Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-12
caaeo,,a,Ioa Of land ra.ents.

/ gariing cancellation oil lana haN"'N
] IoF fraud, The commissioners SAYS
Tho practice persaed BY .hf Nnse ~ NJ, sas
/ cancellation Of land ent ries ~ iraud lk,s
| varied somewhat, 40 as to render dtihf
| cult 10 give tho precise Information
| called Tor, but II Is believed the following
! alta tement wiileoser the inquiry. Land en-
| tries cancelled from 1883 TO the time, on
aeents repoFts, fal; GA testimony taken
| al hearings, les; Tor default Of appearance
! at hearings, 2a9; tor default ei appiiealion
| for hearings, l, lia, rehnquiahed after re-
] ports by special agents, ~ t2lal 20 -
4 Held Tor cancellation. cd agents reports ~
| aaa, aud on testimony taken ~ hearing,
| lTa, making the total nnmberoi entries
| eaneled aud held for CANCELLATION, lisa,
| During this peiod there wera thirty-itNe
| entries reinstated on 8eSrparte shown
| and nineteen ON testimony taken at
| hearings. FROM April 2, 1850, %
! April 3, 1885, there were at,ats
| land patents issued or ordefsi
/ issued, aud from April 3, 1856 10 ipne u,
! 1856, 4, aga we're issued, Tho orsapizi17
/ ton ~ The system by which all eitrles are
submitted to q board Of review for final
/ examination before issue OF nateata has
| Involved a temporary delaSsi q tie issue sot
| patents, whith accounts 30 soQe EXTENT
| Tor the apparent decrease IN theRnmber OF
patents issued between April 3 and June
w. isSa'
Edward A Rowera aiGrntoi, OAK, has
! been appointed central Inspector OF land
1 offices, The position y q new one, two OF
| them HAVING been cIeatea by the lesislatiNe
| hin. AZ soon as they; became aSailahle MI.
/ BoMera was appointed MIR, Bowers y a.
/ one OF the disappointed applicants Tor the
| Aberdeen Feeeivership 20 which Mals,bntke
Wis appointed The place pays aSsa!lary
| OF 81, 900 per annum,
There are asa river and harAasimproSe
/ meats nowaaaer was,
Eight isundred aud ierts aeyenrepuhit
cans aud Ill CONSERVATIVE eandtdates were
sueeessiul IN France, In iiat1 districts
there will have To be second ballottings'
The republicans made "a gains, VIC sea
/ seFyatiyss 81,
| AIenaon letter says that William Cree
/ OF Highgate, president Of y Temperance So
eistY, a lev days are deatreyeSl his eei'aro
/ wine, about =, 600 BEETLES, Valusssas At
| 81. 900, by poaTlug II into thssewer
Priaeess Victoria, OF Germany is an esls
| gfys bleade. sitha sarcastic s.alle,
The princess ot Mates has Saeoeoe
| War spending money, while the vile ot The
| GOWN prince Of Russia only has Sso.oeo
The river aud harhor biil passes and it
10 thought the preaident will veto u =
| AN Of the laad eiheers ii The Northwest
| have been confirmed except Register Glover
| and Receiver Bareh, OF the land ofiioe at
| Valentine, Neh. and Receiver shannon, at
the North Platte land office same state,
Postmasters Commissioned Miaaesota;
/ Hon, Jennie bowman. Montanatt Skal-
| koho, IL, Chambers, rostotitee established
Iowa Hun 0reek MeHsoe county
J,W, Casey, formerly general ticket agent
1 OF the Lake Shore 4 Michigan Southern
| railway, died at the Northern ohio asyium
| for the insane.
The California legislature elects A, +,
| Williams United States senator,
Much Importance is attached TO Mr..
| Balionr,s address to his esinstituents as
rejecting the yeiss Of Lord Salisbury,
| Mr. Baileur saya The decisive verdict 81
the country on the ir1sh nehey OF Mr..
| Gladstone makes It elettt that the majority
/ "a the people are onaltsfably opposed ~ any
( l0osening OF the cords kaitting the United
/ kingdoni Ia spite of the additional dit
/ ileulties With which Mr., aastone's recent
/ action has loaded aHf alFea ditliealt
| pFohlea, the government wilt pursue a
/ policy just 70 every interest vi Ireland and
generous 10 every legitimate lrl@h ASptTa-
| tioa The goyernIaeat VIII be lifhl in the
Il
| pulse the ehiei evils whlsii lreland sudese
John Boyle o'Reilly has gone on a canoe
/ tour ap the Delaware,
A claim for the prize mooney dus. Qos
meSlore lohn Paul Ioaes for Hrirshf sssels
/ captured daring the Revolutionary waN
has been filed in Washhgtoa ~ iSelainF
| ed Commodnre ones designed his interest
and that il has never been paid,
The prs-emptien repeal hill aHd the bill
| iorieiting the NertAefn Paeife land grant.
