The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-09-17

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vance his own personal interests by using
alfbreeds as tools. There is a growing
conviction that Riel will be hanged on the
18th inst. ~: 'a- ,,.-7,.
e Washington Gossip. U'.tF 81
Il Commissioner Sparks, OF the land office,
has returned to Washington from Illinois:
The estate OF the. late Richard E. AIerrick
appears by papers filed in Washington to
amount to $16s, 900. . p y sF,'7'' = :
Alexander H. Gambrill OF Illinois has
been appointed chief Ola division in the
second auditors office. 80.
The treasury departments says that silver
certificates Of large denominations are
worthless as q circulating medium. VT.
Itappears that the order closing the in
terror department at p. III. each day orig
mated with Secretary Kirkwood in 1881.
Coal for the use Of the national house OF
representatives has been contracted for at
$4.27 a ton. About 800 tons are needed.
The Chinese minister in Washington will
wait for an official report OF the Rock
Springs massacre before demanding repara-
ton. Il. q. u ~ i s. :! is - y;
It is understood at the state department
that the successor OF ] ohm w. Foster, min
lister to Spain, will be appointed within the
next few days. IS. rs,
The issue OF standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ended Sept. was
$457 POI; during the corresponding period
last year, ss4s, 497.4 s. H:s..ssS
Postmaster General Villas has ordered q
close examination of the working of the
New York postoffice, and every detail is
now under scrutiny. . ~
[, Representative Sloan OF Missouri was
the first congressman to appear ut the
White House after the presidents return.
he has many constituents to supply in the
places. s. Rs: y
4 The postoffice department is now sending
to special delivery postoffices the messenger
I ed for the employees SO that the system
may go into operation on October j $4ais Il
Land Commissioner Sparks issues an
| order modifying the former circular pre-
scribing the right OF railroad companies in
cutting timber from public land. The or.
deris made with special reference to the
Northern Pacific. E3g. 3 81 Il
The acting postmaster general has APP
pointed the following named fourth class
Spostmasters: Oregon Dayton, T. M.
Perry. Iowa-Le Grande, w. j. Flint; Ok
ford, Henry Vanderlip; Springville, Byron
L q. Hopper; Adela, Samuel E.Carroll.
The Peruvian minister has an advertise
ment in the paper form tin case containing
valuable papers from his government It
3wassent to this country by Lieut.. Dye, who
died on the way, and the case was intrusted
to the mails, and reached Washington to be
lost from d mail WACO while on the way Is
the postoffi lice. ijss tl 81; IN;
Indian Commissioners Atkins has received
o telegram from Capt. Lee, agent at the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reservation,
in which he states that 60, 900 cattle have
been driven off the reservation. About
30, 900 yet remain, but they are allmoving
Soat with o. single exception, where the own
err has not yet been able to secure another
ranch. ss s8;Si .ss5s " ~ 2Et
John Hoey, president Of the Adams Elk.
press company, had q conference with Sec
rotary Manning and Treasurer Jordnn, in
regard to the tranBpo tation of gold and
silver coin, which resulted in nm agreement
I that hereafter all such shipments shall be
made by the express company in accord
ance with the contract entered into by Sec.
retary Sherman. e FL: {S z sSt;4G3E
The accounting officers of the treasury
epartment, having no tified Admiral ] ouett
that $500 was d educted from his pay for
the dinner he gave to distinguished people
at the New Orleans exposition, are come
what surprised at receiving note from the
admiral that under the law his pay can be
stopped only by the sentence Of u court
martial. This is q point which the fresh
controller oyerloo ked. $500 !. .4s E5 n
The acting postmaster general appointed
the following fourth class postmasters:
tana-Elkhorn, William M. Ulm; Big
Elk, Mrs. Mary r. Hatch. Oregon Com
stock, j. Griggs; Hubbard: III. G. Caldwell.
+ 1owa---W Wesley, J: NJ. Butts; Augusta, p.
McAggey; Solon; G.. n. Spinckleff;S Ponora,
/ ]. ~. Wagner Nausau,, ]. c. McSpadden;
Ruthven, Edwin Anderson. !; Z -
United States Consul General Williams,
/ at Havana; was directed SO see that Circilo
Pouble ofNew York, who is at present in
Havana, has affair and speedy trial Pouble
is Cuban, but :some years since became a
naturalized American. He recently return.
ed to Cuba, as he says, on priya te business.
Immediately on his arrival he was seized
and imprisoned, on the charge of melting o.
rebellion against Spain. S12s,s.s94s s
rs First Controller Durham. stopped a
reputation to pay the salary for August OF
y. A. u Creswell, government counsel be-
lore the court OF commissioners OF Ala
bama claims, until it is settled that there
/ Is balance due him. The first controller
takes the ground that Mr.. Creswell is not
entitled to fixed salary OF So, 900 per an
mum, but that sum is named as the limit
OF fees to be allowed him for the trial oil
cases. He says: 8The3law organizing the
court says that the government counsel
would receive.a reasonable Compensation
for each case tried, and subsequent laws
limited such compensation to So, 900 per
annum. The court, however, neglected to
fix the amount Of REASONABLE compen-
sation, 7 and has illegally treated that item
as q fixed salary. Il 5Ef.s5; s$.E
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