desert land acts; for the for
feitn-e of certain land grants and pro
riding for the taxation of sneh lands, It
is the purpose of the committee to have
some nf the most important of these
measures (the majority have already
4 been passed upon In previous s~essions),
reported at an early day, placed upon
the calendar and brought as rapidly as
possible to the point of action.
#IEETl
The assistant attorney general has de-
livered the following opinion, OF inter.
est to claimants for Indian depreda-
tions:
In order to entitle any claim for In
dian depfedations to be- investigated, In
pursuance to the provisions of the act oil
March 30, 1885, such claim must either
hnVa Orf0inokod niron fLa rnr,snal 40
ntes repeating the three years limitation
of 1884 went into operation, or else, if IT
originated before that time it must have
been presented within three years after
the commission of the injury which con-
sfituteB the basis OF said claim.
There are about four thousand. of
these claims, representing about $10,-
000, COO.
a resolution has been introduced In
the senate by Mr.. Harrison reciting the /
statements made by Commissioner |
Black in his report repecting the con-
fidence OF the pension Office previous to
his assuming charge, and directing the
committee on the expenditure of public
money, q general committee framed pur-
posely for such investigation, to ask
Gen. Black to communicate the facts
upon which he based his charges. A
reference to The pension reports will
show the5 Gen. Black says he found in
the Office when he took it practically q
political machine, in which other tests.l
than those the law provided were APP
Piled before applicants were granted
positions. He docs not name Commits
sioner Dudley, and as he has been out of
office for nearly five months, Dudley
does not assume that Gen. Black refers
to his administration; but if he does,
Col. Dudley denounces all the charges
~ false and courts the fullest investiga-
ton.
The Prettiest Lady In Yankton
Remarked to q friend the other day that
she knew Kemp's Balsarn for the Throat
and Lungs was a superior remedy, as ii
stopped her cough instantly when others
had no effect whatever. So to prove this
Ralph M. Ward will guarantee II ~ oil