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Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-15
Two Decisions of Great Importance 60 the
~ settlers.

Washington Spccial:--In the case OF
Greenwood VS. Peters, coming from the
GRAND. Z Forks' land office, Secretary Lamar
has taken ground fully as advanced as
Land Commissioner Sparks on the subject
OF communication Of homestead to pre-emp-
tian. entry. In this case Peters own testi-
lnony showed that he had not lived Ga the
lGnd. Mr.. Lamar says:
Counsel for Peters objected to your hold
iB.g that the cancella tion OF the CASH entry
necessarily involved the cancellation OF the
iiorl"s toad entry. There can be but one
an5wer. Any person desiring to commute a
homestet,d to,a cash entry must show com
pliance with the homestead law up to the
Aato' o'ofcon1mntation. The homestead en-
tsy7iis the basis of the cash entry, and SIS
euch must stand or fall with it.
Secretary Lamar has modified decision
by 'the land commissioner in regard to Pc
ter O.Paulsenss claim to Il part Of section
in town i IT,, range IS, near Benson, Swift
c0;lnty. 1T may extend as an Important
advantage inrsilnilar cases. The tract is
wiuhin the fifteen mile indemnity limit ol
the st. PA ds. Pacific grant, and was with
drnsanin 1857 for the road. In 1853 the
grant ;was adjssted along this part OF the
| road, and this land among other tracts
was restored. 1t lies also within the in
dennity li,nits OF the Hastings & Dss~
kota. "A man named Ashley home,
steated the piece III 1854, and failed to pro I'VE
| up In 1878 pAulsen applied, and was
ref,1aed because it was possibly railroad
larah In 1880 the Manitoba road selected
the whole section. tPauisen. executed a
homestead affidavit in 1883 and sent to
Bens on, ,aua it WAS rejected. Mr.. Lamar
holds thattthe4and is Paulsen's; the rail-
road couldinot select pending an appeal by
an sEtryman. After a long contest the act
tier Sets the land. fsE -s-
Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-15
There is great excitement at IifIin, Ohio,
over the discovery of natural gas.

"Gentle rs tho Breeze Of Evening""
This line Of an old hymn is quite appro-
pirate when applied to Pleasant r Purgatiye
Pcllets.n II don't like to take pills if / cain
avoid it, - we often hear persons say, "be-
cause they constipate me so.''s Now the
''Pellets'' never d this. %8 They are 50 gentle
and mild that their effect is almost precise.
ly similar to- "a natural movement OF the
bowels, and no unpleasant effects are left
behind
Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-15

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