St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-15
Proposals for Horses. Brood
Mares, Work Oxen and Stall
lions.
DEPARTMENT oFTHE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Dec. 81, 1SSS.
SEALED PROPOSALS, ENDORSED PRO
~ posals for Horses. Brood Mares, Work
Oxen, Stations" as the case may be. and ad-
dressed to the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs, Washington, u. c., will be received
until l o'clock p. M, Thursday, Jan. 81.
1889, for furnishing the following animals
for the Indian service, VIZ: One pair OF
driving horses and ten 90 young and
servIceable work horses: one hundred 400
brood-mares, ten (10) stations and fifty (50)
yoke of work oxen, with yokes and chains.
SPECIFICATIONS.
The horses must be young and serviceable.
from four to seven years old, sound, without
blemish, and we'll broken to harness, not less
than 1919 hands high, and to weigh not less
than one thousand $1,000 pounds.
The brood-mares must be of American
stock, from four to seven years old, sound,
we'll broken, without blemishes, not less
than 10 hands high, and to weigh not less
than nine hundred and fifty $50, pounds.
well-bred, not under four nor over seven
years old, and to weigh between thirteen
hundred (l.3OOl and fourteen hundred
Il 400 pounds. ...
The work oxen must be sound gentle and
well broken to work. from four to six years
old, half grades. graded up from Durham or
stock equally as good, and to weigh from two
thousand four hundred l2,40O) to three
thousand 5000 pounds per yoke. Ok
yokes must be of large size. oiled and
painted. and such as are known as Freight
ers' YOkes." with staples and ring instead Of
clasp and chains to be ss-inch cable, thirteen
(I31 feet long. with hook on each end and
must be furnished with each yoke of oxen.
The fifty yoke of oxen, with yokes and
chains, must be delivered at the Fort Peck
Agency, Montana, and the other animals at
the Bleckfeet Agency, Montana, not later
than April Is, 1889; and all animals thus
offered for delivery will De subject to rigid
inspection by some competent person TO be
designated by the respective Indian agents.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by certi-
fed check or draft on some United States
depository, payable to the order of the Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs, for at least 5
per cent of the amount of the proposal,
which check or draft shall be forfeited to the
United States in case any bidder or bidders
receiving an award shall fail to execute
promptly a contract with good and sufficient
otherwise to be returned to the bidder.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids Or any part of any bid if deemed for the
best interests Of the service.
JOHN Fl. oBERLY,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
- ST. Louis-ss. District Court.
In the matter of the assignment of A. A.
Brown successor to Brown & Rinehart.
Notice is hereby given that A. A. Brown,
of the city of Duluth, ill said county and
state, has by deed in writing. dated De.
cember 26th, 1883. made a general assign.
ment to the undersigned of all his prop
erty not exempt by law from levy and sale
on execution, for the benefit of all his credi.
be verified and presented to the undersigned
for allowance.
Dated January 5th. 1888.
E. B. PAXSON, Assignee.