St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-05
PROPOSALS.
Auction Sale of Government Prop.
erty.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA, \
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMA STER
EORT SMELLING. MINI Ga11t & 1895 L

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
FORT SMELLING, MINI, Sept. 6, 1886. !
Will be sold, at public auction at Fort Ellis NJ
IT,, commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, October 9Th,
1886, and continuing daily at same hour and place.
until all is disposed of the excess and condemned
Quartermaster stores and Camp and Garrison
Equipage, on hand upon abandonment of post by
the military authorities
The property consists in part Of; 800 cords soft
wood, l.400 bushels charcoal, horses, 10 mules,
stoves, wagons harness. tools of all trades, saw
mill appurtenances including rotary and
water wheel furniture, and articles too numerous
to mention.
The sale will be conducted by Lieut.. W. A. Hol-
brook, 1st u. S. Cavalry, Post Quartermaster, to
whom all payments must be made.
Terms-Cash in current funds; articles pur-
chased to be removed daily, if practicable, the
post quartermaster cannot hold himself RESPONSE.
Bile for any loss JAMES NJ. MOORE,
Deputy Quartermaster General, U. s. Army.
25O-53, oc4-5 Chief Quartermaster.
PROPOSALS FOR WAGONS, HARNESS AND
l. Harrows.-Department of the Interior, Of
fee of Indian Affairs, Washington, d. c., Septem-
ber 25, l986.-Sealed proposals, indorsed 'Propo-
sails for wagons, harness or harroWs,' as the case
may be- and addressed to the Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs, Washington ID. c., will be received
at this Office until one O'Clock of Saturday, Octo-
Der g. 1885, for furnishing for the Indian service
in Dakota, $50 wagons complete, 3Hx11 inch
thimble skein, wide track, with bows and OF.
unsized duck covers. spring seats and top boxes;
$50 set of wheel harness, double, with breeching,
harness, double, without breeehing, with check
lines and Concord names; and 100 harrows, 40
teeth 5sx10 inches headed.
BY calling for wagons "complete," is meant
wagons with brake, evener, lower box neck
yoke, single trees, stay chain and tongue
Bidders are required to furnish samples OF har-
ness and harrows and to give price for delivery
of the articles at Chicago ILL.,, Kansas City, No.,
Omaha, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by certified
drof% Unit tod
tory, made payable to the undersigned, for at
least per cent of the amount of the proposal,
which check or draft will be forfeited to the
United States in case any bidder or bidders re-
ceiving an award shall fail to promptly execute a
contract, with good and sufficient sureties, other
wise to be returned to the bidder.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids,
or any part of any bid, if deemed for the best in.
terest of the service. ]. D. G. ATKINS,
| 277-94 Commissioner.
DROPOsALS FOR LUMBER, COAL, HORSES,
i Cows, etc.-United States Indian Service,
Santce Agency, Nebraska, September 80, 1856
Sealed proposals. indorsed Proposals for lum-
Der, coal horses, COWS, etc. as the may be,
and addressed to the undersigned, will be res
ceved at the Santee Agency, Knox county. Me-
braska. until one O'Clock of November B. 1885, for
furnishing and delivering at the Santee Flandreau
and Ponca Agencies avariety of lumber and other
building materials, schedules and full description
of which may be obtained by application to the
undersigned, 130 tons of soft COAL tons of black
smiths coal, ia American mares, not under
or over years of age, sound, without blemishes,
well broken, and to weigh not less than $50
pounds each, and 40 cows of graded stock, in good
order and condition, natives of Nebraska or adj
jacent territory, not under or over years
of age, to weigh not less than 700 pounds.
All animals offered for delivery under con-
tract will be subjec TO rigid inspection by some
person to be designated by the Department.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified
check or draft upon some United States Depository,
made payable to the undersigned for at least FIVE
per cent of the amount of the proposal which
check or draft will be forfeited to the United
States in case any bidder bidders receiving an
award shall fail to promptly execute contract
with good and sufficient sureties; otherwise to be
returned to the bidder.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
or any part of any bid if deemed for the best in
terest of the service. CHARLES HILL,
277-95 U. S. Indian Agent.