The Sunday herald., 1886-08-15
NEWS POSTSCRIPT.

THE President yesterday appointed William Il.
Newman to be district judge for the northern dis
trict OF Georgia, Thomas u. Yancey 10 be marshal
Tor the western district of Tennessee, and Thomas
W. Scott marshal for the eastern district OF yir-
ginia.
Col. NV. MONTGOMERY, Commissioner of Patents,
leaves the city this morning tor Deer Park, Md,
where he expects To remain until the last OF Septem-
GER lie Will decide before his return all the cases
before the bureau In which arguments iaye been
submitted.
In THE case of Thomas I,ees vs. the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, involving q quarter
section OF land, Mount Dhhlo merid Ian, San
Franciaco Land District, Cal, Acting secre-
tary Muldtow has decided that the ex-
tent OF Mexican private claim must no de-
termlned ny the records Of such claim ~ presented
% the board of commissioners for onurmation and
that from such record 1t must be held In this case
that the claimed limits Ut III Sobranie never ran
south OF the patented lines OF the MOraga grant,
and a'lherng to former decisions OF the Department
that under the grant to said railroad company its
right to the 0dd.numbered sections within the
granted limits attached to land that was free from
though included within The alleged limits Of Mexi-
can private claim at date OF the grant The declsion
w WI Goatroi tns OF several Thousand acres
regarded as one OF the most Important cases which
has come before the Department during the year.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Webster, Second Infantry,
ieM Omaha % Saturday, 7th instant, for duty at 50.
Iuhci Stuucs lWeuty-uTbt INFANTRY,
'eit FRIDAY Ut last week for the East.
Dr. X. B. Benham, stationed at Fort Omaha during
Tue last tWo months, has been ordered to Fort
hrldger, whence ne Will he assigned to duty ~ med
ical oflcer VI FOIt Du Chesae.
Gen. William u. Hagen, Chief Signal Onleer left
washington Friday night Op an I9spectinn tour
ne WIZ 20 W TAR west as California, anu will return
VIA tue isihmus OF Panama.
Major A. b. Carey, plymasier, now on leave OF
absence 10 Alaska. has been ordered TO report when
en- route 10 rel lin his station to the commanding
general OF the Department 0f the Columbia for tenn
porary duty; First Lieut. q. +. Mason assistant sur
geon Gecenty sppolnied to report by letter 10 the
commanding general OF the Department OF the
Ehst inr assignment 10 duty. The sick leave of
MAI william y. Tremaine, assistant surgeon has
been lurlher extended for nix months. The follow.
ing-nained second ieutenants have been granted
one months extension OF leave Ut absence: A. ID.
Ahdrews FINN ARTILLERY; Cecil Stewart, Third Cay.
second cavalry; Il. =. Proctor, F,fih Artillery; r.
E. Traus, First CAVALRY j.. u. Hyr0n, Eighth Cav-
AIRY " u. Eaker, Seventh Infantry; Is. 4. Clayton,
Eleventh Infantry; w. N. Swain, Twenty second
Infantry; j. H. Druien, Seventeenth Infantry: H. ~
keene, Jr, Twenty fourth Infantry; v. u. kinball
ruin Infantry; u. a. Lyman, Fifth Infantry; l.. H.
Duriee, Seventeenth Infantry; L.. A. Penny, Jr,
rwtfth Infantry; ". NJ. Lewis, Eleventh Infantry;
u. croxton, fIh Infantry; E. N. Jones, Jr, Eighii
iniAntry NJ Fulton, Twenty fourth Infantry; 4. II.
hiip'' Eighth Cavalry; H. u. Mott, First Artillery.
Three saiOrs OF the training ship Constellation,
at Fortress Monroe, Emi Olsen, Peter Larsen, and
~ Donald were drowned on August 8 while en-
uea'ofihg !" recover tue remains OF Cadet schley.