Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-23

them in thew ooda. in the ytieinity of Boone
Lis ii dense forest "a perings IA upW ards
iSof fifty acres, and this is known to be The
lrendezvo OILS of gangs Of the most desperate
thieves, desperad oes and co,iterfeiters Il,
the Northwest. Recently Des Moiles officers
found q conterfeiter' q full outfit there, but
notice Of the descent OF the officers was given
the gang and they safely hid in the recesses
| OF the woods. The sheriff states that OF the
| many hundred stolen horses traced to this
| forest not one has ever been recovered ex.
cepts when a raid was made by q militia
company n few years ago, when thirteen
! horses We're covered and identified by their
owners. This unsavory community vir-
tually live offtheir farming neishbors, who
| unwillingly permit the inroads upon
their produce and stock, knowing that
iorcible remonstrance means the destruc-
ton OF all their belongings, If not themselves.
The principal raids for horses are made by
the gang early in the fall, and the animals,
are kept during the winter in underground
stables, and in the spring taken in mis-
matched pairs to the nearest market and
sold. Eight horses stolen in Cerro Gorlo
county within months. are reasonably be.
lived to be now in the possession of these
knights OF the forest, and there is consider
able talk OF appealing to the governor for
military and to secure their recovery and
arrest OF the freebooters, as the civil au-
thorities are powerless and at the mercy
OF the gang when once deep in the woods,
and consequently timid about venturing
there.
sN The act OF congress providing for the tax
ing OF seml-decennial census in the states
and territories, authorized the secretary Of
the intorier to pay hall OF the cost of the
census where the returns were filed With the
department before Sept. l.. Under the
terms Of that act Dokota and Col
orado took census, and presented their
accounts amounting to $55, 500 in thecase
OF Dakota, and $40, 673 in the case OF Colo
RADIO. Certificates for these amounts were
made out by the interior department, but
upon presentation to the treasury depart
ment they were Cancelled, for the reasons
given by the first controller in the following
communication to the secretary OF the in
terror: -
In explanation OF the Cancelled certificates
OF TINS office in the accounts OF Da-
kota and Colorado, for the expenses
OF the semi-decennial 81 1885 trans.
nitted to your department by the
register OF the treasury, have to state
mat both the territory and the state arc
indebted to the United States on account
OF the direct tax OF August 5, 1861, in the
sums OF S3,241.33 and $21, 38S. IA, re-
spectlvely. In accordance with the decision
OF this office in such cases OF indebtedness
IN account OF direct taxes, it has been de-
clded that a sum equal in amount to that
due be withheld until further action in such
cases has been taken. In the case OF Dako-
ia VIZ 265 OF the amount ($35, $685. certi-
fed to be due has been directed to be paid
and IN the case OF Colorado no amount
has been directed to be paid as the indebt-
edness is in excess OF the amount certified
to be due