as has been intimated would probably he
! the case have been laid aside Tor this
session,
In Texas and Nerthern Colorado there is
a large AREA OF Taiay weather. The long
| drouth in that section makes rain vel,
| come visitation,
Fire DESTROYED PaFdee, Cook & Cos saw,
mill at Gun Lake, Mieha also the tram,
| ways, store aud eeRteats with 25o, 900
ieet OF lumber and seven ears owned by the
I Flint 4 Pere Marquette railway, Total
| loss, SSo 600; nsaFan Ssp, 900,
/ Peter L. Fucker OF New Work, cores
I pohdeAt OF the Chicago Herald, was held
| On a charge at the Wholesale seduction OF
| Young girls, Tucker employed u number
Of girls and il Is alleged betrayed thelrs
The seeretaiy otthe haerior has dehyere,l
I an opinion sustaining the ruling Of Lanl
/ COMMISSIONER Sparks UPON an appeal
| taken 10 him hy John c, f0rpin, who
/ sparks refused TO allow 10 make private
| entry upon eertaiR land in the fiqua land
! district in Ohio,
4 haRasonle brass Ia blet is 70 be erected
! in the Episcopal Chapel Of 81, James, III
I beron, Ia memory ~ eN President Grant,
/ Ii viii be sinilar Ia design to the one placed
in the same edifies in megaoFy OF President
1 Garfield
/ The new Indian commission created BY
| the government TO Investigate into the
needs and waRts oi tbs MiNnesota lhtlistSs
/ met in st Paul, The eoaHission j. eota-
/ posed OF Hon, John u, Wright OF Nash,
| vile, fean,s Charles +, Larraeee, OF the To-
| dian department. Washington, and Iishep
| Whipp.e OF farihault, The first { bieet ~
/ the commission was 10 organize. and this
| was done hy electing Nh, Wright chairman
! aud Nr, Larrabee secretary,
! Joseph Holman, who was yesterday
/ nominated as agent Tor the Omaha aud
/ Winnehaso tribes 81 Indians in the place
/ 81 +, II, Potter, Feleeted is an eN-Iaember
I OF the Nebraska legislature,
The aggregate appreciation made nv the
/ regular appropriation bills passed q is
session Of vengTess Excluding the i0rtilea.
| tlen bin is Sa65, o0O, 00e, which is $I5,,
/ 600, Geo ia eNeess OF the appropriate n
made by the bills passed last session,
The rejection Of Adelard Garnon as eel
| hector OF customs az 1T, Vincent, MIMI.
! Was about the coolest piece OF senatorial
| courtesy that has been placed ON exhibit
/ ton this session. and the only reason tor
| il was that one man wanted il done, That
| man was Senator Sahin, aud he was not
| even in Washington, He lett Tor sea vey-
/ age 90 Beston, Before he lett be went 10
/ EimUnas, sherman. Beck, GeFmaIi, NooF-
bees, Harris, and other headers on both
/ sides If the senate. and expressed the Wish
that Guernon ialght be rejected
1t IS ANNOUNCED that John NJ, Ryan,
superintendent OF the Canadian Pacific,
has aeeePted the position OF general spper-
inteRdent Of the Manitoba, and will leave
Winnipeg Tor 81, Paul, where his headqWar-
| tiers viii be Sept. l, lie will relieve Gener-
/ al Manager Marvel OF the heavier part 81
| his work because OF the rather feeble health
/ % tue latter Ills pesitioa, il Is stated,
1 eill be practically IsaEassr His salary
| here Is sic, oOp a year and he wd receive
a large ineEeeae N his new position,
NeFlnont eleets state officers, legislature
| and congressman Sept, Z, tg
The president signed the snasryeiya aad
general deficiency bills,
Herbert Beeeheg escapes rejection al the
hands ei the senate by the withdrawal o
/ his nomination,
j. T., Richardson, the present state treas,
1 NreE has been nominated Tor governor by
| the South Carolina demceNgts,
4 Eighty COWS In herd near Butte, Mont.
I Nere Knocked doWa by eae stroke Of light
| Hing, but only nne was killed.
| The estimated gross earnings Of The
| Northern Pacific Tor the HeRth 90 july
/ have been eomputed, They show the hand
some Increase Of 5 20 QUO,