Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-25
NEBRASKA LAND DECISIONS.
Several of Commissioner Spar ks'
Rulings Passed Upon.
A MONUMENT TO SHERIDAN.
The Widow OF the General Has De.
cided Not to Accept the OFFER
Made ny the Loyal
Legion.
Four Nebraska Land Cases.
WASHINGTON BuREAp THR OMAHA BE,
hla EOuRTEHNIH STRERr


5l3 FouRTE1NTH STREEr,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. "A.
The secretary of the interior to-day handed
down number Of decisions in Nebraska
land cases appealed from the findings Of the
commissioner Of the general land Office.
Among them was the case of James Connors,
from whom Commissioner Sparks required
new publications and proof in support Of his
pre- -emption cash entry for lots Nos. 1, 2, 3
and 4. section 4, township SO, range A west,
Valentine district of Nebraska. The de-
cison is reversed.
In the matter Of the appeal Of Sarah A.
Davis from the decision Of Commissioner
Sparks, rejecting her application to make
homestead entry on the northeast quarter
section 4, township l north, range 32 west,
McCook district, the secretary sustains the
finding of the commissioner.
In the case of James N. Nesby, whom the
commissioner of the general land Office re-
quired to reinquish one subdivision
Of the land embraced in his pre-emp-
ton entry, covering the southeast quarter
of the northeast quarter Of lot /, section
township 1 north, range 30 west,
McCook land district; the secretary holds
that as the land lies In different quarters
sections, this case comes within the rules
laid down in the case Of j. b. Burns, and
the entry should approximate 100 acres as
nearly as existing subdivisions will allow.
1t is now ten and three-quarter acres in ex-
cess of the quarter section and by the re-
linquishment Of the smallest lot, it might be
brought within less than eight acres OF that
amount. and as the claimant sets forth no
sufficient reason why the rule referred to
should not be applied IN his case, the decision
of the commissioner il affirmed.
On June !, 1887, the commissioner OF the
land offices held for cancellation the pre-
| emption cash entry Of George A. Wilmeth for
the northeast quarter OF section %, township
Z, north, range 26 west, McCook district, Ne
braska. The commissioner, who, at that
time, was General SPARKS, was dissatisfied
with the proof that Wilmeth submitted this
in good faith in making the entry. He had
broken the requisite number OF acres, had
built sod house. put up . fence and stable.
and u frame house had been erected and
| improvements to the value Of $3.50 had been
made. The secretary, says he is not pre-
pared to find that the claimant was acting in
| bad faith; but he does not believe that he
has established his right 70 the patent, and
he therefore modiiies the decision to the ex-
| tent Of requiring that the claimant shall be
required to make proof again before this
patent is allowed. .si
MONUMENTS ron SHERIDAN.
The Loyal Legion offered Mrs. Sheridan
| TO erect monument in memory OF
her deceased husband over his grave
decided that she win serect monument e
her husband in this psYsicular spot herself.
| The arrangements have not yet been per.
fected and the style Of the monument has
| not been decided upon, but 1t is believed il
affair. The Loyal Legion will therefore Sc
| lect some other spot, and will erect thereon
| testimonial Of their esteem for their gal
liant comrade. PERRY S. HEATH.